# Chapter 3: Attempting to Transform Abyss System Creatures into Alchemical Creatures...
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The dozens of entries below were basically not worth reading, becoming increasingly absurd. Note that this was still this Alchemy Grandmaster's relatively conservative plan. As for the extreme ones, all living things were uniformly classified as bio-energy, dead things were materials, and inorganic substances were fuels requiring catalysis, etc.
This was the kind of madness where even the Grim Reaper of the Underworld would have to offer a cigarette and call him big brother.
Why was this Alchemy Grandmaster so deranged? The answer was that in the Star Realm, some knowledge required sufficiently strong willpower to control. This one had mastered too much dark knowledge, causing their humanity to evaporate.
And in this Alchemy Grandmaster's eyes, mere humanity was something dispensable, not affecting the construction of alchemical creature techniques. Over time, it became something even more incomprehensible and dangerous than outer realm aberrations—this was the curse of dark knowledge.
Closing the notes, Su Xiao had roughly understood the fundamental reason for the destruction of the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization. Unlike what he had learned before, the top alchemists of the Second Era had a very strong desire for wisdom. The problem was that alchemy had its limits, and they had each reached their respective limits.
Someone like Coin Morber, who after reaching the peak of "Alchemical Mechanism Studies" and "Alchemical Biology," went on to learn and improve pharmacology in their later years, was very rare. It was like how could a master in one field be willing to lower themselves to master basic knowledge of a different branch within the same system?
Coin Morber did this because he knew he wasn't special. He also longed to advance "Alchemical Mechanism Studies" and "Alchemical Biology" further, but to go further, there was no other path except the dark knowledge from the Abyss.
Su Xiao had no such problem at all. He mastered pharmacology more as an aid. He was already too busy strengthening himself to have time to consider the ultimate limits of pharmacology.
In fact, the predicament of the Second Era alchemists was understandable. Just like over half of the "Supreme Peak" powerhouses had thought about and to some extent attempted to go further—if they failed, at most they would damage themselves.
But top alchemists had no way back. Dark knowledge was too alluring. Some beings who mastered powerful creations and had their humanity evaporated—were the other major Void powers of the Second Era really not worried?
From this perspective, the destruction of the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization was inevitable, and also the covert choice of the major powers.
Regarding why the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization targeted the Big Three, there was actually a misconception. Was it possible that what came to this world back then wasn't just the Big Three, but more Void powerhouses? The result was that they all died, leaving only the Big Three with maxed-out survivability to survive.
Even if they survived, they were imprisoned in this realm for several eras. The top alchemists who had their humanity evaporated were indeed ruthless.
Simply put, the major powers of the Second Era all participated in the destruction of the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization, while the Second Era: Alchemical Civilization caused nearly half of the top powerhouses of the Second Era to die in this realm.
If that were truly the case, this world was practically a graveyard for powerhouses.
Su Xiao advanced deeper into the massive laboratory. After a few steps, he turned his head to look at the darkness on the side. In the tall glass pillar there, something seemed about to awaken. He continued forward. As the first to arrive at the "Life Workshop," he would likely gain something here. Moreover, this involved the hunt bounty.
"Toxic Treasure: Find one of the three treasures within the 'Life Workshop' (Pay 5500 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty. Completing this bounty grants 8 times the bounty amount)."
The route here wasn't complicated. The outer area of the huge laboratory had one main road and many branch routes. Su Xiao followed the main road. After 10 minutes, a massive metal door blocked his way.
Preliminary observation showed this was an alchemical creation. The alchemical creations here were basically impossible to destroy—too sturdy and time-consuming. Beside the door, which resembled a steam lift gate, there was an identification device. He wiped off the dust and pressed his right hand on the sensing screen.
"Unauthorized."
A cold female voice came from the identification device, speaking Void language, and a line of small text appeared above:
'If identity verification is not successfully completed within 2 minutes, this area will enter extermination mode.'
After observing the identification device, he grabbed the alchemical maid beside him and pressed her hand onto the device.
"Authorized. Extermination procedure terminated."
The gradually blood-red lights on the ceiling above returned to incandescent white. The lift gate ahead opened. Just as Su Xiao stepped inside, the lift gate slammed shut.
