My Players Are So Fierce-Chapter 410

Chapter 410: Lady Tris’s Otherworld Observation Journal – Second Volume

“That mark was just imprinted, matching the style we found on Zweig and Mr. X’s remains.”

Although Turner, the “Dusk Affairs Specialist,” had already examined the remains of the first Count of Seicob, Grand Duchess Tris couldn’t let her visit go to waste. So after Turner and Valand left, Tris used her vampire abilities to conduct another examination of the recovered remains.

While maintaining the flow of crimson spirit energy over the bones, she said to Murphy who was waiting for the results:

“So we can be certain that whoever was secretly orchestrating this tomb robbery must be that ‘Source’ or one of her servants.”

“I’ve noticed that almost every operation involving ‘Source’ is related to necromancy,” Murphy said with furrowed brows.

“So can we conclude that this person is a necromancy master? According to your previous deductions, she must be connected to the Moon Temple of the Sanghai Empire in the Origin Land? Could she be someone from Sanghai?”

“No, she’s not.”

Tris shook her head and said:

“Using this kind of power doesn’t mean she’s connected to the Sanghai people. The Moon Priests’ netherworld mysteries have obviously leaked extensively, and we can’t even be sure when these knowledge leaks began.

Murphy, you need to understand that although necromantic knowledge has always been monopolized by the Moon Priests, this doesn’t mean others can’t glimpse the netherworld through other means.

That truly existing plane isn’t the exclusive property of the Moon Priests, and necromantic power has been leaking across the continent in recent years.

It’s simply the difference between formal training and self-taught practitioners.

However, the necromantic powers that ‘Source’ uses certainly don’t seem like something a self-taught practitioner would figure out, just the undead army beneath the Seicob City ruins isn’t something a beginner could create.

So, for now, we have to wait for the support promised by Lord Payne. I guess the Lord will definitely reach an agreement with the Moon Holy City.

The Lord has always been diplomatic, with high prestige among various factions.”

“I trust the Lord, but I just hope his reinforcements arrive faster, we don’t have much time left.”

Murphy rubbed his temples and said:

“I really hope to deal with this damned ‘Source’ and her shadowy forces before the Black Plague breaks out, but from the current situation, we probably won’t have that chance.”

“She won’t cause you trouble anytime soon, I guarantee it.

You can focus your energy on the Foul Swamp area first, and then figure out how to resolve the Seicob City problem after the Lord’s reinforcements arrive.”

Tris said with a subtle tone.

The certainty in her words made Murphy give her a surprised look.

Tris had no intention of telling Murphy that she had actually faced “Source” head-on, only failing to capture her opponent who escaped, but the Spirit Sovereign was very confident in her destructive power.

She was certain that their last confrontation in the Ice Bay region had wounded “Source,” and knowing that person’s style, she wouldn’t cause trouble again before recovering.

Tris could be sure of this because that person was trained by her own hands.

She was familiar with that person’s way of doing things.

Murphy didn’t pursue the question further, trusting Tris’s judgment in such matters. A few minutes later, Tris applied a spirit energy protection technique to the first Count’s remains, then took Murphy back to the Blood Vulture Halls.

Thanks to the little players frequently using portals to travel between various places in Transia during this period, Tris had enough samples to improve the teleportation technique that was previously scorned by Spirit Mages.

She told Murphy that the probability of teleportation malfunction was now very low, but Murphy remained cautious.

Unless necessary, Murphy would absolutely avoid using portals.

After all, he only had one life, with no three-day resurrection rule. If he got thrown into the Astral Realm, he wouldn’t be able to return quickly, he might even need players to organize an expedition into the Astral Realm to rescue him.

Wait!

That’s another good idea!

Why not create an “Astral Rescue” quest chain?

It would be perfect to let players see the mysterious scenery of this magical world firsthand.

Murphy’s eyes lit up as he quickly took out his notebook to record this “inspiration,” waiting for the right time to release this quest chain.

Tris watched this scene with mild exasperation.

As a member of the “development team,” she knew exactly what Murphy was doing.

“Aren’t you going to do experiments?”

Murphy finished recording his inspiration and turned back to look at Tris with surprise, asking curiously:

“Why are you so free today?”

“The experiments are done!”

Tris rolled her eyes and said:

“From generating inspiration to designing experiments to completing trials and making progress, I just got results last night, and now I’m preparing to check the results. Want to come along?”

“Sure!”

Murphy gladly accepted this invitation.

He had been curious about what Tris had been doing locked up in her laboratory all this time, and seeing her so confident now made him even more interested.

He followed Tris all the way down to the collapsed area at the bottom of the Blood Vulture Halls.

Although cleanup had been ongoing here, due to the complexity of the Blood Vulture Halls’ internal structure, workers kept finding inexplicable collapse points, making the cleanup work seem like an endless toil.

