Witch Special

It took the mutated slime about half a day to completely digest an entire piece of magic ore.

Although Lin Zhenxi was getting a bit impatient, the speed was actually quite terrifying. You have to remember that the orcs had been digging for so long, sacrificing countless lives, and yet the magic ore they had knocked down was only at the "scratches" or "skin injuries" stage, having only shaved off a tiny bit of the surface, not even breaking through the outer layer where energy intensity was lowest.

As for the mutant slime, in just half a day, it had already dissolved and digested the outer layer, inner layer, core protective layer, and finally the surface layer of the core of the magic ore.

Now the mutated slime is trying hard to get at the core of the magic ore, but it is obvious that its teeth are not sharp enough. No matter how hard it tries, it cannot break through the solid structure of the magic ore core and suck out the huge magic power contained in it.

It had clearly swallowed an object with enormous magical power, but it was unable to digest it. Even though the slime had no vocal organs, Lin Zhenxi could tell from the frequency of its twisting body that it was extremely anxious, but it was helpless against the core of the magic ore.

Very good, now is the time for Lin Zhenxi to take action. Lin Zhenxi came to the mutant slime with a thick magic shield, adjusted his soul fluctuations, and released his kindness to the mutant slime.

The predecessor of the mutated slime, the group of flowing slimes were summoned by Lin Zhenxi. Although the connection between them and Lin Zhenxi has disappeared now, there is still a certain closeness between them naturally.

Anyway, this mutated slime has been focusing on the magic mineral core in its "mouth". Although it ignored Lin Zhenxi, it did not attack her, but allowed her to walk very close to it.

Thanks to the extra-thick magic shield, Lin Zhenxi was not affected by the lethal energy radiation from the mutated slime. As the distance got closer, Lin Zhenxi could convey his intentions more clearly to the slime through soul fluctuations.

There is no way. Communicating with such a low-IQ creature is so troublesome. The most convenient soul communication is ineffective. Lin Zhenxi can't even feel any response. She can only feel some vague emotions, such as happiness and anger. Anyway, communicating with such a brainless creature is a very technical test.

Fortunately, Lin Zhenxi has rich experience in fooling fools. After a long series of emotional compilation, Lin Zhenxi expressed to the mutant slime his idea that he could help it get more "food". As long as it contributed a part of its "not so important things", Lin Zhenxi could give it another one that was the same as what it had just eaten.

The mutant slime immediately expressed excitement and eagerly agreed to Lin Zhenxi's proposal. After getting the feedback he wanted, Lin Zhenxi smiled slightly, took out the familiar contract he had prepared in advance, and taught the mutant slime step by step how to brand his soul mark on the familiar contract.

As I said, when it comes to fooling fools, Lin Zhenxi has a lot of experience.

The mutant slime, whose mind was still focused on eating, had no extra brain to think about whether Lin Zhenxi had set a trap for it in the contract. After basically mastering the method of pressing the handprint, it couldn't wait to complete the subsequent steps of the familiar contract and left its own soul imprint on the familiar contract.

Seeing the mutated slime so impatient, Lin Zhenxi suppressed a smile and left his soul mark on the familiar contract. At this point, the familiar contract was established. Lin Zhenxi only needed to fulfill the terms of his promise and he could command the mutated slime to go east or west, or even commit suicide.

That's right, the constraints of this familiar contract are unequal. It has a strong binding force on the familiar, which is basically equivalent to a contract of selling oneself, while the requirements for the master are relatively simple. As long as Lin Zhenxi meets the requirement of "finding it a piece of magic ore similar to the previous one" promised to the mutated slime, all the conditions of the familiar contract will be met.

Although the requirements for signing a familiar contract are fair and both parties must agree at the time of signing, the content of the contract is drafted by the active provider of the familiar contract. If the familiar party signed the contract does not strictly review and discover the unequal terms in the contract, then it is really being sold and helping others count money. Its future life and death depends entirely on the conscience of the contractor.

Therefore, only a fool would sign such an unequal familiar contract. However, it was obvious that the magical creatures that signed the familiar contract with Lin Zhenxi were not intelligent enough to understand the profound meaning of the contract, so they were basically foolishly coaxed into signing the contract.

