Chapter 8 Wisdom Brain

Chapter 7 Corpse Stitcher <TOC> Chapter 9 Superior Black Iron

Translator: SumTLMan

Deciphering ancient texts is extremely difficult for the people in this world.

But for Rayne, who had the “Wisdom Brain”, as long as there was enough data, he didn’t have to use his own brain at all.

As his eyes swept over the data, his “Wisdom Brain” beeped again.

[Ding! Unknown text/pattern detected, the system automatically scanning for records…]

……

The “Wisdom Brain” is a high-tech product of the late 21st century. It can monitor the human body in real-time and is an essential scientific and technological product to assist human learning.

It’s like a search engine that you can carry with you wherever you go. As long as you have enough information in your database… It can pull up any information from the database when needed.

Language learning and text translation are one of its most basic functions.

The “Wisdom Brain” automatically records whatever Rayne’s eyes have seen. There is no need for him to read, memorise or comprehend the information himself, which saves him a lot of time and effort.

If he wanted to, he could “memorise” a library in a very short span of time.

“Since the people on that ‘Airship Wreckage’ used this ancient script to write cryptically, it means that there is definitely a lot of surviving material in this ‘Munkel Text’. If I can find enough samples, perhaps my ‘Wisdom Brain’ will be able to decipher it…”

Rayne fondled the parchment in his hands with great anticipation.

This parchment, which was suspected to be the [Combat Doctor] exclusive high-grade genetic power cultivation method, might be just as surprising as the [Corpse Stitcher] magic potion.

Generally speaking, a mature transcendent sequence has its own skill set, honed over countless generations to create the skills and techniques that are most suitable and compatible with the genetic potion.

With the matching exclusive skill set, the effect of 1+1>2 will be achieved, and the combat power will increase geometrically.

(Note: “Transcendent Sequence” refers to a classic progression pathway that has been proven and matured by predecessors, where the progression of a magic potion increases the subject’s attributes to best complement each other and activate their maximum potential.)

For example, the first-order potion of the power assassin sequence [Divine Thief] corresponds to the second-order of the exclusive [Shadow Assassin], the third-order [Divine Rogue]… Taking the agile assassin sequence route; one can also take the [Divine Thief] → [Stalker] → [Hidden Shadow]… To follow this assassin sequence.

As long as the magic potion has a high enough affinity, one can also mix and match the subsequent sequences. Still, the effect will be more unpredictable with the next promotion level becoming increasingly difficult to further progress.

(Accordingly, each classic sequence has some exclusive skill sets and feats to note.)

In this world, there are countless transcendent sequences which are exclusive or hybridized. As a result, this has led to the awakening of many strange, even odd, extraordinary abilities.

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Baron Maureen’s collection of ancient “Munkel Text” is limited, with his “Wisdom Brain” showing a 17% decipherment rate, far from completely deciphering the parchment’s contents.

More samples of ancient texts will need to be collected in the future.

With his “Wisdom Brain’s” foolproof translation function, further translation of the ancient text requires luck. So, Rayne understood that there was no rush and placed the parchment back in the box.

……

“Now it seems that… My original plans will have to be changed.”

Rayne finished counting the loot, and while he was pleased with the harvest, a sense of crisis had hit him.

If it had been an ordinary treasure, he might’ve been able to muddle his way through with a few words of nonsense.

But he understood that he was now holding a “great treasure” that would never be given up by the person behind the scenes.

“I have to get the cure to [Zombie Potion] and escape the ‘Demon Weasel Bandits’ as soon as possible, or else I fear something will happen…”

As he thought about it, Rayne’s mind lingered on his sense of crisis.

He was the closest living person to Maureen’s corpse, and whoever was behind the scenes wasn’t going to give up looking for clues from him if they wanted to find the “lost treasure”.

The only reason why he could get away with his mouthful of nonsense was that this band of bandits were knuckleheaded assassins who were unable to tell whether or not he was lying.

