Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

Some say that Ning is not a lone adventurer, but merely a representative, with his team in the bamboo forest, and that this group of outsiders is developing the City of Bones at an astonishing speed.

This explanation was widely believed, but it still doesn't explain why Bell bought so many plants and various fire-exploding magic scrolls.

The strange speculations flying around the city did not affect Bell's plans.

As for the other side of Ning's identity, Edu didn't pay attention to these rumors. He knew very little about Bell's plans. Although he had been with Bell for a long time, the mystery surrounding Bell in Edu's eyes had not faded to this day.

Edu kept his mouth shut about anything related to Bale and never asked what Bale had done.

It wasn't just that he completely trusted Bell; more importantly, Edu had recently been immersed in rapid learning. His body had been improved by the ancient dragon blood, and his learning and cultivation speed was increasing.

More importantly, there has been a noticeable improvement in the relationship between Edu and his classmates at the music academy recently.

He confided in Bell about his troubles with the girls in his class who would ask Edu all sorts of questions about his career and invite him out when they had free time.

When it comes to asking questions about professional matters, Edu is very generous and willing to invest a lot of energy in research.

But when girls ask Edu out, he never agrees. He politely declines, thinking to himself, "This is a complete waste of time and money."

Edu is so engrossed in studying that he can't tear himself away, to which Bale replies that he's still too young to understand.

"Damn, when I was in school, I never got asked out by any girls."

With a sigh, Bell also got to work in his secret base under the bamboo forest. He was going to deduce magical knowledge from magic scrolls and magic potions, which was no easy task.

Magic scrolls, as high-end resources produced by mages, can be considered the crystallization of magical knowledge. By completely disassembling a magic scroll, one can quickly gain insight into the creator's ideas and magical knowledge.

Magic potions, on the other hand, are products of altered magical properties. By incorporating different magical materials, they can produce entirely new magical effects, and the magical knowledge contained within them is astonishing.

However, as a final product, it is quite difficult to deduce the production process from the product itself. Even with Bell's [Fire-Loving Wisdom] as an aid, disassembling the magic scroll is extremely difficult.

It's like giving someone born in the 1980s a smartphone. It's not difficult for them to learn how to use it, but it would be extremely difficult to make them understand its intricate structure, let alone make them use that phone to create a knock-off device.

"Shadow, help me keep records and assist with the disassembly."

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When the work of dismantling the magic scroll began, Bell immediately asked his shadow for help.

At the beginning

When researching magic formulas, Shadow was able to fill in the missing parts of the [Shadow Assassin] magic formula for Bell. Now, when reverse-engineering magical knowledge, Shadow can also do a lot.

In fact, Shadow is very clever. He is Bell's partner who will never leave him. Apart from not being able to speak, Shadow can do many things.

The inability to speak means that the shadow has no other means of communication besides body movements.

He laid out a low-level magic scroll before him, gazing at the intricate patterns etched onto special paper, but felt no emotion. He knew that true wisdom lay hidden beneath these complex lines.

The magic runes inscribed on the magic scroll are for preserving the core magic formulas engraved on the scroll, and for activating these magic formulas at specific times.

In a way, these magical patterns are somewhat like a specialized magic circle, except that they are not inscribed in a fixed location, but rather on a medium like paper.

"Is this the bottom structure of the Explosive Trap Magic Scroll? Theoretically speaking, these things are not difficult. The only challenge is to inscribe these magic formulas and magic patterns on a paper medium at the same time."

Bell analyzed the lowest-level magic scrolls very quickly, after all, he had some magical knowledge, had gone far on the path of a bard, and had absorbed a lot of physical experience from ancient corpses.

This accumulated knowledge allowed Bell to quickly analyze the theoretical structure of the low-level magic scroll [Explosive Trap] from a high-level perspective, but to delve deeper, Bell had to disassemble the magic scroll.

"The dismantling work is not easy. It's like defusing a bomb. If you're not careful, you might accidentally trigger the magic scroll, which could directly cause the magic to go berserk."

