Magic Industrial Age

This was a rather large basement, semi-circular in its overall shape, like a long corridor.

The floor and walls were all paved with special lapis lazuli, creating a uniform but slightly monotonous style.

The ceiling of the basement had a crystal ball the size of an adult's palm embedded every two meters, emitting a bright but not dazzling light.

These crystal balls also had a special name, called Magic Crystal Lamps.

As the name suggests, they used magic energy to convert into light, which could provide long-lasting illumination.

In terms of ease of use, brightness, and ingenious design, they far surpassed candles, without the implication of burning flames.

However, the crystal balls used, as well as the magical material called 'tungsten gold' filled inside them, were extremely expensive.

In addition to the continuous consumption of magic energy after activation, this was not something ordinary wealthy families could afford.

Most nobles only dared to bring them out to show off when holding banquets.

Of course, crystal lamps were standard equipment in places where magic pools were located, where energy was not lacking!

And under the soft light, the magic pool could be seen even more clearly.

It was located in the center of the basement and was indeed a pool, not too large, only about one meter square, with clear spring water rippling inside.

Calling it spring water was not entirely accurate; it was actually a mixture of magic energy and magical spring water, with a complex composition that could maintain the stability of magic energy for a long time.

Within the spring water, 'yellow, red, cyan, and blue' four-colored mists rippled, representing the four elemental forces of 'earth, fire, wind, and water'.

Of course, there were more chaotic colors, which were the mixture of the four elemental forces, the true form of magic energy.

There was naturally no wind in the basement, but the spring water in the magic pool surged in a unique way, spreading outward from the center, like a tide, constantly surging and receding.

And with this movement, the entire magic pool emitted a faint light, flashing, as if breathing, or sucking!

This was the process of drawing magic energy from the four elemental planes of 'earth, fire, wind, and water'. The speed didn't seem fast, but this was all a miniature magic pool could do.

At this time, beside the magic pool, Luo Yi had already put on a special suit. The sealed suit made of white silk was very heavy, and even breathing was not very smooth after putting it on.

But there was no other way, the magic pool was expensive and precise, and all means had to be used to reduce the impact of the external environment.

Luo Yi understood this, but the gaze through the dust-proof suit showed a faint blue, and the pupils reflected by the light had shrunk to the size of pinpoints, with countless pieces of information flashing.

Kano was also beside him, not disturbing him, until Luo Yi seemed to unconsciously reach out his hand, wanting to touch the pool, he hurriedly stopped him.

"Junior Luo Yi, you can't touch this. The energy density in the magic pool is extremely high, and there may be danger."

"Oh, oh, sorry!"

Luo Yi reacted, but did not retract his hand, but stroked the lapis lazuli floor, feeling the unevenness on it through the silk cloth.

Don't look at these lapis lazuli stones as very smooth, but if you zoom in, the surface is full of complex inscriptions.

The entire floor and walls were covered with them, densely packed, with no end in sight.

And within the magic energy channels formed by each inscription, all were laid with extremely fine, extremely thin mithril threads.

Luo Yi almost perversely lay on the ground, checking bit by bit, from the ground to the walls, and even the roof was not spared.

Until he moved step by step along various trajectories, and finally went to the exit.

Kano sneered at Luo Yi's exaggerated behavior. He knew what a first-year student at Philant Magic Academy could learn.

Especially now, just after the start of school, in fact, it can't be said that he has learned much knowledge of magic energy machinery, it can only be said that he has not touched it at all.

However, he also knew the actual situation of the factory and knew the difficulties of Director Maruna, so he let Luo Yi wander around.

Of course, Luo Yi didn't know Kano's thoughts, and didn't care even if he knew. At this moment, his mind was echoing with Shen Lan's praise.

"Complex, delicate, beautiful, symmetrical, I simply can't describe my feelings at this moment."

"Originally, I thought the technical level of this world was just so-so, nothing special, but I really didn't expect the micro-engraving technology to reach such a point, it's really incredible!"

Luo Yi asked: "Do you understand it?"

"Of course, I don't understand!"

"If you don't understand, what are you marveling at?"

