Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 639

Chapter 636: The Magic Plant’s Energy Locking Structure and the Air Plant’s Further In-depth Study

Chapter 636: The Magic Plant’s Energy Locking Structure and the Air Plant The Magic Plant continued to go deeper.
The Sith Wizard looked at Locke and said, “There are wizards in the Rose Council who want to grow desert roses themselves. But even if we just grow desert roses to earn economic value, it will be beyond their ability to surpass our two groups in cost and supply in a short period of time.”

“Our two groups’ largest source of water comes from a large device developed by Storm Tower. However, it needs regular maintenance by Storm Tower. However, the Rose Council somehow managed to get the wizards at Storm Tower to stop maintaining our two groups’ equipment, resulting in our two groups having no water at all!”

“Without water, it becomes very dangerous in this desert!”

Locke asked the Sith wizard, “So, we have no water now? But I see many wizard apprentices in the institute watering the magic plants. And the drip irrigation system has not stopped.”

The Sith wizard said, “That’s the water we stored earlier. We can also transport water from outside, but the cost is very high and the quantity is insufficient.”

“The amount of water this research institute requires at all times is enormous. Furthermore, the principles of this world’s water conflict with the sand and soil of this world, requiring specialized, large-scale conversion equipment for normal use. The cost is extremely high.”

“We can also extract the limited groundwater from this plane. But that would be exhausting the resources. If not handled properly, it could lead to further damage to the ecology of this entire plane.”

“Don’t think this is the end of this plane. It’s not. Deep beneath this plane, there are still vast, low-level plant communities. These communities continuously produce magical tides, air elements, and wood elements for this world. If the ecosystem is further damaged, even these will disappear, and this world will become an even more terrifying purgatory.”

“The temperature is expected to rise from 100 degrees Celsius to 300 degrees Celsius. Once it reaches that point, this plane will be completely destroyed.”

“So, we can’t pump too much groundwater.”

Locke thought quickly. “If that’s the case, then we can borrow some water from other research institutes in this world.”

The Sith wizard sighed. “That’s exactly what I did. But it’s still very expensive. Those guys will never miss any opportunity to get money.”

Witch Mason asked doubtfully, “Lord Sith, we have our own Weather Master Academy in Mount Golden Crown. Why can’t we make that equipment ourselves?”

The Sith wizard sighed. “We’re actually still researching it. We estimate we’ll be able to build it in ten years. The most impressive meteorological feature in the Yunze Wetlands is definitely the Storm Tower.”

“Especially special weather systems that can consistently produce certain products even in extremely harsh environments. That’s Storm Tower’s specialty. We at Golden Crown Mountain haven’t conducted in-depth research in this area, at least not as much as Storm Tower has invested.”

The Sith wizard said, “But you don’t have to worry too much about this. It just increases my water costs. Using groundwater, or using stored water, or borrowing water from other research institutes, or transporting water from the Material Plane, are all temporary solutions to the problem.”

“I’m also arranging for people to find a way to produce some water on our own without having to leave the Storm Tower. It’s not that there’s no way. Look at the banyan tree on the 27th floor over there.”

Locke looked at the 27th plane and saw that the crystals inlaid on the ceiling of the 27th floor were emitting faint sunlight. At the same time, a circle of rain clouds gathered above the banyan tree, and the rain clouds were dripping sparse rain into the magic field around the banyan tree.

The Sith wizard said, “Banyan trees have the common function of accelerating the condensation of cumulonimbus clouds, so I am trying to find a way to have some banyan magic plants transplanted in to replenish the water in my base within a small area.”

“Water is everywhere in the Yunze Wetlands. But in this world, it is ten thousand times more valuable than gold.”

“Locke, I’m just telling you about the current difficulties our institute is facing. Don’t worry too much. I’ll be there to support you even if the sky falls. Your group’s research mission is the same as ours, which is to study the drought-tolerant plant factors of various plants and investigate the underlying mechanisms.”

The Sith wizard brought Locke and the others to the 30th floor underground. At the same time, they walked through the corridor of the research institute. Along the way, many wizard apprentices met them and greeted them.

If you meet a formal wizard, both parties will nod to each other as a sign of politeness.

The Sith wizard led them to his office and handed them four documents. “In our research institute, we mainly study the drought tolerance mechanisms of various magical plants.”

