Chapter 676: Section 463: Five-Colored Palm Badge (1400 Monthly Votes Additional)
Facing the direction of the Golden Level Ice Statue Ghost, there was a huge alchemy platform leaning against the spatial wall.
Three round containers were randomly placed on the alchemy platform, containing a type of Recovery Freezing Liquid. This was a Healing Potion specifically for Ice Statue Ghosts, all of Silver Level grade.
Next to the alchemy platform, there was a bookshelf over a meter tall.
The bookshelf was filled with books, some thin and others thick.
“Complete Guide to Battle Puppet Circuits”
“Rational Configuration of Circuits • Volume 3”
“Practical Puppet Combat Formations”
…
All these books were related to alchemy puppets.
Besides these, Zi Di also discovered some drafts and blueprints that must have been created by Jia Bing.
“This is a great harvest!” Zi Di exclaimed after examining the interlayer space, unable to hide her joy.
She felt a delightful sense of accomplishment.
Before this, she had planned to use alchemy puppets to expand her combat capabilities.
To this end, she had arranged for others to purchase some battle puppets at Snowbird Port. These puppets were delivered by a caravan to the city of close relatives, right into Zi Di’s hands.
These battle puppets for combat had not yet been employed in real fights, but Zi Di had already acquired a higher quality Ice Statue Ghost.
“Calm down, first solve the access issue, then you can collect these spoils of war,” Zi Di steadied her emotions and began controlling a Snake Shadow Ghost, probing the portal array of the interlayer space.
After half an hour, Zi Di had quite a bit of insight.
Now, she had two options before her. The first was to directly destroy the portal array, the second was to dismantle it.
Each method had its advantages and disadvantages.
After pondering for a moment, Zi Di abandoned the dismantling option and chose to destroy it directly.
Dismantling was troublesome and took too long.
Direct destruction took much less time than dismantling, and it also carried very little risk.
Under Zi Di’s control, the Snake Shadow Ghost quickly destroyed the portal array.
Destroying it from inside was far easier than from the outside.
The spatial fluctuations suddenly intensified, then expanded into an elliptical spatial gate.
The frame of the spatial gate was silver-white, and Zong Ge standing at the gate could directly see the view inside the interlayer space.
The spatial gate was quite stable.
Zi Di stood in front of the gate and used a round of Reconnaissance Magic.
After several spells, she did not detect any traps in the interlayer space.
But she still did not take it lightly, considering this was the main laboratory of a Golden Level alchemist.
So Zi Di had the alchemy puppets and ghosts in her hand enter the interlayer space for a thorough search.
The search still turned out to be safe.
Zong Ge first stepped into the interlayer space, followed by Zi Di.
Zi Di first took all the books, blueprints, and drafts from the bookshelf. For a Mage, knowledge was always the most precious.
Then she collected the 12 Silver Level Stone Statue Ghosts.
Next, she targeted the only Golden Level Ice Statue Ghost.
This Ice Statue Ghost was still in the process of being constructed, and taking it apart to carry away took some effort.
After spending half an hour, Zi Di finally managed to pack the Golden Level Ice Statue Ghost into her storage belt.
Thanks to Jia Bing’s contribution, this was his Gold Level storage device.
When the Golden Level Ice Statue Ghost was packed in, the space in the storage belt was nearly filled.
Zi Di had no choice but to remove five Silver Level Ice Statue Ghosts she had just packed.
The storage belt was full.
“We need more storage devices!” Zi Di sighed, falling into a happy dilemma.
Spatial items were relatively rare on the market, mainly because there was a great demand for them from various parties.
After spatial storage equipment was listed, it was usually quickly snatched up.
Moreover, in many places, there were explicit bans on selling spatial equipment.
The Silver Level was manageable, but Gold Level ones were almost always under a ban.
For the time being, Zi Di and Zong Ge also found it difficult to purchase suitable storage devices.
Zi Di quickly thought of a solution.
After filling many elemental crystals, she successfully activated the five Silver Level ice statue ghosts.
With the Deception and Disguise Skill flowers, the ice statue ghosts moving outside were hard to detect.
Zi Di began dismantling the energy furnace.
