The smelting of the ghostly flame took longer than Angel imagined.
Time continued to pass, and it was already night in the blink of an eye.
During this period, Angel and Bember also talked about a lot of things, from the prediction of the Doom Puppet's jump, to the future vision of the Crystal Plain of Dreams, and even the details of the Wonderland dungeon.
The only thing I haven't talked about is Olha Steel.
Angel wanted to talk, but every time he tried to start the topic, Benbo would change the subject with a weird smile.
Even though Angel didn't ask about the properties of Olha Steel, he was just curious about some information... such as the artifacts made of Olha Steel in the temple along the way.
Even so, Ben Bo still didn't talk about it.
In its words, it is: "Although you can get this information outside. But the information you get from other people's mouths is different from the information you get from me."
"You have very strong observation skills. You might be able to discern the characteristics behind the information I accidentally revealed."
At this moment, Uncle Ben gave Angel a deep look with his dark eyes.
During their conversation, Angel would occasionally change his tone or change the topic, and the emergence of these topics often stemmed from Bember's emotional changes.
From these details, Ben Bo faintly noticed a clue.
Angel may have some special ability, just like the human-looking dog in Close's room, which can be used to detect secret information without anyone realizing it.
Bember didn't know what this ability was, but he didn't pay much attention to it, because judging from Angel's performance, his ability was definitely not the dog's mind-reading ability.
Estimates are similar to the ability to read emotions.
This ability is not bad when it comes unexpectedly. But if you are prepared, it can completely change your emotions to mislead Angel's judgment.
It is precisely because of this that Ben Bo is so calm.
Angel seemed to be aware of Ben Bo's meaningful look, but he pretended not to notice it and continued to change the topic to chat with Ben Bo.
He just still made some comments from time to time. For example, one moment he was talking about the inner fire of the Yingji people, and the next second he suddenly said: "The inner fire is also a kind of fire. If this kind of fire is used to forge Olha steel, I don't know what will happen."
What's the result?"
After speaking, Angel looked at Ben Bo.
Ben Bo remained silent, but Angel sensed a hint of "joking" smile in its mood.
Angel knew that Benbo must have guessed something, but it didn't matter... If Benbo really didn't want to be spied on, he would naturally restrain his emotions. Since he didn't restrain himself, it meant that he was secretly acquiescing to it.
As long as both parties do not expose each other, this kind of testing can continue.
From Benbo's "joking" mood, Angel knew that inner fire would definitely have no effect on Olha Steel.
This also rules out a possible "attempt" for Angel to study Olha steel in the future.
In short, Angel's conversations continued like this, occasionally picking up the topic of Olha Steel to analyze different possibilities.
…
It's dark outside, but inside the bubble workshop it's as bright as day.
Angel no longer continued to test it at this time, because after a whole day of smelting, the Youyan finally showed some new changes.
Kuci Kuci——
Angel heard a strange sound coming from behind, but in order to avoid disturbing Youyan, he did not look back. He just glanced at Ben Bo with his peripheral vision, thinking that Ben Bo should know what the sound behind him was.
To Angel's surprise, Ben Bo also had a puzzled look in his eyes.
Under super perception.
Benbo's emotions are consistent with his eyes. In other words, Benbo doesn't know what's going on behind the scenes?
But after a moment, Uncle Ben seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"It should be..."
Just when Ben Bo was about to speak, the voice of "Kuchi Kuci" came behind them, very close at hand.
Moreover, the existence that makes the sound and movement has not stopped and is still moving forward.
The wind rustled.
Angel sensed a figure appearing beside him, and this figure seemed to be targeting him, and it quickly flew in front of Angel.
Angel took a closer look and was stunned for a moment.
A stick figure the size of a palm, dragging an iron plate the size of a millstone.
The Kutsuku infrasound just now was the collision sound of iron plates being dragged on the ground.
Angel subconsciously sensed that the iron plate was a creation of words. From the text information, he could confirm that this was an ordinary iron plate.
