Ranch Story: Start Over

"It's about the magic street light project." Feng Ling said with a frown.

"What's wrong? I can't help you. This is the specialty of you alchemists."

Thomas blinked suspiciously and muttered to himself:

"Does this little guy want me to give him a backdoor? No way. I, Thomas, always uphold the principles of justice and fairness and treat everyone equally. I would never do such a thing!"

Feng Ling naturally saw the doubt in Thomas' eyes, and he quickly explained:

"Uncle Thomas, you misunderstood. I am not here to ask you for help. I just want to ask you what are the defects of the magic street lamp in practical application? This way I can better grasp the research direction and find the key to solving the problem.

You know, I became an alchemist only recently."

After hearing this, Thomas finally realized that Feng Ling was not trying to take a shortcut, but really wanted to understand the current situation of the magic street lights in order to conduct more in-depth research.

Then, his originally tense expression relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Haha, so that's how it is. I was overthinking it. In that case, let me tell you about it..."

As Thomas spoke, he tapped his fingers lightly on the folders on his desk, as if trying to recall every detail of the past.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he stood up abruptly and walked straight to the filing cabinet behind him.

After searching for a while, Thomas finally found a slightly old notebook from a pile of messy documents. It was covered with thick dust, as if it had been forgotten in a corner for a long time.

"Here, this is the market street light research and recruitment information I have collected for every street light project over the years. Take a look at it, and maybe you will know where to start."

Feng Ling took the notebook from Thomas.

"Zhuokaq, please sit down for a while. I'll take a look."

"Okay, Brother Feng."

Zhuokak watched Feng Ling from the side, sometimes frowning, sometimes looking thoughtful, but he turned the pages and read very quickly.

Feng Ling activated the sage posture and was quickly memorizing these things into the database in his mind. This newly acquired reading ability was extremely powerful. It was amazing that the reading and memory abilities were enhanced after the magic power was consumed.

After reading for more than ten minutes, Feng Ling closed the notebook and returned it to Thomas.

Thomas asked with great interest:

"finish watching?"

"I've finished reading it, Uncle Thomas. There are quite a few questions."

"Of course there are many. Do you think it would be so easy to use the technology from the Mechanical Continent in this world after you go there to gild yourself? We have huge advantages, but we also face many disadvantages.

Come on, tell me what you think.”

"The loss rate! The loss rate is too high. The replaceable parts are unstable. The magic energy conversion efficiency is too low. The main problem actually lies in the aging rate of the magic energy circuit. The instability of magic energy can easily destroy the cable lines of the magic energy street lamps."

"That's right, what else?"

"Then there's the magic stone. It's too expensive. I didn't expect it to be so difficult to manufacture. I've seen the data. Of the 20-year street light project, the longest one lasted only a year and a half. The loss rate is too high."

"Yes, this is the big trouble every time the street lamps are replaced. Because of the violent and difficult-to-control ability of magic energy, it is only suitable for human cultivation. Just like life, it can coexist and be used harmoniously with living things, but once it involves these dead things, there is no hope.

So you see the scrap rates, there’s no consistency.”

“Can’t we design an environment that simulates the human body?”

"It's useless. Fake is fake. I also know about the bionic technology and AI technology of the mechanical civilization. They are all fake and useless.

Do you know controlled fusion? "

Feng Ling blinked and said, "Boss, you know all this. What is Uncle Thomas' identity in the original world?"

“The legendary Holy Grail of the energy field is like a blazing holy fire imprisoned in a cage.

However, it is not easy to develop a suitable force field to restrain the hot and violent energy like the sun! In comparison, boiling a pot of water seems much easier. "

This is talking about the steam turbine power generation technology in thermal power plants.

Thomas looked at Feng Ling's surprised expression and thought to himself, "Looking at the look on this little fellow's face, he must be well aware of this. Well, as someone who has experienced this, I will just educate him on this."

Although Feng Ling appears calm on the surface and his emotions show no change at this moment, his heart is already in turmoil.

It turns out that the time travel that I achieved was not to come to a low-level world to dominate, but to fall into the abyss of a higher-level civilization. It's just that this semi-industrial, semi-agricultural world plus land grabbing seems to have more sense of accomplishment and future mission to pursue.

Fortunately, I still have that awesome system, which can be regarded as a trump card in my hand.

Thinking of this, Feng Ling felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and couldn't wait to call upon the system silently in his heart.

"System, do you have any method or relevant research materials that can restrain the magic power field?" Feng Ling asked anxiously.

After a moment, the system responded in a cold voice: "If you want to exchange for the universal magic field research plan, you will need to spend 100 trillion merit points to achieve it."

Hearing this astronomical figure, no, this is not just a number, this is the merit value requirement that is not something that a normal human being could make, Feng Ling couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.

It took him a while to come back to his senses, and he muttered to himself: "This... I'm afraid even if I kill all the demons, I can't get so many merit points, right?"

The system mercilessly shattered his last bit of fantasy: "Indeed not."

Faced with such an unreliable system, Feng Ling was so angry that he made an internationally used friendly gesture to express his speechlessness and indignation.

"you are vicious!"

Feng Ling thought about it and felt that maybe there was something wrong with the way he asked the question. Since the final solution could not be achieved, he would settle for the next best thing.

"Uncle Thomas, if we solve the problem of magic energy consumables, or increase their service life, would it be much better?"

"Of course we should! If we solve the problem of mana consumables, at least the mana loss will be greatly reduced, and the cables won't be scrapped all the time."

"System, is there any material with better quality than the magic power cable currently being used in Ore Town? The price should be cheaper and the performance should be better?"

"Collecting information about this town..."

five minutes later.

“Search complete!

Exchange requirements: Direct exchange plan, 50 merit points.

"!"

Feng Ling was so shocked by these remarks that his mouth became like a bat's mouth, and his entire mouth was shaped like an O.

“Alternative options:

"Selected Materials on Mainland China"

《Magic Field Application in Multiple Fields》

General Manual for Selection of Environmental Materials

Control and use of magic power

……

After reading the above seven books, the merit points required for the redemption plan will be reduced by half. If you can independently develop a plan that is recognized by the system and included in the system.

The rewards are as follows: