Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 35 Online Discussions Triggered by Internet Outage

It's night, and it's not time to go to bed and rest yet.

Harvey yawned and forced himself to sit in front of the "Magic Brain" instrument.

Because of various delays during this period, his biological clock has been completely disrupted.

First, I was worried about the return of the evil orcs, then I had to work all night to prepare for the matter of Arsdalen, and then there was the sudden attack by the witch hunters...

"If you don't sleep during the day, you will suffer at night..." Harvey muttered to himself while pinching his aching eyebrows.

In the past, he had maintained a self-disciplined life of resting and relaxing during the day and meditating and working at night.

Now it has become a two-shift system where I tutor Pierce and Reiner in literacy during the day and conduct beetle ore experimental research with Reiner at night.

"But they are all alchemical beings who can be full of energy as long as they are recharged, while I can only rely on my physical body to endure!"

"I might as well complete the alchemical life transformation..." Harvey slapped his head fiercely, "No, no! Stop! Stop this dangerous thought!"

Experimental research is for entrepreneurial projects, entrepreneurial projects are for getting rich quickly, and the ultimate goal of getting rich is to allow yourself to enjoy life!
Looking at the crystal plate of the "Magic Brain" instrument in front of him, which reflected his pale face with dark circles under his eyes, Harvey couldn't help but sigh silently.

"We need to find a way to get some alchemical potions that can improve physical fitness. Research-based spellcasters are too weak."

Of course, if one can successfully be promoted to a mid-level spellcaster, their physical fitness will also be transformed to a certain extent by the magic network energy, but the promotion of research-type spellcasters depends on the acquired knowledge capacity and research on the spell matrix.

This is far more difficult than promoting a combat spellcaster.

After sorting out his scattered thoughts, Harvey tapped the keys, entered his forum code on the "Magic Brain", and successfully entered the Spellcaster Forum.

……

The code names of the many forum members on the crystal plate are lighting up one by one as time goes by.

[Hand of Elements: Good evening, everyone!]

Frost Giant: Good evening, everyone! @Mr. Son of Flame, after this evening's discussion, would you be willing to continue discussing our previous research questions?

Harvey covered his face speechlessly. These two were the most active members in the forum recently, but the content of their communication was full of gunpowder and the words were so fierce that even Harvey, who was trying to "peek" at the screen and plagiarize, found it difficult to bear.

[Son of Flame: Of course! I'm happy to join you! By the way, I'd like to ask Mr. Administrator, is the sudden communication interruption on the forum last time related to the abnormal phenomenon of the magic network during that time?]

[Frost Giant: I have the same question. A powerful energy shock suddenly occurred in the magic network. I was in roaming mode at the time and was almost affected to some extent.]

[Scorching Overlord: Mr. Turing doesn't seem to be here tonight. I'm afraid someone like him wouldn't be interested in listening in on our discussions of this magnitude...]

Harvey couldn't suppress a smirk. The forum members didn't know that the main reason he logged into every exchange meeting incognito was because he was afraid that they would just throw out a question and hit his blind spot in knowledge.

A junior high school student needs to be very cautious when pretending to be a doctoral supervisor in front of a group of graduate students and doctoral leaders.

The most important thing to maintain your status is not to forget the famous saying: too much talk leads to mistakes.

[Scorching Overlord: Therefore, I recommend that everyone refrain from attempting to roam lightly in the near future. If you are affected by that abnormal energy, your life may be in danger!]

Harvey hadn't tried to roam the magic network during this period, so he wasn't quite sure what the abnormal fluctuations in the magic network they mentioned were.

He only vaguely felt that it might be related to the pure and huge energy shock wave that Reiner accidentally released when he was researching beetle ore.

After all, the energy shock was finally observed, directly penetrating the spatial plane and entering the higher-dimensional magic network space from reality.

"I didn't expect this energy shock to be so dangerous. It almost accidentally injured a forum member..." Harvey said secretly. It seems that he has to be more cautious in conducting experiments in the future.

Thinking of this, he had an idea and raised his hand to type a message on the typing keys.

