Chapter 122: Cleaning up before departure

shock!

Surprised!

And unbelievable!

The Devil is above——

Shirley Moonblade was willing to swear her own name to the Demon Lord that she had never seen such a shocking scene!

When the Demon King replaced the sample in the glass slide with a dyed onion skin slice, the originally chaotic pond instantly turned into a well-ordered world.

The disorganized cells all became one shape and were arranged neatly, like a wall made of transparent bricks.

Black shadows of primary colors float in the crystal clear bricks of the city wall, and you can vaguely see black spots like fruit cores.

Looking at Shirley standing motionless in front of the microscope, Luo Yan stood behind her and said.

"...The transparent blocks are the epidermal cells of the onion, the dark shadows inside are the cell nuclei, and some are impurities such as bubbles or biological debris."

There is also some dust on the lens.

After all, this is just a primitive microscope, and apart from the magnification, it can't guarantee anything else.

More precise microscopes are yet to be explored by the people of this world themselves.

But even so, this world magnified 800 times was shocking enough for Shirley!

"A cell nucleus! What is that?!"

"You think of it like slime, and the nucleus is the brain of the slime."

"Ooooh, so that's how it is! Wait, slimes are enlarged cells?!"

Luo Yan said after a slight pause.

"I'm not sure about that, but it's worth studying... I'll arrange for someone to get some samples back."

As he said this, he had already asked Youyou to issue the tasks, and soon his little players would be able to catch a bunch of them for him.

Shirley had never been seen so focused on one thing. Helen, who had been relatively calm, was also aroused by her curiosity and gradually revealed an impatient expression.

Especially when she saw the devil take out the next pick, she couldn't help but speak in a low voice.

"Please let me see too..."

Looking at Helen's appearance, Luo Yan couldn't help but smile.

"Don't worry, I made it for you guys to use. You all have a chance... Shirley, show it to your sister too."

He originally planned to teach one and then let one teach the other.

But looking at Helen, it seems that she can't wait any longer.

In that case, let’s teach them together.

"Um!"

After hearing the Demon King's order, Shirley reluctantly gave up her seat and her sister moved closer to the eyepiece.

Unlike her carefree sister, Helen cautiously put her eyes close to the eyepiece, but did not dare to get too close. She looked very cautious, fearing that she might damage the Demon King's treasure.

Seeing her cautious look, Luo Yan couldn't help but tease her.

"Don't be so careful. Normal use won't break it."

Helen's cheeks turned slightly red, and after saying "sorry", she closed her eyes completely.

As her eyes gradually adjusted to the light source in the microscope, the whole world in her eyes became brighter.

And at this moment, she finally understood why Shirley was so shocked——

The small lens seemed to take her from the world beneath her feet to another world.

Everything in this world, even its existence itself, completely overturned her original cognition!

Just as the Demon King said, the onion skin that is as thin as a cicada's wing is made up of tiny things called "cells"! "Incredible... Is this really the world after it is magnified 800 times?"

Helen continued to describe her surprise in an excited voice while moving her eyes filled with amazement away from the microscope.

One sample is too little—

She wants more!

"certainly."

Luo Yan nodded, and as she expected, he took out a brand new glass slide and demonstrated in front of the two night elves and the Orks how to use tweezers to take samples from fresh leaves.

After successfully taking the sample, he dropped potassium iodide solution on one side of the glass slide, waited for the solution to spread to the other side of the glass slide, and then placed it on the card slot of the microscope.

"…These are the mesophyll cells near the veins. You can clearly see that these cells are different from the onion epidermal cells we saw before—"

Before he finished speaking, Shirley had already impatiently taken control of the microscope and shouted excitedly while looking into the eyepiece.

"There are some more light green dots!!"

"You have made a very careful observation," Luo Yan nodded approvingly and continued, "Those tiny particles are chloroplasts."

"Chloroplast! What is that!" Shirley asked excitedly.

"To put it simply, they are the organs of cells... They are like magic workshops. Under the sunlight, certain components of the air and water combine to generate the nutrients and energy needed to sustain plant life activities."

Luo Yan used simple and easy-to-understand language as much as possible and omitted the chemical principles involved.

However, even so, Shirley, Helen and Oak were still confused.

"What's in the air?"

"What is that?"

The two night elves asked almost at the same time.

Ouke wanted to ask, but seeing that someone had already asked, he didn't say anything.

