Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 405



Only Noblemtl

58th floor (5)

Katan looked at the screen that appeared in front of him and recited the procedure and materials. Alan looked at the screen, but all he could see was a foggy, hazy window.

The third reading of the magic and hyperactivity cure was finished. Alan memorized it the first time he heard it, but it was so important that he listened to the end.

Katan waved his hand and made the spear disappear, visible only to him. He raised his head and cast a sharp gaze straight ahead, in the direction of Alan.

[I, myself, have read it to you three times, so even the most idiot of you will remember it. If you still don’t understand, blame your dull mind.]

Katan continued to stare at the spot where Alan was standing. There was no other intruder in this strange place besides Alan.

[Yeah, you. The guy standing there blankly staring at me. What’s your name?]

“This is Alan.”

[This is a recorded video. Whatever you just said will not be relayed to me. Are you excited by the opportunity to convey your insignificant name to the holy Catan?]

The Katan I met in the snow was reserved, the Katan I met above the clouds was playful, and the Katan I met here was annoying.

Alan was as calm as ever, no matter what he heard. Rather, he analyzed the phenomenon based on his experience.

‘Each person has a different personality.’

There are many different sides to a person. The side that is most often exposed to the outside world is seen as the main personality. Of course, it is up to the individual to decide which side to show.

‘Did you perhaps divide the personalities and place them accordingly?’

Catan’s voice interrupted Alan’s thoughts.

[It’s quiet. Is there anyone in front of me?]

“there is.”

[You must be speechless after seeing my face. I understand.]

I answered just in case, but Catan’s powder still said only what it wanted to say. The person questioning the recorded video was an idiot.

[Are you angry? What can you do about it?]

“···.”

Alan looked around and found the Ancient who had stopped. Only the Catan’s shard was free. He poked the barrel with the key, and it passed through the illusion lightly, reaching the brain.

[No matter what you do here, it’s useless. Clean your ears and listen.]

“Is this a real recording?”

[Think of the remodeling procedure as a gift. Since you worked hard to pick up the traces I left behind and get here, you should give it some credit.]

The treatment for hyper-magic and physical modification was an excessive reward. In fact, the word transcendence was much more appropriate than modification.

It’s too early to say this, but the transformation I went through when I reached Depth 7 actually felt frugal.

‘So the whole world will try to tear the corpse apart and recreate it.’

Of course, this was after the procedure was properly completed and all post-treatment was also completed.

[Any questions?]

“You said it was a recorded video.”

[Isn’t there really one?]

“What is the true nature of plastic surgery?”

[Yeah, you must be wondering what on earth the labyrinth is.]

It seemed so real that I asked a question without realizing it, but as expected from a recorded video, something else came out. I focused on the identity of the labyrinth because it was a difficult problem that the world was focused on.

[I’ll give you a few hypotheses, so keep them in mind.]

“So you mean even Lord Katan doesn’t know?”

[As someone who is more knowledgeable than anyone else, I have estimated that the labyrinth is a refuge. The foolish dragons expected that the world would collapse because of the war they caused. So they designed the labyrinth.]

“It’s not your typical shelter, is it?”

[Children sometimes go beyond their parents’ expectations. For better or worse.]

Each floor contained a different world and endlessly vomited out monsters. The gradually increasing difficulty level was like a test.

“Or maybe someone just made it up for fun?”

Alan asked a question that was out of reach. In fact, it was the most undesirable ending. He had created a grand place, but the motive was just for fun? If so, he hoped there was some kind of intention.

[There are also claims that it is a form of entertainment, but if the designer of the labyrinth is a madman, then that would be possible. I recently heard···.]

How many years have passed since the last time Catan’s body was born? It’s been 26 years since his death, so it’s been at least several decades.

[···I’ll tell you the most interesting hypothesis. ···························.]

“Is it broken?”

[Curious?]

“Is this a real recording?”

[This is the hypothesis that the labyrinth is the will of the planet. The argument is that the planet itself is a life form beyond recognition, and the ground is a table for the planet.]

“It means that all living things are fish in a fish farm.”

Katan rose from his seat. He snapped his fingers, and the machine containing the Ancient’s brain moved forward. He kicked the machine with his foot and spoke.

[Now let me talk about the procedure.]

“What is your identity?”

[The inventor of the modification technique is not an underground person.]

There is a trend of changing from Underground People to Ancient People, but since Catan is an ancient people, they used the word Underground People.

“These days, they are called ancient people.”

[Some people claim to be ancient. But think of a cave. What comes out of it?]

Automatons and ancient people. The ancient people in the cave had pure white bodies, stone-like skin, and eyes that were weak to strong light. Anyone could tell that they had adapted to living underground for a long time.

[I don’t know why you keep being unreasonable when you’re actually Jihain. What did I say?]

“The inventor said he was not an underground person.”

[Oh, you said the inventor wasn’t an underground person.]

Alan was about to give her a suspicious look, but held back as his voice became hoarse.

[Because they found it too.]

“What?”

[A perfect corpse. I shouldn’t use the word perfect lightly, but at least that’s what the underground people thought. The word ‘ancient’ that I mentioned earlier would be more appropriate for a corpse… Since it wasn’t in human form, I guess I should leave out the ‘human’ character. Hmm, is this it?]

Alan looked closely at Katan at the sudden words. His figure was disintegrating from the tips of his feet. The surrounding scenery was also distorted.

[There are materials left at the lab, so please engrave gratitude in your heart a thousand times and use them well.]

“Someone took all the materials. There’s not even a blade left.”

