Chapter 180 Void Two-Way Insect

The Void Two-Way Insect had been killed by Dean Mason, theoretically meaning the greatest threat in this cursed space was gone.

However, Suren wasn't careless in the slightest, nor did he rashly go to the T11 area. Instead, he took out the brass clockwork sphere that the old dean had given him earlier.

This was the "key" to controlling the planar passage. Through the hollowed-out sphere, one could see many precise parts within the core. Suren wanted to understand the principle of this ancient machine, but the appraisal only showed a series of asterisk prompts indicating "beyond comprehension." This was a spatial treasure forged by a "God-level" Mechanical Alchemist, a technology that was difficult for him to understand at his current level.

Suren carefully studied this brass clockwork and understood why the spatial passage to the outside world had cracks.

It turned out that it was deliberately left by predecessors.

The connection between planes wasn't as simple as breaking through a wall. Two different planes could be separated by billions of miles, or even exist in worlds beyond human comprehension.

Connecting two planes required a "connection point" to establish a planar passage.

It was somewhat similar to the connection between Suren's small void realm and the world.

He himself was that "point."

It was like a bunch of balloons in the hands of a balloon vendor. The great powers of the ancient alchemy civilization had held many planes in their hands, connecting them with threads. Once the restraints were lost, the hydrogen balloons would float away and be difficult to find again.

In the Dawn Era, possessing an alien plane was like having an inexhaustible "mine." The Tarkolu Empire closed the planar passages to prevent void invasion, not to lose this mine. To allow the passage to be reopened and minimize the risk, they created this two-way restriction key that was easy to close but difficult to open.

But because of the long passage of time, the spatial passage was like a wound-up clockwork that had loosened, and cracks had reappeared.

...

Suren threw the alchemy clockwork sphere into the small void realm, instructing the Dawnbreaker Corps members to inject energy to close the planar passage and stop the endless stream of void monsters.

The restriction on the planar passage was massive, and even activating the key to close it would take several hours.

So Suren waited patiently in the lab.

Without the "Queen Insect," the monsters lacked organization and focus. Although they still had the instinct to kill humans, their threat was greatly reduced.

This void invasion had prematurely entered the final stage.

Suren didn't run around. He found a safe place in the lab and waited patiently.

He constantly controlled a small black hole in his palm, maintaining the spatial connection between the brass clockwork and the planar passage.

During this time, he encountered a few monsters that stumbled upon him, but Suren dealt with them without much effort.

Gradually, he clearly felt the void energy in the air fading.

This clearly indicated that the planar passage was slowly closing.

As long as the planar passage was completely closed, even if the "spatial will" had any tricks up its sleeve, at least it couldn't connect to alien planes, and the threat would be greatly reduced.

A full three hours later, cheers came from the small void realm. The mechanism of the brass clockwork had finally been completely tightened.

Suren immediately felt that the space, which had previously been like thin ice, immediately became as hard as concrete, just like the outside academy district.

He continued to pour in dark spiritual power, and the black hole in his hand gradually grew larger.

Qiantiao, Barrett, and a dozen other Dawnbreaker Corps members rushed out. Dr. Banks, because he was very interested in everything in this lab, also made a rare appearance.

"Phew~ Finally out to breathe."

Qiantiao exclaimed as soon as she came out.

She was the type who had a hard time staying idle. She looked around and raised her eyebrows, "The space is stable?"

They didn't have Suren's keen spatial awareness. Barrett, who was standing next to her, tried to clench his fist, condensing a layer of fist energy with his domineering aura, and a look of joy appeared on his face, "It should be possible to go all out."

The others also tried, and someone laughed, "Haha, now we can fully exert ourselves. These void monsters aren't much of a threat anymore."

This was the biggest difficulty in this cursed space.

High-level professionals could enter the planar passage, but their lives would be threatened by the unstable spatial state, and they couldn't exert much of their strength. Now that the space was stable, there were no more worries.

With everyone here, Suren instantly felt a great sense of security. After all, the martial strength of the cursed space had a limit. Now that the main force of the Dawnbreaker Corps was out, they could sweep through almost everything as long as they didn't encounter someone of Dean Mason's level.

Even so, he reminded, "Everyone be careful, there may still be some powerful monsters remaining in this lab."

