Chapter 3145: Initiator

"I know what you are thinking. This long-distance mission is different from the last call to purify the garden." Portia: "Purifying the garden was indeed involuntary for the apprentices at that time. But this long-distance mission, It’s optional, it’s up to the apprentice whether he accepts this task or not.”

Angel did not follow Portia's words, but asked: "This long-distance mission must be related to the Box of Reincarnation, right?"

Portia nodded.

Angel: "I once told Lord Rosen and Dean Muse that the inside of the Box of Reincarnation is very dangerous. Even if a legendary wizard enters, it may fall. In this case, they issued a so-called far-reaching mission. , aren’t you just trying to trick the contestants in the Rising Star Competition?”

Even the legendary wizard will fall, and the apprentice will basically be in a situation of death and no life.

Moreover, the situation of the Box of Reincarnation is very special, and Angel is very sure that even if the senior management of Sky Machinery City announces an exploration mission, they will not reveal the true situation of the mission.

The mission was released without informing the person of the danger level of the Box of Reincarnation. Even if the apprentice can choose not to accept this task, it is still very inappropriate.

Isn't it a trap to conceal information and cause the death of the person taking the task?

Portia was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Are you sympathizing with them?"

Angel closed his eyes and shook his head: "I am not qualified to sympathize with anyone, I just have some... empathy."

After all, the purification of the garden had not happened for a few years, but to Angel it was just yesterday.

Portia smiled and said: "Little brother Angel, you are getting more and more interesting. Speaking of which, it has been a long time since someone like you came to the R&D Institute. The blood is not yet cold, and the heart is as sharp as the surface. I like it very much." ”

"No wonder Granny Nail appreciates you so much. You and Mr. Ivo... are indeed very similar."

"I am now very sure that Dean Muse made the right choice by recruiting you into the R&D Institute."

Angel: "..." Is this changing the subject?

Portia chuckled lightly: "Change the topic? No, I have no interest in this topic. Since I am not interested, I naturally did not have a deeper understanding of this task, but according to the superficial information I know, this task is not real. Let the apprentice die."

"Just like Dong Liz. Although I don't know why she insists on the hat you refined, but according to Galatea, if she gets your hat, doesn't the survival rate increase to 90%? Even without you Even with the refined hats, their mortality rate won’t be close to zero.”

Angel shook his head: "Survival rate and clearance are two different things."

Like Ivo, how many years has he been in the cage? He is not dead either.

But if Angel hadn't entered the Box of Reincarnation by chance and happened to meet Ivo in the current small space, he might still be struggling in the cage.

Based on the material properties of the Box of Reincarnation, as long as you don't clear the level, there is basically no difference between death and death.

And clearing it... is difficult.

After entering the Box of Reincarnation, except for the power of blood of the body itself, all other powers mastered will be temporarily blocked.

Only with the strength of the physical body, it takes a full twenty reincarnations to have a chance to "clear the level".

Can it be done with the strength of an apprentice?

Frost is a legendary wizard. He possesses a legendary blood body. In the end, he paid the price of an arm before he could barely get through twenty hours of space and come out of reincarnation.

Even the legendary wizard is like this, let alone everyone else.

Portia sighed helplessly, took a folding fan, and fanned her neck: "Forget it, I won't argue with you. I know some inside stories but I can't give a more in-depth explanation. If you want to know, you'd better let me know. Antonio tells you."

After a pause, Portia said again: "You don't have anything else to do, right?"

Angel thought for a moment and shook his head: "It's gone for the time being."

Portia stood up: "Then I'll leave. I still have some experiments to do over there... Do you want me to call you Antonio?"

Angel nodded.

"Little brother Angel, I hope to see your new products next time we meet." Portia swayed and prepared to leave the signal tower.

Just when Portia opened the door of the signal tower, she suddenly thought of something: "By the way, you are in the Bilen Tree Garden now, right?"

Angel nodded.

"Then tell me the specific address. I will ask my assistant to teleport to Bilen Tree Garden later and give you the special extraction method."