However, according to the young lady’s report, most of the collapsed areas in the halls had been cleared, and the remaining parts could be completed within a month. After that, Murphy could consider redesigning and reconstructing the halls.

The Stonemason Guild was working on the design drawings.

Old Chen’s idea was to not only repair the underground structure this time but also build the planned “Midnight Tower” right above the Blood Vulture Halls as a landmark building for both the Crimson Citadel and Transia.

Ah, from this point alone, one can confirm that the urge to “build wonders” is an eternal desire hidden in the heart of every civil engineering dog.

It never disappears with age.

“Where’s your experimental product?”

Murphy saw Tris stop and knew they had reached the test area, but looking left and right, he couldn’t find anything worth noting in this empty place.

If anything had to be mentioned, several spherical bombs had been buried under the collapsed passage ahead.

Holy crap!

Had Tris secretly respecced into an “Explosion Witch” while he wasn’t paying attention?

“Right there, open your eyes wide and behold the amazing wisdom I’ve gained from otherworldly knowledge!”

The Crimson Witch laughed and lightly drew her finger through the air in front of her, sending three floating spirit energy fireballs under her control to ignite the planted explosives ahead.

She herself whooshed into a swarm of flying little bats on the spot, jumping back to stabilize her form again before covering her ears with her hands.

Seeing Tris’s actions, Murphy knew something was wrong.

But the damn explosives’ fuses burned too quickly, he only had time to fold his broad blood wings to shield his body before a huge boom rang out, completely blasting open the collapsed tunnel.

Flying rocks pelted Murphy’s wings with loud impacts, but fortunately, although the explosion was violent, it was only ordinary physical damage without spirit energy shock waves, so the vampire lord wouldn’t get his head split open by flying bricks.

That would have been too embarrassing. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

The explosion came quickly and went quickly, and soon the tremors at the site settled down.

In front of the tunnel filled with swirling dust mixed with heavy gunpowder smell, Murphy spread his blood wings to look at the large crater blown out and the now-connected tunnel before him.

He gave a strange look to the proud Tris and said:

“How is the explosive power so great? It doesn’t seem like something black powder could achieve, did you add combustion gold powder?”

“NO NO NO!”

Tris wagged her finger in front of Murphy’s face, blinking her enchanting big eyes as she said:

“You can guess more boldly. As I just said, this is inspired by otherworldly knowledge. I did add something to ordinary black powder bombs, but it wasn’t combustion gold.”

“???”

Murphy’s eyes widened.

He had already guessed what Tris had been working on in the laboratory all this time. The first image that flashed through his mind was the “periodic table” he had previously seen on Tris’s desk.

That was what that little fool Lumina had specially “offered up” to curry favor with Tris.

So, Tris had actually comprehended some quite terrifying knowledge from that table, right? Is this the gold content of a Grandmaster Alchemist?

Damn, self-learning the periodic table from scratch to make TNT?

“I can’t guess, after all, it’s knowledge from another world.”

Murphy was as clear as a mirror inside, but he still put on a confused expression of incomprehension. Tris pouted, not bothering to say more to her academically challenged offspring.

She waved her hand and said:

“You’re not a professional, so naturally you can’t understand, but I successfully created this continent’s first batch of picric acid… oh my, it’s nothing profound, just represents that I haven’t wasted my time these days.”

“Holy crap!”

Murphy maintained a poker face but was actually overjoyed inside.

Even though he hadn’t studied related fields in his experiences in another world, he still knew what this name meant. If Tris had already produced “fantasy version picric acid,” then she was just one step away from figuring out the real TNT formula.

This might not sound like a big deal, but Murphy, who was familiar with the “otherworldly tech tree,” knew that the success of Tris’s experiments meant nothing less than achieving the first step of “defying heaven’s will” for Transia!

Once Transia’s armament factories could mass-produce yellow powder, Brother Loyalty’s ammunition problems would be immediately solved, and his plans to arm his soldiers with otherworldly weapons would no longer be just a vague ideal.

From this perspective, although Tris had bad luck, she definitely had the hidden attribute of “bringing prosperity to her husband”!

“I don’t understand, but I’m greatly shocked.”

Murphy stepped forward and said to Tris:

“Seeing you so pleased, I know you must have made something amazing. The explosive power has greatly increased without adding combustion gold powder, making me can’t help but wonder what terrifying thing we’d get if we added combustion gold powder to your newly made gunpowder.

Although I don’t really understand alchemy, I guess you’d be willing to share your mental journey during this time with me?”

“Tch, nothing much to say.”

Tris gave a coquettish pout, but how could she bear to disappoint her dear Murphy?

So on the way back to the office from the underground collapsed area that had been blown open, Tris revealed her learning process during this period.

It wasn’t as difficult as Murphy imagined, because Tris wasn’t starting from absolute zero.

She would always lurk in the threads where those “criminal-minded” appetite-satisfying parties discussed while surfing the forum.

