In the Relic Research Institute on Hope Island, Charles was surrounded by a group of people and visited the heavily guarded rooms in the building.
Around Charles, in addition to Leonardo, the administrative minister of Hope Island, and James, the police chief, there are also some heads of research institutes.
These were all transferred by James from the police station and the navy. Ability is not the most important thing, loyalty is the most important thing.
Under their guidance, Charles came to a spacious room, which was separated by small tables and various things were placed on them.
Looking at the objects of different sizes covered with thick glass in front of him, Charles knew that what was inside was the new product that Leonardo had mentioned.
"This material was separated from the soil by the No. 9 ability user. The output is very small, but it is extremely useful. It is not only lighter and harder than iron and steel, but also more corrosion-resistant. The No. 3 steel I told you about before also contains an alloy of this metal."
Leonardo put a piece of shiny silver metal in front of Charles and showed it to him.
"And after this metal is ground into extremely fine powder, it can actually be used as an excellent fuel. This is incredible!"
Charles looked at the metal ingot in his hand, and his mind quickly searched for the almost forgotten knowledge about various elements.
"It's extracted from the soil. It's lighter than iron and more corrosion-resistant. And in powder form it can be used as fuel. It sounds a bit like titanium. I remember titanium powder can also burn. But I'm not in this business after all, so my guess may not be accurate."
The special metallic properties of the metal in his hand made Charles unable to tell whether this metal was unique to the Earth Sea or also found on the surface.
"Don't limit this to weapons. Take it out for various experiments and see how it can help all aspects of various industries."
Charles's forward thinking allowed him to understand what the discovery of a new metal element meant.
It's not just this kind of thing. Charles raised his head and looked at the various products on the table in front of him. Some were in block form, some were in liquid form, and some of them were even alive.
For example, a dog with two heads sewn together.
As Leonardo introduced everything one by one, Charles' eyes became brighter and brighter.
These things mean more new technologies and inventions, and at the same time, they are quickly applied to industrial production, greatly promoting the economic and military development of Hope Island.
These things are not just a matter of usage; their appearance can also serve as a catalyst for technology.
Since humans had never seen iron, it was almost impossible to forge a dagger out of thin air, but if there was a sample in front of them, it would be much easier to copy it.
Charles felt that this kind of thing could even allow the entire Earthsea human race to break through the limitations of the second stage of industry and move one step forward.
Perhaps the development process will deviate seriously from the electrification era on the surface, but these things may bring the surface technology into a more magical era.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly thought of the disappeared foundation. Everything Hope Island did seemed to be following their old path.
"What's the difference between what I'm doing now and the Foundation?"
"No, it's different. The reason the Foundation collapsed was because they were stealing the power of God. It's not the same thing to do it yourself. This is the power of human exploration."
These things are a great opportunity, and your own strength may be greatly improved through these things.
Charles did not want to fight for territory like other governors. His main purpose in doing so was to curb the Pope's Church of Light.
Although both parties are in a cooperative relationship, the strength of one party in the cooperative relationship is too different. If the other party really wants to attack him, he will have no room to fight back.
The Pope's various abnormalities made him always wary of the old man.
Thinking about the various resources that the Church of Light had brought out today, Charles looked at the things in front of him and felt that he finally had hope of confronting the other party.
Charles looked at the fluorescent jellyfish pendant in his hand. Although it was of no use to him in this regard, his modern thinking made him have ideas about these things that were beyond the reach of ordinary people.
"Being able to put living things into a closed environment with bare hands? This ability should not only be used to make high-end luxury goods. I think this ability can definitely be used in medicine."
"Since she can put it in, then taking it out shouldn't be a problem. If there is a difficult birth, he can just take the baby out of her belly. If he can really do it, then there won't be any mothers dying of difficult births on the entire Hope Island."
"For example, various stones and foreign bodies that do not belong to humans, other doctors can only perform surgery, but he can take them out directly."
A middle-aged man next to him had his eyes light up and nodded repeatedly. "Governor, you are right. How come I never thought of this kind of thing?"
Charles gave him a disgusted look and continued looking at the other products.
Just as the man was stunned, Leonardo pushed him and said, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so attentive. Our governor doesn't like this."
Charles picked up the information of people with various abilities and studied it in detail. Modern people's thinking finally came in handy. He felt that his golden finger had finally arrived.
However, he still had some concerns about this thing.
"Will those people with special abilities be obedient?" Charles asked while looking at the things in front of him.
"Of course not. These people are on death row, and each of them is a vicious criminal. But we prison guards will make them obedient. The fact that they are alive is already a forgiveness for them." James, who was standing aside, explained.
"We need to work out a system that can make them obedient but not too noisy. They are our tools now, but tools also need to be well maintained."
Leonardo nodded. "That is indeed the case. But Governor, no matter what your attitude is towards these death row prisoners, the importance of the Relics Research Institute to Hope Island is unquestionable."
Charles nodded. "I know. Let's make this the core technology of our entire Hope Island. I'll have Bandage and Leonardo send the navy over and station them nearby."
Just as Charles was discussing the details of these matters with them, an unexpected message came in. "Governor! Several live ships from Icha Island have arrived at the dock!!"
(End of this chapter)