Chapter 15: First Encounter with Hines

After curing the Blazing Bird, Andrew became more and more satisfied with Gong Hao, and he decided to keep his promise.

"Glare, tell me whatever reward you want, I can satisfy you. ”

I want you all to go to hell...... Gong Hao said in his heart.

However, reality is reality after all, and Andrew said it beautifully, but it may not have been without testing his mind. In his opinion, Huy Glaire was too smart, so smart that he had to worry that this kid might be able to see through the secrets behind Purgatory Island.

Through his request, you may be able to see what he really thinks.

If he dares to offer to leave here, I will kill him immediately. Andrew thought viciously.

However, what he didn't expect was that Gong Hao replied respectfully, "It is my supreme honor to be able to work for the greatest alchemist of the empire. As a servant, how can I ask my master to ask for it? I should be grateful for my master's favor, and I should be afraid of my master's reward. ”

"Very well, so you're not going to claim the reward?"

"Your Excellency. Gong Hao gave Andrew a humble answer: "It is my greatest honor to be able to work here, because history has witnessed us, and I am working hard for the glory of the empire." If there is any regret, it may be that I have not had the privilege of meeting Master Hines for more than half a year after I have been here. Of course, this is not the reward I am asking for, but I ask you to fulfill one of my small wishes. ”

Andrew laughed, "Want to meet my mentor? Interesting request, good, I can give you this opportunity." I will report back to the mentor on your situation and your work, and I think he will be very interested in meeting you as well. ”

Gong Hao was overjoyed: "Thank you for your grace." ”

Andrew brushed his sleeves and left.

Three days later, Gong Hao received a message from Andrew that the great alchemist Padrik Hines would meet him on the top floor of the alchemy tower.

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Patrick Hynes is an old man with gray hair. He looked exactly as Gong Hao had imagined, dressed in mage robes, with a funny pointed hat on his head and a wand in his hand.

When Gong Hao came in, Hines seemed to be conducting some kind of large-scale experiment in his laboratory.

Contrary to Gong Hao's imagination, not all alchemists are necessarily accompanied by test tubes, solvents, and crucibles. There are many alchemists who also have a certain degree of magical cultivation themselves, and their research directions are also different. Items such as potions are naturally indispensable for the production of crucibles, solvents and other items, but there are also some that are not needed.

For example, the research that Hines is doing now does not need any of this kind of stuff at all.

The empty laboratory floor was covered with all kinds of strange symbols, and the magic silk threads made of special materials were all over the floor, forming a huge magic array.

In the center of the array, a small ring is placed.

It seems that Hines is doing something to this ring, and he has to work so much.

As Hines chanted the incantation softly, the magic circle emitted a huge amount of light, and all the light was concentrated in an instant, condensed into a small ball of light, and finally condensed on the ring.

At that moment, Gong Hao saw a small black hole suddenly appear on the ring, absorbing all the light into it, and then regained his calm.

The various spars placed on the magic array were drained of energy in an instant and scattered into powder.

Hines picked up the ring and looked at it carefully, sighed and shook his head: "Spatial fluctuations increase with the increase of energy, every time you double the space, you need to increase the energy by ten times, and the spatial stability decreases by a hundred times, and the maintenance time is ...... Three seconds, the experiment fails. ”

Almost instinctively, Gong Hao quickly took out a pen and paper from his pocket and recorded it, and suddenly remembered that this was not a library, and the content of Hines's experiment was not something he could record, so he put it down stupidly.

The old man turned his head and looked at Gong Hao: "I heard about you, little one, do you want to see me?" Come here, come to me." ”

He looked majestic.

"You've saved my Blazing Birds, cultivated some rare magic plants, and you've taken on many tasks and kept everything in order. It is especially rare that you always maintain reverence for your master, which is a rare and extremely precious quality. ”

Gong Hao knelt down on one knee: "It is my honor to be able to serve Master Hines. ”

Hines waved Gong Hao up and shook the ring on his hand: "Do you know what this is?"

Gong Hao shook his head.

At the moment, he looks very honest.

Hines said: "It's the space ring." ”

"Space rings?" Gong Hao's eyes were full of surprise, his expression at the moment was like that of a big boy who loved to be surprised, and he exclaimed, "I thought they were lost." ”

"That's right, the method of making the space ring has indeed been lost, and now all the ones that have been passed down are leftover from the Hundred Years' War, and each one is worth a fortune. But that doesn't mean we can't reinvent it. ”

"So have you succeeded?" a childish voice echoed above the lab.

