Chapter 193

Chapter 193: Introduction to Archaeology: Preparing Specimens

Chapter 193 Introduction to Archaeology: Making Specimens

In the evening, Locke found Zack and submitted a report on his participation in the Directional Magic Plant Competition to the academy’s combat department.

After such a long period of accumulation, the emerald iris lichen and related research have finally seen a great breakthrough in results.

You can use Emerald Iris Lichen and Bear Gallbladder Potion in competitions, potion shop orders, and treatment at the Healing Clinic.

His own personal pharmacy and three plantations can also develop rapidly.

And you can also obtain more magical resources to provide for your meditation practice.

At the same time, Locke returned to his residence and began to prepare for the undercover operation three weeks later. After all, that operation was very important to his teacher, Witch Sophia.

It is the key to whether she can escape from Lilith Lodge and get rid of the contracts on her.

In the simple laboratory in Locke’s three-bedroom apartment, Locke stared blankly at the fossil of a three-eyed tiger-eyed cat in front of him.

This fossil cost me 1,200 magic stones.

Its size is so huge that such a fossil cannot be placed on an operating table.

But this fossil is not actually the complete fossil of the three-eyed tiger-eyed cat, but only half of the hind leg of this ancient magical creature.

It is foreseeable how huge the real three-eyed tiger-eyed cat is. I am afraid that its size is larger than that of modern magical creatures in all aspects.

Locke snapped his fingers, and the Tombstone Grimoire suddenly floated in front of his eyes and turned the pages automatically. The edges of the entire grimoire emitted a strange dark magical glow.

“Let me see how the archaeologists from the Dark Wizards deal with the fossil bones. The first step is to preserve them and prevent them from being further damaged.”

“Even simply exposing fossil bones to air could destroy the negative energy particle information stored within them, or damage their physical structure.”

“Therefore, preservation and maintenance are extremely important. When preserving it, two points need to be considered: first, how to reinforce its vulnerable points; and second, how to reinforce it in a way that does not affect the negative energy particle information stored within it.”

Because he was learning from scratch, Locke’s eyes were shining at the moment. The archaeological heritage from the dark wizard land opened his eyes. This was a knowledge system he had never been exposed to before.

Locke glanced through the tombstone magic book and saw that in order to deal with this kind of fossil bones, one must also read the [Anatomy Chapter], [Burial Stress Analysis Chapter], [Negative Energy Particle Preservation Chapter] and [Storage Temperature Control Chapter] in the magic book.

Locke applied memory ointment on his temples to strengthen his memory, and then quickly began to read the four chapters.

Archaeology is undoubtedly one of the most complex fields for dark wizards. Just the method of preserving fossil bones is something to learn.

Archaeologists need to learn how to handle and identify the structure and shape of fossil bones, and how to repair and find missing parts of fossil bones.

We also need to learn how to store it at what temperature without damaging the negative energy particle information contained in it.

With the current level of a first-class wizard apprentice, Locke can learn from a superior position and a high-level perspective, so his learning speed will naturally be faster.

In addition, he works for himself, not for others, so some operations may not need to be so sophisticated, and it will be fine as long as they can be used as is.

Locke followed the instructions in the magic book, gradually processing the fossil bones on the workbench. “Preservation requires the use of a special type of amber formed from Tanfeng resin. Tanfeng resin is one of the few substances that does not affect any negative energy particles and can also isolate negative energy particles from reacting with the outside world.”

“It’s a material commonly used by archaeologists to preserve bone fossils.”

“Tanfeng resin can be bought at the Chimera Market, and it’s not expensive.” Locke thought for a moment, then set off on his own, riding the Engel Speed Snail and heading to the Chimera Market.

He spent 50 magic stones to buy enough sealing resin to cover the fossil bones on the workbench in his laboratory.

Half an hour had passed when Locke returned to his laboratory. He sighed, “I’ll have to hire an assistant when I have time. I can’t do everything by myself. My time is becoming more valuable now.”

“It’s a pity that the magic levels of Teacher Sophia’s three students are too low, otherwise I could just let them help me with my assistant work and save some money.”

Locke followed the instructions on the tombstone magic book and applied sealing resin to the fossil bones bit by bit, forming a transparent gem-like amber that wrapped the entire fossil.

It is shaped like an egg but is very large in size.

“After it’s been preserved, according to the archaeologists’ procedures, they usually use a historical projection spell model to preserve its negative energy particle field model, and then put it into an alchemical item like the True Sight Crystal Ball for storage.”

“That way, if the fossil bones are lost or damaged in the future, I’ll still have the record copies to study, and I can even use the record copies to repair the fossil bones to a certain extent.”

Locke shook his head slightly. “However, I haven’t yet mastered the Historical Projection spell model. That spell isn’t just 0.8 level, it also requires a certain level of familiarity with the periodic table of negative energy particles.”

“So let’s skip this step.”

The core of archaeologists is to memorize the periodic table of negative energy particles, and to distinguish 210 types of negative energy particles and their subspecies in a very short time, and by identifying them, to master the so-called Modo language.

Only by mastering the Mordor language can you master the archaeology spell model.

Therefore, Locke’s biggest difficulty now is how to master this special language.

Locke looked up at the fossil skeleton specimen he had made and nodded slightly. Although there were still many shortcomings, as a novice, this was already a good specimen.

Of course, there are definitely some shortcomings, such as I did not use the little tricks that archaeologists know, such as the dark energy particle knife to remove the dust on the fossil bones, as well as other messy elemental particles that fell on them. These things should have been removed.

Because it will have a slight impact on the negative energy particle field.

For archaeologists, the quality of the specimens they handle personally can well demonstrate their archaeological level.

Locke tried to learn the dark energy particle knife spell. This spell would allow his fingers to form several knives wrapped in dark energy particles. Because they were pure dark energy particle knives, they would not destroy the negative energy particle field on the surface of the fossil bones the moment they came into contact with them.

Unfortunately, Locke’s mastery of the Mordo language is far from enough. After trying it a little, Locke found that he had no way to use the dark energy particle knife for the time being.

“The first step is to make the fossil bones into qualified specimens and record them.”

“The second step is to investigate the fossil bones. I need to read the negative energy particles scattered across their surface. This method will allow me to read the historical memories left on the surface of the fossil and improve my Mordor language skills.”

Locke was reading the Tombstone Grimoire while staring at the fossil bone specimens, but after only five minutes, Locke rubbed his eyes.

“No, this is too inefficient. McCarthy is right. I have no talent at all in the field of mana discrimination. I will learn very slowly. Given this situation, my accuracy in learning the Mordor language will not be very high.”

Locke’s expression changed slightly. “So I have to try something different. I can only… take d*rugs.”

Locke took out a bottle of Eye Demon Potion.

I bought three tubes of Eye Demon Potion before, and I have used two of them during this period, but now I need another one.

After using this, my meditation efficiency has improved in recent times, so it can’t be considered a waste.

Moreover, Locke strongly suspected that the abyss energy contained in the Eye Demon Potion and its increased mental sensitivity could improve his ability to distinguish negative energy particles.

However, this kind of improvement is basically like dancing on the edge of a knife. If you are not careful, your spirit will be left with serious side effects.

If I didn’t have the deep purple jade, I wouldn’t dare to take d*rugs and improve my archaeological skills at the same time.

(End of this chapter)