Defeat magic with science

Although the iron ore factory is only two mountains away from Cole Town, it is quite strenuous to climb the mountains and ridges in this kind of heavy snow. After Zhou Yan was ready to go to the town two mountains away, he needed , already two days later.

Luo Futu was not in a hurry. He had been studying Zhou Yan's mecha design drawings for the past two days. He originally thought that Zhou Yan was just drawing an outline, but he didn't expect that the design drawings were very detailed. Where did he need to carve? The parts, the size of the parts, what materials to use, and how to connect them to make them stronger... were all marked on the drawings, which made Luo Futu trust Zhou Yan as a collaborator a little more.

When the two of them were about to go on the road, Luo Futu finally got his first winter clothes - he was covered with a thin black robe and a pair of knickerbockers. Knowing whether he can withstand the wind and cold, he couldn't bear to let him go out with him in such thin clothes.

So overnight he removed a quilt to make a cotton coat for Luo Futu.

Luo Futu still thought it ugly.

Isn't the function of the cotton coat just to keep out the cold? It's so ugly...

Before they left, Zhou Yan packed a box of papers for Luo Futu to carry on his back. Since it was rare to make a long trip, he took some things out to change, and anyway, it was on the way.It was also at this time that Luo Futu realized that Zhou Yan also had a business. He made everything, paper, cloth, and daily necessities... But Zhou Yan was only responsible for research and development, and after researching how to make it, he sold the copyright to shops and let them go. Do.

The economy of Yujin Continent is very backward, but there are also simple exchanges and commercial activities. Zhou Yan has made a lot of money by doing these things.

I can't describe how many, but he is a rich man.Especially in Cole Town where he lives now, Zhou Yan is the richest one in this most economically backward town.

As for why he didn't move away and go to a more fertile place...of course it was because the land he was assigned to plant was in Cole Town.The regime in the Yujin Continent is very strange. It doesn't value the operation of salt and iron, but it values ​​land. People without household registration cannot get any land, and they can't buy and sell land—of course, no one wants to sell it.They also have no way to buy and sell grain, and they are not allowed to put a price on the grain. At most, they can only exchange grain for things.Zhou Yan understands why, because once the food has a price tag, people are likely to plant food on the precious land in exchange for money, instead of Panluo and other plants.

Panluohua can be exchanged for money.

Under this system, once Zhou Yan leaves Cole Town, he will no longer be able to find a place to grow food or plants for extracting active ingredients of medicines, and he will lose his experimental field.

In short, unless the sale of land for planting is opened in the future, Zhou Yan will never be able to leave here.

The paper that Zhou Yan asked Luo Futu to bring was newly made paper. This batch of paper was 10% lower than the previous batch and the cost was lower. Although the quality has declined, it is very suitable for ordinary people’s daily use and should be popular.

After Luo Futu learned that these papers were made by Zhou Yan, he was very angry, which made Zhou Yan feel puzzled: "Why are you angry?"

"How dare they hide such a good thing, why didn't they offer it? I didn't even use it."

Zhou Yan opened his eyes slightly, showing a trace of surprise: "Then what do you use?"

Luo Futu stared at him: "Sheepskin, silk, snake slough."

"..." Is it so primitive?

Having said that, Zhou Yan seemed to remember that before he invented paper, people here really used sheepskin, and the rolls tied to the legs of pigeons were also small sheepskin rolls, and they all had to be recycled.But that was a long time ago. Paper has been popular in their place for several years, gradually replacing sheepskin. He has long forgotten that there is such a thing as a sheepskin scroll.

After getting used to one thing, I feel that it is a reasonable existence, and I don't remember that it is even a luxury for people here.

Zhou Yan suddenly hooked the corners of his lips: "So you see, the benefits of developing productivity are reflected. Good things that you, a ruler, can't use, can be used by ordinary people."

Luo Futu followed Zhou Yan out, complaining: "So why don't they offer such good things? I represent God. Damn it, have the people here lost their faith?"

"Because the transportation is inconvenient, my god. Who would know that you don't even use paper...then what do you use to wipe your butt?"

Luo Futu seemed to think that Zhou Yan's question was too vulgar, so he glanced at him dissatisfied, but still replied: "Cleansing spell."

"..." Well, that is quite advanced, convenient and environmentally friendly.

The two mountains that need to be crossed Zhou Yan used to climb often, but because of the heavy snowfall recently, the road has become difficult to walk, and many shortcuts cannot be taken. I am afraid that I can only reach the destination at night.

headache.

Zhou Yan looked up at the mountain in front of him and sighed, Luo Futu couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

"The road I usually take is blocked by snow, and it takes a long time to walk on the main road..."

When he was in Miyunxing, it was hard to imagine that one day he would have to climb this kind of place with his own two feet. The damn backward society, if only he had a mecha in his hand, he could turn over with a kite.

Luo Futu said in a relaxed tone, "Then I'll take you there."

