Chapter 934
Spider Silk Cultivation Method and the Relationship Between Humans and Nature
Chapter 934 Spider Silk Cultivation Method and the Relationship Between Humans and Nature
In the Three Caverns, thousands of the finest rangers arrived in the city-state established by Orion.
The Golden Tree scattered leaves imbued with golden phantoms, each leaf carrying knowledge of apprentice-level flight spell models that Locke had prepared specifically for them. This knowledge was primarily intended for his own Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow, and he planned to use these rangers to deduce the corresponding flight spells.
Since these rangers are part of his own power system, this is essentially still his own process of deducing and improving the spell model.
But who says that just because a spell model is being improved, one has to think for oneself?
Locke waved his hand, and the thousands of apprentice-level magical plants he had cultivated from the seeds of the Great Azure Owl Dragon Sparrow in the Three Caves World flew toward the group of forest rangers.
Behind the golden tree, nightmare creatures were laughing loudly, waiting for the rangers to enter the Emerald Dream.
Locke looked into the emerald dream.
'According to the principles of the Emerald Dream, nightmares will actively seek out entrants from the same world. Those nightmares are coming for me. Something's not right; why are there so many nightmare creatures appearing in the Wizarding World recently?'
'Those nightmare creatures varied in strength, and their bodies were wreathed in heavy particles of the elemental ring.'
'Could it be...?'
Locke saw crystallization marks on the nightmare creatures. For example, there was a tree covered with the marks of a dead tree, its roots withered and its body covered with scars from being cut down. On its left chest, there was a crystal-like heart. It was clearly a tree-man, but it had the heart of a mammal on its chest. And that beating heart was crystallized, with some kind of red liquid flowing inside the crystal.
Seeing this, Locke frowned. He never expected that his attempt to deduce spell models and forge his own Power Leaf system would lead him to accidentally discover this bizarre thing called [Crystal Nightmare] after connecting the Emerald Dream with the Golden Tree.
Is the impact of the Magic Plant Crystallization Technology really that significant?
Moreover, this magical plant crystallization also seems to produce a large number of heavy particles of the chromium element.
If that's the case, then Jungle Hand will inevitably come into contact with this technological approach sooner or later.
Furthermore, it's unknown how many ruthenium heavy particles will be produced; currently, it seems that the rate of production is extremely fast...
The creation of void warships will generate heavy particles of the elemental ring, which is something that is difficult to completely avoid in the development of civilization. However, the crystallization technology route of magical plants is another matter entirely.
Behind the golden tree lies the entrance to the dimensional portal leading to the Emerald Dream. A colossal nightmare crawls out from behind the portal, seemingly intent on devouring everyone present. A pulsating crystal heart emanates from its withered trunk.
"Hahaha... A gateway to a new world, a world brimming with damned life magic. I will destroy this world."
"This is the scent of my hometown, the scent of my homeland. I remember now, I was turned into a crystal by a group of wizards in that world, and now I want to turn all life forms in this world, especially humans, into crystal."
Thick smoke from the heavy particles of the arsenic permeated everyone, and every ranger standing in this city-state felt a sharp pain in their lungs.
Every breath seemed to carry a heavy burden.
As soon as these heavy particles of uranium appeared, they quickly vaporized into light particles of tritium. Countless blue-green toxic fumes fell from the sky, spreading like a thin mist over the Three Caves World, a region where such high-energy-density elements should not normally exist.
Orion watched the two forces with unease.
"Teacher, what are these...?"
Locke said, "Scars of civilization, substances that could not possibly exist in a region like the Three Caves World where the level of civilization is not yet sufficient."
This is indeed true.
Since __cpLocations that can produce heavy particles of the ruthenium element are essentially equivalent to advanced civilizations, the wizard civilization can make a preliminary judgment on the civilization level of a region by detecting the density of heavy particles of the ruthenium element in the endless void.
Because these elemental particles are always produced during the manufacture of void spacecraft, if a region has a large number of heavy particles of the arsenic element, it can even indicate that the region has a very mature and extensive history of void space travel, which means that the region is a high-level civilization.
After his last encounter with Hell, Locke did some research and discovered that the Hellfire in Hell produces a large number of heavy particles of the element Hoar.
Therefore, a major source of nightmares in the Emerald Dream is Hell!
Orion turned to look at the hideous and terrifying monster.
"It turns out that the development of civilization does not necessarily mean that everything is a good thing."
Locke laughed and said, "What are you thinking? At least for the Three Cave Worlds, the development of civilization is an absolutely good thing. Because your civilization is still far from being able to produce substances like heavy particles of the element Huan. Of course, as civilization develops, the ability to do good things will increase, but the ability to do bad things will also increase. That's why the Endless Void needs us Rangers."
