My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Secondly, strength, endurance, and agility.

Willpower and perception improve very slowly, at only about one-fifth the rate of improvement of vitality.

Their spirit and charisma remain unchanged.

"Hmm..." Xia Zuo fell into thought, bringing up the character templates of the gunmen in his mind and combining them with the character template of Scarface to examine them.

The average spiritual attribute value of the people in Jing Shui Town is extremely low, with 0 to 1 point being the most common and more than 1 point being a minority. This is incomparable to the average of 3 points in the Silver Moon Federation.

The same goes for charm; 2 points of charm is considered high, even the top dancer in the tavern only has a charm attribute value of around 5 points.

These two attributes, which have the lowest average value per person, are precisely the attributes that Scarface is not currently increasing.

Strength, stamina, and agility are among the best of the best for the people of Stillwater Town, averaging over 5 points.

Willpower and perception are slightly inferior, averaging around 3 points.

It is not difficult to draw the conclusion that:

The increase in attribute values ​​brought about by devouring is linked to the eight-dimensional attributes of the devoured object itself.

The people deep in the Eastern Continent are extremely lacking in spirit and charisma, while everyone in the Silver Moon Federation has these two attributes, with each person having more than 3 points in each attribute.

The quality of a bloodline is determined by the three attributes with the lowest values ​​out of the eight attributes.

The spirit and charm of inland humans are simply insufficient to improve the quality of a hybrid mage's bloodline.

This led to the Church of the Otherworld using the coupling conditions of the Vi and V types of the Hidden Serpent to replace them with new alchemical bio-suits and infiltrate the Silver Moon Federation to collect higher quality blood runes.

After Scarface devoured the two corpses, several strands of purplish-black threads appeared on the surface of his red and black armor.

These threads burrowed and weaved through the armor, gradually refining the Wild V-Shaped Alchemical Armor.

Xia Zuochao released a detection spell on this suit of armor.

..

[Item Name] Berserker Limb-Splitting Weapon

[Item Type] Product of Flesh Alchemy - Alchemy Armor Branch

[Item Grade] V-type

[Item Quality] Completion rate 22% (slowly improving)

【Installation Method】Coupled (100% Synchronization Rate)

[props characteristics]

Venomous Snake Whip: As this item's completion level increases, the sharpness, hardness, length, and toxicity of the hand and tail snake whips will be enhanced.

Toxicity containment: It has contained a high-level bone sac, and the snake whip has acquired a powerful stiffening toxicity effect.

Comprehensive Enhancement: Wearing this item will improve the wearer's physical attributes and defense, with the degree of improvement depending on the item's completion level.

Heat sensor: Provides the wearer with a heat-sensing field of vision; the sensing range depends on the item's completion level.

? ? ? : This feature is being generated... currently 66% complete.

【Usage Requirements】

Predict minimum demand:

Coupling method: Strength 3 points, Agility 3 points, Endurance 3 points, Spirit no higher than 3 points, Willpower no higher than 7 points, and elemental resistance is not allowed.

Attachment requirements: 6 points in Strength, 5 points in Agility, 7 points in Stamina, and no elemental resistances allowed.

..

Xia Zuo had previously investigated this alchemical suit, and the difference between the information he received now and the information he had previously investigated was the unknown characteristic of "???".

If my guess is correct.

If a Transformer possesses Alchemy Armor, they can simultaneously upgrade their Alchemy Armor while collecting Blood Runes, and generate new Armor traits.

In other words, only those who possess alchemical implants can be considered complete hybrid mages.

None of the Transformers and Blood Addicts encountered in the Silver Moon Federation were equipped with alchemical implants, and Xia Zuo had a clear guess as to why.

It is very likely related to the [Dark Chamber] required to summon the Alchemy Armor.

Whether the alchemical equipment is installed through coupling or mounting, it will be associated with the [Dark Chamber].

When summoning an alchemical armor, one must first establish some kind of connection with the dark room in order to summon one's own alchemical armor.

The Mage Temple may have set up an unknown anti-dark chamber barrier, which is why the mixed-blood mages were unable to connect to the dark chamber within the Silvermoon Federation territory.

The cunning and ruthless Blood Demon Uphacas sacrificed all the other half-blood mages except himself to successfully bring himself and the elemental puppet into the dark room... Just imagine how difficult that must have been.

Just as Xia Zuo was lost in thought, Scarface finished devouring.

He raised his left arm, pointed the triangular hand shield on his forearm forward, and then clenched his fist tightly.

"Clang!" The hand shield instantly expanded outward, transforming into a circular shield as hard as metal.

This is the new feature.

Xia Zuo released his detection spell, but the feedback did not show the name of the new characteristic. However, Scarface's mental attribute value returned to a positive number.

Scarface glanced at the severed limbs and remains on the ground, took off the shield from his left arm and used it as a shovel to pour the remains into a large metal box that was supposed to contain alchemical bio-armor.

The box is full.

