Chapter 277: 283. Chapter 283: Barbarian Wilds Strike

283. Chapter 283: Barbarian Wilds Strike

No need to be so exaggerated.

Lin Ke looked at everyone's reaction and gave a helpless smile.

Actually, he knew that the first batch of materials and literature already totaled 500 pieces, which seemed like a lot.

But just looking at them, the amount that truly needed to be relearned wasn't that much.

Out of the 500 pieces, at least two-thirds were commonly read materials and literature in subjects like pharmacy, runology, and alchemy.

The pharmacists present were all at least senior first-level wizards, with most being second-level wizards, so naturally they had all seen and studied these.

Lin Ke listed these commonly read materials and literature just to have them review and revise.

So that the related knowledge wouldn't be forgotten over time, or become unclear.

The truly new knowledge that actually needed extra study wasn't much.

Bo Luo. Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard stood up then and solemnly declared: 'Not much; everyone will finish reading them within two days.'

After his words fell, the Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard glanced at the seated pharmacists and asked in a low voice: 'Does anyone think they won't be able to finish reading?'

None.

Intimidated by the department head and the 'senior fellow disciple's' prestige, the pharmacists all responded in unison.

Don't worry, it definitely won't delay anything.

The Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard was very pleased with the pharmacists' performance, turned to Lin Ke and made a solemn promise.

Lin Ke nodded, didn't say much, and then played the two surgery recordings he had made for Luo Ken.

To let the pharmacists of the Paragon Wise Corps' Medical Department intuitively understand the operation process of the initial, unfinished version of 'Construct'.

The pharmacists watched very attentively, not missing any detail.

After playing the surgery recordings, today's lecture was formally concluded.

Lin Ke politely declined the Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard's invitation, didn't linger in the Fairy World, and directly returned to the Academy Main Campus.

He needed to make use of the remaining time today to do some theoretical refinement work related to 'Construct'.

Tomorrow he has class again, and as time goes on, public elective courses become fewer while advanced improvement courses become more.

The professors' knowledge also becomes more advanced, so the post-class assignments—research and experiments—naturally become harder and take up more energy and time.

Time really isn't enough!

Rui Ni Wizard stayed behind to discuss the specific details of cooperation with the Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard.

Everything else is easy to talk about; they are basically the standard terms and conditions of school-enterprise cooperation.

Only one point is particularly special and must be negotiated on how to handle it.

'Construct' as a brand-new technology and even discipline is not something one can just casually get into.

After looking at the first batch of 500 materials and literature listed by Lin Ke, one only gains a preliminary understanding of Lin Ke's extensive knowledge compiled in 'Construct'.

Afterwards, Lin Ke still needs to personally teach and train the pharmacists.

Given that Lin Ke is currently pursuing further studies, his primary focus must be learning, so it's impossible to overly accommodate the cooperation project of the Serin Wise Pharmacy Teaching and Research Group and the Paragon Wise Corps.

Not to mention whether Lin Ke himself is willing or not; even if he were willing, the academy would not allow it.

Therefore, the Medical Department needs to accommodate Lin Ke's schedule by sending some or all of its personnel to the Academy Main Campus to follow his studies.

'Having everyone go is not realistic.'

After listening to Rui Ni Wizard's speech and demands, the Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard pondered for a moment and replied, 'The Medical Department here still needs to keep operating; let's rotate personnel.'

The Paragon Wise Corps, after fighting a battle with the Abyssal Demons, has been stationed in the Fairy World.

One is to rest and reorganize; two is to further digest the spoils of war.

The Medical Department has three major divisions of business: routine medical care, the 'Sublimation' potion project, and the 'Empowerment' potion project.

The Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard only complained that the Medical Department had too few usable personnel; how could they possibly dispatch all the pharmacists?

'That works. Let's decide on that.'

Rui Ni Wizard actually already understood the Medical Department's situation; although she seemed to offer two options, she had already determined that the Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard would choose the second one, so she readily agreed and said, 'You decide on the personnel and time, and I will coordinate with the academy and Lin Ke.'

'Wishing us a pleasant cooperation.'

The Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard smiled and extended his right hand.

'Pleasant cooperation.'

Rui Ni Wizard lightly gripped the Sa Luo Sa Er Wizard's right hand, then walked toward the teleportation gate and left the Fairy World.

