Chapter 3896: Furnace and Fuel
"Mr. Hamilton, if it weren't for you and Gina, I can hardly imagine how we would pass through this kind of room. Perhaps we could only choose to open the door again and take a detour, but in that case, it's hard to say how much further we would have to walk."
Madam Gustav praised, slightly checking Gina's situation, and confirming that the Pink Dragon girl just needed to rest.
"You take Gina first, and we continue to move forward. If the skeleton tailor just now was not wrong, the next room is the Life Furnace room. This can also be considered a safe room, and we can rest for a while."
"We have experienced too few rooms, I am afraid we still have to go out and collect materials to start the furnace later."
The witch carrying the small bucket said a bit worriedly, but she was still very happy that she could find the furnace so smoothly.
"Let's go and rest for a while first. Generally, we can only find a room where we can rest temporarily every fifteen rooms. This time it can be considered ahead of time."
It was still Old Madam Gustav who went to open the door. Because there was a "Geocentric Furnace" in his own basement, in Xia De's imagination, the "Life Furnace" should also be a similar huge furnace, just that the material might be biased toward flesh.
But Xia De guessed wrong.
In the brand-new room, it was still illuminated by dark red light, and in the center of the room, where the ceiling was at least twenty meters away from the ground, a regular dodecahedron spliced by twelve carved copper-colored cast iron plates was floating in the air, and each face had ancient runes representing different flesh organs.
From the bottom of the dodecahedron extended dense blood vessels like spider webs, connecting to a blood pool as large as a swimming pool on the ground; while above the dodecahedron floated a circle of thirteen blood-red crystals, and the crystals rotated slowly, making the whole room unusually bright.
The ground of the room was not flat. Around the blood pool, there were undulating shapes like tree roots, but the witches and Xia De could guess that this was actually the shape of blood vessels; the four walls of the room were covered with pieces of blood-red flesh whiskers, which was somewhat similar to 【Pseudo-Human's Home】.
There was not a trace of blood mist in this room, but the oppressive feeling it brought to them was even stronger than in the rooms with thick blood mist.
Even in Xia De's perception, this huge dodecahedron "Life Furnace" itself was like a living thing. This thing gave him a very strange feeling, and he even heard the sound of a huge heart beating at one moment.
The metal constituting the regular dodecahedron and most of the metal in this factory had blood-colored rust. At this moment, this thing had no reaction to the arrival of the four people. However, the witches didn't explain to Xia De immediately, but quickly built the sanctuary again.
Therefore, when Gina woke up in a daze, she found herself sitting in the very familiar metal sanctuary, which once made her think that everything just now was just a dream.
But fortunately, she immediately noticed that she was leaning on Xia De's shoulder, so she recalled the things just now, and the Pink Dragon girl sat up straight with a blushing face, and then noticed that there was something melting in her mouth.
"What is this?"
She spat out the 【Star Dew】 in her mouth, saw it clearly, and then put it back into her mouth apologetically.
"We have already arrived at the Life Furnace room. How do you feel now?"
The old witch asked her, so Gina carefully felt it, and said vaguely.
"I feel much better than just now. I will spit bubbles to cover us all. Life Furnace, huh? Then what are the twelve faces this time?"
The halfling girl who was fiddling with the flame in the bottle said.
"We were just talking about this with Mr. Hamilton. To start the Life Furnace, we need to collect the flesh organs carved on the twelve faces and provide enough fuel. When building the sanctuary, we have already observed the requirements this time. Counting the 'stock' we had before Mr. Hamilton came and the gains from our previous adventures together, we are still short of five pieces this time."
"The missing organs are the right ear, tongue, right leg's shin bone, liver, and left lung. We were just talking about the topic of 'fuel' just now."
Xia De also said. The pure silver fireball summoned by 【Dark Moon Grace】 was already floating in the center of the small shelter. Although this fire light had no temperature, it was much more reassuring than the flame summoned by the halfling witch.
"Fuel, huh? This is indeed not easy to handle. The fuel required to start the 'Life Furnace' is not flammable materials like firewood or oil, but high-level alchemical material 【All-Things Blood Essence】. I have only seen a small piece in the academy. This thing is at the same level as 【Philosopher's Stone】, but currently, only blood-sucking species can refine it."
Gina said troubledly.
Xia De knew 【All-Things Blood Essence】. Last year in Moon Bay, the 【Earth Power · Blessing All Things】 launched by the blood-sucking species autopsy doctor used this material for auxiliary spellcasting (Chapter 2478). And that piece of 【All-Things Blood Essence】 at that time was given by the tribe of Mr. Albert and Mr. Bernhardt.
