Star Forge Titan

I didn't mind Lucas's shouting not far away. For any desert dweller, seeing such a vast expanse of green is an extremely exciting thing.

Alvin just felt very happy. In addition to eliminating the evil people, he could also bring other changes to the world of Palladia, good changes.

At this moment, he suddenly saw an unexpected figure.

Chapter 32 Witch's Ambition

Leaving the shouting Lucas where he was, Alvin noticed something and walked around several rows of fences to another area where nightshade crops were grown.

"Why are you here?" He couldn't help but feel curious as he looked at the tall figure who was carefully observing the growth of plants.

"What? Are you not welcome?" Heidi turned around with some dirt on her hands.

Today, the female mage was dressed very simply, wearing only a white linen dress that went below her knees, a straw hat to protect her from the sun, and a pair of leather sandals in the style of the ancient empire.

Apart from this, she wore neither gorgeous jewels nor expensive silks, and looked like the daughter of an ordinary small merchant family with a little money in the trading city of Ismailia.

But then again, he doesn't look like he's here to do farm work.

Alvin was a little speechless and embarrassed and turned his head to look away, because of course he didn't want to look at anything inappropriate.

The temperature inside a glass greenhouse can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the roof cover and adjusting the internal water circulation, but considering the growth of plants, the temperature inside is not too low most of the time.

For ordinary people, this temperature is naturally quite hot.

Also considering the growth of plants, Heidi did not use magic to create a cooler environment for herself, so she sweated a lot due to the hot climate. Well, this led to someone reaping unexpected benefits.

But the female wizard herself didn't seem to care about this matter. Instead, she focused her attention on the crops that had already grown green fruits with great interest.

"Whether it's food crops or cash crops like cotton, the various plants here are growing very well. They're even growing faster and healthier than on ordinary farmland outside. This is truly astonishing technology." Patting the soil, Heidi said in a very experienced tone:

The female mage's words surprised Alvin a little. He always had the impression that she was an ambitious woman who wanted to be in a superior position. He didn't expect that she would also pay attention to agriculture.

"Where did you get this technology?" Heidi couldn't help asking.

"Well, maybe the tribal witch doctor taught me." Ivan said evasively:

"...I was also born in the North. Why haven't I heard the wizard grandfather in the tribe mention anything like this?" Heidi showed a strange expression and then shook her head.

"Forget it, that's not important. What I want to know more is..."

Pointing to the crops growing well in front of her, Heidi suddenly asked:

"Can this technology be used in other places besides the desert?"

"Of course, greenhouse technology actually has a wide range of applicability. Not to mention areas like Linde that are already suitable for farming, if it is equipped with some corresponding equipment, it can even be used in the northern ice fields. However, the yield may be lower." Although he didn't understand why the other party asked these questions, Alvin quickly gave an answer.

"Great!" Heidi's eyes lit up, and her gaze towards the crops became even more scorching.

"Even if the output is only half of that in other areas, this technology is enough to save a large number of people in the North!" Heidi grabbed Ivan's hand with inexplicable excitement, and then she noticed that there was still dirt on her hands.

"Sorry." The female mage immediately let go of her hand, and then used a low-level magic trick to summon a spring of clear water to help herself and Ivan wash away the dirt on their hands.

"Nothing." Feeling the touch of water passing through his skin, the black-haired boy was slightly stunned and then smiled naturally.

At this moment, the two of them, who also had the common black hair of northerners, looked like an ordinary pair of siblings.

Noticing the smile on the other person's face, Heidi didn't stop, but just lowered her head slightly and covered her face with her straw hat.

"Speaking of which, why would a mage like you care about agriculture?" Ivan asked curiously.

“…” Heidi did not answer Ivan’s question immediately.

After a while, she sighed and said softly in a slightly melancholy tone:

"Because I haven't forgotten where I came from."

Looking up, Heidi's tribal tattoo under her eyes, which looked like a teardrop mole, suddenly became particularly obvious at this moment.

