Joseph's married life was not ideal.

On the one hand, he found that he seemed to have lost his ideals and motivation again, and returned to a state of emptiness.

The more successful and praised the [magnetic probe] is, the clearer this sense of emptiness becomes.

He thought that his potential was endless, as long as he continued to sharpen himself, he continued to produce new [Magnetic Probes] in the [Flow] state. After all, it took him less than four months to achieve this amazing result.

But that's not the case.

He can still turn on [Flow], but the maintenance time is very short, as short as a few seconds, as long as an hour, and he can no longer exceed the limit for a long time.

Joseph asked some experienced athletes, and got a reply.

"Most people don't have that kind of moment in their lifetime. Flow is pushing oneself beyond its limits, but to do so, it requires abandoning distractions, having no distractions, and being extremely motivated in a given environment. ”

"The vast majority of us are so caught up in all kinds of things that we lose our focus and can't give up on one thing or forget about it altogether. Being able to maintain a state of flow for a long time is to perennially persist and receive the blessings and good fortune of the gods. ”

……

The previous situation was hard to come by.

Joseph also knew that one should not be too greedy.

He wasn't more talented than anyone else, he just had better luck.

He felt like he had become a salted fish that had lost his ideals, and it seemed that he could get by even if he hung on a rope every day.

Another reason why it is not ideal is because of his wife Leah's quirks.

The vampire clan feeds on blood. Joseph thought that the Yao Clan's [Blood Mound] had blood lakes and blood seas all over the world, and the whole world was constantly pumping fresh blood, so food should not be a big problem.

However, Leah tells him, "The vampire clan will suck their partner's blood when they get married. We exchange each other's blood to determine our intimacy. ”

"Blood doesn't lie."

Joseph was shocked: "Why haven't you heard of this?" ”

"Because it's a very private thing." Leah said upsetly, "If a vampire won't suck her partner's blood, then they must have something emotionally wrong." You can suck me too. ”

She pointed to her snow-white neck.

“……”

No way.

Joseph stiffens his head and is bitten by Leah's neck.

It was a real bite and it hurt.

After sucking the blood, Leah fell asleep with a satisfied face.

Sometimes she takes small bites, sometimes she eats a big bite, and depending on the actual situation of the day, the vampire can stop the bleeding quickly, so there is no problem of excessive blood loss.

But to say that I am sucked blood every day, that is not it.

Leah would make sure Joseph was in good enough shape before she gnawed him on the neck.

Vampirism can only be regarded as a small habit of vampires, and it makes Joseph ache with strange pleasure.

But Leah's insistence on continuing to study the magic well is his extreme headache and the key to the conflict in his marriage.

"I'm not going to give up halfway."

Leah said, "I will continue to participate in the investigation and research of the [Magic Well]!" ”

Joseph advised her: "You just stay on the Flying Boat Loop and study the improvement of the project here." If the ring road project can be perfected, the value will not be lower than that of the [Magic Well]. ”

"I'm sick of it! If I die, you can find another wife! I'm just a blind man anyway! What's so good about a blind vampire! ”

Leah's blindfolded eyes were still blank, but her voice was full of self-defeat.

That's when Joseph realized that she wasn't as strong and indifferent as she seemed. Leah cares a lot about not being able to see things, but the more she cares about something, the more she will act like she doesn't care.

How to comfort and convince her, Joseph was not worried.

Kepler, the captain of the pits, advised: "Either you also tie your eyes with a cloth and live like her." ”

“……”

Joseph thought it made sense at first glance, but when he thought about it, he thought it was complete nonsense. But he tried to do it anyway.

"You're not a fool! Previously a blind man, now it has become two, will it get better? Leah angrily pressed him against the wall: "You want me to teach you how to be a qualified and mature blind man?" Well? ”

"Listen clearly! Stop listening to Kepler's advice! What the hell is the idea! ”

Joseph finally decided to let her do what she wanted.

"Do you really agree?"

At that moment, Leah's sloppy eyes seemed to regain a little bit of their former vitality.

Joseph did not want to agree.

But there's no way, and it's impossible to tie up Leah and keep her from going, so respect her ideas.

She left the dormitory in the pit and stubbornly participated in the challenge of the [Magic Well] project.

Half a year later, Leah returned.

