Chapter 1046: Must Conduct More Research!

Chapter 1046: Must Conduct More Research!

Cynthia Hill walked down the street of Deckan, her eyes roaming over the various sleek buildings. She had just finished the upgrade process for the three steps of perfection, and was now far more comfortable with her new form. Or rather, the entity that had hijacked her body was. The former head of research for the Geer Empire chuckled faintly, stroking her chin.

Given that Geer never had a gender to begin with, it didn’t matter much whether it was possessing a male or a female body. “I’ll need to leave the research team. Or, shall I fake my own death?” She wondered to herself.

Ever since leaving its mechanical frame, the head’s processing power had become far more limited. Unless it was a spell that it had previously constructed, it could no longer freely create fourth tier magic, and would need to spend a few minutes with any spell that it desired to create.

“Perhaps I could stage an explosion in her personal lab. I will just need to take care of the life mark, but there is no issue with that.” This research lab was quite strict with security, as every member was required to leave a sample of their ki in a special device, which would detect their deaths. Additionally, everyone had the rest of the staff on their contacts list in the system.

If not for the fact that she still felt bound by the power of fate, she would simply destroy the entire research base. However, that would no doubt trigger the terrifying power to ensure an unfortunate end for herself. If she wanted to do it that way, she would need to make sure that they first initiate a threat, giving her suitable reason to defend herself, as she did with the body she was currently possessing.

Sadly, there’s no way to do so without me being the one to intentionally provoke them into action. Cynthia wasn’t sure just how strict the limitations of the power were, as it was beyond even the scope of fourth tier magic. Thus, she had never been able to fully analyze it. With that being the case, it was always best to assume that it was as strict as possible.

Now that she had decided how she wanted to break away from her current research group, all that was left was planning what to do after she had left. Would she try to join the Another World Research Group? Maybe she should start her own group?

Despite the great power that the head of research had possessed in the past, it had never been a fighter. That had ultimately been the cause of its first death, with the second being even less avoidable due to interference directly from the void. Now that she had a third chance at life, she had to play it carefully.

There’s probably not going to be another chance to bring back the Geer. She thought sadly to herself, having been working on that prior to the events of V-Day. Unfortunately, all of her efforts had gone to waste.

Either way, the first thing that she needed to do was take care of her current identity. Cynthia had a private lab under her house, in which she conducted her personal research projects. She made her way there with a smile on her face, looking like she was going to be getting to work as normal. Even before the head possessed her, Cynthia believed that her boss had installed hidden monitoring devices within her lab, so these devices had been easily uncovered by her new mind.

Of course, they were left in place to avoid suspicion. Having video evidence recording her ‘death’ would only add further credibility to her claims.

The research project that Cynthia was working on at the moment was a chemical experiment. She had various vials and beakers filled with chemical agents, as well as refined essences of basic energies.

At the same time, they could serve as the key component of a lock, only allowing the lock to be undone if Chelsea herself would open it. This was the great security energy that she had always wanted. Hopefully, it will even be able to integrate with local defenses, but we’ll see how that goes.

To create this energy, Chelsea had studied both World Sight and the Servant Energy, hoping to create a proper union between them. The energy itself didn’t need direct offensive capabilities, but she would thoroughly test it after its creation to see if there were any surprises in store for her.

“How’s it going?” Treisha asked, walking over to check on Chelsea. She had been the first to finish her assignment, though she wasn’t particularly happy with her results. She created an energy that could store the magical fluctuations of a spell to use at a later date, but each instance was only usable once, and the energy couldn’t be absorbed into the body while it had a spell stored in it.

“I’ve got the necessary energy chains, I’m just finding a way to stabilize their connections without losing the properties that I’m wanting.” Chelsea shook her head. Every simulation she ran ended with catastrophic failure. Just to humor him, she had even adjusted the ki position in the formula, which made the explosion more than thirty percent more powerful.

Treisha nodded her head, looking at the formula. “What about mixing some of the World Spirit formula in here?” She asked, pointing at a corner of the screen.

Chelsea blinked, thinking it over. She began disassembling the formula to create World Spirits, finding bits and pieces that could be inserted into her project. With a direction pointed out for her, she was able to fill in the blanks herself. Although it was still not a perfect fusion, there was a small chance of success. This meant that she simply had to make slight adjustments to the overall formula in order to create that success rate.

“Thanks, Treisha!” Chelsea said in a bright tone, grinning towards the elf. “How are the others?”

“The twins are having a hard time, I think.” Treisha shook her head. “Having two minds can create great cooperation, but when they don’t agree on something, it makes it a lot harder for them to reach an understanding.”

Chelsea nodded her head. Such disagreements wouldn’t get in the way of daily life, but research could be difficult whenever the two didn’t see eye to eye. “I’m sure that they’ll be able to work it out. How about James, though?”

“I couldn’t say.” Treisha shook her head. “I haven’t been to his area yet. But he said that his energy was a bit dangerous, so we weren’t supposed to disturb him while he was working.”

Chelsea shrugged her shoulders. That was pretty normal for James, who would often get lost in his work and lose weeks of time, if not months before realizing that he hadn’t left his lab. As for the details of his energy, even Chelsea herself didn’t know what he was up to.

Suddenly, there was a faint tremor in the ground, causing Chelsea’s brow to furrow. “Looks like he blew up another one... let’s go see what he has to say this time.” She smirked slightly, hopping to her feet and leading the way out of the lab.