It was no wonder that Hoffman, Joseph, and the rest were so surprised. Although they were the leaders of the top forces in the Breezy Plains, and the Glittergold Trade Union was famous for its wealth, the existence of incubation rooms was something they had only heard of.
To build a real incubation room, one would first need a huge amount of financial and material resources, which was not something that any force could afford. Furthermore, there were many technical problems. Secondly, it would not be of much use to ordinary people. At the very least, it would not be of any substantial help to the development of their forces. Hence, no force would be willing to put in a lot of effort to build a proper incubation room.
However, not everyone would think that way. At least in the Tower of Dusk, Lin Li had a real incubation room. Although it was not as big as this one, it was still fully functional. Hence, no one was clearer than Lin Li about the function of the incubation room.
It was not that the incubation room could not generate economic benefits, but that the possibility was very low. It was usually not proportional to the investment. Strictly speaking, it was a loss-making product. The real use of the incubation room was to cultivate all kinds of creatures for mages to study. Of course, if it was just for ordinary research, it would not be difficult to build an incubation room. However, would mages be satisfied with ordinary research? What kind of research was dissecting a rabbit or a mouse? Every single thing that a true top-notch mage wanted to research would probably scare a lot of people to death if they were to say it out loud.
The creatures cultivated in the incubation room could be plants, magical beasts, or even demons or wyrms. The madness of mages was often far beyond the imagination of mortals. In order to obtain knowledge and explore the essence of the world, they would even dissect the gods and study them. They were not called blasphemers for nothing. As for whether their research would pay off, even the mages themselves were not sure.
It was said that the God of Mages, Geresco, had once regretted the premature disappearance of the Titans and ancient wyrms, so he could not capture a few for research. As for what he wanted to research, according to the Supreme Council, he only wanted to see if the Titans and ancient wyrms could give birth to offspring.
Regardless of whether it was purely a prank or a genuine desire to explore the essence of life, a mage's research was not something that could be completed in a day or two, or even a year or two. Instead, it often took hundreds of years to complete. Therefore, in order to build a proper incubation room, one had to involve the laws of time. Having a man-made Time Domain could be said to be the most basic and essential condition for an incubation room. Through the artificial Time Domain, a Magician could freely control the flow of time in the incubation room, allowing creatures that would take decades or even centuries to mature to mature at a faster speed.
Of course, the Artificial Time Domain was only one of the difficulties in building the incubation room. Other than that, there were other problems that needed to be solved. For example, a source of Mana that could support the rapid growth of living creatures, a high-level potion that could provide sufficient nutrients for the growth of living creatures, and so on. Hence, even in the Dark Age, the most powerful High Elven mages had to measure whether their Mage Tower was complete or not by having a proper incubation chamber.
Given Prince Brahere's status among the High Elves, it wasn't strange for him to have an incubation chamber. What was strange was why an incubation chamber would appear in a mausoleum. Could it be that Prince Brahere still wanted to conduct research after his death?
However, after seeing the things in the incubation room, no one seemed to have the time to consider this question. Be it the rich and imposing Hoffman, or Joseph and Claus, who had thousands of years of inheritance, almost everyone's eyes were bloodshot, and their breathing quickened.
Indeed, they had never built an incubation room before, nor had they seen a real one with their own eyes. However, it didn't mean that they had no knowledge at all. Although the incubation room seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, and most of the facilities had lost their functions, and many key components were either missing or damaged, they could feel that the most important Time Domain in the incubation room was still in operation.
Apart from the Time Domain, the other facilities in the incubation room also contained the most cutting-edge technology from various fields. Even if they had lost their original functions, it would still be a very valuable asset to them if they could bring them back in their original state.
What was the purpose of everyone taking such a huge risk to explore the ruins? Finding out the truth of history was all nonsense, and the most fundamental purpose was to obtain benefits that could bring about tremendous changes to themselves and their own forces. Now, this huge benefit was right in front of them. As long as they could bring back a few items, this trip would not be in vain. No one would be able to remain calm in the face of all this.
