With a flick of his wrist, Sheyan took out a strange-looking engraving from his bosom. The frame of the engraving was made of walnut wood. It looked brand new, but what was wrapped around it was a cloth that looked quite old.
The material of the cloth on the surface of the engraving looked very strange. It looked like paper, yet it was not. When one touched it with one's fingers, one would feel a kind of flexibility that paper did not have, but when one touched it carefully, one would feel a kind of smoothness like paper.
Even so, if the surface of the cloth was exposed to the light under the sun, one would be able to see that the inside of the cloth had an amazing structure. It was as complex as a maze of small pipes connected to it. It even had the illusion that the cloth was breathing on its own, as if it had a life of its own. It sucked air into the cloth and then exhaled it through the other holes.
That's right, this was the powerful item Sheyan had obtained before, the unique reward of the Golden Side Mission: the Ukiyo-e!
Sheyan had carefully studied this item before. According to some information he had obtained with his current military rank, the uniqueness of the Ukiyo-e lay in the layer of skin on its surface. And the material of this layer of skin was human skin!
To be precise, it was the skin of a powerful mage-type Elementalist! During the production process, a large number of magic formations had to be engraved on the skin of the mage-type Elementalist while the mage-type Elementalist was still alive, and the magic formations had to be peeled off while they were still alive. The reason why the process was so cruel was that when the mage-type Elementalist was alive, the capillaries of human beings would deliver oxygen and nutrients to the skin through their blood. Only by doing so could the efficiency of the engraved teleportation formation be increased exponentially.
Of course, it was definitely not that easy to make an Ukiyo-e. The description above was only the beginning. After that, a series of tedious processing would be required. But just by listening to the processing process of the raw materials, one could tell that the Ukiyo-e was not easy to come by. It was indeed worthy of the unique reward of the Golden Side Mission.
The frozen and shattered T-1000 had begun to rapidly fuse and take shape. Sheyan really wished he could throw another liquid nitrogen bomb at it! But before the battle, Sheyan had suggested to Dolittle whether they could consider throwing the T-1000 directly into a liquid nitrogen workshop to freeze it for eternity, then slowly deal with it.
Although Dolittle did not directly object to Sheyan's plan, he did put forward a premise: before doing so, the T-1000's energy reserve must be reduced to less than 15%.
Otherwise, according to the settings of Skynet, the T-1000 would do its best to prevent its top technology from falling into the hands of humans. Once the T-1000 found itself in a desperate situation where it could not fight back, it would most likely trigger its self-destruct program. The power of its self-destruct program was needless to say.
When the T-1000's energy reserve, a liquid nitrogen bomb, the T-1000's self-destruct, of course. Based on Dolittle's previous in-depth research, it was already possible to prevent the T-1000's self-destruct. of the self-destruct.
Dolittle also warned Sheyan that, due to the extremely low temperature of liquid nitrogen, it was best not to use it as a primary choice. According to Dolittle's research, once the energy storage of the T-1000 fell below 15%, a flaw would appear in the protective shield of the liquid metal sub-cells. It was likely that the sub-cells would be destroyed under the ultra-low temperature, causing all previous efforts to go to waste!
Therefore, the use of liquid nitrogen bombs should be minimized. Sheyan's ultimate goal at the moment was to reduce the T-1000's energy reserve to less than 15%.
But achieving this goal was definitely not an easy task. First, it could not be used too frequently, which would cause the T-1000 to self-destruct. Second, it could not be used when the T-1000's energy reserve had been reduced to less than 15%, which would result in a total loss.
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According to Dolittle's research, the most energy-consuming part of the liquid metal was to reconstruct its body after it was completely destroyed. Similar to the liquid nitrogen freezing just now, it could consume about 2% of its energy reserve at a time.
This might not sound like a difficult task, as the target could be achieved by freezing the T-1000 with liquid nitrogen 40 times or so, but in fact, it was definitely not that easy. Putting aside the negative effects of the liquid nitrogen bomb, the T-1000's AI was even higher than most humans'!
A human might repeatedly fall into the same trap once, twice, or even three times, but it was almost impossible to fall into the same trap four or five times, let alone forty times!
Sheyan let out a long sigh and retreated nearly a hundred meters away. He held the Ukiyo-e in his hand, closed his eyes, and began to use his MP to depict Melody's appearance on the Ukiyo-e. The distance he retreated to was also very particular.