On the contrary, this palm-sized stick figure has an obvious metallic luster on its body, and under the illumination of the overhead light, it reflects colorful phantom lights.
This is……
Angel vaguely guessed the identity of the stickman.
However, just when Angel wanted to confirm with Bember, the stickman suddenly put down the iron plate, lay down in the center of the plate, pointed to Angel, and even turned over.
As if telling Angel: "I am Pan Cai, please come and bless me~"
Angel silently turned to look at Bember: "Is this the Olha steel forged by Youyan?"
Ben Bo looked at the stick figure carefully and then nodded to Angel: "It should be so. The main body said that it will have the property of being 'alive' after forging. This one should be almost forged and has a certain activity."
"only……"
Angel: "Just what?"
Ben Bo: "I just feel like it's a bit...saucy."
Looking at the stick figures constantly turning over on the plate, Ben Bo was filled with confusion: What is the cause of this strange personality?
Angel is also very curious: "When an artifact shows a 'living' form, is its character automatically given, or is it born under external influence?"
Ben Bo hesitated: "Generally speaking, it is given randomly. But a craftsman once said that if a certain material contains strong emotions, it will affect the expression of 'activity'."
"So, if it's not a random charm, it's probably because a certain auxiliary material contains similar emotions."
Materials do not contain emotions.
But if the owner of the material carries the material for a long time, some of his emotions will be retained in the material. Similar to the concept of missing body.
Ben Bo thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of any material that was wrong.
"But it doesn't matter. It's all been forged anyway. Any character will do." Ben Bo wasn't picky. With a pen of this strength, he might be able to write more raunchy words.
"Moreover, the character expressions of such items with living characteristics are often very strange. So at first glance, this is acceptable."
Ben Bo's words also reminded Angel of the various living creatures on the tea table in the Yinsen space.
Their level of intelligence is not very high, but the characters they display are indeed very strange. They seem to want to be "active", and extreme character expression is a key factor.
Ben Bo: "When it comes out now, it should tell you that you can add a 'chip'."
Although this stick figure is still a semi-finished product and has not reached the final shaping stage, it is time to add the chip.
Angel looked at the "dish" on the plate, was silent for a moment, and then stretched out his spiritual tentacles to explore the internal structure of the stick figure.
Not without surprise.
The properties shown by the stick figures are some kind of special metal with high activity.
It is different from the "steel" nature displayed by the pen barrel before.
This is the ever-changing nature of Olha steel.
Angel sighed while searching carefully with his mental power. Soon, he found the structure of the chip slot on the stickman's chest.
This kind of standardized slot was also advocated by Angel before, and Algaron did not make any changes.
It's just that after the stickman opened his chest, he acted very shy and coy.
Angel silently ignored the stickman and quickly used his mental power to outline the appearance of the chip in the slot.
Then, inject nightmare.
When the nightmare was carved on the surface of Olha steel in the form of enchantment, a flash of light flashed, and the stickman's coy posture suddenly paused, but it soon resumed.
Angel and Bember both noticed the instant change in the stick figure, but Bember didn't think much about it. In his opinion, it was normal for him to have some feedback the moment the enchantment was completed.
Angel's and Bember's views are slightly different. It's just engraving, not activation. How can there be behavioral feedback?
He felt something was wrong.
But considering that this is the first time he has enchanted a stick figure with the "alive" attribute, such feedback is not unacceptable. Maybe this is the difference between "living things" and "dead things"?
After being successfully enchanted, the stickman shyly closed the hatch on his chest, and then jumped back dragging the iron plate.
Kuji Kuji's voice sounded again.
After a while, it disappeared, apparently entering a soundproof barrier.
Time passed again, and about half an hour later, Angel and Benbo heard the crackling sound of the flame burning at the same time.
"The effect of the silent barrier has disappeared." Ben Bo murmured in a low voice: "I made an agreement with You Yan before that when the time comes for the final shaping, the silent barrier will be cancelled. If nothing unexpected happens, the time should come."
