Ark Journey

After making sure there were no diseases or pests, Xue Zhi left first. Her next target was the ranch.

As he approached the pasture, he suddenly smelled a peculiar fishy odor of animals.

"what?"

With her mental power spreading out, Xue Zhi quickly found the source of the foul smell. They were a few animals circling outside the fence. Apart from their very long teeth, they looked more like dogs than wolves. They were probably a circle larger than wolves and very thin. They couldn't even jump over the 1.5-meter-high fence. They were digging in the floor trying to get in and eat the livestock inside.

Xue Zhi easily caught them in the air with her telekinesis. She looked at their protruding ribs and green eyes and laughed:

"With your physique, it will be useless even if you go in. That tumor beast leader will beat you guys like a piece of cake."

The unknown creature could only respond with a whining sound, with its tail between its legs.

Xue Zhi didn't kill them. It would be unreasonable for the patrol team not to bring a few dogs with them to see if they could tame them. If not, they would have to cook them.

Carrying these creatures, Xue Zhi found Mark in the animal shed.

“Can this be kept?”

Mark also became interested when he noticed the creature with its tail tucked between its legs behind Xue Zhi.

"Tooth beast? Let me see."

He poked these things called tooth beasts with a wooden stick, then pulled them a few times, and finally touched his chin and said:

"It should be no problem. Does your mercenary group have a magician who is interested in this? We can use Originium techniques and taming methods to get them. They are also easy to feed, and can be fed with some leftovers. After they are trained, they can be used for guarding the house or hunting and tracking. They are both good choices."

It looks like this is a dog.

"Okay, let me see if anyone over there is interested. Where are they placed?"

Mark pointed to a place next to the animal shed, away from the pasture.

"Put them here. I'll get some strong chains to tie them up. Also, ask the deputy mayor to build them a shed or something."

"Easy to say."

After dealing with these newly caught little creatures, Xue Zhi went to the police station and found a few idle people who were interested in them.

After that, Xue Zhi and W spent a few days of peace. Every day they studied, did papers, and did things they liked, until Hedley found people who were willing to study at Scar Mall.

"Ines, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Don't mess it up, Inès."

"Heh, don't think everyone is like you."

Several people said goodbye at the gate of Kazitun and then set out for Scar Mall.

After watching the cars leave, Inès glanced back at the town name Xue Zhi had personally nominated:

"Kazdel Village? Not a bad name."

On the way, Xue Zhi, who was sitting in the first car, used magic to pave the road again. Although there was a possibility of being destroyed by natural disasters, it was not advisable to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

While paving the way, Xue Zhi talked about topics that interested him. Ever since he saw Rhodes Island, he wanted to see how magnificent a real moving city would be.

"By the way, where is Kazdel City now? I remember it should be next to Scar Mall."

"The relevant literature you read was quite early."

W poked his head out from behind and joined the conversation.

"That was indeed the case at the beginning, but Kazdel City also had to move. As for its current location, we don't know."

"That's a shame."

Because the road is flat, this time running to Scar Mall is much faster than before.

After parking the car, several people started to act separately.

Xue Zhi did not go with Hedley to meet his old friends, but took W to find a shop that could engrave Originium skills. The selected magicians did not follow for the time being, and they were moving around freely.

Walking on the familiar street, Xue Zhi asked:

"Do you know where there is such a store?"

"I don't know. We don't have any use for that kind of thing."

"alright."

Without information, they could only look for it slowly. However, it was almost noon now, so Xue Zhi took W to a restaurant and asked the owner where the relevant store was while eating.

Fortunately, the two people who ordered a lot of food in the restaurant knew the location of the relevant stores.

According to the information provided by the restaurant owner, the two successfully found the store.

Standing at the door, W looked up at the tall sign and said:

"You can tell from the outside that this is not a cheap store."

"Money is not a problem, girl, let's go."

After entering and telling the clerk their purpose, the clerk asked them to wait while he ran to call the craftsmen in charge of these tasks.

On the sofa, W, who was drinking free tea, suddenly felt a little nervous.

"By the way, what is the process? Can it be successful? The engraving of Originium Technique is not that simple, right?"

"We have to try. Otherwise, the fertilizer industry is very difficult. As you know, it is not easy to manufacture equipment that can withstand high temperature and pressure to produce ammonia, not to mention the subsequent processing."

W nodded, and then asked a very profound question.

"... Tell me, what exactly is Originium Technique? It can make such a complicated chemical process so simple."

Xue Zhi, who didn't expect that she could ask this, hesitated for a moment, then put down the cup and said:

"This... If you want to know this, then I may have to tell you something that has not been sufficiently proven, and this has to start with something called the Grand Unified Theory of Information..."

As they were chatting, a woman came over.

Chapter 77: The Art of Engraving Originium

Seeing someone coming over, Xue Zhi temporarily stopped the conversation.

