Chapter 3139 Alchemy Forbidden Zone

As for whether Stirling will offer other conditions besides points, Angel currently doesn’t know.

However, if Portia really asked him about the knowledge of exchanging life-converting magic patterns, he would have no choice but to ask Stirling...

 Yes, he intends to ask in his own name.

 As for the price, he must pay it.

 After all, Mr. Kanter responded to his "shake people" when he was in the Sea of ​​Mist. Angel must repay this friendship.

"If I need to find Sterling later, I wonder if I can ask Antonio to contact him for me." Angel looked at Antonio.

Antonio nodded: "Of course, I believe Mr. Stirling will agree to meet."

This is not an intentional boast by Antonio. In the past few hundred years, whenever members of the R&D Institute came to Stirling, he never refused.

How can gathering wool from other wizards be as refreshing as gathering wool from the Research and Development Institute?

 So, if Sterling knew that Angel was looking for him, he would definitely agree to meet.

Angor: "Then I'll trouble you."

Antonio caressed his chest and said, "No need to be polite, it is my duty to serve the members of the R&D Institute."

Angor thanked Midora again. His proposal seemed to be the most feasible at present. Sure enough, regarding the research and development institute, it was definitely right to contact Midora.

Midora smiled and said, "Then when you meet Portia next, do you need me to help you?"

 It is said that it is a support, but it is actually a plundering formation.

 Furthermore, with Midora present, Portia would probably not mention the alchemy of life.

This sounds like a good thing, but the presence of Midora may also make Portia wary. - People who do bad things secretly are often more sensitive than others.

Although what Portia did was not outright forbidden, it was still taboo in the eyes of the general public.

 Otherwise, Portia wouldn’t have done it secretly in private.

 So, Angel thought for a while and still rejected Midora's raiding formation.

 He planned to talk to Portia head-on.

If Portia really can't reach an agreement at all, that's okay. Anyway, he has already got the news from Stirling and can take other ways.

 Seeing that Angel insisted on meeting Portia alone, Midora did not dissuade him. As long as Angel is sure that he does not support Portia's involvement in the alchemy restricted area, then it is no big deal for him and Portia to meet alone.

Midora even felt a faint pity. If Angel hadn't been too young, he would have wanted to try to see if he and Portia could be brought together. Under the nourishment of love, maybe Portia would gradually relax her desire for the alchemy of life?

But then again, although it is difficult to bring Angel and Portia together, we can also try other methods to stop Portia silently.

 As for outside moves, although he is not as good at it as Dean Muse, he can still try it.

Meidorah said goodbye to Angel while thinking about counterattacks against Portia, and temporarily walked out of the signal tower.

He did not leave immediately, but stayed at a nearby alchemy shop that he often visited. He planned to wait for Portia to leave before contacting Angel to see how far Portia had traveled on this road in the alchemy restricted area. .

 After Medora left, Antonio also left. However, before leaving, Antonio also helped contact Portia.

 Portia happens to be in Fantasy Mechanical City, and it doesn't take long to get to the signal tower.

Angor looked at the empty light screen opposite, silently waiting for Portia's arrival.

 …

While waiting, Orao looked at Angel with the eyes of a curious baby: "Can I ask a question?"

 In their previous conversation, Orao heard a lot of questions that puzzled him, but he was too embarrassed to interrupt and held it back until now, before he found the opportunity to ask.

Angor glanced at Orao and did not answer immediately. Instead, he turned off the "call" function of the light screen to prevent the conversation from being transmitted to the other side.

 After doing all this, Angel nodded: "Okay."

Oraao immediately came to Angel's side, bent down, and asked: "Just now I heard you guys say that the alchemy of life is a forbidden area for alchemy?"

"So." Angel said, taking a step back, raising his head and looking at Orao: "You'd better stay away from me. I'm not used to people talking while looking at the top of my head..."

The three-meter-tall Orao looked down at him even though he was bent over.

 Before, they were a little far apart and there was no sense of awkwardness. Now that they were in the same room, the sense of awkwardness came immediately.

