Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 667

Chapter 664 Returning to the Dune Plane, We Are Not Enemies

Xiaotao Mountain, Dune Plane, outside the ecological base on the 30th floor underground of Group 2’s research institute.

Locke, Mason Witch and others walked here. He frowned slightly because he had only been away for three months, but the ecological base of Group 2 had changed a lot.

Outside the oasis base of Group 2, there are circles of natural gas mines in the desert and a large number of cold factory buildings.

These factories are lined up one after another, and a large number of concrete building chimneys appear in this sand dune plane. A large amount of exhaust gas is being discharged into the sky of this plane that has been burned through by the sun.

Many golems and first-class wizard apprentices were hurriedly walking beside these huge chimneys.

The four of them walked beside a magic alloy chimney with a diameter of 500 meters and a height of 1,000 meters, which looked like a huge pipe inserted into this dune plane.

This chimney is spewing out huge black gas that is more terrifying than a volcanic eruption.

Locke looked at the terrifying black fog. “Heavy pollution from niobium? And plutonium… radon…”

“These are all heavy pollutants…”

Witch Freya said, “Yes, but in order to separate matter and reduce its constituent composite elemental particles, a large amount of entropy-increasing reactions must occur, producing a large number of simple substances that are unlikely to be exposed on the surface in nature. And the amount is huge.”

“However, our newly promoted second-ring wizard, Master Zalan Bailey, believes that environmental pollution is only a necessary evil.”

“As long as we quickly restore the plant population on a plane, we can change the environment through a large number of plant communities, and then we can save the plane. What a grand plan.”

Locke did not comment immediately, but observed for a while and saw that this chimney, as well as a large number of chimneys and natural gas wells in the distance, were emitting large amounts of heavy particle pollutants every moment.

Of course, a large amount of pure water is indeed flowing out of the water pipes coming out of the desert conversion plant. This water is flowing into the research institutes of Group 2 through the water pipe system and is transformed into water for irrigating the large number of magic fields in Group 2.

Not only that, these water sources are still flowing into the desert.

The Dune Plane is full of deserts, so no matter how much water flows in, the water will either evaporate out of the plane or seep into the ground, leaving a large amount of salt and alkali on the surface of the desert layer.

But… at this moment, there is an endless supply of water generated by the desert conversion plant, coupled with the plant ecological reconstruction plan of the wizard Zalan Bailey, so some sea buckthorn bushes have appeared around the base of Group 2 Research Institute.

Although still sparse, it has already reached a considerable scale.

There is no doubt that Wizard Zalan Bailey’s plan has played a certain role within three months.

It is also a fact that a large amount of exhaust gas comes out of the chimney of the desert conversion plant every moment.

Mason coughed, feeling a discomfort in her throat. “Even after dilution, these exhaust gases still seem quite irritating to the human body.”

Locke glanced at her and said, “The Dune Plane’s ecology has completely collapsed, and only remnants remain. The heavy particle elements emitted by these exhaust gases are difficult to degrade and are highly polluting.”

Mason Witch asked, “So, Locke, do you also think this plan is too radical?”

Witch Freya said, “Team Leader, you don’t know that during your absence, Wizard Zaran Bailey has been competing with us for equipment every moment. Our team can only wait constantly. It may take weeks to use a piece of equipment before we can use it.”

“There are other resources as well… the same goes for that. Our group is new here, so we don’t have much say.”

Locke looked up at the sky and found that a large amount of exhaust gas turned into dark clouds, which actually blocked the sunlight and reduced the surface temperature by at least one third.

This is one of the reasons why those magical plants can grow again in the desert.

Locke stepped on the desert ground and found that the desert sand had properties similar to soil.

“Hardening spell? This is a spell from the School of Conjuration, right?”

Witch Freya nodded and said, “Yes, Team Leader. It was that wizard Zalan Bailey who invited wizards from the School of Spells to cast a hardening spell on each piece of land. This solved the problem of the desert surface being easily fluid.”

“Make the desert like concrete. This will make it easier to build factories in the desert. It will also allow us to plant magic plant seeds there to prevent them from being swallowed by the wind and sand…”

Locke nodded slightly. “To obtain the water, he needed to build a special treatment plant, which continuously produces highly polluting exhaust gases. These gases rise into the sky, obscuring the sun, which in turn blocks the sunlight and lowers the surface temperature of this plane.”

“He also used magic to forcibly transform the surface of the earth, making the properties of the desert closer to those of ordinary land.”

“He’s just waiting for a large-scale colony of magical plants to appear on the Dune Plane. The magical plants themselves are a source of air and wood elemental particles, and can also generate magical tides.”

“As long as the demonic plant colony recovers to a certain size, the magical power of this plane can be forced to recover to a certain size.”

Locke pondered, “He must have been thinking along these lines, even considering the effects of pollutants. While the plane’s tides aren’t directly proportional to the total number of organisms in a magical plant community, and the strong magical tides of a plane are what give rise to top-tier magical plant communities, his perspective is to reverse the relationship.”

“He created a top-level magical plant community and then forcibly restored the plane’s magical tidal concentration gradient to a certain level.”

Witch Freya said, “Team Leader, why are you boosting others’ prestige and destroying your own?”

Locke shrugged. “I’m merely analyzing his thinking objectively. If he were an idiot, the Sith wizard wouldn’t allow his actions, let alone allocate resources to him.”

“And, so far, it’s been very effective.”

“Wizard Zaran Bailey is a wizard who believes that through transformation, the entire nature can be restored. Even if this nature is artificial.”

Mason Witch nodded and said, “He does have that tendency.”

“So, Team Leader Locke, do you think he can succeed?”

Locke shook his head slightly. “I don’t know. I’m only a first-ring wizard, and he’s a second-ring wizard.”

“Besides, he’s putting it into practice. Whether it works or not, we can all see the results. I won’t rashly comment on something that hasn’t produced any results. But as of now, although I don’t like his approach, it did help the two groups get water quickly.”

Wizard Barrett said, “So, team leader, if it were you, what would you do?”

Locke looked at the conversion plants and frowned. “From my personal aesthetic point of view, I would never do that.”

“This is a bit too much.”

“He wants to rebuild the entire nature like building blocks. But even a second-ring wizard can’t completely understand ecology. He is still a researcher and student of ecology. And rebuilding the ecology is a systematic project, and one move affects the entire system.”

“He uses one problem to solve another, which inevitably makes people feel worried.”

“Such a large-scale ecological transformation, allowing large amounts of waste gases to be released into the air, if any one link fails… I really don’t know how it will end.”

Because it’s not in the wizarding world, the Ethics Review Committee has very little scrutiny over such matters.

Locke looked at his feet and saw sewage mixed with a large amount of heavily contaminated nium elements. The sewage meandered to his feet along the desert surface that was cast with a hardening spell.

The horrific image of the nightmare of life appeared before him, as if it were vividly remembered.

Locke sighed. “I actually don’t agree with this approach. While this quick-fix approach may solve the problem in the short term, it also carries significant risks down the road.”

“By the way, that second-ring wizard…is he about to leave the station?”

Mason Witch and the others looked at each other. “Indeed.”

Mason Witch said: “However, Wizard Zalan Bailey should not be that bad. He can escape the monk, but he cannot escape the temple.”

“Although he can leave Golden Crown Mountain, he can’t run away unless he wants to give up all his social relationships related to Golden Crown Mountain.”

“The social connections in Golden Crown Mountain are very valuable. Other regions cannot meet so many potential wizards or high-level wizards.”

“I heard that he has friends who work in environmental protection, and he should have already contacted them. So, his environmental wizards should be able to help him solve these pollution problems.”

Locke looked up at the sky and saw heavy pollution clouds covering the sky and the sun. “He really should find a few more weather experts to help him control it.”

Come to think of it, Daniel does have this ability.

Witch Freya smiled. “My friends in my inner circle told me that since becoming a second-ring wizard, Wizard Zalan Bailey has become arrogant. He believes his former friends are no longer worthy of being his friends.”

“We are no longer in the same class.”

“So he distanced himself from those friends. And since he just became a second-ring wizard, he hasn’t had the opportunity to make any powerful friends yet. So I guess… he won’t be able to find a weatherman friend in the short term.”

Witch Mason, Wizard Barrett, and Locke all looked at Witch Freya in surprise.

Locke had a strange expression on his face. “Not even one level anymore? I can’t believe this is coming from a second-ring wizard.”

“Maybe he’s feeling very proud.”

“It took a while for him to calm down and return to normal.”

Locke looked at the three of them and said, “Alright everyone, the matter of Wizard Zalan Bailey has nothing to do with us. Anyway, we just need to do our own thing.”

“Everyone, now that I’m back, we can continue to work hard in the future.”

“Don’t worry, follow me. Whatever the Foundation has, the project will be there. I have no worries about this. Wizard Zalan Bailey is not our opponent, not our friend, he is just an insignificant person.”

Locke said, “As long as I can come up with a good project, I can still get a lot of funding. Although the sudden return of Wizard Zalan Bailey to Group 2 did surprise me, to be honest, it doesn’t have much impact on us.”

After hearing this, the three of them were very excited.

Wizard Barrett scratched his head and said, “I told you two a long time ago. As long as Team Leader Locke comes back, he will definitely find a way. You two are just worrying all day long.”

Witch Freya smiled bitterly and said, “It’s mainly because I’ve been having such a hard time lately. I’ve never felt so miserable in other places in Yunze Wetlands. This kind of humble life is only possible during my apprenticeship.”

Locke had a strange expression on his face. “Be a servile subordinate? He may be a second-ring wizard, but he’s not your leader. Freya, why would you be so servile?”

Witch Freya smiled and said, “I was trying to find out why he was targeting us. And I actually got some information.”

“It’s said that Zalan Bailey wants to quickly complete the first-class project funding and then apply for a special-class funding project. Therefore, he regards Team Leader Locke, a researcher at the Advanced Institute of True Knowledge, as a potential enemy.”

“At the same time, he also believed that since he was now a second-ring wizard, he would naturally occupy most of the resources within Group 2. He originally had this fantasy, planning to return to Group 2 as a second-ring wizard and gain the great respect of Lord Sith.”

Witch Freya said, “Who knew… Lord Sith would have recruited us ahead of time. This made Wizard Zalan Bailey very dissatisfied.”

Witch Mason said, “We were recently helping you apply for a first-class project fund, and it was almost approved. But then Wizard Zalan Bailey used some tricks, and it didn’t go through.”

“I heard that it was originally a matter of whether to pass or not. But Wizard Zalan Bailey had a relationship with one of the judges, and then…”

Locke nodded. “I understand. Don’t worry.”

“This won’t happen again.”

Locke was eager to report to Team Leader Sith, and then immediately go to Scarlett Witch to participate in the collective bidding for wizard shoes for the Demon World War, so that he could get more magic stones, so he was a little hurried at the moment.

Locke said, “I’m going to go to Team Leader Sith first. See you later, everyone.”

…

Group 2 of the research institute is on the 30th floor underground. At this time, pure water is hitting the waterwheel on the 30th floor underground. The large waterwheel with a special magic bell hanging on it increases the pressure of a large amount of fresh water and spreads it to the magic fields on the -30th floor.

Team Leader Xisi was smiling, clearly in a good mood. “Locke, you’re back.”

“I just mentioned you to Team Leader Celtic a few days ago. Team Leader Celtic went away recently. He really missed you.”

“sit.”

“Now that you and Zha Lan are back, I’m even more powerful.” Team Leader Xisi spread his hands and said, “How did you get from your trip to the Qionghua Enclave?”

Locke said: “It’s a good harvest.”

Locke saw that there was a researcher from Group 2 in the office whom he had rarely seen.

Team Leader Xisi smiled and said, “That’s good. By the way, when you come back, do you have any research plans or anything like that? If you have any requests, just let me know, and I will meet them.”

Locke said calmly, “Team Leader Xisi, I’ve been really busy lately. So, I don’t have any good research plans for the time being.”

The main thing on my mind at this moment is to quickly find Scarlett Witch and send the samples of the wizard shoes I designed to participate in the centralized procurement on time.

Whether he could make a fortune from the many vested interests in the market in a short period of time depended on the results of the bidding for this centralized procurement.

Will his own Augustus wizard shoe brand become a well-known wizard shoe brand, or will it turn into a meteor on the edge of the sky, like those wizard shoes that were popular for a while in the past?

Success or failure depends on this one move.

A flash of disappointment flashed across Team Leader Sith’s eyes, but he also expressed understanding. “I see. Indeed, you’re too busy. I can’t force you.”

“Locke, go take a rest first. Once you’ve rested enough, come join us in Group 2 and get back to work.”

The unfamiliar researcher’s eyes flickered, and he seemed to be listening attentively.

Wizard Zalan has been operating within Group 2 for many years, and it’s clear that many wizards are his friends.

This man was obviously trying to spy on the enemy.

Although Locke never thought that Wizard Zalan was his enemy.

After all, my goals and his goals have been different from the beginning.

In addition to all of them eyeing the special funding projects.

(End of this chapter)