When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 717 Bottled Lightning and the Prototype of a Clockwork Difference Engine
When she walked into Shilov's pure white painted laboratory, although she had been there many times, Jeanna couldn't help but wrinkle her nose slightly.

The sunlight outside the window was blocked by the thick winter clouds, and only the fluorescent lamps in the laboratory emitted a pale light.

It is not so much that light divides darkness, but rather that darkness divides light and shadow.

The air was filled with a sour and pungent smell, and one could faintly smell something burning.

"Shilov? Are you there?" Jeanne knocked on the door. "Madeleine baked a delicious cheese pie for Brother Horn. I brought it here. Do you want some?"

But no one answered in the laboratory.

The guard had told Jeanna before that Shilov was working in the laboratory at the moment, so she should be on the second floor.

But the wolf girl works like a deaf person, and can only hear when the hair on her ears is burned by fire.

Jeanne had seen this with her own eyes. Last time, the candle was about to burn the hair in her ears before she realized what was happening.

"If you don't say anything, I'll come in by myself."

Holding a blueberry cheese pie the size of a washbasin, Jeanna pinched her nose and entered the somewhat dirty laboratory.

As my eyes swept over the densely packed experimental instruments and colorful alchemical reagent bottles, the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was almost suffocating.

To be honest, Jeanna never understood how Shilov could work in such a depressing environment.

Holding the cheese pie high above her head, Jeanna leaned sideways to squeeze through the narrow gap between the tables, and sure enough, she saw orange light shining through the gap in the door on the second floor.

"Shilov..." Jeanna hadn't even finished her words when she felt a strange, electric-like sensation coming from her waist.

Turning around, a glass bottle came into view.

The glass bottle was about 15 cm high and made of transparent crystal glass. The bottle body glowed faintly under the dim candlelight.

It stood there quietly, corked and fastened with an iron clip, with a simple label on the bottle.

"What did I think it was..." As she muttered, a hint of doubt suddenly arose in Jeanna's heart.

The bottle looked incredibly ordinary, but for some reason, her steps paused slightly as she approached the wooden table, and her heartbeat quickened.

Although Shilov warned Jeanna several times not to mess with her laboratory, the last time Jeanna moved the crucible, the two sisters were in a cold war for three days.

However, I'm just taking a look this time and not touching it, so it should be okay, right?
Jeanna walked around the corner of the table and leaned her head over, then her eyes widened.

In the dim light, there was something she was very familiar with - lightning!
There was actually a beam of lightning solidified in the bottle.

The lightning curved like a snake, filled with dazzling blue-white light, as if it was trapped in that moment and unable to break free.

The jagged edges of the lightning emitted faint electric current fluctuations, and occasionally a slight vibration sound came from the bottom of the bottle.

Jeanne couldn't help her curiosity, so she freed one hand and reached for the glass bottle.

"You didn't touch my things, did you?" The mechanical and emotionless voice of Shilov came from behind.

"No, I didn't." She immediately raised the cheese pie with both hands and smiled. "Why would I touch your things?"

Shilov's ears stood up alertly and twisted to both sides: "You'd better be."

Turning the wheelchair to the table, Shilov picked up a black cloth and covered the glass bottle.

"Shiri, what is that?" Calling out Shilov's nickname, Jeanna flatteringly offered the cheese pie in her hand.

“It’s lightning in a bottle.”

"Bottled lightning? What is that?"

"It's very simple. According to the School of Mana, ether is the medium for casting spells, but once the spell casting process is over, ether will return to the astral world. So I personally define two states for ether, one is the activated state, and the other is the stable state.

As an alchemical substance that can preserve ether, lunar mercury can actually preserve activated ether in the form of lightning.

The Moon Mercury Crystallization Technology derived from the Red Dragon's Breath can even lock the Lightning Ether with minimal loss.

This is the activated lightning ether contained in the lunar mercury crystal, just like lightning in a bottle, so I call it bottled lightning. "

"Hey, you have achieved results, haven't you?" Jeanna stroked her chest, "You have achieved results, why are you so upset?"

"What kind of achievement is this... Did Horn ask you to come?"

"...I can't hide it from you, hehe." Jeanna rushed forward and rubbed her face with Shilov's. "Brother is afraid that you are too anxious, but those cardinals are urging you, so I have to come and test the waters."

Picking up a piece of cheese pie and stuffing it into her mouth, Shilov's hard and arrogant wolf ears softened immediately: "Do you remember the hand-cranked calculator that Horn asked Leonardo to design?"

"Remember, it's the one that squeaks when it turns?" Jeanna and Shilov exchanged glances to make sure they were not wrong.

Shilov nodded: "That thing is very useful for calculating the ether turbulence points, and can even be used to simplify the ether spire spell.

Based on the notes in the Jade Record, I think the time for etheric reception may not be fixed.

That is to say, if we can summarize the rules, use mathematics to establish a formula model, and then drive it with a clockwork.

It can change the ether-drawing mode of the entire spire from static to dynamic, and can continuously shorten the time interval, or even draw ether continuously."

The Ether Spire receives Ether about once every two weeks, mainly to charge the Starforge Gears.

However, the original reception ceremony was static, that is, the predecessors only calculated a time point and the placement of ritual utensils at that time point.

When it comes to channeling the ether, it is Shilov who uses pulleys and tracks to fine-tune these instruments and rituals.

Now the solution proposed by Shilov is to first use a hand-crank calculator to calculate several characteristic points, and then summarize a regular formula or a model function.

Finally, use clockwork or star-cast gears to drive these ritual vessels to change automatically over time, and eventually even achieve a continuous source of ether.

In this way, a large amount of ether can be connected to the lightning furnace through the moon mercury, so that the lightning furnace can be operated without stopping.

The only thing that might be needed is a lightning wizard to ignite the lightning every time the lightning furnace is opened.

After telling all this, Shilov looked at Jeanna's blank and clear eyes and could only sigh: "When you go back, tell Horn that I'm fine, I just need time to calculate."

"Don't worry about my brother. We haven't played together for a long time. I want to accompany you. How long do you want?" Jeanna asked with a smile.

Shilov looked at Jeanna helplessly: "In the next two or three years, I will have to count this..."

"What?" Jeanna said anxiously, "What's so difficult about this? Besides, why do we need you to calculate it? We have found so many mathematicians, just let them calculate it. Even if it's not enough, don't we still have a hand-cranked calculator?"

"This calculation is too complicated, the calculator can't do it..."

"Why? Can't we just add a few more gears and then install the Starcast Gear on top?"

"It's not possible to install star-cast gears on a hand-cranked calculator... um..." Shilov's expressionless face even showed a hint of surprise, "Wait, yes, why should I calculate it myself? Replace the hand-cranked drive with star-cast gears, and then add a few more sets of gears... yes, yes..."

"How long did it take me to solve this? Three seconds?" Jeanne spread her hands proudly.

Shilov didn't reply to her, and didn't even bother to eat the cheese pie. She quickly turned her wheelchair and sprinted up the slope and into the study on the second floor.

Jeanne looked at the cheese pie she had only taken a bite of and was about to chase after him, but she saw a loyal heir hurriedly running past the guards.

After the loyal heir whispered for a while, Jeanna frowned, "What is the envoy from Shattered Stone Plain doing in the Holy Equipment Court?"

(End of this chapter)