A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 457 The Elf in the Laboratory

In the stark white laboratory, Jiang Shuzhou and Grace observed the newly awakened elves below through a specially made glass.

As a legendary mage who also possessed the Pseudo-Human race, it would be extremely easy for Jiang Shuzhou to acquire some Elven race members.

Since the goal is to deal with the elves, it is natural to use them as test subjects.

Although elves are not human, Jiang Shuzhou still mercifully fabricated some charges against them before binding them.

As for the crime?

That's obviously bringing up old issues and dredging up old grievances.

Going back a dozen or so generations, these elves' ancestors all killed humans, and it was a large-scale massacre.

As a legendary lover, Jiang Shuzhou's love for humanity naturally wouldn't allow this situation to happen.

So he just arrested a few, not many, only a few thousand. Any more and it would attract unnecessary attention.

"Master, what do you plan to do?"

Grace had conducted many experiments with Jiang Shuzhou, so she was naturally familiar with his methods.

Generally speaking, once Jiang Shuzhou reaches the legendary level, the research materials he consumes will increase exponentially. For example, to understand the dream world, Jiang Shuzhou consumed more than 100 million orcs, almost tens of thousands of orcs every day. Sometimes, when he was unhappy, Jiang Shuzhou would consume even more orcs to see if there would be any unexpected surprises.

This time there were only a few thousand. In Grace's opinion, Jiang Shuzhou would probably use up all the elves in no time.

"There are many ways to conduct experiments, and there are few ways to conduct experiments."

Jiang Shuzhou already had a solution to this problem.

A spirit isn't something that can only be used once. Jiang Shuzhou can first dissect and study it to understand it, and then set a healthy "normal state" for these spirits. Every time Jiang Shuzhou finishes his research, he can use his ability to revert the spirits' bodies back to the "normal" state, which can be considered as recycling and reuse.

As for psychological harm?

You can use memory deletion.

Of course, this doesn't mean Jiang Shuzhou can use the Elf race indefinitely. After all, some research may lead to irreversible soul damage, which is unavoidable.

However, Jiang Shuzhou could try to slow down the collapse of his soul.

Although this will cause the elves pain, it doesn't matter.

When you get to Jiang Shuzhou, it's impossible to be comfortable; you'd be lucky if you could just lie down and walk out.

Jiang Shuzhou could even try to reverse time to see if he could salvage the situation.

Incidentally, it also allows you to practice using the laws of time, although it's not very useful.

After all, reversing time is far too costly, much more so than slowing down or accelerating time, making it impossible to use directly on a legendary figure.

However, despite this, the law of time still has many uses, such as giving oneself more time for research, accelerating cultivation speed, and restoring certain things.

Jiang Shuzhou had already conducted anatomical studies on these elves, so now he naturally skipped the dissection and went straight into the experimental phase.

Looking at the panicked elves below, Jiang Shuzhou felt no pity whatsoever.

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"Where am I?"

Elarion, an ordinary young elf.

At this moment, he was looking around blankly.

Surrounded by their own kind, they were all looking at each other, seemingly not understanding why this was happening.

The stark white light illuminated every corner of the place, sending chills down one's spine.

Just as Elarion was looking around, a voice came from above.

"They all seem to have woken up quickly; all my effort was worthwhile."

The voice was icy cold, devoid of any emotion.

"Who are you? Why are you kidnapping us!"

"You'd better let us go, or Lord Oakley will not let you off the hook!"

Oakley, the name of that legendary elven mage.

However, it is clear that for Jiang Shuzhou, the so-called legendary elven mage is nothing.

They're a bunch of deadbeats; there's no need to care about them at all.

The glory days are long gone, yet the elves still dream of revival.

For a race that dreams without Jiang Shuzhou's permission, Jiang Shuzhou naturally has to strike hard.

"Silence. No matter who you were before, once you come here, your only identity is that of test subjects, and your only way to survive is to cooperate with my experiments."

"I'll consider letting you leave once I've finished my experiment."

Jiang Shuzhou's words were like a bomb, instantly silencing all the elves in the laboratory.

"Alright, lie still and don't move, and you'll live. Otherwise, we won't be responsible for any missing limbs."

Some people obeyed and did as instructed, while others resisted to the end.

Jiang Shuzhou seemed indifferent to this, saying that not cooperating was part of the experiment, since there always needs to be a control group.

Elarion, being quite pragmatic, simply lay down on the cold operating table next to her.

Without a doubt, he was lucky.

As the dreamlike colors swept by, everyone instantly lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.

However, for some, it's a beautiful dream, while for others, it's a nightmare.

As time passed, the bodies of the elves who were having nightmares began to gradually change.

Their bodies gradually became distorted and they became extremely aggressive.

Sharp bone blades burst forth from their bodies, causing them to begin to deform and twist. These elves were not only physically mutated, but their minds were also becoming somewhat abnormal.

"No, don't kill me!"

Why?

"I don't want to die!"

Then, the killing began.

"what!"

Accompanied by screams of agony, these monsters, twisted and deformed from elves, began to frantically slaughter their undeformed elven brethren.

Blood splattered everywhere, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Jiang Shuzhou sat behind the glass, watching the carnage with a cold expression, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Soon, these twisted monsters, uttering all sorts of terrified screams, began slaughtering all the elves.

They precisely slaughtered their fellow elves, but showed no interest whatsoever in the ordinary humans that Jiang Shuzhou had deliberately planted.

It seems like this was a success.

"Good, a successful attempt."

It would be quite difficult to develop a flesh plague that spreads through dreams and can mutate without relying on any additional energy supply.

After all, they couldn't let the legend find out, otherwise Jiang Shuzhou would have to consider starting a war.

With a wave of his hand, the elves' bodies were enveloped in light, and then their bodies began to be reshaped. Then, the painful memories were erased without leaving a trace.

However, these elves could still feel the tremor emanating from their souls.

Elarion woke up with a start, only to find herself in front of an unfamiliar ceiling.

Just as he was pondering what had happened, a voice rang out.

"You're awake. I went through a lot of trouble to get you here."