This time, she lost her right hand and replaced it with a bronze prosthetic.

This time, Leah was also a little embarrassed: "Just carelessly...... And his right hand was broken...... When I came to my senses, it was completely destroyed and had to be cut off. ”

"But the prosthetic leg is also quite good, stronger, more resistant to blows, but it feels a little clumsy. You don't mind and blame me, do you? ”

Joseph could only force a smile: "It's okay, it's good that people are still there." ”

"Then you hug me."

Joseph hugged Leah.

The prosthetic leg was very clumsy, and he felt Leah's right hand stuck on his back like a plier.

"I promise you, my left hand will never be like this again, and it will be kept for you." The wife said with a serious face.

"Good ......"

Seeing that her husband was not angry, Leah suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and talked about the latest progress of the [Magic Well].

"Since the [Daggs] world was saved and stabilized by Lord Yaoshen, it is now becoming more and more stable, and after resurrecting the garrison of the kingdom, the monsters there have been controlled. Some of the local Dags people who live in the trees have migrated to Shacheng, while others have stayed in their hometowns...... The Yao people have supplied a large number of necessities and tools, which has greatly improved their living conditions. ”

"With the help of the Dags, we were able to identify several smaller wells. The mechanism of the magic well's energy storage is from the accumulation of turbulent flow in a special tunnel, if it is like the previous rounds of rapid tidal impact, the magic well will be overloaded, and the dead gas as the locals call it will skyrocket, and the external threat will be multiplied......"

Leah talks about the research she is engaged in, and she seems to be full of energy.

"In the 17th [Magic Well] expedition that I participated in this time, the Apostle Philus specially asked Lord [Jushen] to transfer the latest second-generation [Foot Mover] from [Casting Sun Bay], and the legendary prophet Mr. Black Forge led a team into the cave of the Magic Well for field investigation. I followed Mr. Black Forge to record the structure and model of the cave wall, and one more thing you must not know, the magic bottle has been copied on the side of Qianyuan Mountain, and they have transformed it into a [crystal structure magic bottle] through crystal structure! ”

"It's not difficult to construct the crystal magic bottle, because there are the [Dismantling Pool], [Strange Fakes] and [Treasure Refining Pavilion] of the Jinguang Cave of Qianyuan Mountain, which can disassemble and identify various props, and then use the Treasure Refining Pavilion to complete the reproduction and restoration."

"Although the decipherment of the [Rune Rune] is still progressing slowly, it does not affect the imitation of Qianyuan Mountain. They replaced the copper used by the Dags with a crystal structure, and the speed of the crystal structure to the magic energy is 24 times that of the bronze vessel, and the magic energy reserves of the crystal structure bottle are 600 times that of the traditional magic bottle! ”

"With the Crystal Bottle, you can use the Bottle to determine the amount of the Magic Well eruption in different areas, which is a very clever design."

She gushed about the adventure and the exploration.

Joseph was a little surprised. Leah has an extraordinary curiosity and persistence in the magic well, and she does not hold grudge when she talks about the magic well, but is full of fighting spirit.

“…… The eruption of the demon well was unpredictable, and Mr. Black Forge did everything in his power to protect me, so its body also turned into many pieces before slowly recovering, otherwise I wouldn't have lost a hand so easily. We've been lucky enough to have at least one researcher dying from a sudden surge, a dead air infection, or a mental disorder every time we went down the mine. ”

Leah's face was a little unwilling: "If you can conquer the [Demon Well] earlier, you can die fewer people." ”

Joseph tried to say, "We already have a large number of Almighty Stones, as well as a large amount of liquid demonic energy produced by the [Capricorn Ranch], the wind power of the [Fengbo Fan Wheel], fire shafts, and many coal mines...... There is no shortage of energy at all. Why rush to develop the magic well, if you take your time, it will definitely be safer, right? ”

He didn't understand.

Due to his work, Joseph has also seen a lot of safety incidents.

Even the flying boat, a relatively mature device, will have all kinds of small problems. For example, there is a slight imbalance when landing, there will be a buzzing sound after takeoff, and the inside of the flying boat will be hot and cold...... These seemingly small issues must be taken very seriously.