At this moment, at the main entrance of the "Reproduction Hall."
A group of people were sprinting at full speed. Behind them were countless alchemical creatures, some running on land, some flying at low to mid altitude.
Leading this group was surprisingly the burly figure with most of his body being mechanical prosthetics—Mechanical Pope Angel Manr.
Further behind were the 7 "Spirit Hole" Ascension Sorcerer Mentor Loyich, Bubu Wang, Baha, the Grey Hound Brothers, the completely naked, dark-skinned burly figure of Faceless Ghost, and Old Smoker Minister Viliam. Even further back was the Violator Aurora.
Worth mentioning was that Amu was nowhere to be seen, clearly sent by Su Xiao on other business.
This large group was quite peculiar. Initially, Mechanical Pope Angel Manr had a mission to obtain the four keys on the island. But after getting the four keys, the sleeping alchemical creatures on the island suddenly awoke.
The "Alchemical Giant Eye" above had its eyelids tightly shut, with turbid eye fluid dripping down, posing no threat to the group.
But these pursuing alchemical creatures all had causal backlash characteristics. Attacking them would incur causal backlash, which was exceptionally disgusting.
This place suppressed perception, suppressed high-altitude flight, forbade psychic transmission, forbade cross-realm jumping, forbade space (except for that one using the Law-Destroying Teleportation Array, which couldn't even be considered a teleportation ability).
Therefore, Mechanical Pope Angel Manr chose the most primitive and effective method—fleeing for his life. Along the way, the pursuers behind grew more numerous. The once lofty Mechanical Pope Angel Manr had become a minor character on the Revenge Ship. For now, he simply abandoned face, planning to reclaim it after returning to the Empire.
Angel Manr remembered that the last time he ran like this, leading a train of pursuers, was when he was under 30. Today's desperate flight made him feel young again.
With perception completely suppressed, he turned a corner and saw the Law Destroyer team's big dog. This brought a smile to Angel Manr's face—time to share the risk.
But after fully turning the corner, he discovered that behind the big dog, the minotaur, the demon eagle... no, the running vulture, was also a huge group of alchemical creatures. He didn't know what area these guys had opened on the island, but the alchemical creatures chasing them were even more numerous than his.
With just a preliminary exchange of glances, they had already reached an agreement—run together! Those alchemical creatures behind couldn't be killed; smash their heads, and they grew back the next second.
After the two groups joined up, they hadn't run far before they saw Faceless Ghost and Minister Viliam. Minister Viliam was so startled he nearly shoved his cigar up his nose, then turned and fled.
Faceless Ghost and Minister Viliam, who were running ahead, first cursed profusely, only to be cursed back by Baha. If the two ahead hadn't been concerned about saving face, they would have shouted:
'Don't come over here!'
The key point was that Baha, in his running state, was incredibly fast. Before long, he actually overtook Faceless Ghost and temporarily took the lead.
After Baha took the lead, he hadn't run far before Aurora and Mentor Loyich appeared ahead. Mentor Loyich was almost scared into an expression pack. Aurora turned and ran, but the problem was, among everyone present, she was the slowest.
The whole group fled toward the "Reproduction Hall." But just as they were nearing the vicinity of the "Reproduction Hall," they saw two figures, one tall and one short, sprinting toward them. After Baha saw the situation, he was so startled his feathers stood on end.
If what was chasing them was a large group of alchemical creatures, then what was coming toward them behind the Grey Hound Brothers was an endless sea of various alchemical creatures. Further behind, there was even a super-massive, ten-thousand-meter-tall alchemical giant covered in hanging rotting tentacles, with blooming tentacles on its head—an Ancient God power system alchemical giant.
When it came to causing trouble, the Grey Hound Brothers were top-notch.
After the two escape teams joined up, there were pursuers both ahead and behind. To the left was the Sea of Life, to the right was the deeper part of the "Secret Island." The group could only flee deeper into the secret island.
Fortunately, they hadn't run far before reaching the side door of the "Reproduction Hall." The previously sealed side door was now broken, blasted open from the inside.
The group escaped into the "Reproduction Hall." Before they could continue fleeing, the alchemical creatures chasing them outside all stopped.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. These guards on the island were both hard to kill and had the passive characteristic of causal backlash.