[Kel'Thuzad: Did anyone observe what changes occurred to that energy wave?] [Kel'Thuzad: Did it dissipate within the magic weave? Or did it hit something? I'm willing to pay a certain amount of points to obtain the data on this observation.]

In fact, it would be most appropriate to ask this question directly to Mr. "Scorching Lord", who is suspected to be a legendary spellcaster, but Harvey felt that the other party might not be very interested in the simple point reward.

After all, over the past period of time, this gentleman with profound knowledge of magic has mainly served as a knowledge provider in the forum, providing assistance to members' research and magic issues, and his accumulated points have ranked first.

There aren't many things that can be exchanged with him, and he has no shortage of points.

[Hand of Elements: When the energy shock appeared, I immediately sensed the danger and left the magic network space, so I didn't observe any useful information.]

[Son of Flame: I was exchanging knowledge with Mr. Frost Giant when the abnormal fluctuations occurred, and the forum immediately lost communication. It was not restored until two hours later.]

[Man in the Mirror: Indeed, I had a material in the process of being transferred at the time, and the fluctuations in the magic network also affected the transfer, causing the material to be damaged during the transmission... Mr. @Forest Heart, please rest assured, I will send you a replacement material of the same quality later. I will bear the loss personally.]

Harvey covered his face guiltily. Sure enough, the mess he made this time still affected his "express delivery business". Fortunately, the customers were more conscious and did not have the rights protection consciousness that consumers are God, otherwise he really could not afford the compensation.

[Forest Heart: This is the price you should pay for enjoying such convenient technology. I understand.]

Everyone discussed the issue of the anomaly in the magic network for a while, and Harvey found that Mr. "Scorching Lord" never expressed his opinion on the observation results.

It seemed that he was powerless to do anything about it, but when he became more proficient in using the energy of beetle ore, he could find a way to facilitate an observation experiment and let this group of knowledgeable and powerful high-level spellcasters participate, providing him with sufficient experimental suggestions and observation data.

……

The one-hour forum exchange meeting soon came to an end.

The "Man in the Mirror" Quinn brothers are preparing to leave the forum with reluctance to leave, and record and organize the content of the communication they gained today.

Suddenly, I saw a personal message on the crystal plate of the "Magic Brain" from the wild alchemist who had received their "anonymous funding".

[Kel'Thuzad: Mr. Man in the Mirror, are you still online? ]

[Man in the Mirror: Yes, have you made any progress in your recent research? If you need anything, please let me know. I'll do my best to help.]

Harvey couldn't help but sigh. This "man in the mirror" was so kind and generous. He wondered why he couldn't meet someone like him in real life who would help him like a mentor.

He then thought that his real identity was just a necromancer, and it was good enough that he was not discriminated against.

It’s better to surf the Internet anonymously...

Kel'Thuzad: I'd like to ask if you have any connection or partnership with the Alchemical Quest Society? I'd like to use you to purchase a batch of discarded alchemical prosthetics from the Quest Society. Models and functions are not limited...

[Kel'Thuzad: Of course, you can mention the price, and we can discuss it slowly.]

When the Quinn brothers saw the messages sent by each other, they were both stunned.

"Isn't he researching the life-transforming experiment? Why is he purchasing scrapped prosthetic bodies?"

"What good are these scraps? Can't they just be sold to the cave dwarves and recast into inferior alloy materials?"

Offrey seemed to have thought of something and sighed with some sympathy.

"He might be really short of funds and wants to use scrapped prosthetics instead of finished ones for experiments."

"Wouldn't that greatly reduce the effectiveness? It would ruin the progress of his experiment." Ed frowned.

The Chief Alchemist stood up and walked to the window, muttering to himself with some emotion, "Alas, the path to truth for wild alchemists is so difficult, Ed. Think about those days when we first entered this industry."

"Sign a note to the apprentice in charge of the scrap processing center and have them sort out a batch of good-quality scrap and pass it on to Mr. Kel'Thuzad."

(End of this chapter)