Chapter 691 It has its own ideas

Joseph's married life was not ideal.

On the one hand, he found that he seemed to have lost his ideals and motivation and returned to a state of emptiness.

[Magnetic Probe] The more successful and well-received you are, the more obvious this feeling of emptiness becomes.

He originally thought that his potential was endless, as long as he continued to hone himself and continue to produce new [magnetic probes] in the [flow] state. After all, it took him less than four months to achieve this amazing result.

But the reality is not so.

He could still enter the [Flow State], but the time he could maintain it was very short, ranging from a few seconds to an hour. He could no longer surpass his limits for a long period of time.

Joseph asked some experienced athletes and got a response.

"Most people rarely have that moment in their lives. Flow is about pushing yourself beyond your limits, but to achieve this you need to put aside all distractions, be focused, and have strong motivation under certain circumstances."

“Most of us are entangled in various things, and our concentration is constantly declining. We are unable to devote all our efforts to one thing and completely give up or forget about other things. To be able to maintain the flow state for a long time is to persist for many years and receive the blessing and good luck of God.”

…

The previous situation was something you could only encounter by chance.

Joseph also knew that one should not be too greedy.

He is not more talented than anyone else, he is just luckier.

He felt like he had become a salted fish that had lost its ideals, and it seemed that he could survive even if he hung on a rope every day.

Another reason why things were not ideal was because of his wife Leah's quirks.

Vampires feed on blood. Joseph thought that the Yao clan's [Blood Hill] had blood lakes and blood seas all over the world, and the whole world was constantly pumping out fresh blood, so food should not be a problem.

However, Leah told him: "Vampires will suck the blood of their partners after marriage. We exchange each other's blood to confirm the intimacy between the two parties."

"Blood doesn't lie."

Joseph was surprised: "Why haven't you heard of this?"

"Because it's a very private matter." Leah said unhappily, "If a vampire won't suck her partner's blood, then there must be something wrong with their relationship. You can suck mine too."

She pointed to her snow-white neck.

“…”

There is no way.

Joseph steeled himself and was bitten on the neck by Leah.

That bite really hurts.

After sucking the blood, Leia fell asleep with a satisfied look on her face.

Sometimes she would take a small sip, and sometimes she would eat it heartily, depending on the actual situation of the day. Vampires could stop bleeding quickly, so there was no problem of excessive blood loss.

But to say that my blood is sucked away every day is not true.

Leah would make sure Joseph was well enough before she bit his neck.

Bloodsucking was just a small habit of the vampire, which brought Joseph pain and strange pleasure.

But Leia's insistence on continuing to study the magic well was a huge headache for him and the key to the conflicts in his marriage.

“I won’t do things halfway.”

Leah said: "I want to continue to participate in the exploration and research of the [Magic Well]!"

Joseph advised her: "You should stay on the flying boat loop and study the improvement of the project here. If the loop project can be improved, its value will not be less than that of the [Magic Well]."

"It's so annoying! If I die, you can just find another wife! I'm just a blind man anyway! What's so good about a blind vampire!"

Leia's eyes, covered with white mist, were still lifeless, but her voice was full of self-abandonment.

Only then did Joseph realize that she was not as strong and indifferent as she seemed. Leah cared a lot about not being able to see, but the more she cared about something, the more she would act like she didn't care.

Joseph showed no concern about how to comfort and persuade her.

Kepler, the captain of the maintenance station, suggested: "Or you can also tie your eyes with cloth and live like her."

“…”

Joseph thought it made sense at first, but when he thought about it, he felt it was completely nonsense. But he still tried it.

"Are you stupid? You had one blind man before, and now you have two. Will the situation get better?" Leah was so angry that she pressed him against the wall: "You want me to teach you how to be a qualified and mature blind man? Huh?"

"Listen carefully! Don't listen to Kepler's advice anymore! It's all bullshit!"

Joseph finally decided to let her do what she wanted.

"You really agree?"

At that moment, Leia's dull eyes seemed to regain some of their former vitality.

Joseph didn't want to agree.

But there is no other way. It is impossible to tie up Leia and not let her go, so just respect her idea.

She left the dormitory of the maintenance station and tenaciously participated in the challenge of the "Magic Well" project.

