My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Everyone's DNA is different, which can be used as a tool for binding items.

But what is the principle behind using hair as a support for magical clones?

Xia Zuo looked at the bald man curiously, hoping to get an answer from him.

“This is a spell that only high-level mages can access, Shazo.” Rexor pondered for a moment. “However, since you have awakened a blood magic talent spell similar to a spell clone, I can briefly explain it to you to prevent you from going astray or even becoming another Quarovich.”

Rexor pointed to the blood mass floating in the air. "This magical clone you summoned uses your life force as a medium, and you can control it because it contains a portion of your spiritual ocean; the spiritual ocean is its core. I think you must have encountered some trouble..."

Rexor drew his dagger and used the sharp tip to slice through the blood clot, drawing out a thin line of blood.

The Blood Servant's health has decreased by 10 points.

"It is too fragile, has no protective capabilities, cannot withstand sharp weapons, and cannot directly face offensive spells. Apart from being used for reconnaissance, it is almost useless."

Xia Zuo nodded repeatedly, this was exactly what bothered him the most!

"This is because you didn't use any support," Rexor said, gesturing across Shazo's thick hair.

"There are many things that can be used as a support, but they must be something from the summoner's own body, such as bones, skin, or teeth. However, few people can endure the pain of self-harm when using these things as a support, so they choose to use hair."

"You can pluck a tuft of hair with the follicle still attached, and when you summon a magical clone, put the hair into that thing that looks like an elemental storage bottle, and feel the difference between having a support and not having one."

Xia Zuo waved his hand to dismiss the Blood Element servants, then gritted his teeth and plucked a clump of hair from his head.

He traced his self-created spell patterns again, summoning a blood-elemental servant with a support structure, while the information from his cheat system entered his mind:

"The host was detected using 15 hairs as a support for Hemoglobin Servant No. 1, and the template of Hemoglobin Servant No. 1 has changed."

...

[Servants]

[Blood Element Servant #1]

[Health] 600/600

[Base Health Regeneration Speed] 10 points/hour

[Structure Value] 2/2

[Mental State] 5

...

Before the information in his mind was finished, the cheat system sent another message:

"The character trait [Blood Servant] has been changed... Trait template update complete!"

...

[Specialty Name] Blood Servant

[Special Effects]

(New) You can use your own body material to enhance Blood Elemental Minions and increase their structure value.

...

So that's how the structure value of the Blood Servant is derived!

Xia Zuo rubbed his hands together excitedly.

But... is it a bit of a waste to exchange 15 hairs for only 2 points of structure value?

"Master, I feel my blood element servants are a bit more robust than before," Xia Zuo asked, looking at the blood clumps with rows of hair strands on his body. "But the protective power provided by the hair strands is much weaker than I expected, isn't it?"

"Blood Servant? Is that what you named it?" Rexol touched his forehead. "Did you get inspiration from a textbook on creating elemental servants and then awaken this innate spell?"

Rexol stared at Shazo for a few seconds, until the other man involuntarily tightened his grip on his neck, before speaking:

"You're a real...freak. You can actually awaken your innate spells by following alchemy textbooks. Should I discuss with Christor whether we should restrict the alchemy textbooks you have access to... Oh! I remember now!"

Rexor clapped his hands and placed his hand on Shazo's shoulder. "You asked me before about how to use monster materials to strengthen your elemental body. You didn't mean to use it on your blood element servant, did you?! Good thing I didn't tell you, or you would have definitely caused trouble."

"Ahem..." Xia Zuo coughed awkwardly a few times, changing the subject, "Master, you haven't answered my question yet..."

"Hmph." Rexor crossed his arms, looked the other man up and down, and said:

"I know you must have a lot of novel ideas in your head. Anyone who has learned the magic clone technique will go through this process, and I was the same. But I have to tell you that the method to further enhance the magic clone technique is a secret within the temple."

"Don't try to study it on your own, because that would touch on forbidden territory."

“Telling you how to use hair already violates the temple’s laws.”

"Uh... okay." Shazo shrugged, deciding to find an opportunity to ask Christo...

“Now, you should turn your attention back to the monster egg. Use your Blood Element servants to carefully identify the toxins and structure of the egg.” Rexor put on a stern face, transforming into a strict overseer, and leaned against the wall. “You can’t leave until you’ve identified it.”

"Yes, Master." Xia Zuo unlocked the Blood Element Servant's structure value, in a good mood, and didn't take the other party's attitude to heart.

He looked at the strange eggs on the sample shelf, which triggered his toxin senses, releasing his detection spell.

More than 20 kinds of toxic light appeared inside the strange egg, mixed together like a lump of mud made of different colors.

Xia Zuo reached into the enclosed operating table and carefully cut open the skin of a strange egg, using a syringe to extract samples containing a certain toxin from the inside.

These toxins are all of expert level or higher, and their specific toxic effects cannot be directly obtained using toxin sensing and detection techniques alone.

Xia Zuo took out the toxin samples and had each of the Blood Element servants hold them. He then activated [Flesh and Blood Control] to drive the Blood Element servants to hold the toxins, using the fastest and most convenient method to identify the toxicity.

The drug identification process was rather lengthy, lasting for an hour.