Academy Main Campus

After Lin Ke returned, he immediately shut himself in the villa study and wrote furiously.

Actually, he could completely use 'brain-machine input' to directly record his thoughts into the smart brain.

Or he could enter the already-transformed Hall of Thought, first organize his thoughts on 'Construct,' and then use wizardry to manifest them all at once.

However, Lin Ke still chose to write by hand, giving himself a thorough thinking process.

From just past noon, he wrote straight through to evening, spending an entire afternoon, before Lin Ke finally put all his ideas and concepts about 'Construct' onto paper.

After this sorting, 'Construct' already had a skeleton and was partially fleshed out.

Although it still wasn't detailed enough to cover every aspect, it was sufficient for preliminary training.

Afterwards, it's just a matter of continually expanding the sample size and experimental feedback to modify, optimize, fill in, and dig deeper.

After finishing with the matter concerning Luo Ken, the spur-of-the-moment 'Construct' idea having arisen, Lin Ke glanced at the moon outside the window, rose, left the study, and went to the dining hall.

'You still managed to come out?'

Mo Li sat at one end of the dining table, smiling teasingly: 'I thought you were going to spend your life with pen and paper.'

'Where?'

Lin Ke looked at the sumptuous dinner set out on the dining table, curled the corner of his mouth into a smile, and said, 'Pen and paper wouldn't be this thoughtful.'

Mo Li smiled, but did not respond.

The two ate in tacit understanding, occasionally serving each other dishes.

After a warm dinner, they drank tea and chatted for a while, then each returned to their room to attend to their own affairs.

Life is just like that.

Having conducted deep meditation in advance, Lin Ke silently chanted and entered the "Small World".

Fu Lan Duo came up at once, gazing resentfully at Lin Ke, cheeks puffed, lips pursed, looking displeased.

"What's wrong, Fu Lan Duo?"

Lin Ke patted Fu Lan Duo's little head, curiously asking, "What made you unhappy, Fu Lan Duo?"

"The master made Fu Lan Duo unhappy!"

Fu Lan Duo stood with hands on hips, huffing angrily, "Why did the master go to all that trouble to make the mother nest not stinky, only to give it to someone else?"

"Ah!"

Upon hearing that, Lin Ke was left speechless.

After the damaged mother nest was stored in the "Small World", Fu Lan Duo, even though unwilling, forced herself to clean it inside and out.

After some time of accumulation, Lin Ke had, with Fu Lan Duo's help, already remodeled and refined the clean mother nest a few days prior.

The prototype of the damaged mother nest is a level-3 insectoid mother nest, capable of leaving a star system but unable to undertake long-term interstellar travel.

Moreover, the power source of the insectoid mother nest, to a mage, is not advanced but rather overly primitive.

Lin Ke applied part of the mage world's technology for building interstellar warships, modifying the mother nest's power source to grant it medium- to short-range interstellar travel capability.

With the power issue resolved, the main remaining aspects are attack and defense.

From the start, Lin Ke never considered strengthening the damaged mother nest's defense.

Consequently, in the subsequent modifications, he merely tweaked the mother nest's defense mechanism to make it more suitable for mage control, without making any significant improvements.

Lin Ke devoted all his remaining energy, time, and resources to attack. Based on his preference for "Disintegration Ray" and "Separation Technique", he did not choose the small-caliber annihilation light or medium-caliber star-destroying cannon as the mother nest's attack arcane device.

Instead, he chose the antimatter cannon, which greatly increases attack power at the cost of higher energy consumption!

He even did not employ the concept of the main gun from the interstellar warship attack system.

Lin Ke utilized the mother nest's honeycomb-like feature to craft a "no feints, no assists, all main attacks" 3rd Ring-level attack arcane device!

After cleaning, condensing, and remodeling, the mother nest's shape has become like a much sparser sea urchin.

Those spines protruding outward are each an antimatter cannon!

A full 360 antimatter cannons cover the surface of the spherical mother nest, utterly insane.

This mother nest warship, single-mindedly pursuing concentrated firepower, is Lin Ke's first alchemical creation.

By piling materials, he directly achieved 3rd Ring level.

Asan De has flourished with the "Do Whatever You Want" philosophy; he is about to have a grand wedding, so Lin Ke must inevitably present a great gift.