Orion nodded. "Yes, as long as we Rangers are here, we must eliminate such monsters."
Orion manipulated the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow given to him by Locke. At the same time, he had already used the flight-type spell model obtained from the Leaf of Knowledge. The power leaf [Wings of Grass and Trees] formed by the resonance suddenly resonated with him. That power leaf, through the Path of Nemesis - Leaf of Power as the intermediate medium, absorbed the excellent qualities in Orion's own soul, gained power, and evolved.
A brand new leaf of power is born.
[The wings of plants are severed!]
The Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow behind Orion spread its banana-leaf wings, drawing an arc in the sky, and struck the Crystal Nightmare that had entered this plane with its wings. Instantly, many of the Crystal Nightmare's withered tree branches were cut in two.
Orion said, "As long as I am here, I will never allow such a blasphemous thing to run rampant."
His hunting axe struck the Crystal Nightmare, which immediately shrank back into the Emerald Dream in pain.
Locke, on the other hand, summoned the leaf of power from Orion.
"I see. There have been some changes to the spell model in the mobility area, but it's not really an optimization. It's just that the direction of the Wings of Grass has been specialized."
"Given that Orion is the second-circle War God of this world, and considering that I unintentionally created the Leaf of Power system using the Beast Panel, it's normal for such a change to occur. However, the topic of humans and plants evolving together is indeed worth further research."
"Once I become a Star Ring Wizard, I can try to apply to the academy for a laboratory to conduct related research."
Although it may be difficult to obtain any results in the short term.
Locke quickly engraved two equal power leaves and then placed them into the synthesis cube.
Indeed, at the current level, according to the relationship between genius and power leaves that I designed for mutual growth, the most I can achieve is to increase and enrich the number of my power leaves, leading to prosperity.
However, by using the synthesis cube to upgrade these Power Leaves, you can quickly increase the level of your Power Leaves.
……
Along the Tianjiang River, the witch Rose looked down at her shadow in the room, at the star ring that represented the Void's warning.
She breathed a sigh of relief. "I've finally successfully advanced to the Star Ring Wizard level."
"From now on, the world will be vast and boundless, like a fish leaping over the dragon gate. Is this what it feels like to be marked as a dangerous life form by the endless void?"
Rose the Witch closed her eyes, clenching her fists. An invisible force enveloped her; her advancement to Star Ring Wizard had made her immense magic extremely concentrated, capable of generating a gravitational pull akin to a real, tangible phenomenon, affecting everything around her. Small objects in her office floated up automatically, drawn by her power.
Rose the Witch said, "However, in order to advance to the Star Ring Wizard level, I needed to improve my power system. In order to be one step ahead of Locke, I borrowed 100 million magic stones through the Tacitus family, myself, and my great-grandmother's name. In addition, with the special inheritance of the Rose Council's second-ring wizard secret realm, I was able to advance to the Star Ring Wizard level, ahead of Locke."
"Never mind. At least this action makes me look good."
"However, this means I may not be able to pay off these debts within ten years. Moreover, it has consumed one of my world's rare artifacts, the Codex of the Rose. That is a wonderful thing, which can superimpose the knowledge of magic of past Rose Witches onto me in a short period of time. Although the Codex of the Rose can only record the knowledge of magic of each past Rose Witch at the second circle stage, it is enough for me."
Rose the Witch pondered, "Of course, if we can wipe out Silver Peach Garden, my personal income should be between fifty and eighty million. So, wiping out Silver Peach Garden is an extremely tempting thing for me."
The witch Rose shook a copper bell and summoned her assistant.
She is about to officially declare war on the Silver Peach Garden.
At this moment, she was a Star Ring Wizard, while Locke was just an ordinary Second Ring Wizard. This was the best time for her to strike!
The witch Rose summoned her assistants and said to them, "Silver Peach Garden operates on a capital-intensive model. I want you to acquire as many of Silver Peach Garden's shops as possible. The more they cut their losses and sell shops to survive, the lower the value of their shop alliance will be."
"Now we'll buy up their stores at rock-bottom prices."
"At the same time, I will launch a magical plant product called Copper Dart Flying Rose, which is aimed at the Peach Dart Branch, the only one in Silver Peach Garden that can still make money."
Joshua, as the chief designer, said, "There's a problem. I'm a little worried about the flying magical plant in the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow series."
Rose the Witch said, "It's not a big problem. Flying magical plants are different from weapon-type magical plants. Besides, large flying magical plants are basically tactical-level weapons or higher, which require a lot of investment. And even if they sell well, it's Aladdin's shops that are allied, not Silver Peach Garden. I've investigated, and the corruption problem in Silver Peach Garden can't be solved by one or two super items. Nor can it be solved by one or two strong people. If I were Locke Augustine, I would think about how to cut my losses and survive, and hedge my bets to ensure that I never fail."
