Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 112 - 12 Wizard’s Laboratory

Chapter 112: Chapter 12 Wizard’s Laboratory

Due to geological changes, the exterior of the Wizard’s laboratory was concealed by vegetation and dirt, but Richard could still sense the faint magic fluctuations inside.

Richard approached the hillside, and as soon as he landed, he felt a swift magic fluctuation.

Hiss hiss hiss…

A faint rubbing sound came from the ground, and a thin vine that appeared metallic emerged from the earth and quickly wrapped around Richard’s legs.

Richard glanced at the surrounding vegetation and faintly saw animal bones underneath the sparse plants.

“This is quite interesting,” he said.

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Richard grabbed the vine, which was covered in metallic spikes that would puncture the skin of an ordinary person.

But he was no ordinary person.

As a Wizard, these vines were hardly different from common roadside weeds to him.

Richard exerted a little force, and the metallic vine snapped.

“It’s deeply rooted,” said Richard, as he broke off each vine that was tightening around his legs and then used a spell to dig through the soil.

Sensing the danger, the metallic vines began retracting, but Richard quickly grabbed them.

It was too late for them to escape then.

With his spell excavation, Richard soon found several tangled and strange rootstocks.

All the vines had grown from these rootstocks.

Richard dug them out; they were glossy with a metallic texture but felt like squirming animals in his hand. He placed them in a crystal box and sealed it with a Rune Chain Sealing Technique.

This would be great material for research.

Using a spell, Richard blasted open the soil outside the laboratory, revealing a dark entrance.

Before Richard could enter, a red eye lit up within.

“Intruder detected, implementing expulsion strategy.”

A figure resembling a Stone Giant, an Alchemy Puppet, emerged from the cave, its body covered in moss, with dirt and moss constantly falling as it moved.

“An Alchemy Golem, excellent,” remarked Richard, his eyes gleaming at the sight. The Demon Statue Army was famous during the Wizard Wars for the Alchemy School. Although the golems had been technologically iterated upon to be more compact and flexible, made from Alchemy Alloy instead of Enchanted Stone, it didn’t mean the old golems were useless.

With proper modifications, an Alchemy Golem could be equipped with various Alchemy Weapons, turning it into a cannon on the battlefield.

Upon encountering Richard, the golem didn’t attack immediately but mechanically repeated, “Leave quickly.” Richard ignored the golem’s cries and instantly transformed into a hulking armored giant over two meters tall.

Such a perfect specimen, Richard couldn’t bring himself to use the high-caliber Spell of Annihilation.

After years of neglect, the golem’s energy was almost completely depleted; if Richard could completely drain the golem’s magic, he would gain a complete golem.

Sensing Richard’s transformation, the glow brightened in the golem’s eyes, and the repeated phrase “Leave quickly” ceased.

“Intruder detected, executing annihilate strategy!”

Buzz!

A magic power beam shot towards Richard, followed by the golem charging at him.

A Magic Barrier flickered around Richard, completely blocking the beam, and then he collided with the golem.

The golem was formidable, its strength like that of a wild rhino. At the moment of impact, Richard’s body involuntarily moved backward.

At the same time, the golem’s fists sparkled with runes, the fiery runes turning its fists into molten iron.

Bang bang bang!

In an instant, Richard and the golem exchanged three punches, and the smell of scorched flesh and blood quickly permeated the air.

But rather than fear, a slight smile appeared on Richard’s face.

“That’s about enough.”

Right after he spoke, the previously vigorous golem suddenly halted, its crystalline eyes losing their glow.

After years of dissipation, there wasn’t much magic power left in the golem; maybe enough to chase off a few Wizard Apprentices, but not enough for a Wizard like Richard.

As his fists’ injuries healed, Richard approached the golem and drew an Array on the ground.

Magic poured in, and a Space Rift appeared above the Array.

Richard moved the golem into the Secret Realm, where several Holy Tree Elves immediately swarmed around it.

Having bred for decades, the number of Holy Tree Elves had grown to thirty-two, the initially small Fuzzy Ball now their leader.

The current Secret Realm had turned into a flower sea, beautifully colored flowers filling the entire realm, while Richard’s herb field, due to being too small, occupied only a tiny patch.

“Boss, boss, what is this?”

Richard ignored the small creatures, warned them not to touch the golem, and then left the Secret Realm.

Back in the Wizard World, Richard released Ulysses from his Magic Pocket.

Upon emerging, Ulysses immediately started shouting at Richard:

“Ga-ga! I warn you, kid, stop stuffing the great Lord of the Crows into that little bag! Although I am now your servant, even servants have dignity!”

Richard paid no attention to him, casually pointing to the entrance ahead.