First, the larger ice-breaking big-tooth furnace was removed, followed by the smaller ice-crushing fine-tooth furnace. The former was Silver Level, and the latter was Golden Level, both of marketable value.
Considering the future, survivors might establish an Alchemy Factory in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom. Such energy furnaces were always good to have.
After spending an hour and a half, Zi Di finally emptied everything from the interlayer space.
Stepping out from the oval-shaped silver-edged space door, Zi Di returned fully loaded.
“It’s a pity this interlayer space can’t be moved and taken away,” Zi Di glanced back at the space door behind her, feeling very regretful.
The value of this kind of space interlayer was also very high, even more expensive than the Golden Level ice statue ghosts.
Regrettably, Zi Di and Zong Ge had to give it up.
They couldn’t stay here for long.
On one hand, the grand redemption plan needed urgent implementation. On the other hand, they had not yet figured out the ins and outs of the forces belonging to the Axe Gang Leader, Jia Bing, and his people.
The enemy had suddenly lost three Golden Level warriors, definitely suffering a heavy blow, whether they would seek insane revenge or temporarily halt their actions, Zi Di and Zong Ge couldn’t judge.
The five ice statue ghosts, carrying heavy loads, walked down first.
Then, Zi Di and Zong Ge also descended to the second floor.
Having reached the first floor, they discovered that the last remaining stubborn trap was slowly dissipating.
Jia Bing had set up this magic trap, and to ensure its powerful effect, it had to be continuously powered.
Its energy source was the energy furnace in the space interlayer.
Now that Zi Di had removed the energy furnaces, the most stubborn magic trap was also fading away.
Zi Di and Zong Ge initially thought little of it, but as they were about to leave by pushing the door, the last traces of the magic trap completely dispersed, revealing a peculiar metal door on the ground.
The square metal door was embedded in the mud, resembling a basement door.
“Wait, what is this?” Zong Ge stopped first.
Zi Di was very curious. “Did Jia Bing set up a magic trap on this door? Was he trying to use this unique method to hide this metal door?”
Both Zi Di and Zong Ge’s attention was drawn.
Soon, they noticed a pattern at the center of the metal door.
It was a hand with fingers splayed open. Each finger was a different color—red, yellow, blue, green, white. Roots of five colored lines emerged from the bases of the colorful fingers. These lines gathered in the palm, intertwining into the shape of a heart.
“What does this pattern mean?”
“It feels… like an emblem.”
Zi Di and Zong Ge began studying it.
What they didn’t know was that far away on Flower Skirt Island, there was also a similar metal door. On the door, there was also a palm-shaped emblem group.
Gold Grade Mage Cai Jing, Zhong Bei, and Silver Level Mage Jia Bing, at this moment, were all staring intensely at the hand palm emblem, their gazes burning.
Under their Mana infusion, out from the fingertips of the five fingers protruded five colored lights.
The lights that converged were not straight but bent, much thicker than hair strands, resembling delicate vines.
The five-colored lights slowly spread through the air, then fell onto some potted plants.
These potted plants were various Magic Plants.
They were the results of Cai Jing, Zhong Bei, Jia Bing, and numerous Magic Potion Apprentices dedicating their efforts to nurture these plants recently.
The five-colored lights inserted into these Magic Plants, continuously drawing nutrients from them.
The Magic Plants visibly wilted rapidly, while the five-colored lights grew brighter and thicker.
When they reached a certain limit, the red light was the first to retract, until it disappeared into the palm pattern.
The palm pattern with its fingers spread wide, one finger now thoroughly lit up, flickering red frequently.
Subsequently, similar scenes unfolded successively.
Blue light finger, green light finger, white light finger, all were illuminated.
Only the yellow light curve remained wrapped around the Magic Plant, watching as it grew stronger, about to reach the limit, about to retract, when the Magic Plant suddenly collapsed.
With a soft “pop” sound.
The magic items shattered into pieces.
The yellow light curve hadn’t reached its limit, affected by the collapse of the Magic Plant, it simply disintegrated.
“Just a little bit more, just a little bit!” Zhong Bei cried, holding his head.
Zhong Bei also showed a look of regret. “Yes, just a little bit more, and we would have passed the final test, obtaining the Prosperous · Hybrid Master’s legacy!”