Recently, through research, Richard discovered another function of the magic pattern in the drift bottle, which is to allow cells to fuse foreign substances. This substance can be inactive things such as pigments and dyes, or it can be another type of active cell.
After the cells living in it quickly absorb foreign substances, they can produce some changes in themselves and stabilize these changes.
Richard is still not sure about the mechanism, but he can guess that it is probably some kind of genetic material modification that acts on the DNA level.
This function is obviously very powerful. The giant squid encountered at sea may have become so powerful by integrating a variety of foreign substances through this function. But then again, although it is powerful, it is not easy to use. Because after the fusion of foreign substances, the performance characteristics of the original cells are not stable, and it is difficult to control the specific direction, just like mutation.
This is difficult to apply to the body. After all, he doesn't want to make his skin tougher and become green, or to make his bones stronger but cause his hair to fall off.
This kind of magic pattern function with certain side effects is risky to use on him. If there is a chance, it may be used to try to cultivate some experimental materials in demand.
Richard thought so and quickly wrote down his thoughts on a papyrus scroll, preparing to study it when he had the opportunity.
Afterwards, after briefly tidying up, Richard began to think about what to study next.
The research on the magic patterns on the drift bottle has been considered to have completed a stage: some basic magic patterns have been successfully cracked, and the remaining magic patterns either have unclear functions or are too complicated, like fused cells.
Therefore, unless you are prepared to invest a lot of energy and time, it will be difficult to get results easily. And he was not prepared to do so. After all, the drift bottle was just an unexpected gain and he did not want to occupy too much of a share in the long-term plan.
Besides, rather than studying the functions of many magic patterns, he is more interested in figuring out the mechanism of how magic patterns work and the core of the magic system. Only then can he be able to come into contact with the truth of the world, just like the "super heavy core" The same corollary applies to "stabilizing island elements".
Then came the research on the "Spartan Heroic Potion". Some results have been obtained so far, and a potion that is more powerful than the original version has been successfully produced. However, if you want to go further, such as some research on activating bloodline seeds, it is difficult to carry out because... there are no test subjects.
So, just follow the original plan and study the mechanism of the magic pattern and the core of the magic system? After all, unless someone with bloodline seeds falls from the sky to study it for him, no matter how many secrets there are between the "Spartan Heroic Potion" and the bloodline seeds, they will not be able to be discovered.
While Richard was thinking, he heard a soft sound in the front yard, as if someone jumped over the wall.
Um
…
After Gutas climbed over the courtyard, he looked at the darkness around him vigilantly and listened to the movements around him. After a long time, no one happened, so he breathed a sigh of relief and stood up slowly.
"call-"
Gutas exhaled a breath, stepped to the side, observed the rooms in the courtyard, and muttered to himself.
"No one seems to have lived in this room."
"No one seems to have lived in this room. It doesn't look like a storage room."
"What about this one? Well, there isn't one either. It's empty. There's no way it could have anything like that."
Gutas frowned slightly: "It shouldn't be. According to the fat man, this is the right place. Could it be in the backyard?"
After Gutas finished speaking, he stepped towards the backyard. Then he saw the light and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Sure enough, they are all in the backyard, then..."
Gutas pursed his lips and was about to take action when his body suddenly froze.
"Snapped!"
There was a soft sound, a hand was put on his shoulder, and a voice sounded from behind him: "What are you looking for? How about... let me help you?"
"brush!"
In an instant, Gutas jumped out like a rabbit, looking sharply at the person who appeared behind him. At the same time, the blood vessels under the skin bulged rapidly, hot white steam was exhaled from the mouth and nose, and a faint blood-red light reflected in the depths of the eyes.
Richard looked at it, slightly surprised.
Bloodline seeds? !
What was he thinking just now - Unless someone with bloodline seeds falls from the sky to study it for him, the follow-up research on the "Spartan Heroic Potion" will come to an end temporarily.
So, this is a gift from God? When did he have such good luck
Gutas watched Richard's expression change from surprise to surprise, and then to a smile. He couldn't help but frown, and said in a deep voice: "Boy, aren't you afraid of me?"
"Why are you afraid?" Richard asked.
"I am not an ordinary person!" Gutas said solemnly, "Can't you see, I have the power inherited from my ancestors, and I can easily tear your skinny body like a little chick into pieces!"
"Are you sure?" Richard asked. He didn't do anything extra, he just snapped his fingers, and with a "pop" sound, a ball of flame appeared on his fingertips.
Previously, when facing many people from the Hongsk Gang on the street, it was difficult to use magic to deal with them, so we could only use physical strength. But now, in his own laboratory in a remote location, there is not much to worry about.
The flames danced on Richard's fingertips, and the scene suddenly became quiet.
"You..." What Gutas wanted to say suddenly stuck in his mouth, and he looked at Richard with straight eyes. After watching it for about three seconds, he suddenly turned around and ran towards the courtyard wall without hesitation, preparing to climb over the wall and escape, shouting unwillingly: "Damn it! Wizard!"
"call!"
Richard took action and cast a multi-layered "wind repel" spell. The air surged and turned into a solid wall of air, chasing Gutas' body and hitting it.
"boom!"
With a sound, Gutas was slapped to the ground.
After being knocked down, Gutas did not lose his resistance. He rolled suddenly, bounced up and continued to approach the courtyard wall, and then he was about to jump up.
At this time, Richard came behind Gutas, grabbed Gutas' neck suddenly, and then pulled Gutas hard and threw Gutas to the ground.
Gutas stood up tenaciously again, preparing to escape for the third time, but Richard reached out and locked Gutas' neck.
With a strong force on Gutas' neck, Gutas' eyes widened and he fell limply - fainted.
The reason why it went so smoothly was mainly due to two reasons.
On the one hand, the place where Richard exerted his force was Gutas' carotid sinus. This part contains the body's special sensory nerve endings - baroreceptors, which are extremely sensitive to pressure. When suffering a sudden blow or heavy pressure, they will transmit erroneous high-voltage signals to the nervous system.
After receiving the signal, the body will carry out mandatory and efficient blood pressure regulation, causing the heart rate to drop suddenly, the resistance blood vessels to fully dilate, and the blood pressure to drop below the safety line, causing coma.
On the other hand, Gutas is not very strong. In Richard's opinion, he is not as good as the swordsman named Totie who also had the blood seed he met at the swordsmanship competition in "Kailo City" before. . It seems that Gutas' bloodline seeds are weaker. Moreover, Gutas really has no fighting spirit and keeps thinking about escaping, so he will be easily dealt with.
Looking at Gutas who fainted on the ground, Richard's eyes flickered and he said to himself: "What a good experimental material, and it is very tenacious, so its vitality should not be weak, and it can be used to do many experiments. Tsk…”
The next moment, Richard dragged Gutas into the main laboratory.