Chapter 220 Decomposition and Restoration

Roland filled the office floor with various test props early in the morning.

From solids to liquids, minerals to ingots, inorganics to organics, you name it.

"You look quite happy." Nightingale squatted down, picked up the small soup dumpling on the dinner plate, and threw it into her mouth.

"Of course, there is a new witch in the town, and her ability is so incredible," Roland raised his eyebrows, "Also, don't think I didn't see it, did you steal the test product just now?"

"There are several more," she wiped her mouth, "Lucia's ability is useful?"

"It's very useful, whether it's decomposition or reduction, it can bring great progress to smelting and manufacturing." Roland said excitedly, "With Anna, the strength of the machine can be increased several times, even if it can't be mass-produced, as long as Making a few master machines by hand will definitely improve the production level of the town."

Today, the machine tools used in the factory of Graycastle Industrial Company are precisely machined by Anna. Although the scale was extremely accurate at the beginning, it was limited by the defects of the material itself. During the production process, the wear and deformation of the machine tools became more and more obvious, and the knives broke and shattered. more common phenomenon. The machines would only last a year or two at best without Anna's supplementary maintenance parts.

The ability of Lucia makes it possible to precisely control the composition of materials. Machine tools made of high-strength cast iron, steel, and even alloys can not only improve the service life, but also improve the processing efficiency and processing level to a new level. For example, the revolver, which can only be produced by Anna temporarily, can also enter the sequence of mass production.

"Really?" Nightingale jumped back onto the table, "But she doesn't seem to think so."

"Because she hasn't really realized the value of her abilities, just like Mystery Moon." Roland said disapprovingly, "If Lucia can finish reading "Theoretical Basis of Natural Science", she will definitely not have such thoughts anymore. .”

"..." Nightingale silently stuffed two handfuls of dried fish into her mouth.

After Lucia finished her breakfast and came to the office, the ability test officially started.

Roland watched with great anticipation as she turned each of the test items into piles or small piles of different substances. Iron ingots and iron ores were turned into silver-white particles. If you look closely, you can find some variegated colors on the side powder. Grapes and pork chops remained unchanged, while Xiaolongbao became water, meat dregs and flour.

Halfway through the transformation, she suddenly stopped, and said with some embarrassment: "I seem to... have exhausted all my magic power."

Roland looked at Nightingale, who nodded, "The magic power stored in her body is very little, and it looks like a cloud of erratic smoke, but this is the first time I have seen such a color."

"what colour?"

"...grey," she said.

Roland returned to the desk and waved to Lucia, "The magical power of a witch grows with age and training. You are not yet an adult, so it is very good to be able to do this." When the little girl walked to the table, He pushed the parchment he had prepared in front of the other party, "Since you have decided to stay in Border Town, sign this contract."

Lucia looked down and saw the end of the contract, and couldn't help but gasped, "A golden dragon a month? Your Highness...but, but my abilities haven't been tested yet?"

"It has nothing to do with your ability," Roland smiled and shook his head. "As long as you are a member of the Witch Union, this contract will be valid forever."

"Even if the witch's ability is useless?" she asked in disbelief.

"You can also understand it in this way," the prince spread his hands, "but I believe that any witch's ability has its unique use, but the order of excavation is different. So you don't have to worry about being useless." He paused Dun, "In addition, you should have heard the real reason for the magic devouring from other witches, so in order to ensure that you can pass the awakening day smoothly, you have to practice your ability repeatedly every day. After dinner, Teacher Scroll will be in the meeting The living room is teaching the witches, and you have to attend the lectures even though you have already mastered reading and writing, but elementary mathematics and basic natural courses are still necessary to learn."

"Yes, Your Highness." Lucia nodded vigorously.

"You still have a younger sister, right?" Roland smiled. "Bring her along during class. She's also at the age to receive education."

Lucia was slightly taken aback, raised her head to confirm that he was not joking, then bowed happily and said, "Of order."

After the little girl resigned, Roland put the signed contract into the drawer, and thoughtfully looked at the various test products on the ground.

"What was the result?" Nightingale asked.

"Surprisingly," he picked up the plate containing the steamed buns and fiddled with the finely ground meat and flour inside, "like this... When the flour is kneaded, the gluten it contains will form a network structure, so that the dough has flexibility and stretchability. Once cooked, the gluten composed of protein will be denatured due to high temperature. Even if it is ground into powder, it is impossible to return to the previous delicate and smooth appearance. This transformation is irreversible Yes, but..." Roland picked up a small cluster of powder and spread it in the palm of his hand. It felt smooth to the touch, just like freshly ground flour. "She returned the flour to its original appearance."

"Uh, I don't quite understand," Nightingale curled her lips, "But in this way, her ability can be regarded as reducing matter?"

"That's not the case." Roland pointed to the iron ingot. "If it was just reduced, the iron ingot should turn into iron ore, but in fact it was decomposed into iron powder and other impurities."

"...Then what is her ability?" She asked confusedly.

"It's not clear yet, but at least it can be speculated that her ability may have two effects. As for the specific form, it depends on her knowledge."

"experience?"

"Meat steaks are not much different from iron ore in essence, they are composed of many kinds of particles, but Lucia's ability can only decompose iron ore, but can't work on meat steaks, I think it's probably because she can't understand organic matter ...or the composition of living organisms." Roland explained, he was not sure whether this guess was correct, but there was no doubt that Lucia was the one who most needed to learn supplementary knowledge as soon as possible.

Three days later, when the second convoy carrying refugees from the east arrived in the town, the same disease broke out on board, but this time it was even more serious, and almost half of the people were infected. Roland learned through questioning that some patients had black spot symptoms on the first day after boarding the ship, which meant that they had been parasitized by strange insects earlier, and the incubation period was accordingly shortened a lot.

At the same time, Roland also received a letter sent back from the capital, and the seal wax was printed with the mark of the Margaery Chamber of Commerce.

After reading the contents of the letter, he frowned.

The evil epidemic is spreading wildly in the royal capital. The church claims that this is a witch's conspiracy, and tells the people that they have the holy medicine that can fight against the evil epidemic. A large number of infected people also appeared outside the capital city. Tasa chose to temporarily stop transporting fugitives out of safety considerations.

If there is no miscalculation of the time, the first returning fleet will return to the capital in four days and bring news that the town can be cured of the plague, but those infected patients may not have the chance to survive on the ship for nearly a week His journey, and the preaching of the church also gave him a hint of conspiracy.

After much consideration, he decided to send a team to escort Lily to the capital. Otherwise, most of the people in the royal capital and the refugees from the east would die in this man-made disaster, and all the survivors would become devout believers of the church.

Roland must avoid such a situation as much as possible. (To be continued.) 8