Chapter 575: Section 362: Formation Successfully Built
Deep Sea Monster Fish, Alchemy Cabin.
The Fishman Mage Zhongyong was utterly serious, now and then glancing at the Bloodline Purification Array’s blueprint, now and again checking the Array Map plates.
There were a total of 11 plates, with each engraved with a part of the Bloodline Purification Array.
Now, only the final step remained, to assemble and join all the plates together.
This step, the Dragon-man youth and Zi Di had chosen Zhongyong to carry out.
The main reason was, Zhongyong was the strongest among the three Silver Level Alchemists.
Although he was a fish, his talent was not bad, most importantly, he had been trained from childhood.
From another perspective, an alchemist whom one could trade as a bargaining chip generally belonged to the worst batch in the hands of the seller.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had not been established long and was lacking in various types of talents. The inclusion of these people brought huge improvements to the Mercenary Corps.
For the Dragon-man youth, they were all much sought after.
Zhongyong meticulously compared the blueprint with the Array Map plates without missing any detail.
His fingertips slowly glided over each Magic Array Engraving.
His eyes were bloodshot, completely focused, exerting his utmost effort.
The entire Alchemy Cabin was very quiet, with only the occasional murmuring from the Fishman Mage.
After checking three times, Zhongyong let out a sigh of relief, thoroughly confirming that there were no errors in the plates.
“This Alchemy Array is actually used to enhance the Bloodline Concentration of a living being…” Zhongyong was filled with shock.
He was already an Alchemist and had a complete Array Map, naturally discovering the purpose of the Alchemy Array.
However, even though he had seen it, Zhongyong’s heart was filled with doubt.
“Refining the Bloodline Concentration within the body? That’s too whimsical.”
“How could it be possible?!”
“But from the side of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, they are so urgent; does it mean this Array actually works?”
“Or are they just eager to verify?”
The Fishman Mage Zhongyong licked his parched lips.
Regarding this Alchemy Array, his heart was also full of curiosity and skepticism.
Resting for a moment and adjusting his condition, Zhongyong began the official assembly work.
First, a large square base plate.
The alchemy lines on the base plate were the simplest. But at the same time, they were the thickest.
Placing the base plate at the bottom, Zhongyong immediately activated the switch.
A tinge of Mana Flow was drawn from the Deep Sea Monster Fish’s Mana Pool, gently infusing into the base plate.
The Magic Array Engraving on the base plate gradually lit up, emitting a faint white glow.
Zhongyong, pressed for time, dared not delay, immediately placing three subordinate plates at the edges of the base plate.
The contents of these three subordinate plates echoed each other; their Magic Array Engraving and Magic Rune patterns were much more refined than those of the base plate.
Zhongyong, one hand holding an alchemy pen, rapidly connected the joining points between the subordinate plates and the base plate.
As long as the connection was successful, the white glow from the base plate’s Magic Array Engraving would spread to the subordinate plates, like flowing water.
With each successful connection, Zhongyong’s spirit weakened a bit.
After he connected all the necessary parts between the three subordinate plates and the base plate, his spirit had fallen below 50%.
Zhongyong then set aside the alchemy pen and pulled out a Magic Potion from his bosom.
He had prepared it early on.
Without hesitation, he tilted his head back and swallowed the potion in one gulp.
His spiritual power was immediately restored.
Zhongyong began to install the main plate.
The three subordinate plates were distributed like a triangle at three corners of the base plate, while the main plate was placed directly above the center of the base plate.
This step was very difficult.
The process of linking the main plate to the base plate was different from before.
Zhongyong first directed the Alchemy Puppet to steadily hold the main plate, hovering directly above the center of the base plate.
Then, he slowly lowered it.
Only when the gap between the base plate and the main plate was 0.5 centimeters did Zhongyong order the Alchemy Puppet to stop.
Zhongyong covered the main plate with both hands, pouring in spiritual power, while also drawing Mana Flow from the Mana Pool into it.
As the Mana entered the main plate, it immediately triggered a change.
The alchemy points previously engraved inside the main plate turned from solid to liquid state, quickly seeping out.
Following gravity, these liquid metals reached towards the ground, turning into extremely fine needle-like structures during the stretching process.
Directly below the main plate, there were at least 3000 metal probes densely packed.
These metal probes seeped into the ground upon contact.
Zhongyong, gathering his focus, ensured each probe was fully embedded before he instructed the metallic puppet to further lower the height.
The next moment, the main plate was flush against the central part of the base plate.
Its edges perfectly matched the three subordinate plates at the edges of the base plate, forming a flush surface.
Zhongyong slightly increased the input of Mana.
But still restrained.
Before the Array Map plates were fully assembled and the Alchemy Array complete, excess Mana lingering in an incomplete Array could damage the Alchemy Engraving, Magic Array nodes, Magic Runes, and so on.
Zhongyong carefully, bit by bit, pushed forward the work.
After a dozen minutes, the main plate was not only successfully connected to the base plate but also had correct connections to the surrounding three subordinate plates.
The main plate, three subordinate plates, and base plate became one entity.
Zhongyong’s complexion was pale, his gaze flickering unstably; his spiritual exhaustion was significant.
He could not rest, he drank three more potions in quick succession, and continued connecting the partition plates.
The difficulty of connecting the partition plates was much less than installing the main plate, and much simpler as well.
The workload wasn’t too intense, and the drain on Zhongyong was relatively low.
