Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 585 The Judges' Shock!

Locke began formally on stage. "Greetings, esteemed judges and wizards. First, I must explain that my project today is an analysis of the mechanisms by which 26 pineapple-type magical plants affect the reproductive capacity of 26 magical creatures. My aim is to identify the common ecological niches of pineapple-type magical plants through high-throughput analysis."

The three wizard judges below the stage lowered their heads simultaneously, flipping through Locke's final report and other related materials.

Sith, a Sun Ring Wizard of Mount Golden Crown, rubbed his eyes and looked up at Locke in surprise. He had only recently returned to the Wizarding World from a colony plane, so he was unfamiliar with the two newcomers from the High School of Truth who had joined Mount Golden Crown six months ago.

Only then did the Sith wizard reveal a look of surprise.

The analysis of 26 different air plant species is quite extensive and even surprising.

Even researchers from the Advanced Institute of Truth have shown remarkable skill in this endeavor; not every generation of geniuses from the Advanced Institute of Truth is this outstanding.

Such geniuses only appear every few sessions.

Sith George read through the data in the document, nodded slightly, and whispered among himself, "The key data is very detailed; it doesn't seem like baseless speculation."

The second-circle wizard of the Rose Council lowered his head, thought for a moment, and said, "I remember now, Locke Augustine, one of the four first-circle wizards who made a big splash at the previous True Love Festival, a special festival promoted by our Rose Council."

"Bonifacius University's Yunze Cup champion!"

The second-ring wizard whispered, "So it was him."

His eyes held a complex mix of emotions.

Meanwhile, Milady, the master from Casiros University of the Arts, made an exaggerated gesture, covering his mouth with both hands, using such an exaggerated action to express his emotions.

"Explode! Explode! The curve is crazy, the data is exploding! Surprise!"

"Little Locke, I support you!"

Locke continued calmly as he recounted his research to the judges, saying, "According to my research, all 26 air plants are linked to the reproductive capacity of some kind of magical insect or microscopic organism, forming a symbiotic relationship."

"Therefore, I boldly speculate that the ecological niche of air plants in the natural environment is to form a symbiotic relationship with some small insects and ultra-small magical animals, providing habitats for small insects and magical creatures."

"It is a typical micro-ecosystem."

"One-fifth of these 26 types of air plant magic plants overturn the previous conclusion that air plants were related to the reproductive ability of specific magical creatures. Generally, such arguments tend to misunderstand the phenomenon that magical bird creatures eat magical insects inside air plant magic plants, thereby increasing their reproductive ability."

Locke said, "Therefore, I think it might be possible to investigate articles about the reproductive capabilities of air plants and magical bird creatures in the future. Perhaps a large part of their conclusions are wrong."

"Of course, this requires me and my team members to conduct more research on air plants to prove this logical relationship."

Sith George nodded, and following Locke's speech, he quickly read Locke's article. "Although this conclusion is somewhat arbitrary, it is not impossible based on the experimental data he conducted."

The second-circle wizard of the Rose Council gave a wry smile. “I had a researcher from the Institute of True Knowledge who graduated with a project on the symbiotic relationship between pineapple-like magical plants and a magical bird. That was many years ago, but if his conclusions are correct, then my student’s thesis…”

"All journals related to that article should retract their papers."

Sith George said in a low voice, "That's just Locke's deduction."

The second-circle wizard of the Rose Council said, "But judging from these data, his inference is very likely to be correct."

Sith George nodded. "Analyzing the symbiotic relationships between 26 types of air plant magic and magical creatures at once will indeed give him a certain intellectual advantage. He can see the ecological niche of air plant magic as a whole in the natural world more comprehensively and make corresponding considerations."

"His conclusion can save a lot of effort in future related research. I think that with the addition of some experimental data, this conclusion could be published as a standalone paper in a top-tier journal."

Everyone nodded.

Sith looked at Locke with satisfaction. "This researcher has finally shown the level that Golden Crown Mountain should have."

He glanced at Master Milady and the second-circle wizard of the Rose Council and smiled.

Master Milady gave Locke a thumbs up, while the second-circle wizard of the Rose Council had a complicated expression and didn't look too good.