"Many people from the North, after leaving their homeland, often deliberately forget their past. There's nothing wrong with that, as the icy plains don't leave many tender and beautiful memories."

Despite saying so, Ivan noticed that Heidi's face showed a faint smile, like an ordinary wanderer who was reminiscing about his hometown, rather than a superior extraordinary person who mastered powerful magic, a female wizard who obtained the witch's job.

"But I can't forget the ice and snow of the north, nor can I forget my fellow tribesmen around the campfire. They wore perhaps smelly animal skin coats and sheepskin shorts, while I'm wearing soft linen. But at heart, we're both northerners."

Staring into Ivan's golden eyes, Heidi's expression was extremely serious.

"No matter how far away they are, the people of the North ultimately belong to that ice field."

"What I want to change is also that ice field."

Heidi stepped on the ground and suddenly lowered her voice. She leaned close to Ivan and whispered in a voice that was barely noticeable to others:

"And beneath this desert lies a force capable of changing the climate of the entire region."

Ivan's eyes narrowed, and his gaze towards the female mage became extremely serious.

"The Witch King's secrets are undoubtedly an evil and twisted ritual. I don't believe they are the power that can move the northern glaciers in a positive direction."

Unexpectedly, Heidi rolled her eyes at him speechlessly when she heard this.

"I didn't say that." The female mage stomped the ground again.

"I mean something that's hidden deeper."

Now, it was Ivan's turn to look surprised. Because of their previous agreement, he had immediately informed Heidi of the Witch King's secrets and the information about the leyline call. But the sorceress's words still shocked him.

"Are you kidding? That's a massive magical structure built during the Giant Kingdom era, requiring the entire nation's might. To create a magical creation of this scale, you need more than just technology; you need an entire nation with an advanced magical civilization."

"Yes, you are right." Heidi nodded.

"If changing the northern ice sheets requires a nation with the most advanced magical civilization, then we should establish a nation that belongs to all northerners."

"You want to unify the northern ice field?" Alvin looked at Heidi with increasing astonishment.

"If this is necessary, then my answer is yes."

"Yes, I will unify the entire northern ice field." The female mage said softly in a tone that was not loud and even somewhat ordinary, but the determination in it was not concealed at all.

"If you do that, have you ever thought about how Elrond, the demon king of the north, feels?" Ivan lowered his head and looked at Heidi, his tone revealing a bit of incomprehension.

"That's OK. The Demonic Kingdom of Elrond doesn't have much desire to conquer the northern ice fields. Their actual jurisdiction is mostly concentrated south of the Akkad Mountains, and most of their borders don't even touch the mountains themselves." Heidi seemed to have thought about this a long time ago and immediately gave a corresponding answer.

"In reality, aside from the Akkad Corridor, the only route connecting the Akkad Mountains from north to south, the Northern Demon Nation has virtually no interest in the northern ice fields. They guard that passage only to prevent the southward plundering attempts of tribes near the mountains."

"If possible, they would welcome a northern power with sufficient jurisdiction to join them in the form of an independent city-state or independent principality. Because that would save them a lot of unnecessary energy." At this point, Heidi's tone seemed a little helpless.

"While it may sound a bit harsh, considering the institutional reforms and increasingly astonishing technological advancements that have taken place in the Northern Demonic Kingdom in recent years, even if all the northern tribes united, they would still be seen as a group of inferior barbarians, not even as threatening as the increasing number of magical beasts within the borders."

Hearing this, the Northern Titan descendant who was in a sense not a Northerner could not help but twitch his lips.

I'm sorry, maybe, probably, maybe I also have some credit for this...

Chapter 33: The Covenant of the North

Although only fragments of his original body's memory remained, Alvin did know that the lives of many tribesmen in the northern glaciers were very hard.

So he asked very directly:

"Why are you telling me this? Is it because I'm also from the North?"