[I’m sure I filled it up?]

“It wasn’t a recorded video after all.”

A faint smile appeared on Katan’s chubby face.

[So what can you do? I told you everything anyway, so you figure out the rest yourself. I don’t know about the blade.]

The illusion of a perfectly good laboratory disappeared, and it returned to its original ruins. Taylor and Shiva were right in front of Alan.

“You’re back.”

“Brother, your appearance suddenly became blurry, so I thought something big was going to happen.”

“I’m fine.”

“How did you find the method?”

“yes.”

As Alan nodded, Taylor and Shiva high-fived. A loud noise shook the ruins.

Taylor said with a big laugh.

“When do you start?”

“I need to get the ingredients first.”

“I’ll help you as much as I can. What do you need?”

“The heart.”

“That’s fine… Why does the word heart sound so uneasy to me? Do you need a human one too?”

“Yes, a lot. Much more than you can imagine.”

Taylor’s smile disappeared.

*

Allen and his colleagues escaped the lab using [Space Manipulation] and quickly left the lava lake. They ignored the rampage spirits glowing behind them and went straight into the twilight.

“Junior, you’ve been sleeping for three years?”

“My situation is a little different.”

Catan is not a hyper-magician, so it took three years. And the better the quality of the materials, the shorter the period.

“I left a bit of the collector’s heart to study, so this turned out to be a good thing.”

“There are many places to save the heart.”

As Zion fiddled with the hilt of his sword, Taylor narrowed his eyes. Alan and Zion didn’t know what would happen if they took their eyes off him carelessly.

Nicola was curious as to what materials were needed.

“You need the hearts of monsters as well as humans?”

“yes.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know that either. But I can see why. The head of Shanlong’s lab said that Katan’s body contained all possibilities, so it must have something to do with that.”

“All possibilities…. It’s such a pleasant sound. Can I do it too?”

“No. Katan didn’t tell us how to perform the procedure on someone who doesn’t have hyper-magic.”

In fact, Alan had guessed. The modification procedure was a customized treatment for hypermania, and Katan was not hypermania. So what would be needed?

Katarn has acquired the Heart of Hypermagic by some means. Not one or two, but quite a few.

Fortunately, Nicola believed Alan.

“Unfortunately, that’s only natural. Who would go around telling secrets? Have you drawn up a plan for the procedure?”

“I’m going to start by gathering materials.”

The remodeling procedure was summarized as follows. The hearts were gathered and squeezed. The liquid that flowed out was filtered and placed in an ice steel container, and Alan went inside. Then, light was irradiated with a moon crystal.

“The light of the moon crystal melts the ice steel while maintaining its shape.”

“It would be different if we absorbed that energy from within. There’s also the magic circle that Katan told us about.”

“The hardest part is gathering the materials. The hearts of as many creatures as possible? Easier said than done.”

“There just happens to be a perfect place.”

Alan escaped from the Twilight Path. He reached the 41st floor, collected the magic stones as quickly as possible, and used the compass to pass through the door. The place he reached while enduring the labyrinth dizziness was the 40th floor.

A life vault. A huge number of specimens and genetic information were sleeping here. In the case of the specimens, the bodies were placed in ice steel containers, so even the hearts were intact.

“The effect will be somewhat reduced, but you can do a replenishment treatment every time you collect new materials.”

“The researchers will hate it if you touch all the samples.”

Taylor said with a worried look on his face.

“Chairman Jake told me not to worry about what others think and to just swallow them all up to increase my size.”

“You’re saying that I’m only telling you the bad things?”

“There are still many locked specimens in the life vault. I will open them with the key.”

“I guess this is what you get in return. You’ll like it since it’ll save you a lot of time.”

There was also a specimen of the dragon at the very bottom of the vault. One leg was still intact, and all the researchers were drooling. Throw it to Alan and he wouldn’t care what he did.

Entering the life storage, Alan naturally headed to the specimen management room. One side of the wall was a transparent window, and beyond that was a huge cylindrical space. Ice steel specimen containers were packed tightly into the wall.

The researchers greeted Alan with expressions that said, ‘Here we go again.’ Alan took advantage of the gap in their attention to manipulate the key.

Gooosh!

The life vault shook violently.

[Security cleared. All facilities are now unblocked.]

While the researchers were bewildered by the suddenly appearing labyrinthine text, Alan reached out to the panel that managed the specimens. The automatons floating around the cylindrical space brought out a container containing a specimen of the dragon species.

The transparent window rippled like waves and spat out a barrel. Alan pointed at it absently.

“It’s a dragon’s leg.”

“!!!!!!”

The researchers who had been walking around like zombies turned back into people. No, let me correct that. They turned into enhanced zombies and rushed towards the specimen container.

Alan took advantage of the confusion to manipulate the panel. The management automatons gathered the hearts and brought them to him, and the boxes were swept up one by one.

After gathering a bunch of hearts, Alan quickly returned to the storage house. Locked in the basement, he squeezed and refined the hearts. Alan added the ancient heart that had been turned into a blue gem and a piece of dragon heart.

I took off my clothes and went into the ice steel tub. The clear liquid slightly soaked my chest.

“Nicola said, closing the lid.

“You estimated it would take four months? Can’t it be done sooner?”

“It depends on the absorption rate. And it’s not a perfect procedure, so you need to do more.”

If I had used the materials that Catan had collected, I could have finished it in one go, but what can I do? I decided to do it in a simplified way first.

Beep!

Kyoooooo···.

The mechanical sound of the box and the child’s pitiful voice were also heard. Then the lid closed completely.