"First, observe freely for two hours. You must learn how to independently analyze a completely unfamiliar life form from another world."
Barnier turned his head first and gave instructions to his students in mid-air. Then, amid the chants of 'obey orders' from a group of students, he stood next to William and listened to his friends share their findings with great interest.
"Perhaps ordinary people don't know it, but for us ancient dragon chasers, the power of ancient dragons does not lie in their power, but in their life essence."
While flying slowly with Joshua, patrolling the entire Creeping Forest, William said slowly, and when he said this, he first pointed at himself with his right thumb, and then pointed at Joshua. Legend The mage smiled and said: "Just like you and me, their life essence is beyond ordinary 'life', but ancient dragons are born. They are the condensed power of the original steel in Mycroft's world, and they are the core of our world. As for the origin of life, there is speculation in the industry that all life today originates from the body of a dead ancient dragon, so in a sense, even you and I are their descendants for countless generations."
"The Creeping Forest has obviously been eroded by the ancient dragon's life mark. Its prototype is probably just some kind of native plant in the Sixth Abyss. Then it mutated under the stimulation of the ancient dragon's vitality and became the huge and penetrating plant it is now. Appearance—yes, this entire creeping forest is a whole, a life."
Having said this, William temporarily stepped back and replaced Barnier. The old mage took out a spiral blue test tube from his arms, with a thick mist surging in it. He stared at the test tube. , said with some confusion and confusion: "From the Creeping Forest, we extracted the information about the ancient dragon, but what is strange is that it does not match the several ancient dragons known so far. It is a brand new one, or The more ancient ancient dragon, its existence is beyond our knowledge."
"This one is really surprising."
When Joshua heard this, he was also curious in his heart - even the few known ancient dragons now have no traces except the central black forest, and now Barnier and William are actually in the world. Found traces of a brand new ancient dragon outside? This is really unbelievable.
"Could it be an ancient dragon from another world?"
The warrior put forward such a guess: "Ancient dragon is just a name we impose on those primitive beings. They may not even need to be the same as dragons - maybe in other worlds, there are giant trees that support the heaven and earth, big snakes that surround the oceans, and carrying Such original existence as the giant tortoise of the mainland.”
"We have indeed thought about this possibility."
Barnier nodded solemnly: "As long as the power of steel is strong enough, this kind of creature will be born at the beginning of creation. Mycroft's world is uniquely endowed, and other worlds may not lose to us - but That’s another topic, but the most important thing now is this.”
Before he finished speaking, the old mage simply crushed the spiral test tube in his hand. The mist-like blue aura that was constantly swirling in it suddenly came into contact with the outside world, and the next moment, an extremely powerful magnetic field enveloped the surrounding area. Hundreds of meters away, the powerful current even turned into a substantial electric arc in mid-air, constantly beating the air and making a 'rumbling' explosion.
"That ancient dragon has the power to control thunder and lightning—or, in other words, magnetic fields."
The old mage admired the brilliant electric sparks he created. This seemingly powerful current was of no use to the three legends. William also said with a smile: "And the Creeping Forest has inherited part of this power. You Look."
Following the guidance of William's hand, Joshua lowered his head to look at the wriggling forest beneath him. At this time, the large forest with scales, claws and tentacles sensed the strong magnetic field above his head, and became as dense as a mimosa. After closing, the outer black and red scales began to change color quickly, turning into the same green as the surrounding jungle, like a chameleon mimicking itself to look similar to its surroundings.
Barney took out a pipe and watched this scene, then lit it with his own magic power and took a puff. He said happily: "There are many special substances in this forest. For example, the scales are different due to the difference in magnetic field and current." Automatically generate liquid crystals of different colors, or biological organs that are more sensitive to electromagnetic waves than the alloys we make... Everywhere Gu Long passes is our treasure house. Such a small forest can turn physical light curtains and communication equipment technology to advance twenty years."
“It also provides us with a lot of funding.”
William suddenly added: "If we didn't discover this kind of thing from time to time, even a legendary powerhouse wouldn't be able to pursue it endlessly."
There seems to be something in the words.
But how could Joshua not understand what these two people meant? Because the Creeping Forest is now rooted in the Great Ajax Mountains, even if they are the ones who discover and bring it back to the Mycrof continent, if they want to exploit the special biological resources in it, they must cooperate with the empire and his lord. , so the two mages simply spoke clearly and explained to him the value of this forest.
"This is your prize."
Joshua shook his head. He now understood the value of the liquid crystals and highly sensitive magnetic organs in this forest. It can be said to be an epoch-making discovery. After so many years, why do these two legends who are not affiliated with any force still have The reason for sufficient funds is probably understood. But now that the warrior is not short of money, how could he compete with these two discoverers and carriers? What's more, both William and Barnier have made it clear that this is the source of funds for their subsequent exploration. After all, even the legendary powerhouse cannot conjure gold from the air.
No, actually change can happen, but the gain outweighs the loss.
In short, for such a small amount of money and legend, two legends still turned against each other, no one is that stupid.
"Don't worry, Count Radcliffe. After all, you went to the abyss to fight the Demon King for us." In response to Joshua's response, Barnier put down his pipe and said with a smile: "So this There’s your share in it too.”
"In addition, the two of us are wandering around the world, and there is no industry to develop." William said leisurely: "So it is up to you to turn the discovery into actual value. As for us, we have no idea about the other side of the abyss. I am particularly curious about the unknown ancient dragon - the traces in the Creeping Forest are really new, and they happened in the last one or two hundred years. It does exist, and may be wandering in the nearby world."
There is no need to elaborate on the next topic. It is nothing more than that under the cordial and friendly conversations of the three leaders, the Moldavia Territory and the two legendary mages reached a comprehensive friendly partnership. The forest held a new round of discussions, and the final result was that Barnier and William invested in two corresponding magic energy factories in the Northland, but the specific construction was responsible for the Moldavia Lord's Palace, and the subsequent profit distribution would be between both parties. Agent to discuss.
After that, Joshua, who had returned to the lord's mansion, couldn't help but recall the possibilities shown to him by the two legendary mages.
"An LCD screen that can differentiate colors without a lot of magic power and a communication circle that can maintain stable communication even across half a continent?"
He sat on the big chair, closed his eyes, and said with a smile: "The next few years will probably be about the popularization of light curtains and the establishment of large-scale communication networks, right? The world is progressing really fast. Now We have just industrialized, and I didn’t expect that we would enter the Internet era in a few years.”
Unlike the two legendary mages, Joshua knew exactly what Barnier and William had discovered. They had a huge value that no one on the Mycroft continent could have expected. It could even be said that they might be star pendants. One of the greatest inventions since the eighth century of the Christian era.
Because that was the prototype of the Internet.
In order to bring out such a bunch of things in a reasonable way, I really admire myself for arranging so many plots...
(End of chapter)