Dr. Dayou grabbed Dr. X by the shoulder, his tone almost accusatory: "What did you say? You actually created an artificial Spirit Bone? It's not the kind where you extract the Spirit Bone first using the self-condensing Spirit Bone method, and then pull it out?"
Facing Dr. Dayou's undisguised doubt and distrust, Dr. X was instantly enraged.
"Do you take me for one of those shifty, unscrupulous merchants?!" He shook off Dr. Dayou's hand, pointed at the ceiling, and shouted, "I swear to the Water God! I am absolutely not lying to you!"
He took a deep breath to calm his emotions, then slowly explained:
"However... it can indeed be considered as being explored indirectly through the self-condensing Spirit Bone method. I collected the bones that were discarded due to failed self-condensing Spirit Bone attempts, refined, extracted, and performed Fusion on them. Finally, I discovered that besides needing Soul Power, it also requires the Soul Power and the bones to form a perfect combination, achieving a state of ordered balance rather than chaos, for it to succeed."
He paused and continued: "I have also tried using Soul Beast bones. Relying solely on the Soul Beast's own bones doesn't work; after all, Soul Beasts like plants and jellyfish don't have bones at all. But if you add things like the fur of a Soul Beast, the success rate increases significantly."
As he spoke, Dr. X took two Spirit Bones out of his storage spirit tool and placed them in front of everyone.
One was ten-year, and one was hundred-year.
However, compared to the Spirit Bones Furina had previously left for the Research Department, these two were truly ugly in appearance, somewhat deformed, and their shapes were not very regular.
Dr. X, however, introduced them without a care: "These are my two best results so far. Although they are a bit ugly, they work! After all, this technology is not yet mature. Being able to produce such results, I think I have over ninety percent certainty of becoming the number one doctor!"
He patted Dr. Dayou on the shoulder and said with a grin: "Don't worry, Dr. Dayou, after I achieve fame and success, I won't forget you."
Dr. Dayou slapped his hand away and snorted coldly: "Hmph! Save it! I haven't even used my full strength yet! Besides, Dr. Da Mu and Dr. Jing are no pushovers either."
Dr. X curled his lips in disdain: "Dr. Jing is alright. As for Dr. Da Mu... I just think his ideas are very Heaven-Defying, but actually implementing them successfully, I'm afraid, is harder than ascending to heaven. I heard he recently actually found a mutated Ten-thousand-year Soul Beast to fall in love with!"
Just then, the door was pushed open.
Furina walked in with a group of people and happened to hear the last sentence.
She raised an eyebrow and asked: "I seem to have heard something incredible."
Huo Yuhao replied honestly: "It seems to be about... falling in love with a mutated Ten-thousand-year Soul Beast."
Wang Dong opened his mouth, unsure of how to comment for a moment: "Uh... how should I put this..."
Tang Ya frowned, her tone complex: "I can understand a Soul Beast cultivating into human form, but falling in love with a Ten-thousand-year Soul Beast that isn't in human form... isn't that a bit much?"
Bei Bei remained silent and expressed no opinion.
Xiao Xiao just felt her worldview had received a violent shock.
When Dr. Dayou and Dr. X saw the newcomers, they were immediately overjoyed and shouted in unison: "Your Excellency Pope! You're back!!!"
Hearing the commotion, Dr. Da Mu and Dr. Jing also rushed out from their respective departments.
Led by the four doctors, they all bowed in unison: "Welcome back, Your Excellency Pope!" Their tone was full of joy and excitement.
Furina nodded slightly, signaling everyone not to be overly formal: "No need for formalities. I just brought some friends over to look around, and by the way, see how your respective progress is coming along."
Dr. Dayou stepped forward first and reported confidently: "Rest assured, Your Excellency Pope! On my end, I have already been able to research a method for self-condensing spirit rings. However, regarding the artificial spirit ring side, I still lack some theoretical knowledge, for example, regarding the Soul, or regarding mental force."
