Chapter 274

280. Chapter 280: Unexpected Gain

"How would I know."

Shaliya rolled her eyes, "If it weren't for him dying in the Experimental Building affecting our reputation, I wouldn't bother with him."

Hmm...

Celine Sage's Potion Research Group now has a total of 8 people.

Aside from Celine Sage, for some unknown reason, she favors Loken more.

The other six—Lin Ke, Mo Li, Shaliya, Aila, Tina, and Renee—all have a poor impression of Loken.

Only Shaliya, Aila, and Tina, though still Level 1 Wizards, usually dare not speak out against Loken due to his level and strength, holding in their anger.

Lin Ke, Mo Li, and Renee, on the other hand, completely disregard Loken's attitude—whatever happens, happens.

Especially last time, when Asande sought help from Sage Paro, serving as an attendant on a trip to the Academy Headquarters, yet didn't utter a single word to Renee afterward.

Renee's mood has been foul ever since, and she treats Loken even more coldly.

"Make way."

At this moment, the two had already reached the third underground level and arrived at the observation room.

Shaliya pushed aside Aila and Tina, who were blocking the one-way transparent glass, allowing Lin Ke to better observe Loken lying on the reinforced floor of two standard isolation chambers.

"You finally came."

Tina is the most knowledgeable among the three about extraordinary medicine and potions; after Loken's accident, she was helpless and frantic.

Seeing Lin Ke, she immediately let out a long sigh of relief.

Tina doesn't care whether Loken lives or dies.

But if he dies on her watch!

Once word gets out, her reputation will be ruined.

What?

Graduated from Rivors Bio-Medical College, specializing in extraordinary medicine and potion refining, yet unable to sustain the life of merely a shocked Body Refining Wizard?

If she can't even save a Body Refining Wizard with such tenacious life force, what can she treat? Who can she save?

Maybe the potions she refined are counterfeit and substandard?

Walk away, stay far from her, lest you bring disaster upon yourself.

Tina Wizard's imagination is strong; such scenes had already surfaced in her mind earlier.

"Where are Celine Sage and Renee Wizard? Where did they go?"

Lin Ke, while sensing Loken's physical condition, monitored the various data, and spoke up to ask.

Multitasking—trivial, not worth mentioning.

"Invited temporarily by the Paro Sage Legion to oversee the optimization of the 'Empowerment' potion project."

Shaliya answered Lin Ke; she handles external liaison and is most familiar with the situation.

That makes sense.

Lin Ke had previously wondered why, before he and Mo Li went to attend the activation ceremony of the 'Do Whatever Is Free' branch outpost, Celine Sage and Renee Wizard were still in the Experimental Building, yet suddenly left.

They still needed to find him back to save the situation.

Loken's stimulation this time, leading to his foolish act, is likely related to Celine Sage being invited to the Fairy World.

The unattainable always stirs up trouble.

The minotaur swears never to submit.

Setting aside distractions, Lin Ke seriously examined Loken's physical condition.

The isolation chamber is fully equipped with inspection and testing facilities; the over twenty Smart Brain screens in the observation room are linked to various facilities and equipment, feeding back Loken's condition in real time.

Combining sensory perception with data comparison, Lin Ke quickly identified the cause of Loken's shock, disrupted vital signs, continuous loss of life force, and inability to replenish it.

After that, Lin Ke was also dumbfounded.

The issue is not with the yet-unsuccessfully-developed potion, but with the body talent Loken previously transplanted.

This potion, Lin Ke has some understanding of, is Celine Sage's magnum opus following the 'Remorse' potion.

It targets not actually the promotion of a Level 2 Body Refining Wizard to Level 3, but rather the process of a Level 3 Body Refining Wizard advancing to Level 4 Sage.

Of course, as long as one can endure it, a veteran Level 2 Body Refining Wizard using this to breakthrough to Level 3 Wizard also has a high success rate.

However, no related experiments have been conducted yet, data is lacking, and the adverse effects remain unknown for now.