Half a year later, Leah came back.

This time she lost her right hand and replaced it with a copper prosthesis.

This time, Leah was a little embarrassed: "I was just being careless... my right hand was broken... and when I came to my senses, it was completely damaged, so I had to cut it off."

"But the prosthesis is pretty good, it's stronger and more resistant to blows, but it feels a little scratchy. You won't mind or blame me, right?"

Joseph could only force a smile: "It's okay, as long as the person is still here."

"Then hug me."

Joseph hugged Leah.

The prosthesis was very uncomfortable, and he felt that Leah's right hand was like a pair of pliers clamping around his back.

"I promise you, my left hand will never be like this again. It will be well preserved for you." The wife said seriously.

"good……"

Seeing that her husband was not angry, Leia breathed a sigh of relief and told him about the latest developments of the [Magic Well].

"The world of [Dagos] has become increasingly stable since it was saved and stabilized by Lord Yao. After the garrison of the Resurrection Kingdom, the monsters there have been controlled. Some of the local Dagos people who lived in the trees migrated to the Sand City, and some stayed in their hometown... The Yao tribe provided a large number of necessities and tools, which greatly improved their current living conditions."

"With the help of the Dagoths, we have identified several smaller magic wells. The energy storage mechanism of the magic wells comes from the accumulation of turbulence in special tunnels. If there is a rapid tidal impact like the previous rounds, the magic wells will be overloaded, and the death energy that the locals call will surge, and the external threat will increase exponentially..."

Leah seems very energetic when she talks about the research she is doing.

"During the 17th [Magic Well] survey that I participated in this time, Apostle Philus specifically requested Lord [Magic God] to transfer the latest second-generation [Movers] from [Zhu Ri Bay], and the legendary prophet Mr. Black Forge led the team to conduct a field survey inside the Magic Well. I followed Mr. Black Forge and recorded the structure and model of the cave wall. There is one more thing you definitely don't know. The magic bottle has been replicated in Qianyuan Mountain, and they transformed it into a [Crystal Magic Bottle] through crystal structure!"

"The Crystal Magic Bottle is not difficult to make, because there is the [Disassembly Pool], [Strange Counterfeits], and [Treasure Refining Pavilion] in the Golden Light Cave of Qianyuan Mountain. We can disassemble various props and identify them, and then use the Treasure Refining Pavilion to complete the reproduction and restoration."

"Although the deciphering of the Runes is still progressing slowly, it does not affect the imitation of Qianyuan Mountain. They use crystal structures to replace the copper used by the Dagos. The speed at which crystal structures conduct magic energy is 24 times that of copper. The magic energy storage of the crystal magic bottle is 600 times that of the traditional magic bottle!"

"With the Crystal Magic Bottle, we can use it to determine the eruption volume of magic wells in different areas. This is a very clever design."

She talked endlessly about this adventure and exploration.

Joseph was a little surprised. Leah was extremely curious and persistent about the magic well. When she talked about the magic well, she did not feel resentment, but was full of fighting spirit.

"...The eruption of the magic well was unpredictable, and Mr. Blackforge did his best to protect me, so his body was broken into many pieces, and then slowly recovered. Otherwise, I would not have lost just one hand. We are very lucky this time. Every time we went down the well before, at least one researcher would die from the sudden eruption, death energy infection, or go crazy due to mental disorder."

Leah looked a little unwilling: "If we can conquer the [Magic Well] earlier, fewer people will die."

Joseph tried to say, "We already have a large amount of omnipotent stones, a large amount of liquid magic gas produced by the [Capricorn Ranch], the wind power of the [Wind God Fan Wheel], fire wells and many coal mines... We are not short of energy at all. Why should we rush to develop magic wells? If we take our time, it will definitely be safer, right?"

He doesn't understand.

Due to his work, Joseph has witnessed many safety accidents.

Even a relatively mature device like a flying boat can have various minor problems, such as a slight imbalance during landing, a buzzing sound after takeoff, or the inside of the flying boat being hot and cold... These seemingly minor problems must be taken very seriously.

Maintenance personnel must repeatedly inspect and test the flying boat at the maintenance station, even if it delays the flight plan, and must ensure that the relevant abnormalities disappear before allowing the flight. Otherwise, there may be a heavy price to pay for the destruction of both the people and the boat.

