My health recovery is incredibly fast.

“Shazo, there are two buttons on your ankles that need to be pressed together to activate,” Allen said, pointing to Shazo’s feet.

"That's the button to activate the inverted mode. Once activated, your feet will have magnetism, allowing them to adhere to the back of the metal base. With your head down and feet up, you don't need to worry about blood rushing to your head."

The diving room is about to reach the first platform, this time docked below the metal base, with the ceiling level with the bottom plane of the base.

Xia Zuo activated the inverted mode, walking upside down to the metal base while simultaneously activating [Toxin Sense], searching for traces of toxins with all his might.

There was no velvety marine moss here; the elemental golems regularly maintained the metal base, repairing any damage. The three of them walked on it as if they were walking on flat ground.

“The spellcasting license has been obtained.” Hillenburg’s voice rang out from inside the diving suit. “You can now use wide-range detection spells. The license will be valid until noon tomorrow.”

"receive."

Professor Allen answered, then waved his hand, summoning a patch of sand that shimmered with silver light in the black seawater.

The scattered lights gradually grew larger, and each grain of silver sand shone with a light comparable to a searchlight. The silver sand scattered and was evenly distributed in the space around the three people, illuminating the nearby sea.

Xia Zuo received the message from the cheat system in his mind:

"Due to the influence of the Detection Amplification spell, any detection spells you cast while within the range of this spell will be enhanced, increasing the detection range by 300% and the detection accuracy by 100%."

That's amazing! It doubled the efficiency in one go.

Xia Zuo suddenly realized that the vision of the toxin sensor was as clear as if it had been sharpened with an ultra-high resolution filter.

Mars drew his vine staff from his back—a staff of exceptional quality that could still function properly even under high pressure.

He raised his staff and struck the heavy head against the metal base.

"Thump~~~ Buzz buzz~~" The crisp impact sound turned into a resounding roar that echoed in my ears.

"Initial reconnaissance indicates that fields 1 through 5 of Experimental Field E contain no abnormalities," Mars told his companion.

Xia Zuo glanced around. "There's no toxin. Everything's normal."

Professor Allen spread his arms, manipulating the silver sand floating in the surrounding space, and slowly walked forward. "We're heading to fields 6 through 10. Continue to monitor along the way and don't stop."

Every few steps Mars took, he would strike the metal base, creating a vibration that echoed for a long time.

Xia Zuo's job was much easier; he only needed to keep his eyes wide open and look around.

The three of them spent less than an hour to tour all the experimental fields from A to E, and everything was normal.

Just as they returned to the ocean observation room, Hillenburg gave them instructions:

"Three strange eggs have been found in field number 19 of Experiment Field H. Danielle, bring down the Ocean Observation Room. Laurie, prepare the pressurization container and have the Elemental Golem set up a temporary high-pressure experimental chamber."

“Received, team leader,” Danielle and Laurie replied simultaneously.

Hillenburg continued:

"Xia Zuo, get ready. You'll be going into the experimental chamber in a bit to observe the strange eggs using the observation seat. We need to record all the details of them."

Chapter 54 unlocks [Structure Value] and resets it to zero.

Located in the light-free zone, Experiment Field H is built on a huge rock that has been modified into a platform, which is the maximum depth that the ocean observation room can reach.

To the east of Experiment Field H, at a horizontal distance of about 1 kilometer, there is a trench several kilometers deep. At the depths of the trench lies the point where nature meets the sea level.

That area is a restricted zone.

The members of the ocean observation team could only visit the outskirts of the base when they were transferring at the connection point.

When the ocean observation room descended to the side of Experiment Field H, it was filled with light. Hillenburg and several others jointly summoned more than a dozen bright orbs of light to provide illumination.

A little further away, near the boundary between light and darkness, a submarine-like underwater vehicle was quietly moored beside the experimental field, watching the members of the ocean observation team.

In the marine observation room.

Professor Allen pointed to the submarine in the distance and said:

"Those are the vehicles of the dimensional stronghold guards. They came here to monitor the scene and prevent any trouble."

"The movement of personnel at the stronghold is almost completely closed, with the guard list changing only once every 10 years. Their work is both dangerous and arduous, involving direct combat with powerful alien demons, but alchemists still fight tooth and nail for the position whenever the stronghold guards are publicly recruited."

"Why is that? Are the benefits really that good?" Xia Zuo asked, puzzled. He noticed that Mars probably already knew the answer, as he showed no doubt but rather a mixture of longing and regret.

“The Thunder Sea Plane is rich in water and wind elements, and it has many elemental properties that are rare in nature.” Allen explained simply, then patted the understanding Xia Zuo on the shoulder and pointed to the black metal cabin outside the ocean observation room, “Your temporary laboratory is ready.”

"Do I need to put on a diving suit?" Xia Zuo glanced at the pressure gauge on the glass wall. The water pressure outside was enough to crush him into a puddle of mud...

"No need to change into a wetsuit, don't worry," Professor Allen reassured her, knowing her concerns.

"Master Rexol will solve the water pressure problem."

"There is a water elemental trait that only high-level mages can learn called [Conduit]. Spells cast with it can counteract enormous water pressure, protecting your safety without interfering with the identification of the monster eggs."

Wow, this problem, which in the previous life required ship structure and high-strength materials to solve, can actually be solved with magic in this world.

Xia Zuo felt a pang of emotion and looked at the composed bald man.

Rexor raised his hand, drawing two complex spell lines, and said, "Don't move, stay where you are."

A flat ray was projected from the spell runes, slowly sweeping from Xia Zuo's feet toward the top of his head, covering the area it passed through with a transparent, bubble-like shell.

