Chapter 26 Burning the Orb
"Did you make this potion?" Zhao Qiankun's eyes were filled with surprise.
"Well..." Emperor Liehuo said a little embarrassedly: "Actually I discovered it by chance..."
The wording of "discover?" is a bit ambiguous.
"It's not just the recipe for the potion..." The old mage raised his hand and waved it: "This blessed land in the cave was also something I discovered by chance not long ago..."
It turned out that this sub-space was not opened by Emperor Fire. He did not understand space magic and did not have the ability to do so. This was discovered by chance when he was exploring the island of Tiandou. The strange flowers and plants here, as well as wooden palaces and mage towers, also existed at that time.
Under the guidance of Emperor Liehuo, Zhao Qiankun also entered the wooden palace. From the layout and decoration inside, it can be seen that there should be no less than twenty people living here, and they should be a group of scholars and wizards.
"This cave is only a few miles in size. When I first came, there were many blood-sucking monsters in the palace... "The Fire Emperor said: "I cleared those insects, found twelve mummies here, all buried in the west. I found a lot of book notes here. These people should be a spontaneous mage group, opening up space here, using magic and potions to try to improve some species on the island, so that they can be used by humans... But unfortunately, they finally mutated the creatures and retaliated themselves, and all died here..."
"It should be more than twelve..." Zhao Qiankun curled his lips: "Perhaps some people went out to catch insects and collect materials and died outside. All those left are those with weak combat power. If the experimental subject is out of control, they will naturally be destroyed..."
"But their research is quite interesting. I have also studied life magic a little and am very interested in this topic. So I sorted out their data and continued to study it. There were many results!" As he said that, Emperor Liehuo took out a sharp knife from his arms, then lifted up his robe and cut it with a knife. Although some of the lines were broken, they were not completely cut. The old mage cut back and forth with the knife several times before it was considered to have cut a hole in the robe.
"So strong!" Zhao Qiankun exclaimed: "Your sword is not dull, right!"
Luo Lietian handed him the knife, "You try to scratch your own clothes!"
Zhao Qiankun took a knife and cut a neat cut immediately.
"See it, this is the difference!" Luo Lietian raised his head and smiled proudly: "Our clothes are woven by iron silk. It is indeed exaggerated to say that they are inseparable from swords and guns, but they are a hundred times tougher than ordinary fabrics! Moreover, this thing has a very high yield, but it is not like the mulberry silkworms in the Great Zhou Dynasty. How many pieces are needed to make a piece of silk!"
"You... can't it be that iron armor moth?" Zhao Qiankun remembered the iron armor beheading moth that appeared in the Big Net Canyon. When he first came in, he seemed to have seen such a moth on the tree.
"What iron armor?" Emperor Lie Fire was so smart. He turned his eyes and realized: "Did the iron silkworm moth run outside?"
Lao Zhao simply told Luo Lietian about the Iron Armored Moth incident, and the old mage frowned and said, "It really looks like you've learned from your description!"
"I guess there are more than that kind of people running out!" Lao Zhao shrugged: "Those crabs that can jump long and cockroaches with claws are also running out here, right?"
"That..." Luo Lietian smiled and said, "They were placed there by me. This cave is too small after all, and it cannot provide enough environment. There are some mutated species that need to be cultivated in a natural environment. That valley is one of my cultivation grounds..."
"One?" Zhao Qiankun frowned and said, "Where else?"
"There is also a sea of orange flowers dozens of miles east of here. There is a mantis scorpion inside. It is a domestication test. The insect has strong combat effectiveness, but it is very sensitive to the taste of that orange flower. I am looking for a way to tame it with pheromone..."
"The tiger bee you went to is also a special bee bred here. The purpose is to cultivate bees larger than wasps and can provide a lot of honey... But before I came, I was sent outside to build a nest and reproduce. This time I posted a task to collect the eggs of tiger bee, which is also for further research."
"So that's it. No wonder the information of Hufeng is so detailed. It was originally cultivated by artificially..." Zhao Qiankun raised his eyebrows: "You are so powerful, why don't you catch it yourself?"
"I have only one person, there are too many topics here, and I don't have that much energy to do everything myself..." The Emperor of Fire shook his head and said, "The previous owner of this place seems to have established this place shortly after humans discovered the Qiongluo Continent, and conducted research on the Qiongluo Island species and developed a lot of new technologies!"
"The new technology comes from here?" Zhao Qiankun's eyes lit up: "What else?"
The Emperor of Fire smiled and led Zhao Qiankun to a room. He saw that there were many magic props in the room, and several rings inlaid with insect armor were piled on the table, and huge pearls with numbers were numbered on it.
The Fire Emperor picked up a piece and said with a smile: "This is the new technology here!"
Lao Zhao took it and looked at it. He felt a faint magic fluctuation from it: "What's this?"
"I'll tell it to burn the orb!" Emperor Liehuo smiled and took out a piece of leather from the drawer to unfold it. He drew an exquisite magic array with various magic materials. Emperor Liehuo took the burning orb and placed it in the center of the magic array. Then he inputted magic power. The magic array immediately lit up, and then a ray of light shot out from it and projected onto the white wall.
I saw that it was a dynamic picture of a strange bug, but the picture was not complete, like the snowflake mosaic on an old TV. The picture was intermittent and accompanied by a sizzling background sound...
"This...this is..." Seeing this scene, Zhao Qiankun widened his eyes in surprise: "Isn't this a video?"
"Video, what is that?" The old mage obviously had never heard of this fresh word.
Zhao Qiankun shook his head. The video ended after only a few seconds. The picture was blurry and the background sound was noisy, so he could not read any useful information. However, the existence of the video itself has already shocked Zhao Qiankun enough!
