The Blue Star people no longer stably supported the Great River Leader, causing the latter's development to come to a standstill, but it didn't actually have much impact on Chen Zhou himself.

While the stand-in was listening to Kyle's nagging in the Great River Territory, the main body also made a plan with the mayor of Berau to assassinate Chen Bert - to summon the astral adventurers to besiege the Great River Territory when the Star Folk disappeared and the Great River Territory's defense force was insufficient.

Not only the Blue Star people, but even Chen Zhou is trying a very novel assassination ......

After the discussion with the mayor of Shrike Town, the penguin people who communicated with the Alchemy Association did not return until the evening, and I don't know if they were crazy about selling penguin coins and recharge cards and locked up.

Chen Zhou, who had nothing to do for a while, came to the street alone to play, only to gradually find that alchemy and construction techniques were almost permeated in every corner of Meta Town.

Regardless of the steam knights made of steel, the streets and alleys were hung with ever-bright lights, and the slow-acting alchemical ingredients in their inner wicks emitted a faint glow.

The extremely complex alchemical composition in the air emitted a faint pungent smell, the waste of the steam wagons that passed through the streets.

Unlike the "steam spell"-based technology developed by the Star Folk when they were in the Flower Harbor due to lack of funds and excess magic power, the main structure used in most of Asta's steam magic machines is the crystallization of alchemy technology.

Through a slow reaction, the alchemy reagent will continuously release the energy that makes the magic machine work, and by adjusting the parameters of the reaction, the nature of the energy and the efficiency of the release can be changed.

This technology was used in various ways by the Kingdom of Norton, which made them the most powerful nation on the continent.

If it weren't for the scale of industrial alchemy, which could not be broken through due to technological limitations, perhaps they would have taken advantage of this to increase their comprehensive national strength and completely dominate the entire continent.

However, judging from the current predicament faced by countries around the world, the Kingdom of Norton, which is far superior in terms of rottenness, may be able to directly take over the mess of other countries as long as it lasts another year or two......

"Rat Rats don't think it's that Norton doesn't want to expand, it's because they can't."

Alchemy is indeed a miracle that mortals can master, but its costs are never avoidable.

"Don't they have enough resources?" Chen Zhou was puzzled, shouldn't it be more important to knock down other countries.

The premise of alchemy technology is raw materials.

The vast Norton Kingdom consumes unimaginable alchemical raw materials every day.

Once you expand unchecked, you may end up paying far more than you get back.

The more rational approach is to use the force brought by their alchemical technology to conquer weak countries, and instead of incorporating them into their own sections, they will establish colonies that provide a steady stream of resources.

As long as the people who exploited the resources were treated as slaves, the welfare of the colonies could be infinitely low without causing discontent among their own people.

However, Asta's situation is nowhere to play.

There are only a few countries on one (two) continents, and the resources are basically numerous.

The benefits of beating others down, maybe there is really no direct trade to take what they need higher?

"No matter how you look at it, there's not much future for a half-plane like Asta."

That's basically the end of it.

"It doesn't have to be a plane-level metropolis, right?"

Lily felt that the weak plane also had its own way, and there was no need to pursue too much.

If you can't do it, you can also build Asta into a paradise theme park and make money by attracting visitors from the outer world?

Chen Zhou thought about it, and for a while he didn't know how to tell her about the fact that the Star Folk had temporarily cut off contact with Asta, which had caused their amusement park to be on hold indefinitely.

Let Lily find out for herself later......

A territory, a country, a dynasty, and a civilization can never be built in just a generation or ten years, but fortunately, there is really no need for a plane adventurer like him to limit his sights to one place.

While waiting for Tira to return, Chen Zhou found a tavern that looked okay to taste local specialties.

However, as soon as I entered the store, I saw a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old preaching excitedly-

“…… At a time when the world is changing dramatically, the tide of magic is revived, and all countries except Norton are facing extinction.

"Taking this opportunity, we should adapt to the times and explore new possibilities of alchemy!"

Although the young alchemist was foaming at the mouth of the roof on the stage, the people below seemed a little unimpressed.

Isn't the alchemy of the Norton Kingdom very good now, and it has made them a well-deserved powerhouse.

Although it has had an impact on the environment, it was a thing of the past, and with the birth of satellite portal technology, the natural environment is slowly recovering.

At a time like this, it doesn't make much sense to explore new possibilities in alchemy and revisit the long journey.

Ignoring the criticism from the audience, the young man took out something from his bosom that was very familiar to the adventurer: "I believe that many people have already seen the crystals that appear in the body of magic beasts after the tide of magic power, and use them as new sources of magic power or explosives.

"But after analysis through the association's instruments, the essence of these crystals is not just the crystallization of magical power, but the entity of elemental energy!"

And the reaction of the elements is also at the heart of alchemy.

As long as the spars of the four elements can be artificially purified or manufactured, a safer, harmless, and pollution-free alchemy can be developed.

After all, the Norton Kingdom is a big country that admires alchemy, and when he heard this, an alchemist among the drinkers immediately took the case: "But the elemental theory is already a falsified doctrine!" Elements are only the building blocks that make up the material world, but the world we live in is material, and simple elements don't have much meaning except for being used as an energy source! ”

The fact is that mortals can't directly convert the elements into too complex matter, at most they can only convert them into soil, water, gas, and phlogiston, and they need the intervention and consumption of magical power.

Pure elementals, more suitable for use as energy and explosives than alchemy.

And that's exactly how people use magic crystals today.

As his thoughts were refuted by the alchemists who usually passed by, the young man's momentum suddenly dropped a little—he couldn't come up with examples to support his thoughts.

This is a matter of money, otherwise he would not have been reduced to looking for people everywhere to attract investment.

If you want to get enough money from the Alchemy Society, you must have a favorable opinion or plan, but neither your classmates, teachers, nor people from the Alchemy Association are optimistic about anyone who wants to reaffirm the "elementalism" in this era.

By refining, combining, and reacting the alchemical materials of various material worlds, chemical refining is the most popular practice at present.

With another student who thought he had a little ink and came to the tavern to cheat money was refuted, the tavern was suddenly filled with a cheerful air.

Seeing this, the young man had to do what he thought again.

But just as he was about to leave, a tall drinker with a slightly dusty temperament suddenly stopped him.

"I'm a little interested in the elemental alchemy you said, can you elaborate on that?"

After creating an intellectual headband, Chen Zhou's level 7 specialty was Divine Geometry.

(End of chapter)