Chapter1104:TheSage’sRequest

"Theperfectidealofmagicarmor!"

Speakingofthingslikeartificialhumans,LudwigXIIreallydoesn’tunderstand.It’sthehighestlevelofalchemyinthedivineera.

"Nuclearexplosion,""artificialhuman,"and"Philosopher’sStone"areamongthegreatestchallengesintheworldthatevenmagescouldn’tconquerduringthepeakofhumancivilizationinthedivineera.

Now,theempire’sproudtechnologyofmagicarmor,canyoubelieveitoriginatedfromthesamekindofexperimentasPrinceAshe,anartificialhuman?

Howisitpossiblethathe,astheemperoroftheempire,doesn’tknowaboutthis?

"Yes,thedevelopmentofmagicarmoritselfwasnotforthepurposeofwarfare,butratheranewprojecttosimulatethemostperfecthumanphysique."

"ItsprototypeistheGoldenPeople."

"Buteventhemostskilledalchemistwarlocksofthedivineeracouldnotreproducethedetailsoftheoriginaldivineerabloodline.Alltheartificialhumanexperimentsfailed."

"Babiescreatedthroughartificialwombswereallbornwithcongenitaldefects."

"Intheend,thisexperimentwasabandonedandconsideredanimpossibleforbiddenexperiment."

"Aftertheendofthedivineera,webegantorevisitourinitialresearchandgaveupontheplantoreplicatetheperfectdivineerabloodline."

Poincar茅reminiscedabouthisoriginalintentionindevelopingmagicarmor.

Inthebeginning,themagicarmorwasnotdevelopedasaweaponforwar,butasasimulationoftheoriginalbloodlinefromthedivineera.

Insteadoffollowingthetraditionalpathofalchemicalwarlocksfromthedivineera,theytookadifferentapproach.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃槉)

Sincetheycouldn’tachieveaperfectreplica,theydecidedtolowertheirstandardsandfocusonpartiallysimulatingthebloodlineinstead.

Thesystemoftheoriginalbloodlinefromthedivineerawastoointricate,eventhealchemicalwarlocksfromthattimecouldn’tfigureitout.So,theydecidedtoamplifyitandincreasethemarginoferror,creatingenormouscreaturesthatresembledgiants,usingthehumanformasthebasis.

Theessenceofthetitledmachineisaman-madegiant,atooltotesttheoriesofthealchemicalwarlocks.

However,whenLudwigXII,whosponsoredthisproject,wasshockedtodiscoverthatthissimulatedgianthadstrengthsurpassingthatofanormalhero-rankedknightbymorethantentimes,andwascapableofshatteringcitywallsintopieceswithasinglepunch,theplancompletelychanged.

Theydecidedtoclothethissimulatedgiant,poweredbyaflawlessgemstone,inarmorthatwasfarbeyondwhatahumancouldhandle.Alongwiththehero-rankedknightswhocontrolledtheseartificialgiants,theycreatedthemostpowerfulwarweaponofthenewera鈥攖hetitledmachine.

Furthermore,theyalsocreatedanewtypeofmagicarmorbycombiningpartsoftheartificialgiants’fleshandsystems,albeitinadegradedform.

Themagicarmorsystemoftheentireempirewastheresultofcontinuousdegradationlikethis.

Atthelowestlevel,evenordinarypeoplewithoutanyfightingskillscancontrolmachinesthatdon’thavethefleshofartificialgiants,toprepareforwearingmoreadvancedmagicarmor.

Onlyhumanswithtruetalentandtheabilitytogofurthercangraduallyadapttothefightingstyleofmagicarmorandeventuallyrideonthenewtypeofmagicarmorthatispoweredbyhero-rankedknights.

Asforthestrongesttitledmachine,theentireLeviathanEmpireusedthestrengthofthewholecountrytoonlybuildnineofthem.

"So,thatPrinceAsheisahigher-levelscientistthanourtitledmachine?"LudwigXIIcouldhardlybelievehisears.

