Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 569

Chapter 566: Meeting Diana Again and the Bankruptcy

In front of the dormitory, Locke received forty-five beech trees sent by wizards from the Silver Plum Garden, which made the wizard Daniel next door look sideways.

Wizard Daniel stood in the next room in the castle corridor and asked curiously, “Locke, what do you want so many one-ring magic plants for? Are you creating a large ecosystem?”

Locke was stunned for a moment. The Forest Sanctuary was indeed a large-scale ecological experiment. “Secret, secret.”

Upon seeing this, Wizard Daniel did not ask any further questions.

Every official wizard has some secrets. Pursuing them relentlessly will only destroy the friendship between the two and offend others.

After Locke used the Druid’s Ring to receive forty-five beech trees, he spent three days slowly transplanting them all into his own forest sanctuary.

These forty-five beech trees will gradually integrate into the Forest Sanctuary within the next month. Together with the fifty beech trees transplanted into the Forest Sanctuary before, they will become the most solid force of the Forest Sanctuary.

Locke looked at the beech tree in front of him, which was like a pillar reaching into the sky, and nodded slightly.

Beech is a favorite furniture material for high-ring wizards. The furniture made from it can resist the magical pressure of high-ring wizards and can also be used to make tool benches in various industries.

This is an economic crop with extremely high value, wide range of uses, and is a pillar of society.

Therefore, ninety-five beech trees changed the characteristics of their forest, making their forest sanctuary hard, strong and full of vitality.

Locke consulted the information in the book. “The forest can’t just contain plants, there are also microorganisms. But if we introduce magical creatures… the forest sanctuary is where my core strength lies. Bringing in any magical creatures would likely create a huge loophole.”

Locke thought about it.

Imagine that you had a conflict with a wizard of the summoning school. While fighting with you, the other party suddenly realized that there were many magical creatures living inside the forest sanctuary inside the druid’s ring, and used magic on these magical creatures. The situation would become very exciting.

In addition, some wizards of the School of Conjuration are said to have the ability to interfere with specific magical creatures across space. The School of Conjuration itself is unique in the field of bloodline studies.

In addition, the corpses of dead animals can also be easily used by wizards of the spiritualist school.

“The Forest Sanctuary is the core of my power,” Locke pondered. “Rashly introducing magical creatures will only leave my magical power full of loopholes. Even the creator of the Forest Sanctuary, Wizard Levis, didn’t consider this problem.”

“However, it’s not a big problem. If it were in the southeast corner or the land of the six towers, I might not be able to do anything. But in the Yunze Wetland, there is a lot of information to search.”

“I’ll look up some information to see if there’s a solution.”

Locke looked at his completely empty savings and sighed slightly. It cost him thirty magic crystal cards to buy forty-five beech trees, and it cost him another eighty thousand magic stones to transplant them all into the Druid’s Ring.

As a result, his current savings only consist of two pitiful magic crystal cards.

And with such a small amount of savings, he still had to support his team of four researchers including Mason Witch and others.

After all, even if there were still 400,000 fund magic stones, they had to pay a lot of the money first and then report it later.

Because it is necessary to separate money and accounts in order to supervise how wizards use fund funds.

This means that I still need to have some savings to cover the daily expenses of the four-person team.

This is considered as working capital.

In addition, Gregor and Williams also need to pay for some small expenses themselves. For example, he has to spend one thousand magic stones on each of them every month to help them prepare high-level weeping nightshade potion.

If they were asked to pay this money themselves… considering that they are currently working as laboratory assistants in the Institute of True Knowledge and receive a monthly living allowance of 1,500 magic stones, they definitely cannot afford it.

Whether these two people can become official wizards as soon as possible is closely related to their own exit requirements.

“I have to make money as soon as possible. I hope September 1st can come as soon as possible. There is still half a month left.” Locke was anxiously waiting for money.

The key point is that we still don’t know what the specific sales of the Hydra series of magic plants will be on September 1st.

If the sales performance is not good, he will probably have to live frugally for a long time and look for new directions to increase his income.

At this moment, Locke finally understood the problem facing countless serious wizards: where would the funds come from?
A day later, Locke completed another analysis of the mechanism of action pathway of a pineapple-type magical plant in the breeder’s public laboratory and shared the information on three pineapple-type magical plants with Mason Witch and others.

Looking at the excited crowd, Locke hesitated for a moment and still did not tell them about his current financial shortage.

Anyway, Mason Witch and others are usually accustomed to using their own money first and then reimbursing themselves.

Therefore, as long as there are no unexpected events within these two weeks, the problem of funding shortage can be solved.

