Witch Special

In the end, Lin Zhenxi decided to put the matter of the magic ore core aside for the time being. Anyway, it was safe now, so it wouldn't be too late to find a place to store it and figure out what to do with it later.

As for now, Lin Zhenxi needs to quickly bring the mutated slime to another piece of magic ore to fulfill the promise she made in the familiar contract.

At this stage, Lin Zhenxi had no control over the mutant slime; she simply used the magic ore to lure it into following her. For a creature with endless desires and low intelligence, such a loose contract clearly couldn't satisfy Lin Zhenxi, so she had to tighten the shackles on the mutant slime.

Fortunately, the mutant slime's mind is now full of thoughts about the magic ore that Lin Zhenxi promised it, so it did not cause any extra trouble to Lin Zhenxi.

With the help of the underground passages, Lin Zhenxi led the mutant slime to another intact magic ore. Seeing the magic ore, the mutant slime did not even ask Lin Zhenxi's opinion. It directly jumped over her and pounced on the magic ore. It spread its body, completely wrapped the magic ore, and then began to eat it happily.

At the same time, through the familiar contract, Lin Zhenxi can also feel the mutated slime constantly conveying happy emotions to her.

Looking at the mutated slime corroding the magic ore's shell, Lin Zhenxi couldn't help but smile. "Eat it! After you finish this piece, you'll be my qualified employee from now on."

Since the other party had already sold its life to him, Lin Zhenxi had to consider its future placement. This mutated slime had already acquired the properties of a magical ore, with a vast amount of magical energy lingering within it. Its wriggling body also continuously released dangerous energy radiation. Any creature without a magic shield would instantly die if it even approached it.

Releasing such a dangerous creature directly into the wild is probably unrealistic. Fortunately, this mutant slime's internal energy is so vast that it can sustain itself, and it won't die even if it stops eating. However, it still craves high-energy objects, as consuming them makes it stronger.

So if Lin Zhenxi wanted to place it somewhere, it had to be free of other creatures and prevent the slime from running around. The most suitable place for it would probably be a deserted island in the sea or a cenote with smooth walls. Anything would be enough to prevent the mutated slime from running around and becoming a walking disaster.

Anyway, it's just a slime. It hasn't become smarter after swallowing so many magic ores. It's the typical example of a slime that only grows in body but not in brain. So Lin Zhenxi doesn't need to find a good home for it. He just needs to make sure it can live well and not harm other creatures.

The reason why Lin Zhenxi said that a deserted island could be used to restrict its movement is because the slime's body will lose water or even dissolve in a high-salt environment, so normal slimes would not like the high salinity of seawater. Of course, there are exceptions to everything, not to mention that slimes are creatures with strong adaptability to the environment.

When the environment is not suitable for slimes to survive, they will die in large numbers, but some special individuals will evolve to be able to adapt to the new environment after death. These evolved slimes will gain a wider range of activities and lack competition, so their numbers will quickly increase, evolving from two separate individuals into a unique slime group, adding another chapter to the already chaotic slime family tree.

However, the mutated slime in front of us has already completed differentiation and should not differentiate further.

Although it evolved from the Water Slime, it has developed a stronger body and an internal environment with enhanced digestive capabilities to more easily devour magic ore. This is basically the opposite of the Water Slime. Therefore, the Water Slime can move freely in the ocean environment, but this mutant slime may be unable to move, and may even shrink due to contact with the high salt content of the sea water.

Of course, a high salt content would at most make the mutant slime feel uncomfortable, but it certainly wouldn't kill it. After consuming the magic ore, the mutant slime's body was filled with dangerous magic. Magic is a power that can bring about miracles. Even if the mutant slime doesn't use the magic in its body, it will spontaneously protect its owner from serious harm.

But wouldn’t it be too cruel to just throw a stupid slime that only knows how to eat onto a deserted island where no birds even come to shit?

Lin Zhenxi was different from the protagonists in other novels. He still had some conscience, so he couldn't feel at ease doing those inhumane things. After thinking for a moment, Lin Zhenxi gave up the idea of ​​throwing the mutant slime on a deserted island and confining it. Instead, he decided to find an island with a richer ecological environment for it to live.

