"His Royal Highness Qiao Xiu, what's the matter with you?"
The Prophet noticed the change in Joshua's eyes.
This kind of look is really very unfriendly. If it was placed on the street, this scene would be enough for Ciri next to him to call Nolan Law Enforcement to arrest Joshua.
"The Prophet..."
Qiao Xiu pondered the words of abducting the Prophet, no matter how young the Prophet looked, she would definitely not be interested in taking out things like candy, and even tilted her head and asked Qiao Xiu "what to do".
It is a pity that Qiao Xiu has not been in contact with the prophet for a long time, and his understanding of this scholar is only limited to simple impressions such as "few facial expressions", "super scholar" and so on.
"Are you interested in 'programming'?" Joshua thought for a moment, but then asked a very common question.
"The composition of the magic net intrigues me. Facing this brand-new inscription magic, my curiosity drives me to learn programming lessons from your Highness Joshua, but since I came to Nolan this time with His Highness Cecil order, so I can't devote much time to this discipline."
The Prophet has already sensed Joshua's intention. Although the magic web is a new thing to her, the Prophet is not like her apprentices. Facing the temptation of curiosity and new things, she can quickly control it with reason. own desires.
"The development of the demon world is not optimistic now. Your Highness Qiao Xiu, magic machinery and alchemy from humans are the knowledge that the demon world needs most, and it is also the field that Her Royal Highness Sehiri hopes to master."
"Uh... This is irrefutable. The current infrastructure of the Demon World is too backward."
Qiao Xiu searched the memories of the third prince of demons. Regardless of the gap between the demon world and Nolan in magic research, the infrastructure in the city alone cannot be described as poor.
Nolan has successfully entered the "mid-industrial age", but the demon world is still lingering in the Middle Ages.
"But Prophet, after all this is done? The demon world has established an alchemy factory and has a complete system of magic machinery industry. What are you going to do next?" Qiao Xiu asked.
"I think Her Royal Highness Sergei will have another order. Your sister will not stop at 'feeding the people'. She will definitely aim to surpass the level of magic machinery possessed by humans." The Prophet I added the small program I wrote to the book and put it away, and said, "It's a pity, Your Highness Joshua, what your sister needs now is more than the magic net, a virtual product constructed from inscriptions. Those alchemy workshops that can be put into production."
"Relax, I won't interfere with your choices, I rarely force anyone."
Joshua walked slowly to the Prophet and squatted down.
"… "
won't interfere
Joshua's answer made the Prophet skeptical, and when Joshua's eyes changed at first, the Prophet realized that things might be going in some bad direction.
She never expected that the third prince of demons would value her learning ability so much.
Although the Prophet's curiosity made her very interested in the magic net, but as an absolutely rational monster, the Prophet knew that the first thing to do now is to learn the magic mechanical technology and alchemy of human beings.
This is also the order of Her Royal Highness Sehiri.
If it was someone else, the prophet could justly refuse, but standing in front of her was the third prince of the devil world.
She has the same status as the second princess in the Demon World. If Joshua gave her an order in a tough way... She could only turn to Her Royal Highness Cecily for help.
But it seems that this demon prince is not the same as those in power the prophet imagined.
"Just before that I have a question."
Joshua walked slowly to the Prophet's side, and the interface of the magic web was formed in front of the Prophet with Joshua's fingertips.
"I want to know what you think of the Weave, or...what this little window can do," Joshua asked.
Is this a test? Or just a simple question
From the very beginning, the Prophet could not let go of his vigilance against Qiao Xiu, and was always on guard against the whim of the third prince, who kidnapped her and forced her to participate in the study of the magic net.
The Prophet pondered Joshua's thoughts while staring at the changing interface on the magic net.
"Texting shortens the distance between communications. This ability is really convenient for life. If applied to war, it will change the pattern of war."
The Prophet began to speak out her views on the Weave and its role in turn.
"The caster forum provides a place to exchange information. It can be understood as a human mercenary hotel with extremely high communication efficiency, and has a certain information storage capacity. As for Nolan's voice, I think Your Highness Qiao Xiu is the Use it as a 'weapon'."
