Witch Special

Animagus is a special name for wizards who can transform themselves into animals. While being able to transform into an animal sounds quite impressive, the actual effect is far from satisfactory, as an Animagus cannot transform into any animal at will, and the animal they transform into is related to the wizard's personality and weight.

Furthermore, each Animagus can only transform into a specific animal. Furthermore, Animagus transformations are usually limited to non-magical creatures, perhaps because wizard magic and magical creature magic operate in fundamentally different ways. Transfiguring magical creatures (such as phoenixes, dragons, hippogriffs, etc.) can have unpredictable consequences.

The process of becoming an Animagus is also very dangerous. A person may become possessed and lose the ability to distinguish between being human and animal. Furthermore, it often takes several years to become an Animagus, transforming a person into the animal that best suits them. However, there is also the possibility of failure, so the transformation requires courage.

Lin Zhenxi had no intention of turning herself into an animal, especially since this animal was limited to being an ordinary creature and had no way of turning into an extraordinary creature. This kind of magic, which was extremely restrictive, inconvenient to use, and had poor actual effects, was immediately labeled as impractical by her and thrown out of her mind.

These things don't matter, right? Anyway, it's enough to know that Lin Zhenxi now has a way to pass through such a small gap.

After walking for dozens of meters in the gap, Lin Zhenxi finally completed this difficult journey and came to the back of the giant device, which is the part that absorbs dimensional power.

The first thing that caught my eye was a massive energy shield. Behind this transparent barrier, covered in arcs of electricity and golden lightning, lay the vast, horizontal eye of the storm.

To the naked eye, the dimensional sea appears as a chaotic, dark gray wall of fog. The Silent City absorbs dimensional energy by drilling a hole in the fog wall. Using a probe, it stirs the fog in a single direction, creating an empty eye of the storm. The calm dimensional energy at the center of the eye is then drawn in.

Well, that’s probably the format, at least that’s what Lin Zhenxi saw in front of him.

This dimensional sea should also be a feature of this world, right? Anyway, Lin Zhenxi has never seen this method of using fog walls to divide the world in other worlds. The more common situations are probably using dimensional crystal walls or parallel worlds.

A form of power never seen before! And it has the attribute of time and space. Isn't this a perfect match for Lin Zhenxi's expertise?

Lin Zhenxi became excited, she felt as if she had discovered a treasure.

And this place isn't hot at all! After all, there aren't any pipes beneath the floor that continuously release heat-generating concentrated energy fluid, so the temperature is just right for Lin Zhenxi. And because of that energy shield, no matter how violent the dimensional storm outside is, it can't affect the interior. Standing here, Lin Zhenxi felt like she was standing in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window. The view was magnificent.

Very good, I declare this viewing platform my office! Lin Zhenxi happily allocated this spacious place to herself, happily thinking about how to plan and arrange this area.

Of course, Lin Zhenxi hadn't forgotten her primary job: guarding the massive energy furnace. She was currently in a corner of Silent City, a corner so completely devoid of human presence since Luke installed it. Not even a speck of dust had been seen. After all, it was cold inside and hot outside, and air convection flowed from the inside out. However, the interior was sealed, leaving no room for air to circulate.

If she hides here, then Silent City will be as good as if she doesn't exist.

So even though Lin Zhenxi planned to settle down here, she also had to arrange some things in front of the energy furnace, including magic outposts, magic traps, and magic summons. Only in this way could she stop the enemy in time when they invaded and prevent the energy furnace, a key energy facility, from being destroyed.

But then again, could there really be enemies here? While Silent City was currently at war, without a traitor leading the way, who would have known the Silent City's energy furnace was so high up? This was beyond the demonic realm. If an enemy truly appeared before Lin Zhenxi, it would likely mean the area below was completely lost. Would Lin Zhenxi still need to defend this place?

Well, don’t worry about it. Lin Zhenxi’s current job is to guard the energy furnace, so just do your job well.

In fact, Lin Zhenxi was already planning to leave. She had already gained enough benefits in this world and had no intention of gaining more. She could leave at any time. The main reason she didn't leave was because Silent City was in a state of war. Wouldn't it be like deserting if she left at this time?

Since she had joined Silent City and had reaped so many benefits from it, Lin Zhenxi naturally had to take responsibility and do her part for the safety of Silent City. She wasn't the type to just take benefits without taking responsibility; people should see things through to the end.

