Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 38 Shi Liang's Experimental Arrangement

"Hey Hey hey……"

Li Yu watched with trepidation as Shi Liang, who had no expression on his face, attached various instruments to his arms. Even though he was sure that the other party would not really kill him, he was still frightened.
"Are you sure you are calm now?"

"Don't worry, as a qualified researcher, I will never bring emotions into the experiment."

Shi Liang said this coldly and started the test equipment. He stared at the computer screen and said:
"According to the test some time ago, your tendons and veins are much stronger than mages of the same level, which also means that you can withstand more powerful magic output."

"Combined with your control over magic power, this experiment should benefit you more than an ordinary magician."

"The experiment begins now. I will display the required output strength of magic power on the screen in front of you."

"it is good."

Li Yu calmed down his slightly excited mood. Although he had been preparing for this moment for nearly half a year, it was the first time for a young lady to get into a sedan chair. It was impossible not to be excited.

However, the experiment has extremely high requirements for the accuracy of magic energy output, and Li Yu did not dare to be distracted.

After being fully prepared, the magic energy in the nebula in his brain was continuously and steadily output to the magic energy testing instrument under his palm under Li Yu's control. He was very cautious and concentrated on feeling the lightning magic energy flowing through the veins of his arms like water.

The instrument's indication steadily and slowly approached the set critical value. Li Yu's task was to make the magic energy reach and then stabilize on this critical value line, not less, and certainly not more.

As he thought about it, the reading got closer and closer, and Li Yu became more and more focused. It was getting closer... closer... closer...

beep!

The test instrument emitted a sharp explosion, announcing the failure of the experiment.

Li Yu and Shi Liang didn't care that the first experiment failed. To control the magic power to the exact degree would be too demanding for a magician.

In fact, most magicians can only roughly feel their ability to control their magical power. Even with special training, they cannot achieve true perfection. Only two boring guys like Li Yu and Shi Liang would pursue this level.

However, looking at the readings of the test instrument's output magic energy, Li Yu felt that the difficulty had been greatly reduced. As long as he had enough time, it would not be a problem to master it.

The experiment lasted for two hours in total. Li Yu, with a pale face and cold sweat on his forehead, ended the experiment by holding up his trembling and slightly dry arm. He soaked his arm in the healing solution prepared in advance. The sudden feeling of comfort made Li Yu couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Thanks to the guinea pigs before him, Shi Liang, who was once eager for quick success, noticed the loopholes in his own experiment.

Well, at least Li Yu’s condition is not serious enough to require going to the hospital, and he will be able to receive timely treatment the moment the experiment is over.

Although the danger of the experiment has been greatly reduced, Li Yu still couldn't help but ask Shi Liang:

"Hey, is it really necessary to go to such extremes?"

The continuous and stable output of magic power sounds simple, and at most it just consumes energy. In fact, when you truly feel the pressure that the magic power brings to your tendons, veins and arms, you will know how uncomfortable it is.

When releasing magic, the output of magic energy is only a matter of a moment, but the two hours of persistent oppression made Li Yu feel not only tired and painful, but also numb.

Thunder-attributed magic energy has a paralyzing property. Due to magic resistance, it is difficult to detect in a short period of time. As time goes on, Li Yu feels that his entire arm is almost losing sensation and it is almost not his own.

In response to Li Yu's question, Shi Liang, who was looking through the experimental results, raised his head and said something that made Li Yu furious.

"Of course not!"

"There's no need for you to..."

When Li Yu was about to explode, Shi Liang said lightly,
“It’s not necessary for others, but it’s necessary for you.”

"why?"

"Why?" Shi Liang's sharp gaze shot directly at Li Yu.

"Given your future situation where you will be the enemy of almost the entire world, if you don't do your best now, will you regret it only when you are about to die?"

Li Yu's slowly rising breath stagnated, and Shi Liang continued:

"Since my method is applicable to all magicians, I will naturally choose a path that is as easy as possible, safe, low-cost, and cost-effective as possible."

"But you are different. You just need to do your best. Difficulty, safety, and cost are not what you need to consider. I will take care of the cost. You just need to experiment and be prepared for success or failure."

"I finally found a special specimen like you. How can I not squeeze out all your value?"

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Li Yu smacked his lips and said jokingly:
"Don't say that, don't say that, you really sound like a capitalist and a crazy magician."

"So don't worry, in order to allow me to continue to exploit you, I will definitely not let you die too quickly."

Every cold word Shi Liang said was a counterattack against Li Yu for draining the magic power of his instrument. Li Yu could only endure it helplessly.