Based on the current situation, Loken, with the potion's help, has fortunately succeeded in promotion and become a Level 3 Body Refining Wizard.

But the several body talents he previously transplanted have, due to unknown factors, undergone a 'rebellion'.

The newly awakened talent of the Level 3 Body Refining Wizard is now in full revolt, attempting to expel them from Loken's flesh.

"What's yours is yours. What's not yours, don't force it."

Shaking his head with a sigh, Lin Ke, via the Smart Brain, controlled the intelligent machines in the isolation chamber, extracted various samples from the shocked Loken, and conducted detailed testing.

While waiting for the test results, Lin Ke activated the 'Multi-threaded Thinking' state, pondering how to solve Loken's problem.

After a moment, the thought yielded a result.

Initially, there are two methods with relatively high feasibility.

One is to find a way to infuse life force into him, letting Loken endure it himself.

Hold on until after promotion to Level 3 Body Refining Wizard, when the newly awakened talent and the several transplanted talents finish their struggle.

Either the newly awakened talent dominates and expels the transplanted talents;

Or the transplanted talents remain strong, forcing the newly awakened talent to coexist with them.

Two is to find a way to detach the transplanted talents, helping Loken become purely himself, greatly increasing his combat power.

From the heart, Lin Ke does not want to choose either method.

Because no matter which one is chosen, it is all benefit and no harm to Loken, but of no benefit to Lin Ke.

Even, after Loken wakes up, he is very likely to not be grateful.

But, from the instinct of a researcher, Lin Ke very much wants to try the second method.

Just during the period when he had just transformed into a humanoid computer equipped with top-tier AI, Lin Ke had a very bold idea.

If this idea can be realized, perhaps Lin Ke is about to found a new wizard school.

In the Wizard World, there are not only the five major schools: Elemental Wizard, Body Refining Wizard, True Spirit Wizard, Intellectual Machine Wizard, and Beast-Taming Wizard.

These five major schools all have Saints at their peak, they are the heavenly great way, that's all.

Or there still exist some branches based on the five major schools, or collateral lines unrelated to the five major schools.

These medium and small schools each have their own specialty, simply lacking strong ones standing at the peak of the school.

In Lin Ke's conception, the school he might found, he himself and the direct-line members of "Do Whatever Is Free" will not switch cultivation to it.

But it can be used to train non-direct-line subordinates.

For example, the gangsters of the West District, for example, the servant soldiers of other worlds.

Of course, these are all matters for later.

To realize Lin Ke's idea, the prerequisite is to first pass through the separation of Loken's transplant talent, to rescue and awaken Loken!

"Torn apart!"

Lin Ke rarely appears in a state of being unable to advance or retreat.

"What are you hesitating about?"

Tina Wizard noticed the subtle irregularity in Lin Ke's expression, and immediately spoke up to ask.

"emmm……I am hesitating whether to save him."

Lin Ke truthfully spoke out his point of hesitation, without the slightest thought of avoidance.

"What is there to hesitate about? Save if you can save, only if there is really no way then do not save!"

Tina Wizard somewhat could not bear to watch, spoke up to urge, "Hurry up, make a decision, time waits for no one."

"Alright."

Lin Ke nodded his head, made the decision.

Compared to realizing his just-conceived idea, those personal grudges, are not worth mentioning.

"Make preparations."

After giving a light instruction, Lin Ke concentrated all his attention, designing the subsequent operation procedure.

Shaliya, Aila, and Tina Wizard did not need Lin Ke's specific instructions, they all knew what preparations to make.

They first released a large dose of anesthetic potion into the isolation room, giving the shocked Loken deep anesthesia, reducing the chance of riot.

If it were an ordinary person, would shock still be given a large dose of anesthesia?

That would be tantamount to murder!

Afterwards, controlling the intelligent machine, they moved the deeply anesthetized and shocked Loken from the isolation room to the adjacent "operating room".

Placing the corpse-like Loken in a supine position, his limbs and forehead were all bound with binding straps possessing magic-dispelling and force-relieving functions.

