Ryan stood on the dock and watched the fleet set sail, only to disappear from view before retracting his gaze.

This fleet will pass through three provinces and more than ten counties in the south, and it will take at least a few months to go back and forth, of course, if the sales are good, it may come back soon.

However, Ryan himself didn't expect to achieve much in the first time, the main thing was to accumulate experience, at least spread the sign of Karna, and lay the foundation for the future.

"My lord, who are you next?" Seeing that the fleet had gone away, Levi couldn't help but ask about Ryan's next trip.

Ryan looked at the crowd in the distance, where the laborers were still waiting for their work, and the strong man he noticed was missing, which made him even more intrigued.

"You send someone who is clever and disguises himself to find a tall strong man in that group of people, and dig up everything you can dig out for me."

Levi glanced in the direction Ryan was pointing and saw that there was a group of coolies, and although he didn't know Ryan's purpose, he still carried it out faithfully.

For the requirements of the leader, the subordinates only need to implement them, and there is no need to ask so many whys, and being curious about everything will only harm you.

"I'm going to the lab next, I haven't seen it in a long time."

Ryan had been to Liman's lab for a while, and had recently heard from Susan that there were some new results, so he simply didn't have anything to do now, so he might as well stop by and have a look.

Upon arriving at the lab, Ryan found that everyone was busy around a strange machine, and no one noticed his arrival.

At this time, the laboratory was no longer the time for Liman to be busy alone, and Susan officially became his deputy, directly involved in the research of rune technology.

There was also an assistant named Ko Page, who was the best student in the first batch of students to be sent here except for Susan, who could already help Liman.

There are still two students in the same batch as him who have managed to persist until now, but they are a big step behind Ko Paich, and they can only work on the side and do some basic work.

It is worth mentioning that the magician apprentice named Sparrow who was detected earlier has mastered rune-related knowledge very quickly, which is only a cut slower than Susan.

He has now been licensed by Liman to Susan, and it is really not easy to get Liman's approval.

The six of them were busy, but Ryan couldn't understand it at all.

It's not that he didn't want to learn runes, but it turns out that this thing is also talented, and he is not that material at all, so in the end he has to face the reality and leave professional things to professional people to do.

He stood behind the crowd for a few moments before being spotted by Sparrow, a magician's apprentice.

"Uh, my lord? When did you come? "Sparrow is only eight years old, and he is a Sven and shy man who looks very restrained when it comes to Ryan.

"Just here." Ryan grinned on his face, but he was speechless: 'I've been standing behind you for a while, okay?' Finally someone found out about my existence. ’

"You're here just in time, this new device is about to put the finishing touches on it, lest I'm going to send someone to call you." Liman said without raising his head.

"What is this device for?" Ryan leaned closer, it was about half a man tall, made of fine iron, thin at the top and thick at the bottom, a bit like a pyramid without a spire, but the top was round and recessed, and the dense runes on it made Ryan's head dizzy.

"Sparrow, tell him."

"Uh, okay, Mentor." Sparrow didn't expect Liman to give him this task, and he was a little nervous for a while, not knowing where to start.

"Oh, don't be nervous, young man, tell me what it does." Ryan could see Sparrow's embarrassment at a glance, and immediately asked softly.

Ryan's approachable performance eased the tension in Sparrow's heart a little, and he organized his words and said, "My lord, in the words of the mentor, in rune technology, magic is the premise of everything, it is energy and power, and if you want to activate any rune, you can't do without magic.

In the early stages of development, the mentor successfully reproduced the [Alchemy Core], thus allowing the territory to produce magic crystals on its own, thus solving the energy problem.

However, when it came to developing rune technology on a large scale, magic crystals were no longer sufficient, so our mentor led us to a new study, and it was our final result.

It was born from the [Alchemy Core] and could also absorb mana, but instead of using this mana to make magic crystals, it was similar to a mana extraction and storage station.

Its purpose is to provide a constant supply of energy to large rune devices, for example, you should know that the rune lamp, a magic crystal can make it light for twelve hours.

This is not convenient, because once the number of rune lamps increases, it will become very inconvenient to replace magic crystals, and we don't have so many magic crystals to use now.

But with it it's different, we just need to connect it to the rune lamp with a channel that transmits magic power, and this device can continuously supply energy to the rune lamp as soon as it is activated, so that it can always be lit.

And one such device can connect hundreds of rune lamps at the same time and ensure their normal use, and activating this device only requires a magic crystal, and then it can achieve a virtuous cycle, unless the runes on it are damaged, otherwise it can run forever. ”

Sparrow was a little reserved at first, but the more he spoke, the smoother it became, and his expression changed from nervous to fanatical.

Ryan even saw Liman's shadow at that moment, and he was so fanatical when he successfully reproduced the [Alchemy Core].

As he explained in simple terms, Ryan finally understood the function of the device in front of him, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but Liman was a very thoughtful person.

If this is brought into his familiar field, then the positioning of this device is similar to that of a power station in the previous life, which produced electricity and then transmitted it to various parts of the country on high-voltage lines, and was used to drive all kinds of machines.

Magic is electricity, and their position and role in two different scientific systems are basically the same.

However, this "power station" is much simpler, it does not require as much investment as building a hydroelectric power station, nor does it have the same harm as thermal power generation, and it does not require a specific geographical location and conditions like wind power generation.

Magic is as ubiquitous in the world as air, and the device works continuously no matter where it is, and it occupies a small area and does not pollute the environment.