Hines shook his head regretfully: "No, no. Space magic has always been the most mysterious and powerful magic, and both magicians and alchemists are fascinated by it. To carve out an independent space in a small ornament, it requires very strong mana and a deep enough understanding of space energy. We have to understand what the space we are in and what we want to create is, and why it exists. Unfortunately, we have not been able to make any further discoveries in this regard. I can now carve out a separate space for this ring, but that would require a lot of energy. When the energy is exhausted, the space disappears. Sometimes I wonder if my research is in the wrong direction, and it is not advisable to forcibly break through the space, but in the face of the spatial barrier, if you don't forcibly tear it open, do you still plan to knock on the door to let it open by itself?"

"I think I get what you mean. You're saying that there are other spaces outside of the space we are in, but they are not connected to us, and there is a barrier that exists by nature. What you're doing is opening a path through the interior of an object to other spaces and isolating it to form a special independent space, right?"

"No, it's not that simple, the energy required to open up another space is far greater than the creation of space items. However, the production of space items requires higher energy refinement. It's like two adjacent rooms with no road. If you want to go from one room to another, you have to make a hole in the middle of the wall. That requires a lot of force to do. But the space object does not need to do this, it only needs to dig a small hole in the wall through a certain medium, which is equivalent to having its own independent space. It's important to note that space is not parallel, so you can't just think of it as a wall...... Spatial barriers are everywhere, so you can do this anywhere. ”

"It doesn't sound that hard. ”

"Yes, it doesn't sound difficult, provided that the human in that room is ten million times smaller than the ants in terms of strength compared to the strength of the human in the whole space. ”

Gong Hao somewhat understood: "So with the power of human beings, you can only work on space items, but if you want to break through the wall, it's almost impossible, right?"

"That's right, unless there's a hole in the wall itself. Hines replied, "In the Wind Continent, we call that kind of cave the Gate of Another Dimension. ”

"Is there a gate to another dimension in the Fengming Continent?" Gong Hao's eyes widened.

"That's right, kid. ”

"Where does it lead?"

"Abyss. ”

Gong Hao stopped talking.

He suddenly realized that he knew too little about the world, but at the same time he realized that if two parallel spaces were compared to two adjacent rooms, then there was at least one way to pass through the wall known as the spatial barrier, in addition to the door of another dimension.

It's the soul, the real reason why I'm here.

However, it seems that this world is more like a Rubik's cube, and the space connected to it is far from one or two.

"Okay, let's not talk about my failed product, since you're here and I've spoken to you, then if it's okay, you can leave. I'm going to continue my research. ”

There is no doubt that Hines is a crazy man who only has alchemy in his head. Even if his subordinates wanted to see him, he would even chat with the other party about alchemy, and then... And then it's all about getting the hell out of here.

It seems that this is already the most polite time for him.

For such a person, it is obviously inappropriate to spare him and talk to him, and it is better to have something to say.

Gong Hao immediately said, "Master, I just have something to report to you. ”

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"That's right, you know that Lord Lancelot has always been in charge of catching monsters in the jungles of Purgatory Island. ”

"Yes. ”

"Some time ago, Master Lancelot sent me a pot of flowers. ”

"What looks like a ghost-faced flower? I know about this, have you found anything?"

"Yes Master, I found it to be a ghost-faced flower, but it wasn't poisonous in any way. ”

"Oh?" Hines became interested, "Why is that?"

"I guess the ghostface flower has been mutated. It is very likely that the seeds of the Ghostface Flower were carried by some kind of bird that is not afraid of poison, and then flew all the way, and fell there to grow as it passed through Purgatory Island. During the transportation process, the seeds were affected and mutated, so they could not produce toxins. ”

"Interesting speculation, but so what?"

Gong Hao deliberately hesitated for a moment before muttering: "Actually, I found out that it was the ghost face flower on the first day, but I didn't dare to say it." ”

"Why?"

"Because Lord Lancelot doesn't think it's a ghostface. ”

"You don't want to dismiss his face?"

"In fact...... This hasn't happened more than once. Gong Hao continued to be careful.

Hines' brow furrowed.

Gong Hao saw that Hines didn't seem to show any signs of anger, so he boldly continued: "I didn't mean to blame Lord Lancelot, after all, Lord Lancelot is a samurai, and it is normal for him to have a limited understanding of various demonic beasts and plants. Actually, it's okay to bring some of the wrong flowers and plants back, but I'm talking about it because I'm worried about whether Lord Lancelot will miss out on some rare species for the same reason...... I mean, if Lord Lancelot can bring back some plants that he doesn't need, he might as well give up some plants he shouldn't, Master. ”

Hines nodded: "It's entirely possible." But it's no wonder that Lancelot is just a samurai. Warcraft is good to say, with different forms, they can always be distinguished. Plants...... It's always a little difficult. ”

Gong Hao immediately said, "That's why I asked to see the master, why don't you send an apprentice to the jungle with Lord Lancelot?"