Everyone naturally wouldn't be careless, and the group carefully advanced towards the lab.

...

Black Crow led the way in the corridor, and Suren's group of more than a dozen people explored slowly into the depths of the lab.

Along the way, they encountered some void monsters and mutated monsters, but with the Sword Saint Qiantiao and the quasi-seventh-order professional Barrett taking action, they were cleaned up without much commotion.

The materials in the lab were also collected.

Don't think that it's an ancient lab from who knows how many tens of thousands of years ago, but those devices may be different from modern ones, but they are definitely not inferior. Just like the most basic petri dish isolation glass, the quality of the ones in this Zero Lab is better than any glass that can be bought outside.

Dr. Banks walked along, constantly sighing. He also collected some useful materials and instruments from time to time, preparing to take them back to set up his own lab.

As they walked, they came to a closed metal gate.

This was the "T11" area at the very bottom of the Zero Lab mentioned in the intelligence.

An area once used to experiment with extremely dangerous projects.

Suren looked at the gate, exchanged glances with Qiantiao and the others, and reminded, "Everyone be careful, I'm going to open the door."

"Okay!"

Everyone nodded, looking fully alert.

Suren took out the brass clockwork, activated the authority recognition device on the door. With a "click," the long-sealed gate slowly opened.

In the instant the gap appeared, Suren immediately sensed spiritual fluctuations and quickly teleported away, "Be careful!"

Before his voice faded, two black shadows darted out from the door crack.

But because the Dawnbreaker Corps had been prepared, the moment Suren sensed the monsters, he used the Chronos Spatial Gauntlets to grab one of them. Qiantiao tacitly took the opportunity to deliver the finishing blow, cutting the monster in half with a single strike.

The other one was slightly trickier. It used void displacement to avoid a round of firepower and darted around the lab. After scratching two Dawnbreaker Corps members, Barrett finally found an opportunity to punch it into the wall, killing it on the spot.

These were two fifth-order Gold rank aberrations, shaped like humanoid lizard monsters, with ghostly void displacement abilities and claws and fangs that could easily pierce steel plates.

If it had been in the previous unstable spatial state, these two aberrations would have been enough to wipe out Mafa's group of elite Mechanical Alchemists.

The Dawnbreaker Corps would have suffered the same fate.

Fortunately, Suren had closed the planar passage first.

Ignoring the corpses of the two monsters, Suren stared at the open door, his eyes slightly narrowed. Because in his perception, there was still a soul fluctuation inside.

It seemed to be a monster, but it wasn't moving.

He warned, "Everyone be careful, there's something else inside."

At this time, someone tossed a cold light illumination crystal stone inside, and Black Crow flapped its wings and flew in.

With the help of visual sharing, Suren finally saw the location of the soul he had sensed. It was two glass culture tanks. Complex pipes were connected to the instruments, and two pieces of biological tissue were soaked in a light green culture fluid. On closer inspection, one of the tanks contained a piece of "black meat," while the other contained a large human "brain."

And the spiritual fluctuation was actually coming from that "brain."

After confirming that there were no other dangers, Suren and Qiantiao carefully walked in, leaving a few people outside.

The All-Knowing Eye immediately identified what was in the culture tanks.

The piece of meat was called [Brain Tissue of Void Queen Insect], a material taken from a God-level creature, the original body of the monster that could reduce people to two dimensions.

The other brain was labeled [Herbert Silberlai's Brain], and it was still alive.

...

Seeing these two things, Suren immediately understood what was going on.

The black meat was naturally the raw material that Herbert had used to extract the gene potion.

And the brain... was the "main will" of this space.

Normally, when the [Two-Way Insect] was banished, things should have ended.

But Suren and the others had come here, and they had actually seen the last wisp of "obsession" that formed this cursed space.

Suren could actually understand this feeling very well.

He had always suppressed the other emotions in his heart, imprisoning those evil thoughts that were like wild beasts in the depths of his heart.

But Herbert's situation was the opposite.

His rationality as a human was suppressed by the rationality of the monster. It hadn't disappeared, but was "imprisoned" in the depths of his heart.

Just like the "T11 area" gate, it was at the deepest part of the Zero Lab, locking up that brain.

