To create life!
An absolute forbidden zone that only deities can touch!
Different from the puppets and dolls created by alchemy.
But to create a living and complete creature.
Alchemical creatures created by alchemy, no matter how lively they look, are fundamentally different from real creatures.
Although they possess high intelligence, they cannot reproduce, nor do they have independent instincts.
More importantly, they lack spirituality.
The absence of spirituality means that they cannot grow, and from the moment they are born, they are limited by their creators in the future.
No matter how powerful they are, they cannot escape this shackle.
Therefore, creatures created by alchemy are essentially just battle puppets and dolls.
They cannot be considered living beings.
However, if a creature capable of reproduction and indistinguishable from humans is created by alchemy, would it be considered a true living being?
...
From the perspective of modern science.
Whether it's artificial humans or clones, they are technological trees that have already been lit.
Without considering issues of humanity and morality, with the technology humans have mastered, it would be easy to create their own kind.
But in terms of the common sense of the magic world.
The gods created humans and all things, allowing all beings to reproduce and thrive.
If humans also master this power.
It would undoubtedly be an act of blasphemy, stealing the power that belongs to the gods.
However, who cares about such things?
Not to mention whether gods exist or not, even if they do exist, what does it have to do with him?
The only thing he cares about now is the feasibility of this idea.
Alchemy has a long history, dating back to the age of the gods.
After thousands of years of development, this art, under the refinement of countless alchemists, has already reached its peak.
However, no one has ever used alchemy to create a true living being.
Not even the weakest ant.
Even those alchemists at the pinnacle of alchemy, who can easily create alchemical creatures that can destroy a kingdom.
They spend their entire lives, yet they cannot create a weak and powerless infant.
If he could do it, it would definitely be considered a milestone in the highest achievements of alchemists.
Just for this, those alchemists would have no problem worshiping him as a god.
Although the difficulty is a bit high, but...
It's not impossible.
"Sure enough, knowledge changes fate, even if you travel through time, you can't be illiterate."
Rod whispered to himself.
To create a complete life, the knowledge needed is simply too vast.
University-level theoretical knowledge alone is simply not enough to support him in creating a complete life.
So, he needs more books to fill in his gaps in this area.
Not just biology, but also chemistry, physics...
If he could fully master these important subjects.
His potion making and alchemy would definitely undergo a qualitative change, reaching a terrifying level never before seen.
In this, he has an advantage that no other alchemist can match.
That is, he has an entire world behind him.
He has sufficient knowledge and theories to test his ideas.
"It's just learning, it's no big deal to buy a few more books."
Rod took advantage of lunchtime to get his hands on a large stack of professional books from various disciplines.
Then he printed various papers and materials online.
He even went to a large library to search for books, looking for anything he could use.
It took him half a day, and his pocket dimension was filled with books, piling up like a small mountain.
Rod didn't care if the knowledge was useful or not, he just had to learn it all.
Sacrifice!
Sacrifice!
Sacrifice!
He took out one book after another and sacrificed them all.
After sacrificing a hundred books, Rod stopped.
He rubbed his throbbing temples, his expression pained.
Although he could still handle it mentally, his brain had already reached a limit.
The knowledge just crammed into his brain had already caused his brain to operate at an overload.
He felt like his brain was a computer host running at a high frequency, constantly on the verge of collapse.
He now needed enough time to digest the complex and profound knowledge in his head.
Otherwise, his brain might crash.
Touching his burning head, Rod sighed in resignation.
Just a hundred books, and his brain was already overloaded.
To sacrifice all the books in his pocket dimension, it would take at least ten days or half a month.
How many books are there in the world?
He probably wouldn't be able to finish reading all the books in the world in his lifetime.
"I overestimated myself."
He thought modern science would be simpler than magic, but now he realized.
It's much harder than learning magic.
So-called magic is simply finding loopholes and rules in the world and exploiting them.
A simple spell is actually made up of several gestures and incantations.
What each gesture and incantation does.
It's easy to learn.
The real difficulty is how to precisely control the magic to release magic.
But this science thing is much more complicated.
Without careful research, you wouldn't know what despair is.
With careful research, you will find that the despair you felt before wasn't even the beginning.
However, it's not without its benefits.
Whether it's alchemy or potion making, the essence is [understanding] → [decomposition] → [reconstruction].
Three sequential processes.
Combining different materials into new elements through magic.
The power of magic can easily complete the last two steps, [decomposition] and [reconstruction], but the real key is the least conspicuous [understanding].
Only with sufficient [understanding] can you create what you want.
For example, someone longs for diamonds.
But how do you use the power of magic to create diamonds?
Pure alchemy, trying to create a diamond, is like trying to reach the sky.
But if you take a piece of carbon, use the power of alchemy to infinitely compress it under high temperature and pressure, changing its structure and density.
You can create a dazzling diamond.
Science provides the conclusion, magic implements the process.
This is magic + science.
In the few books he absorbed before, there was a lot of basic chemistry and biology knowledge.
By comparing them, he felt that his potion making and alchemy theories had made significant progress.