Safety accidents are most likely to occur due to minor negligence.

Logically speaking, the White Castle, the Theological Society, and the Institute of Mystic Arts, which participated in the development of the Magic Well, are all experienced organizations and it is impossible that they are unaware that impatience can easily lead to mistakes.

"Of course everyone knows it."

Leah frowned. "It's just that the situation in the [Dagos] world is special. Those small [magic wells] are the best research targets. They are controllable in size and can be entered deep underground to inspect and map the structure. But because of the impact and influence of the turbulent tides, the edges of the small magic wells are constantly being torn apart, and they are also being assimilated and merged from the bottom by the large magic wells... These small magic wells are disappearing one by one, and we have to complete the record before they collapse."

Joseph asked, "Isn't a large [Magic Well] possible?"

"The gushing intensity of a large magic well is too high. According to the current standards, the throughput of a small [magic well] is between 30 and 100 magic bottles of energy stored per second. Each one is very precious and rare."

Leah explained to him: "The standard for a large Magic Well is at least 5,000, which means that the number of eruptions that can be generated at the same time is at least 50 times that of the former. As for those between small Magic Wells and large Magic Wells, we usually call them cracks. They are usually branches of large Magic Wells. They are no less dangerous than large Magic Wells, and their eruptions are even more irregular."

"If a large magic well erupts, those caught in it will have no chance of survival."

She opened the five brass fingers of her right hand, then clenched them, expanding and contracting them repeatedly.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Some people thought that the Magic Well was too dangerous, just like you said. We should consider it as a 100-year project, just like the design and application of the Flying Boat Ring Road in the past."

"However, Mr. Heiduan believes that this is a major opportunity with a very strong timeliness. Either seize it now, or you may lose the opportunity forever."

The starting point of black forging lies in three points.

First, in terms of the overall environment, time waits for no one.

[Dagus] The world itself is fragmented, barely maintaining itself under the might of Yao. But the magic wells on the ground are still being torn apart and collapsed. The large magic wells that can be seen are out of control and flooding. The only ones that can be used for research and recording are the increasingly fewer small magic wells.

Second, world-class projects urgently need the injection of new energy.

The Yao clan now has two world-class projects, the [Flying Boat Ring Road] and the [Ripple Valley].

They all face an insurmountable problem: difficulty in energy supply.

[Flying Boat Ring Road] is to build a magnetic element ring road around the world. After the regional ring road on the top of Yunzhong Temple was completed and applied, this has been proven to be feasible. The ring road can also be used as a void port for flying boats to stop and maintain.

However, to truly complete the circumnavigation of the world and build a complete and well-functioning giant artificial ring road on the huge vortex world, so that it can provide functions such as providing flying boat endurance, observation outpost, maintenance base, and void experiments, the crucial energy problem must be solved.

At present, the energy system of the Yao Clan civilization is still based on omnipotent stone, supplemented by liquid magic gas. The transportation of these energy carriers will cause huge losses in manpower, energy and materials, and is extremely dependent on ground dispatch supply, and requires the cooperation of all parties in terms of time, which is inefficient and costly.

Therefore, the expansion that was planned as early as thirty years ago has not yet started.

Energy is the cornerstone of construction.

[Ripple Valley] construction and operation also face similar difficulties.

Initially, this project was to use ripple valleys to construct the cornerstone for the ripple body to jump, and to lay out the footprints and echoes of the Yao clan in the void.

But during the actual construction, even the [God of Ju] who was appointed by God Yao to personally lead the [Ripple Valley] ultimately chose local pilot projects and streamlined areas because the manpower and material resources required were too great to bear.

"If we can replicate the [Magic Well], we can fully expand the [Flying Boat Ring] here and the [Ripple Valley] group created by [Sun-Casting Bay], so that every world can complete the information transmission between each other through the ripple body!"

The vampire wife became more and more excited as she spoke.

"Joseph, this is what we have to do. We must seize this rare opportunity and push the Flying Boat Ring Road and Ripple Valley into the next stage!"

well.

Joseph sighed inwardly.