"I don't understand the details, but I still know the level of craftsmanship. This is completely unlike what this world should have, the accuracy is too high.

Moreover, the various functions of this magic pool, such as connecting to the elemental planes, drawing elemental power, storing and stabilizing magic energy, and then extracting and using it..."

A series of designs can be called amazing!"

"Look at these walls and the ground again, they can actually be regarded as a whole. The size, shape, and position of each piece are fixed.

If there is a problem somewhere, you can just find the problem and replace the corresponding lapis lazuli block."

Luo Yi exclaimed: "Modular design?"

"Yes, it's a modular design! I really didn't expect that the magic of this world has developed to such a point?!"

Just as Shen Lan was exclaiming, a bell rang, startling Luo Yi!

Ding-dong!

Ding-dong!

Ding-dong!

Luo Yi suddenly looked up and saw a mechanical clock hanging on a wall, as if it was time, making a crisp chime.

It should be said that the entire basement's decoration followed a simple style. Unless necessary, there would hardly be any extra items.

Not to mention that each piece of lapis lazuli on the wall had a fixed position, so it was naturally impossible to destroy it at will, so the appearance of this mechanical clock seemed strange.

Sure enough, Luo Yi saw Kano stunned for a moment, then hurriedly ran out, and when he came back, he had a tightly wrapped object in his hand.

He walked to the magic pool, first carefully opened the package, revealing the item inside.

It was an irregular black stone, about the size of a baby's fist, not very solid. When opened, the surface of the wrapping paper had been dyed black.

Kano took out a special wooden shovel, put the black stone on it, and stretched it over the magic pool, carefully tilting it, and the black stone fell into the water.

Plop!

A very slight sound came, and the black stone visibly disappeared, and a wave of black ripples rippled in the clear spring water, and then returned to its original state.

After doing all this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense muscles relaxed.

At some point, Luo Yi had stood beside him and asked: "Mr. Kano, what is this?"

"Wilderness Stone!"

"Wilderness Stone?"

"Theoretically, the magic pool operates spontaneously, but some special substances are constantly consumed, so they need to be replenished regularly.

This Wilderness Stone is one of them!"

"I see!"

Luo Yi nodded, with a look of being taught, which made Kano feel a little dumbfounded. He didn't even know this basic knowledge, so what was he here for?

Thinking so in his heart, he felt a little unwilling to serve him, and directly asked: "Junior Luo Yi, are you sure you're done?"

"Done, done!"

"Is there anything else you want to see?"

"I also want to see the magic energy spinning machine, can I?"

"Of course, come, come, this way!"

Saying that, Kano led Luo Yi out of a side door, first took off the dust-proof suit in the cloakroom, and then walked through a long corridor, constantly going up.

Before approaching, the noisy sound of the machine starting came, and the 'clunk clunk' sound almost covered up all the sounds.

Until he pushed open a door, Luo Yi was also shocked by the scene in front of him.

Dozens of spinning machines were running at the same time, and the roof was full of rows of gears. These gears then drove rows of long transmission rods, and the transmission rods ran through the entire workshop, spinning rapidly, driving rows of belts.

There were also many workers shuttling between them, either filling raw materials, or pulling and twisting threads, or constantly patrolling back and forth, or busy with skillful hands and feet.

Obviously, these were skilled workers. Even when Luo Yi and Kano came in, most of them looked up and went about their business.

When he got here, Luo Yi felt more familiar. He looked east and west, as if watching the excitement, but the blue light in his eyes flickered, and he had already seen everything clearly.

It was actually similar to what he imagined. The magic energy pool was the core of the factory, and its function was to supply energy.

However, magic energy was just magic energy. It had to be converted into the power to drive the machine to run.

Therefore, there was a universal power machine.

To put it bluntly, this was composed of some magic arrays, plus hydraulic sources, gear transmissions, universal joints, and other machinery.

When the magic energy was supplied, the hydraulic source had to work, the gears turned, the mechanical power was transmitted, and then the textile machine was driven to move quickly.

Then, a magic energy textile machine began to produce.

In my imagination, the magic energy pool is a power plant, and the wilderness stone is a coal mine, so it's easier to understand, right?