Weird Wizarding World

Shelley was still surprised, but Colin could no longer hold on and walked towards the small bed beside him.

I'll tell you the details when I get up.

This hour-and-a-half-long observation had already brought Colin's body to the edge, and the fatigue coming from his soul was like a tide, swallowing him up instantly as soon as he touched the pillow, as if he was in a coma.

When I woke up, night had fallen.

Shelley was sitting at the experimental table nearby, recording something.

Snapped.

Colin stood up and subconsciously took out his pocket watch.

You're awake. Shelley raised her head and saw his movements and added, It's almost ten o'clock in the evening now.

So late? Colin was slightly startled and looked at his pocket watch. The time was already 9:53.

Putting away his pocket watch and patting his head, he suddenly said: I have to go talk to the instructor and senior sister.

After observing farmland pollution for one hour, he usually needs to sleep for about three hours, and then repeat the observation and rest in the afternoon.

But no matter what, at nine o'clock in the evening, he would rush back to the wizard's tower on time to deal with the affairs of Tiramei Plain.

Mentor Atbald and Lillian would also wait for him in the wizard tower on time every night.

Shelley nodded slightly, paused and then said: Let me run for you, and you can rest a little longer.

Since farmland pollution is of great concern, apart from Colin and Shelley, only Atbold's grandparents know about the entire experimental area. However, the latter rarely come here on weekdays, and usually only Colin's Elemental Shadow and Shelley Stay here.

Colin has no plans to expose his special resistance to god's pollution until he can grow enough to deal with the filthy whispers.

And if he wants to reach the level of observing dirty words, he still has a long way to go.

At least in the recent test, Colin, who was able to persist in observing and studying farmland pollution, could not persist for even a moment when he deeply observed the dirty nonsense everywhere in the world.

When I first saw those dirty words, I thought they were just black spots like ashes. They were very ordinary and nothing to worry about.

But if you look carefully, you can see countless weird-looking disgusting insects and slippery tentacles...

You may still be able to resist and endure this, but if you look further and carefully, everything in front of you will change drastically!

It's as if thousands of pigments are poured into the ocean, densely colored flowers bloom on the sapphire, or the sun and moon collapse, releasing endless light and heat...

With Colin's current ability to resist, he could only feel a wave of dizziness coming over him. In the blink of an eye, the starry gauze was crumbling like a candle in the wind, and then he could only rely on the last ray of clarity to quickly escape from this state.

No, I'll go over. Colin hesitated, but still rejected Shelley's proposal.

The mentor and Lilian had been waiting for a long time, especially Lilian. He thought it would be best to go over and explain himself.

Shelley didn't insist anymore and just asked him to come back early to discuss today's discovery.

Colin walked quickly towards the exit of the laboratory, but met Lilian who happened to come looking for him.

Senior. After walking out of the sheltering witch formation, Colin greeted Lilian who was flying over.

Junior. Lilian sat down and looked behind him, as if she wanted to find another figure through the cover of the witch formation, Did you encounter any trouble tonight? Why haven't you come here so late? ?”

There was some breakthrough in the experiment today, which caused me to miss the evening. Colin explained.

In this case, Lillian nodded, and then asked, Can I go in?

Of course. Colin opened the witch formation and led Lilian inside.

Is there anything important that needs to be dealt with in the Tiramei Plain today?

There are no urgent matters, just trivial matters. Well... the serfs in the Merlin Kingdom don't have much food, so they seek support from the Loen Kingdom. Lilian said.

Has the instructor reviewed it? If there is indeed no food, then approve it.

Lilian nodded and looked around curiously.

Colin basically stayed here with Shelley on weekdays. She had long wanted to come over and have a look, but Atbold had never allowed it. And she also knew the pros and cons and understood that Colin's time was precious now, so she kept coming over to bother him. .

But today I have a legitimate reason to finally come over and take a look.