"..." Heidi did not answer the question immediately. She just narrowed her charming eyes slightly and looked at her fellow countryman from the north in front of her very seriously, which made the latter feel uncomfortable.

"Don't you know anything about your current reputation? Respected Lord of the Desert Savior?" The female mage's words almost made Alvin squeeze out three question marks from the top of his head.

"What kind of strange name is that?" The black-haired boy widened his eyes with an extremely surprised expression.

He has been busy with work during this period. Apart from Lucas, his assistant, he has only rarely met his senior brother Brad. Of course, he has no idea what other people think of him.

"He intervened in the battle between the two Witch Kings, directly defeating one of them. He was also Master Rigol's final apprentice. He also provided valuable contributions to the construction of Nunnris, and came up with new planting techniques that conserved water and increased food production." Heidi said as she counted on her fingers.

"So..." Alvin's expression also became strange.

"Also, you were the one who came up with the design for the water collection device a few days ago, right? Plus the hand-operated water pump that's convenient for extracting groundwater, don't you know what a great thing you've done?" Heidi looked at Ivan with a very subtle expression.

"Not really. They're just some random little things I drew. The water pump can't produce more water, and the water collection device's collection rate hasn't reached the theoretical optimal solution. At most, it can serve as a supplement to daily water use." Alvin waved his hand as if he didn't care at all.

He was only responsible for drawing the objects, leaving even the production to the dwarven craftsmen, so he had no idea how these things were regarded by the public. Similarly, this also made Ivan's impression of the relevant equipment very superficial. If Heidi hadn't brought it up, he would have almost forgotten about it.

As for the water collection device mentioned by the female mage, it was something he dug out from his memory when he was recalling the dropper technology.

Speaking of which, the content that I had only caught a glimpse of while watching a science and education documentary was completely dug out by Alvin from the pile of unreal bookshelves in the memory palace after his memory and thinking ability were fully optimized.

The general structure and principle of the water collection device are actually not complicated. Roughly speaking, a pit with a depth of more than two meters is dug downwards, and then a condensation pipe and a condensation chamber are made of relatively cheap pottery and a few metal parts and buried in it. Then, the hot air in the desert area is blown into the condensation chamber through wind-driven turbine blades and a duct structure connecting the upper and lower spaces.

During this process, the hot air will actively settle into the condensation chamber where the ambient temperature is cooler, and finally a small amount of water can be extracted and stored from it by condensation.

This system relies almost entirely on wind power to operate, so it can operate 24 hours a day without any supervision, so as to achieve the effect of making more with less, and accumulate enough water resources to effectively supplement production and life.

In fact, if more advanced materials and powered fans were used, the efficiency could perhaps be improved to a fairly objective level. However, Alvin was very realistic and took Nunnris's actual situation into consideration, so he chose a relatively compromise setting with lower efficiency, but the price of the entire system would be cheaper.

In this way, even the most expensive metal components can be properly controlled by relying on Nunnris's own mining location and further reducing the use of metal parts.

In short, this allows every few households to be allocated a water collection device, and the 24-hour operation of the machine significantly supplements their daily water needs.

Moreover, the water filtered from the air is extremely pure and requires almost no filtration, making it more hygienic than most naturally occurring water resources, which further enhances the designer's reputation.

Recalling how the desert dwellers would earnestly recite someone's name to express their gratitude every day when they drew water from the water collection device or used the hand pump, Heidi couldn't help but sigh in a slightly exaggerated tone:

"This is a silent desert, and every drop of water is worth more than gold. Giving clear spring water to those who are thirsty is the most kind and great act."

“…” After hearing this, Alvin fell into silence.

He did not feel proud or complacent about this, or rather, the slight sense of pride only lasted for a brief moment and was quickly overwhelmed by another thought that was heavier than a mountain.

Could anyone truly survive a century in such a harsh environment, coupled with a tyrannical ruler? That kind of life is absolutely not something a human should experience. I can do better, we can do better, so why shouldn't humanity do better?