Setting up a magic formation was actually quite simple. Lin Zhenxi had already set up over ten magic formations, making her a skilled practitioner. However, before setting up any more, she had to make some cooling magic accessories for herself, otherwise, she would have difficulty navigating the intense heat of the energy furnace.

Crafting magic accessories requires setting up your own alchemy table, which in turn requires a dedicated source of magic power. This is a complete system engineering project. Therefore, Lin Zhenxi could only set up the facilities he frequently used on the observation deck first, and then think about the magic formation in front.

Even if everything was kept simple, by the time Lin Zhenxi had finally put all her equipment in order and used alchemy to create a brooch specifically for cooling, almost a day had passed.

Naturally, no one came to the energy furnace that day. It was as quiet as those unmanned factories, with only the sounds of machines running and robots moving around.

If this place wasn't brightly lit, the atmosphere would probably be like a haunted house.

Fortunately, Lin Zhenxi had no plans to stay here long. Otherwise, if she were given a job like this, she'd probably drive herself crazy in no time. People still need social interaction. Even the most reclusive of otakus need to interact with the outside world through takeout, television, computers, phones, and even comic books. If all these activities were cut off, wouldn't it be worse than being imprisoned? Her treatment would be comparable to that of Sun Wukong, who was imprisoned under the Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years.

At least Sun Wukong still has a little boy who brings him peaches.

Even if it's the last shift, you have to stand guard. Lin Zhenxi pinned the ice-blue brooch on her chest, then returned to the front of the energy furnace and began to plan how to set up the magic formation here.

She also faced an adaptability issue: the core area of ​​the energy furnace was incredibly hot. Not only was the air temperature high, but the ground temperature was even higher. When Lin Zhenxi set up her magic circles, she had to retrofit them with heat-resistant components to prevent them from being damaged before they could even activate by the scorching floor, which could even be used to fry eggs, steaks, and grill prawns.

This wasn't an exaggeration, as magic circles needed to flow with magical energy. The lines needed to be filled with a substance that allowed magical energy to flow. Otherwise, the magic circle would simply be a dent. While dents are naturally immune to high temperatures, the fillings within them are easily affected by the ambient temperature. Especially with the high temperatures here, the magical solvent used to draw a magic circle would evaporate quickly if it landed on the ground, rendering it useless.

To cope with the near-100-degree heat on the ground, Lin Zhenxi needed a material to replace the water-based magic solvent. It had to be easily shaped and have a low magic resistance, allowing magic to pass through quickly. Most importantly, it had to be heat-resistant.

Water was out of the question, but what about oil? Although oil was rather viscous, unlike magic solvents and magic essences, where a drop of water could be directly applied to the lines of the magic circle to activate it, Lin Zhenxi could add an organic solvent to the oil to increase its fluidity.

Anyway, there is always a way to find a solution. The problem now is where Lin Zhenxi can find this magic oil that is equivalent to the magic solvent.

She didn't have any stock of this unpopular magical material.

Well, it's okay. No need to ask for help. Lin Zhenxi can just let the magic do the work. Now she doesn't even need to pray to the magic. She can just use divination. As long as the magic is in place, things like giving ordinary materials magical properties are almost effortless for her now.

But she didn't even have the most basic oils on hand, only a few buckets of cooking oil. It was a pretty good variety, with soybean oil, peanut oil, olive oil, and lard, but she couldn't use such cooking oil to fill the magic circle, right?

There was no other choice, so Lin Zhenxi had to take the elevator back to the lower level and go to the warehouse to get high-temperature resistant lubricant.

When Lin Zhenxi arrived at the Silent City's supply warehouse, he found it deserted. It didn't look like a war was going on there. The demon army had suffered a heavy loss the previous day, and they probably wouldn't dare attack again until they figured out how to deal with Lin Zhenxi's enhanced Asura Rhinoceros Beetle and those red-skinned, muscular monsters.

This was a good thing. In terms of productivity, Silent City was at an absolute advantage. The longer the battle dragged on, the more mechanical armies Buffon could gather, and the greater Silent City's advantage. If they dared not launch a swift attack against a machine civilization, don't blame Buffon for unleashing a mechanical disaster.

In terms of the speed of troop explosion, the mechanical civilization is even more terrifying than the Zerg.