"Is that all?" Joshua didn't seem satisfied with the answer.
"I can only think of the means of these applications. His Royal Highness Qiao Xiu's magic net is an illusory product constructed from inscriptions. There is no entity. No matter how beautiful things are on the magic net, they are just a bunch of inscriptions. The music and movies you produce. It may be possible to create value on the magic net, but these virtual aggregates of inscriptions can neither be eaten nor used to kill anyone, so they cannot create much value in reality.”
The Prophet slightly pushed his wooden-framed glasses, those calm pupils like a lake looked at Qiao Xiu without fear, and then stated the limit of the magic net.
After saying this, the prophet was ready to face Joshua's anger, but the third prince of the devil seemed to never know how to be angry, with an inexplicable smile on his face.
For some reason, this smile made the prophet feel a little... Unhappy, Qiao Xiu's eyes seemed to say, "This child is still young and has never seen the market" or something.
"Prophet, can this represent the value you said?" A gold coin appeared in Joshua's hand, and the gold coin reflected a dim light under the light.
"Of course." The Prophet seemed to have guessed what Joshua wanted to say, and she retorted in advance, "His Royal Highness Joshua, everything on the magic web is 'free' at present, whether it is text messages, the caster forum or the voice of Nolan. , all users can use these 'programs' for free, and your price on the magic net is too low, only one silver coin, with the current function of the magic net, even if you increase the price a hundred times, some people will buy it. "
"As for the price of the original magic net spar, if I didn't consider the cost, maybe I would choose to sell it for free, and there are many ways to make money by relying on the magic net."
Joshua threw the gold coin in his hand to the prophet, and then walked slowly to the window.
The Prophet followed Joshua to the window with the gold coins in his hand. At this time, Ciri thoughtfully found a small bench for the Prophet, so that she could see the scenery outside the window while stepping on the small bench.
"Prophet, what do you think about the current form of human transactions?"
"Establishing a store-to-store form of trade... While this is one of the most primitive forms of human trade, it's also the most practical."
The prophet looked at Nolan outside. Against the backdrop of various original spar stones inscribed with illumination techniques, colorful rays of light flickered in every corner of Nolan.
Nolan's prosperity did not fade even at night. The prophet's eyes reflected these rays of light, and the kingdom of the devil did not know when it would become like Nolan.
"The most practical? But I think it's too inefficient."
Joshua leaned against the window and looked at the prophet standing on the small bench beside him.
"Inefficient?"
"To give the simplest example, the wand used by my assistant was bought by me and her in a carriage going to a wand shop in the Nolan Alchemy Market." Joshua stretched out his hand and pointed to Nolan, who was shrouded in light. "Although you can't see Nolan's alchemy market here, it's probably in that direction."
"Then?" Joshua's question aroused the Prophet's interest.
"Don't you think it's too inefficient? In order to buy this wand, my assistant and I rode in a carriage for an hour to go to Nolan's alchemy market, and enjoy being crowded in the alchemy market, spending It took half an hour to find a store, and it took another hour to return here after buying another item."
"Isn't this a necessary step to purchase items? Your Highness Joshua, you can't let merchants come to your home..." The Prophet was stunned when he said this.
It was the first time Joshua saw a "surprised" expression on the face of this three-no-lori, but this surprised expression didn't last long.
"No... You can, relying on the magic net." The prophet began to mutter to himself, and his thinking was running at an extremely fast speed.
"Looks like you've figured it out. Of course I can't let merchants come to my home, but I can move the shop to the magic net."
With a wave of Joshua's hand, he showed the Prophet a thread on the caster forum, a thread in the daily chatter about the sale of useless wands.
Some smart spellcasters have experienced the excellent intelligence exchange capabilities of the caster forum, and have begun to use it as a platform for exchanging items.
"Businessmen can put their shops on the magic net, describe their products in the form of pictures and text descriptions, and indicate the price, and customers only need to make a choice on the magic net and pay the corresponding money, there will be special People bring their purchases to their door.”