The maintenance staff must repeatedly overhaul and test the flying boat at the maintenance station, even if the flight plan is delayed, and it must be ensured that the relevant abnormalities disappear before the flight is allowed. Otherwise, it may pay a heavy price for the destruction of all people.

Safety accidents are most likely to occur in some minor negligence.

It stands to reason that the [White Castle], the [Theological Society], and the [Mystic Research Institute] that participated in the development of the [Magic Well] are all experienced organizations, and it is impossible not to know the truth that it is easy to make mistakes in impatience.

"Of course you do."

Leah frowned: "It's just that the [Daggs] world is special, and those small [magic wells] are the best research targets, the scale is controllable, and they can go deep underground to view and map the structure." However, due to the impact and influence of turbulent tides, the edges of the small magic well are constantly torn, and at the same time, they are also being assimilated and fused from the bottom by the large magic well...... One by one, these little wells are disappearing, and we'll have to finish recording them before they fall. ”

Joseph asked, "Isn't it okay to have a large [magic well]?" ”

"The gushing intensity of the large magic well is too high, and according to the standard now delineated, the throughput of the wellhead of the small [magic well] is between 30 and 100 magic bottles per second, and each of them is very precious and scarce."

Leah said to him, "And the standard for a large [magic well] is at least 5,000 or more, which means that the spurt that can be generated at the same time is at least 50 times that of the former. As for the somewhere between the small and the large, we usually call them fissures, and they are usually the branches of the large wells, and the danger is no less than that of the large ones, and the eruptions are even more irregular. ”

"If a large magic well erupts, those in it have no chance of survival."

She spread the five brass fingers of her right hand, then clenched again, repeatedly stretching and clenching into a fist.

"There have been people who, like you said, felt that the [Magic Well] was too dangerous, and that it should be regarded as a century-old plan, just like the design and application of the Flying Boat Loop in the past."

"However, Mr. Black Forge sees this as a significant opportunity with great timeliness, and either seize it now, or it may be lost forever."

The starting point of black forging lies in three points.

First, in terms of the general environment, time is running out.

The world itself is fragmented, barely sustained by the divine power of Yaoshen. However, the magic wells on the ground are still further torn and collapsed, and the large magic wells that can be seen at present are already in a state of uncontrolled flooding. The only ones that can really be used for research and documentation are those small magic wells, which are becoming less and less common.

Second, world-class projects urgently need the injection of new energy.

The Yao people now have two world-class projects, the [Flying Boat Loop] and the [Ripple Valley].

They all face an insurmountable conundrum: energy supply difficulties.

[Flying Boat Loop] is to build a magnetic element loop around the world. This has proven feasible after the completion of the regional ring at the top of the Cloud Temple, which can also be used as a void harbor for flying ships to dock and maintain.

However, in order to truly complete the circumnavigation of the world, and build a complete and well-functioning giant man-made loop in the huge vortex world, so that it can provide the functions of flying boat endurance, observation outposts, maintenance bases, and void experiments, it is necessary to solve the crucial energy problem.

At present, the energy system of the Yao civilization is still dominated by all-round stones, supplemented by liquid demonic qi. The transportation of these energy carriers will cause huge losses in manpower, energy and materials, and it is extremely dependent on ground dispatch and supply, and it also requires the cooperation of all parties in time, which is inefficient and costly.

Therefore, the expansion, which was prepared for 30 years ago, has not yet started.

Energy is the cornerstone of construction.

The construction and operation of Ripple Valley faced a similar dilemma.

Originally, this project was to use the ripple valleys to build the cornerstone of the ripple body jumping, and lay the footprints and echoes of the Yao people in the void.

However, during the actual construction, even if the [Jushen] appointed by Deyao God to personally lead the [Ripple Valley], he finally chose a local pilot and streamlined area, because the manpower and material resources that need to be consumed are too large to bear.

"If the [Magic Well] can be reproduced, the [Flying Boat Loop] here, as well as the [Ripple Valley] group created by [Casting Sun Bay], can be fully expanded, so that each world can complete the transmission of information to each other through the ripple body!"

The vampire wife became more and more aggressive.

"Joseph, this is what we are going to do, we must seize this rare opportunity to push the Flying Boat Loop and Ripple Valley to the next stage!"

Alas.

Joseph sighed inwardly.

Leah is also a mature researcher, how could she still overestimate the power of the Yao human race and underestimate the horror of natural disasters and natural laws.

