Chapter 1422: Resurrection Items, Soul-Binding Amulets

Facing the disintegration of the device, Iolum was not in the slightest panicked; while confirming the overlapping state of the semi-plane and the Main Plane and preparing to separate them at any moment, he simultaneously set his sights on the final wave of Arcane Energy.

When the device completely spiraled out of control and even the Magic Net fractured and rioted because of it, Iolum took action directly—creating Arcane Crystals and separating the planes.

When everything in the Laboratory returned to calm, an Arcane Crystal the size of a human head had already appeared in his hand, with a preliminary estimate of at least one or two thousand Standard Arcane Crystals.

"This device disintegration was relatively peaceful; the amount collected is a bit low!"

Iolum seemed somewhat unsatisfied, and he casually handed that Arcane Crystal to Xia Duo, "You keep it; save it for the next experiment."

"Understood!"

Xia Duo nodded heavily; in large part, this experiment was actually conducted to collect the Arcane Crystals needed to manufacture the Daiwei String for the next experiment, so there was actually little suspense regarding the experiment itself.

As for the Arcane Fire Device for the next experiment, it was the Spherical Radial design he had created; over the previous half-month, he had already completed partial testing of a single Arcane Fire.

Next, he and Iolum would separately conduct tests on aspects such as single Arcane Fire, multiple Arcane Fire linkage, and support-type components.

Afterward, they would further optimize the complete design blueprints, and it is expected that device construction can begin by the end of this year; if everything goes smoothly, they might even be able to conduct a full-machine experiment this year.

Based on the full-machine experiment of the Daiwei String Component from the old design, Xia Duo estimates that the duration of the new design's full-machine experiment will no longer be measured in "seconds," but rather in "minutes."

And if everything goes extremely smoothly, by the end of next year, perhaps the first experimental Arcane Fire Device capable of long-term operation could be born.

With the work efficiency of the Daiwei String Component automatic preparation machine, at least twelve phases of experiments can be conducted throughout next year, which should be enough to discover and improve many issues.

Carrying a sliver of anticipation, Xia Duo left the Laboratory.

Although the Laboratory can avoid massive damage through semi-plane separation, the damage to the Magic Net itself requires repair; Iolum did not let Xia Duo do this work, but instead took it upon himself.

However, Xia Duo knew that this likely had an inseparable connection to the faith in the Goddess, and he did not take it too much to heart; since Iolum wanted to do it himself, he could also save himself quite a bit of trouble.

……

After leaving the Iolum Laboratory, Xia Duo did not return directly to his residence, but instead found another Laboratory.

"Who told me to be such a kind-hearted person!"

Having just seen the scene of Yarman and the others preparing to participate in the Blood Trial at the Grey Eagle Tribe through a Scrying spell, although Xia Duo felt dissatisfied with that kind of cruel trial method, he would not interfere.

In his eyes, the Blood Trial might just be a backward custom, but in the eyes of the Langasi, it was indeed the most glorious challenge activity that could best prove themselves.

He could guide them slowly in the future, but for now, he still needed to respect their choices.

However, Xia Duo was also prepared to use his own methods to avoid some unnecessary losses; Yarman was representing him in recruiting the Langasi, so even if they were Yarman's subordinates, to a certain extent, they were also his subordinates.

In fact, looking at the historical trend of the inevitable future integration of Daxia-Saville, those people were his subordinates, his Territory residents.

Of course, the Langasi were no exception.

Since obtaining the Resurrection Spell from the Projection Plane, Xia Duo had never used it; Kelifu might have already used it, but the other party had never come to contact him.

Xia Duo's original idea of exchanging information on Resurrection Nodes with the other party naturally fell through, but now, since the Blood Trial was destined to see blood, he might as well use it to test the actual effect of the Resurrection Spell.

Of course, more importantly, it was to probe the attitude of the Lord of Death toward the Resurrection Spell.

After becoming a Great Arcanist, Xia Duo's courage had gradually grown; anyway, the depth of the Magic Net had already reached its limit, so in the future, he would definitely prioritize developing its breadth.

And the Resurrection Spell would have to be used sooner or later; rather than gambling on luck when the time came, it was better to try it now—whether it succeeded or failed, the result was destined anyway.

However, according to what he learned during his previous communication with Kelifu, the Lord of Death should not mind people other than Death Priests using the Resurrection Spell.

Life Extension Spells already existed, so there was no reason why Resurrection Spells could not exist.

Of course, Xia Duo's confidence did not lie solely in this; more importantly, as long as he did not directly offend the God of Death, indirect offense would at most only incur some "negative Divine Grace."

He could just farm some more "positive Divine Grace" next time to make up for it; no Order God would be so bored as to specifically watch a certain mortal and immediately send down Divine Punishment the moment they discovered a slight offense.

……

The essence of resurrection lies first in the Soul.

If there is no Soul, even if the body is resurrected, it is just a living corpse and cannot be considered a living person at all; therefore, the first thing Xia Duo had to prepare was a tool to collect the Soul.

During the heyday of the 【Projected Plane Arcane Empire】, there was a portable 【Amulet】 that could collect Souls, but Xia Duo did not have sufficient Permission Level to obtain relevant information at that time.

And in 【Projection Plane: Empire Remnants】, they mainly used the Soul Summoning Array; if a field operative died, someone had to report it for them, and the rear base would then initiate the resurrection procedure.

By comparison, the former was more suitable for individual use, while the latter was more suitable for organizational use.

Xia Duo currently only possessed the relevant data for the latter, the Soul Summoning Array, but this array was very cumbersome to build; even if it could be used in the Territory in the future, he was not sure if he could complete it before the Blood Trial.

Of course, if he were to completely abandon the work related to the Arcane Fire Device, he would be confident, but the work related to the Arcane Fire Device concerned the long-term future, and he could not abandon it for the sake of those few people.

Then he could only look for an alternative plan.

The first thing Xia Duo thought of was the 【Soul-Binding Gem】 passed down in Niya's family; he had long ago parsed the core spell 【Soul-Locking Technique】 contained within it.

He even felt that the 【Amulet】 of the Arcane Empire might be related to the Soul-Locking Technique, but he could not be sure because he had never obtained an Amulet in the Projection Plane.

Perhaps he could create a Xia Duo-version 【Amulet】 with the 【Soul-Locking Technique】 as the core.

……

Xia Duo's work efficiency had always been high; almost the moment he completed the concept, he finished the theoretical design related to the Spell Elements within the Spell Suppression Field.

The subsequent engineering design was also completed quickly, and by that night, the 0.1 version of the experimental 【Amulet】 had already been made.

However, testing it today would not work; it required living creatures to participate!