Thus, the newly successfully refined mother nest warship was selected by Lin Ke.

Fu Lan Duo is so angry because Lin Ke did not inform her of this decision beforehand.

To her credit, while she was enduring the stench to clean the damaged mother nest, she thoughtfully added fragrance, considering that the master and mistress might use it often.

All that effort was completely wasted!

"This matter is the master's fault; the master should apologize to Fu Lan Duo, okay?"

After putting himself in her shoes, Lin Ke understood the little girl's logic, laughed helplessly, and apologized repeatedly.

"Hmph!"

Fu Lan Duo twisted her body, flicked her head, shaking off Lin Ke's hand, leaving her back of the head facing him.

Indicating, "I'm angry, I don't want to deal with you."

Lin Ke patted Fu Lan Duo's little head again, then stepped forward, using the authority of the "World Lord", bringing the "World Spirit" Fu Lan Duo to the origin of the "Small World".

The origin of the "Small World" has undergone four evolutions and reached the point of metamorphosis.

After one more evolution, the "small" in "Small World" will be crossed out, becoming a true world in the genuine sense.

It possesses complete celestial motion rules, a complete ecosystem, primitive intelligent life, and primitive intelligent civilization!

Lin Ke came this time to observe the first organic life born in the "Small World" after the thunder baptism.

However, though he came with great expectations, the harvest fell short of expectations.

Looking at those primitive organic lives riddled with many flaws, Lin Ke always feels that the fourth evolution of the "Small World" is like a bankrupt version.

"Fu Lan Duo, what do you think?"

After careful thought, still unable to reach a conclusion, Lin Ke asked Fu Lan Duo, who is the "World Spirit".

When faced with serious matters, even though she hasn't calmed down, Fu Lan Duo seriously replied: "Fu Lan Duo feels the 'Small World' is like those who fill their stomachs by eating dirt—just stuffed, not truly satiated."

Saying that, not knowing what she recalled, Fu Lan Duo suddenly became disheartened.

Lin Ke patted Fu Lan Duo's little head, without saying things like "it's all in the past", to comfort the Fu Lan Duo who recalled past hardships.

These pains buried deep in the heart occasionally surface, harshly stabbing the scar-covered heart.

Outsiders' comfort is actually useless.

Enduring it oneself, it will pass.

Lightly sniffing, Fu Lan Duo stamped hard on Lin Ke's toe, grunted "Master is hateful", then vanished.

Without needing to sense, Lin Ke could guess where Fu Lan Duo went.

He sighed, glanced a while longer at the origin of the "Small World", then returned to the study located at the academy's main office.

Setting aside the "construct" concept and the wedding gift, after reviewing related materials on nurturing the "Small World" and still finding no clue, Lin Ke could only send an email to the distributor, urging the undelivered insectoid evolution radiation source.

Hoping that obtaining ample insectoid evolution radiation source would allow the fourth evolution of the "Small World" to be thoroughly complete.

After finishing these, Lin Ke glanced at the already high-hanging "bright moon", then went to sleep.

In the next three weeks, Lin Ke lived a very fulfilling, regular, and uneventful peaceful life.

Monday to Friday mornings and afternoons he attended classes; at noon he was busy in his own lab researching and experimenting on course assignments; in the evenings he went to the Sage Se Lin Potion Teaching and Research Building's experimental lab to train the rotating medical department potioners of the Paragon Sage Legion, teaching Construct knowledge.

After three weeks of training, regarding Construct, Lin Ke has already updated four editions of teaching materials; the Construct knowledge system he created has become increasingly clear, showing a faint trend of forming a brand-new discipline.

This is a great progress, and also an exciting, inspiring signal.

The Medical Department potioners' enthusiasm for learning the Construct knowledge system has grown even higher.

As the saying goes, judging by the current situation, even if they cannot pioneer the entirely new school of Construct wizards, establishing the profession of Construct practitioner is already firmly in hand, very secure.

Afterward, it just depends on whether their Construct project in the elf realm can achieve the expected results.

Yes, after three weeks of training and preparation, the Paragon Sage Legion is finally about to officially launch the Construct project.

The project is preliminarily divided into three phases.

Phase one is a preliminary experiment; through the five-tribe joint-governance government, they selected 3000 volunteer elves of all tribes.