“Go in and scout.”

“Ga! Are you even listening to me?”

Richard waved his hand impatiently, “Just go already.”

“Ga!”

Ulysses flew around in the air twice, then dove into the laboratory entrance.

After about ten minutes, Ulysses flew out of the entrance.

“Ga, no problem, there’s no magic left in this stuff.”

Getting Ulysses’s response, Richard floated up and carefully entered the passage.

The passage was dark, covered with wet, slippery moss. Although there were traces of enchantments throughout the passage, under the power of time, these enchantments had long since failed. Spring water constantly seeped out through the crevices in the walls.

The passage led straight into the belly of the mountain, and after flying for a few minutes, Richard arrived at a fairly spacious room.

Richard snapped his fingers, and a ball of white light appeared in response, illuminating the entire room.

It was a reception room, and in the corner lay a skeleton draped in a Wizard Robe.

Richard went up to examine it and confirmed that the body was an Apprentice, likely the same Apprentice who, seeing the laboratory years ago in a hurry, believed the Wizard had died upon seeing these bones.

Following the door of the reception room, and through another corridor, Richard came into an even larger room.

This was a laboratory.

Under the illumination of the Light Ball, Richard saw another skeleton wearing a Wizard Robe.

But this time, it wasn’t an Apprentice’s.

Richard approached the body. The skeleton was black-gray with a hint of metallic texture. The moment Richard touched it, the Miracle Furnace transmitted a message.

[Raw Material: Unknown Wizard’s body]

[Possible Extract: Mystical Steel]

[Extraction Cost: 20000 Magic Power]

“Mystical Steel!” Richard’s heart trembled. Ao Steel was a top-tier material in alchemy materials, equal in rank to Secret Silver Essence Gold. Its properties of hardness and magic conduction were extremely balanced, making it one of the best materials for crafting top-tier Alchemy Puppet components.

Without hesitation, Richard immediately chose to extract.

This extraction was different; as his body drained Magic Power, it also continuously absorbed Magic Power. He took out a few Magic Stones from his Magic Pocket and had his flesh swallow them.

Under the guidance of his spiritual power, the Magic Power from the Magic Stones replenished his body quickly and then fueled the Miracle Furnace.

After half a minute, the extraction of Magic Power was complete, and the Miracle Furnace began the extraction process.

The skeleton in front of Richard instantly vanished. Ulysses, perched on Richard’s shoulder, seeing this scene, couldn’t help but exclaim,

“Ga! You’re really lucky, managing to use a treasure that only a Divine King could possess.”

Richard responded indifferently, “I remember giving you an order not to reveal a single piece of information about it to the outside.”

“Ga, but it’s just you and me here.”

The extraction finished, and a piece of Ao Steel weighing about one kilogram appeared in Richard’s hand.

The Ao Steel wasn’t big, just about half the size of a palm, and its black-gray exterior, under the light, shimmered with star-like reflections.

Though it was small in weight, on the market, this one kilogram of Ao Steel could be exchanged for four hundred thousand Magic Stones, and it was priceless. Many wizards researching Alchemy Machines lacked only a small piece of Ao Steel to complete their creations.

After refining the Ao Steel, Richard searched around the laboratory, looking at various experimental equipment and biological specimens.

Most of these devices had become useless over the years due to the lack of magic power, but some of them still held some value.

[Raw Material: Unknown Wizard’s Surgical Knife]

[Refining Technique: Unknown Wizard’s Dissection Technique]

The source of this c𝐨ntent is freeweɓnovēl.coɱ.

[Extraction Cost: 10 Spiritual Power]

Seeing the Enchanted Surgical Knife in front of him, Richard unapologetically pocketed it.

In addition to the Surgical Knife, Richard also found a coded notebook detailing metalized biological transformation technologies.

Jolod also mastered this technology, but after refining it, Richard discovered that this unknown wizard’s technique differed significantly from Jolod’s, which was certainly valuable knowledge he could exchange with Alchemy Wizards studying Synthetic Beasts in the future.

After searching the laboratory, Richard continued to explore along the passage.

A Wizard’s laboratory would definitely have a storage room and a study.

Following the corridor for a while, Richard quickly found the study. Unfortunately, after who knows how many years, all the protective measures in the study had failed, and the books stored there had turned to dust.

Richard searched around, getting nothing but a face full of dust.

“The study looks like this; the storeroom probably won’t be any better.” Richard slapped the dust off himself and quickly headed to the storeroom.

As Richard expected, the storeroom’s specimens and materials were also destroyed due to the failure of protective measures, ruined or broken, and even the storeroom had partially collapsed due to geological shifts.

Richard was about to turn back and leave when something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye.

“Is this… a chip?”