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Chapter 110: 018: Frankenstein
The blizzard had no telling when it would cease, and Avery’s injuries were still unstable, unsuitable for long-distance travel. Therefore, after some discussion, the two decided to move into these ruins and temporarily start a ’cohabitation’ life.
The wooden cabin left by Henry was spacious, with several rooms inside, a cultivation room, and a laboratory all available, making it perfectly fine for living.
It had been a long time since the last experiment!
After returning from Ghost Island, they were either fleeing or on the run. Now that they finally had a stable environment, Lynch immediately dived into the laboratory on the day they moved in to start attempting magical experiments.
The experiment to be conducted this time was still his old specialty, biological transformation.
However, the subject of transformation was no longer plants or some low-level magical creatures from before, but the most complex and difficult discipline within biological transformation—
Human modification.
Of course, the subject of modification certainly wouldn’t be Lynch himself; at least for now, Lynch had no interest in transforming himself into some bizarre being.
He wanted to modify others, more accurately, to modify corpses.
This was a topic Lynch had wanted to try for a long time, especially after learning some knowledge related to necromancy.
Modify a corpse inside and out, top to bottom, transplant powerful biological organs into it, merge high-grade life bloodlines, transforming it into a powerful magical creature.
Perfectly solving the problem of not cutting on himself yet being able to experience the mystery of bloodlines, transforming a series of magical knowledge.
"I am quite the clever one."
Narcissistically praising himself, Lynch came to the lab table, took out bottles and jars one by one from the space ring and placed them on the lab table, containing preserved brains, hearts, intact lungs, livers, intestines, etc.
He had already thought of a name for the first human body he decided to modify or create; it was to be called Frankenstein.
Yes, just like the monster on Earth!
The thought had occurred very early on, but at that time, his own knowledge level was not enough, and there weren’t enough materials at hand. In the White Witch Domain, conducting related human experiments required reporting and approval, which was very troublesome.
However, after these years of accumulation, the relevant foundational knowledge was already sufficient, and the corpses collected from battles during this period, as well as the sweep in the Undead Castle, had provided the necessary materials for the experiment. So Lynch decided not to delay any longer and scheduled the experiment while they had this free time.
Humming a tune, Lynch placed various complete or incomplete corpses collected from previous battles onto the lab table; a portion of them belonged to allies, but more were from enemies.
Lynch first selected a few knights’ corpses out of them, which were all severely damaged, virtually none being complete.
But that didn’t matter as long as they could be pieced together into one whole.
Lynch segmented the intact parts of the corpses, placing the arms and legs aside, managing to assemble five legs and six arms.
"Why aren’t they all the same size... and they are too small?"
The Frankenstein he envisioned needed to be very tall, at least over three meters, yet the arms and legs pieced together couldn’t meet his requirements, and moreover, they differed in size.
If it were in the past, Lynch would have had no solution, but now he quickly found a way to solve it—
[Bone Regeneration Technique]
This was a piece of knowledge related to human modification acquired from William Heim a while ago, involving cutting open bones and injecting death energy into them using a unique technique to instigate further growth.
Helped by the trait of the Biological Transformation Expert, Lynch was exceptionally quick at picking up knowledge related to any biological transformation; though he had only skimmed through it during the journey, he had already advanced it to the entry-level stage.
Bone Regeneration Technique Level 1: 128/1000.
Lynch selected two arms and two legs and cut them into segments, thighs, calves, etc., then cut open the flesh to expose the bones, and skillfully used a rune pen to leave corresponding runes on the bones, finally condensing a mass of dark energy and injected it in.
"Crack, crack, crack!"
With the infiltration of dark energy, the bones quickly emitted a series of grinding crackling sounds and visibly began expanding outward. Soon, the original skin and muscles could no longer hold, bursting open.
"A knight’s body indeed!"
The Bone Regeneration Technique places high demands on the casting materials, with better base conditions like bone density and hardness allowing for more regeneration and expansion.
Soon, Lynch had expanded several pieces of bones one by one.
Then, he took out the black line and meticulously sewed these segmented limbs back together.
This black line wasn’t ordinary thread; it was a highly adhesive biological suture line, specifically used for these troublesome researches in biological transformation.
Lynch meticulously stitched, first linking the bones, then sewing together the muscles and skin. Due to the enlargement of the bones, many muscles and skins appeared cracked and damaged. Fortunately, with many corpses around, he could simply cut some from other bodies to patch them up.
Before long, a pair of huge hands and a pair of huge legs were laid before Lynch, covered with densely packed black lines, looking quite unsightly.
"Next is the torso..."
For the torso, after thinking about it, Lynch decided to use the Giant Troll’s. He suddenly recalled there was just a Giant Troll’s corpse among the pile of undead materials from William Heim, and upon taking it out and comparing it with the elongated limbs, the size actually fit just right.
