Aetherios System [Slow Build OP MC, Isekai LitRPG/Cultivation] Chapter 135: Book 2: Chapter 49: Gains II

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Book 2: Chapter 49: Gains II Book 2: Chapter 49: Gains II “ You want to do what now? Oh, you really are insane, I love it. ” Obby cackled in his mind in a way that had him second guessing his plan, if only for a moment. Uh, yeah. I figured that anything I come up with will just be subpar compared the what The System already integrated into my body by bringing me here. Upgrading something like the aether gate at my neck with the Lattice Spiral is a different beast than straight up trying to create the aether gate from scratch. “So you want use the soulgate… as spare parts?” Alex sighed and shook his head. His idea wasn’t as simply as junking is soulgate, that would be truly insane. And if he couldn’t fix Mage core, at least anytime this century, then at the very least, he could salvage something from the wreckage. That left him with two options. His Soulgate, the metaphysical bridge between body and soulspace, was a System-designed masterpiece, the perfect conduit for aether energy in a living body. So if he wanted to create an enchantment that would improve his aether flow, he had two options. The first option was to mimic the Soulgate’s structure. Essentially, the idea was to install a second circulatory system, but for magic instead of blood. His own magical cardiovascular system. Arteries of aether, veins of magic, a heart that pumped cultivation instead of blood. Was it risky? Yes, but it was also doable . He knew enough anatomy to navigate it, and he’d already started mapping out the structure using Korran’s body as a reference. It wasn’t only the glyph tattoos that Alex had been studying, he was also looking at the man’s soulgate. Probing its structure to understand the center aperture, the meridian points, and everything threaded together in between. His heart would act as the aperture, his arteries the meridians, and so on. He actually rather liked this first plan. Then there was o ption two . And that one… that was the reason Obby had mentally cackled like a gremlin with stolen fireworks. The idea was to pull the entire outer portions of his soulgate, and rerun it through his body like plumbing. He could set them in place how he liked, and they were made perfectly, as The System had built the structure. Meridian clusters would be spaced equally throughout his body, and the threaded veins expanding out from each point. It would all still be connected to the soulgate at its aperature. Since disconnecting it entirely felt suicidal. The soulgate may not have many uses for him anymore given that his mage core was now shattered. But it still had key functions, such as connecting him to his soulspace itself. He didn’t know what cutting that connection would do, but it didn’t just kill him outright, it certainly wouldn’t be good. Further, the Wyrm-heart was still nestled inside his soulspace. He didn’t fully understand the constitution ability yet, or if he even wanted to keep it long-term, but he wanted it to remain for now. Lastly there was the bond with Obby, severing his soulgate would mean he no longer would have the bond with the magical rock. And, he was pretty sure it would kill Obby as well. Instead, he was going to do the same thing he had done in crafting his Augmentor Spell. Use the foundation to build a different house. He went over everything in his mind, letting Obby see his reasoning behind it all. “ Again, it’s insane. But its something that I’ve never heard of before. Either no one has ever tried it, or they didn’t survive to tell the tale.” So then, are you going to help me or not? “Yes, I’ll help. If not to ensure you don’t die, and thus, I don’t die, then to have a hand in putting my stone-print on System history.” Alex felt the sentient rock smile, if it could smile. Again, the mental sensations he got through their bond was wildly unsettling no matter the time that passed. Okay then rockboy, let’s do this. Alex laid out everything he’d need on the cold ground, a series of items he had scavenged from the