“As for the economic value… it’s an additional requirement I made in order to provide our institute with more research resources.”

“This isn’t a request from the Throne, but an additional requirement from me as the leader of Group 2. Otherwise, how could the researchers, relying solely on the White Wizard Association’s project fund, and me solely on the funds from the Throne, sustain such a large base?”

The Sith wizard said, “I just didn’t expect that the Desert Rose Demonic Plant would eventually be coveted by the Rose Council themselves. Haha, those flower language masters of the Rose Council are too greedy and willful.”

“We could have provided them with a steady supply of various desert roses and made them magical bouquets. But they had to interfere.”

“If we stop doing this, the value of the Desert Rose will still increase. Ultimately, the Rose Council’s own flower language masters will suffer.”

“Desert roses are a common flower in magic bouquets!”

Locke whispered, “But it will only be all the flower language masters who will suffer, not just one individual.”

The Sith wizard snorted coldly. “Yes. There are people like this who seek to benefit themselves at the expense of others.”

The Sith wizard looked at Locke and said, “Therefore, I ask the members of Group 2 to quickly find a drought-resistant economic crop that can replace the desert rose.”

“And stop research on Desert Rose. Of course, the stock of Desert Rose is too large, so it is difficult to completely turn around at once.”

The Sith wizard said, “Locke, do you have any good ideas?”

The three wizards, including Witch Mason, immediately looked at Locke.

Locke hesitated for a moment, “Grow air plants?”

Mason Witch held her forehead with her hand.

Well, this is indeed what their group has been doing all along.

The Sith wizard was stunned. “Tillandsia? Uh. I knew you were deeply involved in pineapple research. But that was a topic for Group 2, not Group 6. Tillandsia… doesn’t have much economic value.”

“Although air plants are indeed magical plants that originate from arid areas.”

“But the problem is that our group 2 needs crops with high economic value.”

The Sith wizard smiled and said, “It’s okay, I’m not in a hurry. Your group can take their time to think about it. Maybe there’s a better option than Tillandsia.”

The Sith wizard waved towards the office door. “Eros Ramsey, come here.”

“Everyone, Eros Ramsey is a senior researcher in Group 2. If you have any questions, you can ask him.”

“In the public office on the 30th underground floor, you can choose four workstations. In addition, you can apply for a magic field from me later.”

“As long as you choose your research target.”

“The institute has comprehensive research facilities, including three magic mirrors and even a queen’s chessboard.”

Locke immediately raised his head and looked at the Sith wizard.

For other first-ring wizards, the Queen’s Chessboard is basically useless, but his demand for the Queen’s Chessboard is too great.

Locke asked the Sith Wizard, “Teacher Sith, how much does it cost to use the Queen Chessboard for our two groups?”

The Sith wizard said, “Five hundred thousand magic stones.”

“However, you need to pass the project application for the first-class project fund first.”

“I’m saying that you need to prove that you’re working on a project for the Institute of True Knowledge before you can use the Queen’s Chessboard. Besides that, we have the structural comparison machine and other equipment, both large and small, in our institute.”

The Sith wizard patted Locke on the shoulder. “You can spend a week reading the materials.”

“I’m very optimistic about you, Locke.”

The Sith wizard left, and the Eros wizard was a young wizard. He looked at Locke with some curiosity and admiration.

“Wizard Augustine, it’s a pleasure to meet you. I was also one of the spectators at that magic fighting competition.”

“I didn’t expect that we would have the opportunity to cooperate.”

“If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I will help you quickly understand the research direction of Group 2 so that you can apply for your first-class project funding from the Institute of True Knowledge as soon as possible.”

He looked at me in awe. “I’ve only just finished the fourth grade, and I haven’t even finished the third grade yet.”

“I don’t know if I can complete the third-class project fund before leaving the station.”

Locke said casually. “Come on, Wizard Ramsay.”

Then, the four of them began to leave this office and headed to the public office.

Under the dim light in the public office, I sat at four connected workstations and began to read.

Then, Locke watched for half the afternoon, and his expression became more and more strange.

Because the more he looked, the more he felt that he should study the air plant-like magical plants here.

First of all, in this research institute, the most valuable things are water and soil.

But the problem is that air plants are basically grown in soilless culture.

