"I know what you're thinking, this expedition mission is not the same as the last call to purify the garden." Portia: "Purifying the garden was indeed involuntary for the apprentices at that time. But this expedition mission, It is optional, and it is up to the apprentice to accept 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 of Muse that the inside of the Box of Reincarnation is very dangerous, and even if a legendary wizard enters, it may fall. In this case, they issued a so-called long-distance mission. , isn't it the players who are pitting the Rising Stars?"
Even legendary wizards will fall, and the entry of apprentices is basically a situation of no life.
Moreover, the situation of the Box of Reincarnation is very special, and Angel is very sure that even if the high-level executives of Sky Mechanic City release the exploration mission, they will not tell the real situation of the mission.
The mission was released without informing about the danger level of the Box of Reincarnation. Even if this task, the apprentice can choose not to take it, which is very unsuitable.
Is it not a pit that concealing information leads to the death of the person taking the mission?
Portia was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Are you sympathizing with them?"
Angel closed his eyes and shook his head: "I'm not qualified to sympathize with anyone, I just have some... sympathy."
After all, the matter of purifying the garden has not passed a few years, but for Angel it was yesterday.
Portia smiled and said: "Little brother Angel, you are really getting more and more interesting. Speaking of which, it has been a long time since the R&D Institute has come to a person like you. The blood is not cold yet, and the spirit is sharp and sharp, I like it very much. ."
"No wonder Granny Nail admires you so much. You and Lord Ivo... are indeed very similar."
"I'm pretty sure now that it was the right choice for Dean Muse to recruit you into the R&D Institute."
Angel: "..." Is this changing the subject?
Portia chuckled: "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 really. Let the apprentice die."
"It's like Don Liz. Although I don't know why she has to make the hat you made, but according to Galatea, if she got your hat, wouldn't the survival rate increase to 90%? Even without you Refined hats, their mortality rate will not be close to zero."
Angel shook his head: "Survival rate and customs clearance are two different things."
Like Ivo, how many years has he been in the cage? He also didn't die.
But if Angel hadn't entered the box of reincarnation by chance, and happened to meet Ivo in the current hour and space, he might still be struggling in the cage.
With the materiality of the box of reincarnation, as long as you don't pass the customs, it's basically no different from dying.
And clearance...it's hard.
After entering the box of reincarnation, except for the power of the bloodline of the body itself, all other powers mastered will be temporarily blocked.
Only with the power of the physical body, there is a chance to "clear the customs" if you have to clear a full twenty reincarnations.
Can it be done with the strength of an apprentice?
Frost is a legendary sorcerer. He has a legendary-level bloodline flesh. In the end, he paid an arm as the price to barely get through the twenty-hour space and come out of reincarnation.
Even legendary wizards, 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, let me Antonio will tell you."
After a pause, Portia said again, "You shouldn't have anything else to do, right?"
Angel thought for a while and shook his head: "It's gone for now."
Portia stood up: "Then I'll leave. I still have some experiments to do over there... Do you want me to call Antonio for you?"
Angel nodded.
"Little brother Angel, I hope to see your new product next time we meet." Portia swayed and was about 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 Bilon Tree Court now, right?"
Angel nodded.
"Then tell me the specific address, and I will send the assistant to Bilon Tree Court later and give you the special extraction method."
Angel: "Can't you just leave it to Qi Li?"
Anyway, Qi Li is also in the Sky Machine City. If you hand it over to him, don't you just go around in a circle?
Portia covered her face and chuckled: "Since you have chosen the second option, do you think it's appropriate for me to hand it over to Qi Li directly? If I come forward, I might as well choose the first option."
"So, I'll give you the special extraction method directly. You can give it to Qi Li as you want. Anyway, I must exclude myself."
"Also, my assistant will stay in Bilon Tree Court for the time being. If you want to make hats and can't find other alchemy assistants, you can also ask her to help. When you have finished refining the hats, hand them over to her. Will bring it to Tonliz."
Angel nodded: "Your assistant is..."
Portia: "My assistant's name is Sally."
As she spoke, Portia used illusion to create a phantom of Sariel. Portia's illusion has obvious signs of stiffness, and it seems that she has not studied for too long, and the illusion created is also a bit flawed.
To put it simply, I want to create a three-dimensional silhouette, but the final effect is similar to a flat photo.
Although the effect was not satisfactory, Angel had seen Sally's appearance anyway.
A short, chubby girl with freckles, looking very quiet. The biggest feature of her is that the hair accessories on the top of her head are strings of blue-yellow sea buckthorn fruits. The number of sea buckthorn fruits is so numerous that it almost drowns her black hair.
"She planted the sea buckthorn fruit on Sariel's head." Portia explained casually, as if noticing Angel's gaze on the sea buckthorn fruit.
"Her sea buckthorn fruit is made of hair and skin and blood. It tastes good, sweet and sour. Would you like to try it?"
Angel: ...skin and blood as nourishment? Is that what he meant by it? Directly use the scalp as a fruit field to grow fruits?
Is this fruit really edible?
"No need." Angel refused. After speaking, he felt a little dry, and added: "I don't like eating sea buckthorn fruit very much."
Portia raised her eyebrows: "Don't you like it? If Sariel knew that the super-dimensional adults she admired didn't like sea buckthorn fruit, she would definitely be sad."
Angel was silent.
Portia covered her mouth and smiled tenderly: "I'm joking, what she admires most is not the super-dimensional master, but another person. However, you are the second person she admires, which is true."
"Wait for Sally to come to you, maybe there will be a surprise for you."
Angel: "Surprise?"