Although the surging emotions were not expressed directly outwardly, the black-haired boy's golden eyes seemed to be burning at this moment, so bright that it was almost impossible to look into his eyes.

"Heidi." Alvin looked seriously at the female mage in front of him. The latter subconsciously wanted to look away, but stopped where she was because of some spontaneous emotion.

"Do you think there really are magical creations deep in the desert that can change the environment on a large scale?"

"Yes, I believe the Earth Network is a massive magic-driven structure built by the Giant Kingdom to alter the environment. It's a super-magical creation even more magnificent and powerful than the mythal! If fully activated, it would definitely have a significant impact on the entire desert environment," Heidi said word by word.

Of course, Alvin knew what the maze the female sorceress was talking about. It was said that it was a powerful magical memory that the ancient elves learned from the mysterious and powerful ancient dragons. It could compile a large amount of magic into a materialized complex whole, thereby exerting an influence on the overall environment within a wide area.

The pinnacle product the elves created was a massive, multi-layered magical fortress capable of shielding their home island, Eternal Island.

Being able to cover an entire island, the 'maze' is undoubtedly an extremely powerful magical creation. However, compared with the underground magic transmission network that covers the entire Silent Desert or the entire Giant Kingdom, even the 'maze' made by the elves will appear pale in comparison.

"But even I can only use the authority given by the Gaia fragments to barely call upon a small part of the power of the earth vein network." Alvin suddenly stopped talking here.

He saw the female sorceress give him a meaningful look. This woman obviously knew more about the secrets buried deep in the silent desert than he expected.

"Although Menice became increasingly insane during her last period, I also took the opportunity to learn some little secrets from her, so you don't have to hide anything from me unnecessarily." Heidi said very directly.

"Is that so? Why do I feel like some secrets have become less secret?" Alvin shook his head and showed a somewhat distressed and helpless smile.

Then, he immediately said seriously:

"I can't guarantee that I can obtain the key technology of the earth vein magic transmission network, but I can try to obtain it." Although Alvin said it in general terms, what he was referring to was naturally the last fortress of the Giant Kingdom buried deep underground - the city of the underworld, Abyss.

"Well, to be honest, I'm not so arrogant as to want to imitate such a magnificent ancient creation with current technology. But even a crude imitation that can only cover a plain or even the size of a city is enough to change the life of the northern ice sheet that has suffered from thousands of years of bitter cold." Heidi cast her gaze into the distance, and hope unconsciously appeared on her face.

"So, is this an agreement?" The female mage looked at her young fellow and said softly:

Alvin didn't say anything more, just nodded silently.

Seeing his performance, Heidi couldn't help but reveal a sincere smile she had never had before.

This surprised Alvin. Could this unpredictable female mage actually have such an expression?

Then, the sun gradually rose and the temperature in the greenhouse climbed to a higher level.

And the agreement is built in silence.

Chapter 34 Space Architecture

Research on Douyi is still ongoing.

Because the inspiration came at a very timely moment, Alvin completed the design of the new version of the fighting suit in just a few days.

But after sending the blueprint out, the black-haired boy sitting alone in the study suddenly realized that he seemed to be temporarily trapped in a state of doing nothing.

Having said that, there are still a few relatively important things left on hand, but they cannot be completed in this short amount of time.

The first thing is to deduce the new job. Even with the nearly completed Dou Qi Steel Armor as a reference, it is still a task that requires a lot of time and energy for Alvin to deduce a new third-level extraordinary job based on boxing and suitable for himself.

Considering that the Fifth Wizard King, Hopet, and his army may appear at any time, and that the plans related to Douyi are still in progress, and the mysterious First Wizard King is unlikely to remain completely idle during this period of time.

All this means that in the short term, it will be impossible for Alvin to concentrate all his energy on the deduction work of sublimation level.