Leia is a mature researcher after all. How could she overestimate the power of the Yao people and underestimate the horror of natural disasters and natural laws?

But Joseph thought again.

I had relied on inexplicable self-confidence and temporary enthusiasm, and just because Leia brought hope, I worked hard to build the car, and I was lucky enough to have developed the [Magnetic Probe].

Under normal circumstances, this is impossible to do.

The entire Yao civilization developed step by step in this way.

Under the protection of Yao, everyone is full of confidence. As long as someone takes the first step, those who come after will be inspired by their predecessors and move forward. No matter what challenges they face, everyone firmly believes that they can overcome them.

Confidence is constantly accumulated and passed on, turning into a kind of self-confidence that can be said to be blind or precious.

"I believe you can do it," said Joseph.

Leia had a happy look on her face, revealing two sharp fangs.

…

However, in the middle of the night, Leah suddenly bit Joseph awake.

"Oh no, something happened, something happened!"

"What's wrong?"

Joseph rubbed his eyes sleepily. Then he saw Leah hitting her left arm with her right fist. Her prosthetic left hand was tied to the head of the bed with an iron chain.

"My hands don't listen to me!"

Leah blanched.

Joseph looked closely and found that his wife's right hand was twisting and turning, with her fingers constantly spreading, as if she was trying to break free. It was as if this arm had not been tamed and suddenly regained its primitive wildness.

"That dwarf craftsman made me a faulty arm! I'm going to settle accounts with him!"

…

Joseph asked Captain Kepler for a sick leave and took Leah all the way to Sand City. He found the local [Prosthetics Design Institute] and caught the dwarf craftsman who designed and made Leah's arm.

He was a young dwarf with gray hair parted in the middle and wearing overalls. His name was Shuaizai.

What impressed Joseph the most was that the dwarf had no beard and was clean-shaven, looking quite eccentric.

"You gave me a disobedient right hand!"

Leah grabbed the man's collar angrily and said, "Where is the mature technology, innovative process, and reliable quality? You bastard, do you know that this hand is trying to secretly strangle my husband to death?"

The dwarf opened his hands, looked at Joseph next to him, and then said helplessly: "But, Miss Leah, I reminded you that this new type of [Alien Prosthesis] is based on the alien insect."

"Its biggest advantage is that it will merge with the host, gradually becoming like a new arm, a living thing. After it is completely in sync, it will be almost indistinguishable from the original arm."

"But the downside is that it has a mind of its own..."

The dwarf looked at Joseph. "In my opinion, the reason why it attacked your husband is that it felt that this gentleman was a threat to it. Of course, it doesn't mean that this gentleman wants to cut off your arm, but it feels that you pay too much attention to him, causing it to lose its attention and love from you."

Joseph was shocked.

There are also arms like this! The technology of the Yao clan is changing so fast that I look like a primitive man living in the sky.

"real?"

Leah was skeptical.

"Really? Your left hand is trying to silence me right now... I can't breathe..."

Leah immediately shook her left hand and found that it was out of control again. Joseph and Leah punched and kicked it before they released it from the dwarf.

The loser coughed for a while and smoothed his middle-parted hair with his hand: "Ahem, this is the first time I've seen such a sensitive and responsive [Alien Prosthesis]... On the bright side, its growth and fit will far exceed those of ordinary ones."

Suddenly the dwarf was stunned and looked at Joseph carefully: "You are... the Joseph who invented the [Magnetic Probe]? Joseph from Maintenance Station 77?"

“…It’s me.”

"Great! I can actually meet you in person! I like your magnetic probe very much! What an incredible genius invention! You are the most outstanding genius in the past hundred years. Really, I can't stop admiring you..."

The dwarf grabbed Joseph's hand with excitement and said, "You must take a look at this little improvement I made. It was inspired by your masterpiece."

"My wife..."

"Don't worry about such trivial matters. There are many [Alien Prosthetics] here. Choose whichever one you like. I will pick the best one for you! You can install several. There is always one that suits you! You must not go out. If they know it is you, they will definitely gather around. Come and take a look at my little invention first. Please give me some advice..."

Leia clenched her right fist and held her right wrist with her left hand, guarding it tightly.

Joseph was scratching his head.

How did the situation become like this?

(End of this chapter)