Chapter 1224 - Key and Design (1/2)

And after obtaining so many components, the patched puppet would regain its Heaven Rank strength. But it was still unknown whether the wisdom of the patched puppet could be recovered. The patched puppet definitely knew some terrifying secrets, the sentence it uttered when Lin Yun had obtained it had made his blood run cold, he could still remember it perfectly.

After the battle, Lin Yun didn’t immediately enter the mage tower, he instead moved towards Laibo and took out three bottles of Health Potions he had personally compounded.

Laibo’s vitality was greatly damaged, and even if he had Health Potions, he could only partly replenish it. This was because the vitality had just been consumed. It was like half of the water within a bottle suddenly disappeared. If it was immediately replenished, there would be higher chances of refilling it.

And everyone’s vitality was like a continuously shrinking bottle. If vitality kept being used, the bottle’s capacity would keep shrinking until it couldn’t support the lifeforce anymore.

But even if it could be refilled, Laibo would need to rest for a long period of time to recuperate.

After taking three bottles, a part of Laibo’s white hair was restored and his low lifeforce was also partly restored. At least he was no longer in that powerless state.

After helping Laibo recover, Lin Yun immediately left for that mage tower. A strange array was still set up on the door of the mage tower, and without an oral command, Lin Yun could only crack it by force.

But that difficulty was meaningless to the current Lin Yun, it took him less than two minutes to crack the door’s array and enter the mage tower.

Unexpectedly, the inside of the mage tower was far bigger than what it looked like from the outside, but it was completely deserted.

Lin Yun walked forward but didn’t even see a single array blocking his path. There was nothing in the first nine floors. All buildings were deserted, and not even a simple alchemy device could be seen.

The tenth floor was just a wide spacious zone spreading over a few kilometers with a crystal table at its very center. A barrier could be seen around the table, covering two items.

After approaching, a few law runes floated at the tip of Lin Yun’s finger and easily split open the barrier of light. That barrier had no defensive power, it was only there to prevent the items it contained from decaying due to the passage of time.

A palm-sized thing similar to an elaborate mechanical key was laying down on the crystal table. It looked like it had been crafted from exquisite craftsmanship and a faint wisp of mana flowed on the mechanical key’s surface. There was even a cavity in its very center, which should be there for an embedded magic gem. But it was so small that even the best magic gem wouldn’t be able to offer much power.

It was impossible to tell what that thing was from a cursory glance, but one thing was certain, this was some sort of alchemy device in the shape of a key. It might be a key used to open a specific door.

But there was no trace of the Reedpush Plate. Lin Yun frowned, his mind filled with doubt.

‘Could it be that the letter received by the Merlin Family was wrong? Impossible! The paper came from the 3rd Dynasty, and the symbol and patterns should have also come from the 3rd Dynasty.

‘Aside from the Reedpush Plate, could there be another thing worthy enough to make Bill George so cautious and lay down so many defenses. An ordinary alchemist would be unable to catch the power of the Reedpush Place, but a top tier alchemist like Bill George was considered the best of the era, he definitely wouldn’t underestimate the Reedpush Plate.

‘And what about that key? Could it be an alchemy device?’

Lin Yun put down the mechanical key before looking at the other thing on the table. It was a notebook with a cover made out of the hide of a beast in order to protect it against external damage.

The notebook’s pages were made out of a kind of special paper from the 3rd Dynasty. This kind of paper could no longer be produced because its raw materials had already become extinct.

That kind of paper could last ten thousand years without rotting. As for the ink, it came from an unusual magic beast of the Endless Sea. Unless it was destroyed from external damage, it could last a few dozen millennia without the ink going bad.

A lot of research processes were recorded inside this notebook. The puppet’s energy system and battle system’s designs, as well as the reasoning behind the designs were written down in there.

Even the method to transplant Heaven Puppets’ ability runes was recorded by Bill George in the notebook. According to the notes, Bill got rid of at least a hundred Heaven Puppets before he managed to find a path and some results. He couldn’t count how many Heaven Puppets were destroyed by the time he completed the method.

And most importantly, the role of that key device and how to use it could be found in the notebook.

That thing was the key to the Puppet Plane’s entrance, it could open a Planar Path to the Puppet Plane anytime and anywhere. Bill George relied on that thing to frequently enter and exit the Puppet Plane to capture Heaven Puppets.

What was written in the notebook was completely in accordance with Bill George’s nature. Strict to the point of being ice-cold. Everything pertained to alchemy, and there was no nonsense, no personal emotions.

The further back, the more the writings within the notebook detailed the battles with the Cybertan race within the Puppet Plane. Heaven Puppets that awakened wisdom were completely different from puppets that had yet to reach the Heaven Rank.

Bill George was convinced that even if the Heaven Puppets saw him dismantle all puppets below the Heaven Rank, they still wouldn’t react. But if he had any design on a Heaven Puppet, he would have to fight the entire race.

According to the notebook, in order to capture Heaven Puppets for experiments, Bill George even fought with a Peak Heaven Puppet. The war between the two puppet armies continued for half a year, and the number of puppets that turned into scrap iron reached seven to eight millions.

And this was just a cold hard number in Bill George’s notebooks.

Lin Yun frowned as he slowly flipped through the notebook until he discovered the real reason why Bill George established those ruins at the end. It wasn’t in order to experiment on puppets, but rather to test some experiments in order to complete an alchemy device.

Lin Yun was even more confused when he browsed the last three pages. There was all kinds of components recorded, and the design of every component, material, material ratios, and processing method were all written down with a lot of details, but it didn’t say why these components were made like that.

There was only scattered components and detailed crafting processes on the first two pages, but a detailed design covered the last page.

Lin Yun’s hands shook as he saw that design and the notebook nearly fell down. He couldn’t help letting out a shocked exclamation.

“Reedpush Plate!”

His mana surged and caught the falling notebook before he grabbed it once again, still overwhelmed with shock.

“Damn, this is the Reedpush Plate’s design! Sh*t, how could there be such a thing?! Was that thing designed by Bill George?

“No, no, there must be something wrong!”

Facing this thing, Lin Yun couldn’t remain calm. The Reedpush Plate was a finished product that would appear in the future. But because it was too complicated dismantling it hadn’t been an option as it could result in the complete destruction of the Reedpush Plate.

And results couldn’t be guaranteed with that option. It wasn’t certain that one could be made again, and thus, the Reedpush Plate was directly used as a core component of the Shelter Tower, not a second one could be found.

There had been no design of the Reedpush Plate or its components by the time Noscent was destroyed.

But he could now see the Reedpush Plate’s detailed designs, even the most important and most complicated materials’ ratios. He could also see detailed notebooks of various materials.

Lin Yun put down the notebook on the crystal table with a trembling hand and took a deep breath with closed eyes. His chaotic mind slowly calmed down.

This might have not been designed by Bill George, he might have cooperated with another alchemist to research the Reedpush Plate. It was definitely not a simple design.