He was a monster, but he wasn't just a monster. It was actually two independent, contradictory, and intertwined "consciousness bodies."

Now that the monster had been banished by the old dean, Herbert's own human will could reappear.

This was also the final step in breaking this cursed space.

Suren also breathed a sigh of relief, guessing that there probably wasn't any danger.

Dr. Banks saw the brain in the culture tank and immediately seemed to have discovered something, exclaiming, "He's talking to me!"

Everyone was curious. Talking?

Although Suren knew that the brain was alive, he found it a bit unbelievable.

Dr. Banks's eyes flickered with excitement, and he nodded, "Yes. Mr. Herbert said that he left his research results here, hoping that future alchemists could take fewer detours and go further on this path..."

Hearing this, the expressions in everyone's eyes lit up.

This was a good sign.

Dr. Banks walked over and placed his hand on the culture chamber that contained the brain, the expression on his face gradually becoming complex.

In a way, Dr. Banks was also a "mutated monster," but the difference was that he still had his rationality.

Therefore, he could understand this genius alchemist of the Dawn Era better than anyone else. The two biologists, separated by time and space, were communicating spiritually, seemingly finding some kind of resonance.

No one spoke in the room for a long time. Everyone watched in silence.

Only that restless crow flew to the culture tank containing the "black meat" and pecked at the peeled outer shell with its beak, making crisp "clang," "clang," "clang" sounds.

After pecking a few times, it didn't forget to tilt its head and look at its master with its dark eyes.

Suren's eyes twitched slightly. How could he not know what it wanted to do?

This silly bird was greedy and wanted to eat meat.

Suren complained in his heart, "You sure know how to pick."

This Black Crow had a very picky palate. It couldn't stand ordinary pieces of meat at all. It usually fed on the energy of the dead.

It seemed that this was the first time it had shown such a strong desire for food.

But what was in this glass tank was a God-level material. It wasn't like he could just feed it to it.

Suren didn't want to pay attention to it for the time being, but he didn't expect that silly bird to peck even harder. The "clang," "clang," "clang" sounds echoed extremely clearly in the quiet lab.

Hearing this, Qiantiao and Barrett also looked at Suren with questioning gazes.

Suren spread his hands and said directly, "This bird is greedy."

Everyone smiled knowingly.

Suren often kept this bird by his side to sense the Law of Death, so the Dawnbreaker Corps members were no strangers to it. They often teased it and it brought a lot of joy to everyone. Most importantly, in many previous adventures, the Death Messenger Crow had helped everyone avoid many deadly threats. Although it couldn't speak, it had to be said that it was also an important member of the Dawnbreaker Corps.

Suren naturally wouldn't treat it badly.

But... that [Brain Tissue of Void Queen Insect] was a very important material for Void potions.

Unexpectedly, Dr. Banks suddenly released his hand from the glass and said, "It's okay. Making gene potions doesn't require such high-level materials anymore."

Suren was slightly surprised, "Doctor, you're done talking with him?"

"Yes. Spiritual communication is much more efficient than language."

Dr. Banks nodded, seeming to have gained a lot, his eyes gleaming with brilliance.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Mr. Herbert and I have many overlapping research directions. The things he left behind have given me a lot of inspiration."

Suren didn't ask what they had communicated, but directly asked, "What about the research report you wanted to find before?"

Dr. Banks's expression was complicated, and he said in a grateful tone, "Mr. Herbert also left it behind completely."

Hearing this, the expectant faces of the crowd all showed a relieved look of joy.

This was what they had always been looking forward to.

Having gotten it, this trip was worth it.

Just then, Suren suddenly sensed spatial fluctuations in the room. On closer inspection, an independent storage space had opened up near the glass culture tank.

"Is this Herbert's storage space?"

Suren's heart was filled with anticipation.

What kind of treasures would be in the storage space of such a great alchemist?

...

Everyone's eyes looked inside, and piles of files and documents first came into view.

But the most striking thing was that... a special colored crystal the size of a house!

[Fragmented Source Body of Plane Crystal]

Details: A special crystal left behind after the collapse of a plane, a spatial treasure containing broken original laws of space; can be used for plane expansion, various spatial techniques;

The description of this item was very short.

But Suren was not confused at all. Instead, he became inexplicably excited.