"But Your Highness Qiao Xiu, there is a loophole in your plan, that is, there is no concept of 'gold coins' on the magic net."
"This can be solved in many ways, such as an agreement with Nolan's depository, or we can build a depository ourselves." Joshua said.
These words that Joshua said, if it was someone else, would seem completely fantastic to the Prophet.
But the words of the third devil prince, the prophet fully believed that he could do it, and persuaded the gold depository and businessmen to join him in this terrible plan.
These are all possible... And if the so-called "shop on the magic net" in Qiao Xiu's mouth really succeeds, then the wealth and value that can be created cannot be estimated at all.
"A terrible thought." In the end, the prophet could only use this sentence to express his feelings.
"It's a pity that the Prophet, this plan has almost no prototype now, and the magic net can do more than this."
Joshua opened a brand new interface again, and this interface presented the game "Minecraft" that Joshua recently made.
"A world made of cubes..."
The Prophet had already let go of his vigilance at this time, and the concept that Joshua had proposed before had completely detonated the Prophet's curiosity.
She began to continue to think about the possibility of the magic net in the future according to the ideas proposed by Joshua.
The heart that had been calm for a long time once again set off ripples, and excitement and excitement began to permeate the prophet's heart.
But the excitement and excitement did not bring a smile to the young scholar's face. Before the prophet could finish her words, her body suddenly fell to the ground like a broken puppet.
Oops... The Prophet who fell to the ground tried to regain control of his body, but unfortunately found that the area below the neck had completely lost control.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Just as Qiao Xiu was about to introduce the future of the magic net game field to the prophet, the young girl suddenly fell to the ground, and everything happened too suddenly.
"… "
The prophet's lips pursed slightly, and after a brief hesitation, she still revealed a secret about her body.
"His Royal Highness Joshua, I once told you that in order to prolong my life, I have always used special magic to implant my soul into a dead body, and this body is the same." The prophet's voice sounded a little weak. The price is that my memory will be partially lost, I can only store the memory in the original spar, and this body... If the mood swings too much, I will lose control of the body."
"Sounds like a very complicated setting, how to restore it?"
Ciri, who was on the side, had already helped the prophet who had fallen to the ground, but her body still didn't appear to be conscious.
"I need to rebuild my connection with this body in my sleep." The prophet's voice sounded apologetic, but at this time her voice sounded a little emotional. "But Your Highness Joshua, you can continue the topic just now. ?"
"It's okay to talk about this topic at another time. Let's talk about it after you are healed."
Since Joshua established a link with Duke Bone, he has a certain understanding of the existence of the soul.
This thing does not mean that you can change it. Both the body and the soul are extremely close "machines". If you want to make them mesh with each other and then run smoothly, it is not enough just to link together a gear. .
"This... Your Highness Qiao Xiu, I am a little ashamed that I am afraid that the next time I talk to you about this topic, the same situation will happen. Your vision for the future of the magic net is really scary enough to make me excited."
The prophet, who no longer suppressed his emotions, spoke a lot more pleasantly.
"Anyway, I'm just drawing a cake for you. I'll find you when I really want to start practicing. I just hope you take a little time to learn programming."
Under the comfort of Qiao Xiu, the little girl finally gave in. Ciri directly carried her to a bed and covered her with a sheet. It didn't take long for the little girl to fall into a deep sleep.
"Joshua, is the shop on the magic net you said true?" After Ciri finished placing the Prophet, she turned around and asked Joshua, who had drawn several big cakes just now.
"It's true, even if I can't do it this year, two years from now, three years from now, no matter how many years it takes... I will make it appear on the magic net, and then I just need to sit at home and visit the whole of Nolan. , and even stores in the whole world," Joshua said.
"This... In this case, my wallet, which I have managed to fatten, is going to die again." Ciri imagined the arrival of that day, and finally came to a terrible conclusion.
"It's okay, I'll give you a raise then," Joshua said.