Chapter 637 Integrating the Mysterious <TOC> Chapter 639 Dream Twins
Translator: SumTLMan
In a lush forest, Angel walked leisurely, stopping and starting as if sensing or seeking something.
The mountain breeze brushed the treetops, stirring the rustling sound of swaying leaves.
Angel paused, listening intently to the wind. Suddenly, a familiar sensation flashed by his cheek, and he opened his eyes wide: “Found it.”
Following the wind, Angel leaped up, stepped on several branches, and finally landed on a large branch of a Dragon Blood Tree, resembling an umbrella canopy.
Weaving through the branches, he quickly arrived at the center of the tree canopy.
The area was dimly lit, and only faint light allowed him to see a brown nest at the intersection of the branches. Inside the nest, a small bird with tender yellow feathers curled up, nestled within.
Its rhythmic chest expansion indicated the little bird was asleep.
“I finally found you…” He reached out, trying to grab the little bird from the nest. However, he startled it awake, and it let out a frightened scream, flapping its wings and flying out of the nest.
For the next two minutes, Angel was engaged in a game of cat and mouse.
Fortunately, this forest was not real but merely an illusion he had created. The little bird’s existence depended on this illusion, so it could never escape.
Eventually, Angel caught the little bird.
As he touched its feathers and applied a gentle force, the little bird turned into a phantom and dissipated, revealing a surge of Mysterious Power centered around it.
Angel indulged in the ocean of Mysterious Power for less than half a minute before it vanished.
The forest illusion became an ordinary one after the Mysterious Power disappeared.
“It took 27 seconds this time.” Angel recorded this data and sighed. Although he had created this illusion, he had to personally search for the “Mysterious Object” and it took quite a while.
There was no other way since the Mysterious itself had an “unknown” characteristic.
Even if Angel’s illusion only incorporated a hint of “Mysterious Feeling” through his talent, which didn’t count as genuine the “Mysterious,” anything bearing the name “Mysterious” had to possess its corresponding attributes.
Otherwise, the whole premise would be invalid.
It was like Pandora’s box or Schrödinger’s cat. You would never know what was inside until you opened it.
Therefore, even in an illusion he had created, Angel had to search for this “Mysterious Object” that existed independently from the illusion. Otherwise, if he knew the whereabouts of this “little bird” from the start, would that still align with the ‘unknown’ attribute of the Mysterious?
Of course, there is a situation in which Angel can grasp the Mysterious direction from the beginning, which is that he has a deep understanding of the Mysterious, or becomes a Mysterious Alchemist and touches the Mysterious Realm. In that case, the unknown and Mysterious is nothing more than a thin veil falling in front of his eyes.
A week has passed.
During this time, Angel constructed nearly a hundred illusions, encountering numerous “Mysterious Objects.” Spotted dogs and little birds are just a glimpse of them, and there are even humanoid Mysterious Objects. In addition to these, there are non-living entities, such as stones, boxes, books, swings, wooden houses… and even pure elemental bodies, like a wisp of wind, a puddle of water, or a spark of fire.
However, these are not difficult to find.
Angel once constructed a Snowy Prairie Illusion, but after searching for an entire day, he couldn’t find the “Mysterious Object.”
If he made a mistake and there was no Mysterious Object, that would be fine. But he could clearly feel a trace of “Mysterious Power” leaking, yet he couldn’t find it.
After persisting for a long time and not wanting to waste time, he eventually gave up searching.
Through these hundred experiments, Angel collected a lot of data, and he roughly estimated the duration of the “Mysterious Power” within the illusions.
The more logically rigorous and higher-level the illusion, the longer the Mysterious Power lasts when the ‘Mysterious Object’ is found.
Among them, the basic illusions maintain the Mysterious Power for the shortest time, possibly only 5-10 seconds.
Illusions with nightmare effects, on the other hand, maintain the Mysterious Power for the longest time, reaching up to a minute.
Although a minute is short, during this minute surrounded by Mysterious Power, countless data streams will impact your thoughts if you seriously perceive them. These data streams contain many aspects of the “Mysterious,” which itself is all-encompassing, contradictory, harmonious… By grasping these data streams, you might even gain insights into many things.
However, “insight” is just Angel’s speculation. He hypothesizes that the prerequisite for insight is having enough foundation, but he doesn’t know if this is true.
That’s because Angel doesn’t feel any insight while immersed in the Mysterious Power. He’s more like a sponge, absorbing the so-called “Mysterious” meaning in large quantities, hoping to one day enter the Mysterious Realm.
