ember?

Are you really an ember?

In the dead silence beyond the floating light, Jiang Tongguang turned back subconsciously and glanced in the direction of the association. Well, the three secretly intertwined white emblems still hung high.

This is Tianshu right?

It’s not a deep well either!

He almost thought that in the blink of an eye, Ji Jue sent him to the Zhanfu Masters...

Even if this style of painting were to go away, it wouldn't become a famous and decent person, would it?

Can the video of the Huihui Association's exam be released to the outside world? The public relations department would scold me for seeing how difficult it is to clean this place.

The hammer hit with a bang, and the corners of their eyes twitched.

It's like hitting one's head with a hammer.

Just like that, in silence, the sluggish witness Ji Jue completed a mass killing with a skill comparable to that of a white deer, hammering all the aberrations he had seduced into pulp.

There were a few particularly big ones, but they still managed to breathe.

Then... as if he was afraid that they would die on the spot, he took out surgical tools and started on-site rescue. No, buddy, is your surgical procedure really not a vortex system?

The two of them watched numbly as Ji Jue sutured the living ones to stop the bleeding and cut the dead into pieces. All the organs were taken out and put away in categories. They were suddenly a little afraid that he would take out a phone in the next moment and tell the contact on the other end:

"The organs have been found and are fresh, but the price still needs to be renegotiated."

"he……"

Gustav was silent for a long time, rubbing his eyebrows, but finally couldn't hold it back: "What on earth is he doing?"

Jiang Tongguang said nothing.

He squinted his eyes, moved closer, and zoomed in on the picture.

Watching Ji Jue use solid alchemy to seal the flesh of the aberrations one by one as shackles, and then use fluid alchemy to forcibly purify the inner soul and soul, repeating this process until the aberrations are completely gone.

All of the monster's consciousness was completely washed away in the purification process, leaving only the instinct to eat, drink, and defecate, and then the operation was performed with incomparable speed.

Cut off the limbs and irrelevant organs, leaving only the brain, spine and digestive system.

Like pickles, it was put into a huge container filled with smelly blood, and the spiritual circuits were written and carved, extending outward...

Soon, pure ectoplasm slowly flowed out from it and fell into the parallel ectoplasm cage made of many aberrant skulls on site.

"Alas!"

After Ji Jue checked the efficiency, he whistled happily: "Green energy, clean and hygienic!"

OK, the case is solved.

Jiang Tongguang rubbed the corners of his twitching eyes and sighed: "He is making an ectoplasm battery."

At first glance, you can tell that you can live a good life.

Increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and be prudent in budgeting.

Relying on a dozen aberrations, the most scarce spiritual resources in the early stage were solved. Even if they were contaminated and difficult to use, with a little filtering, more than 90% of the spiritual resources could be solved.

Regarding this, Jiang Tongguang could only restrain the urge to clap and praise, and secretly gave the Association Baocai a thumbs up in his heart.

This year I really picked up a ghost!

"act recklessly!"

Gustav's brows furrowed even more.

It's like the auditor sees through the Welfare Ji who has very little to show when she dances around - you're so sexy, you might as well just show off and let me punch you to death.

It's completely like jumping left and right on the association's cordon.

A step back is a sign of boldness for a skilled person, a step forward is a direct line to success.

But this bitch likes to test the boundaries repeatedly...

You must know that the refining of evil objects has always been an extremely dangerous and difficult job, and it is not limited to Yousui. In fact, the association has always used and researched this, both openly and covertly.

But at least that’s something a master only thinks about when he’s starting out, okay?

And aren’t there many people who will die or become evil because of this?

How come there are apprentices who don’t even have a craftsman’s license yet and start thinking about nuclear waste all day long?!

But he still plays so well...?

For a moment, as stubborn as Gustave, he couldn't help but wonder: Have times really changed?

But when you look at the other candidates who feel reassuring, you can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, times have not changed.

The only one who is perverted is Ji Jue.

Otherwise, if there are a few more freaks, he is afraid that the association will plant the banner of Yousu before he can retire in his lifetime...

