“…… Eventually, the Emerald Forest became a desert, filled with yellow sand and strong winds, and the beauty of the past was no longer there. ”

After a long sigh, Mu Yan ended this story.

He told a story about indiscriminate slashing.

"So you see, the development of sustainable energy is a blessing for future generations, and it is urgent to say that we are just borrowing energy from our children and grandchildren, and we are wantonly spoiling them. There is no doubt that this is a stupid act and tantamount to chronic suicide. ”

As a person who has come over, he speaks eloquently.

Ian and Wendell were in the mood of watching the play at first, but the more they listened, the more engrossed they became, until this sentence was concluded, and Ian couldn't help but stand up with some excitement.

He still remembered that when he was a young student, he listened to the older generation of scholars introduce him to the subject of magic refining.

"According to our surveys and statistics, the magic crystal deposits around Falan City can be mined for more than two hundred years under today's technology, and after two hundred years, our descendants will either wage war against neighboring countries in the name of energy, or sit at home and wait for death. Energy will always run out unless we can aggregate the free elements in the air into energy. ”

These words are almost the same as Mu Yan's meaning.

At the time, almost everyone thought it was an impossible task, but Silver Candle would split it into several parts.

Because there is indeed a group of people in Lokan who can collect the free elements in the air.

They are the mages.

The research of the Silver Candle Society is also very clear, from high to low, from difficult to easy. They started with the white-robed mages, tasked them with collecting and outputting mana, then tried to store mana and then convert it into magic crystals that could be used in the mana furnace, and then lowered the mage level until they could convert the apprentice's mana into pure energy, and then proceeded to collect mana from the air.

There is no doubt that this line of thinking and direction is completely correct, the lower the level of mage, the weakest absorption and transformation ability, and to some extent, the closest to the existence of a machine. But unfortunately, when the research was carried out in the fourth ring, that is, from the white robe (60), the purple robe (50), and the red robe (40) to the blue robe (30), it suddenly got stuck.

There are two reasons for this, one of which is the inaction of the horn of Kane.

They don't see any profit in it, and they don't see a return in the medium to long term (next two decades), so they don't provide assistance. The research before the Silver Candle Club was all based on the old background accumulated by himself.

The second is the lack of a large number of samples.

This sounds like a pretty fact.

It seemed that the most difficult white-robed and purple-robed mages had passed, but they were stuck on the blue-robed mages with a large population......

But this is also an inevitability.

At the beginning of the project, with the strong connections of the Silver Candle Society, they gathered 15 white-robed mages with excellent vision and a sense of responsibility to assist in the experiment, which lasted for a year, and the experiment went very smoothly.

After that, also through the advocacy of these 15 mage tower masters, they spent half a year to gather a total of 100 purple-robed mages and completed the second ring of research in three years.

In the third ring, the convening and data collection of 800 red-robed mages took three years, and then the research was carried out for another three years, although the results were not satisfactory, but the data was enough to support the experiment, according to this momentum, it is estimated that at least 3000-5000 blue-robed mages will need to participate in the experiment in the next step......

That's where the experiment comes in.

Can't do it, can't do it at all.

Even in Jialan, there is no such large group of "mage volunteers".

Channeling mana at all times is hard work, and like the debuffs in the game, it can cause the mage to feel decoupled and uncomfortable. A mage who has completely emptied his body is even weaker than a pregnant woman who has just given birth. For the blue-robed mages who were mixed up in the major mercenary groups, they simply didn't want to put themselves in that dangerous situation.

And another place where there are many blue-robed mages is Jialan.

But what Jialan looks like, scholars know in their hearts. They even canceled the magic indoctrination course a long time ago, how can they form students to "volunteer" to provide magic power?

What's more, the relationship between the Silver Candle Society and the Academy is not even comparable to that of the Horn of Kane - the latter at least provides a lot of financial aid to the Academy every year, and what will the Silver Candle have? Even Professor Daun, who was respected by the white-robed mages, was not as attractive as a beautiful teacher with big hips and round hips in the academy - of course, there was no disparaging meaning for Teacher Devyn here.

So the experiment stalled.

The reality also makes people helpless at the same time, but also a little crying and laughing.