Oraao pressed his hat and took a few steps back obediently.

 Oraao: “Why is life alchemy a forbidden area for alchemy?”

Angor glanced at Orao in confusion: "Are you interested in this question?"

Orao scratched his hair under the brim of his hat: "I'm not interested... I just remember that Miss Margaret has been looking for a method of life alchemy for a while, and everyone in Naraku City knows about it."

Just because Orao knew about this, he was very puzzled: Tens of thousands of years ago, Margaret could openly search for life alchemy methods, but why has it become an alchemy forbidden zone now?

Angor was stunned for a moment when he heard Orao's words: "Margaret is looking for a method of life alchemy? Did you remember wrongly? It's not life alchemy, but biological alchemy, right?"

 Biological alchemy and life alchemy are different.

Although bioalchemy sounds a bit scary, it is actually a discipline with an extremely rigorous academic closed loop. But the alchemy of life is different. It involves the law of forbidden areas in the lowest logic of the world.

 Bioalchemy focuses on transformation, while life alchemy focuses on...creation.

In the words of some religious fanatics - the creation of life belongs to the realm of "gods", and human beings are treasonous if they touch it.

Of course, wizards do not believe in gods, but based on the experiences summarized by countless predecessors, it is basically certain that the creation of intelligent life will definitely touch the law of depth, and everything related to the law of depth is absolutely forbidden.

 Because it is in an absolutely restricted area, the birth of Toby is still a miracle that cannot be replicated.

but-

Absolutely forbidden area does not mean that wizards dare not touch it.

Wizards are a group of people who pursue the truth. For the sake of truth, they can turn into moths to fight the fire one after another.

 It’s just that if you want to touch the absolute restricted area, you must meet two conditions, which are the “access thresholds”.

Either you are powerful enough to withstand the dangers of countless Laws of Depth; or your breadth of knowledge is enough to analyze the secrets of the Law of Depth.

 If one of these two conditions is not met and you touch the absolute restricted area, there will basically be no good outcome.

Dead, crazy, mutated, and even disappeared without a trace...these are the consequences of touching the restricted area.

The original Ivo just disappeared without a trace. Although he was accidentally found by Angel later and confirmed that he had lost all his memory and turned into a "plot NPC" in a certain disordered object, it has to be said that this ending was actually not that good.

It is precisely because the R&D Institute knows the horrors of the absolute restricted area that it reminds its members time and time again not to be contaminated.

 However, it is not necessary without prohibition.

 Some talented wizards often take a side road when they find it difficult to see the way forward.

This is true whether it was Ivo Spruit back then or Portia today.

While Angel's thoughts were flowing, Orao pondered for a moment and replied: "I am very sure that it is not biological alchemy, but life alchemy."

Angor was surprised for a moment, but quickly calmed down.

 This answer is a bit surprising... but it makes sense.

Orao: "Did the alchemy circle also go awry in the past ten thousand years?"

Angor thought for a while and replied: "In terms of research and development trajectories, there is no deviation between the alchemy circle ten thousand years ago and the alchemy circle now. However, the overall background is still a little different."

"Ten thousand years ago, the Southern Territory was not cut off from the other three wizarding worlds. There was also a direct way to the source world. At the same time, legendary wizards emerged in large numbers." Angler paused: "Even miraculous wizards occasionally appeared in the Southern Territory. .”

“In this context, life alchemy is a challenge, but it is not an absolute forbidden area.”

 Having a legendary wizard and not having a legendary wizard are two completely different situations. The legendary wizard represents great strength and extremely profound knowledge.

 The entry threshold for exploring the alchemy of life happens to be: strength is the sail and knowledge is the guidepost.

 With such conditions, exploring the alchemy of life will naturally not become an absolutely forbidden area. At best, it's...an ordinary restricted area. People are advised not to enter, but if you do enter, no one will care about you.

After listening to Angel’s explanation, Orao seemed to understand something: “I see, so it seems that the current alchemy circle is not as good as before?”

Anger: “If the environment is different, development will naturally be different.”

Angor’s words may sound very official, but in fact the key point he wants to express has already been stated: “environment” and “development”.

 Environment naturally refers to the general background. And development...since it is development, it means taking a big step forward. No matter whether this step is wrong or right, at least it is progress.

Angor does not admire the past and downgrade the present. Jon's enlightenment teaching gave him a more rational brain.

 There is no point in comparing good and bad. Everything is just another template for the development of civilization.

 He once talked with Frost and learned a lot of secrets. For example, even if the other three wizarding worlds had not severed their ties with the source world, their development of alchemy had not found any decent path.

 Hence, the existence or absence of life alchemy is not the criterion for judging the quality of the alchemy circle.

Even in the source world, life alchemy is something that very few people will explore. It is a true field of genius.

“More than these, what I’m more curious about is, where has Margaret reached on the path of alchemy of life?” Angel looked at Orao.

Orao: "I don't know about this. However, as far as I know, Miss Margaret did not find the method of life alchemy before the accident happened in Naraku City."

Angor frowned: "Didn't find it? Didn't she find the magic energy array that converts matter into life?"

Marguerite ten thousand years ago was an enchanted alchemist, and Angel can confirm this. The various alchemy books he found in Margaret's boudoir in Naraku City in the Nightmare Realm all proved this conclusion.

Precisely because he knew that Margaret was an enchantment alchemist, Angel also understood that the life alchemy she was looking for must be a magic energy array that transformed matter into life.

—This is also what Portia wants Angel to help find. However, Portia does not know the existence of this magic energy array. She asked Angel to help find the relevant magic patterns, not the magic energy array.

"I am very sure that Miss Margaret has not been found." Orao confirmed again.

 His words caused Angel to fall into deep thought for a long time.

 Because, in the alchemy book Angel found in Naraku City in the Nightmare Realm, there were records of related magic energy arrays...even, more than one.

Angor knew that after the nightmare world reflected reality, many things would undergo surprising changes.

For example, the wise master of Naraku City in the Nightmare Realm is just a greedy three-eyed blue devil without any wisdom.

 For another example, the Clear Sky Poetry Room in reality was the place where Augustine and Margaret had a tryst; but the Clear Sky Poetry Room in the nightmare world had a terrifying mutation! According to Augustine's own account, he had been to Naraku City in the Nightmare Realm, but he did not dare to enter the Clear Sky Poetry Chamber inside, and could not even get close enough to get a glimpse.

Although the nightmare world reflects reality, it is far higher than reality.

Angor knew that matter and life would undergo horrifying distortions in the nightmare world, but what he didn't expect was that even knowledge... could mutate.

Margaret did not find the method of life alchemy, but in the "Basics of Alchemy" that Angel found in the nightmare world, there was already a relevant magic energy array for converting matter into life.

 And this is just the "basis" of alchemy.

You must know that Angel remembers more knowledge than "Basics of Alchemy"!

The more he gets to know the nightmare world, the more unfamiliar it becomes to Angel... Where does this great power of reflecting and distorting reality come from?

Angor even thought about whether the nightmare world is the "mystery" itself?

 After all, Angel had only seen this kind of completely illogical power in mysterious objects.

 But the entire nightmare world is mysterious, which is obviously impossible...

Angor thought for a long time, but couldn't come up with any reasonable explanation. He simply shook his head and shook off all these complicated thoughts.

 He is just a little wizard now. He thinks about a world far beyond his level. If others know about it, they will only laugh.

Furthermore, high-level knowledge will have high-level traps.

 So, the best way is not to think about it, so as not to fall into the pit.

A few minutes passed after Angel gave up thinking about the nightmare world, and the picture on the light screen suddenly shook.

 A witch wearing a witch's flower veil appeared in the picture.

 The veil is very thin, and you can clearly see the witch's smile under the gauze.

 “Little brother Angel, we meet again.”

 Familiar taste, familiar name.

 There is no doubt that the person coming is Portia.

 (End of this chapter)