“Only three BIO-202s are still alive? The rest died with that old woman Kladaxi. What a pity.”
Xia Xiu held a red pendant in his hand, feeling the messages coming from within by driving the runes. He transmitted 5 eve particles into the pendant, summoning all three BIO-202s.
Three deformed wolf-like creatures stood before Xia Xiu;
They had sharp teeth, and green liquid constantly dripped from their mouths. What was most terrifying about them were the eight single eyes on their heads.
【BIO-202 Model】
【A special interactive model manufactured by 【Midnight Worm】, durable and resilient, easy to maintain. One standard qishu stone is their monthly ration.】
【Abilities: Biting, Liquid Toxin, Superb Vision】
“They can just make up for the difficult period of my insufficient Early Stage entries.”
Xia Xiu summoned the Flesh Desire Lineage, then carved a Reverse Summoning Array on it, using the Reverse Summoning Array to contain all three BIO-202s onto the Lineage. The Reverse Summoning cost him 15 Spirit.
The Reverse Summoning Array is a basic array commonly used by Stage 1 Measurers. It can contain some extraordinary creations into the public containment service area of the Lineage. Arcane Masters must pay corresponding eve particles for each containment or summoning.
Arrayology is one of the most important branches of knowledge besides Arcane entries, and Xia Xiu is quite fond of it.
In gaming terms, this thing doesn't take up a skill slot. As long as you can draw it and have eve particles, you can use it directly.
Xia Xiu casually drew a Summoning Array on the Lineage, then clicked save.
【Public Storage (Living): BIO-202 (3)】
【Command Summon: 5 Spirit / per head】
After finishing, Xia Xiu clapped his hands in satisfaction. At the same time, he raised his hand, and Yarn's Mark appeared on it.
【Yarn's Mark - Vortex】
【Effect: eve particles recovery efficiency +30%】
Praise Yarn!
Xia Xiu then checked the entry content of the Flesh Shaping Technique.
【Flesh Shaping Technique】
【Effect: Can perform simple flesh manipulation, can perform flesh synthesis rituals.】
Flesh Shaping Technique is a class skill of the Return of Three. As one of the eight major classes of Flesh Desire, it has three directions: Resurrection (Necromancy), Transformation, and Guardianship.
Flesh Shaping is clearly a class skill in the Transformation direction, likely because Xia Xiu obtained his human form through ritual conversion from a BIO-202, so yadaboth, the Flesh Desire Think Tank, directly gave him the core technology of the Transformation path.
Xia Xiu knew the acquisition methods and combination content of several Transformation entries in the Flesh Desire Lineage. He also knew where to obtain the DNA template creatures needed for Transformation.
However, the immediate priority was to understand the surrounding situation.
Because he had been enduring for a month after his Transmigration, he roughly knew about some small treasure troves in Kladaxi's mansion. His next task was to search for her collections.
One hour later.
In Kladaxi's study, ten bundles of banknotes were placed on the table, all with a denomination of one hundred. These were you yuan. One you yuan could buy a bag of sliced bread from the supermarket, and a bag of bread could last an adult male two days.
In addition to the you yuan, there were also fifteen dark green square stones, which were standard qishu stones (10 cubic centimeters). A standard qishu stone contains 100 Spirit of universal eve particles.
This could be used for non-spiritual spellcasting, or to replenish an Arcane Master's eve particles.
“One hundred thousand you yuan, fifteen qishu stones.”
Xia Xiu looked at these charming items with a satisfied smile. He liked such charming things; the more, the better.
After counting these basic assets, Xia Xiu turned his attention to several envelopes on the study table. Most of these envelopes were payment receipts, and a small portion were some unimportant trivial matters.
And among them, a short communication caught Xia Xiu's attention.
【Magic Wand Communication】
【Briefing ①: Three Portland, one of the world's ten major anomalous Enclaves, recently sailed out of the Chaos Sea and has now passed through the Berlin region. It is expected to land in the Fog City region this month. The Fog City Clock Tower will handle matters related to Portland's (abbreviated) landing in Fog City.】
【Briefing ②: Portland's Deer Academy has announced that it will hold a new recruitment session. This recruitment will take place in the twenty-six nations of the Central Alliance.】
【Briefing ③: The Oletin Empire and the Diwa Empire conducted a joint military exercise. During this joint exercise, the Gear Orthodox Church of the Diwa Empire showcased some new mechanical golems.】
【Briefing ④: Regarding the detailed rules for the opening of new sea routes…】
Wandmen are a group of trans-dimensional reporters and archivists. They seek to explore the Multiverse and uncover its secrets, while spreading and preserving knowledge.
Simply put, they are Terra's extraordinary reporter group.
Xia Xiu carefully read the briefings again, especially the third and fourth entries. The reason he paid so much attention to the latter two briefings was that the third and fourth game expansions were related to them.
The third game expansion was titled “Opening of New Routes - Lost Land,” and the fourth expansion was “War of Nations.”
Many people died in these two expansions. Central, Diva, and Oletin completely lost their minds in these two expansions, with massive investments in Arcane applications leading to the entire Terra being polluted by Ether radiation, which also laid the groundwork for the fifth game expansion.
However, these things were still too far away for Xia Xiu. He knew from the calendar that it was now terra calendar February 3, 1589, 11 years before the Unification War. At most, Oletin and Diva were engaged in military expansion; it was far from the stage of actual conflict.
Xia Xiu rubbed his chin, deep in thought. His original plan was to be an adventurer and then, according to his memories, search for ways to strengthen himself in Central. He estimated the travel time to be one year.
The reason for one year was that the game's first expansion, “Replay Interpretation,” occurred in terra calendar 1590. He planned to use one year to advance himself to Stage Two and raise his Lineage class. This way, he would be able to gain corresponding benefits in the first expansion.
Here, we need to briefly mention Terra's extraordinary history.
In terra calendar 221, qishu stones were discovered.
The Origin of communicating with the extraordinary through qishu stones was discovered: the Ether Ocean.
However, the greedy people of Terra were not satisfied with this kind of Arcane release that required external objects. They wanted to directly contact the Ether Ocean and directly seize the extraordinary power of the Ether Ocean.
Thus, the people of Terra developed various Arcane Systems. Through the Arcane Systems, people could directly release Arcane without relying on qishu stones.
Terra entered a golden millennium. Arcane Systems were continuously developed, and the exploration of the Ether Ocean deepened.
In terra calendar 1020, Arcane Masters were divided into five stages according to their power. The systematic hierarchical division was accepted by Terra's Arcane Masters.
These five stages are:
Stage 1: 【Measurer】
Stage 2: 【Manifestor】
Stage 3: 【Overlord】
Stage 4: 【Crown】
Stage 5: 【miracle】
These five stages are common to all Lineages. Whether it is the Heaven of the First Great Lineage, the Flesh Desire of the Anomalous Lineage, or a small Lineage with only one normal state, these five stages are used to classify their Arcane Masters.
The stage classification of Lineages is the same, but the class ranking is different.
Take Heaven and Flesh Desire, for example:
Heaven has three stages, nine ranks, and twenty-six classes.
The Flesh Desire faction has six classes and eight major classes.
Class represents the corresponding permissions, computing resources, Think Tank assistance, etc., that you can obtain within that Lineage.
For an Arcane Master, stage represents the hardware, while class represents the software.