Necromancer, summoning 055? What the heck?

Chapter 231 Breath of Nature: The Rising Sun, New Altar, New Concept
Elves love making magical items like necklaces, unlike humans who prefer to make earrings, nose rings, and rings...

According to Helan, this difference is mainly because elves are more reserved; their necklaces can be shown or tucked into their clothes so they are not visible.

But for humans, it's not obvious. How would others know I'm carrying magical items?

Putting aside whether it's practical or not, showing off and gaining envy is a natural human need. Superman wears his underwear on the outside most likely because it's a designer brand!

The same goes for this magic rune necklace; if you pulled it outside your clothes, you could immediately tell it's an extremely valuable magical item.

The pendant is a tree branch carved from some kind of silver-white metal, with two emerald green leaves connected to its two sides. The leaves have fine textures, and each vein seems to flow with a faint halo.

Two leaves gently embrace each other, and at the very tip of the veins, silver threads curl upwards like vines, forming a semi-open cage-like structure, within which lies the seed of the Tree of Life.

Compared to its extremely gorgeous outer shell, the seed of the Tree of Life looks very inconspicuous. It is grayish all over, and its skin does not look very plump. Upon closer inspection, you can see slight wrinkles, as if it is skin that has been soaking in water for a long time.

No wonder they covered it with leaves; it really is a bit ugly.

Eona has already rushed back to Silvermoon Forest, and to express her positive and eager attitude, she didn't even mention how to activate the necklace, leaving this task to Ysera Brightwing, who stayed behind in the Vast Sea.

"Your Excellency, the 'Breath of Nature' necklace is designed to use the constraints of natural energy to draw the influence of the Tree of Life seed from half of the Vast Ocean City back to you alone."

"This way, we can avoid being discovered by others as much as possible."

Chen Mo was admiring the "Breath of Nature" intently when he heard this and asked curiously, "Didn't you say that this kind of seed is difficult to find?"

"Yes, Lord Chen Mo, the spiritual energy field emitted by the Tree of Life is very different from that of the cultivation room or other environments. It is a kind of spiritual energy rhythm that blends into the environment silently and is difficult to detect. However, it is not impossible to detect!"

"The Starry World is vast and teeming with powerful professionals. Our elven archdruids can smell it, and perhaps other beings can sense its presence as well."

"By containing the spiritual energy of the Tree of Life seed within a very small area around you, the chances of it being discovered by others are greatly reduced."

"Of course, the convergence range has another benefit: it increases the intensity of the psionic energy around you that supports your growth and greatly extends the lifespan of the Tree of Life seed."

Chen Mo nodded in understanding, explaining that the intensity and energy consumption of radiation radiating over tens of kilometers versus radiating within half a meter of the body are different.

That afternoon, the lord arranged a small-scale secret test.

Putting aside whether it was effective or not, the main focus was on testing its safety. Subsequently, the activated "Breath of Nature" necklace was placed around the lord's neck.

Chen Mo couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling a slight dizziness.

It's hard to describe the feeling; it's like stepping into an air-conditioned room under the scorching summer sun, or approaching a heater in the freezing winter snow, or hanging on an oxygen cylinder when suffering from altitude sickness, or finding comfort in a little frost when feeling lonely and helpless...

I'll pass on this one; the girl has an incredibly strong grip...

It's said that those guys from Skyfrost City are currently collecting warrior-level skill certificates everywhere, for external martial arts like the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt. Hmm, not for Flowing Frost, but for Lord Chen Mo to practice.

The main conflict between the Han Hai Territory and Tian Shuang City is the growing strength of Princess Liu Shuang and the frail body of Lord Chen Mo.

At this moment, when Chen Mo activated the meditation law, he clearly felt the exhilaration and jubilation of the energy within his body, as if every cell was immersed in the warm current of spiritual energy. This aura was so strong that the spirit-gathering magic array he used for cultivation in the past was like a desert of spiritual energy compared to this.

