Chapter 162 - 157. The Specter’s Core
"Still as nasty as ever," Zein commented as he stared at the pulsing cores.
Even through the thick protective glass, the sinister dark smoke swirling inside the three tubes gave out a pressuring aura, which was the source of the heavy and gloomy vibe in the observer room. It consistently caused the researchers stress and fatigue, just like how it would be if civilians were to be exposed to miasma.
This danger was the reason why most of the researchers involved with the specter cores were espers. Even with that precaution, they still experienced fatigued and heaviness every few weeks, as if they were being corroded. So aside from watching the cores, Zein was also there to cleanse them.
Which was why, his visit was always welcomed enthusiastically.
"Sir Zein," the chief researcher here whom Zein already met last week, Fei, greeted him with a smile. "I’ve never seen you here on Saturday."
"I’m just bored," Zein shrugged, still staring at the specter cores.
Just like the shard, the cores were very much alive, although they wouldn’t be able to form a specter’s body without the correct environment; rich elemental mana and thick miasma, which obviously weren’t available here, especially with those tubes containing them.
So far, they only managed to record the core’s energy waves and used the data as a detector, just like Zein suggested. There was talk about having the shard and the core put in the same container, but it was scraped for the risk; they risked creating another specter, and they risked damaging the subjects, which they didn’t have much, to begin with.
The core was one thing, but the shard was unreplaceable.
For now, they had been trying to gauge the difference between the three cores, in the hope to find out more about these specters and devising a better plan to subjugate them in the future. After all, once they entered the Deathzone, they couldn’t only rely on the Serpent Lord’s power.
Ah... thinking about Bassena just made his heart sting. Zein shook his head slightly and chose to focus on his objective of coming here. "I’m thinking of touching the cores."