"How much do you have?" Vlad unconsciously repeated Richard's bold claim.
"Friend, did you cultivate these yourself?"
Upon hearing this, Richard simply stared at him quietly, his expression as indifferent as if he had not heard the question.
Realizing his faux pas, Vlad did not pursue the matter further and put forth his own terms.
"I need fifty kilograms of these mushrooms."
Richard frowned slightly. Though knowledge often held great value in trades among wizards, Vlad's asking price was indeed a bit too high for the value of Spiritual ssage Compression Technology.
The improved Sacrificial Fungus was a direct product of the World Mushroom, equivalently belonging to the body of a World Master.
Spiritual ssage Compression was only a nascent technology, and there were already perfect substitutes for it; its value was certainly not equivalent to fifty kilograms of improved Sacrificial Fungus.
"That's too much," Richard said calmly.
Vlad fell silent upon hearing this, turned, and entered the basent of the cabin. Soon after, he ca out carrying several thick notebooks.
Vlad laid the notebooks in front of Richard and said decisively:
"It's definitely worth this price. These are research notes left by our ancestors, along with the experintal results. From his experint logs, what you can gain is not just Spiritual ssage Compression Technology.
This technology is more complex than you think."
Now Richard was intrigued.
If it were only the results, it certainly would not be worth the price, but if it included the detailed research notes, that was a different story.
It was well-known that the research of wizards was not always smooth sailing, and failure was an inevitable part of the process.
But these failures were not without value; sotis, garbage was just gold that was in the wrong place.
Richard placed his hand on the notes: "Deal."
Subsequently, the two signed a contract, and Richard entered the Secret Realm, took fifty kilograms of improved Sacrificial Fungus to Vlad, and pocketed the notebooks.
Before leaving, Richard spent so Magic Stones to exchange for so Apprentice knowledge from the Soul School from Vlad, supplenting his basic foundation.
Just like that, a trade between wizards was concluded.
Back at the Wizard Tower, Richard did not imdiately start studying the new knowledge.
His understanding of the Soul School was too superficial; he needed to supplent so basic knowledge. Moreover, the technology for Dream World communication still required him to research a Rune Array to amplify spiritual power.
This was not an easy task.
Richard took out his own notes, crossed out the line about acquiring Spiritual ssage Compression Technology, and beside it, he added a new goal.
[Learn the foundational knowledge of the Soul School as soon as possible and master this technology.]
…
Research ti always flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, twenty years had passed.
In those twenty years, apart from supplenting knowledge on the Soul School, Richard also continued researching the unique structure of the Pioneer Crystal.
At dawn, the first ray of sunlight shone through the windows of the laboratory, illuminating Richard's face.
Richard, with eyes bloodshot, sensed the slight change in the environnt. He glanced outside the window, then reached into his pocket and poured a tube of reagent into his mouth.
The diligent wizard's day began with taking drugs.
Wizards often stayed in their laboratories day and night when deep in research, supported by their robust physiques and powerful spirits.
However, such relentless research ultimately placed a strain on the mind and body.
At such tis, wizards absorbed in research often chose to stimulate themselves to continue their work—such as taking drugs.
However, Richard was not using the usual stimulants favored by wizards, but a neurotoxin nad Crow Vine.
Just half a milliliter of this toxin was enough to kill an extre Apprentice, but under the effect of Richard's robust physique, it did not cause him much harm.
Of course, Richard did not use the neurotoxin without reason.
This was a small attempt at modifying his Adaptation Body.
If the Adaptation Body could resist elental damage and physical attacks, could it not also adapt to such a toxin?
This inspiration ca to Richard while he was researching the Pioneer Crystal in his spare ti, casually browsing through books related to Magic Potions.
Based on the current situation, Richard's idea was indeed feasible, but the effect was not very significant. To improve the Adaptation Body, he had to improve the formula of the Adaptation Potion.
Flap, flap…
A black crow entered the laboratory.
"Caw, I say, Richard, you've stayed in this laboratory for a year now," Ulysses landed on Richard's shoulder, looking worriedly at him, "If you keep this up, you might beco the first Second-level Creature I've ever seen to work themselves to death."
Richard glanced at him: "I'm about to discover the secret of the Crystal, I'm so close now."
Saying this, Richard gestured with his thumb and index finger close together, imitating a pinching of the galaxy.
From the ti he obtained the Pioneer Crystal in the Insect Nest World, Richard had now spent more than fifty years on it without any finds.
Although this was common in wizards' research, over fifty years without any results was rather disheartening.
And a year ago, an idea flickered in Richard's mind—he might be able to investigate the inner structure of the Crystal through the resonance of multiple Magic matrices.
It was this inspiration that had Richard staying in the lab around the clock for an entire year, with the exception of necessary ditation sessions, devoting all his ti to the research of crystals.
Now, he felt he was only a thin veil away from the secrets of the crystal.
Speaking of which, Richard once again activated the Rune Array on his desk.