Luo Yan thought for a moment and spoke in a leisurely tone.

"This involves another point of knowledge... I'll arrange for someone to talk to you about it later. Anyway, for now you just need to understand that those tiny green dots are the source of energy for most plants."

Biology is still a little too advanced.

Perhaps I should start from the more basic "microscopic particle theory" and the concept of the composition of their scientific world.

But at this moment, Youyou, who was floating beside him, reminded him in a low voice that it seemed that someone among the players in the cemetery had explained similar things to the NPC, and seemed to have successfully made the NPC understand.

There is no doubt that the person who is speaking is a talented person, and the person who is listening is also a talented person!

For Luo Yan, this news was an unexpected surprise. It seemed that physics and chemistry classes would be arranged soon.

Helen and Shirley looked at each other, and saw confusion and a hint of shock in each other's eyes.

After listening to the Demon King for so long, they always felt that the Demon King knew everything, and the knowledge he casually mentioned could be based on facts and could not be made up.

Are all the demons in the Demon City so knowledgeable? Or is this gentleman the only one who is special...

After explaining the concepts of cell structure and organelles, Luo Yan asked Shirley to give the microscope to Helen, and then explained it again to the latter.

After seeing the "vision" before her, Helen's face was still filled with shock, but the confusion in her eyes gradually turned into joy of gradually understanding everything.

"So that's how it is... We always thought that the reason why plants can grow is because of some special energy contained in the light, but we didn't expect it to be because of these little guys."

She knew that plants needed sunlight to grow.

However, neither she, the priests of the tribe, nor the plants themselves understood the deeper reasons behind this.

Luo Yan continued what she said.

"Your understanding is actually not wrong, but light and heat themselves are a kind of energy... It is a form of energy that is different from magic."

"But there is one thing I don't understand." Helen hesitated and asked, "But why can some plants live in places without sunlight?"

"Because 'photosynthesis' is not the only way for plants to obtain energy, and not all plants can perform photosynthesis. For example, some fungi that grow on rotten vegetation can breathe like us and decompose other plants to obtain energy. Another example is some special magical creatures. They have many characteristics that we don't understand. Who knows, these characteristics may help them absorb the magical elements floating in the air... These are all possible."

Specific problems require specific analysis.

Luo Yan hopes to open her mind instead of fixing her thinking in a fixed framework.

Once science becomes dogma, what he is doing is no different from what Linter Isaac did.

It's just that it changed from the Mechanicus to the Bioticism, or something else.

Looking at Helen and Shirley who seemed to understand but not quite, Luo Yan continued in a gentle tone.

"There's not much I can teach you. There are many things that not only you but I am also still figuring out myself."

After a pause, he continued.

"I will be back to the Magic City in a while. I hope that while I'm away, you can carefully study the information and after-class questions I left for you. And most importantly, I hope that you can thoroughly master this tool and use it to study the impact of natural magic on life activities at the microscopic level... and how to actively interfere with this impact."

"As you command! Leave it to Shirley, Lord Demon!" Shirley was as positive as ever, patting her chest with bright eyes and saying, "I will definitely not let you down!"

"Me too... I feel like I already have some ideas in my mind, maybe it will work!" Helen nodded seriously, with unprecedented fighting spirit burning in her eyes.

If she had some doubts about the usefulness of this knowledge at the beginning, wondering whether it could really help repair the crystal on the fourth dome, now she no longer had any doubts in her heart.

The weight of this knowledge even surpassed this maze and stood at a height she had never looked up to.

Luo Yan was very satisfied with their answers.

It is said that interest is the best teacher.

With his half-baked level, he can at best introduce the two of them to the subject. To really delve into the subject, they still have to rely on themselves.

While speaking, Luo Yan did not forget the other "student" present - Ou Ke, who was hiding in the corner and just listening eagerly, and did not participate in the discussion from beginning to end.

"And you, Oak, I have higher expectations for you... Since we can enlarge the stone slab with the inscription 800 times, there is a way to reduce the dot pattern of the Hades 800 times, or even integrate a whole book of Hades on a palm-sized metal plate."

When he said this, he reached out and patted the surprised Oak's shoulder.

"Do your best... Also, I'm moving this microscope. If you have time in the next two days, I hope you can make another one according to the methods I taught you. If you have any difficulties, you can ask my minions for help."