Speaking out now will only add to people’s panic.

When Mason turned around, she looked at Locke and noticed that Locke sighed slightly. “Locke, the four of us have already advanced your project two-thirds of the way. The situation is very good. Why are you still sighing?”

“Now should be a time to be happy.”

Witch Freya also looked at Locke curiously.

Wizard Barrett glanced at Locke and abruptly changed the subject. “Yesterday, I helped Locke perform a three-dimensional structural analysis of the Ice Mirror of the Tyrant Pineapple Magic Plant. The results were astonishing. First, through the Ice Mirror, I confirmed that Locke had indeed discovered a completely new natural magical component, and that he had obtained this component by cultivating a new magical plant.”

“Secondly, the giant size of the Tyrannosaurus Rex is also related to this natural magical structural component.”

“Team Leader Locke, come over here and take a look.”

The four of them gathered around it. After observing it, Locke nodded and said, “I’ve already guessed that this special natural magical structure makes the Tyrannosaurus so huge and so dangerous.”

“Therefore, I named this natural magic structure component the Type 2 Overlord Structure. Overlord was originally only found in the Queen of Kings and its related subspecies of magic plants, but now, a new type of overlord has been discovered in the Queen of Kings pineapple.”

Locke said, “It’s worth mentioning that breeders have developed a series of super-powered magical plants by transplanting the super-powered essence from the queen flower. And if we use the second super-powered essence from the queen pineapple and combine it with the existing super-powered magical plant technology, who knows what will happen.”

Now all three of them were shocked.

Witch Mason, Witch Freya, and Wizard Barrett all looked at Locke with admiration.

They didn’t expect that Locke was only doing some basic research on six groups, and as he was doing it, he discovered a method that could change the current one-ring-two-ring magic plant breeding technology.

Although it is just a possibility, it is this possibility that makes everyone see some hope.

Just based on this overlord breeding technology, how much development can the four of them do?!

Witch Freya raised a cup of duck head green tea to Locke and said, “A tribute to our team’s genius leader, Locke Augustine.”

Witch Mason and Barrett smiled at each other, then raised the teacup beside them and drank it all in one gulp.

The discovery and confirmation of this structure No. 2 overlord is definitely the most valuable of the seven new natural magic structures that Locke is currently analyzing.

The remaining six types are only of some basic research value, because although those six natural magic structural components are newly discovered, their functions can be replaced by various natural magic structural components in the magic plant world, and their functions cannot be considered too special.

It is only for the purpose of basic research that these data are analyzed and recorded. It is very likely that these data will only stay in libraries and journals for hundreds of years.

But this No. 2 Overlord Extract is different, because there is a whole line of overlord breeding technology and related markets. Therefore, if Locke reveals his current discovery to the outside world, it will probably immediately attract all kinds of prying eyes.

Locke said, “Our current project involves analyzing the mechanism pathways of twenty-six pineapple-like magical plants, as well as seven natural magical structural components.”

“But the discovery of Overlord No. 2 allows us to put other work on hold. I will also put aside my search for new pathways of action for bromeliad-like magic plants and focus our team’s main efforts on Overlord No. 2.”

“Now we need to quickly confirm all the data for Overlord No. 2. Mason, you’ll conduct a functional analysis of Overlord No. 2’s Daylight Mirror. Barrett, you’ll conduct a biological pathway analysis of Overlord No. 2’s Electromagnetic Mirror.”

Locke looked at Witch Freya and said, “We two need to do more. Because Overlord Supplement No. 2 involves commercial application, we need more data. We need to compare the performance differences of the two Overlord Supplements in various aspects, as well as their performance in extreme environments, to find the advantages of our Overlord Supplement No. 2 – if there are any.”

“Then we’ll need to do more experiments and use more breeder equipment.” Locke frowned, thinking again of the funding shortage. “We might need to do a complete industrial quality inspection. The equipment for this is actually more comprehensive in Alsace and Frankfurt.”

“You may also need to use…Queen Cernunnos’ chessboard.”

Witch Freya and others immediately swallowed their saliva, because Queen Cernunnos’ chessboard is simply called the Queen’s chessboard, and the Queen’s chessboard is considered to be relatively expensive among the three-ring magic weapons, and it is said to be worth hundreds of millions.

That was a breeder’s device that first-ring wizards were not qualified to use. Among the six groups, only second-ring wizards were qualified to use Queen Cernunnos’s chessboard.