Anything identified as a "treasure" by the All-Knowing Eye was definitely not simple!

Just like the [Sand of Time] he had obtained before, it was not that this material was useless, but because it was too high-end, Suren was not qualified to use it in the scope of use he could currently access!

He was incredibly shocked: "But this volume... is too exaggerated."

He had previously purchased various crystal cores with spatial attributes on the market.

But because they were too rare, it was not easy to encounter even one. Even if there was one, a piece the size of a fingernail would be worth a million Riso at the starting price.

How much would this house-sized piece be worth?

And the energy it contained was also vastly different.

This huge crystal in front of him continuously radiated spatial energy like the sun. From a distance of more than ten meters, Suren could clearly feel the terrifying spatial energy contained within it.

If he knocked off a small piece of this thing and used it to cast spatial spells, he would completely save the process of condensing and converting elements. Wouldn't spatial techniques below the sixth order be instantly cast?

Suren immediately thought of some practical applications of this crystal, and his thoughts continued to diverge.

...

That "main will" had opened the storage space, obviously meaning to give the things away.

The Dawnbreaker Corps members were not polite and quickly moved the research materials and cursed materials inside.

Dr. Banks looked at the stacks of materials, his face filled with joy, his body trembling slightly with excitement.

Suren also put that colorful crystal into the small void realm.

Just as everyone was busy, the Black Crow standing on the glass jar "cawed" again, as if urging something.

Suren glanced at it and casually said, "I'll get it out for you to eat later."

Even if it was a God-level material, he wouldn't hesitate to give it to the Black Crow as food, but it wasn't the right time since they were busy. After all, God-level materials were very troublesome to handle, and their cursed properties were like nuclear radiation. Careless handling would pollute the environment. It would take time to handle it carefully.

Unexpectedly, because Suren had given his permission, the Death Messenger Crow excitedly cawed: No need for you to worry, Great Crow will do it myself!

Suren understood its meaning and thought to himself, "Whatever, Great Crow."

He was also curious how this silly bird would eat the meat in the can without his help.

The Death Messenger Crow flew anxiously around the can a few times, but because it couldn't reach the meat in front of its eyes, it cawed anxiously again.

Suren was about to help it, but because that piece of God-level insect meat was too tempting, the silly bird ran out of patience and slammed its head into the glass can.

Anyway, this bird wouldn't die from the collision, so Suren didn't stop it.

He was just about to watch a joke, but an incredible scene appeared before his eyes.

As the Black Crow flapped its wings and flew, about to hit the glass can, spatial fluctuations appeared on its wings.

"Teleportation?"

Suren's eyes twitched. This spatial fluctuation was strangely familiar.

Wasn't this the technique of his [Teleportation]?

When did this silly bird learn this technique?

Looking again, the Black Crow plunged into the culture fluid.

"..."

Suren instantly understood.

He didn't forget that this was a young Death Messenger Crow, said to be a divine bird of the underworld that fed on the decaying flesh of gods, and could grow, learn, and comprehend death-related abilities while eating corpses.

Clearly, the Death Messenger Crow had learned this [Teleportation] from him.

Suren didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He hadn't seen this silly bird have this ability when they were working, but it had awakened when it was eating?

Then, a magical scene played out again.

He watched as the Black Crow, whose wingspan was only a foot long, opened its mouth and swallowed the entire cubic meter of meat in one gulp!

Yes, it was one gulp!

This was another ability of spatial devouring...

Suren felt that this guy had evolved all of its abilities for eating.

But he also thought it was good, at least it was growing.

Then, the silly bird was stuffed.

It barely exhausted the last bit of its strength to fly out of the can, so it wasn't drowned.

It couldn't fly anymore, so it laid down with its big belly beside the empty can.

Its walnut-sized head was out of proportion to its hundred-times larger body, making it look extremely comical.

But the silly bird didn't know, and instead had a contented, annoying expression on its face.

"..."

Suren was speechless again.

It wasn't that he was heartbroken about the material, since it was food anyway, it would be eaten sooner or later.

But this was a God-level material, and its cursed properties were strong enough to kill a top-tier magical beast. It had eaten such a large amount at once. Wouldn't there be a problem?

Clearly, there was a problem.

Weird spatial fluctuations rose from the Crow's body, and its expression gradually became as twisted as if it was constipated.

