Bizarre Realm-Chapter 209 - 29: Explosive Gun Concept

Shawn’s research progress is slow but effective.

On the third day, the awakened period of the out-of-control subject increased to half an hour, and on the fourth day, while maintaining mental resonance with Shawn, it stayed awake for nearly an hour and told Shawn about its experiences before losing control. It had seen an indescribable Ancient Race, but that Ancient Race did not kill it.

The fifth day was also the most crucial day. Shawn used multiple Mind Blessing Spells and established a Mind Link with the out-of-control subject, allowing it to stay awake for the entire morning.

During this period, the out-of-control subject behaved like a normal person, even expressing a desire to eat some Half-Elf’s flaming cuisine.

Finally, after the Mind Blessing Spell dissipated, Shawn broke the Mind Link with it, and the subject returned to its manic state.

"The Activated Knowledge inside the brain of the out-of-control subject has been completely altered."

"It’s completely different from the mysterious knowledge in the brain of a normal Transcendent."

"I can only temporarily awaken it but cannot maintain this effect."

Shawn’s research progress hit a bottleneck.

This stuckness lasted for almost a week, with no further progress in his research. Although he can awaken the out-of-control subject, once he breaks the Mind Link, the madness quickly reclaims the subject’s brain.

During this research process, Shawn’s Arcane Spirit Master level was upgraded by one. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

He is now—Level 5 Arcanist/Level 5 Mind Warlock/Level 4 Arcane Spirit Master.

"Master!"

The Clay Golem walked heavily to the lab door and reminded, "You’ve been working all day. It’s now dinner time."

Shawn, finding himself relatively well-off recently, upgraded the hardware of the Clay Golem.

Essentially, he made it more intelligent, equivalent to an artificial intelligence butler. Shawn also needed practice with Alchemy Marks and decided to reshape the rune structures within the Clay Golem’s brain, upgrading the core operating Soul Crystal Stone from the most basic small Soul Stone to a Soul Gem.

The Soul Gem was acquired when he eliminated the Night Witch, which endowed the Clay Golem with higher intelligence, effectively using the souls of other creatures as its primary driving force. The residual memory within the Soul Gem serves as the underlying logic for the operations of the Mechanical Golem.

Thus, after completing this upgrade, the Clay Golem can perform more complex tasks beyond simple cleaning.

Of course, further upgrades are possible using two advanced methods: one is using a Soul Gem close to Legendary Level, the other is utilizing the brain of other creatures, as the Brain Golem is an Otherworld-created Mechanical Body.

"However, the latter is quite evil. Hammer World’s computers seem to use human brains as the basic hardware."

Shawn stood up, casting a Domination Spell to control the out-of-control subject before him.

As the experimental progress yielded results, the subject’s resistance to Shawn’s Mind Domination Spells was getting weaker. He was now engaged in a long process of Mind Surgery, continually altering its memories, and implanting his cognitive thoughts bit by bit into the subject’s brain.

Perhaps one day, when Shawn completes the implantation of the entire will, it might fully awaken, entirely reversing and reshaping the manic Activated Knowledge.

However, the Transcendent rescued in this manner would likely never ascend to Legendary Destiny within their lifetime.

Their minds are flawed, dependent not on themselves but on others.

Surviving is still a good outcome.

Tonight’s dinner is pan-fried Doros Beast hind leg, a mutant creature from the Underworld, resembling a multi-legged beast of burden, considered a creation of Flesh Mutation. All reproductive isolation in the Bizarre Realm has been disrupted, and Flesh Mutation has bred numerous strange species.

Living in Abyss City, one shouldn’t have high expectations for food; being edible is sufficient.

The taste is actually quite good.

The meat is quite tough, but the Half-Elf chef’s skill is excellent. The tower specifically hired a Half-Elf chef to serve Shawn daily.

After finishing his dinner, Shawn prepared to relax his mind at the Astronomical Observatory.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared, standing within the Shadows, slightly bowing respectfully: "Master Shawn, a visitor has arrived!"

Currently, Shawn’s security level is very high, with a quasi-Legendary Level Assassin Demon specifically protecting him.

Visitor?

Shawn has always kept a low profile in Abyss City, rarely making friends. He thought for a moment and guessed who it might be, nodding, "Let her in."

Soon, gentle footsteps approached, followed by a slight sweet fragrance.

Succubus - Veronica.

Shawn also smelled a bit of sulfur. Indeed, behind the Succubus was a Fire Burning Demon named Orn, a Transcendent who also practices Alchemy and the Demon Path. This guy might be a reincarnated Otherworld soul, but it’s unclear what method he used to conceal his aura. He probably wasn’t an ordinary human in his past life, and might be a Star Realm race from an Otherworld or a lifeform of Wisdom’s Element.

Orn is very passionate about the power of fire and explosions, even possessing the means to penetrate the inner Fire Elemental Plane.

It is immune to flame damage and can endure temperatures exceeding ten thousand degrees.

Shawn himself, on the contrary, cannot enter the Fire Elemental Plane, would be roasted, and casting spells would be dangerous and won’t last long.