A magical outburst is no joke. At best, the magic formulas within the magic scroll will be completely destroyed, rendering Bell unable to obtain any useful information. At worst, the magic scroll's effects will be triggered on the spot, leaving Bell smeared in the face.

Magic scrolls like Explosive Trap are fine, since they aren't very damaging to Bell. He has extremely high fire resistance from [Fire-Loving Wisdom] and damage reduction from his invisible Iron Armor set.

But Bell wasn't just dismantling low-level magic scrolls; those high-level magic scrolls, which were extremely valuable, were far more destructive than the low-level ones.

Several magic scrolls have the key attribute of explosion rather than incineration, so Bell's fire resistance is completely useless against [Life Energy Implosion].

It took Bell more than four hours just to work with Shadow to dismantle the lowest-level explosive trap.

He first slowly peeled the paper material of the magic scroll into multiple layers, separating the magic patterns and magic formulas, and then disassembled the magic formulas into independent parts so that they would no longer be triggered.

Then, Bell delved into the study of these magical formulas.

However, these magic formulas are not the same as the magic formulas Bell uses himself. Although they are all magic formulas, they are slightly different in structure.

Bell's magical formulas are derived from the bloodline inheritance of magical beasts, which allows Bell to replicate the innate abilities of magical beasts such as the Shadow Panther, but lacks further flexibility and versatility.

Human magic formulas are different.

These magic formulas are quite orderly and systematic, and it is clear that they were specially designed. They are a kind of magic formula with different magic symbols having different meanings, and magic effects are achieved through combination and calculation.

This conclusion was reached by Bell after dismantling four or five magic scrolls, which also coincides with the process by which human mages built the modern magical knowledge system.

In the beginning, humans learned magic from the bodies of magical beasts and from the natural world; this period is known as the Primitive Magic Period.

As times progressed, pioneers among human mages deeply interpreted and summarized the concept of magical symbols, forming a magical symbol system most suitable for humans. This system gradually expanded with the development of various studies, and this period is known as the first magical reform.

From a historian's perspective, the First Magic Reformation established the basic framework of the modern magic system, greatly improving the training speed and combat capabilities of human mages. It was also a crucial period for the mage profession to transition from an unpopular to a mainstream one.

Of course, all of this happened many eras ago. After several magical reforms, the mage profession has become a towering tree with an extremely complex knowledge structure.

In remote places like Cangxing City, the study of magic is not very popular, after all, the region has few magical resources and not many mage talents.

Those mages who wanted to advance further left the remote inland areas where Cangxing City was located long ago and went to the coastal areas. Only those places with a lot of communication and exchange with the outside world and with abundant resources were good places to study magic.

In coastal areas, magic universities are not uncommon, and mage towers stand tall on the ground in large numbers. Some magic universities have even overcome a series of problems and raised the entire university into the sky so that it will never fall, becoming veritable sky cities.

Of course, these things were far removed from Bell's own life; he had only heard about them within the city of Cangxing.

In general, Cangxing City is a place lacking in magical resources. Whether it is the reserves of natural magical resources and the production of high-end magical materials, or the reserve of magical talents, Cangxing City is ridiculously weak.

But there's nothing that can be done about it. After all, Cangxing City can't retain people, and any mage who wants to make a name for themselves in this field will go to the coast.

"Unfortunately, mages are quite strict in controlling their knowledge and wisdom, and there are basically no ways to learn good magical knowledge in Cangxing City."

While disassembling the magic scrolls, Bell often remarked that if he had a dedicated team of mages to assist him, his disassembly progress and learning efficiency would have been greatly improved.

Unfortunately, he didn't have any of these things, nor could he possibly have them.

He and his shadow worked together to deconstruct and learn, and through their astonishing knowledge in other fields, they reversed the knowledge system belonging to mages and regained mastery of these magical symbols and formulas.