Truly a seed of life, a miraculous creation!

After closing his eyes and estimating, Chen Mo felt that he could probably break through to the third-order solar corona in another ten days or so, saving at least half a year compared to the original plan.

Sure, after you advance, I'll definitely give the elf a few wagonloads of goods!
Iona returned quickly! She also brought back the elves' sincerity: two seeds of the Tree of Life placed in a brocade box, which can be considered as a unilateral offer to the elves.

Chen Mo, on the other hand, used this time to adjust his state, set up the formation, and make all the preparations for advancing to the next level.

June 6th, 1429 (Tianqiong 1429) is an auspicious day, very lucky and suitable for sacrifices, prayers, offering thanks to gods, construction, opening a business, taking office, fasting and consecration...

No advancement, but that's alright. If Lord Chen Mo needs it, the almanac can be changed!

The transition from the lunar phase to the solar corona is another crucial watershed on the path of a mage, symbolizing the essential transformation of spiritual power from "cool radiance" to "intense energy."

The final advancement time was still chosen to be at night. This has always been a tradition in the Starry Continent. Warriors advance by gathering spiritual energy within themselves, which is powerful but causes little disturbance, so the time doesn't matter. Mages advance by drawing spiritual energy from the outside world, which will cause small-scale celestial phenomena, so they usually choose a time that is as inconspicuous as possible.

As the meditative state deepened, the spiritual energy of the Tree of Life seed, which had been confined to a small space, became so concentrated that it almost materialized, and each breath seemed to be inhaling and exhaling liquid energy.

Sensing the ever-increasing, near-perfecting spiritual energy fluctuations within the lord's mansion, the territory's magic masters and scholars, the elven elders and the magic archer all simultaneously put down everything they were doing and eagerly awaited their arrival.

The energy gathers silently, but explodes with earth-shattering force.

The moment Chen Mo's mental energy began to impact that barrier, an invisible energy pulse suddenly spread out from him!

"Om-!"

The deep rumble didn't come from eardrums, but echoed directly throughout the lord's manor hall. Spiritual energy surged, and for a moment, the guards in the lord's manor seemed to have an illusion that a fierce wind was swirling and turning in the air, instantly forming a vortex like the eye of a storm.

"It has begun!" The elven elders clasped their hands together again and began to murmur prayers. At the same time, Anthony activated a large magic array to stabilize the surrounding psionic channels.

At the same time, it also suppressed the influence from the outside world. With this great scholar from the Magic Society present, the commotion of this advancement seemed to be even smaller than last time, and it was almost completely suppressed within the City Lord's Mansion.

Once outside the main hall of the city lord's mansion, all was silent except for the still-quiet night.

Chen Mo's breathing became somewhat rapid.

The active psionic elements in the air began to collide with each other, and then, as if on a pilgrimage, they orderly merged into Chen Mo's psionic field, making the space in that area appear slightly distorted. The fluorescent light in the room was subtly refracted at its edges, casting umbrella-like shadows on the walls.

The phantom of the magician's psychic power began to glow with a gentle, refined golden-red halo around its edges, slowly spreading into an ever-brighter corona.

This corona was not a physical entity, but a halo formed from pure spiritual power and psychic energy. It shone brightly with golden light, and was surrounded by energy flames that danced like solar prominences. As its light grew stronger, all the surrounding psychic energy seemed to find its home, surging into it one after another.

Until one moment, like the rising sun, it leaped out of the sea of ​​psychic energy with boundless vitality.

"It's done!"

Although everyone knows that with such powerful hardware and software support, it is almost impossible for anything to go wrong with such a promotion that is not even the first stage, the identity of the lord is too important, so everyone still can't help but be on edge.

Soon after, Chen Mo came out, greeted everyone with a smile, and then headed straight for the reduction workshop of the First Steel Plant, surrounded by his guards.

He didn't even accept the Sun Mage badge that the Mercenary Guild President, who was guarding the door, had made in advance.