It was just that Xia De hadn't spoken yet, and Madam Gustav, who mistakenly thought he didn't understand, explained.
"I once said that I heard of the things you mentioned 【Eldest Son's Flesh】, but in fact, what it refers to is 【All-Things Blood Essence】, but 【All-Things Blood Essence】 is far less terrifying than the things you mentioned, and it itself does not have activity."
"This is a universal material for physical repair, and its uses are quite extensive. There are very few witches specializing in human body transformation in the current Fifth Era, but in the Fourth Era, the pursuit of 【All-Things Blood Essence】 by high-level secret mages was even crazier than the pursuit of 【Philosopher's Stone】."
The large bubble spat out by Gina was gradually wrapping the four people.
"I have seen some classics in the church. Although 【All-Things Blood Essence】 can now only be refined by blood-sucking species, in fact, the origin of this high-level alchemical material is related to that ancient God of Creation."
The old witch added, and Xia De nodded.
"I know this. Just like elves partially believe in the Tree Father and partially believe in the Moon God, although most of the blood-sucking species tribes believe in the Moon God or the God of Blood-Sucking, some relatively... bloodthirsty clans also believe in that God of Creation."
"However, none of us are blood-sucking species. Where can we get this kind of material?"
"There are some very powerful monsters in the form of flesh in this factory. Killing them can get 【All-Things Blood Essence】. The piece we got before was dropped by the monster that chased the three of us when Madam Gustav met us."
"That monster's self-repair ability was something I had never seen before. If it weren't for the fact that Madam directly decomposed it, just relying on me and Gina, we couldn't handle the other party at all."
Miss Bladevi said, putting the small bottle containing the flame in the middle of everyone. Among the four, only her physique was the smallest, so only she could stretch her body and move freely in this shelter.
"However, let's rest for a while first. Maintaining a good mental state can also resist flesh deformity. The reminder of the skeleton tailor just now is very correct."
Xia De still had more than half an hour left. Seeing that he had reached the "Life Furnace," he was not in a hurry at all. At this moment, he just wanted to know more things.
Seeing that the witches only wanted to rest for the time being, he talked about his recent troubles after learning that the general starting process of the "Life Furnace" was to put twelve materials and 【All-Things Blood Essence】 into the blood pool connected to the furnace, that is, the matter of Miss Vigo Aster and 【Emerald Record】.
The Old Witch indeed also knew about this Unknown-level relic, but her understanding of it was limited to "having heard of it":
"It's very difficult. There is no known way to completely cure this kind of congenital disease caused by the influence of powerful relics while still in the mother's womb, except for praying for divine grace."
"Can't 【All-Things Blood Essence】 that we just talked about work?"
Miss Bladevi helped Xia De ask, and the old witch shook her head.
"【All-Things Blood Essence】 can only be used as a universal flesh material. It can repair the body and sublimate the body, but it cannot change the life form itself. The power of that relic has already become a part of your witch friend, and 【All-Things Blood Essence】 alone cannot treat it."
However, she hesitated.
"But this kind of 'congenital relic disease' was studied in the Fourth Era. After all, the abuse of relics by superhumans in that era was much more serious than it is now. I have also seen data in the church. Although it cannot be cured, the symptoms you mentioned should be able to be alleviated."
The old witch looked at Xia De.
"But you also have to be prepared. The influence produced by a relic of the level of 【Emerald Record】 is greater than any case I have seen. Your friend probably won't... live too long."
"I understand."
Xia De nodded immediately. The methods given by Adele and Megan and his 【Star Dew】 were actually alleviating it, but he didn't mind having more methods.
"Then please tell me those methods. I still have hope for completely curing her."
The elderly witch didn't mind helping this young man who was both polite and capable. She asked Xia De for paper and pen and began to write. It was also at this time that Xia De took out the supplies he had prepared for the witches. They looked like they were going to stay here for a while.
Gina had long known that Xia De would take out these things, so she happily went to check the tea and ingredients. Miss Bladevi was stunned when she saw the soft white bread. After getting it, she found that it was still warm, and immediately her eyes turned red.
"I thought I would never eat bread again! The bread made by 'Food Creation Art' here is meat-filled, and the filling is even raw. No one dares to eat it... I hate meat-filled bread!!! Bread, oh bread, I don't know how to praise you anymore."
She didn't love bread as much as Ellie loved apples; she just hadn't seen normal food for too long.
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? PS2: Mainstream system of the Third Era: Hunter;? Mainstream system of the Fourth Era: Secret Mage;? Mainstream system of the Fifth Era: Witch;? Mainstream system of the Sixth Era: Ringed Sorcerer. ===== CHAPTER 3897 =====
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