Moreover, it is better to grow air plants in a dry environment than in a wet environment. Although it is impossible to grow air plants without water, at least not a lot is needed.

It is the environment within this research institute that is most suitable for cultivating a kind of magical plant.

The most important thing is that air plants originally have almost no economic value, but the problem is that one’s own wizard shoes may require three air plants as raw materials.

That’s a different question.

“Producing my wizard shoe air plants here can also reduce my production costs.” Locke thought: “It is too expensive to rent an acre of magic farmland in the Golden Crown Mountain. But it is different here. The land cost here is still very low compared to the Golden Crown Mountain.”

‘Besides, this way I can kill two birds with one stone.’

‘The fund project overlaps with the horizontal project…’

‘It saves me a lot of time. Human energy is limited. If I try to do everything, it will squeeze out the time I have for other things, such as the time I spend conceiving great magic!’

“Therefore, continuing to research air plants like air pineapples is absolutely the best strategy.”

“Although this makes me look like an air plant fairy.”

Locke pondered: “The principle of spraying air plants is to spray them less but more frequently. 2-3 times a week is enough. The water consumption is not high.”

“Of course, if you want to get a first-class project fund application approved, you’ll need to put in some extra effort.”

Unlike the familiar work in Group 6, in Group 2, the focus seems to be more on the study of drought resistance mechanisms.

Therefore, I need to change my research direction and focus on the drought resistance mechanism of air plants like air plants.

This requires understanding the current research methods of the two groups, otherwise it will be easy to fail to pass the application for the first-class project fund in one go.

After all, it is not easy to get a first-class fund.

The research of Group 2 was a field in which I had no foundation.

After reading the materials, Locke found that the research of Group 6 and Group 2 had some similarities. For example, the research on the mechanism of increasing fertility and the research on the mechanism of drought resistance were both treasure troves of discovering new natural magic structural components.

In addition, studying the drought resistance mechanism of the magic plant will make it easier to discover new energy-locking structures in the magic plant’s organs, some new magic plant mechanisms, magic plant microscopic organs, and so on…

Because the drought resistance mechanism is a mechanism for responding to stress, the magic plant in this environment may instantly produce some short-term structural changes, or the secretion rate of the internal natural magic structure components may change.

Therefore, what can be discovered is actually very different from the research of Group 6.

Every year, the two groups discover new mechanisms by which magic plants respond to drought, as well as isomers of the same natural magic structural components.

Of course, the most important discovery is the new energy-locking structure of the magic plant organ.

The energy-locking structure is a typical feature of the magic plant in response to drought. It exists for a very short time and requires a specific environment, so it is difficult to be discovered.

The difficulty and significance of its discovery are both based on discovering a new natural magic structural component or an isomer of this component.

Even if there are two groups, in the previous five-year cycle, they could only discover a new magic plant’s energy-locking structure.

The energy-locking structure is an attempt by the magic plant to make high-efficiency use of energy.

Has many applications in various aspects.

The discovery of a new energy lock structure can create many spell models and even lead to the birth of a spell series.

Many new energy-locking structures only appear briefly in certain individual magic plants.

After all, even without an energy-locking structure, the magic plant can cope with drought by relying on some specific natural magic structural components and changes in its body.

It is very likely that many excellent energy-locking structures will disappear in the accidental mutation of an individual magic plant.

Therefore, if a wizard can discover a new energy-locking structure while studying drought-resistant plants, it definitely requires great luck and is also the best proof of his talent.

Of course, studying the drought resistance mechanism is more about discovering specific plant factors related to drought resistance, some common natural magic structure components, common energy-locking structures, and changes in the macroscopic and microscopic organs of magic plants.

It is difficult to discover new isomers of natural magic structural components.

After some hesitation, Locke looked up at Mason and the other two witches. “Everyone, how about we continue to study pineapples in Group 2?”

Witch Freya made an exaggerated expression. “Pineapple again? So, will there be any difference if we go from 6 groups to 2?”

Wizard Barrett said seriously, “Studying drought resistance mechanisms and studying fertility mechanisms are two different directions, and the findings will be different.”

Mason Witch smiled and said, “I agree. This will make our team more familiar with the place and reduce the time and energy needed to adapt. Also, Team Leader, you can take this opportunity to make something out of your pineapple wizard shoes.”

(End of this chapter)