Angel: "Can't you just give it to Qili?"

Anyway, Qili is also in Sky Mechanical City. If she leaves it to him, wouldn't it just go full circle?

Portia covered her face and chuckled: "Since you have chosen the second option, do you think it is appropriate for me to hand it over to Qili directly? If I come forward, I might as well choose the first option."

"So, I'll leave the special extraction method to you directly. You can leave it to Qili however you want. Anyway, I must exclude myself."

"Also, my assistant will stay in Biron Tree Courtyard for the time being. If you want to refine a hat and can't find another alchemy assistant, you can also ask her to help. After the hat is refined, give it to her, and she will Will bring it to Dong Liz."

Angel nodded: "Your assistant is..."

Portia: "My assistant's name is Sariel."

As she spoke, Portia used illusion magic to create an illusion of Sariel. There are obvious signs of stiffness in Portia's illusion. It seems that she hasn't studied it for too long, and the illusion she created is also somewhat flawed.

In simple terms, it is to create a three-dimensional figure, but the final effect is similar to a flat photo.

Although the effect is not satisfactory, Ingres at least saw what Sariel looked like.

A short, fat girl with freckles, who looks very quiet. Her biggest feature is that the hair accessories on her head are strings of green and yellow sea buckthorn berries, and the number of sea buckthorn berries is so large that it almost drowns her black hair.

"The sea buckthorn berries on Sariel's head are grown by herself." As if noticing that Ingres's eyes were on the sea buckthorn berries, Portia explained casually.

"Her sea buckthorn berries use hair as branches and skin and blood as nutrients. It tastes good, sweet and sour, do you want to try it?"

Ingres: ... Skin and blood as nutrients? Is that what he understood? Directly use the scalp as a fruit field to grow fruit?

Is this kind of fruit really edible?

"No need." Angel refused, and then felt a little dry, so he added: "I don't like sea buckthorn berries."

Portia raised her eyebrows: "Don't you like it? If Sariel knew that the Super Dimension Lord she worshipped didn't like sea buckthorn berries, she would definitely be sad."

Angel remained silent.

Portia covered her mouth and laughed: "I was joking. She didn't worship Super Dimension Lord the most, but someone else. However, you are her second most worshipped person, which is true."

"Sariel will come to you later, and maybe give you a surprise."

Angel: "Surprise?"

Portia: "You will know when she comes... No more, I'm leaving first."

After speaking, Portia did not stay in the signal tower any longer, shaking the lace folding fan and walked out of the door.

...

Not long after Portia left, a gray-white shadow appeared on the light screen.

The gray-white shadow was Antonio, the patron saint of the Research and Development Institute.

Antonio came with the potion master Midora.

"Did Portia ask you to help find the magic pattern?" As soon as Midora came in, she approached the light screen and asked Angel opposite.

Angel shook his head: "She didn't mention the magic pattern."

Didn't mention it? Midora was stunned for a moment. The materials Portia bought recently showed that her research had begun to deepen the transformation of matter into life. In this case, she didn't mention the magic pattern to Angel?

Midora continued to ask: "Did she mention life alchemy? Even if it was a vague mention?"

Angel still shook his head: "No."

"No... That's strange." Midora frowned, "Does she have information about the magic pattern? Or does she think you may not be able to find the magic pattern, so she hasn't mentioned it yet?"

Angel shrugged: "I don't know about this, but Portia said that she has been trading with Witch Xia Lu recently, and it seems that she wants to buy some materials from Witch Xia Lu."

"This time, the condition she offered for Qi Li's matter was that I help Witch Xia Lu's student Dong Lizi refine a prop."

Mido: "Do you think this matter is unusual?"

Angel nodded: "Witch Xia Lu's identity is not ordinary."

Before, Angel had never asked about the transaction between Witch Xia Lu and Portia. It's not that he was not curious, but he was worried that talking about their transaction would lead the topic to life alchemy.

Because——

"Witch Xialu and Dongla are both Karabits. Their common hobby is to study the transplantation and grafting of organisms."