Zhou Yan frowned and looked at him: "Huh?"

Luo Futu didn't explain much, walked towards him directly, put his arms around Zhou Yan's waist, then pulled him up suddenly, and walked up the cliff directly.The sudden sense of weightlessness made Zhou Yan almost cry out. He subconsciously grabbed Luo Futu's clothes, and suddenly he heard the latter laugh and hugged him tighter. Then Zhou Yan saw the erected cliff suddenly approaching in front of him. Far away, he jumped up like a helicopter, and Zhou Yan landed on the top of the mountain not long after.

Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment, then took a step forward and looked straight to the foot of the mountain. The cold wind rolled snowflakes and whizzed past under his feet, and the bottom was pitch black and it was impossible to see the bottom.

Zhou Yan was a little dizzy.

"Be careful."

Luo Futu grabbed Zhou Yan's collar and pulled him back: "If you fall, you will die."

Only then did Zhou Yan regain his senses. He pointed at his feet for a long time and asked, "...how did you do it? What is the principle?"

Although he had seen a healer flying past through the lens of his telescope, it was still a different feeling to actually experience taking off out of thin air.

More real, more impactful, just incredible.

Seeing Zhou Yan showing such an expression, Luo Futu was very satisfied: "It's nothing, it's just a natural skill."

——Listen to this tone, it turns out that he is also a master of Fanxue.

Zhou Yan glanced at him, tightened the backpack on his back and walked forward, still couldn't help asking curiously: "Then can all of you spiritual masters fly?"

Luo Futu shook his head: "It wasn't flying just now, it was rock climbing. Most of the spells of the witch spirit school were learned from snakes, and just now they used the mimicry of snakes. I haven't fully recovered yet, using basic spells saves the most energy. If you want to experience the feeling of real flying, I will satisfy you after I recover."

After hearing so much from him, Zhou Yan only grasped one key point: "Snake mimicry?"

Luo Futu thought that he was like an ordinary person and had a bad impression of snakes, so he subconsciously asked, "Do you hate snakes?"

Zhou Yan shook his head: "I have no special feeling for reptiles."

"Then your expression is so strange."

Zhou Yan looked him up and down: "I'm thinking about one thing, since the spell used by Wu Ling is the mimicry of a snake, then... will you also fork like a snake?"

Luo Futu didn't understand: "Fork?"

Zhou Yan looked at him blankly for a while, then suddenly raised his hand and stretched out two fingers: "It's just... a fork."

He said that when the forks were split, the two fingers that were joined together suddenly opened up, forming a "yeah" posture, and then made two "close-to-separate" movements in a cycle.

Seeing him talking and aiming at the position below his navel, Luo Futu finally came to his senses.Luo Futu maintained a smiling expression, and a vein popped up on his forehead: "Zhou—Yan...!"

Zhou Yan suddenly turned around and ran away, Luo Futu chased after him suddenly: "Stop!!! So curious! I'm going to let you see it today!"

Zhou Yan ran forward against the cold wind with a paralyzed face—why be so angry, he was just making a reasonable assumption.

Luo Futu didn't use spells, and the two of them chased each other in the snow like idiots for a long time, and they chased into the depths of the forest. At last Zhou Yan couldn't run anymore, Luo Futu chased him and rushed to him. Pressed down in the snow: "Still running! Let's see where you are going!"

Zhou Yan sat there expressionless, shaken like a mast in a storm by him: "Spit, vomit! Shake again, vomit!"

"I see you are doing well!"

"Ow—!"

A loud roar suddenly sounded, interrupting the fight between the two of them.The roar seemed to appear out of nowhere, rising from the depths of the dense forest, shaking the snow that fell in the forest, and the birds that were originally hiding in the depths of the dense forest were also frightened and flew up in flocks.Zhou Yan subconsciously lowered his head, and when the roar disappeared, he realized that Luo Futu was covering his ears.

Zhou Yan raised his head, Luo Futu saw his expression clearly, and frowned tightly: "What's wrong with you? Your face is pale, are you uncomfortable?"

You won't really be vomited by him, will you?

Zhou Yan ignored him, just stared at the direction of the roar with wide eyes: "They are coming..."

Luo Futu didn't understand: "What?"

"Lu Lian...it's Lu Lian!"

Zhou Yan suddenly got up from the ground, he stared at the front, Luo Futu followed his line of sight, but saw nothing.He smelled it in the direction the wind was blowing from, but he didn't smell any strange smell.

"Are you too nervous? I can't feel anything."

Zhou Yan didn't make a sound, he just stared at the forest in the distance - he had fought these monsters before, this feeling is definitely not wrong.

Then in the next second, Luo Futu saw the black thorn forest in the distance as if being pushed down by something, falling down one after another.Luo Futu glanced at Zhou Yan, grabbed his wrist, and he felt him trembling slightly.

"Zhou Yan..."

"run……"

Zhou Yan shook Luo Futu's hand violently: "Run! They are coming!"