"But thankfully, everything I did was worth it."

Bear Grylls

Race: Bamboo Rat (Ancient Behemoth Template)

Level: lv.14 (331/300)

Classes: [Intermediate Bard], [Intermediate Lancer]

[Beast King], [Low-Level Mage], [Low-Level Array Master]

After spending more than two days disassembling about forty magic scrolls, Bell successfully obtained two professions: [Low-level Mage] and [Low-level Array Master].

The term "low-level mage" originates from the magical formulas and symbols found in those magic scrolls. These are the crystallization of the wisdom of the human mage profession system. If you study the basic knowledge in depth, you will find that the level of knowledge is very high.

For example, in the nine-year compulsory education, the selection of articles in the Chinese language textbooks will basically not include common or mediocre pieces.

The profession of "Low-level Array Master" comes from the magical patterns on the scrolls that seal magical formulas. Bell was not wrong. In a sense, magic scrolls are indeed the crystallization of the wisdom of both mages and array masters. Some special professions that serve magic scrolls have even been developed on this basis.

The appearance of two low-level professions was not unexpected for Bell; it was exactly the effect he wanted.

In fact, Bell's magical level should be more than just that of a "low-level mage". Although he cannot cast some high-level spells, Bell's magical knowledge has accumulated to an astonishing level in the process of working backward from the job system. The reason for his low job rating and the bard job system is that he is limited by his own magical power.

Previously, as a small animal, Belle's physical strength was insufficient to withstand the massive amount of magic power, but now it's different.

Having become a primordial behemoth, Bell's physical strength has greatly improved, which means that Bell can inscribe a greater amount of magic into his body.

"Speaking of which, my body seems to have gotten a little bigger recently, and my appetite has been very strong."

Considering his physical condition, Bell wasn't in a hurry to upgrade through slumber and inscribe magic. He would have plenty of time to do both soon.

The top priority now is still developing the royal tomb, and dismantling the magic scroll is crucial to Bel's royal tomb development plan.

"It's time to collect the ancient corpses. Disassembling magic scrolls is so addictive; once I start, I don't want to rest for days and nights."

He temporarily stopped what he was doing and spent three and a half days dismantling all the low-level magic scrolls in his possession.

The remaining intermediate and advanced magic scrolls will be even more troublesome to disassemble, with the difficulty of disassembly increasing rapidly. Furthermore, the magic formulas within them are more obscure and difficult to understand, which means that Bell will have to spend more time and energy in this direction.

"But I'm not in a hurry. What if I come across an ancient corpse that was proficient in magic in life? I can make up for a lot of gaps in my basic knowledge in an instant."

Bell smiled calmly and seemed quite optimistic about the work pressure she would face ahead.

During this time, the elite team has already broken through twenty-seven white bone towers deep in the bamboo forest; they are truly human bulldozers.

According to the contract with the nun, the ancient corpses deep in the bamboo forest belong to Bell, and the city guards will not act rashly, waiting for Bell to come and collect them.

Bell was quite adept at this, transforming into a primal behemoth enveloped in the biting north wind, and appeared deep within the bamboo forest.

His size increased again, becoming like a water buffalo. Even through the sandstorm-like north wind, the white figure was still extremely frightening.

With astonishing speed, Bell took away the ancient corpse right under the noses of the city guards, and also arranged the next steps.

"After burning these ancient corpses, my accumulated knowledge should undergo a qualitative change, and then I should start the royal tomb excavation plan while dismantling the magic scrolls."

Chapter 182 Design of the Ultra-Wide Area Magic Array and Excavation of the Royal Tomb

"Look over there, another sandstorm is coming!"

"It has now been confirmed that this is a tyrannical creature moving forward. Take cover!"

Recently, sandstorms have been raging deep in the bamboo forest. The city guards who are cleaning the White Bone Spire have also learned from the elite squad that this is the operation of the King of the Bamboo Forest. When they encounter it, they should just ignore it and protect themselves.