But this is a world filled with strange and transcendent powers, and it wasn’t difficult to force someone to tell the truth.

For example, the [Hypnotist] and the [Torturer] in the caster sequence…

They specialise in psychic hypnosis, and no lie can stay hidden.

Although there’s only a one in 10,000 chance of this event occurring from the limited analysis of the clues, the one who commissioned the assassination is definitely a person in power who relentlessly pursues what they want.

Rayne felt that he wasn’t a “Son of Providence” when he almost died just transmigrating.

It was a fluke, and he doesn’t even know how he ended up here.

All things considered… Living is best!

……

The “Demon Weasel Bandits” have their own self-contained mobile steam-powered castle that resembles an eight-legged crab, rusting away. It’s about the size of a small town, with a resident population of no more than 3,000 people.

This small “Ghoul Grade” steel city has high mobility and drives very fast.

(Mechanical city sizes are roughly graded: Ghoul Grade, War Beast Grade, Behemoth Overlord Grade, Dragon City Overlord Grade…)

In their quest for extreme speed, the bandits abandoned all but the necessary buildings for “comfort”. The residences are as simple as an iron shipping container, the mess hall doesn’t even have seats, and there are no big guns…

This is what has allowed this old band of bandits to thrive in the wilderness for many years without being wiped out by the Imperial army.

They were like agile rabbits in the wilderness, always able to escape from the jaws of hungry wolves.

At the moment, the iron crab boilers are billowing black smoke as they travel at full speed across the Ice Ridge Wilderness.

And while Rayne was taking stock of the loot, Pythius finished conferring with some of the top brass and exited the meeting room.

As he was walking back to his lab, he was suddenly stopped in his tracks by a man in a cloak.

“Lord Pythius, here is the information you requested to investigate. Also, here is the plan of action for the next ten days from now, please read it and burn it…”

The cloaked man handed over a scroll and then silently faded into the shadows of the cabin.

“Black Market Fair in ten days, launch siege operation…”

Pythius looked at the encrypted information on the scroll with an expressionless face, and raised his brows, looking slightly pleased: “Finally, after three years, the net is closing.”

Finally, after years of planning, he no longer had to stay undercover in this filthy bandit’s den.

The merits of completing this mission would be enough for him to get the advanced knowledge and genetic formula to become a three-star magic potion master…

A three-star magic potion master, ah, that was the threshold to cross into higher nobility.

“Huu…”

However, upon looking back at the intelligence again, Pythius’ eyes became increasingly gloomy.

The intelligence read as follows: Baron Maureen, formerly known as Sherwood Andre, former Sidhe Empire wilderness hunter, received a Baron title in exchange for donating a yellow gold magic potion formula to the royal family…

This was impressively a top-secret file of the nobility that only the Omagh Royal Family was entitled to access.

“Yellow gold formula? This Maureen actually obtained his title by using such means…”

Pythius looked at the information with his eyes turning frequently.

As if he knew something more, he speculated: “It seems that the Dracula family, who financed Quinn behind the scenes, is behind this. No wonder Quinn has the ability to assassinate someone in ‘Blazing Steel Fortress’…”

The last operation was top secret, and no one knew anything about the employer except Boss Quinn.

The abnormality of the event had made Pythius keep an extra eye open.

Now, it seems, he has unexpectedly caught a big fish!

Moreover, Pythius used this information to analyse a very starling truth.

The fact that the yellow gold potion formula had been traded for a title and that it had attracted the coveted attention of the Dracula family of the Sidhe Empire… That means this Dr Maureen definitely has something more valuable among his treasures!

As he thought of this, Pythius eyes suddenly shot a gleam: “Now it seems that the boy may be holding a big secret. Hm, he’s a pretty cunning little fellow…”

After a moment’s thought, he said to someone in the darkness: “Send a message to the organisation that I need another [Hypnotist] to assist me with this mission, and to please send me one as soon as possible!”

“Affirmative.”

Chapter 7 Corpse Stitcher <TOC> Chapter 9 Superior Black Iron