Chapter 345: I Don’t Care, I Want This

Chapter 345: I Don’t Care, I Want This

Annie’s voice grew lower and lower until she finally tossed the research materials directly to Zheng Yichen, preferring to avoid what irritated her. After all, Zheng Yichen handled the splicing method for the core parts bearing the eye characteristics in a rather standard way, but if anyone else were to attempt it, they would definitely fail!

Different things—did anyone really think they could just be spliced together easily? It wasn’t like putting together plastic blocks with some 502 glue. Magic could address rejection reactions, but it also depended on what was being spliced. It wasn’t something that could be described in just a few words; in reality, it was a highly difficult technical task.

Especially for something as fragile as eyes—if there was even the slightest issue in resolving the rejection reaction, all previous efforts would be wasted. It was like surgery—circumcision was surgery, and a head transplant was also surgery, but could the technical demands of the two even be compared?

Yet, he had succeeded so easily. Precise operations to resolve rejection reactions? What were those? They simply didn’t exist for Zheng Yichen. He only needed to follow the normal process. Of course, using more advanced methods would make the finished eye even better—so frustrating, so frustrating! Why did such an ability have to reside in a Cursed Dragon? If she had it herself, she could have created a new race long ago…

Well, although she could achieve this now too, there were major issues with reproduction. Being unable to reproduce and have offspring inherit her traits meant it couldn’t truly be considered creating a new race. If she had Zheng Yichen’s ability, Annie believed such a problem could quickly be overcome. As for relying on Zheng Yi’s assistance?

That was a different matter altogether; the difficulty wasn’t the same.

“Anyway, although it’s estimated to retain about eighty percent of the original characteristics, considering your technique and methods, it might be a bit lower—somewhere between seventy and eighty percent, no higher,” Annie said, lightly tapping on the glass container. Strangely, her finger passed right through it as though the glass layer didn’t exist. When her finger touched the eye, her expression immediately fell. “Truly, having ability makes one willful!”

Through direct contact for deeper analysis, Annie also discovered that there were other components within this eye—not parts belonging to an eye, but rather another type of special secretion gland. This gland was only found in tiny Magical Beasts similar to grasshoppers from Earth. Its effect was to secrete a stimulating substance that could greatly enhance the part of the body where the substance flowed…

Thus, such tiny Magical Beasts possessed astonishing jumping power while leaping. Moreover, when this substance flowed into the eyes, it allowed them to simultaneously adapt to explosive speed, avoiding situations like crashing into walls due to excessive explosive force.

Zheng Yichen had added precisely such a secretion gland to this eye. Although it was only a small amount, it could still function. With this pair of eyes he had created, he truly wanted to reach the heavens!

Incredible Dynamic Vision, Insight, and the Elemental Sight capable of observing the flow of Elemental Power—the substance secreted by that gland didn’t enhance Elemental Sight, but it greatly boosted the previous two, further increasing their effects. If this wasn’t aiming for the heavens, then what was?

Seventy to eighty percent of the original characteristics? Combined with the explosive enhancement from this secretion gland, these eyes could achieve over three times the effect in a short time. Apart from the secretion gland, there was also a layer of color-changing cells inside the eye, clearly extracted from another Magical Beast. This layer of color-changing cells was very simple, only capable of two color changes—black and red…

What were all these extra, flashy additions? For others, in order to increase success rates, they would remove what could be spared—who would think of adding other things for no reason?

Annie fell silent, staring directly at Zheng Yichen. Seeing this, Zheng Yichen grew uneasy, not knowing what dangerous ideas this girl might be harboring now. Especially since her gaze swept over Zheng Yichen from time to time, making him feel a chill all over, a cold sensation that felt like she would rush to the Underground Base the next moment and kidnap him.

“This thing… lend it to me…”

“I refuse! This is my first truly successful work; I still want to keep it!” Just for this pair of eyes, Zheng Yichen had ruined a large batch beforehand. Even though the finished product was made and there were complete experimental records, making more later would be much easier. The problem was the trouble during production—it couldn’t be done in less than a whole day. In other words, the daily production of this item… was one!

Not a pair!

“What do you want to keep it for? Do you want to equip your Alchemical Avatar with it? Can it even be used? Things from the Life Domain aren’t meant for collection; they’re meant to be used!” As she spoke, the finger touching the eye glowed with something that resembled a Magic Rune Array yet also looked like text. This was a special “text” formed from the aggregation of Arcane Arts—neither here nor there? That was exactly right… Its characteristic was containing the entire “meaning” of the Arcane Arts, manifested based on personal summarization.