All kinds of surgical potions, especially the rapid replenishment life force potion for hanging life at any moment, were all fully prepared. The entire operation was conducted under "sterile" conditions.

Generally, Lin Ke at this time only needs to do his own disinfection work, then he can pick up the knife and enter the room to begin the surgery.

However, this surgery is extremely special, Lin Ke still needs to do some extra preparations.

The transplant talent detached from Loken's body, if without a suitable carrier, would just be wasted in vain.

And Lin Ke's idea that might possibly found a school, its most crucial first step, is to undamagedly carry the detached transplant talent.

"Aila, I need to check the storage directory, find some things."

After completing the operation procedure design, Lin Ke began to look for a suitable carrier.

Aila is responsible for operating the industry of Selin Sage's Potion Research Group, warehousing affairs also fall under her charge.

"Good."

Without any hesitation or evasion, Aila directly logged into her account on the office smart brain, pulled up the storage records, for Lin Ke to browse.

Ignoring other categories, Lin Ke directly opened the magic beast fur category, carefully browsed.

After looking for about ten minutes, he finally found a suitable carrier.

Coincidentally, the magic beast fur Lin Ke finally chose, its source is exactly the same as the "new empowerment" potion experimented on Loken's body recently.

Both are that kind of bovine magic beast in the Wizard World that is about to go extinct.

After Lin Ke made his choice, Aila immediately retrieved three pieces of bovine magic beast fur from the warehouse.

After taking the magic beast fur in hand, Lin Ke carefully observed its various patterns, having it in mind, then he entered the operating room.

Loken, after such a long period of deep anesthesia shock, even though he has been continuously given life force replenishment to hang life, is already at death's door.

Just like a deflated ball, no matter how you pump, you can't fill it with air!

"Record. Start."

Glancing around, feeling himself become an assistant and "nurse", Shaliya, Aila, and Tina Wizard, Lin Ke operated the "Brain Seal Technique", entering an extreme rational state of indifference.

The transplant talent detachment surgery, officially began.

Lin Ke's right hand made a false grip, between thumb and index finger and middle finger, a "scalpel" composed of light-system, water-system, and gold-system magic power appeared out of thin air.

This "scalpel" is actually a 2nd Ring Composite Spell, dedicated to superhuman medical treatment.

Just this one move, startled Shaliya, Aila, and Tina Wizard.

After being stunned for less than a second, the three came to their senses, each glanced at each other, and saw in the other's eyes the shock that had not yet dissipated.

Rumors in the streets say that Linke Grand, by some unknown means or having obtained some opportunity, completed his wizard qualifications, and is now fully elemental affinity.

It turns out to be true, not baseless talk!

Lin Ke did not notice the shock of the three, firmly gripping the "scalpel," the first cut directly stabbing Loken's heart.

The first bodily talent transplanted into Loken was "Rapid Self-Healing," imprinted upon his heart.

The "scalpel" passed harmlessly through Loken's skin, fat, superficial fascia, veins, deep fascia, arteries, nerves, landing upon his heart, at the starting point of the imprint of the transplanted talent "Rapid Self-Healing,".

Then, with great precision along the trajectory, it completely severed the entire imprint.

While the right hand was cutting the transplanted talent "Rapid Self-Healing," the left hand was not idle, the index finger lifting, a piece of cow-shaped demon beast fur hovering.

Following the cutting trajectory of the "scalpel," the hovering cow-shaped demon beast fur automatically trimmed, forming a shape connected to the imprint of the transplanted talent "Rapid Self-Healing" but slightly larger.

"Large dose replenishment of life force. Increase anesthetic dosage at any time."

Before proceeding to the next step, Lin Ke spoke up to remind.

"Understood."

Shaliya, Aila, and Tina responded in unison, then each attended to their duties.

Shaliya adjusted the dosage of the rapid life force replenishment potion;

Aila prepared to increase the anesthetic intensity;

Tina closely monitored all data, ready to speak up at any moment if any abnormal fluctuation occurred.