But Joseph thought again.

I also relied on my inexplicable self-confidence and enthusiasm for a while, just because Leah brought hope, I made a car, and I was really lucky to come up with a [magnetic probe].

Under normal circumstances, this is not possible.

And this is how the entire Yao civilization has come step by step.

Under the protection of Yaoshen, everyone is full of confidence that as long as someone takes the first step, the future generations will move forward with their heads held high under the encouragement of their predecessors. No matter what challenges lie ahead, we are confident that we can overcome them.

Confidence is constantly accumulated and transmitted, and it becomes a kind of self-confidence that can be said to be blind or precious.

"I'm sure you can do it." Joseph said.

Leah looked happy, revealing two sharp fangs.

……

However, in the middle of the night, Leah suddenly woke Joseph up.

"Oh no, something's wrong, there's an accident!"

"What's wrong?"

Joseph rubbed his eyes sleepily. Then he saw that Leah was slamming her left arm with her right fist. Her prosthetic left hand was wrapped in a chain and tied to the head of the bed.

"My hands don't listen to me!"

Leah's face turned pale.

Joseph looked closely, and sure enough, he saw that his wife's right hand was writhing around, and her fingers kept spreading, as if trying to break free. It was as if the arm had not yet been tamed, and had suddenly regained its primitive wildness.

"That dwarven craftsman, that guy made me a faulty arm! I'm going to settle accounts with him! ”

……

Joseph asked the captain Kepler for a sick leave, and took Leah all the way to Sand City, where he found the local [Prosthetic Design Institute], where he found the dwarven craftsman who designed and made Leah's arms.

It was a young dwarf with gray and white hair and suspenders, named Decrepit.

What impressed Joseph the most was that the dwarf had no beard, was cleanly shaved, and looked rather maverick.

"You made me a disobedient right hand!"

Leah angrily grabbed the other party's collar and said, "Good mature technology, innovative technology, reliable quality!" You guy, do you know that this hand is trying to secretly strangle my husband? ”

The dwarf opened his hands and looked at Joseph next to him, and then looked helpless: "But, Miss Leah, I reminded you that this new [Alien Prosthetic] is based on the Alien Worm. ”

"The greatest advantage of it is that it will merge with the host itself, and gradually become a living body like a new arm. When fully synchronized, there is almost no difference from the original arm. ”

"But the downside is that it has its own ideas......"

The dwarf looked at Joseph: "In my opinion, the reason why it attacked your husband should be because it senses that this gentleman is a threat to it." Of course, it's not that the gentleman wants to amputate your arm, but that it feels like you're paying too much attention to him, causing it to lose attention and affection from you. ”

Joseph was shocked.

And this kind of arm! The technology of the Yao people is really changing so fast, and he seems to be a primitive person living in the sky.

"Really?"

Leah will be skeptical.

"Really, your left hand is trying to kill me right now...... I can't breathe......"

Leah immediately flicked her left hand, and finding that it was disobedient again, Joseph and Leah punched and kicked it before releasing it from the dwarf.

The decrepit boy coughed for a while, and stroked the parted hair with his hand: "Ahem, it's the first time I've seen such a sensitive and reactive [alien prosthetic]...... On the plus side, it will also grow and fit far beyond its ordinary peers. ”

Suddenly, the dwarf was stunned and looked at Joseph carefully: "Are you...... The Joseph who invented the [Magnetic Probe]? Joseph at Maintenance Station 77? ”

“…… It's me. ”

"Great! I can see you in person! I love your magnetic probes so much! What an incredible genius invention! You are the most outstanding genius of the last hundred years, and my admiration for you is truly gushing......"

The dwarf grabbed Joseph's hand with an excited expression: "You must take a look at the small improvement I made, which is based on the inspiration generated on your masterpiece. ”

"That my wife ......"

"Don't worry about that little thing, there are a lot of [Alien Prosthetics] here, which one you like to choose, I'll pick the best one for you! If you want to install several of them, there's always one for you! Don't go out, they know you're going to come around, come and see my little invention first, please give me some pointers......"

Leah clenched her right fist and grabbed her right wrist with her left hand, guarding it tightly.

Joseph scratched his head a little.

How did this happen?

(End of chapter)