Hines immediately shook his head: "No, don't say that it will waste my manpower here, and they don't know as much about those demon plants as you do." Alchemists are not hunters, there is no need to study the survival form of Warcraft and Demon Plants, we only consider what they do, and this alone is enough for a person to study for a lifetime. ”

"That's a shame. Gong Hao looked regretful: "As the last resource-rich place on the mainland, there may be many materials that alchemy needs but have not yet found." In case ...... missed"

Hines's heart moved slightly: "I heard that you cultivated the Bloody Orchid, and you can see through the mutation of that ghost-faced flower, and you have read a lot of books in the library, you should know a lot about demon plants, right?"

Gong Hao immediately replied: "As long as it is a plant that I have seen, I will definitely be able to distinguish it." ”

"Good. Hines nodded and said, "In that case, then from tomorrow onwards, you will go hunting in the jungle with Lancelot." With you, there won't be any rare magic plants to miss. ”

"Follow the Master's arrangement. ”

It's a success!" Gong Hao shouted with joy in his heart.

From the moment he asked to see Hines, he had been waiting for this day.

From this day on, he will have complete freedom to enter and exit the castle and walk freely in all corners of Purgatory Island.

However, Gong Hao did not intend to give up his current job, and Hines was also a little surprised by Gong Hao's diligence.

Before leaving, Gong Hao asked Hines what to do with the mutated ghost-faced flower, and Hines replied lightly: "If it's useless, just throw it away." ”

The moment he walked down the stairs, Gong Hao clenched his small fist and swung it vigorously in the air a few times.

Great, solved two problems at once.

It's just that if Lancelot knew that the Lott flower named after him ended up being thrown away, it probably wouldn't be too comfortable, right?

That's fine, anyway, this is Hines's order, if you want to hate, hate Hines.

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Regarding the update, here is a clarification. Fate and the website have reached an agreement, and the number of words updated every month is not less than 200,000 words (if you can't complete it, you will have to deduct money.) )

So this month is updated according to 200,000 words. But I don't guarantee that I'll be able to finish 200,000 words next month. Because everyone knows that not long after the end of the Heavenly Wind, I started uploading alchemists. Although there are 100,000 words in reserve, in fact, I don't think they are enough. Everyone knows that Tianfeng also had 100,000 words in the manuscript at the beginning, but the result was that the manuscript was exhausted after the middle period, and during that time, I returned to the point where I wrote the biography of the same day, and the quality declined. Although there were family reasons for this at the time, who can guarantee that there will not be any other situation in the future that would cause me to write about alchemy?

So I originally intended to upload at least 200,000 words, but unfortunately the editor pressed me tightly. I try to write more this month, and if it doesn't meet the standard in mind, I'm willing to give up next month's bonus and only send 100,000 words for the time being. Then I will try to keep it updated every month for the next 200,000 words.

Doing all this is for quality, and Fate's writing level may not be higher than others, but Fate will definitely write very seriously and hard. Every time you write a good article, you always have to read it again and again. Even after a dozen chapters, I often go back and revise the previous content.

If you pay attention, you may find that you can't find many typos in the early manuscripts of Tianfeng, but the typos in the later manuscripts have increased significantly, just because they were written and passed on the same day, and there is basically no opportunity to read them several times.

And once the manuscript is sent, I basically don't make any more revisions.

So there's never going to be any overhaul in my novels for a while, stopping updating for a while, not getting sick today, taking a day off, not being overly inconsistent. Obviously, someone in front of him died, and then he came back to life. Obviously, he is still a junior samurai in the front, but he will be able to overturn the Sanctuary in the back. This kind of thing definitely doesn't happen in my novels. But this requires sufficient deposit guarantees. So, next month is the only one I can't be sure of the word count for the update. But in any case, by 2010, I will strive for 200,000 words a month. That's basically going to change. (Well, if nothing else...) If there is, it can only be the final dust of that incident, but I guess as long as I don't go to court, it won't affect me much. )

Finally, one more point.,Actually, I also said it in the wind.:It's that I'm very disgusted to write some words about pulling subscriptions and collecting after a chapter.。 It's not that I don't want to do it, but it affects the mood of reading. So I rarely write this kind of content after the story is over. But I still solemnly declare: I hope everyone supports the genuine version and refuses piracy, without your support, the author cannot survive, only starve to death.

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