But the problem is that if you want to carefully compare the advantages and disadvantages of the two overlords, you also need to use the Queen’s Chessboard to deduce the respective advantages and disadvantages of the two overlords. In addition, in the Queen’s Chessboard, you can use the natural Force to conduct Force-level detection to thoroughly confirm the nature of the two overlords.

Mason Witch reminded: “Locke, the Institute of True Knowledge will never allow us first-ring wizards to use the Queen’s Chessboard.”

Locke nodded slightly.

That’s true, this is the rule within the six groups, but in fact, if you have enough money, you can spend money to borrow the Queen’s chessboard from the commercial store alliance.

In short, it all comes down to money.

Locke said, “Using the Queen’s Chessboard will only allow us to better compare the strengths and weaknesses of the two overlords and clearly distinguish the differences between them at the Force level. But we can use sophisticated experimental designs and some other equipment to achieve this goal as much as possible. Freya, let’s design these experiments together.”

“Everyone, no more questions?”

Witch Mason and the others shook their heads slightly, and everyone started working enthusiastically.

Locke looked at his team and nodded slightly. He was very satisfied with the current development, except that he had no money.

“The existence of Overlord Element can indeed add a touch of brilliance to my project. I just don’t know if it will be beyond Witch Catherine’s expectations.” Locke pondered: “Last time, I thought about Witch Mason’s proposal for a long time, but I just couldn’t figure out how to optimize the current exploration process.”

“First, let’s find a way to get more money. With money, I can use more resources. Like now, even using the three magic mirrors, I feel a little nervous.”

Currently, every time he uses the magic mirror, he has to spend at least 20,000 magic stones, which will directly empty his savings.

However, he was already much richer than the average researcher. Locke had even seen researchers who lived frugally to save research funds.

In short, it’s difficult for everyone.

Locke packed up and prepared to go to the library in the afternoon. According to the arrangement of Witch Catherine, he went to the library to borrow the books recommended by her.

But who knew that Locke would meet a person he had not expected in the breeder’s public laboratory.

When he turned around, he felt that the air around him had become several degrees lower, and at the same time he smelled the fragrance of osmanthus. When he looked up, he saw the witch Diana wearing a wizard robe that looked like a warrior’s uniform.

Witch Diana supported her waist with her left hand and greeted Locke with her right hand. “Long time no see, Locke Augustine.”

Locke gave a strange expression.

Witch Diana laughed and said, “What’s that expression on your face? Does it feel strange to see me here?”

Locke said, “Hello, Witch Diana. If I remember correctly, you seem to have joined Bonifacius’s Academy of Advanced Knowledge.”

“This is the Zhenzhiyuan of Jinman Mountain, Diana. Are you here to scout the enemy?”

Witch Diana’s eyes widened, as if she had heard something ridiculous. “No, I wouldn’t do such a thing. I’ve always believed that as long as I focus on doing my job well, any enemy will be defeated.”

“However, have you heard of joint training? You can understand that there is a collaboration between my Throne Wizard Mentor and your Throne Wizard Mentor, so I was seconded here to serve as one of the project leaders on my Throne Wizard Mentor’s side.”

Locke had obviously figured this out after his initial surprise, so he nodded and said, “I see. You are indeed worthy of me.”

There are several situations for joint training. One situation is that the original mentor does not want this wizard, but because this wizard occupies a place, he can only reuse the waste and send him somewhere else to exchange favors with other high-level wizards.

Come on, out of sight, out of mind.

But there are also cases where the purpose is to better train students, or to better form a project cooperation with a high-level wizard to achieve unique joint advantages.

The wizard who is seconded in this situation is usually a capable subordinate of the high-level wizard.

It’s very obvious. With Diana’s ability, she is obviously the second case.

Locke said, “Welcome, my friend, Witch Diana.”

Witch Diana smiled with satisfaction.

Ever since Locke defeated Diana in the last Yunze Cup match, they both remembered each other.

The easiest way for geniuses to communicate with each other is to win the competition fairly.

That will surely make the other party remember it forever, unforgettable, until you win it back again.

Locke asked, “However, I really want to ask, what experiment are you doing here?”

Witch Diana said, “To be honest, I don’t know either. How can we, young wizards of the first ring, know clearly what the masters of the throne are thinking?”

“The specific work still needs to be arranged later. I have been helping my mentor with four months of statistics on the transpiration rates of gas elements from the pores of leaves of different species of One Ring Magic Plants.”

“I completed a third-class Zhenzhi Academy funding project at Bonifacius University.”

Witch Diana, a native wizard of the Yunze Wetlands, was accustomed to this kind of basic research, so she simply said, “I just arrived at your Golden Crown Mountain three days ago and was assigned to your group three.”

