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"So, Lao Xia, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"I once had a question: how do natural disasters occur, especially before the large-scale Originium industry? Also, how did the discrimination and exclusion against the Infected, aside from the fact that nobles contributed to it, come about? Dr. Kal'tsit was very helpful in answering this question..."

"Hmm?" The white rabbit looked confused, like a daughter whose father had suddenly gotten a new girlfriend—helpless, bewildered, and unsure whether she should stop him, or what reason she could give to stop him.

"She lived long enough, so she told me that the history of discrimination against infected people is very long. Even before Originium Industries, when there weren't so many infected people, they were still feared and rejected by the world."

Therefore, when the industrial age arrived and there was an urgent need for a group to exploit and oppress, it was naturally more convenient to use infected individuals—those who had always been feared and rejected by everyone.

"The most amazing thing is that they will continue to grow as the Originium industry expands, and their growth rate is actually positively correlated with the industrial growth rate..."

"Old Xia, just tell me straight, why is that?"

"Don't rush me. As I just said, the essence of Originium Arts is an amplified signal command center, and the law of conservation of energy means that energy cannot appear or disappear out of thin air."

"So, where does the energy for your spells come from? Human bio-energy can't possibly blow up a nearly meter-thick RHA steel plate like Talulah did. If she had that level of energy, she'd be a human bomb by now."

"So the energy actually comes from the Originium particles and grains that fill the surrounding area. Whether it's your heat absorption or Talulah's heat release, it will cause changes in the Originium particles."

"Whether it's charging or emptying, they flow according to certain spatial environmental flow rules, making you feel that the spells seem unaffected."

But have you ever considered that even lighting a single match creates a miniature vortex of hot air, so what would happen when an infected person like Talulah unleashes Originium Arts?

"One Talulah isn't enough, what about ten? A hundred? What would happen if thousands of infected gathered together and used Originium Arts indiscriminately?"

"This has never happened before. Even infected individuals don't all awaken Originium Arts, but if thousands of infected individuals were to gather together and use Originium Arts to cast spells..."

Yelena thought of an extremely terrifying possibility, her face turned very pale, and she was speechless.

"That's right, it's a natural disaster. So, even before the industrial age, when the population hadn't exceeded the carrying capacity of society, the reason why infected people were discriminated against was that each infected person was a living beacon of natural disaster—so ordinary people would fear them."

“They may not understand the reasoning behind this, but over thousands of years, villages where infected people gather are more likely to suffer from natural disasters, so they naturally regard infected people as a symbol of bad luck and reject them.”

"It's just that there weren't as many ways for people to get infected in the past. In fact, in earlier times, people might have seen infected people as some kind of extraordinary heroes or demigods, since there was no magic staff technology back then."

"In modern times, with the development of Originium Engines and various Originium technologies, natural disasters have become more frequent, making it more difficult for humans to settle down. The number of infected people has also increased exponentially, making it quite possible for them to trigger natural disasters."

"Of course, compared to Originium machines, the role of infected as beacons in modern times is getting smaller and smaller. After all, Talulah's is already at the pinnacle of Originium Arts. Compared to my Originium generator... it's still not enough, not to mention the Originium engines that drive mobile cities."

"So, this is the original sin of the infected? This is why those nobles don't treat us like human beings?"

"It should be said that they have never regarded the infected as human beings. In ancient times, they may have regarded them as gods, in modern times as monsters, and in contemporary times as livestock and living Originium devices."

"Old Xia..."

"It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing to be afraid of. Look on the bright side, with the right technology, all of this can change." Xia Lin patted Yelena's back as she hugged him around the waist, indicating that she didn't need to be so scared.

"Speaking of which, after all this digression, would you like to see my new product? I've named it 'A Weapon That Releases Dragon Flame Without Getting Tired or Hassle.'"

"Old Xia... Has anyone ever told you that your naming skills are terrible?" White Rabbit wiped her nose, revealing a look of being both amused and exasperated.

