Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 638

Chapter 635: Sand Dune Base and Drought-Resistant Magic Plant Desert Rose

Chapter 635: Dune Base and Drought-Resistant Magic Plant: Desert Rose.
The Sith Wizard flew in mid-air and said, “In this dune world, there are many research groups from Golden Crown Mountain doing research, not just ours. Some of the research groups are from wizard organizations that have cooperated with Golden Crown Mountain, or some wizard organizations have paid to rent them.”

“The Dune World is quite famous in the Yunze Wetlands. After all, so many magic stone resources were spent to transform this world. Naturally, we can’t just use it for our experiments. That would be a waste.”

“Only by cooperating with other wizarding organizations can we recoup some of our investment.”

After flying for about an hour, Locke and his companions saw an oasis experimental base with the “Seven-Color Nursery” sign hanging on it in the vast sea of sand.

It seemed to be a research institute of the Seven-Colored Nursery in this world.

At the same time, Locke and his companions saw the academy logo of [Magic Hub City] on a sand dune 50 km away from the research institute.

Then, behind this sand dune, we saw a large ecological base.

It seems that this dune world is also a good asset for Golden Crown Mountain. Major wizarding organizations are willing to pay to purchase a research site in this world.

The Sith wizard led Locke and the others to continue flying, and finally arrived at an oasis.

It was discovered that this oasis was not only located on the surface of the desert, but also continued to dig down into the interior, through the rock layer, and there were layers of agricultural areas on the ground.

At a rough glance, there are at least thirty floors.

At the same time, the entire oasis is covered by a layer of invisible film material. The magical energy and moisture emitted from the oasis will be intercepted by the film material covering the oasis and then remain in it.

The Sith wizard pointed at the transparent film and said, “This is an ecological membrane, a masterpiece created by the alchemists of Mount Golden Crown. It can trap magical energy and moisture, but it won’t prevent other substances from flowing in and out.”

“Without this ecological membrane, the magical energy within our institute wouldn’t be able to be retained for more than 24 hours. It would immediately go from a moderately magical area to a non-magic area. Most of the magical plants within our institute would die within a few days.”

“In fact, this process is also part of the history of this plane.”

The Sith wizard said, “Besides the ecological membrane, look, there’s a flying vehicle in the sky above the research institute.”

Locke, Mason Witch and others looked up and saw a void battleship in the shape of a giant porcelain tree above this ecological base.

Countless gears and hot steam are emanating from those giant porcelain trees.

It seems that there are also wizards doing research among them.

The entire giant tree is like a huge witch porcelain. When the scorching sunlight shines on it, its heat energy is absorbed, converted, and then stored as energy.

Locke pointed at the huge porcelain and asked, “What is that?”

The Sith wizard said, “That’s the City of Wu Porcelain, a type of architecture invented by the Demonic Nexus City. However, this one was imitated by us at Golden Crown Mountain. You can consider it to be something made by Golden Crown Mountain itself.”

“The City of Wu Porcelain is made of Wu Porcelain, which can absorb solar energy and transform it into magical energy. This magical energy is then conducted into our research institute, becoming the energy for the various magical devices within it, as well as the energy for creating magical tides.”

“Look, there are a total of thirty Wu Porcelain Cities in the sky. These cities absorb solar energy every moment and convert it into magical tides to maintain the magical tidal concentration gradient within our institute.”

“This plane itself is already broken. If not, it wouldn’t be possible to grow any magical plants on this plane.”

The Sith wizard said, “What’s funny is that the solar energy that turned this plane into such a hellish scene has become the thing that gives it new life under the technology of our wizards.”

“This plane is lacking in everything except energy.”

“This is an important research site for Sun Wu Porcelain, and the Wu Porcelain City is a milestone product of Sun Wu Porcelain. Since we eliminated most of our bases in this world ten years ago, the only remaining ecological base in this world is Demonic Nexus City.”

“Every year they want to apply for another base to study solar witch porcelain.”

Locke asked, “Jin Mian Shan wouldn’t agree, would he?”

The Sith wizard laughed and said, “If they could disclose the technology of their Sun Wizard Porcelain, Golden Crown Mountain would probably agree. But I don’t think they will disclose it.”

“In that case, they’ll have no choice but to find a suitable colonization plane themselves and devote vast resources to transforming it. The Senate and the Academic Committee don’t want the plane we painstakingly transformed to become a tool for their Demonic Nexus City to research new technologies.”