Cutting down the Giant Troll’s body and opening up its chest cavity, he cleaned out the internal organs one by one.
Lynch was working fervently when Avery’s voice sounded from outside.
"What kind of mess are you making? The bloody smell is so intense?"
She pushed open the door and walked in, immediately spotting Lynch, blood-covered, in front of a chest cavity, performing dissections.
The key point was, his eyes were gleaming.
"Sorry for disturbing, really sorry."
Avery hurriedly and formally retreated, swearing never again to recklessly enter someone else’s laboratory.
Experiment continued.
After cleaning up the Giant Troll’s chest cavity, Lynch proceeded to stuff the pre-prepared organs one by one inside.
The scientific monster he envisioned wasn’t satisfied to merely be a resurrected undead servant animated through corpse control. Such undead creatures purely operated on the spiritual power he injected and would naturally collapse once that power ran out.
He aimed for a creature that could ’come to life’ and remain in this world for long, a biological servant able to survive without being tethered to him.
This required it to have its own complete life system to maintain life on its own.
There was ample room for modification in this aspect. Lynch installed three hearts, four lungs, four livers, basically cramming the entire giant chest cavity full.
Finally, there was the head!
The Frankenstein, now assembled, stood over three meters tall, with gigantic hands, feet, and torso, appearing just like a giant.
To fit this giant body, Lynch specifically selected several skulls from the space ring, scattered them, and then reassembled the skull pieces.
With his max-level proficiency in human anatomy and structure studies, thanks to ample practical operation using materials Richard left, Lynch was very well-versed.
Soon, a skull one size larger than a normal one was assembled, with two sides of the temple fixed using metal studs, incidentally aligning with the original image of Frankenstein.
Then, following the same method, Lynch stitched the muscles and skin onto the structure gradually, using the eyes of Modos for the eyeballs; these parasitic lifeforms growing on tree trunks were slightly larger than pigeon eggs, fitting perfectly into the eye sockets of the assembled skull.
Finally, he placed the large biological brain cultivated by William Heim into this empty skull, connecting the nerve lines one by one, from the eyes, mouth, and nose, to the torso and limbs.
After completing all this, Lynch clapped his hands, delightedly looking at the giant monster before him, a surge of achievement swelling within.
Standing before him now was a giant reaching over three meters close to four meters tall, with robust limbs, a broad torso, and a square yet enormous head. The body was covered in densely sewn black lines resembling ferocious centipedes, with two large metallic studs fixated on either side of the head, delivering a striking visual impact.
"I am incredible!"
Even though he had conducted countless private training sessions, elevating all necessary knowledge to max levels, Lynch hadn’t expected his first experiment to succeed in assembling such a colossal torso.
"Next... it’s time to ’resurrect’ it..."
Lynch moved to an empty space nearby, took out Magic Stones, Rune Pen, and other materials, and drew a large magic array on the ground.
The spell he was about to cast was named [Corpse Resurrection].
From the name alone, it was clear what this magic was for, bearing a similar effect to corpse control. The difference lies in that corpse control drives corpses by injecting spiritual power, placing lower demands on casting materials.
Corpse Resurrection, on the other hand, involves stimulating the corpse itself through spiritual power, to ’revive’ on its own, requiring substantial casting materials, especially ensuring the corpse’s own life system is capable of running independently without spiritual power support.
Moreover, the strength of the resurrected corpse correlates with the caster’s own power. Given Lynch’s current stage, the most he could resurrect would reach a high-level apprentice level at best.
"Finally finished drawing..."
After half an hour of effort, Lynch finally completed drawing the complex and mysterious magic array, one step away from the endpoint!
He placed Frankenstein from the experiment table onto the floor, scattered a handful of undead dust over him, and then took out his magic wand from the space ring as he began chanting incantations.
Along with the recitation of the spells, the magic array on the ground started to operate slowly.
Then, black tentacles extended from the base of the magic array, entwining Frankenstein, slowly lifting him upwards into mid-air.
Simultaneously, Lynch raised his magic wand, only to hear a swelling ’whistling’ wind, as a significant number of wind elements gathered quickly from all directions, accumulating into a mass at the tip of his wand, which then rapidly transmuted into lightning elements, finally forming a sphere of lightning.
Lynch wielded the sphere of lightning elements with his magic wand and forcefully cast it towards Frankenstein ahead.
"Crackle, crackle!"
The dense lightning escaped from its confines, like released ferocious beasts, frantically striking the Frankenstein ahead, biting into its massive body, quickly carrying electric currents across its entirety.
Each cell across the whole body was gnawed at by the current. While ravaging it, it also toggled the switch of its bodily functions.
After a brief two-second wait,
two huge eyes slowly opened.
This monster,
in this moment, successfully came to life...
