Reynaud’s permissions were not sealed, and he successfully opened the exhibition room on the third floor.
After entering the exhibition room, Nis quickly moved among the exhibits, searching for his desired target as before.
Kanter said through the Mind Ribbon, "Is Toby there?"
After a few seconds of silence, an emotionless hum came through the Mind Ribbon.
Kanter: "You can wake Angel now and tell him we’ve arrived at the exhibition room."
A few seconds later, Angel’s voice came through the Mind Ribbon: "I’m here."
Upon hearing Angel’s voice, Kanter began to wander among the exhibits with the Authority Eye: "You should pick something too, you might find something suitable for you."
If it were before, Angel would certainly refuse. But after learning about organs that do not participate in internal circulation, he developed some ideas about the organs here.
For this reason, when Kanter said to call him to the exhibition room later at the control node, Angel did not refuse.
Kanter moved quickly because there were not many organs in the exhibition room that did not participate in internal circulation, and he could basically see them all at a glance.
"How about this? The dorsal exoskeleton of the Eight-Legged Osteoarachnid." Kanter stopped in front of a metal platform, within which a container held a segment of pure white bone, covered with cave-like black holes, features identifying its origin.
Angel saw this piece of bone through the Authority Eye.
He remembered reading about the Eight-Legged Osteoarachnid in "Where is the Magical Beast", which was also known as the "Bone Whip Spider Queen".
"Is this exoskeleton its bone whip?" Angel asked.
Kanter exclaimed, "Oh? You know it? I thought you wouldn’t recognize it. It’s quite rare in the Southern Domain now, and not many know it’s a bone whip."
"Although it’s hard to determine what traits might be gained after transplanting this exoskeleton, based on my understanding, it has very strong tenacity, ductility, and plasticity. It can be long or short, long for whipping, short for binding. In a sense, you can completely treat it as your third hand, and it’s even more flexible than a real hand."
Kanter obviously knew a lot about the Eight-Legged Osteoarachnid, and his explanation was professional. But after hearing it, Angel was not very interested in the exoskeleton of this Eight-Legged Osteoarachnid.
It’s not that he was biased against whips, but because he had a very similar ability—the Phantom Limb.
With the Phantom Limb, Angel could achieve the same effect as this exoskeleton, even better. The Phantom Limb is controlled by the mind, and as long as Angel’s energy is sufficient, the number and length of Phantom Limbs are completely unrestricted.
Since there was a better alternative, Angel naturally looked down upon this exoskeleton.
Of course, the exoskeleton of the Eight-Legged Osteoarachnid does have advantages over the Phantom Limb, such as containing a Soul Arms within.
But what specifically this Soul Arms was remained unknown.
Furthermore, if Angel were to transplant an organ just for its Soul Arms, it seemed a bit insensible. He hoped that even without the Soul Arms, this organ could still provide some help to him.
Angel shared his thoughts with Kanter.
Kanter said nothing after hearing this and continued searching for the next organ that didn’t participate in internal circulation.
At this moment, on the other side, Nis said, "I have five Dread Demon’s nails here, want to try them?"
Dread Demons are a type of Abyssal Demon, relatively weak in power, yet the most feared demon among Abyssal Natives, without exception. Because they look too much like humans, their demon horns are very small and can be completely hidden with hats and hair, blending into the natives’ teams. Plus, Dread Demons love eating native flesh; basically, if one infiltrates a town of Abyssal Natives, it won’t be long before they’re all eaten up.
Angel hadn’t encountered any Dread Demons when he went to the Abyss, but he had heard that they were adept at disguise and learning, and naturally capable of manipulating human hearts, almost inherently possessing the highest level of Art of Fear.
If someone really wanted to transplant a Dread Demon’s organ, skin or internal organs would be a better choice because to perform a technique similar to Art of Fear, the organ must participate in the internal circulation, even the cranial circulation.
As for the Dread Demon’s nails... Angel hadn’t heard of any use for them.
Was he just uninformed?
Angel silently looked to Kanter, hoping the knowledgeable Kanter might have some explanation.
Kanter was silent for a few seconds, then shook his head at Angel: "Not much point, perhaps just to make your nails a bit sharper?"
Sharper nails aren’t bad, but it’s certainly more of an enhancement for close combat, and relatively more suited for bloodline wizards. However, if a bloodline wizard were really to transplant an organ, wouldn’t they choose the corresponding arm instead of nails?
Overall, these nails were essentially worthless.
If the Soul Arms inside the nails were powerful, they might add some value back, yet currently, the type of Soul Arms inside couldn’t be determined. So... Angel chose to pass; he wasn’t interested in gambling.
Seeing Angel pass, Nis said nothing more, because if he were in Angel’s position, he would also pass on these nails. He stopped discussing the nails and instead changed the topic, asking, "By the way, Angel, how’s your research going? Any news on the main control node?"
Nis’s question caused Kanter to pause slightly, and Reynaud stood still, listening intently. He also wanted to know where the experiment lab’s main control node was.
Angel: "Currently still filtering coordinates, but I can confirm that the main control node is not on the second or third floor."
Nis: "So that means the main control node is on the fourth or fifth floor?"
Angel: "There’s a possibility, but there are other possibilities too, such as the lab having a certain mezzanine, or the main control node being on... the first floor."
"A mezzanine or the first floor? Is that really possible?" Nis was still somewhat skeptical.
Angel: "Finding the main control node immediately is not easy, but ruling out which floor it’s on is straightforward. Give me a few more minutes, and I should be able to finish ruling it out."
Nis and the others took only a few minutes to reach the exhibition room from the control nodes on the third floor, so if Angel was to determine which floor the main control node was on, it indeed wouldn’t take too long.
Nis: "Then we’ll await your good news. Hopefully, we can find the main control node before running into others, to avoid any hindrance."
They continued to roam in the exhibition room.
Another two minutes passed, and Angel still hadn’t found anything he liked, mainly because non-internal circulation organs weren’t mainstream, they were relatively weaker, and their quantity was also relatively limited.
The exoskeleton of the Eight-Legged Osteoarachnid they saw earlier was actually the strongest among the lot.
"Time is short; in at most a minute, the limits on this floor will be lifted," Angel said.
Before the time limit was up, Nis sighed, casually picked two items, and hurried away. As for Angel, he had given up on the third floor’s exhibition room, thinking perhaps the deeper layers of the experiment lab might have the organ he needed.