Although with the energy radiation of the mutated slime, it will probably not take long for it to turn the area around it into a sea of ​​yellow sand and no grass, but that is its own creation, not because Lin Zhenxi did not treat it well, so it is not Lin Zhenxi's fault.

The reason why they also gave up on the tiankeng was because Lin Zhenxi took into account the excellent deformation ability of this guy and felt that no matter how steep the rock wall was, it could climb out. Unless...

Would a volcanic crater be enough? Doesn't this mutant slime have an insatiable thirst for energy? Where else could the energy be more active than in a volcanic crater? Lin Zhenxi felt that if he found an active volcano and threw it into it, it wouldn't budge until the volcano was completely drained.

This seems like a good idea, and it's much more reliable than an island. Besides, she could find a volcano in the sea, which would be both a volcano and an island, perfect!

After its size becomes larger, the mutant slime devours the magic ore countless times faster than when it is scattered. The entire piece of magic ore shrinks visibly in the mutant slime's body. It is estimated that in less than half a day, this piece of magic ore will be completely decomposed and devoured by the mutant slime.

Lin Zhenxi could afford to wait, but standing around here was getting pretty boring, so she simply pulled out her unfinished projects and started tinkering with them. She actually had quite a lot on her plate, and lately she'd been busy planning the magic ore, so naturally she had less time to devote to other projects, so many of the verification tasks she was responsible for had been postponed.

Because of this incident, she was often pinched by the ears and scolded fiercely by the other five parallel consciousnesses during the internal meetings. Only the quiet Xiaoliu always sat in the corner and meditated silently, looking particularly adorable.

Time passed quietly, and Lin Zhenxi was immersed in endless research work. He looked up inadvertently and found that the mutated slime had completely digested an entire piece of magic ore, leaving only a completely indigestible magic ore core, rolling around in its body, like a solid lump of iron, standing still no matter how it was treated.

As expected, each of these magic ores has a core. According to Lin Zhenxi's experiments, these cores are actually the most valuable parts of the magic ore. Perhaps by activating these cores, magic ore can be mass-produced.

Wait, that seems a bit wrong. Lin Zhenxi suddenly remembered that what she needed was the pure magic power obtained from refining the magic ore, the magic essence, not the magic ore that emitted energy radiation and would shorten one's lifespan if touched. Now that the core of the magic ore was free of those dangerous energy radiations, she only needed to figure out how to channel the energy within the core to achieve her original goal.

Such a magic ore core can produce such a large piece of magic ore. The magic power contained in it is simply immeasurable. The value of each of them is estimated to be no less than the magic furnace that Lin Zhenxi used to operate the floating city in the previous world. More importantly, their size is very small. If Lin Zhenxi is willing to pay enough for them, he can stuff them into the space cube and take them away.

Alternatively, just like in the previous world, directly using the energy from these magic ore cores to charge the Space Cube is also a good option. Although charging the Space Cube does not unlock more storage space for this weapon, it can increase Lin Zhenxi's spatial perception ability, and the enhancement of spatial perception ability can also increase her control over her original attribute "string".

The "string" element is mysterious and unpredictable. To date, Lin Zhenxi's exploration of it has been superficial. Unaware of its properties, she has been unable to develop new applications for it. If her control over the "string" element improves, perhaps she will be able to uncover more of its secrets and develop new, more useful and powerful magic.

Lin Zhenxi has learned the concept of original attributes from Teacher Patchouli. No matter whether it is the adaptability of higher-level elements or lower-level elements, it is just the difference between whether it can be used and whether it can be used smoothly. However, the original attributes are related to the characteristics of a person's soul. Its strength can be fed back to the soul, and the strength of the soul can act on the body. Although it will not make the body stronger, it can greatly increase the mystery and even directly upgrade the life form.

In short, the Origin Attribute is a relatively obscure, yet crucial, power. It often exists invisibly, and some people never fully grasp their true Origin Attribute until their death, even if they've reached the level of a Magister or Grand Magister. Lin Zhenxi was able to awaken his Origin Attribute even at a young age thanks entirely to the Elemental Spirit Heart that Patchouli had obtained from Perfect Lucifer.

Otherwise, she thought she was good at space and time, but who would have thought that it was "string", a more advanced element that she had never heard of before.