Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 443

Chapter 441 Research Progress and Color Variation

A month later, in the special laboratory.

Locke gathered the magic plant branches cultivated by Montgomery and others, as well as the magic plant branches he cultivated using a synthetic magic cube, and used the magic magnetic field to cut some plant factor fragments of these plant essences, and bound them with a magnetic field. He put them in his own hands and, after a simple design, injected them into a chain vine seed.

At this moment, under the dragon crystal ecological dome, Locke used a ring of life magic [Rapid Growth], and the chain magic vine grew out rapidly. The only difference from the previous green chain-like vine was that the overall color of this chain magic vine turned into black iron.

Half a day later, Locke and Witch Barbara, Wizard Tacitus and Wizard Montgomery who were observing from the side showed delight.

Locke transplanted the color-changing chain vine he had cultivated from the soil and infused it with magic. “This one-ring magic plant is already very good as a single-soldier weapon.”

“For a multi-person controlled magical plant, it performs quite well. You guys should try it out too.”

Four wizards manipulated the chain magic vine at the same time. The chain magic vine quickly drilled into the ground and then drilled out from another place on the ground. The four of them were connected through magic power and could clearly see that after the chain magic vine drilled into the ground, it circled around them again and again.

Witch Barbara shot a blood flame at the magic plant. This blood flame, a universal spell for bloodline – the flame that burns the bloodline, was completely shattered by the mutated chain magic vine before it got close, and disappeared into the air.

Witch Barbara was visibly stunned. “In just one month, they were able to create a magical plant of this strength. This magical plant connected our magical powers, overlapping and enhancing each other, and stored magical pressure through the [Rust Pearl Flower], thus forming the magical plant we have today.”

She used the tree demon bloodline with all her strength, and her face immediately turned into that of a tree demon elder.

She waved her hand, and suddenly some branches in the ecological garden spread out and tried to attack the four people, but the chain magic vine waved continuously in an instant, blocking all the attacking branches.

Then, Witch Barbara, Montgomery, and Tacitus launched spell attacks on the Chain Magic Vine at the same time, but all of them were easily blocked by the Chain Magic Vine.

Witch Barbara exclaimed in surprise, “The speed of this progress is beyond my imagination.”

“Even the attacks of three First Ring wizards couldn’t shake it in the slightest. I can feel that if we choose to attack, this Chain Vine will instantly transform into a terrifying weapon, combining the magic pressure of the four of us to attack the enemy.”

“So far, this magic plant has become very useful in practical combat.”

Locke nodded slightly. “This is all thanks to Montgomery for coming up with the idea of using the brocade color mutation mechanism.”

The change of this Chain Demon Vine from dark green to black iron is a [color mutation], a somatic cell mutation unique to plants, and the main breakthrough achieved by Locke and others in their research over the past month.

That kind of colorful mutation will change the color of the magic plant and form special magic patterns inside it.

Color mutation is a common method of botanical enchantment.

By utilizing the changes in the pigments of the magical structural components inside the plant, an enchanted magic array is formed inside the magic plant to enhance the magic plant.

This was also a path suggested by Montgomery. They consulted a large number of classics within this month, trying to make the colorful mutation path of the magic plant produce a spell channel with superimposed magic pressure effect.

The biggest difference between magic plant enchantment and ordinary enchantment is that magic plants are living things, so all enchantment methods must rely on their natural growth.

And their wizards can only guide the colorful mutation paths of the magic plants through external intervention to produce corresponding magic pathways.

Montgomery said honestly, “No, the biggest credit goes to Boss Locke. If I were to work on this brocade color mutation myself, let’s not even talk about whether I could do it. Even if I could, it would take at least five years, or even ten.”

“But we just give you the raw data, and you can turn my idea into reality within a month.”

Montgomery admired: “This is really incredible.”

Tacitus pondered, “But this still isn’t enough. This magical plant is indeed excellent, but it can only increase our magical pressure. It can’t do what the project application plans to do, and add to the wizard’s permanent defensive force field.”

“This magical plant is indeed excellent and worth investing in if taken outside, but it is still very weak in the Yunze Cup.”

“After all, our opponents are…mythical tree people like the Ancient Tree of Life and the Luna Laurel Tree.”

“We still need to build on this stage and continue our efforts to find a way to stack a permanent defense field.”

Montgomery comforted him, “This is only our first month of official construction, so don’t worry. We’ve been able to achieve such success in the first month thanks to Boss Locke’s genius and the laboratory he got us. He shortened the original experimental process to just one day. One day of our experiments in this lab is equivalent to a month’s work in an external lab.”

Barbara the Witch said, “There’s no need to boost other people’s ambitions.”

“Their project proposal sounds good, but whether it can be realized remains to be seen. Everyone’s situation must be similar. They’re probably also struggling in their own labs, completely unable to produce the magical plants described in their project proposal.”

“So we don’t need to worry too much and just proceed step by step.”

Wizard Tacitus smiled. “That’s right. What’s being tested now is our patience. After all, after entering the finals, every research team has already given it their all. We’ve already unleashed all our ingenuity. So what we can do, and what will determine victory or defeat, is patience.”

“The research team that is anxious will definitely lose the initiative.”

Locke used the life magic [Rapid Growth] to stimulate the magic plant and make it bloom and bear fruit quickly, leaving behind seeds, which he kept in his hand.

“A major disadvantage of the variegated color mutation is that the magical plant’s growth conditions become more demanding, and its recovery ability is reduced. Therefore, some breeders do not like to use the variegated color mutation mechanism to enchant plants.”

“However, to create this rare magical plant, using the [Color Mutation] mechanism is perfectly normal.”

Locke distributed the seeds to everyone. “Cultivate them and use them as a foundation to cultivate subspecies. We will conduct phased finite element cultivation. Based on these qualified demon plant subspecies that have already been cultivated, we will continue to cultivate them using finite elements.”

“In addition, there are two other subspecies that are also worth using as prototypes for further targeted breeding.”

Selecting a subspecies for the next stage of directed breeding is like coming to a fork in the road and deciding which way to go.

Once you choose the wrong path, it will be difficult to get results.

Therefore, Locke selected three subspecies that seemed to be more successful at the moment and continued to cultivate them.

After all, some subspecies appear to have magical plant characteristics and are stronger than other subspecies, but in fact, there is a dead end ahead and they cannot move forward.

Once they reach such a crossroads, they are unlucky.

Therefore, researching this kind of thing requires patience and calmness, and the ability to endure countless failures, as well as the feeling of loss when one is about to achieve results but still fails in the end.

Otherwise, giving up easily or being extremely anxious will only slow down your research progress.

Perfectionists are also difficult to deal with.

Because every research is unlikely to be perfect. If it is too perfect, it will get stuck in one place and be unable to move forward, which is inefficient.

Locke said to the crowd, “I think the three current subspecies of magic plants are all good first-ring magic plants. Maybe we can ask outside if there are any wizards who want to buy them.”

“The by-products of these studies can also be sold. The funds raised can be used to subsidize our research team. We can also distribute this private income to you to help you improve your magic level.”

“However, since it’s a tactical magic plant, its sales are limited.”

The magic plant subspecies produced by their laboratory are all tactical magic plants that require at least 2-3 people to operate. They are magic plants used for war purposes, so wizards who intend to purchase their magic plant subspecies are unlikely to be individual wizards, so the sales channels are indeed limited.

(End of this chapter)