Witch Special

After Kinos started the machine, it began to hum, and some bubbles gurgled out of the big tank on the top.

Then there was no movement.

Lin Zhenxi turned his head to look at Kinos, and Kinos pushed his black-framed glasses and smiled confidently.

"Please wait and see."

After a while, the small hole in front of the machine opened, and then a short and thick jar that looked like a fish tank and could hold about 10L of water rolled out of the hole.

Or perhaps barrel would be a better description?

Anyway, the outer wall of this jar is a circle of transparent glass, and the two ends are sealed by two high-tech top covers. Lin Zhenxi can see that there are many buttons on the top cover, and even a palm-sized digital display. That should be the front.

Inside the jar, a white biological tissue floated quietly. Lin Zhenxi could see a red, spherical, hard core within it. She sensed a familiar mystery about the tiny core, one that was clearly connected to her.

So, Kinos used technology to recreate the mystery of Lin Zhenxi?

When it comes to mystery, science and magic are in a mutually exclusive relationship. Once a mystery is explained by science, its mystery dissipates, and without the added bonus of mystery, the magician's subsequent performance will be significantly diminished.

Therefore, magicians always try their best to avoid showing their magic in detail in front of those scientists. It is best to do it quietly without anyone knowing. Anyway, the fewer people who know about it, the better, because that way the mystery of magic can be protected.

Now, Kinos has used technology to replicate the magic core that only Lin Zhenxi could make. This means that at least in this world, the magical technology for making magic cores is no longer protected by mystery, and Lin Zhenxi will no longer be able to improve its effects in the future.

The scientists in this world are really terrifyingly powerful, even though this is a world without any mystery at all.

But Lin Zhenxi thought again, what did it matter? She was already leaving anyway. What happened to the world in the future was no longer her concern. Kinos had taken care of the part that originally required her participation. Wasn't that a good thing for her at this stage?

Ordinary items that have lost their mystical properties naturally lose their resistance to other mysteries. This means that magic that would have been resisted will now also be effective against them.

Lin Zhenxi stared at the white biological tissue in the tube for a moment, then looked away, waiting for Kinos's explanation. Kinos didn't bother to waste time explaining, so he walked over, straightened the canister, and pressed the button on the top cover twice.

Then he immediately kicked the can over and kicked it a long distance away.

As the tube rolled, the inside began to glow. At the same time, the biological tissue inside the jar began to absorb nutrients from the nutrient solution and began to grow rapidly like a balloon connected to an air pump.

The jar hadn't rolled far when the biological tissue inside had expanded beyond its capacity. With a loud bang, the jar exploded. Upon exposure to the outside air, the primitive biological tissue, which had been continuously replicating itself, immediately began an oxidation reaction, dividing and differentiating, and its overall color began to change from a pure flesh-white to a variety of colors.

Just like that, right before Lin Zhenxi's eyes, the biological tissue that had once been just a lump of white flesh transformed into a massive humanoid creature over two meters tall. Its body continued to expand, and the red pigment in its skin became increasingly dense. After a while, the creature's height reached over three meters, but probably less than four meters, and its skin turned a blood-red color.

Hmm...it seems like it's missing a small horn compared to the original? Now it's gone from a large pincer to a single ramming horn.

Lin Zhenxi looked at the little giant who had stopped moving after completing his growth, focusing his attention on the top of his head.

Moreover, compared with the previous mass-produced Asura Rhinoceros Beetle 2.0, the current canned creature seems to be shorter and has a lower energy reaction than the 2.0 version.

"There's nothing we can do. The energy contained in the nutrient solution is limited, so it can only be cultivated to this level. If we could replace it with a better energy substance, its performance would be further improved. Overall, its performance is 83% of version 2.0. If it enters the energy burst state, this value will be further reduced to 76%."

Kinos couldn't help but feel a little regretful as he discussed these statistics. The news of Lin Zhenxi's departure had come too suddenly. If he had been given more time, perhaps he could have improved the composition of the nutrient solution, allowing the rapidly mass-produced version 3.0 to possess the same strength as the 2.0.

But for Lin Zhenxi, this result was already quite satisfying. After all, the mystery of this thing had been weakened to the point where only a thin layer of skin remained. In this case...

"Kinos, make another one."

The boss gave the order, and Kinos obeyed. So the machine started up again, and after a while, another can was spit out from the machine's mouth.

Lin Zhenxi drew out his wand, pointed it at the jar, and chanted, "Duplicate!"