However, Li Yu then remembered a more critical issue.
"Is this strengthening for the whole body?"

"The whole body? How dare you think about it!"

Shi Liang seriously dispelled the naive ideas of the "illiterate" Li Yu.

"Since you used magic power to strengthen your right arm, of course it was targeted at the right arm. There is no such thing as affecting the whole body by pulling one hair."

"Then why don't you just strengthen your whole body?" As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Liang looked at him like a fool.
"Are you crazy?"

"Your arm, as a common medium for releasing magic, was inadvertently strengthened by redundant magic energy. It has strong adaptability, but it is still unable to withstand the stable magic pressure for only two hours."

"Your other body parts will only become weaker. Recklessly strengthening them will only lead to your death."

"What's more, the magic pressure that each part of your body can withstand is completely different. If the whole body is transmitted, with your unstable control of magic power, aren't you afraid that your meridians will be broken and you will die on the spot?"

To sum it up in one sentence, no!
Li Yu thought about the transmission of his magic energy that was jumping up and down on the critical line repeatedly, and had no choice but to accept it.

Afterwards, Shi Liang introduced further procedures to Li Yu, the experimental subject.

"I have arranged for you to strengthen your limbs and torso in turn, over and over again. As for the most vulnerable internal organs..."

Shi Liang sighed and shook his head:
"I thought too simply at the beginning. The strength and endurance of the internal organs and other parts of the body are completely different. The control of magic power is also required to be higher, so I will not consider it for the time being."

"Let's wait until you have a better grasp of your magical powers. It will probably take two or three years, after you enter the academy."

Li Yu has a better understanding of the long-term nature and difficulty of the experiment, and has been using continuous and stable magic energy to improve his physical fitness for many years...

Is this a task that an ordinary magician can accomplish?

This is much more difficult than practicing in the dark!
"I want to ask..."

Li Yu weakly raised his hand and said cautiously:

"What do you want from a normal version?"

"Normal version?"

Shi Liang looked at Li Yu and said casually:
"My requirements for ordinary mages are completely different from yours."

"After all, human power is limited. Human magicians are inherently far inferior to demons of the same level in terms of physical fitness."

"For most beginner and mid-level mages, my goal is to give them the ability to withstand two or three attacks from monsters of the same level without dying, as long as they can avoid being killed by a single claw."

"Of course, if I were to be pierced by the demon's claws or die on the spot, I don't have that much ability."

"Leave the rest of the work to the healing wizard. I can't take care of so much."

"If you can withstand two or three attacks from monsters of the same level and still not be able to leave the battlefield in time for treatment, you basically don't need a higher level of enhancement. You're doomed anyway."

“Isn’t this already remarkable?”

Li Yu grinned. The physical difference between a magician and a demon was like the gap between heaven and earth. In a fight between demons of the same level, the most that could be caused by two or three hits would be dizziness. However, an ordinary magician would be almost dead if hit by a demon. Two hits would kill him instantly.

How many powerful magicians died with hatred because they were not able to dodge the counterattack of the demons who were pretending to be dead or dying due to a careless move. If they could really withstand the attack of the demons even for just one time, they could save the lives of a large number of grassroots magicians.

"But I haven't found any experimental subjects for this purpose yet. Your sample alone is not universal after all~"

Li Yu met Shi Liang's burning gaze, understood, and sighed helplessly:
"Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"You should be able to get into the top university in the country, right?"

"That's not a sure thing?"

Even with the inferior wind element, he is now at the intermediate level, but he is unable to release intermediate level magic.

Even so, as a mid-level wizard, he can freely enter any magic school in the country.

"so……"

"You want me to help you recruit people from the magic academy?"

Li Yu was a little confused. If his arm wasn't locked in the healing fluid and unable to move freely, he would even stand up directly.

"Can't you recruit it yourself?"

If it were in the past, Li Yu might have simply thought that the other party was short of funds, but now that he knows the Shi family's financial situation, he will definitely not think so.

It's not clear whether his family has a mine, but at any rate, he can give away a set of concentration equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars. With this kind of financial resources, and Shi Liang being the only one who controls it, he is definitely richer than all the young lads from aristocratic families.

When it comes to recruiting, isn't it true that money makes the world go round?
Still need his help?
However, in response to Li Yu's question, Shi Liang still said the same thing as before,

"not very convenient."

"Just tell me whether you agree or not?"

"Promise, how could I not agree?"

Not to mention that one would feel obliged to accept a gift worth hundreds of millions of dollars from someone else. The significance of the prospect of the other party's experiment alone is enough to make one reluctant to refuse.

"What are your admission criteria?"

(End of this chapter)