[PS]

Filling in the gaps in Hypergryph's work is giving me a headache.

Chapter Seventy-Nine: I was of humble birth in my youth, and thus I was capable of many lowly tasks.

Chapter 79

Three processed tubes are connected to the spell crystal. Blood samples taken from Talulah are connected to two test tubes filled with Originium biological solution via tubing and electrodes. One tube is responsible for processing the vacated Originium particles that precipitate out of the blood, and the other is responsible for injecting new Originium biological solution.

It is made using Terra animal serum, primarily deer serum, and they are connected to a recycling module.

Through filtration and recycling, new pure Originium particles are added to form new animal serum saturated with Originium compounds. After further processing, Originium pulses are released through Talulah's blood sample under simulated nerve electrical pulse stimulation.

The Originium Pulse, following the etched synthetic jade resembling a redstone circuit and a regular silicon-based circuit board, clock crystal processing, and frequency modulation, outputs a continuous stream of high-purity Originium particles with constant intensity.

Under normal circumstances, the combustible material of the flames released by Talulah is Originium particles in the air. Combustion itself is the most intense way of releasing energy, and when the Originium particles in the air react and release energy rapidly, a phenomenon similar to flames will be produced.

Since it's called the Dragon Flame Thrower that doesn't require much effort or trouble, Xia Lin naturally didn't intend for it to directly output flames, because that would require installing a lot of control components, and adjusting the firepower alone would be very troublesome.

Furthermore, since it is a method similar to Originium Arts obtained through bio-stimulation, if it were to be made to use atmospheric Originium particles as combustible material and energy like Originium Arts, the control module would be extremely large, just like the Originium engines and devices in Terra that do not require Originium Arts.

Moreover, Talulah's blood sample was so small that the pulse intensity was naturally insufficient to generate a sufficiently large Originium effect field signal area, thus failing to affect a sufficient range of Originium particles.

This is also the phenomenon of most infected people—they can only release a small amount of flame, which is completely incomparable to that of modern trained sorcerers.

However, civilization, even one that rises again after a period of stagnation, is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Whether it's the training methods for warlocks or the creation of staves, it all requires generations of accumulation and gradual exploration. In ancient times and the Dark Ages after the Fault, the level of Originium Arts possessed by the Infected was enough to make them regarded as monsters or gods.

Xia Lin's solution to this problem was simple: since the signal zone was only so big, he would increase the concentration of Originium particles in the area, and since the strength of the spell crystal "trigger" signal was only so great, he would increase the purity of the Originium particles.

"Based on the empirical formula I derived, under conditions of equal frequency, wavelength, and power, the energy E released by Originium particles satisfies an empirical formula," Xia Lin said while assembling the device that was already taking shape.

"That's E=D?e^2/C, where D is the ratio of the number of Originium particles to the total volume, per unit volume, and C is the relative purity. I used the average purity of the two most recent batches of extracted pure Originium as the relative value of 1 to derive this empirical formula..."

"In other words, within the signal's influence range, the finer, denser, and purer the Originium particles, the greater the total energy released. I suspect there might be other phenomena involved, but that's not important."

Xia Lin finally assembled the device in her hand. It had three blade-shaped tubes that could rotate around the central axis and a main body that looked like an Originium engine.

Two simple handles were welded onto the main body, wrapped with a layer of tape, making it look extremely rudimentary. Four containers filled with pure Originium, resembling pistons, were symmetrically distributed along the main body's ridges.

It looks like some kind of laser Gatling gun. If you fix its shape and give it a stylish paint job, it really would be a laser Gatling gun.

"So, what's the use of this? To breathe fire?"

"Almost there." Xia Lin lifted the new equipment with some difficulty, aimed it at the target, pressed the button, and the electric motor began to spin, driving the triangular barrel and the internal grinding machine to move.

Then, the four Originium fuel rods retracted into the magazine, and the finely ground Originium powder was blown into the pulse crystal's influence zone, instantly turning into high-temperature flames that erupted under the constraint of the barrel, resembling a crimson pillar of light.

