Chapter 514: Chapter 390: Unlimited Refills and Post-battle Spoils (Combined 6000 Words)

Within the fog-shrouded Celestial Orbital Belt, two three-masted sailing ships, bearing the flags of the Kingdom of Hightins and the Kingdom of Castilia, sailed confidently side by side.

This unusual spectacle of two mortal enemies traveling together was a rare sight, not only in the perilous Celestial Orbital Belt but also on the Old Continent.

Below the water followed a large, ancient Sea Monster clad in Heavy Armor, similar to a ’Barnacle Crab,’ also possessing some kind of teleportation ability, called the ’Ancient Fossil Fish.’

As this giant fish occasionally opened its mouth, a particularly bizarre sight was revealed: a large, white, humanoid worm had replaced its tongue and was coexisting with it.

This worm was none other than the Grand Wizard [Sea Louse] from the Bloodthirsty Cult, who had invented the Thornless Fish.

During the Promotion Ceremony ’Heart of the Swarm,’ the Anchoring insectoid body was the ’Shrinking Fish Louse.’

This parasite could invade the gills of fish to enter their mouths, feed on the blood in the fish’s tongue, and ultimately replace the fish’s tongue, coexisting with it.

Despite his peculiar appearance, when it came to individual battle power in the sea, no one in the entire Cult was his match.

Since such a top enforcer of the Cult was here, the identities of those on the two sailing ships above were self-evident.

They were indeed The Skinners’ Church and the Bloodthirsty Cult, eagerly following Mr. Byron Tudor. He had "forcefully acquired" them and become their dual Grand Priest.

Each cooperating with Hightins and Castilia, they had legitimate identities for cover and naturally used the flags of the two nations when abroad.

For this expedition by the two Black Wizard Organizations, almost everyone had set out, leaving only a few people to guard the Holy Sites.

In total, fourteen Third-order Grand Wizards had come, including the ’Fairy’ Rigel.

Byron Tudor had informed them that the safe window would not end until July 3rd. It was only the afternoon of July 1st, so they still had plenty of time.

As these Black Wizards hurried on their way, they did not forget to hold several academic exchange seminars.

They soon discovered that both their ’Genetics’ and ’Modern Medicine’ had much in common, one focusing on the micro-level and the other on the macro-level.

All for the purpose of improving the fleshly body.

Everyone felt they had gained a lot. They wished they could grab someone on the spot to experiment on, combining theory with practice.

However, their current Grand Priest, Mr. Byron, was a Great Good Man with a Saint’s halo. The Black Wizards dared not slaughter the innocent as they had in the past.

Another academic exchange that remained only on paper came to an end, and the former Grand Priest of The Skinners’ Church, the Homicidal Doctor Robert Liston, lamented,

"Although I’m not clear on the meaning of the example Mr. Grand Priest mentioned in the textbook—’there are four ways to write the character "hui"’—I completely understood the medical knowledge that followed. There are five methods to create anatomical specimens:

Specimen preservation and fixation methods; sectional anatomy techniques; blood vessel perfusion technology; lymphatic perfusion methods; and the digital ’Visible Human’ method.

However, collecting enough data to support medical teaching and lay the foundation for Modern Medicine requires a substantial number of specimens.

The biggest problem hindering medical practice right now is the lack of volunteers.

I’m even considering establishing regulations where, if medical students bring their own corpses to school in the future, it could offset most of their tuition fees."

The Leech Lady nodded in agreement, 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Our Human Mushroom Experiments, Human Cattle and Horse Experiments, Vegetative State Experiments, and so on, are all stalled due to a lack of materials.

But there’s no need to ask His Excellency the Grand Priest. He would never agree to us randomly experimenting on people; he regards all Natives with equality.

If we had enough volunteers to practice on, our research could advance by leaps and bounds... Oh! A message from His Excellency the Grand Priest!"

As the group was bemoaning the greatest obstacle currently hindering their research progress, the Leech Lady suddenly paused, placing the Echoing Conch Shell at her waist to her ear.

Her face quickly filled with joy, and she nodded respectfully to the conch shell,

"Yes, yes, Your Excellency. We will arrange the experimental plan in advance. We absolutely won’t waste even a minute of the ’volunteer’s’ time."

After ending the communication, she announced to the others, her cheeks glowing,

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received some tremendously good news.

His Excellency the Grand Priest has found us a ’volunteer’ with a noble disposition. This individual is willing to offer their body for our medical and Genetics research, without any humanitarian restrictions, for us to use at will."

The Mosquito Mage sitting beside her asked with a confused expression,

"This... doesn’t sound like tremendously good news, does it? Just one person isn’t enough for us to share. They’ll be ruined after one use, utterly failing to solve the fundamental problem."

But the Leech Lady’s smile grew even brighter as she explained,

"This volunteer is no ordinary person but a Third-order Transcendent with an ’Undying Body.’

No matter how many times he’s used up, he can recover instantly for us to continue.

As long as it’s within the three-month period, we can... have infinite refills!"

WHOOSH—!

The revelation sent waves of excitement through the crowd of Grand Wizards. They were ’eagerly hungry,’ their eyes nearly turning green at the news, and they all couldn’t help but stand up.

"Can we really have infinite refills?!"