But there was still a large area of ​​wreckage on the ground.

Scarface picked up the box, climbed to the treetop, and poured the contents of the box into the hole where the giant acorn worm was.

Suddenly, the sound of swallowing echoed from inside the tree trunk.

"Hehehe..." Scarface chuckled a few times, turned back to the ground, and disposed of the remaining wreckage in the same way.

He carefully searched the area several times using his heat sensor to ensure no trace was left before wearing his alchemical suit and traversing the forest, making his way around the edge of the Mogus Mountains to the reservoir.

Xia Zuo placed a blood essence mark on Scarface and manipulated Servant No. 6 to find the hidden shooting device, instructing it to take the device and head directly to the spillway reservoir.

...

Spillway/Reservoir.

Crossing the reservoir from the edge of the Mogus Mountains, the only way to travel is via the main road on the dam if you are not swimming.

Andrew and Ross have been waiting here for almost two days.

They didn't see Scarface yesterday, and Andrew guessed that the gunners hadn't been able to defeat Acorn Worms.

If he still doesn't see it today... then Andrew will have to admit that he misjudged the situation.

When Scarface appeared on the dam, Ross was on duty, while Andrew was resting with his eyes closed in the carriage.

"Andrew, Scarface has appeared," Ross whispered, pushing open the truck door and grabbing the arc gun from the floor with his right hand.

Andrew immediately opened his eyes, stood up, took the other person's binoculars, and gazed at the armored figure running in the moonlight. "It's definitely him. Judging from the looks of it, he came straight here as soon as the lumber mill troubles were resolved, without even taking a break. That's a good thing; he's probably exhausted from his long march..."

This time... Andrew was wrong, and it was a fatal mistake.

Scarface is not tired at all; on the contrary, he is full of energy and has gained a new armor trait—the hardened snake shield, which can completely block conventional weapons.

Xia Zuo realized... he might be facing a tragedy.

Based on the surveillance results over the past few days, Andrew and Ross are both quite good; they are definitely the kind of people who have principles and a bottom line in such a corrupt environment.

They can be called good people.

Good people shouldn't die here.

Xia Zuo rested his chin on his hand, leaned against the table, and pondered his countermeasures while staring at the two detectives who were putting on their advanced weaponry.

Compared to the fiercely dressed, scarred men, their equipment was quite rudimentary.

The names of the advanced weapons they wore are still unknown, but judging from their appearance, it is not difficult to discover that these two sets of weapons have some special functions.

The arc gun is very heavy. Its firing mechanism, which resembles a tuning fork, the spiral copper tubing on the gun body, and the battery that provides power, each component weighs at least 3 kilograms, and the total weight of the entire gun is at least 10 kilograms.

Before putting on his armor, Ross had to use both hands to lift the arc gun.

Now, he can easily lift the arc gun with one hand.

This indicates that this set of advanced weaponry, whose name is unknown, has an auxiliary power function, which can provide the wearer with additional power and indirectly increase the strength attribute value.

The information from the detection technique showed that Ross's strength attribute value had temporarily increased by 5 points, confirming Xia Zuo's guess.

Now let's look at Andrew.

His torso and limbs were protected by metal protective gear, and he did not have a helmet on his head, but he had a pair of thick-lensed goggles.

Xia Zuo manipulated his servant No. 4 to take a closer look at the goggles and found that the left lens was transparent glass, while the right lens was something Xia Zuo was very familiar with—the kind of glasses that could be adjusted to magnify, which were essential for studying the subject of Oddity Necessities.

Upon seeing these glasses, an idea instantly popped into Xia Zuo's mind:

Could it be that the weapons used by Andrew and Ross are actually products of the science of marvelous objects?

The Department of Ingenious Objects uses high-temperature crucibles and transmutation arrays to create one-piece alchemical tools.

These types of items have one characteristic:

Because it is molded in one piece, it rarely uses tools such as screws and rivets that are frequently used in traditional manufacturing processes to fasten objects.

Xia Zuo manipulated his No. 4 servant to circle around the two of them several times, examining the details of the weapon. He could not find any bolts or nuts, and the joints were made of a combination of crankshafts, slide rods and gears.

These two sets of advanced weaponry did indeed originate from ingenious alchemy.

So... both the Alien Group and the Sword of the Golden Merchant are subordinate forces of the Temple of Mages?

What would the Isogene Group need the bone sac for?

Furthermore... assuming the Alien Group is indeed one of their own, why don't Andrew and Ross know magic? Why do they use conventional weapons? Why don't they have elemental resistance?

Xia Zuo suddenly realized that he had overlooked a very special and important point!

There are no elements within the territory of Jing Shui Town!

The absence of any unruly elements in the town could be attributed to the presence of resident mages secretly collecting them.

But the absence of untamed elements in the Mogus Mountains speaks volumes.

What is the reason that there are no unruly elements in the Jing Shui Town area?

Is Jing Shui Town a special place, or is there simply no untamed spirit in the entire inland region?