"Let's do our business first, and then I'll tell you about it when we get back."

"Ah."

Soon, the uniformed woman who had just appeared came closer. From her downward-growing red horns and arrow-shaped tail, it could be seen that she was of the same race as W, but had black hair and a thinner figure.

But he is still quite polite, even a little bit timid.

"Excuse me, are you the ones who want to engrave the Originium technique?"

Xue Zhi and W stood up.

"Yes, that's us."

"Please come with me."

After saying that, he walked in front and led the two people out of the waiting area.

[I've visited so many stores in Scar Mall, and the quality of the store clerks I've met is pretty good, there's not a particularly bad one. ]

Walking behind the black-haired succubus, the sound of a few words of conversation suddenly reached Xue Zhi's ears who was sighing. They were the voices of a slightly older man and a younger man.

"Are we looking to hire some apprentices in our store soon, Master Kelson?"

"Probably. The war is over, and Kazdel will have a period of peace. There will always be people who want to develop, and our business will be much better."

"Then I'll make an advertisement and put it on the door?"

"Go."

"Yes."

Xue Zhi looked towards the direction where the sound came from, but only saw a wall. The sound came from behind it, and he was able to hear it because there were not many people in the store.

[That’s good. Now I don’t have to worry about anything.]

In a studio, two succubi sat on either side of a table.

W took off the wristband and coat as requested and placed his entire arm on the table, while the black-haired succubus brushed some unknown liquid material on W's arm.

Xue Zhi stood aside and watched quietly. He was very interested in this technology.

There are indeed spellcasting units on this land that store specific Originium skills, but they are not mentioned much in the Ark plot. The only reason Xue Zhi can think of is that this technology is difficult, or it is difficult to engrave specific Originium skills. Otherwise, Angelica would have been fought over by various companies because of her gravity control Originium skills.

Of course, it is possible that the Terrans did not understand the importance of this technology.

Soon, the marking began, and W continued to use the Originium technique to produce urea crystals as required. Each time she used it, some specific marks would appear on her arms.

The black-haired succubus opposite her was constantly carving on a board made of metal or other materials. While carving, her hands were emitting little bits of light, and it was obvious that she was also using the Originium technique.

[Developing materials, imitating the energy circuit of the painting source? ]

Over time, the marks on W's arm have been completely copied onto the board.

After the last stroke was made, the black-haired succubus gently placed the board on the table and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's done, please take a look."

Xue Zhi picked up the board and saw that the scratch on it was about five centimeters deep. It felt light and slightly warm. Just by the feel, he estimated that it was not made of metal.

"How do I use it? Can I just input energy directly?"

The black-haired succubus explained diligently:

"Generally speaking, it requires a matching source stone energy output device. If you are confident in your control, you can try to input it directly. However, we are not responsible if it is damaged."

Hearing this, Xue Zhi put the board down. His energy system was different from the source stone energy. It would be bad if he used it without authorization and then damaged it.

"Forget it then. You should have the matching equipment here, right?"

"Of course. Please wait for the remaining copies. We need some time to copy them."

Picking up the carved board, the black-haired succubus left a few words and walked out of the studio.

"Is this the end? I thought it was going to be a lot of trouble."

“It’s surprisingly simple indeed.”

Summing up a water ball, Xue Zhi operated it to clean the liquid material remaining on W's arm.

"What do you think?"

"Nothing special, just like any other spellcasting."

It seems that the function of that liquid is to manifest the source energy circuit.

After drying their arms and getting dressed, the two of them waited here for everything to be ready.

It didn't take long before the black-haired succubus came back carrying a box.

"These are what you two requested. There are ten copies in total."

After opening the box and taking a few glances, Xue Zhi was sure that there was nothing wrong with the item, so she prepared to pay.

"I want 20 more sets of energy output equipment. How much do they cost? Also, I just heard your store is hiring. Who will be in charge?"

The black-haired succubus who had just taken out the computer paused, then thought for a moment and said:

"Wait a moment, I'll call my teacher over, you can talk to him."

Then he left again, but came back quickly this time. The one who pushed the door was a Sarkaz who looked much older than Hedley. He should be the "Master Kelsen" that Xue Zhi had just heard of.

"You two want to learn this technique?"

"No, we are just here to talk about this matter. There are other people who are here to learn."

"Can you make the decision for them?"

"can."

After all, Hedley had already discussed it before coming.

Kelsen touched his chin and agreed after a brief thought.

"Is that so? That's fine. Let me see them sometime. Also, there's the tuition fee."

"It depends on your schedule. We don't have much to do here. Besides, the tuition and the fees for these things can be settled now."

"Then let's make a deal."

After paying off various expenses with red gold, the two exchanged communication methods. There was still signal coverage inside the Scar Mall.