If there is nothing important, I will not go to the White Tower tonight. Senior sister will go back and talk to the instructor later so that he will not keep waiting. Colin added.

At this moment, they passed through the open farmland area and walked into the deep laboratory.

Yes. Lillian nodded, looked around, her eyes lingered on the single bed for a moment, and then said hello to Shelley, who looked calm, Long time no see, Shelley.

Long time no see. Shelley stood up and took the initiative to come to Lilian's side.

The two of them started chatting in front of Colin.

Colin suddenly remembered that the relationship between Shelley and Lillian seemed to be quite good.

Just when they came to the Ti Laimei Plain, Shelley had been busy studying farmland pollution with him, while Lillian was helping him deal with the affairs of the plains, so there was not much time to see each other.

By the way, senior sister... After the two chatted for a while, Colin interrupted and brought the topic back to the topic: How is the progress on the magic stone-free steam engine?

There hasn't been much progress. Lilian shook her head. We have searched all the minerals on the market, but we have not found any ore that my junior said is similar to charcoal and can be burned.

And without stable fuel, it is very difficult to create a practical steam engine that does not rely on magic stones...

Colin nodded, also feeling a little headache.

There is no coal, and I have not heard of oil yet... The significance of fuel for steam engines is self-evident. Using magic stones and some witchcraft runes can provide stable energy.

However, magic stones are something only wizards can afford, and there are no practical conditions for promoting them to ordinary people.

'But if we really can't find cheaper fuel, we can only use magic stones to produce various large-scale machinery and increase the productivity of the Ti Laimei Plain. ’

After all, these things were only minor matters, and Colin had a headache and put them behind him.

The main reason why he is trying to promote the industrialization process now is not to change the wizarding world, but to first increase the prosperity of the Tilaimei Plain and then feed back his own strength.

After all, no matter how powerful the industrialization process is, even if every civilian can live a good life with a bumper harvest and abundant supplies, it still cannot solve the biggest problem facing wizards today -

War with the gods.

The direct reason that determines the final outcome of this war does not lie with them, middle-level wizards, nor with hundreds of millions of ordinary people.

It only lies between the six supreme councilors at the top and those gods.

This is a desperate fact that Noyce told him, but it is also a reality.

After Colin inquired carefully, Noyce did not explain much to him. He only vaguely revealed that the current war is the product of compromise under the mutual restraint of top-level combat forces.

The Supreme Councilors were unable to take action, and those gods could only descend on some clones with limited strength, so it was their turn to fight life and death for ordinary wizards, barely forming a situation where soldiers faced off against generals.

Think about it, reality is not a game. It has always been about superior horses fighting inferior horses, relying on the powerful to attack the weak. Just like Colin now participating in mortal wars, what can he do even if the enemy country has countless great knights? There is no need to use a single soldier, and the enemy country that can be killed by just one person will be defeated.

In reality, if those top-level combat forces were able to fight, the same situation would probably be the same.

As for the production of some witchcraft equipment through industrialized ideological improvements to strengthen the strength of mid- to low-end wizards on the current battlefield... this is not completely impossible.

It's just not easy to do. After all, although the wizarding world has not developed satisfactorily in terms of people's livelihood and infrastructure, this is not the case in terms of combat.

There are many kinds of witchcraft tools used by wizards in warfare.

Alas...it's a pity that this is not a peaceful time.

Otherwise, relying on the ideological wealth he brought from his previous life to complete a complete industrial revolution in the wizarding world, I am afraid that it will only take a hundred years to qualitatively improve the strength of the entire wizarding family, and the number of middle- and lower-level wizards will increase several times. Not a problem, many top wizards may be born as a result...

After Lillian left, Colin continued to discuss farmland pollution with Shelley.

It's hard to describe the specific appearance of farmland pollution... To put it bluntly, it's like a colorful gray turbidity...

Shelley listened carefully and carefully.