In order to prevent his subordinates from fighting due to conflicts of belief and culture, Luo Yan prepared a separate magic workshop for the guests of the Grey Wind Tribe, specializing in the research of "natural magic".

As for Oak, his main focus is on studying the underworld language.

After explaining these things, Luo Yan found a monk from the Gecko tribe and asked him to move the microscope to the cave that Arakdo had just dug, and then left Ork's magic workshop.

Watching the back of the Demon King disappear at the door, Ouke couldn't calm down for a long time. He kept chewing on the words that the Demon King had said before he left.

The inscriptions of an entire book are integrated into a palm-sized metal plate!

If someone had said these things to him before, he would have thought that guy was crazy!

However, now, a machine that can magnify objects 800 times is right in front of him, and has just shown him the incredible world! Not to mention integrating the inscriptions of a whole book on a palm-sized metal plate, as long as he can find a way to get a needle thin enough, he is even confident that he can carve flowers on wheat ears! The more Oak thought about it, the more excited he became. Ecstasy first appeared in his eyes, and then it was replaced by worship from the heart.

Praise the Demon King——

"You are simply... a genius!!!"

…

Luo Yan did not expect that his casual remark turned into a raging wave dozens of meters high in Ou Ke's ears, and finally turned into an even louder flattery.

But even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care.

Ever since he became the Demon King, he has heard so many different kinds of flattery that his ears are almost callused.

After leaving Oak's magic workshop, Luo Yan did not stay for long. He took Sarah and Octo with him and rode Arakdo straight to the third level of the maze.

Although the leave note from Shanghai has not been approved yet, it is only a matter of time before it is approved.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

After all, I have legitimate reasons.

Before heading to the Magic City, he had to solve the trouble in his own backyard first.

At the gate of Ironfang City, there was a messy mechanical temple and a group of mole man craftsmen were busy shuttling back and forth.

Sitting on Bond's shoulders, Zhuangzhuang looked around arrogantly, urging the mice to run faster and faster, and then laughing at the ones who fell.

Although this didn't make any sense, it at least made him, the chief, seem less useless, and the anxious look of those rats made him secretly happy.

Not convinced? Fight with the minions of the Demon King! Although Zhuangzhuang couldn't adapt to the identity of the chief at first, and even screamed and wanted to hide, as time went by, he found that he was born to be the chief!

No one is better suited for this job than him!

He looked around with an increasingly arrogant gaze, until Zhuangzhuang saw a figure not far away, then he hurriedly jumped off Bond's shoulder.

"Dear Demon King—"

"No need to be polite."

Ignoring the Mole Man Chief's ostentatious salute, Luo Yan looked around and spoke.

"Just tell me what happened here."

“Yes, yes!”

With a flattering smile on his face, Zhuangzhuang quickly narrated to the Demon King the incident of the monster siege that happened yesterday.

Seeing the thoughtful expression on the devil's face, Zhuangzhuang coughed pretentiously and spoke in a spirited manner.

"...Those clay monsters are really abominable! But Lord Demon, please rest assured that no matter how many of those idiots come, they can only be fertilizer for our Iron Fang City! They can never make us surrender!"

Luo Yan looked at the taciturn Bond.

"Is that so?"

Bond shook his head and spoke in a voice without much fluctuation.

"Those clay golems are very strong, and there are so many of them. I can't handle them all by myself."

After a pause, he continued.

"It was thanks to a ghost who acted in time that his magic was put to good use... If he hadn't arrived to provide support, many Mole People would have died here."

In the final analysis, the fighting power of these mole people is too weak, and they are completely helpless without machines and traps.

At present, the more powerful magic workshops such as Anxunsi Group and Zhengfang Group have pieced together a group of dark exoskeletons, which, together with combat knives and magic guns with inscriptions, have given Tieya City a certain self-defense capability.

However, having said that, no one can guarantee that the next wave of clay golems will be as numerous as the previous ones.

Deciding to solve this problem once and for all, Luo Yan looked up at Bond and continued.

"I heard that some of those clay golems seemed to have escaped?"

"Yes," Bond nodded and answered truthfully, "due to limited manpower, we did not chase them and could only watch them escape."

Luo Yan did not blame him, but comforted him instead.

"It's right that we didn't chase them. We can only find their lair after they run back home... Sarah, I'll leave the tracking to you."

"Um!"

Sarah nodded seriously, then revealed the dagger hidden under her cloak.