A spell was cast, and next to the jar, an identical jar appeared.

Kinos' eyes, hidden behind his long bangs and glasses, widened greatly. Lin Zhenxi once again showed her miraculous side in front of him, and his worldview that had always followed rigorous science was once again overturned.

Although this was not the first time, every time he saw it, Kinos felt like his brain was trembling.

In particular, through replicating the magic core, Kinos realized that the miracles Lin Zhenxi had demonstrated weren't impossible to replicate; he simply hadn't mastered the method yet. Whether it was teleportation or, as with this, turning one into two, as long as the principles were understood, they could all be achieved through scientific means!

Unbeknownst to Lin Zhenxi, Kinos's ambition to interpret magic through science was rapidly growing. After casting a copy spell on the jar, Lin Zhenxi immediately activated the copied jar, following Kinos's instructions, and kicked it away before it exploded.

The Cloning Spell can create an exact replica of an object, but the replica is of course worthless. This means that the object created with the Cloning Spell has a limited existence. Once the magic power to maintain the spell is exhausted, the copied object will disappear.

But before the magic power disappeared, the non-magical aspects of it were identical to the real thing. However, when Lin Zhenxi cast the replication spell, she clearly felt that she was expending more magic power than simply replicating an object the size of a jar. Apparently, even the energy required to generate the nutrient solution was being borne by her magic power.

But is this a problem? Not at all!

The mass-produced version 3.0 copied by the copy spell quickly grew into shape and stood in front of its brother that was activated before. There was no difference in appearance between the two mass-produced little giants.

"Kinos, let them fight."

Lin Zhenxi originally thought that these mass-produced models still needed to be controlled by Kinos, but unexpectedly, as soon as she said this, the two mass-produced models that had been standing quietly in place suddenly moved and collided violently with each other.

But soon, their rapid-fire exchanges of blows shifted into a stalemate. It was unavoidable. They were taught by the same master, so there was no way to break their moves. After the previous few rapid shifts, it was impossible to tell which of the two mass-produced models was the normal one and which was Lin Zhenxi's magical copy.

Lin Zhenxi snapped his fingers, canceling the magical effect of the copy spell, and then one of the mass-produced models and the remains of the jars on the ground all dissipated into the air.

Lin Zhenxi slapped Kinos's shoulder very hard, causing Kinos to stagger forward half a step.

"Great, Kinos, this is exactly what I wanted. It even exceeded my expectations. Thank you."

"Hiss... Boss, I'm an old man in my seventies, please be gentler." Kinos rubbed his shoulders and said distressedly.

Lin Zhenxi couldn't hear any of this. She was so happy she couldn't even close her mouth. She hadn't expected that after Kinos had removed the mystery of the mass-produced cannon fodder, these mass-produced cannon fodder could actually be copied using the Copy Spell. Doesn't this mean that she only needs to carry a template with her and can use the Copy Spell to summon a large number of these excellent cannon fodder at any time?

Lin Zhenxi's original idea was to let Kinos build a production line and then give her the detailed design drawings. After returning to the main world, she would gather materials to build the production line herself, and then find a way to disassemble the production line into small units and put them into the space cube, just like the Heart of the Rising Sun.

But now, there was no need for a production line at all. Lin Zhenxi could just take a ready-made canister and have an endless supply of cannon fodder soldiers. She had never imagined such a wonderful thing could happen at first. Kinos had really given her a huge surprise.

She could even optimize this process further, packaging the replication process into a single spell called "Super Cannon Fodder Summoning." Once this spell was finalized, even without the original jar, Lin Zhenxi could summon them at any time, creating a super cannon fodder army of mass-produced 3.0s in a fraction of a second.

In the end, Lin Zhenxi took away 8 cans and neatly stacked them in two layers of 2X2X2 in the cubic space of the Space Cube. Although there were still large gaps between the cans, there was really no way to put more in.

Time in the space cube is still, so Lin Zhenxi doesn't have to worry about the nutrient solution going bad due to being sealed for too long.

As for the issue of the Space Cube not being able to hold living creatures... To be more precise, the Space Cube erases the spirit of living things, but it doesn't affect their vitality. It's just that without their spirit, creatures are no different from being dead. Mass-produced creatures are artificial creatures, lacking souls themselves. They are simply biological weapons that obey orders, and naturally, they are not subject to the restrictions of the Space Cube in this regard.

With joy in her heart, Lin Zhenxi said her final goodbye to Kinos and set off for City A. There, she still had a debt to collect.