The lord is currently at peak condition and can't wait to start the next bloodline sacrifice.

Today, the reduction plant closed early for the first time ever. The outstanding teams and employees were still a little unaccustomed to it. After all, their plant manager always worked day and night. The sudden break almost made these former spies think that it was time to discard him after he had served his purpose.

Fortunately, everyone now knew the factory manager's identity as an undead creature. The undead creature didn't lie, and the factory manager personally announced the time off, which finally put everyone's minds at ease.

When Chen Mo arrived, Li Zelin led the lord into the warehouse behind the workshop alone.

Chen Mo began to enter the lengthy coordinates again. The moment the light of the bloodline altar shone and the mysterious connection across planes was established, Chen Mo clearly felt the surge in the altar's supporting power!
The waterway, which was originally only passable by small boats, was suddenly widened into a deep harbor that could accommodate giant ships!

Based on previous calculations and on-site verification, this upgrade in transportation capacity corresponds to the level required to summon the Black Knight; the altar's transport capacity has exceeded four hundred tons.

What can you do with 400 tons?
In reality, it can't do much. If used to transport heavy weapons, it wouldn't be enough to arm a whole company. As for transporting medium and large equipment, it's only a matter of one or two items.

However, with the meticulous arrangements of a top-tier team like Dongxia, there are simply too many things that can be done.

For example, the compound bow that the elves have been longing for.

Modern compound bows vary in weight. The super-heavy compound bow specially made for the Starry World weighed four kilograms. If only the lightest soft material is used for simple separation, ignoring the packaging weight and the issue of arrows, Chen Mo could get 100,000 compound bows for the Starry Continent in one go.

In no time, you can realize the ultimate dream of the elves conquering the plains with 100,000 longbows.

Manufacturing this level of equipment would require the entire nation's resources, including a massive number of master craftsmen, technicians, workers, and slaves, and would take several years or even longer, emptying the national treasury, even if the material problem were solved in any country on the Starry Continent.

However, in Dongxia, as long as the state gives an order and the production line is modified and adjusted, it's not a problem to give you 100,000 bows every day.

Chen Mo is now increasingly aware that the real advantage of an industrial superpower like Dongxia lies not in competing with the magical world in terms of giant wonders and high-end weapons, but in the overwhelming power it possesses in terms of large-scale, standardized, and low-cost industrial production organization.

Of course, for Chen Mo, transporting the entire bow would be too wasteful. The elves claimed to be skilled at bow making and able to produce most of the parts, so he would just go with the elves' request.

A pair of modern composite bows, with their carbon fiber limbs and fixing screws, typically weighs around 500 grams.

A bow has two pulleys, which means at most four bearings, and it weighs no more than 100 grams in total.

If you add extravagance to the packaging, making sure it's well-sealed, waterproof, and rustproof, add another 100 grams.

If Chen Mo uses a quarter of his transport capacity, one hundred tons, to transport these two main components, he can obtain parts for approximately 143,000 composite bows at a time.

Chen Mo suddenly felt a pang of pity. If they followed this plan and let the elves slowly make the bowstrings, bow handles, pulleys, arrow rests, and other accessories, he wondered when they would be able to assemble all 140,000 bows...

Come to think of it, they've always treated me quite well.

Let's give them the space to make their own choices!

Next, Chen Mo directed the Skeleton Guard members who had been stationed in the warehouse, along with Li Zelin, to stuff all sorts of star-studded supplies and materials that had been stored in the warehouse into the glowing altar in a specific order.

As usual, a specially made document bag was placed on top of all the supplies. Inside was Chen Mo's latest handwritten letter, which detailed his recent work and thoughts.

Enclosed with the letter was the most valuable homecoming gift of this round: a specially preserved "tree of life seed" and two kilograms of "fountain of life".

The unveiling of the new altar and the arrival of new supplies, unsurprisingly, caused a great uproar and chaos throughout the entire [Compassionate Voyage] Engineering Department.

(End of this chapter)