Wizard Farming Guide

Chapter 83 Spiritual Absorption

To achieve the second method of creating artificial monsters, we first need to prepare experimental materials.

Rhodes went through the process in his mind.

This experiment requires three types of materials. The first is the biological prototype of the artificial monster.

Therefore, he needed to clarify his purpose. He created this magical beast to solve the labor shortage in farmland, that is, to help him cultivate the land.

Large animals such as cows and horses are excluded first.

The concentration of magic in the environment is too low; the conditions in the laboratory cannot be successful.

Further down the selection process are small rodents such as ground squirrels, field mice, and moles.

They have the habit of digging tunnels in fields to build nests.

With proper modification and training, they can theoretically be excellent little helpers at farming.

But after considering it, Rhodes quickly gave up.

He can evolve the ground squirrel into the furnace rat thanks to the spiritual essence of the Northern Remnant.

Without the help of refined materials, the conditions in the laboratory still cannot meet the evolutionary requirements of small animals.

After eliminating candidates from the list, Rod's gaze settled on the last name.

"Cold earthworms are a special species that live in the cold northern regions and have excellent cold resistance and soil loosening ability."

Earthworms, as invertebrates, are small in size and have a simple structure, which greatly increases the chances of Rod's successful modification.

Furthermore, it plays a crucial role in the transformation of organic matter within the ecosystem, making it a valuable tool for loosening arable land.

Earthworms are not uncommon in the North, especially at this time when the Forestry and Pasture Guild is extensively developing the swamp soil.

Several boxes have already been delivered and placed on his materials shelf.

After confirming the biological prototype, Rhodes began preparing the remaining two materials.

These are, respectively, the nutrient solution that provides nutrients during cultivation and the stimulating solution that provides an extreme magical environment.

Rod placed a quartz tube filled with a bright green liquid on the shelf.

This is a nutrient solution he made by extracting and blending high-quality highland barley.

This allows earthworms in cold soil to receive sufficient nutrition during their evolution.

The preparation of the first two is not difficult; the real trouble is the stimulant.

Just like in nature, the maned horse needed to be baptized by ice and snow to evolve into a snow foal.

Rhodes needs to create a similar magical environment in the laboratory.

Stimulating the cold soil earthworms with this magical environment stems from their survival instincts and stimulates their cellular growth potential, enabling them to adapt to their environment through continuous evolution.

The preparation of this stimulating solution is very demanding, and at least Rhodes currently has no clue how to do it.

But that's okay, the naturally evolving monsters will provide the answer.

Rhodes looked at the tubes of monster blood on the experimental table, which contained the various stimulants he needed.

According to the wizard's guide, there are many ways to extract the stimulant from the blood of monsters.

Rhodes focuses on two things: magic filters and spiritual absorption.

The Magic Filter uses superb magical control to transform one's own magic into an extremely fine sieve to separate the necessary substances from the blood.

Its advantage is its speed, but its disadvantage is that it is extremely difficult to operate.

After studying it for a long time and getting dizzy, Rod had no choice but to give up.

This kind of masterful skill is not suitable for a novice wizard like him.

Fortunately, there is still one way that is feasible.

"Spiritual adsorption utilizes the self-adsorption effect of magical beast souls on magical power, and uses a rotational centrifugal method to separate blood substances."

Rhodes picked up a quartz tube from the test bench; it contained the Icebreaker's bright red blood.

He poured the vial of blood into a spherical container, and then opened a small wooden box.

In the center of the wooden box decorated with red velvet is a quartz bead, inside which the soul of the Icebreaker Beast was sealed after its death.

Secure the quartz beads in the groove at the center of the spherical container.

Rod closed the lid and began to manually turn the handle.

Driven by the handle and gears, the spherical container rotates rapidly around the axis at its vertical center.

This process continued for half an hour before Rod slowly stopped.

After the spherical container stopped, he opened the lid.

The blood of the Icebreaker Beast inside underwent a miraculous change; the area surrounding the quartz bead at the very center changed from bright red to light gray.

It looks like a large lump of jelly, attached to the quartz beads.

Through the self-adsorption of the soul, the magic in the blood is gathered within it.

After the initial separation, Rhodes used [Magic Harmony] to extract the light gray jelly.

It can be separated from other impurities relatively easily.

"As for the ratio of the stimulant solution, let's try a 10:1 ratio of pure water to magic jelly first."

Rod took out a sterile quartz incubator, about the size of a small fish tank.

Cut off a small piece of the Icebreaker Beast's magic jelly with a scalpel, put it in, and add the correct amount of pure water to allow the magic jelly to blend in.

After finishing the first preparation of the stimulant, Rhodes took a cold earthworm from the material shelf.

Ten centimeters long, with a light brown body, it was specially treated with high-grade lavender herbal medicine and placed in an incubator, completely immersed in a stimulating solution.

Earthworms in cold soil react immediately upon contact with the irritant.

The body kept contracting and stretching, repeating the movements, and began to frantically struggle within it.

Rod observed it carefully, and when it slowly calmed down, he suddenly stretched out a scalpel and cut it in two.

When a cold-soil earthworm is cut open, new cell clusters are produced at its cut surface.

In order to close the body, the cell cluster forms nodular regeneration buds.