The Medical Department potioners will, in the coming week, perform Construct implantation on these 3000 volunteers.

This uniformly implanted Construct is a set meticulously designed by Lin Ke based on his research on elves, equivalent to third-circle sorcery's 'Barbarian Strike' set.

The 'Barbarian Strike' set consists of five individual pieces: a first-circle 'Primary Power Amplification', a first-circle 'Primary Speed Amplification', a first-circle 'Primary Physique Amplification', a second-circle 'Charged Strike', and a second-circle 'Powerful Break'.

The three first-circle 'Amplifications' and two second-circle 'Strikes' are all adapted from the body-tempering sorcerers' corresponding sorcery models, taking the form of rune arrays placed upon the Construct carrier.

Elves bearing the Barbarian Strike set can individually activate any piece's effect to boost the corresponding attribute, or temporarily increase attack power.

They can also activate the set's overall effect to achieve a transformation similar to the body-tempering sorcerers' shapeshifting mode, causing their physique to surge and attack power to skyrocket!

Logically, as the chief designer of the Construct project, Lin Ke must hold down the Medical Department at such a critical juncture.

However, Salosaer wizard said: 'Feel free to take leave boldly and attend Young Asande and Renee Clarke's wedding; with me and Old Man Mo Fei here, nothing will go wrong!'

Upon hearing news of the Construct project, Old Man Mo Fei, bringing his own dry rations and leading all the potioners from the rear potion department, insisted on sticking his nose in, thumping his chest: 'That old fool Poluo is unreliable; don't you trust me yet? I handle things, you can rest easy!'

Saying this, Old Man Mo Fei ignored his old nemesis Salosaer wizard, who was blowing his nose and glaring, mysteriously pulling Lin Ke aside and whispering: 'My grandson Pex, whom you know, doesn't want to linger in the family legion; he wants to find another path, so he asks me to ask you: can he join your Do-Anything-Free?'

'Do-Anything-Free' is not mine; it belongs to all members.

Hearing this, Lin Ke solemnly corrected Old Man Mo Fei's mistaken statement, then said: 'If Pex is willing, he can apply through the proper channels. I believe, given Pex's overall ability, he will certainly not be rejected.'

'No room for flexibility?'

Old Man Mo Fei frowned slightly and asked in a low voice.

Lin Ke insisted on principle and replied:

'Old department head, if I today, because of Pex and your relationship, break the principle, would you feel at ease letting him enter Do-Anything-Free?'

You should know, Do-Anything-Free was established as a branch of the academy's main campus, and under the leadership of Wizard Shanduola Diomande, it has recruited nearly twenty scions from the major families.

If Do-Anything-Free cannot uphold its principles, in the end, how will all members who come from the homeland to study at the main campus fare?

Given your experience, insight, and wisdom, it's not hard to guess.

Upon hearing Lin Ke say this, Old Man Mo Fei immediately expressed understanding, nodding and saying: 'Alright, let's follow the proper procedure!'

After saying that, Old Man Mo Fei let out a sigh: 'I've been tough for most of my life, never expecting to deal with my own grandson and also start playing these games. No wonder my old heart's knot has never been undone, why I can't advance to third-circle wizard after all. Turns out it's a flaw in my character.'

After his words faded, Old Man Mo Fei turned and left the Medical Department, returning to his temporary station in the Potion Department.

His figure looked very forlorn.

At that moment, Salosaer wizard snorted: 'Don't listen to his nonsense! His failure to advance is purely due to past serious injuries affecting his sea of consciousness, having nothing to do with his character. He just doesn't want to lose face.'

Lin Ke indicated he hadn't heard, chuckled, and also left the elf realm, returning to the academy's main campus.

Asande Konté and Renee Clarke's wedding is imminent.

The academy granted Lin Ke and Mo Li two days off, allowing them to return to the homeland to attend the wedding.

Besides giving the newlywed couple a big gift, Lin Ke and Mo Li also need to prepare a gift for the members of Do-Anything-Free, especially the Benevolent Brother Group, the Social Anxiety Group, and the third-tier backbone, as a gesture of consolation.

As the founder, one can't possibly have no presence at all, right?

Lin Ke certainly hasn't truly let go of Do-Anything-Free!