Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 637 Three Types of Pineapples and Four Types of Fleshy Roots
Another half month has passed.

Locke used the 200,000 magic stones he had borrowed from Arthas, plus the 10 acres of free magic fields allocated to him by the two bases, and with the help of the synthesis cube, to cultivate the first batch of Overlord Snow-capped Pineapple and Overlord Flame Pineapple.

Locke looked at the two types of air plants in front of him, which were covered with tyrannical patterns, their height remained unchanged, but their width had changed abnormally.

Once the seeds of the regular synthetic varieties, Snow Pinscher and Flame Pinscher, are harvested and sealed with a spell scroll, the seed harvesting is complete.

All you need to do is give these seeds, along with the matching No. 2 Overlord Essence and cell binder, to Scarlett the Witch to use for production in the colony world.

The Bawanghua Snow-capped Pineapple resembles an ice skate, and the areas it touches will be covered in frost and turn into ice.

At its base is a specially treated, ice-blue fleshy root with spiral guide grooves on both sides, which can guide the icy energy to form a special jet vortex.

The Snow Peak pineapple naturally has a unique fleshy root.

Locke further enhanced the vortex properties of its fleshy roots by synthesizing the Rubik's Cube, and with the comprehensive enhancement of the No. 2 Overlord Element, the prototype of a pair of pure magic plant wizard shoes was completed.

The domineering Flame Pineapple is actually a subspecies of the Snowcap Pineapple. The Flame Pineapple is similar to a shoe, but its fleshy root is shaped like a jet tube. The fleshy root can spray out magical flames made of a mixture of natural magical structural components.

Both types of pineapple have the potential to be developed into wizard shoes due to their fleshy roots, making them natural and high-quality development targets.

It was a technological reserve that Locke developed while conducting basic research.

At this moment, thanks to the No. 2 Overlord Element, the Synthetic Cube, and his own increasingly mature breeding technology, the development of it has been accelerated.

But in the end, it only served to accelerate things.

If it would have taken me a year to complete the development, now it will only take me less than a month.

The real accumulation has already been forged, which is my own research on pineapple-type magical plants and euphorbia.

Mason Witch walked to Locke's side, looking at the magical field filled with two kinds of pineapples. "Fleshy roots are a special product of plant roots that swell and thicken due to storing a large amount of water and nutrients. I never thought they could be used to modify and develop into the power nozzles for the magical plant wizard shoes."

"Team leader, your idea is truly extraordinary."

Locke said, "Actually, it's not that my idea is unusual. Many wizards have similar ideas, but they just think about them briefly and don't actually do them."

"Or they were suppressed by the magic weavers and dared not touch the field of wizard shoes at all."

"I can act without restraint simply because of my status, unlike other wizards who have to think so much."

In retrospect, becoming a disciple of the witch Catherine through the Yunze Cup was definitely a good stepping stone.

Otherwise, when he released his first pair of wizard shoes, he would probably have already been sued in the wizarding court by the magic weaver, and might even be imprisoned by the witchers by now.

Locke had previously investigated similar cases and discovered that the Rose Council's magic weavers, as well as some of the magic weavers in those textile workshops, were indeed capable of doing such things.

Unlike now, where those magic weavers only dare to send themselves some nonsense via private messages on the Water Hyacinth System.

This made Locke realize something.

You can access certain types of money only because you have the status to do so.

The reason why it's so easy for me to make money now is largely due to my status as a researcher at the Golden Crown Mountain Advanced Knowledge Institute.

Catherine the Throne is her own mentor!
If one were a regular, officially recognized wizard, then one should not touch this money.

Similarly, if he were currently a second-ring wizard, he would earn money even faster, and Arthas would only grant him more authority.

The logic of doing business in the wizarding world is actually completely different from the logic of doing business in my previous life.

Because in the previous life, no matter what, there was no strict hierarchical system that was openly displayed, but in this wizarding world, whether you are a first-ring wizard, a second-ring wizard, or a third-ring wizard is immediately clear.

We know exactly what teaching positions you hold.