The people in the audience had mixed feelings.

Locke said, "In addition, this study has also discovered seven previously undiscovered natural and unknown magical structures."

"The first one is..."

Upon hearing this, the second-circle wizard of the Rose Council looked on in disbelief. He looked up at Locke, glanced at him with a puzzled expression, and then quickly flipped to the corresponding chapter.

"No way. One, two, three... seven kinds, doesn't that mean seven chapters of 'Green Grass and Clouds'?"

The second-ring wizard was startled by his own words. "Will we be able to use up all the pages in next month's Green Grass Cloud Ze journal?"

The Celtic group leader said in a low voice, "If publishing seven articles a month is too much, then we can just publish them month by month."

The second-ring moon-ring wizard glared at Celt.

Even Sith George was somewhat bewildered at this point. He remained silent and read about the seven new natural magical structural components.

"There really are seven types."

"He actually discovered at least seven natural magical structural components in a second-class grant project."

After a brief moment of thought, Master Milady said, "This young man is really good. He's full of energy, like a ball of fire, and he breaks the mold and has no routines."

Milady had seen far too many geniuses. Especially those students at the Casiros Art University who all considered themselves artists; they all claimed to be geniuses, and some of them did indeed possess a certain talent.

Those who can get into Cassilos University of the Arts are the seeds of the most talented artists.

In the field of art, the difference in talent becomes even more apparent.

Therefore, after a brief silence, Milady's first reaction was to make fun of Locke in the form of rap, and to exaggerate Locke slightly.

Sith glanced at the Rose Council's second-circle wizard beside him, whose face was incredibly grim, and looked at him with suspicion. "Rogge, is something wrong?"

Is there a problem with the data?

Because Locke had discovered so much in a second-class grant project, the Sith remained wary of him.

However, Rogge, a second-circle wizard of the Rose Council, did not respond at all, but looked at Locke's information with an extremely gloomy expression.

Looking at one of the clips.

There seemed to be a storm brewing in his eyes.

Meanwhile, Master Milady, who had maintained a relaxed demeanor and treated the defense with composure, glanced at the second-circle wizard of the Rose Council, then looked at the passage he was reading. The next instant, all the casualness and playfulness on Milady's face vanished. Milady, like a sleeping lion just awakened, scanned Locke with utmost seriousness as he read the passage describing Tyrant Element No. 2.

Locke continued, "Among the seven natural magical structural components, I discovered the second one, the Overlord Element..."

It was 20 minutes later when Locke finished speaking.

Locke glanced at the alchemical clock at the back of the conference room, frowning slightly. He had already tried his best to compress the content and speed up his speech.

However, because there was so much content, it still exceeded the 15 minutes allotted for my speech.

Fortunately, no one there stopped him.

At this moment, none of the three wizards on the judging panel spoke, as if they had forgotten that it was their turn to ask questions.

Sith glanced at Master Milady, who had suddenly become serious, and the Rose Council's second-circle wizard, who had been keeping a sullen face. Seeing that neither of them had asked any questions, he could only ask himself, "Can you tell me how you discovered seven previously undiscovered natural magical structures? You completed this project in just a few months, didn't you? Judging from the timeline, that seems unlikely."

Locke had anticipated this. "The witch Catherine believed that I possessed the super-intuitive abilities of the dragon race, so I had a talent for quickly finding new directions for discovery."

Sith paused for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "Is it the same talent as His Majesty the Throne in his youth? That's truly rare."

“That explains it. If it’s superintuition, then everything makes sense. Your project is extremely well-done; it would have passed even without our approval…”

"Even if I ask some more minor questions, it would just be a waste of time. Since this matter has already been approved by the throne, then..."

At that moment, Roger, a second-circle wizard of the Rose Council standing beside him, suddenly looked at Locke and asked, "Number 2 Overlord Element? Are you sure you didn't observe it wrong? Using the three magic mirrors to observe the structure of natural magic can sometimes lead to incorrect findings if used incorrectly..."

The second-circle wizard seemed to feel that his statement was not convincing enough, so he added, "I think your research on Tyrannosaurus Rex No. 2 is insufficient and requires more experiments to prove it."