Now that we have figured out the general situation of farmland pollution, the next step is to start studying treatment methods.

Will those polluting turbid currents actively converge into plants?

After listening to Colin's description, Shelley thought for a moment and asked.

Yes. Colin nodded.

Perhaps we can try to take advantage of this property and slowly use it up by growing plants?

Colin frowned, and after thinking about it carefully, he nodded, You can try this method.

Although it seems that farmland pollution will not be solved so easily, Shelley's proposal is one way.

“Let’s try this method first.

Later, when you discover more about farmland pollution, you can try other methods based on the new characteristics exposed. Shelley added.

Yeah. Colin nodded, What we plant may not necessarily be plants. We can try anything that can allow those polluting turbid currents to actively enter...

Another week passed in a flash.

Colin failed to make further progress in solving farmland pollution, mainly because the part consumed by each plant infected by farmland pollution is really insignificant compared with its huge total amount.

In a palm-sized piece of soil, less than one percent of the pollution in the soil is consumed by growing plants for a week.

However, they have not given up trying to grow new plants, because different plants can remove different amounts of pollution, and they may be able to find a plant that is particularly effective in removing pollution from farmland.

However, the plant was not found, but Colin waited for a guest from afar.

The wizard's White Tower drawing room.

Sir Leiden, why do you have time to come to my place today?

Colin and the genius wizard sat opposite each other on the soft sofa. On the brown coffee table in front of them were two steaming cups of white porcelain black tea.

I didn't come here specifically to see you, I was just passing by. Raiden's words were very straightforward.

Colin was not annoyed at all. He could feel that the wizard on the other side was simply speaking bluntly and had no ill intentions.

Passing by? Colin took a sip of black tea and followed Leiden's words.

Yes. Leiden nodded and did not say why he was passing by. He just asked: Your Excellency Colin, are you interested in discussing with me?

Colin put down the tea cup, paused and said: There is no need to discuss...it is not in the sky duel field. Without the help of the witch formation, it is difficult for us to control the proportion.

Leiden frowned obviously, but he didn't force it. He just said: If you are interested in discussing with me at any time, you are welcome to come to Meredith City.

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Colin stood up and prepared for a ride.

By the way, there's one more thing. Raiden took a few steps, seemed to remember something, and then turned back and said:

Do you still have enough food in the Tiramei Plain under your control?

...I can still hold on for the time being. Colin replied after a pause.

When I came here, I saw the serfs supported by your Excellency. Leiden paused and did not comment. He just said: The food reserves in Meredith City can generally only last for one and a half years. I want to come to Ti Laimei. It should be similar in the plains, so please pay attention.

I will. Colin nodded.

Raiden paused, then suddenly whispered: The food market in Meredith City has collapsed. Schools and wizards are plundering the grain reserves of the kingdom's nobles, and the nobles are plundering the grain reserves of the lower-class civilians... And as far as I know , Neustadt is not much better.

Although the farmland in Your Excellency's Tiramei Plain has been destroyed, there is quite a lot of food stored here...

You mean, someone in Neustadt is working on the idea of ​​storing grain in the Tilaimei Plain? Colin asked.

Leiden didn't answer, but just smiled and said, Actually, it wasn't that smooth when I came here this time.

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Watching Raiden's figure gradually disappear, Colin's heart gradually sank.

This talented wizard from Meredith City, with a distinguished status, obviously did not mean anything he said.

Moreover, if the Supreme Council of Neustadt expressed a need for food from the Tiramei Plain, he really could not stop it.

This is Neustadt's golden wheat. According to the regulations of the parliament, Neustadt can expropriate Tilaimei's grain reserves at market prices, and the latter cannot refuse.

Moreover, in special circumstances, this kind of expropriation will be mandatory and no compensation will be given.

When he came to the laboratory in a slightly irritable mood, Shelley gave him good news.

A plant called figwort behaved strangely during experiments in contaminated soil.