“It seems your three groups here are mainly focused on finding and analyzing the pathways by which the magical plants suppress the reproductive capacity of magical creatures above the first ring level.”

“So, I don’t know what I’m doing here. My senior brother just asked me to come here first to familiarize myself with the environment. I thought that you were the only wizard I knew here, so I came to find you.”

Locke nodded slightly. The three groups of people rarely appeared in the public breeder laboratory. It seemed that they all had an independent laboratory in a special desert area around the Golden Crown Mountain.

However, I didn’t expect that the main research content of the three groups was to study how magical plants could suppress the reproductive capacity of magical creatures.

Group six’s research focused on how magical plants could enhance the fertility of magical creatures, while group three’s research focused on how magical plants could suppress the fertility of magical creatures.

Moreover, according to Teacher Ekaterina’s grouping habits, three groups are obviously more important to Witch Ekaterina than six groups.

Locke couldn’t help but feel curious about what kind of project Catherine the Witch’s three-ring ten-person plan project was, which had been going on for a hundred years.

It is really hard to tell what the witch Ekaterina is doing in the project parts that Group Three and Group Six are responsible for, as their research directions are opposite.

At first, Locke also suspected whether the witch Ekaterina was cultivating magical plants that could enhance the reproductive power of some magical creatures, but now it seems that it is not that simple.

Witch Diana asked Locke, “Do you have any plans for the afternoon?”

Locke looked at Witch Diana strangely. “My tutor assigned me some book lists, and I was planning to check them out this afternoon.”

Witch Diana nodded. “You’re certainly very busy, then. But could you spare an hour? I’d like to go to Joseph’s Golem Shop and have another duel with you. I saw your nine-layer permanent defense field at the Yunze Cup last time, and it really intrigued me.”

“But I thought hard about it for four and a half months, and finally I came up with a solution.”

Witch Diana challenged Locke, “How about this? As two talented breeders who came from the Yunze Cup, how about a competition?”

Locke curled up the corners of his mouth. In fact, he felt itchy after listening halfway.

Geniuses are always attracted to each other, compete with each other, and achieve each other in the competition.

For this reason, it is a pleasure to have fellow travelers on the path of pursuing truth.

Only with competition can there be progress.

Moreover, Locke was also very curious about what the so-called method that Witch Diana mentioned to break his nine permanent defense force fields was.

Although his permanent defense force field has been upgraded, it follows the route of Mist’s power and life reloading, rather than the meaningless stacking of permanent defense force fields.

To be honest, nine stacked permanent defense force fields may not be much better than one permanent defense force field of Mist’s Power.

Locke said, “The nine permanent defense force fields that were superimposed on me before were not the result of my own strength. Instead, I borrowed the magic pressure left inside the Hydra by nine Suleias people.”

“So, it was just a coincidence.”

“However, if you, Diana, have invited me to a challenge, then I will accept the challenge. However, the money for going to Joseph’s Golem Shop…”

Witch Diana said, “No problem, I’ll pay.”

“That’s what should be done.”

The two left the public laboratory and went to the Dragon Blood Gathering Castle, where they found Joseph’s Golem Shop on the first floor.

Witch Diana paid five thousand magic stones and rented a single room that was large enough to support the power they used to compete with each other.

Moreover, there are a large number of golems for medical purposes in the test room of Joseph’s Golem Shop, so wizards can compete in strength and get treatment quickly.

Inside the test room.

Locke used the five-headed snake magic plant to randomly superimpose five permanent defensive force fields on himself, namely Steam Bark, Life Force Field, Harvest Force Field, Oak Heavy Armor, and Oak Belt.

Because the permanent defense force fields that he currently knew only had two combinations, he could only compromise a little and disrupt the combinations. He picked out four spells from the two combinations and combined them with the neat bark engraved on the Cloud Sea and Misty Pine Mountain to form a simple version of five superimposed permanent defense force fields.

One more won’t do, because one more will form the Mist Force or the Life Reload.

Witch Diana looked at the five-headed snake plant in Locke’s left hand. “It seems you’ve made some progress. Even without the power of the Sureyas, you can now use this combination magic on your own.”

“But your current state is not as amazing as your performance at the Yunze Cup, where you possessed nine permanent defensive force fields.”

The next moment, two laurel leaf scimitars appeared in the hands of Witch Diana. At the same time, her permanent defensive force field [Full Moon Barrier], like a full moon, jumped out from her shadow and continued to expand, colliding with the five permanent defensive force fields on Locke’s body.

(End of this chapter)