Therefore, the amount of money one can earn is largely limited by one's current magic level and teaching position.

Locke said, "Air plants don't normally have proper roots, but the mutated variety, the Great Snowcap, has developed special fleshy roots. If we continue down this line, we could create a whole series of products under the Augustus brand."

"In the future, we can cultivate more wizard shoes with air plant magic plants that have fleshy roots."

Mason Witch pursed her lips. "The group leader, Group 2 leader Professor Sith, and Lord Throne all asked us to come here to conduct research on the drought resistance mechanism of magical plants."

"This is called abusing public resources for private gain!"

Locke looked at Mason the Witch and said, "What, Mason, are you going to report me?"

Mason Witch laughed, "Of course not. In the end, they are all just my superiors; the group leader is my friend. Besides, we're all pretty poor. It's perfectly normal for us to use the lab facilities to do our own little research."

Mason Witch laughed and said, "Team leader, I'll go take care of my own business now. You continue with your work."

Locke looked at Mason Witch and said, "By the way, I might not be in the lab next month. Could you guys help me with some research there?"

"You can try to help me cultivate the drought resistance mechanism of these two magical plants. In any case, we need to save face and at least let others think that what we are doing may be related to the overall direction of the two research institutes."

Mason Witch nodded. "I understand, team leader."

After Mason Witch left, Locke took out an air pineapple from the synthesis cube, which was made by synthesizing two snow mountain pineapples and a lightning stone.

The air plant, shaped like a wizard's shoe, was surrounded by flashes of electricity, and had a swollen, fleshy root at its base resembling a railway track.

Level 8 crafted item: Lightning Pineapple.

'A subspecies of the Great Snow Mountain Pineapple possesses a re-evolved fleshy root at its base, capable of storing large amounts of energy and water, along with various natural magical components resembling lightning. This energy is then ejected through the abnormal fleshy root, granting wizards the ability to move at high speeds.'

Locke nodded slightly after reading the entry. "Currently, I mainly have two approaches to the pineapples I have. One is to transform the special atavistic fleshy root of the Great Snow Mountain Pineapple into a jet."

"One type is the mimicry muscle of the giant hummingbird pineapple. Through its rebound force, it provides the wizard with the ability to move."

"To be honest, the original pineapples' weak abilities, even when made into wizard shoes, were not enough to compare with the performance of the magic weaver's wizard shoes. But... I used No. 2 Overlord Element to enhance them all, and that changed things."

"This will give us a performance advantage. Combined with my own brand advantage, it will be enough to carve out a path in the wizard shoe market."

Locke suddenly remembered something, "That's right."

Locke walked back to his workstation and flipped through some documents. "Flesh itself is a kind of energy-locking structure. However, this is a common type of energy-locking structure for magical plants."

Locke flipped through the two sets of materials and found that both sets contained a large amount of information about the fleshy roots of various magical plants that had been discovered thousands of years ago.

Succulents are a product of plant evolution in order to cope with certain intermittent resource shortages.

"The energy-locking organ is an organ that magical plants develop to efficiently utilize magical energy in order to cope with resource shortages," Locke said. "This also means that some energy-locking organs can better utilize magical energy when it is abundant."

"Therefore, to make good use of the energy-locking structure, I need to further develop my wizard shoes."

"Research in this area has been very helpful to me. I hope I can discover more energy-locking structures. Of course, this depends on luck. Right now, it's just the fleshy root area. If I can master it, that will be enough for me."

Locke nodded. "Right, then we can arrange for Mason and her two students, along with their students, to conduct drought resistance experiments on the fleshy roots of my three types of air plants, and to study the corresponding mechanisms."

They are all fleshy roots, but there are still hundreds of specific subcategories within them.

Locke also wanted to know the specific characteristics of the fleshy roots of the three types of air plants he was currently promoting.

"So, developing a new energy-locking structure would be very helpful to my wizard shoe business."

Locke pondered.

He didn't consider getting magic clothes, wizard gloves, or a wizard hat.