Still, it took Zhongyong half an hour to install all the split boards.
His condition had deteriorated significantly, so his efficiency was far from what it had been at the beginning.
In the end, only one Array Map panel remained—the sealing panel.
Zhongyong pressed on and spent more than 10 minutes successfully installing the sealing panel as well.
What followed was the tense moment—the first official activation of the Array!
Zhongyong rested for half an hour before taking this step.
He spiritually manipulated the Alchemy Array, fully activating it while increasing the Mana output.
The engraved lines, runes, and patterns on the Array Map were all activated by the surge of Mana, emitting a brilliance several times more dazzling than before.
The Array Map was tightly connected, and the previously joined areas allowed Mana to flow through perfectly without any failure.
Humming, humming, humming…
The Array activated at full power, sounding like the flight of mosquitoes.
This state persisted for ten minutes before Zhongyong gradually reduced the Mana input and finally shut down the Array.
“I did it, I successfully assembled it!”
Zhongyong relaxed in elation and plopped down on the floor.
He was in bad shape, limbs weak and sore, head buzzing, spiritual power bottomed out.
But he was very happy.
This was his first major task since joining the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Zhongyong was well aware that his performance in this job would greatly impact his future life.
He could feel the importance the higher-ups of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps placed on this Array and their urgent mindset.
Had Zhongyong failed, it would have surely disappointed the higher-ups and they wouldn’t reuse him for a long time.
“But luckily, I succeeded in the end.”
“But is this Array really useful?”
Zhongyong wanted to conduct an experiment right away.
But immediately, he suppressed this strong impulse.
He sent out a message, informing the higher-ups of the successful Array construction.
Zi Di quickly responded.
Not just her, but the Dragon-man youth also came to the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
“Long Fu squad leader, Yao Ma Mage,” Zhongyong performed a Mage’s salute. With the etiquette fully ingrained in him from being raised by Snow Elf Nobles from a young age.
“You did very well, Zhongyong Mage, you haven’t let us down,” encouraged the Dragon-man youth.
The next thing Zi Di did was to shoo Zhongyong out of the Alchemy Cabin: “You can go now.”
Upon hearing this, Zhongyong instantly grew anxious, looking up at the Dragon-man youth and Zi Di with eyes full of hope and longing.
“Please, let me stay, I’m really too curious! Whether this Array can truly purify the Bloodline!”
“If it’s successful, this is an incredible thing that could change the world!!”
Zi Di smiled reassuringly: “Don’t get too excited, Zhongyong Mage. This Alchemy Array Map is an accidental discovery for us. We just built it to give it a try and don’t have much expectation.”
“Whether the attempt is successful or not, this remains the most crucial secret of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.”
“The fewer people who know about it, the better.”
Zhongyong still insisted: “I have already seen the complete Array Map, and I personally assembled the Array Map panels. Let me take a look, even just one look!”
Zhongyong was too curious about whether the Array would be successful and what the actual experimental situation was like.
In the end, however, he was still sent away.
On the orders of the Dragon-man youth, he was escorted by the Alchemy Puppet down the corridor and into his cabin belonging to the crew.
“Now we have one more person who knows,” sighed Zi Di.
The Dragon-man youth shrugged: “It’s unavoidable. We needed someone to assemble the entire Array Map. It’s inevitable that some secrets will leak, at least for now we have no way around it.”
Zi Di looked into the distance: “In that case, let Zhongyong become the resident mage aboard the Deep Sea Monster Fish.”
“As for the other two alchemists, we can let them move around outside to a limited extent.”
“They don’t know much, they only engraved a few Array Map panels.”
“The confidentiality agreements we’ve signed with them will greatly restrict the leakage of this information.”
“Basically, we’ve now eliminated any possibility of Bu Quan coming into contact with these Array Maps.”
“We can’t let Bu Quan know about this, her alchemy talent is quite astonishing!” Zi Di remarked.
The Dragon-man youth looked at the humming Alchemy Array, somewhat impatient, and urged: “Alright, let’s start the first experiment now.”
He approached the edge of the alchemy array, following Zi Di’s instructions, and extracted the Blood Core demon energy.
The blood-red energy flowed into the Array Map panels.
Once supplied with the correct energy, the alchemy array suddenly burst forth with blood-red brilliance, forming a three-dimensional Array with the Seven-pointed Star at its core.
The Array wasn’t large, occupying only a quarter of the Alchemy Cabin.
Zi Di placed the pre-prepared Test Subject No. 1 into the Array.
The Blood Core demon energy continuously waned, and Test Subject No. 1 writhed restlessly within the Array.
In less than 30 seconds, the Bloodline Purification was complete.
With excitement and anticipation, Zi Di immediately conducted a Bloodline test on Test Subject No. 1.
“The Bloodline Concentration has really increased a lot. We succeeded!” Zi Di tried to keep her composure, but her voice clearly trembled.
The Dragon-man youth empathized, yet remained cautious: “Let’s continue experimenting.”
A single experiment was obviously not enough.
After a total of seven experiments, Zi Di and the Dragon-man youth were fully convinced that the Array operated flawlessly.
“Now it’s my turn,” Zi Di retrieved an ice coffin.
Sealed inside the ice coffin was her own body.
“Start,” the Dragon-man youth took a deep breath, his heart tensing up again.
Moments later, Zi Di looked at the Bloodline test results in front of her, with tears of joy.