“That would be a huge disadvantage for us. It’s us at Jinmian Mountain who have invested a lot of resources. But Jinmian Mountain is objectively far behind Demonic Hub City in terms of Wu Porcelain. So we have no choice but to kick them out.”

Sith said, “Witch Porcelain City not only gathers magic tides for us, but also blocks the sun. Otherwise, the high temperature would easily turn all the magic plants in our research institute into charcoal, or burn through a corner of the ecological membrane.”

“The ecological membrane is constantly being damaged. Once damaged, water vapor and magical tides will leak out. You see, many wizards are repairing the ecological membrane. This is a common task for our two groups.”

Locke asked the Sith wizard, “Teacher Sith, do all the research institutes in this world have ecological membranes and wizard porcelain cities?”

“The two ecological bases we just encountered seem to have these two large devices.”

The Sith wizard said, “Of course. Otherwise, how can we maintain the magical tidal gradient and humidity within the base, and control the light intensity?”

“So both the ecological membrane and the City of Wizard Porcelain are necessary. Of course, the ecological membrane is absolutely necessary, but some wizard organizations in this world don’t use the City of Wizard Porcelain to block out the sunlight. They may use other things, such as magic weapons. However, the use of Wizard Porcelain has an advantage, which is that it can generate energy while blocking out the sunlight.”

The Sith wizard passed directly through the ecological membrane.

Locke hesitated for a moment, then rode the Big Green Leaf Dragon Bird and also crashed into the ecological membrane.

Unlike what he imagined would happen if he hit something, Locke passed through the ecological membrane as if he was passing through the air.

He glanced curiously at the biofilm behind him. “This thing is truly miraculous. It’s truly the work of alchemists.”

The magic tidal concentration gradient and even the weather conditions inside and outside the membrane are indeed completely different.

The temperature outside the membrane is extremely high, over 100 degrees Celsius, while the temperature inside the membrane is only about 40 degrees Celsius, and there is a lot of water vapor.

The most important thing is that the magic tide concentration gradient is very high, about the level of the southeast corner area.

This resulted in the ground being covered with magical plants growing under the magical fields of water dripping from the pipes.

There were many wizard apprentices working on the ground.

The Sith wizard said, “In this Dune Plane, the least valuable thing is energy. Anyway, there is solar energy.”

“Using Wuci, we can transform it into a magical tide. So, it may not be what you thought before. In this plane, we really do not lack magical power.”

“But we lack something else, and this is also the major crisis our two groups have encountered recently.”

Locke, Mason Witch and others looked at Sith.

The Sith wizard landed on the ground, followed by the other four.

At the same time, the wizard apprentices on the ground came over to greet the Sith wizard and others as soon as they saw them.

“Hello, Lord Sith…”

“Hello, Mr. Augustine, Hello, Mr. Mason…”

“Ah, I didn’t expect that Teacher Augustine would come to our base.”

Because of the spell fighting competition, many wizard apprentices in Jinmian Mountain have become familiar with Locke.

At this moment, a first-class wizard apprentice witch with a magic pressure of 700 covered her mouth, as if she had seen her idol.

She was holding a grafting knife in a magical field, grafting a variety of desert rose.

She whispered to another female first-class wizard apprentice, “I’ve wanted to take Teacher Augustine’s open class for a long time. Unfortunately, Teacher Augustine has never held any open classes.”

Another apprentice witch whispered, “Even if he held an open class, we wouldn’t be able to get a spot. There would definitely be a lot of people signing up, and we’re in this Dune Plane, so we only have a limited amount of time to return to the Material Plane.”

“Teacher Augustine is the champion of the magic combat competition. If his class starts, it will probably be filled up immediately.”

The Sith wizard led Locke and the others to the hanging ladder in the center of the research institute. The five of them walked up and followed the ladder into the underground.

The Sith wizard glanced at Locke and smiled, “It seems that some of us have become celebrities. Even in my group 2’s base, we have our own admirers.”

Locke coughed.

The Magic Fighting Competition and the Yunze Cup have indeed brought me a lot of fame.

Witch Mason and Witch Freya both laughed secretly.

The Sith wizard said, “As you can see, my institute needs a great number of skilled wizard apprentices, but the Dune Plane itself is not suitable for apprentice-level wizards. Therefore, without this ecological membrane, the safety of those students cannot be guaranteed at all.”

“But even if it does, it’s actually very dangerous.”

“Because this world is full of endless sandstorms…”

As soon as the Sith wizard finished speaking, a wizard porcelain city above the ecological membrane suddenly fired a magic cannon into the distance, breaking up a huge sandstorm approaching from afar.