Portia: "You'll know when she's here... I'll leave first."
After speaking, Portia did not stay in the signal tower any longer, and walked out of the gate while swinging the lace-side folding fan.
...
Not long after Portia left, a gray-white shadow appeared on the screen.
The gray-white shadow is the R&D Institute's patron saint, Antonio.
Along with Antonio came Midora, the master of potions.
"Did Portia ask you to help find the magic pattern?" Midora just came in, she leaned in front of the light screen and asked Angel who was opposite.
Angel shook his head: "She didn't mention the magic pattern."
Did not mention? Midora was stunned for a moment. Portia's recently purchased materials showed that her research had begun to deepen the transformation of matter into life. Under such circumstances, she did not ask Angel about the magic pattern?
Midora continued to ask: "Did she say anything about the alchemy of life? Even if it's a vague mention?"
Angel still shook his head: "No."
"It's not... that's weird." Midora frowned, "Could it be that she has information about the magic pattern? Or, she thinks that you may not be able to find the magic pattern, so she didn't mention it for the time being? "
Angel shrugged: "I don't know about this, but Portia said that she was trading with Witch Xia Lu recently, as if she wanted to buy some materials from Witch Xia Lu."
"This time about Qi Li, the condition she offered was for me to help Xia Lu witch student Dong Liz refine a prop."
Midora: "Do you think this is different?"
Angel nodded: "The identity of the witch Xia Lu is unusual."
Angel didn't ask about the transaction between the witch Xia Lu and Portia before, not because he was not curious, but because he was worried that talking about the transaction between them would lead to the topic of life alchemy.
because--
"Witch Xia Lu and Dong La are both Carabites. Their common hobby is to study the transplantation and grafting of living things."
However, the witch Xia Lu is a little better, and she will not forcibly graft organs to others like Dong La, and inexplicably offend others.
But this does not mean that the witch Xia Lu is kind, she is also cruel, just slightly better than Dong La.
The research direction of Witch Xia Lu must be related to the alchemy of life. Therefore, if Portia has an intersection with Witch Xia Lu, or even trades, there is a high probability that it is related to the alchemy of life.
That's why, Angel knew it well, but he didn't ask, for fear of pulling himself into the whirlpool.
"You're right, Portia may indeed be trading materials for the Alchemy of Life with Witch Xia Lu..." Midora: "Perhaps that's why her focus is more on Witch Xia Lu, and Not you. So, she didn't talk to you about the magic pattern this time."
"This is a good thing for you."
Midora paused: "We will pay attention to the situation on Portia's side... On Qi Li's side, how is she going to solve it? You alchemy Don Liz, and then go with her to intercede with the people at Ashriere College. ?"
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 she couldn't help sighing: "As expected of a genius... Granny Nail said that Portia is the most talented alchemy wizard after Lord Ivo. There seems to be no doubt about that.”
When Midora said this, she suddenly looked at Angel: "Of course, except for you freak."
Angel: "..."
Midora: "Since you have already promised to refine props for Dong Liz, and Portia has provided a special extraction method, are you still planning to contact Stirling?"
"Of course you have to get in touch." Angel: "The time saved by the special extraction method is limited. If you cooperate with Stirling equipment, you can help Qi Li clean up the No. 1 raw material library as quickly as possible."
Of course, the premise is that Stirling does not want the lion to open his mouth.
"I can help contact Mr. Stirling now." Antonio said, "Do you need me to contact now?"
"Yes, if you want to worry about Geer, you can contact me now." Midora said next to him: "Just in time, I will help you talk to Sterling, and make sure that he will not dare to make random bids."
Angel thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Wait, before contacting Stirling, I want to ask Antonio a question."
Antonio looked at Angel: "Is it the long-distance mission that the witch Portia mentioned before?"
Angel nodded and looked at Antonio with a solemn expression: "The mission of the long journey is to let the players of the Nova Tournament enter the Box of Reincarnation, right? Did you forget, I reminded before, don't let the out-of-order rhythm of the Box of Reincarnation expand, Let the apprentices enter it, except to speed up the rhythm of disorder, there is no other effect... Moreover, with the strength of the apprentices, entering the box of reincarnation is completely sending them to death."
After listening to Angel's words, Midora seemed to want to say something, but after looking at Antonio, she swallowed the words that came to her throat.
He knew the truth about the long-distance mission, but not all of it. On the other hand, Antonio, because he has been dealing with various internal and external business affairs, he knows the most detailed situation. If you want to explain the reason, it is better for Antonio to do it.
Antonio: "What Mr. Pat said, Lord Rosen and Dean Muse naturally listened to the ears. However, Mr. Pat may have misunderstood. Although this long-distance mission was sent by the Sky Tower, the real mission was initiated. People, not the two city masters, but the one who is now sitting in the ancient Asian world... Granny Nail."
Nail mother-in-law?
Angel suddenly raised his head and looked at the phantom on the opposite side of the light screen in astonishment.
He didn't know much about Dean Muse and Lord Rosen, but he knew a lot about Granny Nail. Moreover, Granny Nail also sat down and had a heart-to-heart talk with Angel because of Lord Ivo.
Therefore, Angel is very clear that Granny Nail is definitely not a demented person.
Granny Nail is not a good person, like the situation of purifying the garden, she knew, but she never thought to stop it.
She may watch these things with a cold eye, but she will never take the initiative to promote such deceitful things.
For this reason, Angel never thought that the long-distance mission would be proposed by Granny Nail...
Could it be that Granny Nail misses Lord Ivo so much that she even sacrificed her life to stack it?