Chapter 347: The Discovery of Oil
The game was officially open beta, and most of the players responded well, including Lian Hind and Kochakin, two high-level magicians who were interested in this game world. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Maier stopped promoting the game world for the time being, and turned to a different direction.
That is, how to rely only on mental power, but also allow players to connect to the game world without the need for mana.
This is what Maier has always wanted to do, after all, the number of mages is still too small for the entire game world, and even if all the mages enter the game world, it still seems empty.
If ordinary people can be brought in, then the game world can really become a second world.
This problem needs to be solved together with the founder of the magic web, but the founder of the magic net is the president of the current magic council, a legendary magician, which is obviously not so easy to see.
Even in the identities of Sinder and Kochagin, it is not enough.
Maier thought about it and decided to send an online message first.
If the other party ignores it, then Maier can only suspend the exploration of this aspect and turn to research other things, and only continue when Maier's own strength arrives.
One of Cinder's letters caught Meier's attention.
"There's something new in the north that you're probably interested in, Mel, it's a black liquid, viscous, burning, and smelly. ”
Cinder described it simply.
Melton became interested and hurried to Cinder's lab.
When he arrived at the laboratory, Maier realized that Kochagin had already arrived at the scene first.
It's not surprising that although Kochagin and Hind quarreled constantly, the relationship between the two was actually very good, and it made no sense that Hind did not inform Kochagin when he informed Myer.
"You're here, Mel. ”
"Master Sind, Master Kochakin. ”
Hind pointed to a glass box next to him and said, "This is the liquid I said, it is said to have been mined from the ground and has a strong smell. ”
Kochagin glanced at it and said, "Sinde, can you tell me the details of that time?"
Cinder nodded and said, "There is a mine there, according to the initial estimates, the ore has almost been depleted, but the mine owner is very stingy. ”
He ordered the miners to dig three feet into the ground and dig up all the ore in the mine. ”
"Suddenly, a stone exploded, followed by an endless burst of black liquid gushing out of the explosion, causing a major accident and killing dozens of miners. ”
"That black liquid, that's it. ”
"Mr. Hinder, is this liquid any name?"
Hind thought for a moment and said, "There is a name, but when the owner of the mine saw that this thing was gushing out of the stone, and it was extremely viscous, he named it oil, which means oil in the stone." ”
Maier raised a frown, but did not speak again.
Kochagin glanced at Sinder and said, "Didn't you say that this oil can burn, show us how good it burns." ”
Cinder then took some liquid from the chest and used the mage's hand to suspend it in the air, and then a small flame rose from his fingers.
The flame is close to the oil.
After a while, the oil burned.
As described in Cinder's letter, the burning effect is good, the heat is very high, but there is a peculiar smell and thick smoke, and the overall effect is similar to that of coal.
Kochakin's eyes lit up slightly, and he said: "The combustion effect is slightly better than coal, and it is liquid, which can be better controlled, and can be used as a substitute for coal in the steam engine." ”
Hind nodded and said, "I think so too, if the extraction cost of this oil is lower than that of coal, then it can replace coal, which is higher, and it is not useless." ”
"Coal is buried deep in the ground, and its capacity is certainly limited, and when it runs out, the oil can be perfectly replaced, so that a series of steam apparatus will not be discarded. ”
Maier hesitated for a moment, but decided to point out, "Mr. Sinder, Mr. Kochakin, do you think that this oil stone can be separated again?" ”
"Separation?"
"What do you mean?"
Hind and Kochagin looked at Mel at the same time.
"I think this oil is not a simple liquid, but more like a mixture of liquids, and the reason why it burns with peculiar smell and smoke is probably caused by the impurities in it. ”
Kochagin and Hind looked at each other, and then they looked at Maier again and said, "Maier, what do you think?"
Melter paused and said, "We can try to separate by heating." ”
"Heat?"
Maier nodded and said, "I got this conjecture from the difference in the boiling points of water and oil, different liquids should have different boiling temperatures. ”
"Then we use heating, different liquids, will evaporate at different temperatures, we can use magic to fix the temperature of the heater. ”
Both Hind and Kochagin thought it was feasible and immediately experimented in Meier's way.
However, this is not so fast, and it needs to be explored step by step.
It is not impossible for Maier and the other three to spend their time here all the time, waiting for the separation of oil, heating oil is a very simple experiment, and it can be left to the assistant to do.
"Mr. Hinder, can you give me some oil, I want to experiment with it in the lab. ”
Of course, Hind would not refuse, and divided the oil in the box into three parts, Hind himself, Kochagin, and Meier, and the three agreed on the next time to study oil together.
Maier returns to the lab with the oil and calls Billis and Anna over.
"This is a mixed liquid, I need you to separate the contents by heating, the temperature starts at room temperature, 30 degrees Celsius is a stage, and the liquid evaporated at different temperatures is packed in different vessels. ”
"I want you to be able to record everything that happens during the heating process. ”
Billis and Anna agreed, and this was the first official assignment that Mel had given them after recruiting them back, and they were both determined to do what Mel had told them to do.
Although this experiment does not sound difficult, it is mostly boring.
After Maier finished his instructions, he left the laboratory and returned to the tower residence, and in turn, entered the game world, where Maier was the son of a minor nobleman.
The reason why Mel proposed the method of fractionation is because Myr understands that oil is an energy thing that cannot be completely controlled by one person, and only the Magic Council has the qualifications to do so.
And even if Maier can completely control it alone, it doesn't make much sense, Maier is not short of points, no matter how much wealth is actually the same thing, this world is still dominated by magic levels after all.
Even if it is rich and rivaled, in the eyes of legendary magicians, it is still nothing.
Therefore, Maier does not mind using what he knows to speed up the technological progress of this world, which is not a loss for Maier, but can facilitate his life and gain fame at the same time.
With fame, maybe you will be able to enter the sight of the legendary magician and get the favor of the legendary magician.
This is very helpful in the future, even more so than the help of points. (To be continued.) )