The Sith wizard said, “I just mentioned this, but it happened unexpectedly. If the sandstorm approaches our research institute, it may increase the leakage of the ecological membrane and affect the operation of the Wuci City…”

“If there is a serious problem with the ecological membrane, it may cause our entire base to be completely scrapped.”

“Therefore, those Wu Porcelain Cities in the sky also have another function, which is to monitor the movements of nearby sandstorms and disperse them before they get close.”

The Sith wizard said, “However, before that, this world once experienced a massive sandstorm that swept across half the plane due to a seismic event.”

“My research institute also suffered severe damage in that natural disaster, resulting in heavy economic losses. However, fortunately, only one second-class wizard apprentice died. These people are our academy’s most valuable assets.”

“So, the loss of assets of our college is not that serious. This is the reason why we moved away from the location of the institute before.”

The Sith wizard looked at Locke and said, “But in the end, these are just minor inconveniences.”

“The real trouble lies elsewhere.”

Locke followed up on what the Sith Wizard, the leader of Team 2, had said. “Teacher Sith, what trouble are you in?”

The Sith wizard stood on the ladder, pointed at the surrounding magic fields, and asked, “Locke, tell me, what crops are grown in those magic fields?”

Locke hesitated for a moment, then confirmed after observing: “Most of them are rose-type magical plants.”

The Sith wizard nodded and said, “In this world, my research institute has no shortage of energy. But it lacks two things: first, water, and second, good soil.”

“So, in this dune world, there are three problems that need to be solved. The first is the source of water, the second is the source of soil, and the third is the source of air element.”

“Originally, there were four problems, including the issue of magic tides. However, thanks to the emergence of the technology of the City of Magic Porcelain, magic tides are no longer in short supply in this world. On the contrary, they are extremely abundant. We have mastered the technology of the Sun Magic Porcelain, which converts high temperatures into magical energy.”

The Sith wizard said, “As for the air element, we also have a large number of magical plants that can produce air elements. As long as there are enough plants, at least within the ecological membrane, there will be enough air elements.”

“So, there are actually two questions.”

“Water first, soil second.”

Locke nodded slightly. In fact, the first time the four of them entered this plane, they discovered that the atmospheric composition was different from that of the wizarding world.

However, all four of them are formal wizards, and their bodies have undergone certain modifications. They are not like ordinary life forms who cannot live without the element of air for a moment.

Moreover, the air in this plane still contains a certain amount of air elements, so breathing is not a problem.

As for why there is still air element content, this may be related to the fact that the overall elemental barrier of this plane is still intact. At least there has been no terrible gas escape.

It’s just that magic tide is a more scarce resource than gas, so the problem of magic tide completely dissipating occurred.

Moreover, Locke had previously observed that a large amount of air elements were emerging from the ground. This might be the world’s will, the last attempt to save the lives of this world.

The center of the earth in this world should still retain some ability to produce the essential substance for life – the air element.

This may be the last stubbornness of this plane.

In a sense, the sudden arrival of wizard civilization on this plane is like the arrival of a savior.

No wonder when I came to this plane, I didn’t feel any hostility or malice. Instead, I felt that the remaining world will invited me and encouraged me.

The Sith wizard said, “The soil has turned into sand due to a lack of nutrients and high temperatures. However, after the temperature is controlled by the City of Porcelain, as long as there is enough water and magical plants (humus), or fertilizer, the sand can slowly turn into soil.”

“The difference between sand and soil lies in the humus, a large number of microorganisms, and other trace elements.”

“So, the final problem is water. And the problem I’m facing now is a lack of water. As for why there is a lack of water…”

A trace of anger crossed the Sith wizard’s face. “This has something to do with the damned Rose Council and the treacherous Storm Tower.”

“Our two groups were making rapid progress, with new research breakthroughs every year and numerous papers published in top-tier journals each year!”

“Also, we have established cooperation with the Rose Council by planting desert roses. Desert roses require very little water, have high economic value, are drought-resistant, and can produce humus after they die, turning sand into soil.”

“It’s really a good way to make a lot of money.”

“Sand control is about water control. Plants with lower water demands and higher economic value are what our Group 2 needs most.”

“We were originally doing very well. However, a wizard from the Rose Council suddenly took a fancy to the meager profits we were generating from growing various types of desert roses…”

“Even the United Storm Tower has restricted me!”

(End of this chapter)