With alternating heat dissipation from the triangular barrel, it could sustain continuous firing for less than a minute. The 1.5-meter-thick metal plate with polymer and carbon nanotube backing in front of Xia Lin melted through at a visible speed, leaving a large, golden-red hole from which molten metal was still flowing.

“This…” Yelena looked at her palm, then at Xia Lin, who was grimacing as she replaced the heat-insulating pad on the handle and considering installing an extra fuel tank for heat dissipation and cooling on the outside. “What’s the point of Originium magic for the infected, let alone the warlocks?”

If someone who knows absolutely no Originium Arts and has never received any training can unleash flames equivalent to those released by Taralu by pressing a button, enough to burn through the deck of a land-based ship and destroy the armor and shields of any heavily armored soldier, then what use are they?

"How was it? Mine wasn't tiring or troublesome at all..."

"Thermoforming gun".

"I mean it doesn't have to be very tiring..."

"Thermoforming gun".

"Uh……"

"Okay, but your naming skills aren't that great either."

"I'm doing this to make it easier for the logistics staff to fill out forms and use them, not to increase their workload," the white rabbit said, pursing her lips.

"Petelenko, bring up the heat gun and Petrenko, bring up the dragon flame jet that can release dragon flames without much effort or trouble. The latter is enough to blow the squad up eight times over by the assault gun."

It must be said that Yelena's example was very vivid and convincing, especially in the heat of battle. If a gunner didn't hear you clearly and said, "Huh? Boss, bring that up," it would be enough to blow them up eight times over.

"Are there any defects?"

"Yes, heat dissipation is troublesome, and the range isn't very long either, it can only spray up to less than 200 meters at most." "That's indeed a bit short, but it should be good for burning down assault teams. Is that all?"

“Yes, it’s just a matter of heat dissipation and range. Of course, weight might also be an issue. But didn’t I equip them with powered exoskeletons? It’ll be much easier to carry this thing while wearing an exoskeleton.” Xia Lin added quietly, “And it won’t burn your hands.”

"If everything is fine, I'll take it to Dr. Kal'tsit and Skadi to take a look. They might have some ideas to improve the defect."

“Uh…” Skadi didn’t have any objections, but Kal’tsit stared at the hot melt gun on the workbench as if she had seen a ghost. After a long while, she rubbed her temples under Xia Lin’s urging. “Boss Xia, I want to ask a question. You’re burning pure Originium particles, right?”

"Yes, is there a problem? To achieve the designed power, I have carefully calculated using empirical formulas, and using pure Originium particles is the most efficient."

If Origin Jade particles were used, the volume would be about four times larger, making it unsuitable for carrying. Furthermore, since the total volume of particles that can be accommodated in the storage space will not exceed the volume of a single Origin Jade crystal, the upper limit of firepower output is also limited.

"Mr. Xia, do you know how much a single piece of Pure Origin Stone costs?"

"what?"

“This is the pure Originium commonly used in Terra, a raw material for making synthetic jade. Its purity isn’t even as high as yours.” Kal’tsit took out a coffee-colored crystal from the cabinet and placed it on the table. “A box of 10 costs 8 LMD. The amount in one box is about the same as the amount in your four fuel rods. How long can your weapon last when it’s fully loaded?”

"Full power will probably last less than 20 minutes..."

"Okay, even if it's half an hour, the ammo cost is 80,000 LMD for half an hour. One unit is equipped for each squad, and four squads are deployed at a time. Even if a battle is controlled to end within an hour and the ammo isn't used constantly, that's almost 300,000 LMD..."

"Do you know what 30 LMD is worth? You can hire a Sarkaz warlock group to do the same damage, and that would last them a month."

"Well then, I happen to know a demolition expert. Her Originium Arts are enough to blow up an armored vehicle, and she's only asking for 18 LMD."

