Demon Royal Family

The ship docked at the Cape of Northland, and the extremely cold weather was still there. The key was that Ivo had to lead the team through the entire Cold Night Mountains.

For many years, no one has been able to cross the Hanye Mountains. The vast north wind has devoured countless lives. It is a restricted area of ​​life and is home to countless terrifying beasts.

Gavin felt that Ivo's decision this time was too reckless. Although Gavin had always been loyal to Ivo, he had to wonder if Ivo had lost his mind this time and made such a risky decision in his opinion. .

Seeing Gavin's worried look, Ivo secretly smiled. To others, the Hanye Mountains were indeed a forbidden area, but it was his hometown where he had lived for ten years. He was fully confident that he could lead people through, and the Hanye Mountains were still there. It can stop the pursuers and kill two birds with one stone.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you to go down."

"Don't worry, ask people from the intelligence network to send my message to Severn III, saying that I am willing to talk to him and stabilize him for the time being. He will not touch my people in a short time. Let's take advantage of this period. Heading to the Cape of Northland. Now let the sailors rest on the island for three days and set out again on the morning of the fourth day."

"OK."

Gavin was worried and took the sailors to the island's living base.

Ivo walked around and inspected the abilities of his men. Not to mention those with special abilities, the average strength of the combatants was level four. It was not good enough against the strong, but not bad against the ordinary army. There are more than 300 combatants, and on average one person can deal with more than 20 fully armed ordinary soldiers at the same time.

However, Ivo did not intend to take them to rescue Shiho and others. Such strength was not enough. Since we wanted to cultivate power, the strength of his men was naturally very important. Ivo secretly thought about finding time to formulate an excellent training plan to train his men. .

In addition to improving their strength, they also need to expand their numbers. Three hundred combatants are a bit too few.

Ivo paused. He saw an alchemy hut. He walked in and saw Geng Lei lying on the table, writing and drawing quickly with the momentum of a doctor prescribing medicine. Ivo coughed several times without attracting Geng Lei's attention. .

Recruiting Geng Lei in Holy Tree City, and after Geng Lei boarded Gavin's ship, Ivo translated the first two pages of information on Mimic Transformation Technology in "Gregongo's Alchemy Codex" into common language and handed it over. To Geng Lei, Geng Lei's distorted voice of disbelief was still echoing in his ears.

Now that almost a year has passed, I don’t know what Geng Lei’s progress is.

Ivo walked to Geng Lei and took a look. The table was covered with drafts filled with calculation formulas. He saw that Geng Lei was immersed in writing and still didn't notice him. Ivo couldn't interrupt Geng Lei's thoughts, so he had to be patient. I read a table full of formulas in my temper, but I was defeated after ten seconds. I didn't understand a word, and I was completely blind.

Ivo comforted himself in his mind, "He is a professional after all, so the money is worth it... right?"

After waiting for a while, Geng Lei stopped writing, swept the draft to the ground, and gasped: "The eighty-seventh calculation, why is it still not working?!"

Seeing this, Ivo asked: "Have you encountered a problem?"

Geng Lei was startled by the voice behind him, and his short body almost jumped out like a rabbit. When he turned around and saw Ivo, he was surprised: "Why are you here?!"

Ivo rolled his eyes. I've been standing here for almost ten minutes before you saw me?

"Ahem... your research doesn't seem to be going well." Ivo looked up and down. Geng Lei looked very slovenly at this time. His hair and beard had not been taken care of for a long time and were messier than a chicken coop. His eye sockets were sunken and his eyeballs were bloodshot. It's like I haven't slept for days and nights, and I don't know how long I have been studying continuously.

"I did encounter a bottleneck..." Geng Lei seemed to remember that Ivo was his sponsor, wiped the stool with his greasy sleeves, and said to Ivo: "Please sit down."

Glancing at Geng Lei's oily sleeves, Ivo didn't dare to sit down. He coughed and said, "Tell me about your bottleneck."

Geng Lei nodded and his expression became serious, "I have a question I want to ask you for confirmation. Where did the information you gave me come from?"

"Well..." Ivo scratched his nose, "I discovered it by accident. Is it helpful to you?"

