Wizard: I devour the stars with swarms of insects.

Chapter 100 Now, the wriggling scales... are complete!

Sizzle~~ As the liquid dripped down, a wisp of white smoke rose and drifted into the surrounding air.

Furthermore, the color of the carapace scales began to change, gradually deepening from dark gold, with a faint grayish-white mark appearing at the edges.

Without pausing, Wayne took out a second reagent bottle, on which was written "Activated Silver Powder".

Using a dropper, a small amount of the silvery-gray suspension was drawn and dropped into the cultured blood environment. A faint silver light shimmered, like starlight.

It flows and spreads on the surface of the scales, forming fine patterns.

Next, Wayne waited half an hour for the two solutions to completely treat the carapace scales.

Then, Wayne removed the scale, gently blotted the remaining liquid on the surface with a soft cloth, and transferred it to another crystallizing dish filled with a clear liquid.

The transparent liquid in the crystallization dish is a dormant activation solution made from the serum of hibernating toads and a trace amount of dragon's blood grass extract.

"This step... is crucial," Wayne muttered to himself, recalling the words recorded in the sorcery books.

[Use your mental energy to continuously contact the scale-like seed, inducing it to recognize the host's aura. If this step is successful, the seed will regard the host's flesh and blood as its mother after implantation, and there will be no rejection reaction.]

Wayne removed the sleeve from his left arm, dipped his bare forearm into the crystallization dish, and gently placed his palm over the scale that had sunk to the bottom of the dish.

Then, close your eyes, and let your spiritual energy flow out from between your eyebrows like a trickle, descend along the meridians of your arms, and gather in the area where your palms touch the scales.

Like the tide gently caressing a reef, it washes over its surface again and again, extremely slowly.

Each rinse carries the essence of your body: the temperature of your blood, the rhythm of your heartbeat, the faint bioelectrical signals from muscle contractions, even the rhythmic rise and fall of your chest with each breath...

Furthermore, they draw magical spells in the air with their fingers to bless and strengthen the connection.

Soon, after blending with this one carapace scale, Wayne proceeded to process the remaining four scale seeds.

After all five scale seeds have been processed.

Wayne used a razor blade to make incisions in his scapular region, his deltoid muscles, and the middle of his spine.

The modified carapace scales are buried inside, and the surrounding area is coated with spider silk soaked in [neural vine extract].

It promotes the connection between the wound and the surrounding flesh and skin.

Next, Wayne closed his eyes and released his mental energy again, combining the spider silk with the meridians in his body.

Ensure that when your thoughts are activated, that is, after the nerve signals are transmitted, you can drive the scales of your carapace to move to the attacked location for protection.

Then, Wayne began to stitch the wound with sterilized fine needles and applied medication to the wound to speed up the healing process.

After you finish this.

"The final step is to use lightning to cause the implanted carapace scale tissue structure to completely fuse with the flesh tissue in the body using a high-voltage environment."

Wayne's eyes flickered.

"This process may be somewhat painful and can last for a relatively long time."

"But this is a crucial step in ensuring that the 'wriggling scales' truly integrate with the skin, becoming a protective armor..."

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So, what happens next?

Wayne walked to a tall instrument next to the laboratory. It was a cage-like structure about half a person's height, surrounded by six dark red copper pillars.

Each copper pillar is as thick as an adult's arm, and its surface is etched with dense spiral patterns, which are countless miniature lightning rod grooves.

At the top of the bronze pillar, a thicker ring of bronze was used to connect it, from which hung twelve translucent amber-colored magic crystal balls, each the size of a pigeon's egg.

Tiny sparks of electricity could be faintly seen slowly moving inside the crystal ball.

At the bottom is a heavy stone slab, on which you can see the location of the magic circuit and the slot.

The size of the slot is just right for holding the magic stone.

The device in front of you is called the "Thunderthorn Cage," and it is a device that can generate lightning and voltage.

I also got it from Kalai myself.

This was originally an electrical device used by wizard apprentices specializing in alchemy when performing alchemical crafts.

This is now a perfect opportunity to promote the fusion of the [wriggling scales] within one's body with the subcutaneous flesh and blood tissue.

Next, Wayne stepped forward and sat in the center of the stone slab, where there was a recessed area just large enough for one person to sit cross-legged.

After Wayne sat down, he activated the activation runes at the base of the bronze pillar.

Then, the six bronze pillars lit up one after another, first dark red, then orange-yellow, and finally a dazzling blue-white.

At the same time, the twelve crystal spheres suspended at the top began to rotate slowly.

With each rotation, a thin beam of lightning, as fine as a hair, shoots out from the crystal sphere, striking the user's designated body part precisely.

It is then captured by the surrounding lightning rods, loops through them, and then strikes again...

The current is not strong, but it has great penetrating power, reaching three inches under the skin and directly to the junction of the fascia and bone.

So, what happened next?

Wayne sat cross-legged inside the [Thunderthorn Cage], letting the electric current inside the cage stimulate and strike his shoulder blades, spine, and other parts of his body.

The process of promoting the fusion of scale seeds with subcutaneous flesh and blood tissue.

Sizzle—!

Sizzle—!

Each time the current struck, Wayne couldn't help but groan.

Although the current intensity was not strong, the tingling sensation throughout the body after stimulating the flesh was still exceptionally pleasant.

Wayne gritted his teeth and persevered, countless electric currents coursing through his body as time gradually passed.

For the next twelve hours, Wayne barely slept.

Every two hours, he would use the Spirit Binding Silk to probe under the skin to check the fusion progress of the five scales.

For the first few hours, the scales lay silently inside the cavity, completely disconnected from the surrounding flesh and blood.

Then, gradually, the scales began to absorb the surrounding bodily fluids.

By the twelfth hour, the spider silk, which had been soaked in the [nerve vine extract], had intertwined and fused with the surrounding fascia, becoming completely one with it.

"Phew...it's done."

Now that he had noticed this, Wayne slowly opened his eyes.

Next, Wayne did not immediately close the [Thunderthorn Cage], but waited until the electricity struck.

Suddenly, whoosh!

A scale from the carapace covered the surface of the skin and blocked an incoming electric current.

After the current fell, it was blocked by the scales of the carapace, and the current poured out in all directions.

When electricity shot out from another direction from the [Thunderthorn Cage], Wayne again used his mind to control it.

So, at the point where the current was about to strike, another scale appeared on the body's surface, covering the area and blocking the current's attack.

Next, Wayne slowly stood up from the [Thunderthorn Cage], letting the electric currents continue to assault him.

Each attack is mitigated by the timely coverage of the body surface by the [Wriggling Scales].

It was struck by hundreds of electric currents but remained completely unharmed.

"Now, the wriggling scales... are complete!"