Kal'tsit was speechless. Didn't this guy even consider the ridiculously high price of Pure Originium?

"If you pay 30, she can produce output that is larger and has a longer range than 4 hot melt guns, and you don't need to maintain it. She will even consume food and goods to help you recover your costs."

"Kal'tsit, you used to work as a human trafficker?"

"No, but I've worked as a middleman. Otherwise, how would Babel have its staff? Seriously, Mr. Xia, if you really need staff, I have a professional liaison office and recruitment channels. We can handle both public recruitment and private headhunting."

"Really? I need a lot of talent, including power grid engineers, skilled workers, foremen who can do the work, and researchers who can conduct research and development. Of course, I also need professional field surveyors and trainers..." Xia Lin was overjoyed and immediately gave Kal'tsit a dizzying list of talent.

"Hold on. I can find you a power grid engineer, but she's probably unavailable right now. I do have a few names of skilled workers, but the others are all important talents. I can barely try to recruit one or two, but the quantity and types you need are simply impossible to provide."

"And yours is even purer. I estimate that this thing of yours costs 10 LMD per minute on average. Are you sure this is a weapon for human use? You couldn't burn LMD that fast, could you?"

"If war doesn't cost money, what's the point of fighting?" Xia Lin was completely confused. Isn't it normal for military equipment to be expensive? Not to mention weapons and ammunition, just the food, drink, and daily expenses of this group of people for a month are not cheap either.

"But you have to be efficient with your money. Are you from Letaluru? Even if you use 30 LMD to arm Talulah, it would be more powerful than what you have."

Kal'tsit said earnestly, "Boss Xia, although I don't know much about military affairs, it would be better for you to manufacture a batch of high-quality Originium Staffs or spell drones."

"I don't plan to mass-produce it either. This thing requires Talulah's blood to be extracted, so I can't mass-produce it in the short term. I'll just make a few for vehicle-mounted or Yeti heavy assault troops to use."

"You might as well assign them to Patriots' shield guards. They have defensive capabilities but lack the ability to deal with armored forces. And most importantly, they have been attacking mines before and are familiar with Ursus's storage and logistics. They can use other people's Originium."

Kal'tsit was happy to see Xia Lin create new equipment; she wasn't a qualified researcher.

However, he was indeed a qualified research leader, and he found a way out for Xia Lin's new invention in the first place.

“Actually, in terms of usage, there’s no need for continuous output. One burst is enough to destroy the walking mechanism and armor; the power is excessive,” Skadi finally spoke up. “So, could we change it to alternating short pulse firing? Wouldn’t that save some energy?”

"However, the Patriots need to deal with assault ships, mobile fortresses, and heavily defended positions, requiring continuous fire suppression. For short pulses, perhaps other alternatives can be used to replace Talulah's blood. And speaking of which, the type of Originium Arts can be changed? You can make several versions."

"Have you considered using Talulah's Originium Arts to spray it, and then using Frostnova's Arts to continue, while also cooling and recharging it?" As a pure warrior and hunter, Skadi immediately proposed an improved plan.

“This won’t work. Rapid cooling will overwhelm the barrel, and I’ll have to rewire and redesign the internal shielding and control modules, which is too much trouble.”

"We could also make a freeze version, an arc version, and a molten version. That would give us more tactical options." Xia Lin thought for a moment, then decided there was no problem with it, and so...

"Is this the new equipment?" Patriot peered into the patrol car and saw two strange weapons that looked like Gatling guns. They had switched from marching on foot to motorized marching, which had caused Ursus's several encirclement attempts to fail.

“Perfect timing. We’re going to attack one of Ursus’ transport convoys next, so let’s give it a try. Ivan, you take it, and give one to the gunner as well.”

Half an hour later, the Ursus troops who arrived after receiving the distress call found wreckage and corpses everywhere. The sturdy armored vehicles and assault ships had horrific melt-through marks, and the metal was piled up in twisted shapes around them like melted chocolate that had been solidified.