This cluster of stem cell-like regenerating buds was affected by the stimulating fluid, altering its original division and regeneration process.

The unique magic within the Icebreaker Beast's blood was absorbed, and the regeneration bud suddenly swelled up, bursting open like a balloon.

"It looks like the proportion of magic jelly is too high."

Rod took out the dead earthworm and observed the regenerated buds on its cut surface.

The cells there underwent a radical transformation.

It doesn't feel slippery like an earthworm; instead, it's rough and tough like cowhide.

After recording the experimental results for this earthworm, Rhodes adjusted the ratio of the stimulating solution and continued the experiment.

As he gradually reduced the proportion of magic freezing, the regenerated buds of the frozen earthworms he cut could last longer and longer.

Half a day of experiments has passed.

Rod picked out one of the earthworms that he had cut open several times, leaving only a short section of his little finger.

Its original body has been completely discarded; what remains is an evolved part that has grown through regeneration buds in a stimulating solution.

Place this section of the body into the nutrient solution.

Ideally, it would thrive within it and regenerate into a super tillage earthworm that inherits the abilities of the Icebreaker Beast.

But Rod was somewhat disappointed; after the nutrient solution was added, the earthworm quickly became still.

After a series of failed attempts, Rhodes had to stop the experiment temporarily.

He reviewed the experimental records in his hand and summarized the situation.

Gradually, the problem was discovered.

The earthworms in the cold soil are fine, and the nutrient solution is also suitable; the problem lies in the stimulant.

The problem isn't with the ratio of magic jelly to pure water, but rather with the magic jelly's insufficient purity.

It still retains many bloodline impurities of the Icebreaker Beast, which conflict with the bloodline of the Cold Earthworm, hindering its evolution.

The magic jelly needs to be further purified.

"Increasing the rotation speed is not very meaningful; separating the bloodline magic requires a stronger spiritual attraction force."

Rhodes concluded that to solve this problem, he needed to collect more Icebreaker Beast Souls to increase the absorption capacity of the Quartz Beads.

Either use a higher-level soul, or improve the quality.

With the enhancement of the spiritual self-absorption effect, the purity of the obtained bloodline magic naturally increases as well.

The Icebreaker Beasts in reality are extremely rare, and there's nowhere to find more of their souls for the time being.

Rhodes recalled the situation in the Northern Remnants, especially the dragon servants who had recently appeared there.

He felt a unique attraction to the dragon servant.

That implies a high level of spirituality, and is very likely connected to his bloodline.

This research will have to wait until he goes there again; let's leave it aside for now.

Due to a series of experimental failures, Rhodes temporarily shelved his experiments with cold-soil earthworms.

He turned his attention to a newly collected material.

One of the flowerpots on the shelf was emitting a beautiful orange-red glow.

"A fungus that can quickly decompose organic matter and emit light and heat, let's call you a geothermal fungus."

Rod removed the mycelium from the flowerpot and placed it on a clean petri dish.

This is a special fungus that he discovered in the valley.

It generates heat while decomposing organic matter and nourishing the soil.

Rhodes intended to use it in conjunction with peat to cultivate farmland in the river valley plains.

Although the effect of geothermal bacteria is not strong enough to raise the temperature of arable land to a level suitable for growing ordinary grains.

However, it can decompose peat, increase soil fertility, and reduce the risk of cold damage to hybrid barley.

In fact, microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria are much more likely to evolve than animals like earthworms.

Rhodes began the experiment with anticipation.

Based on the heat-generating properties of geothermal bacteria, he used the essence of the gray furnace rat obtained from the afterimage to purify the blood of the gray furnace rat.

This time, the stimulant solution was slightly reddish in color.

The irritant solution for the ash furnace rat was poured into a petri dish, and Rod carefully observed the changes in the geothermal bacteria.

If we are lucky enough to cultivate a higher fungus that can release powerful heat, it will directly change the plight of arable land.

Using his True Sight Eye, Rhodes observed that the hyphae of the geothermal bacteria were red and hot, rapidly dividing in the stimulating solution.

He quickly added nutrient solution to ensure that the mycelium had enough nutrients for division.

Unlike earthworms in cold soil, geothermal bacteria divide very rapidly.

Rhodes also sensed something unusual: the magical fire energy surrounding the house was converging towards him!

"Is this going to be a success?" Rhodes was overjoyed.

There are signs of magic gathering; this is clearly a harbinger of evolution!

Isn't everything going a little too smoothly?

After the initial surprise, Rhodes was somewhat puzzled, genuinely terrified by his previous experiments with earthworms in cold soil.

His concerns proved to be correct.

As the flame magic converged on the mycelium, a strong destructive wave suddenly emanated from the petri dish, like a bomb about to explode!

Rod recalled the warning in the manual.

Microorganisms are indeed more prone to evolution.

But more often than not, they are in a state of uncontrollable chaos.

For example, right now!

The moment before the red light emerged from the petri dish, a sense of crisis welled up within me.

Rod quickly grabbed it and, with all his might, threw it out the window into the sky.

The next second, the sound of a grenade exploding came from outside, followed by a startled howl from the white bread.

"So this isn't evolution, it's a sign of impending self-destruction."

Seeing that the materials on the test bench were unharmed, Rod sat back down in his seat, sweating profusely, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)