Many of Lin Zhenxi's familiars came from this. It was precisely because of this experience that Lin Zhenxi was so confident in tricking fools into signing familiar contracts, because she was really experienced in this matter.

After signing the familiar contract, Lin Zhenxi could clearly convey her request to the mutated slime through the contract mark. She first asked the mutated slime to spit out the magic ore core that it had swallowed but could not digest, and then follow her to the location of another piece of magic ore.

Until Lin Zhenxi completes her duties under the familiar contract, the powers granted to her by it will be ineffective, meaning they have no coercive force. Many familiar contracts with intelligent, high-level magical creatures remain in this state, a cooperative relationship between the two parties. There's no such thing as a situation where you have to die even if I tell you to.

The mutated slime was reluctant to spit out the magic ore core, twisting and turning in place without moving. Lin Zhenxi had to trick it into thinking that if it held this in its mouth, it would be unable to eat new magic ore. It couldn't digest the core, and holding it in its mouth made it anxious. Compared to the large chunk of magic ore that it could eat right away, it was up to it to decide which was better.

The slime's abstract brain capacity was simply unable to handle such a difficult choice. After all, Lin Zhenxi only gave it two choices and did not put the option of "I want them all" in front of it.

Between the magic ore core, which it had but couldn't eat, and the entire piece of magic ore, which it couldn't get but could eat immediately, the mutant slime ultimately chose the latter. With a squirming sound, the mutant slime spat out the magic ore core with a "puff".

As soon as the core of the magic ore left the slime's body, the magic shield on Lin Zhenxi's body immediately began to run at full power, and even turned directly into a translucent spherical shell, tightly wrapping Lin Zhenxi's body, leaving no dead corners.

This was the result of Lin Zhenxi's active manipulation, because she was afraid that there was stronger energy radiation on the core of this magic ore. If the magic shield did not protect her completely, her flesh and blood would not be able to withstand the energy radiation.

But then, Lin Zhenxi realized her worries were unnecessary. This core was what the mutated slime had chewed away. Like a bone so hard even a dog couldn't chew, it had a hard, airtight energy shell, preventing even a single trace of energy from leaking out. While this thing held incredible energy, as long as the shell remained intact, it was probably safer than stone.

In this case……

To be on the safe side, Lin Zhenxi summoned an ordinary little white rabbit and threw it next to the magic ore core, then carefully observed the life state of the fragile rabbit.

Very good. The rabbit is hopping around beside the magic ore core, its three-lobed mouth jutting out in search of food. This proves that the magic ore core is not harmful to life. If this rabbit were thrown directly next to the whole piece of magic ore, it would probably die in a few seconds, forcing the magic summoning effect to be canceled.

Lin Zhenxi finally felt relieved at this point, but the question of how to store the magic ore core immediately arose. The Space Cube couldn't store high-energy objects... well, it couldn't, but each insertion and removal required a certain amount of magic power as a price. The more magic power contained and the higher the mystery, the greater the price.

Because of the outer shell, Lin Zhenxi couldn't yet determine the specific energy strength of the magic ore core, but it was definitely significant. Simply stuffing it into the Space Cube was clearly unwise. Lin Zhenxi felt he needed a less costly way to seal and preserve it, preferably one that could get it out of this world.

Then her choices became very limited: either the Space Cube, the Witch's Book, or the Exclusive World.

Cross out the Space Cube, and the Witch's Book...

Lin Zhenxi always felt that the Witch Book couldn't be considered a proper sealing item. While it could indeed seal objects within its pages, that was more of a secondary function. The Witch Book was the foundation of Lin Zhenxi's life, and stuffing it with a bunch of miscellaneous items unrelated to her profession felt like a disservice to the Witch Book.

It's okay to use it once or twice to deal with an emergency, but if it happens too many times, the Witch Book will feel that Lin Zhenxi treats it as a trash can and will be dissatisfied with her, which will affect the compatibility between the two. Then Lin Zhenxi will have no place to cry.

So, a private world?

In fact, the exclusive world is the most suitable place to store things. After all, it is so big and Lin Zhenxi has the final say. However, Lin Zhenxi herself cannot enter her exclusive world. She can't even open it in this world, which is very embarrassing.

So, why not just leave this thing here for now? It's like a piece of rock now, so I can study it later.