Of course, there were exceptions. Lin Li already had his own incubation room in the Tower of Dusk. Although it wasn't very big, it had all sorts of facilities. Naturally, this incubation room that had been abandoned for an unknown period of time and those facilities that had lost their normal functions couldn't attract his attention anymore.
It was also because of this that Lin Li could focus his attention on a place that no one else could. Apart from the question of why the incubation room was in a mausoleum, Lin Li also noticed another abnormality in the incubation room — the air here seemed to be a little unusual.
Usually, regardless of whether it was a mausoleum or any other ruins, a place that had not been opened for thousands of years would inevitably have a rotten smell. However, here, when Lin Li stepped through the door of the incubation room, he felt that the air was very fresh, and he could even smell the faint fragrance of flowers. That was a little hard to explain. After all, this was already tens of meters underground, and it was a mausoleum that had not been opened for thousands of years. In fact, there were even dozens of High Elven skeletons on the ground not far ahead.
Although the High Elves were born from the Tree of Eternity, they were also ordinary beings like humans and other intelligent races. There had never been any cases of High Elves smelling good even after they had rotted. However, it was fine that there wasn't a rotten smell here, but where did the fragrance of flowers come from!? Lin Li really couldn't figure it out.
Just as Lin Li was thinking hard about the root of the problem, Hoffman came to his side, reached out his hand, and patted his shoulder. "Felic, why are you spacing out?"
"Oh, Master Hoffman, what's the matter?" Lin Li asked absentmindedly after he recovered from his daze.
"Is there anything you're interested in? Claus suggested that we split the things here and move them out first. What do you think?" Hoffman didn't know what Lin Li was thinking about, and only thought that Lin Li was interested in something that he really needed.
"Is that so? How do we split it?" Lin Li asked casually as he turned around to face them.
"The Caesar Family hopes to obtain the mageweath array that maintains the Time Domain. I know that you guys might have the same idea, but I believe that you will be interested in my conditions." Claus wanted the most valuable thing in the incubation room as soon as he opened his mouth. Although he sounded very confident, he couldn't help but glance at Lin Li.
When they were discussing the cooperation, Lin Li had mentioned that he would have the right to choose the items found in the mausoleum as a condition of joining the team of pathfinders. If Lin Li were to ask for the mageweath array of the Time Domain now, Claus wouldn't be able to find any reason to object unless he went all out and fell out with Lin Li.
Of course, Claus didn't want the mageweath array of the Time Domain because he wanted to go back and build an incubation room. After all, an incubation room required more than just the Time Domain. However, this wasn't the only use of the Time Domain. The ability to control the flow of time could also bring great benefits to people in other aspects.
For example, a mage might meditate for a day in the outside world, but in the Time Domain, a year might pass in the Time Domain, but only a day had passed in the outside world. It was equivalent to a day of meditation bringing about a year's accumulation of mana. The benefits were too great. Especially for those below the Legendary-level, they didn't need too much insight to improve their abilities. It could almost be said that they relied on the accumulation of mana. If a level-15 mage wanted to advance to level-16, he might need a year to accumulate mana in the outside world. However, with the Time Domain, it might only take a day.
Apart from mages, the Time Domain was also beneficial to other professions. For example, Warriors and Assassins could improve their Combat Energy and practice martial arts. The thought of practicing martial arts in the Time Domain for a year, and only a day had passed after coming out was simply a heaven-defying effect that no artifact could achieve.
Of course, Lin Li understood the reason for Claus' expression. However, he didn't care much about the Time Domain that others valued so much. In the Tower of Dusk, Lin Li had his own incubation room. Hence, the Time Domain was an important part of it. With Lin Li's standards as a Guru of Inscription, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to create a mageweath array of the Time Domain as long as he had enough materials. Why did the mages of the Tower of Dusk become so much better at teamwork than those who had been training for 10 years in such a short period of time?
Moreover, the Time Domain wasn't used for nothing. In this world, there had to be a price to pay. The passage of time also meant the passage of life. If one stayed in the Time Domain for 100 years, they might die if they didn't have strong vitality. Lin Li could formulate high-level Life Potions to reduce the side effects of the mages, but it would be difficult for the Caesar Family.
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