As everyone knows, you never know whether the person chatting with you on the other end is human or dog, and there are always various experts lurking on the magical internet. Tris learned about the development history of “otherworldly gunpowder” from those threads.

So she got inspired, and with the periodic table in hand and occasional guidance from Lumina regarding chemistry, Tris quickly mastered some basic chemical knowledge.

After learning molecular formula balancing and formula derivation, the Crimson Witch began attempts in this direction.

She was already a Grandmaster Alchemist, so designing and advancing chemical experiments could be said to be a piece of cake. She could find substitutes for various instruments in her laboratory, and she would craft any instruments she couldn’t find.

Picric acid wasn’t some profound technology either, there were complete preparation procedures for it in the 18th century.

Standing on the “shoulders of giants,” what Tris needed to do was restore those technical processes and do “localization processing,” which was no challenge for her at all.

“I feel like I’ve opened the door to a new world!”

Tris was as happy as a girl who got full marks on an exam, even spinning around beside Murphy with sparkling eyes as she said:

“Facts prove that otherworldly alchemy techniques are far more advanced than our current process flows, especially in extraction and crystallization where they far surpass us.

This has brought me so many many many inspirations, just like when I was still an alchemy apprentice, that magical state of having inspiration explosions every day, making me feel like I’ve returned to my youth.

I want to see more, I want to learn more.”

At this point, Tris rolled her eyes, moved closer to Murphy and put her hand on the vampire lord’s shoulder, saying softly:

“Aren’t those little ones establishing an ‘information platform’ in their world to connect with the forum?

Although I still can’t understand those mysterious methods of information interaction, I guess through that platform they built themselves, it would allow us otherworlders to freely browse in their ‘infinite library’?

I will no longer be constrained by forum information, able to sail in the ocean of otherworldly knowledge.

But I know all this needs your permission.”

“Their third-party platform does indeed have built-in browsers and search engines”

Murphy hesitated for a moment.

He said to Tris:

“But the nearly boundless information over there isn’t always good, there’s also a lot of darkness.”

“You sound just like a worried father cautioning his unworldly daughter that there are bad people in this world.”

Tris tapped Murphy’s head and sharply criticized:

“However, I’ve lived for over 400 years, I understand the truth of this world better than you, and although you’ve always stubbornly believed I’m a great person, the fact is that for a very long time in the past, I could be classified as one of the ‘bad people’ you imagine.

I know how to protect myself, and all my understanding of otherworldly knowledge will be under your monitoring. I’m willing to obey whatever rules you set for me.

I just want to see their world with my own eyes”

“You’ll become a ‘cyber ghost’ wandering in the network, an ‘otherworldly internet-addicted vampire’.”

Murphy sighed and said:

“I don’t know if this is good or bad, but I can be certain that you definitely won’t be the first. Speaking of which, I’ve been planning to open forum access to Miriam, Femis and Maxim as well.

The former can learn political experience from another world, while the latter needs to quickly become a great military commander through reading and watching vast amounts of war experience.

As for the young lady, she needs to better understand our warriors to build her own distinctive small midnight faction organization.

What do you think about this idea?”

“This is fantastic!”

Tris clapped her hands and said:

“So the ‘development team’ is recruiting new members? No need to be sad about Assistant Xiao Cui’s promotion, because ‘Assistant Cynthia’, ‘Assistant Femis’ and ‘Assistant Max’ are about to join the battlefield.”

“Smack”

Murphy expressionlessly tapped Tris’s forehead and said:

“Only learning the good stuff and not these unfounded things, and their three names can’t be so straightforward and obvious either. You should know there are always clever ones among the little players, we need to get them some localized names.

Hmm, let’s just call them Xiao Mi, Fei Fei and Old Ma.

However, there’s one more thing.”

He looked at Tris and said very seriously:

“Lumina helped you figure all this out, she guided you into the new world, so as an alchemist grandmaster who worships knowledge, shouldn’t you give her some reward?”

“I’ve already prepared treasure chest keys for her!”

Tris nodded and said:

“I secretly put several very powerful things in the treasure chest that will definitely make little Lumina very satisfied.”

“No no no, that girl doesn’t pursue equipment, she’s an RP party member.”

Murphy shook his head and said:

“You and I both know what she wants, so I think perhaps we should try to satisfy her desire”

Tris blinked her eyes and said:

“You mean, help her become an ‘elf’? But that appearance modification scheme has risks.”

“Players don’t care about these things!”

Murphy showed a subtle and strange smile as he stroked Tris’s long hair and said:

“As you said, they are the best ‘test subjects’, and it’s time to release some news about the big move the development team has been holding back to create some buzz. So, let’s officially put our ‘race transformation’ feature on the testing schedule.

I believe Lumina will bring 200% enthusiasm to assist us in completing this functional test, but before that, we first need to get the preparation work done.

For example, a drop of blood from a moon elf…

I originally planned to do it myself, but I suddenly realized that perhaps Maxim could help me get this done~”