Chapter 1127 Gretel: Here Is a Mineral Encyclopedia, Each Item Costs Ten Kilograms (Double Monthly Ticket Plus 2 Updates)
Gretel made up his mind and changed the direction of his research the next day.
First of all, he ignored all the repeated sealing and strengthening processes that took place thousands of years ago. Please Elder Fahim, please find the records of the last 200 years and look at them from back to front;
Secondly, he no longer has to worry about what those magics, incantations, and magic arrays mean and what they can do. Instead, bang, bang, bang, let go of all the parts involving magic, and only focus on one direction:
substance!
"Elder, when building and repairing the seal, what materials did you use? How much did you use? - In other words, what materials did you use for each meter of seal, and how much did you use?"
After ten days and eight days of hard work, Gretel pushed a floating saucer and went to find Elder Fahim. On the floating saucer, there are three tree trunk slices with annual rings, two pieces of colorful and fine-textured snake skin, and five or six deep magic crystals:
"I searched for a long time and only found these materials. I have never heard of most of the materials' names..."
"Oh, these." Elder Fahim is indeed a legendary elder who has been guarding the local area for hundreds of years. He can tell which piece of information it is by just touching it. He slightly bent his fingertips and flicked forward, and several pieces of light and shadow stood up at the same time:
"Well, I used the tortoise shells of the three-sided musk turtle and cloud-spotted turtle, the horns of the sharp-nosed rhinoceros, the flight feathers and blood of the red-tailed thunder eagle, and the juice of the golden tiger tail piranha..."
The old man talked endlessly and kept his treasures in mind. Say a name and let out a few pieces of light and shadow: the image of the source plant or animal, the appearance of the extract, the appearance of the processed product...
It was obvious that he was familiar with every one of these plants and animals, and had even caught, collected, and processed many of them himself. Maybe he didn't enter the secret realm many times, but he provided the most reliable support for the warriors who repaired the seal.
Grete stood nearby and listened. I heard more than twenty names at once, all of which were certain plants, certain animals, and occasionally certain gems. He finally couldn't help but ask:
"Elder, what minerals are used in this seal? In particular, what metals are used?"
"What, you think metal is more reliable?"
Elder Fahim's eyes shot over like sharp arrows. Even if there was no evil in Grete's heart, he felt a sudden pain in his heart and said quickly:
"Isn't this... We used lead to isolate pollution rays before, which was very useful. And for spellcasters, metal has always been very useful for isolating magical power..."
"It's not like we haven't tried this idea before." Elder Fahim sighed. He got into the library, and after a while, he took out a piece of wood heart that was dark green in color and so thick that it was almost black:
"Look, this is a record of the first few seals. The seniors at that time used mostly various metals at the beginning. But..."
He touched it lightly, and the records shone out one by one. There are words, images, and rushing sounds:
"It's melting! It's melting! Cool down quickly!"
"Don't use the ice pick technique! Do you want to penetrate it?"
"snowstorm!!!"
"No way! If it's cold and hot at the same time, it will make it even softer!"
"It's expanding! It's going to explode! Escape quickly!!!"
"You go first! I'll stop you!"
There was a loud bang and debris flew everywhere. Gretel closed his eyes subconsciously and turned his head to avoid it. Then……
When he opened his eyes, the light and shadow in front of him had disappeared, leaving only the wooden heart lying quietly.
"We have tried many formulas. Fine gold, mithril, gold, silver, copper, iron and tin..." Elder Fahim's voice sounded like a sigh:
"Of course, there is also the lead you mentioned. But it's useless, it's useless. In front of the exploding center of the secret realm, nothing is useful..."
The old man closed his eyes tightly. How many years have passed, the golden liquid that rolled, roared, swept everything, and exploded all obstacles was still imprinted on his retina:
"That kind of energy is too powerful, too violent... Only spells can block spells, and only energy can restrain energy..."
Gretel sighed softly. This problem that the elves encountered was just like the problem that humans all over the world encountered in his previous life:
No matter, no matter, can restrain the violent power of nuclear fusion. If you want to restrain yourself, you can only use a magnetic field, a force field, something invisible and invisible...
So before you blow up your secret realm, are you playing with nuclear fission, or have you already played with nuclear fusion?
Forget it, none of this matters. Grete rubbed her temples:
"It's definitely not possible to just use metal in the center. - What about the surrounding area? I took a look at it when I was advancing. It seems that the seals around the secret realm are circles, circles, circles..."