"Everyone, since we're forced to travel together, let's temporarily set aside our differences."
Mechanical Pope Angel Manr spoke.
"Agreed."
Minister Viliam consented.
"Mm, that's reasonable."
Mentor Loyich also agreed.
"Alright."
The Grey Hound elder brother spoke. This stunned Mechanical Pope Angel Manr and the other two. The three looked at each other, none of them knowing who had old grudges with these two brothers before.
But that wasn't important. The group began to move forward in formation. When they reached the bedchamber of the Mother of Birth Eve, they only saw broken bones and bloodstains everywhere. Continuing forward, they arrived at the treasury. Mechanical Pope Angel Manr's expression wasn't too pleasant.
From the inward-curling, already broken treasury door, he could see the empty interior. He cursed inwardly but didn't pull out the key in his bosom.
Continuing forward, the group passed through the underground area "Filth Land," which looked like it had been swept by a tornado, with the ceiling completely broken open. Looking at the slashes in the space here, Mentor Loyich couldn't help but twitch his cheek. Any one of those slashes landing on him would mean he could say goodbye to this beautiful world.
Through the diagonally upward underground corridor, the group finally reached the "Life Workshop." Gazing at this huge laboratory like a giant's kingdom, everyone was exceptionally cautious.
Crack~
A slight sound of crystal breaking came. The group immediately stopped and looked toward the source of the sound. There was complete darkness there. Suddenly, emerald green lights lit up. Inside this dozens-of-meters-tall, seven-to-eight-meter-thick tall glass pillar was a monster over twelve meters tall, half-human half-lizard, covered in dark green scales. It suddenly opened its emerald green vertical pupils, looking at the people ahead.
Slap, slap~
One claw of the green-scaled monster, the "Toxic Kai Lin," pressed against the inner wall of the glass pillar. The cracks on the glass pillar rapidly increased.
Seeing this, Mentor Loyich silently took a step back, preparing to retreat behind the others. But he found that after stepping back once, he was still at the front. Everyone else had taken two or more steps back. The most excessive was that running vulture, who had retreated eight or nine steps.
With a boom, the door behind closed and locked. Everyone knew they could only face this "Toxic Kai Lin," which clearly looked very troublesome.
Two hours later.
The outer area of the Life Workshop was in chaos. Various facilities were emitting black smoke, and most of the large containers were shattered.
Mechanical Pope Angel Manr was left with only one arm. Mentor Loyich had overused his soul power and was drowsy. Faceless Ghost was covered in wounds. Minister Viliam had one eye tightly shut, with blood seeping out. Aurora lay not far away; if not for her chest slightly rising and falling, one would suspect she had died from poison.
The corpse of Toxic Kai Lin lay supine on the ground, with emerald green venom spreading in a large pool beneath it. It was dead.
After resting for half an hour, the group decided to continue. The reason was that in the "Filth Land" behind them, strange sounds were growing increasingly intense. It seemed that because the guardian there was dead, the monsters outside were preparing to take the opportunity to enter.
Minister Viliam carried a short-handled battle axe. With a puchi sound, he chopped off Toxic Kai Lin's claw and tried to press it onto the sensing device of the innermost lift door. But there was no reaction. Bubu Wang stepped forward, used a terminal to connect and hack into it, and the thick metal lift door slowly opened.
Mechanical Pope Angel Manr still walked at the front. As the metal lift door slowly opened, emerald green poisonous blood gushed out from the door crack, like a sluice gate opening.
The scene that met their eyes made Mechanical Pope Angel Manr, Mentor Loyich, Aurora, and others all widen their eyes. Through this door was the core area of the "Life Workshop." This place was several times larger than the outer area. Here, densely packed shattered giant glass pillars filled the space, each dozens of meters tall.
The severed limbs of several hundred Toxic Kai Lin were piled into a small mountain here. The ceiling and walls were covered with slashes. Yes, Toxic Kai Lin was the mass-produced ultra-high-tier combat alchemical creature of the Alchemical Civilization.
"Gulp~"
Mechanical Pope Angel Manr swallowed his saliva. He suddenly felt that compared to continuing forward and possibly encountering that humanoid 'monster,' the alchemical creatures outside didn't seem so dangerous anymore.