During this time, Xia Zuo stopped several times to channel life force into the blood essence servants who were on the verge of death.

Rexor watched the blood mass shrink and then grow back to its original size without saying anything, though his flickering eyes revealed the turmoil in his heart.

Out of caution, Xia Zuo had all three strange eggs examined and obtained an identification report for each.

After a detailed comparison of the three appraisal reports, he drew several conclusions.

“Master, the toxins on these three strange eggs are exactly the same, with the same toxicity and intensity, which indicates that they come from the same creature or demon.”

Xia Zuo placed the three-point assessment report in front of Rek'Sall and introduced it:

"Based on the current identification results, there are a total of 22 types of toxins on the strange egg, all of which are non-lethal. Among them, there are 21 expert-level toxins and 1 master-level toxin."

Xia Zuo pointed to the underlined lines of text, "The phenomenon that the toxins disappear quickly after the strange egg explodes is caused by this master-level toxin, which I have temporarily named [Zeroing Toxin]."

“Reset to zero…” Rexol picked up the report, stared at the words, and read:

"Zeroing Toxin is a trigger-based toxin that only takes effect when specific conditions are met."

"Any toxin mixed with zero-toxin will be rapidly neutralized into a non-toxic waste residue upon contact with air, water, or other specific substances, or upon changes in the surrounding temperature or pressure."

Rexol put down the report and asked, "It's like a self-destruct device to prevent information leaks, right?"

“Yes, Master.” Xia Zuo nodded.

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"The toxin mixed with the zero-toxin is not affected by the zero-toxin itself, and its toxicity and nerve signal transmission function are normal."

Shazo looked at Rexor, who was deep in thought, and said:

"In my opinion, Zero Toxin is a great tool for maintaining secrecy, and its formula and detoxification are worth studying."

"Hmm... the research on the Zero Toxin will likely be handled by you," Rexol said, rubbing his chin.

"This is a rule of the alchemical school, and it's also to minimize the number of people who know about this toxin."

He walked to the enclosed control panel, pointed at the strange egg, and asked, "So what do you think this thing is for? Why did it appear before the stronghold was attacked?"

"I need to do a few more experiments to find the answer."

Xia Zuo said, "Master, is there any magic or prop that can record the explosion process of the monster egg and watch it repeatedly? I mean, record the sensory information such as the sound and image of the explosion."

Xia Zuo was certain that something like a video recorder must exist in this world with its highly advanced alchemy. However, since he transmigrated here, he had never seen a "video recorder," so he could only ask the bald man through the description function.

"Of course there is. It's a spell that involves detection and illusion techniques, called [Time-Space Image]. First, you use precise detection spells to record the process you want, and then you use illusions to recreate it."

Rexor took a bag of shimmering powder from his alchemy pouch. "Are you sure you want to do this? I need to set up the ritual first so that I can make sure every detail is recorded."

"Thank you for your trouble, Master." Xia Zuo nodded, walked to the side, and made room for the bald man.

Rexol poured the powder onto the glass cover of the enclosed workbench, then applied a layer of sticky oil to fix the powder in place, and finally sprayed a certain mist to make the powder less shiny.

After all this was done, a nearly transparent film appeared on the enclosed operating table. Upon closer inspection, one could see tiny, glowing points and densely packed spell patterns inside the film.

“I’m ready.” Rexor placed his left hand on the membrane, a hazy magical glow appearing on the control panel, while his right hand held a transparent glass bead. “You make the egg explode. I will record the entire process, even the details we haven’t noticed yet will be sealed in the image orb.”

Xia Zuo fiddled with the enclosed control panel for a while, placing the three strange eggs in separate areas, and then adjusted the air pressure in one of the areas.

"Bang! Pfft!" The black viscous liquid exploded instantly, staining the glass of the control panel. The toxins in the viscous liquid were rapidly dissipating.

Rexor captured the less than one-second explosion within the orb, then channeled energy into it, recreating the scene and sound.

"Bang! Pfft!" The explosion was so brief that it was difficult to see the details clearly.

"Master, could you slow down the replay?" Xia Zuo asked.

Rexor rubbed the jewel.

"Bang bang bang~~ Puff puff puff~~"

This reenactment was much slower, about one-third the speed of the original, extending the one-second explosion process to more than three seconds.

Xia Zuo felt a blur before his eyes, but still couldn't see the scene clearly.

But Rexor frowned. "I think I've discovered something..."

Rexor rubbed the orb again, repeating the explosion process where the speed dropped to one-tenth of the initial speed and lasted for 10 seconds, allowing the two to clearly see every change in the monster egg during the explosion.

The image freezes 0.1 seconds after the strange egg cracks open.

There was a tiny black particle, smaller than a fingernail, located deep within the strange egg. The moment it came into contact with the air, it turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared into the air.

Xia Zuo placed an intact strange egg on the sample rack of the observation chair and searched the inside of the egg with a high-powered lens.

Because the strange egg was filled with a lot of messy mucus that obscured his view, Xia Zuo changed his angle dozens of times before he could finally see the full picture of the small black particles.

It was an insect, somewhat like a tick whose body had become swollen and plump after sucking blood.

"What is this?" Xia Zuo scratched his head, completely unfamiliar with the small black insects appearing in the lens image.