In the spacious study room.
The bright candlelight flickered slightly, casting long shadows on the wall.
Sunan sat behind the desk, concentrating on reading the book "Extraction and Transformation of Green Chameleon's Ability".
Chameleon is called this name because it is good at changing the color of its body at any time according to the changes in the environment.
This physiological change is mainly achieved by regulating the autonomic nervous system, expanding or contracting the pigment cells in the skin.
The color-changing ability of Green Chameleon is several levels stronger than that of ordinary chameleons, almost invisible.
Even if standing in front of ordinary people, it is difficult to observe it with the naked eye.
The author of this book extracts the color-changing ability of Green Chameleon, transforms and strengthens it, and then transplants it to the human body, so that humans can also obtain similar abilities.
It has to be said that this idea can be called a fantastic idea.
However, in Sunan's opinion, the transformation ability finally obtained is not very practical.
First of all, this ability, in essence, is actually to change its external form according to the environment. No matter how fast the change process is, it takes time, and it is inevitable that there will be a slight lag.
People who are not sensitive enough may not notice it, but wizard apprentices can definitely find something unusual.
In the final analysis, this ability can only be used to deal with ordinary people or knights, and it is of no use to wizard apprentices. There is still a big gap between it and real invisibility.
And the real invisibility is a second-ring spell, which can be learned and mastered by third-level wizard apprentices.
Therefore, this kind of ability transformation will only be attempted by those who have no hope of being promoted to third-level wizard apprentices.
Moreover, physical transformation is not something that can be implemented casually.
The human body can be said to be one of the most plastic bodies - after all, many wizards' physical transformation experiments are based on human bodies as samples - once the physical transformation is carried out, if you encounter better physical transformation or blood fusion in the future, the difficulty will increase dramatically.
Therefore, although many wizards (apprentices) do not mind transforming themselves, they will be very cautious.
If Sunan had the choice, he would not have transformed himself into this color-changing ability.
However, this book still has a lot of reference value, and it can be used as a reference when conducting similar experiments in the future.
Putting away the book, Sunan took out the parchment scroll of the energy rune, unfolded it and laid it flat on the table.
After a pause, he opened the drawer again, took out a few gems and placed them on the table.
The reason why the energy rune can only be cast by a third-level wizard apprentice is that it is completely composed of energy particles, and the caster's ability to control energy particles is very demanding.
The first-level wizard apprentice who can only sense energy particles, and the second-level wizard apprentice who only has the initial ability to control energy particles, naturally cannot use it.
However, if the energy rune is given a carrier to increase its stability, then even the second-level wizard apprentice who has poor ability to control energy particles can use the energy rune.
In the previous life, many players relied on this method to use energy runes across levels.
There are not many carriers suitable for energy runes, and gems are one of them.
"But in this way, the energy rune becomes a disposable consumable. Each time it is used, a gem is consumed, which is painful enough."
Sunan picked up a gem and looked at it in the candlelight.
That being said, if you can master one more powerful combat method, it is worthwhile to consume some gems.
Even as strong as the Count of Storm, he was seriously injured by the assassin and was on the verge of death. This world is far more dangerous than he expected.
In order to ensure the safety of his own life, the more combat methods, the better.
"First read and master this skill, and after being promoted to the second-level wizard apprentice, I will immediately make energy rune gems!"
After making the decision, Sunan immediately restrained his distracting thoughts and concentrated on reading the contents of the scroll.
Time flies.
Five days later.
The learning progress of puppet refining finally reached 100%.
At the same time, a puppet refining skill appeared on Sunan's panel.
At the door of the laboratory, Sunan looked at the full set of brand-new puppet refining equipment in the room and nodded secretly.
After returning from the Black Rock Mine, he copied down the equipment design and asked the blacksmith in the city to help build the equipment.
A few days ago, the equipment was completed and sent to the laboratory.
Today, he successfully mastered the puppet refining skills, and he could start trying to refine the Black Rock Leopard.
More than 90% of the main body of the Black Rock Leopard is black stone iron, which is also one of the most important materials.
Another key material is the energy core.
In this regard, Sunan chose gems as the energy core.
After all, he did not have soul crystals, nor did he know how to make soul crystals.
But even if he knew, he could not make it at present.
Soul crystals, as the name suggests, are crystals condensed from souls.
Its raw material is purified souls.
To make a piece of the lowest soul crystal, at least thousands of ordinary human souls are needed.
Or dozens of knights' souls.
No matter which one, Sunan does not have the conditions to achieve it now.
He can only settle for the second best and use gems to make energy cores.
With complete experimental records and the puppet refining skills he has mastered, Sunan successfully refined a Black Rock Leopard on his first try.
To his surprise, the Black Rock Leopard could actually be put into the synthetic Rubik's Cube.
[Black Rock Leopard (Puppet/Primary Knight Level), a puppet creature made of black stone iron, has the ability to sneak in the black stone iron vein, and can replenish energy and recover from injuries by swallowing black stone iron. ]
"It seems that non-living objects can be synthesized and upgraded with magic cubes."
Sunan nodded secretly.
In this way, he can use the Black Rock Leopard to synthesize a more powerful puppet.
As for the "ability to sneak in the black stone iron vein" in the description, Sunan had seen it in Ange McLean's experimental diary.
It disappointed him a little at the beginning, after all, he always thought that the Black Rock Leopard had the ability similar to rock sneaking.
"That's right, if it really has the ability to sneak in rocks, it will not only be a low-level puppet."
Shaking his head, Sunan looked at the remaining black stone iron in the corner.
"It takes about five tons of black stone iron to refine a Black Rock Leopard. For gems, you can choose cheaper types. The total cost is about 38 gold coins."
So many gold coins are enough to buy two or three good war horses.
However, considering the combat power, the Black Rock Leopard is obviously more cost-effective.
"Forget it, let Big Brother worry about the money, I'm only responsible for refining the puppet."
High-level puppets can automatically absorb free energy particles in the air to replenish energy and recover from injuries, but the Black Rock Leopard obviously does not have this ability, so it can only obtain the same effect by swallowing black stone iron.
However, with the current concentration of energy particles in the Starlight Continent, Sunan estimated that even if he refined a high-level puppet, he might not be able to absorb enough energy particles from the air.