“Alright, after you use your ability to assimilate with it again, you’ll be able to observe the movements of whoever uses it when needed. Later, I’ll explain the operation method for this Arcane Art.”

“I haven’t agreed yet.”

“I don’t care, I want this.” As soon as Annie said this and observed Zheng Yichen grabbing the two Eyeballs again, feeling the connection to the Arcane Art break, she directly swept up the glass container, jumped down from the chair, and ran out without looking back, leaving Zheng Yichen alone to stew in his thoughts. So, should he continue letting Annie know when he made something amazing in the future?

He had come to learn, not to deliver goods. Hmm… also, this time, while making these eyes, he had gotten too carried away and seemed to have made something quite exaggerated.

Even though it was a Mountain Stronghold version with severely lacking functions, the power of these eyes was genuinely good. Not to mention the incredible Dynamic Vision—allowing ordinary people to see the trajectory of bullets… Of course, seeing them but being unable to dodge was still useless. Insight had already been mentioned—it allowed the user to precisely capture the subtle movements of a target. If the user was skilled, they could replicate the target’s moves based on the subtle muscle activities. As for the last one, Elemental Sight—wasn’t seeing the flow of Elemental Power remarkable enough?

Being able to see the flow of Elemental Power meant being able to greatly guard against enemy Magic attacks! Of course, if someone was so skilled they could understand the Magic the target released by observing the flow of Elements, Zheng Yichen had nothing to say. If given the chance, he would definitely invite such a genius to see how their brain was wired.

That secretion gland? Naturally, that was the final state…

The eyes were normally black. The current red color was stimulated by the nutrient solution inside. Insight was the first stage—when used, it would stimulate the color-changing cells inside, turning the eyes red and producing one Magatama. Dynamic Vision was the second stage—two Magatama. The stimulation from the secretion gland was the third stage—three Magatama. As for the fully connected Kaleidoscope that followed… naturally, it was Elemental Sight. How to activate different stages? Simple—stimulation through Spiritual Power.

The more Spiritual Power consumed, the more stages activated. As for why Zheng Yichen thought of using Spiritual Power, it was because activating Elemental Sight required Spiritual Power. After all, this sight wasn’t just about seeing—it was a combination of seeing and Spiritual Power. In that case, he simply made all stages dependent on Spiritual Power consumption.

The consumption for the first three stages wasn’t high, and maintaining them wasn’t difficult. The last stage was the real consumption heavy hitter. Of course, low consumption didn’t mean there were no side effects. Although the substance secreted by the gland could provide sufficient “explosive force,” it made the body part experiencing the burst prone to fatigue. Even just maintaining the Insight and Dynamic Vision one didn’t originally possess would consume extra energy, leading to tiredness.

This wasn’t something Zheng Yichen could control. Anyone using this would have such side effects, unless they already possessed exceptional recovery capabilities, using their recovery to offset the side effects from the eyes—a case of nurturing the eyes with the person.

This pair of eyes was currently the maximum limit Zheng Yichen could manage. If ordinary people obtained them, they could immediately soar to the heavens—let alone Warriors. With these eyes, they might become invincible among their peers, and challenging those above their level would be like ordinary daily fare. “Tsk tsk, having power is truly wonderful. Putting in effort to create something can easily change a person’s fate…”

Zheng Yichen had no doubt that if these eyes he made fell into someone else’s hands, they could genuinely alter that person’s future. Even if they were of ordinary aptitude, they could achieve great success among Humans.

It was a shame such a good item was snatched away by Annie acting spoiled and unreasonable. If he had recorded her behavior earlier and made it public, those who knew her would be astounded—how could such an experienced Witch make such a display? What was this?

An old hag pretending to be an innocent maiden? Anyone daring to say that would probably be beaten to death by all the Witches. Never mind—his experiment was a success, and he had gained a sense of satisfaction from overcoming the challenge. He also had the experience now; when making similar things in the future, even with different effects, it would be relatively easier. The remaining question—where should he start next? The head? Hmm… make an iron head?

Hands… he could give it a try. Tsk, come to think of it, he still needed to tackle his Awakening Potion. With the satisfaction gained from the Life Domain, he could set this aside for now?