As the magical light faded, the bubble's outer shell contracted inward, clinging tightly to Xia Zuo's skin and alchemical robe.

The message from the cheat system came to my mind:

"Due to the influence of an unknown spell, you will be immune to all negative damage and effects caused by stress changes for the next 3 hours."

“Let’s go.” Rexol cast the same spell on himself and walked toward the hatch connecting the observation room and the temporary laboratory.

Xia Zuo nodded to Professor Allen and Mars, then followed the bald man through the door and disappeared from everyone's sight.

...

The temporary laboratory has air, and a special magic array is maintaining the pressure here at a level comparable to that of the lightless zone.

The strange egg found in experimental field H has been placed in a closed operating table.

Rexor leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, tilted his chin at the egg, and said, "It's up to you, kid. There's no surveillance or guards around here, so don't try to hide anything. Business comes first."

"Uh... Master, are these strange eggs troublesome?" Xia Zuo pondered whether to use Blood Element Minions...

“Very troublesome.” Rexol realized that the other party did indeed possess some unique methods for identifying poisons. He read hesitation and uncertainty in Shazo's expression and advised him:

"That's right, Xia Zuo."

"Starting about two months ago, the Church of the Otherworldly Demons has been constantly creating disturbances in the territory of the Crystal Remnants. We speculate that they are trying to find out the specific origin of the Resonance Crystals."

Rexor looked coldly at the strange egg. "To date, the Church of the Otherworld has launched 10 raids. In 8 of those raids, these strange eggs appeared at the locations of the attacks before they took place."

Rexol rubbed his bald head, walked around the sample rack, and said:

“In the past, the strange eggs we discovered were eventually blown into mush and lost all their toxins, so there was no time to conduct research on them.”

"These strange eggs that appeared in the ocean observation room are the most complete and stable to date, and they show no signs of exploding. Your alchemical school speculates that the difference in pressure is causing them to not have any intention of exploding at all."

Rexor walked over to Shazo, put his hand on his shoulder, and said:

"Your test results are crucial."

Rexor then added, emphasizing, "I will keep it a secret. I swear by the light element in my ocean of consciousness, I will never reveal what you are about to do to anyone or any tool."

“Alright, Master.” Xia Zuo scratched his head, finding it difficult to refuse the other party’s solemn expression.

Moreover, having spent so much time together, Xia Zuo knows that Rexol always keeps his word and is a trustworthy person.

Xia Zuo pondered for a moment, then instead of directly using [Spellcasting Instinct] to summon the Blood Element Servant, he followed the normal spellcasting procedure, entering a shallow meditative state, and then symbolically sketching the spell runes he imagined—this step was unnecessary…

But in order to make it look real and to make his casting process seem legitimate, Xia Zuo had to improvise a set of spell patterns for summoning blood elemental minions... He didn't even know if he could draw it exactly the same again...

A line of blood emerged from under Xia Zuo's skin, coiling in the air into a shape resembling an elemental storage bottle. As the spell patterns Xia Zuo drew became more complete, a spiritual ocean radiating a hazy light appeared out of thin air in the elemental storage bottle.

Rexor's pupils dilated, his eyebrows rose, and wrinkles appeared on his forehead, as if he were somewhat shocked by the scene before him. His mouth was slightly open, and his throat moved as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he suppressed his words and remained silent.

As a Blood Elemental minion with 2 points of Spirit and 600 health took shape, Rek'Sorrow took a deep breath, stared at the vibrant red blood mass before him, and muttered to himself:

"I never expected you to awaken this innate spell... and I never expected to see it again... I thought it would never appear again after Quarovich's death..."

"Wh...what? Why is this related to Quarovich?" Xia Zuo was a little confused.

After a brief silence, Rexor asked:

"Dim said you witnessed the entire process of Helms's downfall, is that true?"

"Mmm." Xia Zuo nodded.

Rexor said:

"The Kua bloodline inherited by Kuarouchi possessed a unique blood magic. Now, this blood magic has been lost due to the extinction of the Kua bloodline, but your innate spell has shown me a similar vision."

"The blood magic of the Kua bloodline allows someone who has undergone a transformation ritual to summon a temporary clone of Kuarouchi using their own hair and blood. You've probably seen this blood magic before, haven't you?"

Xia Zuo nodded again, "My innate magic does indeed resemble the hair-like figures of Kuarouchi..."

“No,” Rexol shook his bald head and said.

"Your innate spells are far superior to itss."

"To summon the clone of Khurooqi, we need Khurooqi's blood as a medium, and this material happens to be in the body of someone who has undergone a transformation ritual once."

"Secondly, the summoner must use their own hair as a support for the Quaruwaki clone."

“When you summoned this… um… magical clone, I noticed that you didn’t use any support. That’s much more skillful than Quarovich’s, and much better than most high-level mages.”

Xia Zuo pondered for a second and roughly understood what the other party meant. "Master, do you mean that a support is necessary to summon a magical clone? Also, you mentioned high-level mages. Does that mean that summoning a magical clone is a spell recognized by the temple? To which school of magic does it belong?"

Rexol rubbed his chin and said slowly:

"Yes, that's right. You'll only come into contact with this spell after you become a high-ranking mage. It's very complex, involving totems, transformations, enchantments, and illusions. The support is the key prop for casting this spell, and generally, people use their own hair as a support."

"Hair?" Xia Zuo blinked.

Hair is of great importance in alchemy.

It is used when binding a primary life alchemy stone, and it is also used when binding an elemental chain hammer. In addition, the hair must have a hair follicle attached.

Hair follicles are key.

Xia Zuo has speculated on the underlying principles more than once.

In the previous life, if you wanted to do DNA testing, you would use hair follicles because they are easy to obtain and contain a sufficient amount of DNA.