Since the battle with Chaos, she had become much quieter and spoke less and less.

On the contrary, Bond has gradually adapted to his identity as a zombie and has become more talkative than before.

Looking at the Demon King who was getting ready to set off, he volunteered.

"If you are planning to go to the lair of the clay golem, please take me with you."

"No need, you continue to stay here and I will call you if I need you."

While saying this, Luo Yan inadvertently glanced at Zhuangzhuang who was standing next to him.

At least half of the reason he kept Bond here was because he was worried that this guy wouldn't be able to control the situation.

After explaining everything, Luo Yan did not stay in Tieya City any longer, but set off with his teammates.

But at this moment, he suddenly noticed a transparent figure floating not far away, quietly peeking at this side.

At the same time that Luo Yan discovered the ghost, Sarah also immediately noticed its existence and shouted coldly.

“Who’s there!”

Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed, the ghost floated out and raised his hands to indicate that he had no hostility.

"Please don't get me wrong...I'm not some suspicious person."

"All suspicious people say so." The taciturn Octo grinned grimly and turned his gaze to the Demon King beside him, waiting for the Demon King to speak.

Luo Yan didn't say anything, but just looked at the transparent ghost with a playful look.

Noticing the amusement in Luo Yan's eyes, Miranda smiled awkwardly and greeted him reluctantly.

"Respected Lord Demon King, long time no see..."

"It's been a while," Luo Yan nodded, teasing in an intriguing tone, "I thought you would take the initiative to find me, at least say thank you or something, but it seems that you have forgotten your savior."

"That's not the case," Miranda denied hastily, "I've always remembered your kindness, but——"

"Okay, I was just joking." Looking at Miranda who was explaining hurriedly, Luo Yan grinned and said casually, "Thank you for the Tieya City matter."

Seeing that the Demon King did not continue to dwell on the previous matter, Miranda breathed a sigh of relief and said with a shy smile.

"It's a piece of cake. At that time, your minions were teaching me the 118 elements of the Great Cemetery... I just happened to practice with those elemental summons."

The 118 elements of the cemetery? Luo Yan was slightly stunned, his expression immediately became strange, and then he called out Youyou in his mind.

"...The guy who listened to the chemistry pool lecture, could it be him?"

Youyou answered in a light voice.

"Yes, it's him! What's the matter, Demon King?"

Luo Yan: “…Nothing.”

It’s a small world.

He never thought that these two guys would get together.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems normal. Only abnormal people can attract equally abnormal people.

As a talent selected by Novel, anyone else might not be able to understand those complicated theories, let alone absorb them.

Looking at the Demon King who had fallen into silence, Miranda hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Regarding the matter of Novel... I actually have a lot to explain to you in person, but I don't know where to start."

Luo Yan said indifferently.

"It doesn't matter. For me, that incident is over. I hope you think so too."

Looking at Miranda who wanted to say something, Luo Yan suddenly changed the subject and extended an olive branch with a smile.

"Instead of what has already happened, I wanted to ask if you were interested in joining me in the hunt."

Miranda was stunned.

"hunting?"

"That's right," Luo Yan narrowed his eyes and looked into the depths of the maze, and said with a faint smile, "A group of ignorant guys who seem to have forgotten who is the master of this maze. I didn't have time to deal with them before, but now I will teach them a lesson."

Miranda couldn't help but feel cold at the murderous tone.

He was not a man who liked fighting and killing, and instinctively wanted to refuse. However, he did not want to miss this great opportunity to repair his relationship with the Demon King.

After some hesitation, he finally forced a forced but interested smile on his face.

"Happy to serve."

Luo Yan, riding on the spider's back, laughed and waved at him.

"Then follow!"

The group walked towards the depths of the fourth level of the maze.

In the distance, the chemical pool that had just been put online was belatedly chasing out of Tieya City, but saw that the Demon King and his entourage had already "slipped away" and disappeared.

Not only that, that guy also took away the NPC he had abducted with great difficulty!

When he realized that Miranda had disappeared, he swallowed the chemical tank and shouted "Oh shit" in his heart.

His leveling tool! A magic turret that can carry and fight! How could he be so awesome as to be defeated by the Demon King?!

He just felt a little better after reaching five levels yesterday, and he’s not satisfied yet.

“What a bummer!!!”

My routine is totally messed up, I feel dazed.

(End of this chapter)