Drawing a light breath, holding it, Lin Ke operated with both hands simultaneously.

The "scalpel" lightly lifted, cutting away the transplanted talent "Rapid Self-Healing" imprint from Loken's heart;

The left hand pointed, the properly shaped cow-shaped demon beast fur immediately taking over the imprint leaving Loken's body.

Lin Ke's mental power followed closely, using the True Spirit Wizard's Ring Sealing Spell of the 2nd Ring, completely sealing the transplanted talent "Rapid Self-Healing" imprint within the cow-shaped demon beast fur.

The first wave of operations was successfully completed.

Loken's vital signs showed some disturbance, the rate of life force loss increased somewhat.

Taking advantage of Loken not yet truly dying, Lin Ke continued with the second, third, and fourth wave operations.

The other three bodily talents that Loken had expended much thought to transplant were all cut, detached, and sealed within the cow-shaped demon beast fur.

Once all four transplanted talents were detached, Loken's vital signs immediately ceased to be disturbed, and life force stopped draining.

Even without continuing to replenish life force, relying on the physique and self-healing ability of a Level 3 Body Refining Wizard, Loken would soon wake up on his own.

"You keep an eye on him, shout me immediately if there's any problem."

Lin Ke took the four pieces of demon beast fur of various shapes, left the operating room, and headed straight for his own office.

The first step of realizing the concept has been completed; next, I must seriously consider how to carry out the second step.

This step is transitional in nature, the core content being the fine processing of the demon beast fur sealed with the transplanted talents.

Even if the effect of the transplanted talents cannot be magnified, at least two points must be achieved: no discount, no immune rejection.

After much thought, Lin Ke still decided to call upon the repeatedly reformed "Empowerment" Potion.

And it is still the original version of the "Empowerment" Potion.

After reviewing the initial data and comparing it with his own conception, Lin Ke's state was explosive, worthy of being called thoughts gushing forth.

From design, to development, to producing samples, only half a day was spent.

Looking at this bottle of pink potion in his hand, Lin Ke began testing the potion's various data with anticipation.

At this moment, Shaliya knocked on the door, then entered the laboratory, saying: "Loken has woken up."

"And then?"

Lin Ke calmly retorted.

"I feel his condition is somewhat off, his spirit somewhat dazed."

Shaliya said, "You go take a look; in your absence, we three are not entirely sure."

"Alright."

Lin Ke glanced at the pink potion undergoing testing, then followed Shaliya down to the third underground level.

Shaliya, Aila, and Tina, out of caution, had already moved Loken into the isolation room.

Thus, even if Loken woke up and caused a riot, there would be a place where he could be contained, so they would not suffer.

Hmm, the body refining wizard who always does rash things is just this annoying.

Entering the observation room, through the one-way glass, Lin Ke observed for a while Loken leaning against the corner of the isolation room.

Lin Ke shook his head and said: "Everything is normal, no need to attend to him."

"Then what's wrong with him?"

Tina asked curiously.

She had never before seen the burly Loken look so desolate and sorrowful as he does now.

"He just woke up from a dream."

Lin Ke did not elaborate on what Loken's dream was.

But Shaliya, Aila, and Tina instantly understood.

What else could the dream be?

They had personally heard the Wizard Renee say those words, which greatly struck Loken's self-esteem, when accompanying the Sage Celine to the Fairy World.

"Celine is only looking after you out of guilt, that's all, just like looking after a dog.

Look at yourself, then look at Celine, which of your qualities deserves Celine?

Why does Paro never regard you as a threat? Simply because you are not worthy!

Only his head, stuffed with who-knows-what, could stop Paro from successfully winning Celine's hand.

It has nothing to do with you at all!"

Now look at Loken in this lost and dispirited state.

He really does look like a dog.

Fix a bug.

The person brought into the teaching and research group by Selin Sage was changed from Asand Cornett to Renee Clark.

At that time, the timing of Asand joining "Do Whatever Is Free" was adjusted, and I forgot to update it.