Gustav's face became more and more gloomy.

"What are the candidates thinking today?"

"What are you thinking about?"

Jiang Tongguang laughed and glanced at his colleagues beside him: "Isn't this just what you wanted - trying to challenge yourself in the face of difficulties and death?"

No consequences, no cost.

Without any worries, challenge yourself and climb to peaks that would never have appeared in the past——

Rebuild everything from nothingness, rebuild tall buildings from the ruins.

You can modify all of this as you wish.

Jiang Tongguang watched everything in the picture quietly, making no move and standing by: "No matter how bad the consequences are, it can't be worse than reality, right?"

Gustav said no more.

Looking down.

In the picture, Ji Jue, after clearing up many troubles, slowly walked towards the workshop carrying his achievements, but his movements suddenly stopped.

He stood there dumbly.

He lowered his head and looked at the soil that had been rolled up by the explosion and earthquake in the corner of the courtyard. He came closer, bent down, and took a closer look.

Then I didn't even care about the mess.

He jumped down, picked up a huge shovel, and dug wildly.

Soon, a piece of vermilion ore was pulled out from behind the crack in the rock.

Stare.

After a long time, I couldn't help it anymore and laughed out loud.

At this moment, even if nothing happened, the two examiners couldn't help but feel frightened.

Every time Ji Jue smiles like this, it means that he has a big job brewing that will make people’s eyes darken.

But no matter how you look at it, the stone in Ji Jue's hand is just an ordinary ore.

The association's observatory will definitely be prospected when it is built. If any precious mineral deposits can be found, it will definitely be moved to a different place, so that someone will not suddenly dig out the treasure from the ground after so many years.

The records retrieved show that when the Luye Observation Station was built, geological exploration did find some discoveries, but they were just sporadic pyrite, siderite and some random minerals with no mining value in the pyroxene.

…

You don't even need to turn to the book, masters who have been dealing with various materials all year round can tell it at a glance.

But just to be on the safe side, I still looked twice, three times, four or five times.

"It's just mercury sulfide, right?" Gustav frowned.

"Well, indeed."

Jiang Tongguang took a sip of wine to calm down his shock, and said slowly: "In the Federation, we call this stuff cinnabar. In addition to being used as a pigment, it is mainly used for, uh..."

He paused for a moment and his expression stiffened:

"...Extract mercury?"

Think of the heavyweight stuff in this piece of shit’s resume...

He couldn't help it any longer and took a deep breath of air-conditioning.

"Grass!"

After countless candidates died on the first night, the number and frequency of deaths began to plummet from dawn the next day, and even unexpectedly stabilized within double digits, every day.

In a whole week, less than 200 people were eliminated.

Ember's adaptability is undoubtedly evident at this moment. Once he is prepared, the pressure brought by the evil things begins to decrease linearly.

At the same time, there are already too many candidates who are not willing to live in shelters. Even, after long preparations, they take the initiative to go to the world outside the workshop. Some of them are not only maintaining the workshop, but also

The entire observatory has been completely maintained, and even new defense structures and equipment have been erected.

Adapt, produce, change…

The essence of the embers is revealed here. Not only the bystanders of the association who had originally complained and criticized finally stopped talking, but even the apprentices participating in the competition can feel the improvement in their own abilities through torture and suffering.

"In this case, it will be considered completed."

In the newly renovated workshop, Lou Feng carefully put down the final components, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a step back, and proudly looked at the crystal giant in front of him.

Under the reconstruction of alchemy, a crystal giant composed of ectoplasm.

Four arms and three legs.

On the face with intertwined emblems and totems, six points of light lit up, azure blue and scarlet intertwined.

Just like that, Zi Lou Feng stood up slowly according to the order, and then grasped the huge weapon that matched his own mass and size, with ferocious killing intent.

"In this case, the safety of the workshop will not be a problem for the time being."

After Lou Feng checked the internal intelligence sequence and reaction structure, he nodded with satisfaction and issued the order: "Seal the workshop and isolate it from interference."