He could not retreat too far, which would cause the T-1000 to lose sight of its primary target when it woke up. The T-1000 would then run off to meet up with its subordinates, causing all his previous efforts to go to waste.
He could not retreat too close to the T-1000 either, which would cause his casting process to be interrupted!
At the same time, the T-1000 had completely recovered from its frozen state. A large number of sticky silver beads could be seen rolling on the ground, colliding with each other and fusing with each other, finally forming large silver puddles!
The bandage on the surface of the Ukiyo-e was yellowish white, but it exuded an ancient aura that had accumulated over the years, making one feel as if time had wandered on it. As Sheyan's MP was highly concentrated, a dot quickly appeared on the surface of the Ukiyo-e.
It was a dot formed by Sheyan's MP.
The appearance of the dot looked a little strange, like a piece of paper being baked over the flame of a candle. The paper quickly dried, turned yellow, burned, and turned black.
Then, the dot began to move, as if an invisible pen was drawing on it. Although the speed of the pen's drawing was very delicate, it was also quite fast. Every stroke and stroke was done with extreme precision.
Witnessing this scene, Sheyan couldn't help but recall an episode of 'Discovery' he had seen in the present world. It was about an expert painter of the Tang dynasty who painted with meticulous brushwork. Just the paints alone amounted to a complex 71 types. While painting, he slowly sketched with his brush, and only completed one painting in 5 years.
The painting that appeared on the Ukiyo-e reminded Sheyan of the fast-paced scene in a movie where the master painter created a Gongbi painting of court ladies. It was extremely fast, extremely delicate, and extremely complicated!
Soon, an innocent and beautiful girl with a sweet smile appeared on the Ukiyo-e. The strong aura of nature around the girl was on the verge of bursting out. Looking at her, one would feel as if they were in a forest bathed in the morning sun. There was a gurgling brook next to her, and flowers were in full bloom. However, although the outline of the girl had appeared, she had no eyes. This was a bit of a flaw, and she looked lifeless.
According to the previous description of the Ukiyo-e, everything was ready except for one crucial thing. Because Melody was a friendly creature that Sheyan had summoned, and her strength and status had reached a certain level, he had to wait for the creature to respond. Otherwise, the summoning would fail. However, the failure of the summoning in this case would not reduce the number of times the Ukiyo-e could be used.
However, Sheyan was very confident that the probability of Melody not responding to his summoning was almost zero. There was no doubt about that. After Melody obtained this opportunity, she would definitely mobilize all the Elders of the Realm to try and activate the Dimensional Portal to obtain the coordinates of the nightmare realm where Sheyan was. (Although the Dimensional Portal opened by the Ukiyo-e led to the Terminator world, it still needed to go through Gaia Realm C, where Sheyan belonged, as a medium.) So, she would definitely come later.
When the T-1000 Terminator successfully returned to its human form, the Ukiyo-e shone brightly. The yellowish-white bandage on its surface slowly dissolved in the air and turned into a yellowish-white light that gathered on a big tree next to it.
Then, a large number of complex, mysterious and ancient runes quickly formed on the surface of the trunk of the big tree. The runes quickly spread to the surroundings.
Soon, all the plants within a kilometer of the big tree began to wither rapidly. Even the earth became barren and cracked. Only the tree continued to grow. The runes on the surface of the trunk began to radiate a pale green light. Anyone who saw the light would associate it with the breath of spring and life. Then, the runes on the surface of the trunk quickly peeled off. A small, white and delicate hand stretched out from the gap between the peeling runes, bringing with it a sacred and refreshing aura.
[Twilight Elf, leader of the Sunstriders, bearer of the Ring of Air, ruler of the City of Dawn, Melody Sunstrider has responded to your summoning.]
[Melody Sunstrider is about to descend to your side. From now on, her existence will continue to consume your utility points at the cost of 1,000 utility points per hour.]
[Because Melody Sunstrider's power is too strong for this world, you have the following choices: A. Creatures attacked by Melody Sunstrider will only drop items related to the mission. B. Melody Sunstrider's attack power will be limited to a certain extent (her defence and survivability will remain unchanged).]
There was no doubt that Sheyan would not allow any mistakes in obtaining the liquid metal. Besides, his main purpose of finding Melody was not to let her attack, but to buy more time. So, he decisively chose option B. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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