Chapter 1874: Sudden Explosion

Next, Xia Duo asked about some details regarding Mila's physical condition, such as whether the demon traits were spreading, whether she had become weak under the support of the Life-Sustaining Array, and so on.

Kelisi answered them one by one, and finally handed over to Xia Duo a notebook that Xia Duo had provided specifically for her to record Mila's status.

Xia Duo finished reading it briefly, nodded, and only then returned the notebook to Kelisi, "I understand. You go and rest; I will call you if I need anything!"

"Yes, my lord. Then I shall not disturb you further."

Before leaving the room, Kelisi paused her steps, turned back, and said to Xia Duo, "Thank you, my lord, for your help with Mila!"

Xia Duo waved his hand to show it was nothing. After she left, he continued to sit in the Study for a while, carefully pondering some details regarding the Purification Plan for Mila.

Only then did he rise and go to a simple Laboratory newly built next to the manor's main building. Because the previous laboratory had to house Mila, Xia Duo had the guard detail summon craftsmen and Mages to build two more.

After entering the Laboratory, the layout and furnishings inside were similar to the previous one, with only a few details changed according to Xia Duo's suggestions.

In order to eliminate interference in the experiment as much as possible, Xia Duo deliberately selected from the Lattice Cage a Wood Elf mutant whose age was closest to Mila's and whose demon traits were also very similar.

It was just that Mila could call for her mother from the beginning, whereas this mutant could only emit bursts of meaningless hissing, and its overall state looked much more manic than Mila's had been at the start.

As soon as it was released, it rampaged within the Jinjufazhen, and upon seeing Xia Duo, it revealed a murderous look, like a mad dog ready to bite one to death.

Xia Duo sighed in his heart. He tested it with words several times, but achieved no results; instead, it only further enraged the subject. It was fortunate that the confinement of the Jinjufazhen reconstructed force and inertia rather than being a physical wall.

Otherwise, this guy's frantic rampaging would have already counted as self-mutilation.

Adjusting the intensity of the Jinjufazhen to maintain the target in a stationary state, Xia Duo then began Spellcasting. He was now using one of the conservative plans he had previously attempted for purifying Mila—

Using relatively gentle Water Element to infect the target's body, specifically utilizing the excess Water Element to banish the Negative Energy within the target's body.

Of course, these operations were all based on the premise that Xia Duo had already cracked the Magic Energy properties of Sailuo; this was actually also a way of Disintegrate Magic Energy.

It was just that it was now being used to banish the effects caused by Magic Energy.

During the first attempt, the Spell lasted for about ten minutes in total, but the effect was not ideal. Just like the attempt on Mila, merely trying to banish Negative Energy was difficult to break the specific framework formed after Magic Energy Infection.

Or rather, living beings themselves have Negative Energy; this is one of the many reasons leading to biological aging. Of course, one could also say that it is aging that produces Negative Energy; this is not contradictory, because Negative Energy is the embodiment of the concept of Entropy Increase.

Positive Energy can extend life because Positive Energy at an appropriate concentration can, to a certain extent, offset the effects of negative entropy increase, keeping the body in a state of lower entropy, which is to say, a younger and healthier state.

The Negative Energy produced after Magic Energy Infection had already formed a certain fixed framework with the body, which perhaps could be called "bloodline." It is very difficult to change a bloodline merely through elemental infection.

Many failed experiments by Netherese Mages on the Main Plane had long proven this point, let alone with only a small amount of Water Element.

Using such a gentle and conservative purification method, if the time were extended to a scale of years, perhaps there might be some effect, but now, with a mere ten minutes, how could any visible effect possibly appear!

Next, Xia Duo tried several other conservative purification plans, but the results were not ideal.

The only thing worth being happy about was probably that after various purification plans, the mutation of the target's body had neared a halt.

In other words, the target's bloodline had begun to stabilize.

And this further led to the previous purification plans, so Xia Duo thought of a more radical purification plan that he had not tried on Mila before—

Using the means of Disintegrate Magic Energy to disintegrate the bloodline.

The Magic Energy of a Demon Descendant Elf is created by a Spell and inherently has a unique, stable framework; Disintegrate Magic Energy is to disintegrate such a framework.

Xia Duo speculated that the mutant's special bloodline, as a product of Magic Energy Infection, should also be able to be disintegrated in this way.

However, if one were to link bloodline to genes, disintegrating the bloodline might mean genetic collapse, which carries a high risk.

Mila's sample was too special, so Xia Duo was naturally unwilling to risk an attempt.

But for the mutant before him, the only special thing was that its state was very similar to Mila's, but the most essential point—whether it still possessed its original consciousness—was vastly different.

However, considering that this mutant before him could still be used as a pre-purification test for Mila, Xia Duo ultimately changed to another mutant.

It was still a Wood Elf, or rather, most residents of the Golden Rose Community were Wood Elves, a few were Moon Elves, and there were no Gold Elves at all.

The newly released Wood Elf mutant was recorded in Xia Duo's research notes as "Sample 42," meaning the 42nd subject to participate in the experiment.

First came several sets of conservative purification plans; the results were almost no different from the previous "Sample 41"—the physical mutation had nearly stopped, but the bloodline was more stable and harder to purify.

Thus, the radical therapy began—

Xia Duo cast a Spell on "Sample 42" to attempt to Disintegrate Magic Energy. Under normal circumstances, if the target did not possess Magic Energy, this Spell would not take effect.

But now, although the target did not possess Magic Energy, there was still a specific framework left behind by Sailuo's Magic Energy Infection within its body, which resonated with the Disintegrate Magic Energy Spell.

The effect was very rapid!

Almost the moment Xia Duo's Spell was completed, the target began to vomit blood continuously, and even vomited out some substances resembling black oil.

At the same time, the demon traits on the target's body also began to wither; everything looked as if Xia Duo's new plan had succeeded.

But the scene that followed caught Xia Duo off guard. Just when he thought the plan had succeeded, one of the target's somewhat alienated arms suddenly fell off.

Immediately after, several other organs with demon traits fell off one after another, but that was not the end; the target then exploded without any warning.

Shredded meat and bones coated the entire Jinjufazhen. Xia Duo's face turned dark instantly; he had intended to save someone, but hadn't expected to send them to their funeral instead.

He had originally thought that even if the Disintegrate Magic Energy plan was a bit radical, it wouldn't lead to death on the spot. As long as it didn't die, he could always save it later by accumulating experience.

He hadn't expected such a thing to happen!