The crystal giant's silent nod suddenly turned into erratic mist, flowed outside the door and disappeared.

In the dead silence, only the building seal and the burning furnace behind him were left.

And, each blurry phantom, like a ghost.

"Adjust the spiritual quality output, maintain the temperature, and increase the frequency of adding catalysts."

Completely different from the embarrassing appearance before, Lou Feng had put on brand new handmade clothes at this moment. He sat down on a chair covered with layers of animal skins, crossed his legs, changed into a more comfortable posture, and sighed happily:

"Then, you can start the next stage."

The servants made of ectoplasm were silent and faithfully executed the orders.

On top of the floating light outside the field, in another picture, no light can be seen. In the dark sky and dark ground, a dark billowing fog slowly rises from the observation station, fills the air, and covers the surrounding area.

All areas within tens of miles.

In the darkness, there is only one monster that has become a walking corpse, wandering around tirelessly, hungry and thirsty, preying on any living creature that dares to walk into the mist.

In other pictures within the floating light, some people have built the observation station into an iron wall, and some people have built high towers again to build the highest city on Luye.

And for some people, their homes... are still in ruins.

I left the observatory on the second day and didn’t even want home!

Anyway, there are no monsters to blame, no mines to mine, no output to produce... Is it really necessary to stay in this novice village that has nothing but an empty shell workshop?

The next morning, Ji Jue drove the dump truck he had repaired overnight and took many of the equipment in the workshop along the mountain road to find another place.

Until now, not even the last trace can be found on the ground.

In the darkness under the Nine Earths, in the thick soil and rocks, there is a huge frame that is silently propped up, and even a huge structure that is becoming more and more complex.

The roar of the rushing mercury lasted all night long, chasing the mineral veins on the island and spreading silently.

In addition to large tracts of rich iron ore, Ji Jue also found a lot of chalcopyrite and malachite, and even excavated a large amount of coal thousands of meters down.

Unlike the heavily polluted surface, separated by thick soil and distance, the distortion becomes thinner as you go downwards.

With a large amount of mercury as a tool, he also extracted abundant phlogiston from coal and natural gas... After Ji Jue even dismantled the water purification equipment and completed the process of synthesizing glycerol, he completely realized the freedom of explosives.

As for drinking water, it doesn’t mean that you can’t drink it after filtering the sea water. After the spiritual matter absorbs and purifies the pollution, it is then condensed twice. It is enough to cover a swimming pool, let alone drinking.

Then, he covered it.

"I have never seen such an awesome man. It only took him three months to build his own luxurious villa on an uninhabited island..."

Amidst the sound of rushing water, Ji Jue dubbed his own voice while soaking in the swimming pool he had just dug.

Enjoy yourself.

At this moment, there is no darkness in the deep underground.

Dazzling lights illuminate everything.

There is no cramping or garbage at all, but it is spotless and so clean.

As far as the eye can see, the floors, ceilings and walls are all polished with hardened mercury and are shiny. In some places, they have been covered with metal plates, just like a scene from some kind of science fiction movie.

Clean, advanced, pollution-free, high-tech.

Well, if you ignore the densely packed mountains of living spiritual matter batteries in the bottom mine, and the bloody mercury flowing in the pipes...

Our alchemy is such that we are benevolent and kind, and the most inhumane things happen in front of our eyes.

So Ji Jue always did it with his eyes closed.

Anyway, everything is lacking on the island now, except evil spirits and all kinds of strange evil things. It needs a compassionate craftsman to save all living beings and achieve bliss.

Besides, what’s wrong with evil things?

It’s just full of treasures!

Blood can be used as consumables to replace some materials as the carrier of the temporary spiritual sequence. Bones can be purified and used as containers and materials. The soul can be left behind and fed with leftovers or minced meat to generate electricity for a long time.

Even the polluted Jijue caused by evil transformation was unwilling to waste, and all was used to make magical little ingredients for phlogiston explosives.

There is no garbage in the world, only misplaced treasures!

