Chapter 2622: Automation Research

After the communication ended, Xia Duo officially began his research into Spirit Automation; he chose to start with the Spirit Amulet to understand the essence of Spirit Automation.

Xia Duo had previously conducted rough research on this process, but for various reasons, he had never delved into it; furthermore, having experienced advanced studies at the Red Heart Alliance, Xia Duo felt he should start from the source.

Xia Duo was a man of action and immediately got to work; the Elemental Essence was readily available, as he had taken it out during his recent inventory, and for now, he first took a Wind Element Essence.

In his recent conversation with Talafu, he learned that the type of Elemental Essence produced most in Calimshan was the wind attribute; naturally, due to the bloodline attributes of the Calimshan people, this attribute of Elemental Essence was also the one with the highest consumption.

But regardless, Wind Element Essence should be the easiest for Xia Duo to obtain; in his recent discussion with Talafu, the price of Wind Element Essence was also the lowest among all attribute essences!

Therefore, he chose without hesitation to use Wind Element Essence for his experiments first; as for the essence attribute required to craft a Spirit Amulet, that was related to the user's bloodline attribute.

At the time, Xia Duo chose "wind" instead of "water" also because the Kuangfeng Baolei collection had the most Wind Element Essence.

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To craft a Spirit Amulet, besides the Elemental Essence, the only other material needed was Mithril, which Xia Duo had also prepared in advance.

Before long, a Mithril Ring covered in patterns and nearly hollowed out appeared before Xia Duo; of course, this was not yet a finished Amulet, and this Mithril ring only looked like a ring, but in fact, it was not.

Next, Xia Duo took out the sealed Wind Element Essence; its exterior was a regular white Gemstone, and inside, it seemed to have an independent space where a miniature wind vortex was slowly rotating.

It looked somewhat miraculous, yet not that miraculous, until Xia Duo broke the seal; the Gemstone's physical form dissipated, and a water-drop-shaped existence flickering with white spiritual light slowly floated up from his hand, carrying wisps of breeze.

The light pulsed as if a living thing were breathing, and in Xia Duo's Perception, the unsealed Elemental Essence was like a sleeping consciousness that seemed as if it could be awakened with just a little stimulation.

However, at the same time, he instinctively felt that he could exert limited control over this existence before him; as this thought arose, the water-drop-shaped existence indeed flew all around the Laboratory under Xia Duo's control.

This was one of Xia Duo's Bloodline Abilities: 【Wind Control】.

Under his control, that Elemental Essence flew a circle around the Laboratory and finally landed in the center of the newly crafted Mithril Ring, floating there quietly.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo hesitated for a moment, took out an Adamantine Knife, and slashed hard across his palm.

But his survival instinct still made him subconsciously activate his body's Protection; the blade tip was blocked by an invisible Force Field before it could even get within a finger's width of his skin.

"I didn't expect that with my Bloodline Awakening to this extent, it wouldn't be easy to hurt myself."

After muttering this, Xia Duo began to adjust his consciousness, using his Conscious Mind to guide his Subconscious instinct, and deactivated the Force Field Protection on his palm; the next moment, the Adamantine Knife pierced into his palm with almost no resistance.

With a light slash, fresh blood immediately flowed out along the blade; under Xia Duo's control, that wisp of blood did not drip onto the ground but flew upward, winding itself around the Mithril Ring occupied by the Elemental Essence.

Only when all the patterns on the Mithril Ring were filled did Xia Duo pull out the knife; the wound on his palm healed rapidly, as this was a basic operation after multiple Bloodline Awakenings.

Come to think of it, this should be one of the few times he had been injured since becoming an Official Mage, and it was even self-inflicted; with his current status and strength, I fear that if he were to be injured in the future, it could only be by his own hand.

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Just as Xia Duo was feeling emotional, changes occurred at the Mithril Ring; as all the patterns were filled with Xia Duo's blood, the light of the Elemental Essence, which had been floating quietly in the middle of the ring, began to fluctuate without Xia Duo's control.

The fluctuations grew larger and larger until they made contact with the ring itself.

The next moment, light erupted; not only was there a large amount of white light visible to normal sight, but in Magic Vision, the Mithril Ring also rapidly linked to the Magic Net, driven by the Elemental Essence at its center!

A large number of Magic Net Strings wrapped around it, not only enveloping the Mithril Ring but also re-sealing the Elemental Essence within.

Seeing this scene, even though he had experienced it once before, Xia Duo was still stunned for a few seconds, followed by a surge of joy in his heart.

If nothing else, at least the automated manufacturing of this Spirit Amulet was indeed problem-free; of course, the prerequisite was to prepare all kinds of materials in advance, including his own blood.

And having experienced this scene again, Xia Duo was certain that this was not an automatic connection similar to that in an Arcane Energy Field, but an automatic connection under a normal Magic Net environment.

The former only utilized the laws of spontaneous energy migration and would not work once removed from a special environment, while the latter was true automated networking.

The significance was completely different!

Thinking that he could research universal automated networking based on this phenomenon, Xia Duo couldn't help but have his breathing quicken; it could be said that he was already standing at the threshold of true Magic Industry automation!

And he also believed that he would definitely be able to step across it!

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Afterward, Xia Duo crafted two more Spirit Amulets, both using Wind Element Essence as the material; choosing Elemental Essence of the same attribute was beneficial for controlling variables and summarizing patterns.

The first thing he tried to change was the elements of the core Spell, replacing them with equivalent elements; the result was that the Elemental Essence could still automatically link the Amulet to the Magic Net.

In other words, Spirit Automation had nothing to do with the Amulet's core Spell, but Calimshan spells were inherently based on bloodline; in reality, this so-called core Spell was not as clearly distinguished from the supporting elements as the Magic Artifact core of the Netheril Magic System.

In other words, Xia Duo next needed to find the true core Spell, or rather, find the elements highly relevant to Spirit Automation, and he needed to strip away the parts related to bloodline.

This sort of thing might not be difficult for a researcher proficient in Calimshan Bloodline Magic, but Xia Duo knew very little about Calimshan Magic; he was now treating this project almost as a completely unfamiliar one.

However, in this way, the final result would also be more "universal"!

How does that saying go—everything you pay will always be rewarded in another form!

If he followed the path of Calimshan Magic, he might be limited by the limitations of Calimshan Magic itself; it would be better to treat it entirely as an unfamiliar subject to research, perhaps this was the grand and proper path.

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For several days in a row, Xia Duo spent almost all his time in the Laboratory except for eating and sleeping; the Wind Element Essence in his collection had long since been exhausted, but he was not without progress; at least now he could use essences of other attributes to conduct experiments.

Of course, limited by his own bloodline attribute, he could temporarily only use Water Element Essence; only by thoroughly stripping away the elements related to bloodline could he use essences of other attributes.