Chapter 729: Invisible Wind
"Zhang Ye."
After his name was called, Zhang Ye hurried up.
Taoist He said to him expressionlessly, "You have been approved to be exempted from the trainee stage and directly participate in the official work of the Feizhou Ring Road. You are also the first alchemist to set foot on the Ring Road. I need to make one last confirmation."
"Researcher Zhang Ye, are you aware that you may encounter unknown difficulties and dangers, including falling meteorites, dust storms, regular turbulence, etc., all of which may endanger your life."
"Yes, I understand."
"Do you know that when you enter the Ring Road, you will be committed to solving a series of world-class problems such as the controllability of elemental magic wells, upgrading and matching flying boats, and dealing with void turbulence, so as to serve all people who use the Ring Road?"
"Yes, I know."
"Can you devote yourself to the great cause of voyage through the virtual universe, be grateful to the person who imparted the knowledge, and strictly keep the relevant secrets?"
"Yes, I can do it." Zhang Ye held his head high and chest puffed out.
Taoist He finally showed a smile on his face. He stretched out his strong white right hand and said, "Welcome, Researcher Zhang Ye. I hope you enjoy life in heaven. Let us also see the power of alchemy."
"Do my best!" Zhang Ye shook hands with the other party solemnly.
"Then you should go home and rest for a month, then go to the Green City base and take the flying boat over here."
"yes."
…
Zhang Ye sat on the walnut seat of the flying boat and looked down through the crystal boat window.
The flying boat has broken through the thick sea of clouds and is getting closer to the ground.
The ground was mottled with alternating yellow, green and brown, and the vast land was covered with winding ridges. Slowly, the black dots of small towns gradually became clear, but from the air, they looked like small boxes.
As he got closer to his hometown, Zhang Ye became a little nervous.
It has been seven years since he left Jindan Kingdom.
It all started with the transaction between the eldest brother Zhang Cheng and the giant totem.
The will of God Yao arrived and destroyed the two previous gods overnight, tearing apart the scams and lies they had woven in the name of "God".
The monk-like spirit "Muyifang" is a demon from hell, and Qing Monk is the shadow demon sent by it. Qing Monk travels in Jindan Kingdom, not for the purpose of saving the world, but just to gain more believers.
Zhang Ye had also had some vague doubts before.
Although he was not as sharp as his elder brother Zhang Cheng, he was not dull either. To become a qualified alchemist, one must not only master all kinds of alchemy knowledge and skills, but also learn to find new directions from all kinds of existing tools and technical means.
Compared to his elder brother, Zhang Ye is more reserved, whether in the field of technology or in expressing personal opinions. He never speaks out ideas that are not stable and mature enough.
Zhang Cheng emphasizes practicality and the ability to solve problems immediately, making him more like an alchemist. Zhang Ye pursues perfection and clear principles, a trait that is more in line with an alchemist.
Both brothers joked that their careers should be switched.
When his elder brother made the [Calming Pill], Zhang Ye was studying the basic theories of alchemy. When his elder brother perfected the [Delusion-Breaking Pill], Zhang Ye continued to derive alchemical formulas.
Among the group of alchemists, Zhang Ye is an outlier.
He likes to study various phenomena, analyze various alchemical devices and tools, find and summarize the laws from them, and explore the connections and commonalities behind things.
Zhang Ye is often asked this question.
"What's the use of this?"
It's of no use at the moment.
Zhang Ye answered honestly, and then was met with more confusion and strange looks.
Only his eldest brother Zhang Cheng always supported him.
"Everything in this world has its purpose, but what you do has not yet found its place."
Zhang Ye didn’t think too much about it. He found happiness in the derivation and calculation of alchemical formulas.
That's enough.
In fact, alchemy has a very complete process, classified symbols, and formula reaction system, but most of these are simplifications in practical application. However, few people have studied why alchemy can transform one substance into another.
Zhang Ye was very interested.
Alchemy is not about making something appear that does not exist. These things already exist, but cannot be seen by the naked eye, or they exist in another form, perhaps on a leaf, in a metal, in the shell of an insect, in the feathers of a bird, in dried blood, or even in the invisible air.
For example, an alchemical material commonly used by alchemists is called "life salt", which is a substance that looks very similar to salt, but it contains enormous power.
It can be said that the salt of life is the key to the magic of the alchemical device. It is extracted by the alchemist from the materials left by many cursed insects through a tedious reaction process.
As long as you put the life salt into the alchemical device and ignite it, you can release the powerful energy inside.
The common wooden oxen and iron horses both need to be driven by life salt in order to maintain the strength to carry heavy objects and the speed to break through various terrains.
When facing a strong enemy, the warriors would take out the compressed and solidified special life salt and smear it on their weapons and arrows, giving them powerful power. The arrows could penetrate the armor and the swords would cause burning damage.
The more advanced one is the "flying wing".
The flying wings are the masterpiece that alchemists are proud of, and people can fly like birds. In terms of mechanism, the flying wings rely on the instant ejection of the base, and the instant explosive force required by the base can only be achieved by the life salt.
Soldiers can be catapulted directly into the air from the iron horses and glide in the air.
The "Golden Wing" is not only a flying vehicle, but also a combat device. The 72 copper blade wings on it can be fired as weapons, and a lightning tube is also fixed on the arm armor.