Rose the Witch said, "However, this time I'm doing this so that I can become a Star Ring Wizard five years earlier."
"Too many hidden dangers have been left behind. So I need at least six months of buffer time."
Joshua the wizard showed curiosity.
"Boss, you've hired a high-level wizard from your family to help you calculate the fictional symbols in your power system. Is there any potential problem with that?"
Rose the Witch said, "Yes. But not many. Because he's just a supporting character; the main idea came up to me myself."
Spider silk appeared around Rose the witch, each type of silk with a different color and texture, seemingly 331 kinds, each very unique. "I use different kinds of spider silk to express my power system. Each type of spider silk represents one of my basic powers. 331 kinds of spider silk can express my textile magic, as well as my breeding magic and prophetic magic."
"And thus I developed my own unique breeding method—the spider silk breeding method."
"My spider silk cultivation method even resulted in the publication of one article in Zone 1 of the Second Ring and three articles in Zone 2 of the Second Ring. Unfortunately, due to the popularity of the magic plant crystallization technology, it didn't attract any attention at all."
Rose the Witch sighed.
"It's all about timing and fate."
With a wave of her hand, Rose the Witch conjured countless spider silk threads in front of her. These threads intertwined, and with a flick of her finger, they were stirred up, turning into a mass of meringue-like silk. Then, with a gentle touch of her magic ring, she sprayed cold air into the meringue-like silk, freezing the entire silk culture medium into a block of ice.
Rose the Witch snapped her fingers, and the ice sublimated, leaving countless tiny holes that were not completely visible to the naked eye, like a sponge.
In her article, this substance was referred to as "sponge-like spider silk culture medium".
It's actually used to replace potting soil.
This sponge-like spider silk culture medium can simulate the growth environment of magical plants to the greatest extent possible, reducing laboratory costs. Moreover, it is difficult to retain biological toxins and magical pathogens, so it can be used to cultivate virus-free plants.
Not only can it reduce costs, but each protein fiber of the spongy spider silk can be individually controlled to transport water and nutrients. This means that it can provide full-cell-level nutrition to a magical plant, allowing it to grow to its optimal state.
This method of spider silk cultivation can be said to be the greatest source of Rose the Witch's achievements, no less than those in textile magic, and the culmination of her breeding achievements.
She is confident that this cultivation method will have a better future than the Magic Plant Crystallization technology.
She can also discover more about the future from this technological path.
Rose the Witch said, "The spider silk cultivation method allows me to cultivate magical plants more effectively. There are relatively few wizards researching this, and currently only the Wizarding University in the Starfield Sea is conducting related research. My progress is likely only slightly slower than theirs. In addition, I cultivate a unique method that extracts spider silk factors and converts them into plant factors, allowing plants to produce specific spider proteins and unique spider silk. The two form a positive cycle, completely integrating my breeding science and textile magic into a system."
Admiration flashed in Joshua's eyes.
Rose the Witch said, "However, to complete all this, I would normally need five to ten years. In order to surpass Locke Augustine, I have no choice but to mobilize the support my family has given me and do everything I can to become a Star Ring Wizard before him. As a result, my ultimate magic, Spider Paradise, has been mixed with some of other people's ideas, and I need to spend half a year digesting this side effect."
Joshua said, "Alright. Although you are a little inconvenient to move around now, you are still a Star Ring Wizard."
"That's your advantage."
"I really envy you prestigious wizards who can easily hire high-ring wizards for genuine help. We common wizards wouldn't dare hire high-ring wizards even if we had the money, for fear they might do something underhanded."
"We should take advantage of your current position as a Star Ring Wizard and quickly attack Silver Peach Garden. Ideally, we should take it down before you finish absorbing the ultimate magic. According to my data, I have already recruited quite a few outstanding young talents to join our Olaye."
Joshua said, "Don't worry, with my method, we'll have a significant advantage, at least in selecting talent."
Rose the Witch nodded and said, "Alright, I'll just wait for Locke Augustine to go bankrupt. Once he's bankrupt, I'll give him the position of chief designer, and you can be promoted to my senior partner."
A strange look flashed in Joshua's eyes.
"You have a very broad mind."
Rose the Witch laughed, “My teacher and his teacher both want to devour each other. I also want to devour Locke Augustine. It’s not a life-or-death struggle between us, it’s just a matter of ranking.”
"If I want to go further, I need to be more confident. I need to utilize more people."
……
One hundred years have passed in the Three Cavern Worlds. Although the Time Stele was used, the quality of this time acceleration is higher than the time difference generated by the previous Three Cavern Worlds' own time flow.
