Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 273 Demon Infusion Experiment
Harvey ended his communication with the Lord of Scorching Heat, said goodbye to the chief who was accidentally trapped in the dark passage of the magic network, and quickly escaped and returned to the real world.

Taking off the heavy metal energy shield on his head, Harvey sat in front of the magic brain instrument without any delay and reconnected with the two heads of the federation who were eagerly waiting for his news.

Kel'Thuzad: Gentlemen, under the guidance of Mr. Turing, I have found the location of His Excellency the Scorching Lord... You are correct. He has indeed materialized into the leyline space and is currently trapped due to some unexpected circumstances.

The two chiefs currently in Blackrock City quickly received the news. The short Dawson slapped his thigh and turned to the black-robed Gallagher, angrily saying, "Sure enough! Salas really took the risk and tried that ritual!"

Soul Reaper: Why is he trapped? Did he encounter a demon slayer from the church who ambushed him in the magic net?

Legendary mages are almost all magic web wanderers with self-protection capabilities. Because they fully understand the unknown dangers that exist in the magic web space, they tend to be more cautious and are less likely to encounter accidents due to some reckless exploration behaviors.

Kel'Thuzad: There was no attack from the Church. Mr. Scorching Overlord was completely caught in an accident while performing some dangerous ritual... I can confirm this completely.

Harvey paused for a moment, carefully organizing his words before continuing.

Kel'Thuzad: My Lords, please forgive me for not informing you in advance before I asked Mr. Turing for help with Mr. Scorching Overlord... The forum has agreed to help him because of my request.

Gallagher was stunned for a moment, then exchanged a disbelieving glance with Dawson. He mumbled, "Has this guy changed? He's not talking about business all the time anymore. Is this at the forum's behest... or is he expressing goodwill to us on his own behalf?"

Dawson stroked his graying beard, pondered for a moment, and said softly, "He's an agent of the forum, after all. Regardless of his attitude and purpose, he certainly can't go against the forum's consistent position. This at least shows that the forum is still leaning towards us, rather than being completely neutral."

He stood up and paced back and forth a bit anxiously, sighing, "This guy... hmph, he used the power of the forum to get himself a huge favor. Now I'm afraid we'll owe him even more."

But the current situation with the church and the demons is so tense that they simply cannot sit idly by and allow the First Chief to be trapped in the alien space. Even though Sarath himself has long ceased to be involved in many affairs within the Federation, the loss of a legendary spellcaster is a loss they cannot afford.

[Shadow Knight: Regardless of the cost of the forum's rescue, we can discuss it later... Mr. Kel'Thuzad, the most important thing now is how to rescue His Excellency the Scorching Overlord.]

[Kel'Thuzad: Right now, we need to find a safe, large-scale magicite mine that is completely under the control of the Federation. I can't do anything about this, so you can only rely on yourselves.]

What? A large vein of magic stone?

Dawson lost his temper and stood up, pointing at the crystal screen of the magic brain instrument and angrily said, "Look! It's still a business deal! He's asking for a huge price, wanting us to directly give up a vein of magic stone in exchange for Sarath's safety."

Gallagher rolled his eyes speechlessly and pointed at the text that appeared on the crystal screen. "Can you please read it first before you get angry? They said the rescue site needs to be set up in the mine..."

Kel'Thuzad: I need to follow Mr. Turing's instructions and set up the necessary rescue equipment and sites within the magic stone mine. You are also responsible for providing all the equipment and materials required...

Dawson's face flushed instantly, and he said angrily, "That's more like it. We should be responsible for the equipment and materials."

After a lengthy exchange and discussion with the two legendary chiefs, Harvey learned that the Federation happened to have a magic stone vein in the mountains around Alaye. Although the currently discovered reserves and product quality were not as good as the new mining area in the Evil Moon Mountains, at least the scale could meet the demand, and it was completely under the control of the Federation, so safety and concealment could be guaranteed.

Then, Harvey needs to immediately carry out preliminary experiments for the rescue operation - how to set up a planetary-level energy-gathering array, and connect it across space with the Scorching Lord trapped in the dark passage, and use the magic power extracted from the magic stone veins to bring him back from the magic network.

In order to build and activate a planetary energy gathering array, one necessary condition is to have a natural magic stone vein that produces pure magic energy. Apart from this, there is no other way in the real world to provide sufficient energy for such a huge magic energy transmission device.

Originally, the secret mine that Harvey had set up deep in the Divine Ridge Mountains was actually more suitable than the mine owned by the Federation, but he currently did not intend to curry favor with the Federation to such an extent. Moreover, bringing a legendary spellcaster to his bedside would probably scare him so much that he would not be able to sleep well at night.

"Sir, why must this demon infusion experiment be carried out in the underground base of Shenji Mountain? There are also several ready-made planetary energy gathering arrays in the territory?" Asdalen felt a little confused after listening to Harvey's experimental plan.

Harvey patiently explained, "The planetary energy array within the territory cannot afford to malfunction for even a moment. If it overloads and overheats, not only will the people's daily energy supply be cut off, but all the equipment and alchemy beasts in the production plants will also be shut down. Every minute of downtime is a huge economic loss for us. We don't need to pay such a high price."

The energy-gathering array in the underground base of Shenji Mountain is only responsible for supplying energy to the liquid magic energy conversion equipment. It is more than enough to support a living shield machine that drills in and out of the mountain all day long. The remaining energy can be used for magic infusion experiments.

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As soon as the sky was getting light, Harvey arrived at the Shenji Mountain Base without any delay, bringing a team of personal guards and Asdalen.

The base manager happened to be on leave back in the territory for vacation, and Pep, the team leader of the engineering department, temporarily took over the command of the territory's exploration.

The engineering team leader, who was always covered in dust and sweat, got up from the bed in a hurry when he heard about the lord's surprise inspection and rushed to the gate of the base to greet him.

"My Lord!" Pep stood at the door helplessly, waiting for the Lord to start his lecture. In the past three months, they almost drove the shield machine to the point of smoking, but still had not found the "magic core" that the Lord mentioned.

Also, due to the overly aggressive drilling plan, a small-scale landslide occurred in a small section of the deep tunnel. Two shield machine drivers had their hands and feet broken. They had just undergone mechanical prosthetic limb transplant surgery and were still lying at home on work-related injury leave.

"Sir, everything is normal at the energy ranch. However, the search for the magic core... is still a mystery."

Xavi walked past the trembling Pep without looking at him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Forget about the magic core for now. Stop all the blood-summoning devices and shield machines. I want to do an experiment with the energy-gathering array."

(End of this chapter)