He raised his hand and outlined circles of light and shadow based on the glimpses he had during the advancement process. There are little stars all around, leaking openly or covertly:
"The places where these seals have cracks and leaks can always be made of metal, right?"
"That won't work either." Elder Fahim sighed again. He went into the library again, and when he came back this time, he was holding a long roll of snake skin in his hand.
The snake skin looked black at first glance, but after taking a few steps, the fine and dense snake scales changed with the angle, exuding complex brilliance. Elder Fahim caressed the snake skin, and the magic power flowed through it. In a moment, a map rose from the snake skin:
"Look, here, here, here, here..."
The old man's somewhat wrinkled fingers stroked the map, clicking on the light and shadow one by one:
"We have all tried to seal it with metal. However, for one thing, high-level monsters often come and go at the leaked location. As long as foreign objects appear there, they will scratch and gnaw on whatever they see;
Furthermore, metal corrodes quickly. As long as it is not made of gold, if a wall is erected there and exposed to the sun and rain, it will be completely rusted in ten years. The gold material is useless for sealing leaks;
Moreover, we elves are not good at mining and smelting mineral deposits. When we moved to the new world, we parted ways with the dwarves. Mining mineral deposits relies on a small number of magical beasts, and the little metal is only enough to make armor and weapons..."
Gretel was really helpless. Industry, industry, it is really difficult for a society without a large industrial foundation. Although most of the daily needs of the elves can be replaced by magic, there are still shortcomings...
"Oh, by the way, there aren't many mineral deposits in the rainforest. Even with the mining capabilities of the nearby indigenous people, we can't use the stuff they produce. We have to transport it from Yongju Island..."
Gretel held back his rants. He had seen enough of the metal produced by the natives in the Eagle Country. Whether it was pure or other indicators, it really couldn't be used.
Of course, he is not a metallurgist, and what he produces may be even more tragic... You can buy finished products for small quantities, but for large quantities, you have to find another way...
"I still want to try using metal. - Elder, please help me sort out what metal formulas have been used to seal leaks recently. I'll try some that I haven't used before."
Elder Fahim hesitated to speak, but finally nodded. He called Aneri Linge, Desia, Idian, Sisuoyin and Jasmine to go into the library together and got busy up and down.
"this."
"this."
"this."
"Take this out too."
Idian walked past Grete with two pieces of wood in his left hand, three leaves in his right hand, and an animal skin on his head. He stopped and suddenly said:
"You're useless like this. - There is a kind of golden-armored beast in the contaminated area. We originally raised it for mining. After the secret realm was exploded, some survived. They especially like to eat minerals. If a piece of iron is thrown on the ground, A group can gather in less than half a day.”
"Build a stone wall outside the metal wall?"
"It's useless if the building is thin." Idian, or rather, the elves who maintained the secret realm here, have used all kinds of methods before:
"A stone wall of at least two feet thick is required to be barely effective. Moreover, it must be complete without any gaps to block this thing... Such a large boulder is difficult to mine. It is constructed with magic and the surrounding natural forces. It’s too thin…”
Grete nodded and brushed up the records. A complete wall of at least two feet thick must be formed at one time, preferably without magic. A metal plate, preferably a thick lead plate, is sandwiched between them to block the leaked radiation.
"The most important thing is that the leaked power explodes on the metal wall. The metal wall will get hot very quickly... it will get hot, melt, and flow down, and then it will be useless. The power of magic can block those leaked things. But it needs constant maintenance.”
Grete continued to write quickly. The temperature needs to be lowered...the temperature needs to be lowered...either to lower the temperature, or to use other methods to block, absorb, and digest these forces...
"Udian, please do me a favor and get as many copies of the various things you find as possible. Put them together with the lead plates and let me try to see if there is anything that can absorb the leaked power. "
Idian took a breath silently. All kinds of things?
All kinds of animals, plants, minerals, whatever he can think of, a copy of them all?
"How much do you want?"
"At least ten pounds...ten pounds of each item." Gretel looked at his expression carefully:
"I need more lead sheets, bring them several thousand kilograms... I don't have much inventory in hand... If animals and plants are not convenient, let's start with minerals?"
"You... just torment me!"
Idian complained and disappeared. I don’t know how he did it. In short, a month later, this elf warrior appeared in front of Gretel’s research institute with a large number of natives, carrying, carrying, and carrying various supplies:
"Come on, come on! This is malachite, this is cloud sand, this is Venus sand, this is jet jade, this is frost stone... try them all!"
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