I think you can't even imagine the happiness of a warlock.

Chapter 317 Crystal Technology

The Blue Star people no longer steadily support the River Leader, which has brought the latter's development to a standstill, but it actually has little impact on Chen Zhou himself.

While the stand-in was listening to Kyle's chatter in the Great River Territory, the main body and Mayor Shrike also made a plan to assassinate Chen Bert - to take advantage of the disappearance of the Star People and the lack of defense power in the Great River Territory to summon star adventurers. siege.

Not only the Blue Star people, but also Chen Zhou is trying a very novel assassination...

After concluding the discussion with Mayor Shrike, the Penguin who communicated with the Alchemy Association had not returned until the evening. It is not known whether he was locked up because of his crazily selling Penguin coins and recharge cards.

Chen Zhou, who had nothing to do for a while, went to the streets alone to play, and then gradually discovered that alchemy and construction technology were almost everywhere in Meta Town.

Leaving aside those steam knights made of steel, there are always bright lights hanging in the streets and alleys, and the slow-reacting alchemical ingredients in the inner wicks emit a faint light.

The extremely complex alchemical ingredients in the air exude a faint pungent smell, which is the waste emitted by the steam carriages passing through the streets.

Different from the "steam magic"-based technology developed by the people of the Stars when they were in Blossom Port due to lack of funds and excess magic power, the main structure used by most of Asta's steam magic machines is the crystallization of alchemy technology.

Through a slow reaction, the alchemical reagents will continue to release the energy that makes the magic machine operate. By adjusting the parameters of the reaction, the nature of the energy and the efficiency of the release can be changed.

This kind of technology was used in all aspects by the Norton Kingdom, which made them the most powerful country on this continent.

If it weren't for the fact that the scale of industrial alchemy was still unable to break through due to technical limitations, they might have already used it to increase their overall national strength and completely dominate the entire continent.

However, judging from the current difficulties faced by countries around the world, the Norton Kingdom, which is far superior in terms of comparison, may be able to directly take over the mess of other countries as long as it lasts for another year or two...

"Zhushu thinks it's not that the Norton Kingdom doesn't want to expand, but that it's because they can't do it."

Alchemy is indeed a miracle that mortals can master, but its price cannot be avoided.

"Don't they have enough resources?" Chen Zhou wondered. Shouldn't it be more important to defeat other countries?

The main premise of alchemy technology is raw materials.

The huge Norton Kingdom consumes unimaginable amounts of alchemical raw materials every day.

Once you expand wantonly, you may end up paying far more than you get in return.

A relatively rational approach is to use the force brought by one's own alchemy technology to conquer weak countries, not to incorporate them into one's own territory, but to establish colonies that continuously provide resources.

As long as the people who exploit resources are treated as black slaves, the welfare of the colonies can be infinitely low without causing dissatisfaction among the people of the country.

However, Astha's situation is that there is no place to fight.

There are only a few countries on one (two) continents, and their resources are basically numerous.

Maybe the benefits of knocking others down are really not as high as direct trade in which everyone gets what they need?

"No matter how you look at it, a demiplane like Asta doesn't have much of a future."

Its upper limit is basically here.

“It doesn’t necessarily have to develop into a plane-level metropolis, right? 』

Lily actually felt that the weak planes had their own way of doing things, so there was no need to pursue too much.

If that doesn't work, can Asta be built into a paradise theme park to generate revenue by attracting tourists from the outer world?

Chen Zhou thought for a while and didn't know how to tell her that because the Star People had temporarily cut off contact with Asta, their amusement park was currently on hold indefinitely. Let Lily find out later...

A territory, country, dynasty, and civilization can never be built in just one generation or more than ten years. Fortunately, there is no need for plane adventurers like him to limit their sights to one place.

While waiting for Tira to come back, Chen Zhou found a small tavern that looked good and tasted local specialties.

However, as soon as he entered the store, he saw a young man with a bachelor's degree in his fifteenth or sixteenth year old preaching passionately——

"...At the time of great changes in the world, the magic tide has revived, and all countries except Norton are facing catastrophe.

"We should take this opportunity to adapt to the times and explore new possibilities in alchemy!"

Although the young alchemist was foaming at the mouth while preaching on the stage, the people below seemed a little unconcerned.

Isn't the alchemy of the Norton Kingdom pretty good now? It has made them a well-deserved powerful nation.

Although it has had a certain impact on the environment, that is what happened in the past. With the birth of satellite portal technology, the natural environment is slowly recovering.

It really doesn't make much sense to explore the new possibilities of alchemy and walk the long journey again at this time.

Ignoring the criticism from the audience, the young man took out something from his arms that was very familiar to adventurers: "I believe many people have seen the crystals that appeared in the bodies of magical beasts after the magic tide, and used them as new magic power. sources or explosives to use.

"But after analysis by the association's instruments, the essence of these crystals is not just the crystallization of magic power, but the entity of elemental energy!"

The reaction of elements is also the core of alchemy.

As long as crystals of the four elements can be artificially purified or produced, a safer, harmless, and pollution-free alchemy can be developed.

After all, the Norton Kingdom is a big country that respects alchemy. After hearing this, an alchemist among the drinkers immediately burst into laughter: "But the theory of elements has been falsified! Elements are only the cornerstones of the material world, but we The world we live in is material, and pure elements don’t have much meaning other than being used as energy sources!”

The fact is that mortals cannot directly convert elements into too complex substances. At most, they can only convert them into soil, water, gas and phlogiston, which also requires the intervention and consumption of magic power.

Pure elements are more suitable for use as energy sources and explosives than alchemy.

And this is exactly how people use magic crystals nowadays.

As his thoughts were refuted by a passing alchemist, the young man's momentum suddenly became a little low - he could not provide any examples to support his thoughts.

This is a matter of money, otherwise he wouldn't be reduced to looking for people to invest.

If you want to get enough funds from the Alchemy Association, you must have opinions or plans that are favored by others. However, neither classmates, teachers, nor people from the Alchemy Association are optimistic about people who want to reiterate the "Element Theory" in this era.

By refining, combining, and reacting various alchemical materials from the material world, compounding and refining are the most popular methods at the moment.

As another common student who came to the tavern to cheat money because he thought he had some ink was refuted, the tavern was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.

Seeing this, the young man had no choice but to think again.

But just as he was about to leave, a tall drinker with a slightly unworldly temperament suddenly stopped him.

"I'm a little interested in the elemental alchemy you mentioned. Can you introduce it in detail?"

　After making the intelligence headband, Chen Zhou's level 7 feat was marked by Sacred Geometry.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)