What Ji Jue needs to do is to guide them back on track and make valuable contributions to the development of alchemy.

These are all good materials and beautiful jade!

If you waste even a little bit, you will be heartbroken and unable to sleep.

I think their spirits in heaven will definitely be happy if they know about it.

After taking a shower, a rare full sleep, and luxuriously showing off two canned meats, Ji Jue first rode his bicycle to inspect the newly developed 'Mushroom Cultivation Center' and 'Rat Breeding Base' to ensure that everything was normal.

After that, we headed to the newly built workshop.

Right at the core surrounded by underground spaces.

Under the blockade of two heavy doors, flames surged and burned endlessly.

The furnace that was once riddled with holes has become completely different.

After confirming that many of the original modules were old and unfit for use, Ji Jue simply dismantled the entire furnace, then spent a whole day transplanting all the spiritual circuits, and gradually transformed and added new functions.

Today, it has become a true backbone of the base and the heart of the workshop.

Its body length alone exceeds twenty meters and its diameter is six meters. It runs through the upper, middle and lower floors and is responsible for providing energy and central control for the entire underground space.

Connected by countless cables and pipes, the entire body is pure white and as bright as jade, all made of purified evil bones that have been reshaped.

A literal furnace of bones.

At this moment, the roars and wailings could no longer be heard in the furnace. In the dead silence, it was as if there were the silent breathing of a monster crawling out of hell, so long.

When the low roar of steel rose from the flames, on the top of the workshop, among the flowing mercury, there were suddenly lines of silver light stretching and falling, connected with many mechanical hands, operating everything as if they were living things.

The beating, like a heartbeat, became clearer as the furnace door opened.

In the hot wind blowing in the face, the steel frame like a giant sitting cross-legged glowed with a blazing red color.

When Ji Jue waved his hand, the silent scorching steel suddenly shook, and the complicated spiritual circuit emerged. He took one step through the molten iron and ashes, and then the second step...

Step by step, we walked into the cooling pool formed by countless scarlet mercury, as if we were bathing in blood. Even if the ventilation equipment was overloaded, it would be difficult to extract all the steam in such a short period of time.

Through the glasses on the gas mask, Ji Jue could see that among the boiling blood and mercury, the reddish steel skeleton gradually emerged into pitch black, with countless evil blood flowing, extending, and wrapping around it.

, intertwined into complex patterns as ferocious as flames.

After a long ascension, the spiritual steel, evil blood, and transformation are completed.

The welding light shines brightly, and the sound of metal friction is endless.

Under the processing of strips of mercury hands, there is a metal engine that beats like the heart of a living creature, a complicated transmission structure, an operating and driving frame built with Ji Jue's data, and hundreds of electromagnetic tendons attached to it.

Implant organs and fill them with flesh and blood.

In the end, the scarlet armor made of evil bones...

Different from the hastily scrapped exoskeleton before, a power armor that can truly be called a knight was completed by Ji Jue in front of him.

Just wave.

Amidst the sonorous metal echo, the scarlet giant, which was more than three meters tall, came forward and half-knelt in front of Ji Jue. The armor and structures on its chest unfolded layer by layer, and the driver's seat appeared.

Just like that, Ji Jue was enveloped in it.

Then, on the beast-like metal face, a dazzling light lit up from the pupils.

There is no dissonance or sluggishness at all. The huge creation is like another body of its own. It is so flexible that even the feeling of a grain of dust falling on your fingers becomes so clear.

Ectoplasmic fluid nervous structure is normal.

He stretched out his hand and pulled out the huge sword with exaggerated dimensions from his waist. The blood-colored long sword, which seemed to be made of ruby, was lifted up and slashed lightly, causing a loud roar like a sonic boom.

The kinetic energy auxiliary and transmission mechanisms operate correctly.

Finally, Ji Jue raised the sword and stared at his own ferocious reflection on the smooth mirror-like spine.

The animal's face seemed to be grinning with a hungry smile.

"Next, we can do something fun..."
Chapter completed!