On the test bench, an Alchemy Machine similar to the structure of a Ghost Work Ball began emitting a faint glow as Magic Power was infused into it.
Whirr!
A very long Magic Fluctuation erged from the device, the result of multiple Magic resonances under extrely short conditions.
In the center of the Ghost Work Ball, a crystal the size of a grain of rice was being probed by the Magic Power.
Soon, the runes on the Ghost Work Ball began to extinguish, and the connected Crystal Ball started to output the results.
Richard glanced at the result in the Crystal Ball and habitually recorded it in his notebook.
Suddenly, Richard's feather pen stopped.
"What's wrong?" asked Ulysses.
"Nothing."
Richard closed his notebook and slumped into his chair.
"I found what I was looking for. The cyclic structure that reduces energy loss, I've found it."
After fifty years, the Pioneer Crystal finally began to unveil a corner of its secrets to Richard.
...
The Pioneer Crystal had many secrets, and among the Pioneer Crystals in Richard's hands, he was searching for that particular energy cyclic structure that could substantially reduce energy loss.
Once he found this structure and transford it into a Rune,
Richard would make leaps and bounds in both Plastic Energy Study and Alchemy.
After finding the energy cyclic structure, the process of Rune Formation also began to unfold.
Half a year later, Richard, looking at the extrely complex yet strangely beautiful Rune on the test bench, couldn't help but be moved to tears.
Fifty years of research had finally borne so fruit.
But Richard was aware that this knowledge was just the tip of the iceberg of the secrets of the Pioneer Crystal; there was much more waiting for him to explore.
This Rune was nad by Richard as Pioneer Rune One. When placed in the Rune Array, it could reduce Richard's energy loss by nearly ten percent.
That is, for the sa Spell, other Wizards would need ten points of Magic Power, while Richard would only need nine.
Although this change might not seem significant, in certain Spells that consu a massive amount of energy, this could be the difference between being able to cast the Spell and not.
If used in Alchemy Machines, it would reduce the energy loss by ten percent, which could greatly increase the lifespan of the Alchemy devices.
After recording this Rune in the Crystal Ball, Richard took out a diagram from his pocket.
The diagram recorded part of the design of the Lavoce II Alchemy Magic Stone Cannon.
The energy loss reduction from Pioneer Rune One was just right for the Alchemy Magic Stone Cannon.
"A core Magic might be missing; Heart of Annihilation probably won't do, but designing a similar Spell using Annihilation Fla as the Core Rune wouldn't be too difficult,"
Richard mused as he looked at the design diagram, his mind storming with ideas.
"Once the core Magic is resolved, I also need to put so thought into the competitive edge of the product."
Richard recalled the massive Alchemy Magic Stone Cannons he'd seen on the battlefield; suitable for defense, but sowhat lacking for offense.
"Convert it into a mortar? Or a grenade launcher?"
mories from his past life flashed in Richard's brain. The White Wizard Army indeed did not have any Alchemy Weapons specifically positioned like mortars.
However, Richard imdiately dismissed this idea because the White Wizard Army didn't need such positioned weapons.
Because the Wizards themselves were like mortars.
"With Rune One, I can design the Alchemy Magic Stone Cannon to be more lightweight. If it's not used as a mortar..."
An idea germinated in Richard's mind as he thought about the small cannons on the War Airships.
"A rocket launcher seems like a good choice. The power of the Spell could be reduced a notch, increase the rate of fire, and simply use it for fire coverage."
In the Wizard World expeditions, numbers had always been a weak point. In the Insect Nest World, the entire Third War Zone could only be defended by a few thousand people. If there could be an Alchemy Weapon that required only one or two Wizards to achieve the concentrated fire effect of the White Wizard Army in a short ti, it would certainly achieve notable success in the Plane Wars.
Once the idea was set, Richard began the practical implentation.
He took a part of the structure of the Lavoce II Magic Stone Cannon directly, designed most of the components himself, and ca up with a Magic Model.
During this ti, Richard encountered many difficulties, but fortunately, his network was not too bad. Whether it was societies, or Anna, Ali, and even those Wizards who owed Richard favors, they all provided considerable help to Richard.
Three years after Richard finalized his idea, the Magic World saw the first Magic Support Vehicle.
This Magic Support Vehicle was equipped with twelve Alchemy Magic Stone Cannons and could fire one hundred and twenty shots of Fireball Technique with an Energy Level of three hundred and fifty within ten seconds. Once used, the casting components and Magic Conducting Components of these Magic Stone Cannons would lt and had to be replaced and reshaped for continued use.
In addition to firepower, the support vehicle was also highly maneuverable, thanks to the absurdity of the Magic World, Richard found an Anti-gravity Rune to reduce the weight of the support vehicle.
With Anna's help, the vehicle's speed reached one hundred and twenty kiloters per hour on flat terrain and could perform short-distance floating flight when encountering obstacles.
Looking at the war machine in front of him, filled with chanical aesthetic, Richard followed the tradition of war machinery naming, and nad it —
Richard I Magic Support Vehicle.
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