When facing an enemy, the lightning tube will release a strong light, causing temporary blindness to the opponent. At the same time, it will spray out a jet of life salt that is almost like electric light to kill the enemy.
However, the production cost and consumption are too high, and in the past only the king Feng Danzi had a set.
Zhang Ye discovered through long-term research that the Life Salt itself exists in nature, and after being digested by the curse insects, it is further concentrated, so it can be extracted.
The life salt that alchemists admired was called the omnipotent stone in the Yao Clan civilization. The omnipotent stones in the Jindan Kingdom were all extracted and collected in the form of gravel, but the Yao Clan transported them back and forth in truckloads, which shocked him greatly.
Zhang Ye was brought to the Yao clan world because of an insignificant research.
"Did you deduce this yourself?" Taoist He asked him, pointing at the alchemical formula on the paper.
Zhang Ye said yes.
He thought that he was worthy of being an apostle, being able to recognize various scripts and languages.
"The salt of life does not wait for guessing..."
Taoist He stared at the paper and read the words on it: "The use of Life Salt is just like the general transformation in alchemy. There is an inevitable loss. This loss far exceeds the loss in the calculation... Therefore, it can be proved that the Life Salt has transformed or combined with an unknown substance, resulting in the loss of part of it."
"According to the basic principles of alchemy, matter cannot disappear out of thin air. The loss of the salt of life will inevitably lead to the birth of other substances."
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"In the closed room of the experiment, the life salt drove several wooden cows to walk back and forth inside for a whole day. No new visible objects were produced, no thick smoke like flames, and no additional wind increased. No measurable substances were added in the room, but the life salt decreased. Therefore, it can be inferred that when the power of the life salt is realized, the substances it transforms and combines have the ability to pass through most substances, or it can enter another world."
"This substance that comes and goes freely like the wind is most likely the real product of the reaction of the Life Salt. Let's call it the 'Invisible Wind' for now."
Taoist He's expression became more and more serious.
He continued to read: "...The invisible wind has the ability of space. It is the result of the reaction of the life salt. And the life salt has been continuously consumed for many years. From this, it can be inferred that this world is full of invisible winds. They pass through us and will not directly affect each other..."
"The entire world is filled with this substance, which means it is harmless to normal life forms, but it is impossible to observe and touch. However, this spatial force is everywhere. Its existence represents a special transformation, from a force that can be felt to an unfelt space."
The apostle looked over and asked, "Did you come up with all this?"
"No." Zhang Ye said honestly: "Many of them are also the questions discovered by alchemists in the past, and the formulas they derived. I just wanted to find the answers based on theirs, so I made this speculation."
"You come with me."
Taoist He grabbed Zhang Ye and brought him to the resurrected kingdom of the Yao civilization. Before Zhang Ye had time to observe this vast new world, he was surrounded by a group of apostles, and each of the big men exuding a strong sense of oppression began to question him one after another.
…
After theoretical discussion and experimental testing, we finally came to a conclusion.
The "invisible wind" deduced by Zhang Ye is the "dark element" that the Yao civilization has been studying.
The discovery that dark elements have spatial properties broke the Yao clan's existing ideas and bottlenecks, allowing the apostles of the Esoteric Arts Research Institute to find the right direction.
Zhang Ye became a researcher there.
Then he was confused and studied alchemy theory and element theory with the apostles and other great figures, while cramming the knowledge base of the Yao clan. Now, he has basically caught up.
After the meeting there, he took the initiative to apply to go to the [Flying Boat Ring Road].
The reason is also curiosity and interest.
An artificial ring road that encircles the world is like the reins to tame a giant beast, making Zhang Ye feel very handsome and crazy.
…
As the flying boat landed steadily, Zhang Ye patted a box at the back and said, "Zequiel, let's go."
The treasure chest monster Zequiel followed him and jumped out of the cabin.
Seven years later, Zhang Ye returned to Jindan Kingdom again. He smelled the familiar sour air and his body relaxed.
"Zhang Ye."
Zhang Cheng, wearing iron armor, stood beside two iron horses and had been waiting for a long time.
“Brother!”
Zhang Ye laughed, fixed the treasure chest monster Quinzel behind him, and then rode along with his elder brother.
"It's better to go to heaven. A real man should have ambitions in all directions."
Zhang Cheng continues to support his brother.
Zhang Ye said, "Brother, take off your helmet."
“…”
Zhang Cheng didn't answer.
Zhang Ye had expected this reaction. He sighed and said, "Brother, are you already a ghost?"
Zhang Cheng slowly took off his helmet, revealing an old face inside, but below the neck was a body made of metal.
Zhang Ye was stunned: "This, this..."
Zhang Cheng grinned: "I don't want to be a flesh-and-blood person anymore!"
He moved his arms, making metallic clicking sounds. "How are my mechanical prostheses? I don't want to give in to death so early, so I gave up my weak flesh and blood body and chose this set of mechanical prostheses that cover my entire body, leaving only my head and internal organs. Based on the Heart-Erosion Seal, my internal organs are not bad now, but my bones and muscles have atrophied severely."
"Thanks to God Yao, I am now the first mechanical alchemist. In the future, there will be more and more alchemists like me who embrace mechanical bodies!"
Zhang Cheng clenched his five fingers into a fist, his eyes sparkling with confidence: "We will soon let everyone know what amazing achievements an alchemist will make when he has a long life!"
(End of this chapter)