Ian thought for a moment, but said in a milder tone: "We have also had similar considerations, but that plan has been shelved, I'm afraid it will ......"

"Why is it being put on hold?" Mu Yan asked.

"The reasons are manifold......"

"And what about the main cause? Short on money? Lack of people? Technology stuck? I can help with that. ”

Looking at the eager look on this child's face, Ian was a little speechless when he was blowing.

At this time, Wendell next to him couldn't help it.

"Don't be arrogant, Mr. Mu Yan."

The apprentice's tone was as young and impulsive as he was.

"I know you're a celebrity in school, and I know what you said in the auditorium, but you can't change anything about it. Let's be realistic, the reason why the magic refining project will stagnate is because it has been moving forward against the wind from the beginning, you can't imagine how hard the predecessors have come along the way, just having dreams, just being able to tell some big truths can't survive! ”

"I can't imagine how hard they worked......" Mu Yan muttered and repeated the sentence, smiling.

"Who do you think we don't know?"

"What?" Wendell blushed with rage.

"I don't understand what you're talking about, sir."

"Mr. Ian's faint smell of crescent grass is actually the smell of hazy moon, and it has an excellent pick-me-up effect, so he should have slept late last night. The black stains left between his fingernails must have been used for the ink of the parchment roll, right? It was only half a day between this incident and when you came to me, and the contract was kicked out, plus the time for the two of you to come in person...... Presumably, Mr. Ian rushed over without even eating breakfast when he heard the news, right? ”

Old man Ian twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and Wendell simply turned his face to the other side.

Mu Yan was right, Ian only slept for 3 hours last night, and he really didn't have time to eat breakfast. But Wendell, who is an apprentice, didn't notice it, and he didn't stay up last night, but complained along the way.

Mu Yan picked up the half of the head ring, and continued:

"I guess you're the one who's really interested in it, right? I can even make up for the haughty and disdainful tone of Mr. William Shockley, the head of Kane's Horn,

'Oh my God, you don't really think that a twenty-year-old from the East, who can only talk about it, can come up with such a bizarre thing,' I think both of you must have wondered if this thing was as amazing as Gawain described...... As for whether you can or not, why don't you give it a try yourself? ”

As he spoke, he pulled out another headband.

"This time it's a different form that can change your surroundings instead of putting you to sleep. It's like pushing open a door to a new world for you. ”

Ian put the letter on suspiciously.

After putting on the headband, the scene around him changed instantly, although the other two people around him were still there, but the alchemy table disappeared, and the secret room also disappeared, he was in the bustling Krubel Street, with the blue sky above his head and pedestrians coming and going.

"Mrs. Rowling's dog has given birth to a strange-colored cub, and I heard that it sold for more than three hundred gold coins."

"What a lucky guy...... Oh, I mean the dog. ”

"Have you seen the price of Brand-Georginny's dress?"

"Oh, that's amazing, I've been fantasizing about what it would look like on my wife......"

"Catch that thief, guard! Get him! ”

Suddenly, a man of great fortune rushed right in front of Ian and crashed headfirst into him, and the two of them fell to the ground.

But as soon as he was so blocked, the guy who knocked him over stopped his momentum, and before he could get up, he was held down by several people who rushed out, and the guards stepped forward to help the old man, and after seeing his silver candle badge, he saluted respectfully.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Scholar."

With that, he took the thief and left.

Ian stayed where he was, not coming back to his senses for a long time.

Pedestrians were pointing and inquiring, and everything was so real. He stared blankly at the concerned faces, not knowing how to respond.

I remember the alchemy table was here......

He followed his memory and walked forward without two steps, when Mu Yan suddenly stopped him.

"Mr. Ian, I just changed the world in your eyes, but I didn't really change all that, so I hit it any further."

"Oh, I see...... It's amazing......"

Ian muttered to himself as he took off his headband.

The scene returns to normal in an instant.

He hurriedly turned back to Wendell.

"Did you just see something?"

Wendell shook her head.

"I saw you fall to the ground suddenly, then get up in a daze, take a few steps forward, and then be stopped by the guy."

"You don't see the streets, you don't see the pedestrians passing by, you don't see the guards catching thieves, and you don't ...... And didn't hear anything? ”

"No, teacher."

Ian looked at Mu Yan, who smiled at him.