But it didn't seem to be corrupted.

Instead, it looked like... indigestion?

The Black Crow didn't give any bad feedback. It seemed to be trying hard to hold in its poop like it was constipated.

Suren didn't pay attention to it, since it wouldn't die anyway.

...

Just as everyone was counting their gains, Qiantiao suddenly found an exquisite box in a pile of materials. When she opened it, there were actually three potions.

She called Suren, "Suren, Doctor, come take a look, what are these potions?"

Suren walked over and looked, and said in surprise, "They're actually finished [Void Gene Potions]."

[Void Gene Potion Raw Liquid]

Details: Gene potion made from the marrow fluid of a God-level Void Queen Insect; body endurance evaluation S, mental strength S+, bloodline level not higher than this void bloodline required for fusion. Humans have a very high probability of mutation after injection; 95% success rate, 3% mutation, and 2% unpredictable changes in direction after the main body injection; after the potion is fused, it evolves into a void bloodline, which can greatly increase spatial affinity;

These three potions were the first batch of gene potion raw liquids that Herbert had researched.

But Suren was very surprised to see this.

That gene potion that could mutate even a top-tier professional like Herbert had a 95% success rate for him?

Dr. Banks also took out one and looked at it, seeming to recognize it, and said, "This is the [Void Gene Raw Liquid] that Mr. Herbert injected. The energy contained in this potion is very violent, and normal humans will almost certainly mutate after fusion. Even seventh or eighth-order professionals."

Hearing this, Qiantiao pouted and asked, "Then it's useless?"

Dr. Banks said, "Yes, it's useless for now. But Mr. Herbert has already researched a solution to mutation, just castrating the differentiation of void characteristics and injecting the potion in stages. That's another gentler and safer method of using the potion. I already have an idea. Just give me some time and I can make it. As for these few... they require very special conditions to be used."

As he said that, he suddenly turned to look at Suren and asked, "I think you, Suren, should be able to try it."

Suren blinked and asked curiously, "Doctor, why are you so sure I can?"

"Because the 'X Serum' was developed under my leadership."

Dr. Banks shook his head with a smile, and said, "Being able to inhibit mutation at the gene level must mean that the biological level is higher than this potion. And coincidentally, the gene sequence level of that 'Fallen Angel' is much higher than that of this void insect race. Since you have successfully fused the 'X Potion,' this potion is not very dangerous for you."

"Oh?"

Suren understood some biological technology, so he understood seven or eight parts.

But Qiantiao and Barrett were confused.

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Dr. Banks gave an easy-to-understand example: "Uh... it's roughly like grafting a pear branch onto a strong apple tree. Not only will it not affect the growth of the trunk, but it can also bear better fruit."

Hearing this, although Qiantiao and the others didn't understand gene technology, they understood the general principle and showed enlightened expressions.

Suren completely understood.

Mr. Mirror had said that Fallen Angels had a very high and special status in the Abyss plane, and were born with true god bloodlines.

That Void Queen Insect was probably a creature that had evolved all the way from a small bug to a God-level, but at its core, it was still a bug.

The difference between the two had an absolute suppression at the gene level.

Suren didn't expect that a previous opportunity would bring such great benefits now.

A 95% probability was enough to try. Even if there was a mutation, there was a biologist specializing in biological mutation here, so the probability was almost 100%.

Suren had just obtained that [Void Walker's Any-Door] and was thinking that he didn't have enough void affinity. Wasn't this just right?

As expected, to find the corresponding materials, it was most direct to come to the right place.

This trip to the Void Secret Realm had been a huge success!

If the North Sea Fleet pirates had obtained these things, they would never have been revealed.

Talking about this topic, Dr. Banks said in a deep voice, "Actually, 'bloodline potions' have always been the most important way for ancient alchemists to study how to strengthen themselves. It's just that too many inheritances have been lost in this era, and many things have to be studied from scratch. With these research data and materials, our Dawnbreaker Corps will at least take a hundred years less of detours in this area..."

Hearing this, whether it was Suren or the other members of the Dawnbreaker Corps, joy appeared on their faces.

How could they not know the significance of [Gene Potions]?

This was of great significance both to their Dawnbreaker Corps and to the alchemy civilization of this era!