The main point is that it's best to do one thing at a time before doing another.

Furthermore, making wizard shoes has already offended enough people; if they do more, they might truly become enemies with all wizard weavers. The wizard shoe industry alone has over a dozen well-known brands and hundreds of unknown ones, along with a whole related supply chain.

By interfering in the wizard shoes, I have essentially offended all of the aforementioned groups of people.

After all, in their eyes, a breeder like myself shouldn't be encroaching on their territory.

They were all seething with hatred for themselves, but they had to endure it because of their status.

I should focus on creating a wizard shoe brand before considering anything else.

Or it's not too late to act when another good opportunity comes along.

Locke had arranged his research plans after his departure, and wrote down the tasks for Mason, the witch, and the other two in his to-do list. "Currently, the data from Group 2 suggests that fleshy roots can be divided into four main categories."

"Tubers, tuberous roots, bulbs, and rhizomes."

"There are a total of 312 types of magical plants that have fleshy roots within a single ring."

"The fleshy roots of the 312 types of magical plants can only be classified into these four categories, but each one is slightly different. I want Witch Mason to use the three magic mirrors and other equipment to study the specific characteristics of the fleshy roots of the three types of pineapples."

“Sampling and mapping, scanning of macroscopic and microscopic structures, and osmotic pressure inside cells.”

"After completing these three steps, conduct drought stress experiments in groups to measure the root shrinkage rate and the recovery index after rehydration..."

"We also need to utilize the three magic mirrors to find their internal response mechanisms to drought, changes in their internal microstructure, and changes in the composition of their internal natural magical structure..."

Locke pondered, "If we can become familiar with the characteristics of the fleshy roots of these three types of pineapples, as well as all their mechanisms, it will be possible to make better wizard shoes."

"It also helps me with the synthesis process."

Locke tidied up, then left his workstation, carrying the seeds, and returned to Little Peach Mountain through the portal on the 30th floor underground of the research institute. He then rode the Cloud Whale to a plantation in Arthas at the foot of the mountain.

Locke found Scarlett the Witch there and gave her the seeds he had harvested. "Take these and plant them in the colony world. You can also cooperate with those alchemists from before. Go and contact them."

“I’m busy with something recently and I won’t be able to return to Jinmian Mountain for about a month.”

Scarlett the witch nodded thoughtfully and took two cloth bags and two design drawings for wizard shoes from Locke.

"Then I will put these two works directly on the Arthas platform for you."

"I hope that when you come back in a little over a month, you'll hear good news. That would be great, since we've already released the second and third wizard shoes. But do you have any ideas about the group procurement of wizard shoes we mentioned before?"

Locke shook his head. "I've seen the requirements for the Demon War. The requirements are very high. Although our wizard shoes are of good quality, even after being fully enhanced with the No. 2 Overlord Essence, they still can't compete with the quality of the top wizard shoe brands."

“In the past, Jinmianshan most often used external bidding for designs from the two major brands, Melochy Magic Step and Solas Barefoot (30K). Sometimes, it would also use designs from its own internal second-ring breeders.”

"In other words, it will be extremely difficult for us to overcome the designs of these three parties," Locke said. "I estimate that even I can only give it my best try. And at present, I only have a rough idea."

"It utilizes the energy-locking structures and organs that plants produce when they lack energy and water."

Locke said, "But right now, my research on fleshy roots is still quite rudimentary. If I further refine my research in this area, I should be able to further improve the quality of these products. Similarly, I have examined the energy-locking structures of the remaining 57 types of magical plant organs that have been discovered in the first ring of magical plants."

"So far, it hasn't been of much help to me in making wizard shoes. Apart from the fleshy roots, the special energy-locking structure of the cotyledons might be the only thing that's helpful."

In fact, the mimicry muscles of the giant hummingbird pineapple are also a type of energy-locking structure, belonging to a type called "transpiration pulsating xylem vessels".

The cotyledon is part of the plant seed, an organ structure that provides energy for the plant seed in its early stages.