However, the concentration of magical tides and the Light of the Mind in this world are still very thin. Therefore, for Locke, the changes in the essence of his life over the past hundred years are equivalent to only one day in the Wizarding World. However, the Time Monument has increased the concentration of the Light of the Mind in this world, so Locke can now engage in more complex thinking in this world, unlike before when he needed to replenish the depletion of his Light of the Mind with the Potion of Zero every time he pondered something complex.
Nevertheless, this world could never reach the level of the wizarding world.
However, at least this allows me to think about some complex issues and also improves the average quality of people born in this world.
The total number of Rangers in the Three Cavern Worlds has reached one million. Each person can become a Ranger by sensing nature and searching for Leaves of Power. This one million population has given rise to fifty-one types of Leaves of Power, which, together with the Leaves of Power designed by Locke himself, constitute one hundred and thirty-one types of Leaves of Power for flying magical plants.
In addition, there are one hundred types of Power Leaves for attack and one hundred types of Power Leaves for defense.
There are a total of 331 kinds of leaves of power.
Through Locke's continuous synthesis, he summarized three final products that were useful to him: the offensive botanical magic [Sunlight Fern Spear] based on the sea ginseng, the [Azure Bird Flight] designed based on the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow, and the defensive spell model [Azure Bird Wing Shield] designed based on the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow.
All three spell models are at the first-level crystallization stage.
This means that Locke has pushed his Power Leaf system to the crystallization stage, which has led to the Nemesis Path Power Leaf reaching the crystallization stage, and set Crystal Nightmare as the Rangers' nemesis, launching special attacks against them.
These three spell models are all suitable for myself and my magical plants, so they will definitely be superior to those before.
Of course, Locke was still not entirely satisfied with this outcome.
The reason is simple: he has not yet advanced the Leaf of Power to the second ring stage, thus laying the foundation for his own Star Ring.
Secondly, I need to design more spell models around the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow series, even second-ring spell models, which can lay the foundation for the development of the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow's flying weapon platform.
At this time, in Orion's city-state, Orion was already an old man, and his eyes were filled with increasing doubt as he grew older.
He has retired from frontline combat, handing over the fighter jets to younger players.
Orion looked at Locke, who was still incredibly handsome and whose face seemed untouched by time, and felt quite envious.
But then he realized that his own son could also become a wizard, and so he felt relieved.
Orion looked at Locke and asked, “Teacher, as I get older, I feel more and more confused. You once asked me who I am. I realized that there are many versions of myself in this world: myself, the me in the eyes of others, and the me in society. I thought I understood, but as I get older, a question suddenly arises in my mind: although I know who I am, I don’t know... what kind of relationship I have with nature.”
Orion looked at Locke and said, "Teacher, I'm old. Can you tell me why?"
Locke stood beside him, looking down at the Ranger city-state of the Three Holes World, and pondered for a moment.
"The foundation of all interpersonal relationships is your relationship with nature."
Orion paused for a moment, then gave a wry smile.
"I still don't understand."
“Teacher, over the years, the number of city-states has been increasing. There are already more than 20,000 city-states in this world. As the holy center of the Rangers, I have been advised by many to establish an organization above the city-state alliance. But I have refused them all.”
Locke asked, "Why?"
Orion leaned against the city walls with both hands and said, "Because it goes against nature. Teacher, you told me that nature is the most real and true thing in this world, so why should something that doesn't exist in nature appear?"
"I have set the standard for this world for you."
“I created this prosperous world for you. I witnessed the fall of the age of gods and the birth of this godless world. To maintain the original state of this world, I will not allow those so-called 'kingdoms' to appear. I have already seen those things.”
Orion said, "It's just a situation where the strong bully the weak, and the weak bully each other. I've seen hardworking people who can't eat the food they grow. I've seen hunters who can't use the pelts of the animals they hunt."
"If such a thing appears, I see a greedy beast, controlled by a few, oppressing the majority of the rest."
Orion said, “Teacher, I understand. You will support me. Because we are Rangers, we will not allow anything that leads to injustice to occur. Let the times stand still at this moment. Let them stand still in this prosperous world.”
Orion seemed to realize that his life was nearing its end, and he laughed.
At the same time, a huge crystal nightmare suddenly appeared behind the city-state's golden tree. It was a second-ring nightmare that Orion had been fighting for a hundred years. It seemed to be a nightmare born from the death of a second-ring level magical plant. It was not low-level. Its original form should have been a corn plant.
This corn nightmare started howling.
“Orion, you foolish rangers who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, you are old and feeble. You are no match for me, and you have not fought me since thirty years ago in your world. Come in, enter the Emerald Dream, didn’t you say you would destroy me fifty years ago?”
"I've been waiting for you in the Emerald Dream for a whole day and night. Hahaha..."
Orion gripped the battle axe he hadn't taken out in a long time, which was on his back.
"Teacher, this may be my last battle."
(End of this chapter)