"Basedontheresults,itseemsso."Poincar茅nodded,notknowingwhatkindofblackboxtechnologySiaKingdomusedtocreatePrinceAshe.

Allprobabilitiesofimpossibility,undertheconditionthattheyhavebecomefacts,havebeenproventobepossible.

Thetechnologyofmagicarmoristheoreticallythemostperfectwaytoartificiallycreatehumanbloodlines,andonlythepoweroftheoriginalbloodlinesfromthedivineeracanacceptthesynchronizationofhumanconsciousnessandunleashapowerfarbeyondthatofanordinaryhero-ranked.

Fromtheperspectiveofpurepoweroutput,PrinceAshewithahumanbodynaturallycannotcomparetotitledmachinesthathaveaperfectgemstonecoreandhavepowerthatistenorevenahundredtimesthatofanormalhero-ranked.

However,fromatechnologicalandtheoreticalperspective,PrinceAshehimselfisthemostperfectevolutionarydirectionforhumans,asthegoldenpeopleblessedbySia.

Lifespanthatlastedforthousandsofyears.

Theabilitytomateandhaveoffspringwithanyspecies.

Wisdomandstrengththathumanscannotimagine.

Whydidthealchemistsofthedivineeragotogreatlengthstoconducttheseforbiddenexperiments,evenaftertheendofthedivineera,scholarsdidn’tgiveupresearchinginthisdirection,thisistheanswer.

Bornduringthemagicaltideperiod,thegoldenhumanbloodlinesymbolizestheultimateperfectionofhumanityandissoenchanting.

Evenduringthedeclineofthemagicaltide,humanswiththegoldenbloodlinecanstillfreelyusemagicbecausetheirmagicalpoweriscompletelyintegratedintotheirbloodline.

Thewarlock,theonlyhumanoccupationthatstillpossessestheabilitytousemagicinthecontinent,isthebestproofthatthegoldenbloodlineofthepeopleisperfectinanyeraandcansurpasstheinfluenceofthemagicaltide.

Itisabeaconofhopeforthemageswhohavelosttheirmagicalpower.

Magicarmoristheintellectualcrystallizationcreatedbythemageswhohavelosttheirmagicalpowerusingthepowerof"science,"whichallowshumanstoreturntothegloryofthedivineera.

Theevidenceisthatthetitledmachinehasextraordinarypoweroftheirown,Poincar茅alsolosthiscomposurewhenhediscoveredthis.

Forthewizardswhohavelosttheirmagicalpowerfortoolong,thisissimplyamiracle.

Unfortunately,thelowestrequirementforcontrollingthetitledmachinealsorequiresahero-rankphysique.Forthewizardswhohavelosttheirmagicalpower,thisissimplyaprankoftheworld.

Thereproducedextraordinarymagicalpowerisoutofreachforthemostorthodoxmagesuccessors,thereisnothingsadderinthisworld.

EvenPoincar茅,knownasamodernsage,onlyhasanormalhumanphysiquelevel.Withoutwarlockbloodline,hecannevercastafireballinhislifetime.

Ontheotherhand,Asmid,whospendshisdaysblacksmithingandcanwieldalargehammer,mayhaveachancetobecomeawarriorbyusingthetitledmachine.

Thisisnothingshortofadarkcomedy.

"IwantalltheinformationaboutPrinceAshe."

"Ideally,weshouldbeabletoimpregnatemembersoftheHolySilverDragonKnightOrder,themoresamplesthebetter."Poincar茅staredintoLudwigXII’seyesandvoicedhisneeds.

"Youarealwayssoreckless...MyPoincar茅..."LudwigXIItappedhisthronewithhisfingersandnodded:

"Thisplancanbecarriedout."

Poincar茅rarelyshowedasmile.

Yes,hisrequestswerealwaysunanswered,becausehecouldalwaysseewhatpeopleneededintheirhearts.

LudwigXIIneverrefusedhisrequests.

Thepowerofscienceisenoughtounravelallmysteries.

Heneverhadanydoubtsaboutthis.