"You need to do more experiments to supplement your data."

At this moment, Sith looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Master Milady, however, seemed to see through something and glanced at him.

Locke immediately realized that the other party was suppressing his No. 2 Overlord Essence.

Indeed, this second-circle wizard of the Rose Council has devoted a great deal of effort to the research on Overlord Breeding, that is, to the research on Overlord Element No. 1, and has established his own technological barriers, team barriers, and equipment barriers.

However, the emergence of Tyrannosaurus No. 2, whose overall capabilities seem to be better than Tyrannosaurus No. 1, will cause a portion of the barriers that his research group has built up over the years to collapse in an instant.

This led the second-circle wizard to approach the matter with a mindset of resistance.

The other party even tried to suppress my research, block my project completion, and delay the publication of No. 2 tyrannosaurus.

Although Locke believed this was almost impossible.

Locke, neither humble nor arrogant, said, "Lord Rogge, I have used the Queen's Chessboard to demonstrate the properties of the second dominant element at the Force level and to compare it with the first dominant element."

"The toxicity of Tyrant Element No. 2 is much less than that of Tyrant Element No. 1, but the enhancement will be more comprehensive."

"It will have wider applicability."

"Furthermore, I have already used the Queen's Chessboard to create cell conjugates of Tyrant No. 2 and completed the first breeding and cultivation of Tyrant No. 2."

"Therefore, you say that my experiment is insufficient, which I think is completely unreasonable."

The second-circle wizard of the Rose Council, seeing Locke's composure, was about to reprimand him, but found that he couldn't find any reason to do so.

Besides, there was a second-ring wizard and a third-ring wizard from the wizarding organization nearby.

Moreover, he did not expect that Locke was so well prepared. He not only used the three magic mirrors, but also the Queen's Chessboard to complete the key experiment of the No. 2 Overlord Element and to create the cell conjugate.

Using the Queen's Chessboard once costs a million Magic Stones.

Does a mere first-ring wizard like him have that kind of money?

The second-circle wizard of the Rose Council suddenly remembered that Locke must have earned 6.5 million magic stones on True Love Day.

This amount of money made many second-ring wizards envious.

Therefore, he definitely has the money.

Rogge's eyes darkened. 'I've invested so much in the Tyrant Breeding technology, finally built my team, and established the framework, but now some unknown, lowly first-ring wizard has researched Tyrant Element No. 2!'

'Then all the technical barriers I set up before have gone down the drain. What can I do? How can I stop the release of this No. 2 Overlord Essence!'

Roger looked at the data, trying to find logical loopholes or data defects. He desperately hoped to discover that Locke had falsified data, but the more he looked, the angrier he became.

Because he knew it was all true!
Just as Rogge was about to speak, Master Milady gave him a stern look.

Master Milady became unusually serious. "Locke Augustine, you are truly an excellent child. I never expected that a mere first-circle wizard's defense would make me so earnest."

At this point, Master Milady revealed his usual experimental demeanor, rather than his persona as a wandering poet and celebrity.

Master Milady asked, "You said before that you had completed the first cultivation using the No. 2 Overlord Element."

"Then, could you please take a look at it for me? Don't worry, I completely believe what you say. I just want to see it."

Locke bowed to Master Milady, then summoned the Tyrant Sea Sands from the Astral Ring.

As soon as the Tyrant Sea Sands appeared, its exceptionally powerful second-ring characteristics immediately aroused the curiosity of the high-ring wizards present.

Milady the Wizard vanished from his seat and appeared beside Locke. He nodded to Locke, then walked over to Tyrant Sea Sands and began to observe him closely.

Then, the wizard Milady smiled slightly. "Beautiful. Your Kingfisher Sand Pond possesses a unique aesthetic. This aesthetic has been influenced by the witch Catherine, but it is primarily your own."

"Not bad, really good."

Wizard Milady stroked the leaves of Locke's King Pineapple, as if admiring a work of art. "Locke, could you give me a King Pineapple afterwards? I'm willing to buy it directly."

"I think in the future, a lot of wizards who are doing related research will buy your King Pineapple from you."

"Young man, congratulations."

(End of this chapter)