In fact, what Angel desires the most is to create a “Mysterious Object” that will not disappear, one that can be constant and permanent. But with his abilities, a minute is already the limit.
If he could truly create a “Permanent Mysterious Illusion” one day, Angel reckons that it would be a genuine “Mysterious Object,” right?
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For the tests integrating the sense of the Mysterious into the illusions, Angel has roughly done this.
Next, the experiment he wants to conduct is: Can the Mysterious Soul be combined with crafting?
He took a piece of Mute Blue Wood from the bracelet, which has sturdy properties and is more transparent to energy; this is also a relatively common non-ranked magic material.
As for the crafting spell, Angel was already quite familiar with it. In a short time, a micro-sculpted little garden appeared in his palm.
At the same time, he also integrated the basic illusion full of a Mysterious Aura into this micro-sculpted little garden. There are only two illusion nodes, and for now, the nodes seem stable.
But whether the Mysterious Aura has been successfully integrated still needs further testing.
Since it was just an offhand creation, he didn’t set any energy source during the crafting process and had to actively input energy to activate it.
Angel poured a stream of pure magic power into this wooden little garden.
In an instant, the trial field turned into a garden full of colorful flowers competing for beauty. Walking in the garden, petals filled the air, and the fragrance enveloped his whole body…
Angel walked around this garden, which seemed to have nothing but flowers, for several laps but couldn’t find the “Mysterious Object.” However, he occasionally felt the Mysterious Aura swirling around him but couldn’t locate it.
Angel wondered if he had encountered a situation similar to the “Snowy Prairie Illusion” again?
Just as Angel was about to give up searching, he suddenly remembered something. The blooming flowers and their overwhelming fragrance might be hiding the “Mysterious Object” through deception?
With this in mind, Angel decided to block these fragrances.
As he made this decision, the surrounding strong fragrance vanished instantly. Angel continued to wander around the small garden, and when he came to a certain corner, he suddenly stopped.
A faint sweet scent reached his nostrils.
When he smelled this scent, his eyes lit up.
The fragrance of the flowers in the illusion was actually created by Angel using a method that deceived the sense of smell, so the scent was just an illusion. But even though he had blocked the fragrance, he still sensed the lingering scent, which was obviously something beyond the illusion of the small garden he had created.
Something beyond the illusion of the small garden must be a Mysterious Object!
The only question was whether the Mysterious Object was the wafting scent or the flower from which the scent originated.
In the end, Angel found an inconspicuous little white flower in the grass beneath a hillside. This little white flower was the source of the scent.
When Angel touched the flower with his fingers, it began to sway gently, releasing a scent and Mysterious Power that was twice as strong as before.
With a little effort, the little white flower was crushed by him. At the same time, a large amount of Mysterious Power gushed out.
The Mysterious Power lasted for about 15 seconds before it completely disappeared.
After the Mysterious Power disappeared, Angel detached from the illusion.
According to this experiment, the Mysterious sense of the illusion can be attached to the combination of alchemy materials. However, the duration is still short, but overall, it is longer than when Angel directly releases the illusion.
For example, this small garden illusion is a very basic one and does not require too much logical construction.
Angel initially estimated that he could only maintain the Mysterious Power for about 5-10 seconds, but in the end, the duration exceeded 15 seconds, which was far beyond his expectations.
Angel speculated that the energy transparency of the Mute Blue Wood might have provided some enhancement to this illusion?
If there is doubt, then it is worth continuing the experiment.
Over the next few days, he experimented with nearly fifty types of magical materials in fourteen categories.
These magical materials are representative and not of a high grade.
Through Angel’s experiments, as long as the magical materials have a positive response to energy, the duration of the Mysterious Power can be increased. However, magical materials that enhance energy radiation can maximize the duration of the Mysterious Power, roughly doubling the time.
Having determined the categories of magical materials, appropriate materials can be selected when crafting alchemy officially.
After these days of closed experiments, various exquisitely crafted objects, such as micro-carved gardens, magical creature sculptures, and flower and bird ornaments, surrounded Angel.
These are basically low-grade alchemy products, but if they were to be sold, each could fetch dozens of magic crystals.
But now that Angel is wealthy, he has no interest in selling these items. He leaves them in the trial field and heads towards the alchemy laboratory.
The basic pre-crafting tests are sufficient, and it’s time for practice.
Chapter 637 Integrating the Mysterious <TOC> Chapter 639 Dream Twins