A thoughtful gleam flashed in his eyes: "If I could extract the Soul and spirit of a Soul Beast to conduct research, perhaps I could successfully develop artificial spirit rings."
Furina was secretly surprised.
Good grief, they were able to figure this out, and even knew that knowledge regarding the Soul was needed. It seems that with a little inspiration, the local talents of Douluo Continent are quite capable. It can only be said that the influence of Heaven's Will was too great before.
She nodded and said to Dr. Dayou: "Hmm, very good. Then why don't you go with Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao has done some research in this area."
Huo Yuhao understood instantly that Furina was referring to his Cultivation of Necromancy from Electrolux. Necromancy is indeed closely related to the Soul and mental force, and perhaps it could really help Dr. Dayou advance the research on artificial spirit rings.
Once successful, there would be no need to hunt Soul Beasts to obtain spirit rings, and they could even further develop artificial spirit souls; that would be perfect.
He immediately replied: "Alright, Sister Furina."
Furina's considerations went far beyond this. Besides Necromancy, there was also Electrolux himself. Nowadays, Electrolux is not only alive but also stronger than in the original work. With him helping to advance the development of spirit souls, the results will certainly far exceed the artificial spirit souls in the original work.
Dr. Dayou trusted Furina's words one hundred percent. Although he didn't know when Huo Yuhao had become proficient in the Soul aspect, that was not important; what was important was that he could help him accelerate the research on artificial spirit rings.
He nodded repeatedly, his joy evident: "Thank you, Your Excellency Pope! Huo Yuhao, come, come, come with me over here."
As he spoke, he beckoned Huo Yuhao to walk toward his laboratory.
Bei Bei and his group, however, were stunned on the spot, looking at each other, their eyes full of shock.
Furina's Axis Cult was actually researching self-condensing spirit rings, and even artificial spirit rings? This was simply too inconceivable! More importantly, they actually already had results!
In this way, the future Axis Cult would inevitably change the landscape of Douluo Continent and change the status quo between Spirit Masters and Soul Beasts.
Ye Guyi, however, did not feel surprised. She had always stayed in the Axis Cult, and although she didn't pay attention to what the Research Department was specifically doing, she knew that the things Furina had them research would never be ordinary. Self-condensing spirit rings and such were, in her view, perfectly normal.
After all, Furina always had some wild ideas and notions, and could produce all sorts of rare items; she had long since become accustomed to it.
After Dr. Dayou left, Dr. X hurriedly stepped forward, eager to show his results: "Your Excellency Pope, on my end, regarding self-condensing Spirit Bones and artificial Spirit Bones, I have also made progress!"
He activated the Spirit Ability of the self-condensed ten-year Spirit Bone in his right hand again, and a layer of white light instantly enveloped his whole body. He then pointed to the two ugly Spirit Bones on the table: "This one is what I self-condensed. These two were made using the method I explored myself; although they are not yet perfect, I can only say they are barely usable, not comparable to the ones you gave us before."
Furina nodded slightly, feeling moved in her heart.
In less than two years, for Dr. Dayou and Dr. X to really be able to produce these things was truly not easy, and it also far exceeded her expectations.
"Not bad, not bad." She nodded approvingly, then her brows furrowed slightly, and her gaze fell on Dr. X: "However... I feel like your Soul Power is a bit off?"
Dr. X gave a bitter laugh, his tone as flat as if he were talking about someone else's affairs: "There's no other way. In order to self-condense Spirit Bones, I don't know how many times my limbs have been cut off; my Foundation has been damaged. It is normal for my Soul Power to be somewhat ethereal and unstable."
Furina pondered for a moment and said: "Then you should rest for now, and Cultivate well in the meantime. Later, I will give you and the others some Medicinal Pills and Immortal Herbs to replenish yourselves. Although it will affect your potential, at least it can push you to a Realm above Spirit Saint, so you can continue your research."
Upon hearing this, Dr. X, Dr. Da Mu, and Dr. Jing were immediately moved to tears and said in unison: "We are deeply grateful! Your Excellency Pope!"
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