However, just in case, Ben Bo still said to Angel: "Wait a moment, I will check the situation first."
Benbo closed his eyes and seemed to be using some ability to sense the situation behind him.
After a while, Uncle Ben opened his eyes: "Let's go, the time has come."
After finishing speaking, Ben Bo flapped his wings and flew away with a few pairs of black wings.
Angel also turned around and looked at the experimental platform not far away.
At this time, all the barriers around the experimental platform disappeared, and only the flame continued to burn in front of the platform, but its size was obviously much smaller than before.
However, when Uncle Ben came to Youyan, he waved his wings gently, which seemed to bring up a few sparks, causing the flames that had been extinguished to rise again.
When Angel walked forward, he heard Uncle Ben muttering: "You are stupid, but you are stupid. You obviously kept the crystal, but you didn't use it and it almost went out."
Youyan didn't react at all.
Ben Bo sighed, and when he saw Angel coming, he stopped complaining and called Angel over to help him shape up.
Regarding shaping, Angel and Benbo had talked before, why not just let Youyan do it as well. Benbo’s answer was still the same, there was no shaping of "Angel", it would say this to the outside world when the time came.
It was customized by "Angel", so he would feel guilty.
Therefore, the step of shaping the body must be done by Angel.
As for what to shape, Ben Bo has already said this before, as long as it is a "pen".
Originally, Benbo was actually thinking of a fountain pen, but the black quill pen Angel had made with Fantasy Alchemy was quite in line with his taste. So he was also entangled in which one to choose, and in the end he simply gave the decision to Angel.
"No matter what pen you refine, it will do. Even if you shape it into a charcoal pen for me, I will accept it."
Ben Bo's words actually put a little pressure on Angel.
After all, "casual" is often the most difficult thing to do.
Angel thought for a while and decided to take a look at the forged embryo first, and use the characteristics of the embryo to determine the shape.
If the shape is still the same as the metal shell of the stick figure just now, then it is obviously more suitable to shape it into a mechanical pen or fountain pen than a quill pen.
Thinking of this, Angel looked at the experimental table.
It's still the same iron plate.
But what was on the iron plate was no longer the stick figure, but a lump of silky slime.
The outer skin of the ooze looks metallic, but its soft and streamlined curves are like some kind of rubber.
However, its kind of coquettishness seems to be engraved in the bones, even if it is in a state of soft mud, it is still constantly deforming and swaying.
"Since it is in this form, it has great plasticity..." Angel thought to himself, now it is feasible whether it is shaped into a pen or a quill.
Just when Angel was thinking about which shape to shape, he suddenly noticed that there were some strange patterns in the enchantment he had previously given to the embryo.
Under normal circumstances, the enchantment will only have one pattern, which corresponds to the effect of "nightmare and dreaming".
But Angel suddenly discovered that there were some intermittent dark lines next to the enchantment. At first glance, these dark lines looked a bit like the lines of the material itself.
Just like the natural texture on granite and marble.
Angel initially thought it was a natural pattern produced when various materials were melted and combined, but just now he used his mental power to sense it, and there was actually a nightmare aura in these patterns.
Under normal circumstances, only the enchantment has a nightmare aura. This pattern is obviously no longer in the enchantment, so why does a nightmare aura appear?
Angel even vaguely felt that these patterns formed a new circuit.
Angel didn't know what this new circuit was... He hesitated for a moment and decided to use his mental power to investigate.
Anyway, the nightmare itself comes from him, and for him, there will definitely be no backlash.
Moreover, the inexplicable nightmare patterns made Angel curious. Could this "new" pattern be related to the characteristics of Olha steel?
If it is really related to characteristics, it is definitely a new characteristic that Algaron has not collected.
After all, Algaron doesn’t have nightmare support!
Thinking of this, Angel's spiritual tentacles slowly penetrated the new circuit...