However, Witch Xialu is a little better. She will not force others to graft organs like Dongla, and offend others inexplicably.

But this does not mean that Witch Xialu is kind. She is also very cruel, but just a little better than Dongla.

And Witch Xialu's research direction must involve the level of life alchemy. Therefore, if Portia has an intersection with Witch Xialu, or even a transaction, it is likely related to life alchemy.

This is why Angel knew it well, but did not ask, for fear of dragging himself into the vortex.

"You are right. Portia may indeed be trading materials for life alchemy with Witch Xia Lu..." Midora: "Perhaps that is why she focuses more on Witch Xia Lu, not you. So, this time she didn't talk to you about the magic pattern."

"This is also a good thing for you."

Midora paused: "We will pay attention to the situation on Portia's side... How is Qi Li going to deal with it? You will do alchemy for Dong Liz, and then go with her to ask for help from the people of Ashlie Academy?"

Angel shook his head: "No, Portia provided a special extraction method."

Angel briefly talked about the previous conversation with Portia.

"Portia actually has a special extraction method?" Midora was surprised at first, and then couldn't help but sighed: "She is indeed a genius... Granny Nail said that Portia is the most talented alchemist after Mr. Ivo, and this seems to be beyond doubt."

At this point, Midora suddenly looked at Angel: "Of course, you, the freak, are excluded."

Angel: "..."

Midora: "Since you have agreed to refine props for Dong Liz, and Portia provides a special extraction method, do you still plan to contact Sterling?"

"Of course." Angel: "The special extraction method saves limited time. If combined with Sterling's equipment, it can help Qili clean up the No. 1 raw material warehouse as quickly as possible."

Of course, the premise is that Sterling does not ask for too much.

"I can help contact Mr. Sterling right now." Antonio said, "Do you need me to contact him now?"

"Yes, if you don't want Angel, you can contact him now." Midora said, "That's right, I'll talk to Sterling for you, and I guarantee he won't dare to make a random offer."

Angel thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Wait a minute, before contacting Sterling, I want to ask Antonio a question."

Antonio looked at Angel, "Is it the long-distance mission that Witch Portia mentioned before?"

Angel nodded, looking at Antonio with a serious expression, "The long-distance mission is to let the players of the Rising Star Competition enter the Box of Samsara, right? Have you forgotten that I reminded you before not to expand the disordered rhythm of the Box of Samsara? Letting apprentices enter it has no other effect except to speed up the disordered rhythm... Moreover, with the strength of the apprentices, entering the Box of Samsara is completely sending them to death."

After listening to Angel's words, Midora seemed to want to say something, but when he looked at Antonio beside him, he swallowed the words that came up in his throat.

He knew the truth about the long-distance mission, but he didn't know it completely. Antonio, on the other hand, has been dealing with all kinds of internal and external affairs, so he knows the most detailed information. If we need to explain the reason, it is better for Antonio to explain it.

Antonio: "Mr. Pat's words were naturally heard by Lord Rosen and Dean Muse. However, Mr. Pat may have misunderstood. Although the long-distance mission was sent by the Sky Tower, the person who actually initiated the mission was not the two city lords, but the... Grandma Nail who is now in charge of the Guya Realm."

Grandma Nail?

Angel looked up suddenly and looked at the phantom on the other side of the light screen with a look of astonishment.

He didn't know much about Dean Muse and Lord Rosen, but he knew a lot about Grandma Nail. Moreover, Grandma Nail had sat down and talked with Angel because of Mr. Ivo's matter.

Therefore, Angel knew very well that Grandma Nail was definitely not a demented person.

Grandma Nail was not a good person. For example, she knew about the situation of the Purification Garden, but she never thought of stopping it.

She might watch these things with a cold eye, but she would never take the initiative to promote such a deceptive thing.

Therefore, Angel never thought that the long-distance mission would be proposed by Granny Nail...

Could it be that Granny Nail missed Lord Ivo so much that she was willing to sacrifice human lives?