"With this device, it seems that the idea of installing street lights on all roads in the city can be realized." Ryan thought to himself.

When he told Sparrow about the idea, the young man immediately said that there was no technical problem and that it was completely achievable.

Ryan just said this, and didn't mean to do it, after all, it's still too conspicuous to make this kind of thing, and he's still obscene and well-developed.

However, this also reminded him that in the previous life, the emergence of electricity represented that mankind had entered a new stage and set off the climax of the second industrialization, which was widely used in various fields and became an inseparable part of mankind.

And now, he feels that he is also in this outlet, the appearance of this device will definitely bring an unimaginable leap to rune technology, and many ideas that originally stayed on paper can be put into practice, such as industrialization!

At present, one of the main factors restricting the development of the territory is the lack of productivity, and science is the primary productive force!

Textiles, Transportation, Mining, Agriculture, Military ...... Technology can change so many things.

Ryan was instantly "frozen", this is about to take off!

Suppressing his excitement, Ryan watched the final test, led by Liman.

The method of testing was very simple, they connected more than 200 rune lamps to the device at once, and used as an energy transfer was a silvery-white metal strip the thickness of a small thumb, which was soft and similar to a wire.

"This is an alloy that the mentor has configured, after repeated experiments, and its main material is a relatively common soft copper, which was mined in the small copper mine of the former Chert Territory, which was previously a useless metal because it was too soft and lacked hardness.

But the Mentor saw this as a merit, and he added thor silver and some other metals to it to increase its ductility and corrosion resistance, which was eventually applied to the transmission of mana. ”

Sparrow dutifully explained to Ryan.

Ryan nodded in understanding, Liman is also half an alchemist, so it is not surprising that he knows a little bit of materialology.

Liman set the group aside and placed a magic crystal into a groove on the side of the device.

In an instant, those dense runes were activated, emitting a faint fluorescence, and the concave round hole at the top emitted a soft light, and the device began to vibrate.

Ryan could clearly feel the magic in the air as if it had been pulled by something, and they all poured towards the round hole, and the light from the hole turned into a colorful color.

"Open the floodgates." Liman said in a deep voice.

Kopaitch on the side immediately walked to the side filled with metal bars, each of which was connected to a rune lamp, and on their side, there was a metal wrench, painted a striking red.

Kopaic pulled it down with all his might, and in an instant, the [Spreading Runes] engraved on those silver-white metal bars were activated, and the magic power was transmitted along the rune channel to the rune lamp ten meters away.

In an instant, two hundred rune lamps were lit together, and the light that gathered together was as dazzling as a small sun.

It lasted for half an hour, and Liman checked it inside and out, and it worked perfectly, which can already be declared a success.

But Liman was so rigorous that he decided to let it run for a few days and nights before jumping to conclusions.

"What a great invention, does it have a name?" Ryan said in admiration.

Liman scratched at his messy hair and said, "They all have experiment numbers, no official names. ”

"Then this device is called [Magic Well], the mouth of the cave looks like a well, those metal bars are called [Spreading Lines], and the metal that makes them is called [Liman Alloy]."

Ryan unceremoniously took over the naming rights, and a few names were put on it, but fortunately, he still spoke of conscience, and the alloy was named after Liman.

Liman was not interested in any of this, for him, from the moment he came into contact with the runes, he was destined to go down in history.

It's just a drizzle.

The success of the experiment made Liman a little more relaxed, and gave everyone a day off, of course, due to secrecy, no one except Susan could go home and contact outsiders.

"Are you okay?" Liman glanced at Ryan and asked as he washed his hands.

"Master Liman, I have an idea, I don't know if it can be realized."

"Something to say." Liman choked.

"That's right, with the development of the territory, the mine has taken up too much of our manpower, and I wonder if I can use runes to make a machine to assist in mining and liberate human resources."

Liman frowned when he heard this, he thought for a moment and said, "Theoretically, it's no problem, I have time to ponder." ”

Ryan originally planned to make a steam engine, but that thing didn't mean that it could be had, so there was no progress.

And now, go to TM's steam engine, it's a different world, and runes can make machines that are more suitable for mining!

After returning to the castle, Levi handed Ryan a piece of information about the big man on the docks today.

Most of them were inconsequential news, but one thing caught his attention, according to his neighbors, the first thing the strong man named Bem did every day was to go to the trade market to buy meat, and basically all the wages were used to buy meat.

He's so big, he likes to eat meat, and there's nothing wrong with eating a lot, so no one suspects anything.

But Ryan has a different opinion, can the meat he bought with the money he buys as a coolie fill his stomach, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, it's better to buy black bread.

There must be other reasons why he bought so much meat, such as cultivation, when the knight tempers his physique, he needs to eat a lot of meat, although Bem does not have a fighting spirit fluctuation on his body, but his physique has characteristics that can be tempered.

Even if he wasn't a knight, he should be a supernatural person.

A transcendent being doing coolie work is problematic no matter how you look at it.

"Send someone to keep an eye on him, remember not to stare too hard, and don't make unfriendly moves, he is very sensitive." Ryan admonished.

Levi smiled and said, "That's fine, do you remember that young man named Evans?" ”

"Of course, he detected the enhanced supernatural power at the time."

"He can enhance his perception in a range of hundreds of square meters, and if he monitors it, he will definitely be able to do it foolproof." Levi said confidently.

Hearing this, Ryan suddenly bowed his head and said, "Okay, then make an exception to recruit him, and I will give him credit after completing the task." ”

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(End of chapter)