There is magic in this world...
Therefore, the technology here is also developing in conjunction with magic. Many technologies that are naturally adapted to the earth have not appeared here. On the contrary, many of the technologies here, in the eyes of the earthlings, seem to be a skewed technology tree...
The simplest example is this image transmission technology!
Do you remember when Zhao Qiankun climbed the Tower of Judgment in Freeport, a mage broadcasted the details of his climbing the tower live?
This kind of live broadcast technology is not uncommon in this world. Although it requires cooperation with the magic circle and consumes considerable financial and material resources. Those who can afford it are either a state institution or either rich or noble, this technology is already very complete and not very difficult.
This technology corresponds to the live broadcast technology of the earth.
On the other hand, the technology that stores image data in media such as optical disks and hard disks is not implemented in this world!
In the eyes of people in this world, this is simply a fantasy and unreasonable!
Can you see the live broadcast? That's because this is happening, but someone uses magic to move its image from a place you can't see. But you have to see what has happened? How is this possible! It's past, time cannot go back, how can you see what happened at some time before?
So, in this world, there has never been a video storage technology...
And this burning bead was the first such technique that Zhao Qiankun knew!
"This is amazing!" Old Zhao picked up a burning bead: "Is this a giant clam pearl? Is there any video information stored in it?"
"Not it all!" Emperor Fire picked up a burning bead: "Saving... the video, that's it, it's basically broken and difficult to distinguish, but the jewel contains static pictures, and there is no description in it, but I think it's a map of some kind..."
As he said that, the Emperor of Fire used this bead to put it on the magic circle. The light shone out and hit the wall. It was a huge picture of forked lines, which seemed to represent a certain path, but there was no explanation, and I don't know where it was...
"Just this one has no head and no end, what does it mean?" Zhao Qiankun frowned.
"More than this one!" The Emperor of Fire placed his hand on the magic circle, and his magic power changed. The image turned one page and turned into another map, similar to the previous one, but Lao Zhao could see a little difference.
"There are fifteen maps like this..." The Emperor of Fire flipped back one by one, and finally stopped on the seventh one. There was a bright red dot on this one: "This should be the place guided by the map. It is also because of this red dot that I judged that these things are from the map..."
The Emperor of Fire continued to look back: "As for why there are so many pictures, I guess each of them is just a part of the complete map. You should be able to splice a large map. I tried to copy them, but I haven't spliced them successfully... I suspect that the map may be insufficient, and other burning beads are lost..."
Old Zhao nodded: "It's interesting. After so much trouble, this red dot should be an amazing thing!" As he said that, he brought out maps and observed them carefully, without missing any details, activated the powerful memory of the King Kong Skeleton and imprinted them in his heart!
"I care more about this burning technology!" Emperor Liehuo laughed and said, "I have searched through this here and found no manufacturing principle of this technology. I can only develop it based on the existing burning beads and the magic array that exports information. So I have collected a lot of giant clam pearls to try to restore this technology! If it is successful, I can store the image data, even if it is thousands of years later, and see what is happening now! With this, human history can be accurately recorded, and teachers can also make the most accurate textbooks based on this thing... There are so many uses!"
"It's more than that!" Zhao Qiankun smiled and shook his head, thinking of various technologies in his previous life: "There are too many ways to play this thing!"
In addition to this burning bead, Luo Lietian also took him to visit the entire palace and displayed a lot of research results here.
Originally, I just came out to do a task and earn some reward, but unexpectedly, with such unexpected gains, I encountered such a place, and saw so many interesting things. It’s a pity that those insect eggs can’t be taken away.
Although Luo Lietian was a little arrogant, he was not bad. It would be fine if Lao Zhao extorted him ten thousand gold coins. After all, the Fire Emperor didn't use so much to issue the task. He only had two thousand reserves for the association, and it was expected that it would be enough to acquire 100 pieces. As a result, Lao Zhao took back several hundred, and he had to accept them all. After all, Lao Zhao was also profitable...
However, the two agreed that Lao Zhao would come here often in the future. From today on, this place will not only belong to him, the Fire Emperor...
How dare this old Luo agree? I think he was originally a legendary wizard, the master of flame, the pinnacle of this world. Even if he is arrogant and domineering, no one dares to do anything to him. Who would have thought that today he would encounter such a thing, no matter how magical and martial arts are above him...
I haven't heard of Zhao Qiankun's name, and the old mage didn't dare to ask nonsense. I could only guess in my heart, is this a new legend? At this age, is it a species of immortality? But what kind of immortality can look exactly like humans? Is it a legendary monster? But he doesn't have evil spirits on his body...
Lao Zhao was also very interested in the research materials in this blessed land of the cave. He talked very well with Emperor Liehuo, so he stayed here for a few more days and discussed a lot of experiences about life magic. Of course, Emperor Liehuo is truly talented and knowledgeable, and his attainments in life magic are also from the level of a great magician. Lao Zhao basically copied the records in the castle. But that were all legendary experiences a hundred years ago. Many of the unique insights made Luo Lietian amazed, and his evaluation of Zhao Qiankun reached a higher level.
This guy is not only powerful, but also knowledgeable, and looks so young. Who is the origin of it?
Let's not mention Luo Lietian's guesswork. After staying here for a few days, I got tired of it. I put a gold ticket in my hand and planned to leave. I followed the direction I came back, but I didn't see the space gate.
In order to hide this cave, the entrance is often designed to be invisible from the outside, but it can be seen from the inside. However, now in the cave, there is no way to see the exit.
"Did you just accidentally touched something and closed it?" Emperor Liehuo said curiously, turning back to the tower, where there was a magic array that controlled the space gate.
Chapter completed!