Geng Lei was very serious, "The information you gave me is so shocking, it completely negates my research direction."

Ivo raised his eyebrows. There were thirty-five pages of technical information in the alchemy handbook. The first two pages of information he translated were an explanation of the principles of the Mimic's transformation array. It was similar to a framework and a general outline. If you continue to study it, you can thoroughly understand the Mimic. However, without the subsequent material list, construction methods, and various detailed technologies, it cannot be manufactured, so Ivo felt free to let Geng Lei study the first two pages.

Geng Lei continued: "The value of this information in alchemy is immeasurable. At first, I wanted to give up my sleep time to study it. Gradually, I completely understood this information and made an unpleasant discovery... "

"What a discovery."

Geng Lei said seriously: "The data shows the mechanism of Mimic transformation. Although I don't know the operation method and the required materials, based on my understanding of alchemy, I can roughly see that almost all theories are feasible...except for the core , the most important part.”

Ivo frowned, "The most important part?"

"Yes," Geng Lei remembered that Ivo didn't understand alchemy, and scratched his head to organize his language, "Uh... Let's use an analogy like this. Suppose the mechanism of Mimic transformation is a magic that can be released. You know, it takes four times to release magic. factors, mana, spells, gestures, materials.

Suppose there is a person who knows the spells and gestures of this magic, and also has the materials to cast the spell, but is missing the most important part, which is mana. Even if he recites the spell, makes gestures, and throws materials, without the support of mana, he looks the same. Dancing makes no difference.

This is the current situation. The principle of Mimic transformation in the data is a perfect hypothesis, but there is no possibility of it being implemented... At least in my understanding, this is beyond the scope of alchemy, and even beyond The category of magic is simply a miracle that only the gods can do! "Geng Lei sounded excited.

"I still don't understand everything..." Ivo said helplessly. After all, he didn't know alchemy, unlike Geng Lei who had an intuitive understanding.

Geng Lei was so anxious that he swung around in circles, slapped his forehead, and said: "Energy source! By the way, it's an energy source! There is no energy source that can complete this Mimic transformation theory."

"You mean there's not enough energy?" Ivo scratched his head.

"No, it's not a question of enough, but a lack of an energy source that can change matter regardless of biological rules!" Geng Lei said excitedly: "So you understand, the core materials required for the transformation of Mimics are simply impossible. Appear in this world!”

It turned out that it was a problem with the materials. Once you know the crux, you can just prescribe the right medicine. Ivo comforted Geng Lei a few words, walked out of the house, found a corner, took out the alchemy code, and turned directly to the list of materials.

It has been successful once in history, which means that this material definitely exists.

"Since it is the core material, it should be easy to find..."

The entries for the materials were densely packed, and it took Ivo a few minutes to finally find the so-called core material, which read "flesh rich in activity."

Ivo was confused, flesh and blood rich in activity? There are so many that fit the criteria that it’s hard to figure out what exactly it is.

Ivo knew that he did not understand alchemy, so he had to return to the alchemy hut and repeat directly, "Master Geng Lei, if active flesh and blood is used as an energy source, can it support the theory of Mimic transformation?"

Geng Lei was confused, "Why do you have such an idea... What does active flesh and blood mean?"

Ivo shook his head, "I don't know either."

"Then you're talking nonsense," Geng Lei waved his hand angrily, "I'm going to continue to calculate. If there's nothing else, don't bother me."

Ivo touched his nose. He knew that a research madman like Geng Lei had a bad temper, so he didn't care about it. He turned around and left the alchemy hut, thinking about Geng Lei's words.

"Oh, it's too troublesome. If you want the answer, just go back to the tribe and ask around."

According to the records in the alchemy handbook, the tribe should have preserved the broken Mimic Transformation Array. It just so happened that the fleet was heading to the Horn of the North. When he set foot on the North Continent, he had to pass through the Cold Night Mountains, so he could go back to the tribe to take a look.

And Ivo has other intentions. He wants to use the power of his tribe to protect his team and fight against the enemies of the Hokuriku.

Now that Uncle Shadow has made a high-profile appearance and the Mimic's existence is known to the world, the tribe shouldn't mind showing up again.