In short, after reviewing the data from both groups, Locke discovered that a large part of their research focused on energy-locking structures and organs.

In particular, there is an exploration of the uses and structures of existing energy-locking organs, as well as the discovery of structural components containing natural magical properties.

Therefore, while reading materials over the past two weeks, I have indeed made significant progress in this field.

Scarlett the Witch smiled and said, "It's good that you have an idea. Please give it a try. But don't feel too much pressure."

"Even if you don't participate in the Demon World War, just the fact that you are a participant in the Plane Conquest Tournament is enough to make our Wizard Shoes brand famous."

Locke nodded slightly. "Scarlett the Witch, I'm entrusting the operation of these two products to you."

I still need to study the energy-locking structure more thoroughly.

The unique evolutionary responses of plants to drought are truly fascinating.

During this research process, I broadened my horizons and gained knowledge that I had never acquired before.

To further improve the performance of Wizard Shoes, the best approach seems to be to gain a deeper understanding of existing research on energy-locking structures.

Or... find a more efficient energy-locking structure!
……

Inside the research institute of the Dune Plane in Group 2, Mason Witch, Freya Witch, and Barrett Wizard gathered together.

Mason Witch said, "That's all there is to it. Our little boss has something to attend to for the time being, so we'll have to rely on ourselves for the next month or so."

“We can try to organize the young leader’s thoughts and try to help him submit a project application for a first-class project grant.”

Freya the witch's eyes lit up. "If we pass, the group leader will definitely be very happy. And he'll think more highly of the three of us."

Wizard Barrett whispered, "Is it that easy? Research on the energy-locking structure of fleshy roots is already quite mature. It would be easy for us to apply for second and third class. But I don't know if it will work for first class."

The witch Mason, holding the information Locke had given her, said, "With so much high-quality preliminary experimental data from the young master's early work, why isn't it working?"

"We should also have faith in our own abilities."

Mason Witch's expression suddenly changed slightly, because an unusual magical pressure came from above the thirtieth floor of the research institute, pressing down on everyone.

Freya the witch and Barret the wizard also grunted.

From a nearby workstation, a wizard exclaimed with delight, "It's Senior Brother back!"

"Zaran Bailey has become a second-circle wizard? Good heavens, this must be his fifth year in the ordinary True Knowledge Institute. I never expected that he would be more outstanding than those researchers in the advanced True Knowledge Institute and become a second-circle wizard ahead of others."

"Now that Zaran Bailey has become a second-circle wizard, he is capable of competing for the top-tier funding program."

"Not only that, our Group Two's research resources will also be tilted towards this second-ring wizard. Poor researcher who just joined our Advanced True Knowledge Institute, he's really unlucky, running into our senior brother returning to Group Two!"

Inside the Sith wizard's office, a hint of surprise appeared on the wizard's face. "Zaran Bailey has become a second-circle wizard? Good, that's wonderful."

"I just acquired Locke Augustine's team, and now I have another second-circle wizard member."

"Like adding wings to a tiger."

"The Rose Council, the Storm Tower—this costly war is far from over!"

At that moment, at their workstations in the common office, Mason Witch, Barrett Witch, and Freya Witch immediately realized that the magical pressure emanating from the wizard Zaran Bailey seemed to be intentionally targeting them.

The magical pressure in their region seems to be greater than that in other regions.

However, it seemed that the other party, upon realizing the absence of Locke Augustine's magical pressure, vanished completely in the next instant.

Freya the witch raised an eyebrow. "This newcomer doesn't seem friendly."

Barrett the wizard said, "He sees the boss as a threat, that's why he's doing this."

Mason Witch sneered. "Who cares? Does he dare to make a move? Zaran Bailey... this man hasn't been won over by the Academic Committee, the Senate, or any of the Inspectorate. That can only mean one thing: he... has limited value."

"It's one thing for the Senate and the Academic Committee not to contact him, but logically the Inspectorate should. But I haven't heard anything about it. I think there's something wrong with this so-called senior brother of Group 2's ultimate magic."

(End of this chapter)