Chapter 51: Harvest and Distribution
During the five days in the Ancient Testing Grounds, Leon had already become familiar with everything here. He obtained some information from the staff living area, learning about the general division of researchers in the researcher's living quarters, and easily found the materials he wanted.
From the personal journals of various researchers, Leon found many records, not to mention some researchers had even brought their research records back to their dorms.
Over these five days, Leon found seven incomplete research records, three journals filled to the brim with research notes, and two documents that were likely stolen by a spy but never successfully taken away.
Additionally, among the various materials he found in the staff living area, there were hidden secrets.
Leon naturally knew how to use these things. On the morning of the last day, just before the final action began, he carefully printed all the materials and cross-referenced and copied them.
This was quite a large task for Leon, but luckily, he had experience dealing with the sea dragon, so even though it was tiring, he managed to keep up.
In the final moments, Leon successfully organized all the materials in his hands and converted them into five cards.
[Seven Knights IV Experiment Record - Azrak Nightshade]
[Quality: Lv3 (Blue)]
[Uses: Mechanics, Architecture, Undead Research]
[Description: The research record of Seven Knights IV - Azrak Nightshade, detailing various problems and failures encountered during its development. By reading it thoroughly, one can avoid these issues when researching their own mobile fortress.]
[Seven Knights IV Experiment Record - Greenvine]
[Quality: Lv3 (Blue)]
[Uses: Mechanics, Architecture, Botany]
[Description: The research record of Seven Knights IV - Greenvine, detailing the problems and failures encountered during its development. By reading it thoroughly, one can avoid these issues when researching their own mobile fortress.]
[Undead Fortress Construction Guide]
[Quality: Lv3 (Blue)]
[Uses: Architecture, Undead Research]
[Description: A guidebook prioritizing construction methods for undead attribute fortresses. The methods recorded have been tested and proven efficient. Following the guide's methods can significantly save time and resources when constructing an undead attribute fortress.]
[Vine Growth and Energy Conduction]
[Quality: Lv3 (Blue)]
[Uses: Architecture, Energy Studies, Botany]
[Description: Records a method of energy conduction through vine plants, covering various aspects such as vine plant cultivation and energy guidance.]
[Undead Building Blueprints]
[Quality: Lv3 (Blue)]
[Uses: Architecture, Undead Research]
[Description: Contains a large number of building blueprints suitable for undead use. Many are temporary ideas, but these ideas can become key to construction at certain times.]
These five cards were the results of Leon's five days of work. He could convert these cards back into books at any time to read, and based on the amount of effort spent reading, he would gain ratings like Thorough Read, Understanding, Mastery, and Proficiency, corresponding to Lv0-Lv3 effects.
Of course, these items were only supplementary to disciplines like architecture or undead research. They didn't affect his overall evaluations in these fields but were necessary for Leon's future growth. Sometimes, learning high-level items or skills required meeting certain conditions.
Because of this, Leon treated these materials seriously, taking any available time to thoroughly read them.
Under the influence of these materials, Leon's soul fragments were gradually being restored. Knowledge and ideas that were once out of reach for Leon were slowly merging into his soul, becoming part of it.
That night, Leon sat in the restaurant where they had first gathered, holding a book that appeared to be bound from various scraps of paper.
By then, Lynn had already arrived with her Junior, and three or four other players had also come.
Soon, Lady Ember came over, glanced around, and casually handed something to Lynn. She accepted it without a word, merely checking the time.
About ten minutes later, Victor and the other players who wanted to participate in the action had also arrived.
Each found a seat and sat down without saying much, waiting for Lynn's orders.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lynn wasted no time. She spread out a map and began explaining the operation.
Their target was simple: the main laboratory of the testing grounds, which was said to have been used for research on the Seven Knights V model.
According to the information they had gathered, the Seven Knights IV model was designed to lead people in migration, while the Seven Knights V model was the true combat fortress.
At the time, the Seven Lords had spent a long time considering this design. Their initial idea was simple—there were no longer enough materials to make single-attribute Seven Knights IV models. To prevent their strength from weakening, all attributes needed to be combined.
In other words, their initial plan was to make the Seven Knights V model possess all the attributes of the Seven Knights, but during the research process, adding each additional attribute to the Seven Knights V model consumed ten times the materials and energy of a normal Seven Knights IV. If they wanted to include all seven attributes, the difficulty and cost were beyond what the resources of the entire region could support.
As a result, they had to lower their expectations, starting with dual-attribute Seven Knights V models. Ultimately, only nine combinations were recorded as successful, while the rest failed for unknown reasons.
Research on the three-attribute Seven Knights V model failed from the start, with no recorded success to date.
Lynn was so enthusiastic about this small operation because one of the dual-attribute Seven Knights V research results happened to be exactly what she wanted.
Most of the players who came shared similar ideas. They knew that Lady Ember's mission was nearly complete. If they could gain some benefits here, it wouldn't matter even if they died in battle.
When all the players had gathered around, Lynn began explaining, "Over the past few days, you've all learned about what's in here through various materials. Now, I'll explain in detail. This time, we're going to the main laboratory, which has four levels. The bottom two levels are the Fivefold and Fourfold Labs, and everything there is a failed product. I don't need anything from those. If you're interested, feel free to sneak in and take a look for yourselves.
The upper two levels are the Threefold Area and the Twofold Area. Everything in the Threefold Area is mine. There should be no objections to that. As for the Twofold Area, I want the research data marked with Violet Thunderstrike and Onyx Stonefist; the rest you can divide among yourselves."