A contestant from Lotao entered the room and was slightly startled when he saw the half-made magic device on the table.
He hesitated for a moment, then walked over and gently pulled out the crystal inserted in the machine, and held it in his hand for a while, looking at it with a strange look in his eyes.
"I've heard that the Empire is researching this thing, but did their inspiration come from here?" He murmured to himself.
He looked up and looked around. There was nothing else in the small room except here. There were only some different materials displayed on the surrounding shelves. Common ones and rare ones. Other than that, the scenery was the same, as if every door
After all, it's the same boring space.
The player looked at the crystal in his hand and frowned:
"So the topic here is to restore this tower magic furnace?"
And at the same time.
In a different room, Zheng Yongzai was putting his hand on his chin, looking at the same magic furnace with a frown. He was staring closely at the core crystal in the tower-type magic furnace, with a look of confusion on his face.
Come on.
"What would Sister Vikki do if she were here?"
"What will Brother Ed do?" He couldn't help but said to himself.
But the lady in the boy's mouth was unhesitatingly dismantling the magic furnace and directly taking out the crystal and throwing it aside. She walked directly to the shelf aside and selected what she needed with her eyes.
Material.
Yes, cold iron, star crystal, pine wood.
Vikki's eyes flashed with a heavy light.
In another room, Weiyu who opened the door couldn't help but was slightly startled. He stopped and looked at the scene in front of him, with a little surprise on his face, and then he smiled and shook his head, "Tower magic furnace, hehe, Empire
people."
But at this moment, different rooms, different players. At the same moment, they are facing the same choice.
Juno's face was expressionless, but Georgifen in the other room showed an expression of sudden realization.
Haigrim was overjoyed, while Hei just looked at the magic furnace silently.
That's the tower magic furnace——
This masterpiece from seven centuries ago in the history of the empire was the brainchild of many generations of alchemists, but four of them made indelible contributions in the process.
First of all, they were the student of the great alchemist, Hain-Fam. And his student, Hellinwell, as well as two other unknown geniuses. One of them is said to be the founder of the Flame Blade Workshop.
, but this workshop has long since been annihilated along with its owner in the long history of the empire.
Of course, from today's perspective, many functions of this old and outdated product seem very backward and out of date, but there is one advantage that other technical routes cannot match:
That is its original ability to purify ether.
Even though the mixed elements of ether are no longer a problem in today's era, because people discovered a trick in the years after that, because mortals have shown amazing abilities to expand their populations during their reproduction after several eras.
.
The current group has not only developed significantly compared to the weak and tiny clan they were in the Numelin era, but has also far surpassed its former masters who once owned this land - the Numelin elves.
.
In this huge empire, even a few people with special elemental suitability are selected among those people. And these people are enough to form a huge group.
Today's magic furnace, after abandoning its original clumsy and useless functions, has become more sensitive and more focused on its own path. It is true that it is no longer suitable for most people, but the simplified design makes it
Travel light and become more efficient.
In the past, such a design was regarded as a huge innovation.
It brought about the rapid development of alchemy since the third century and the prosperous era of alchemy in the Year of the Seven Sages. During that era, great alchemists appeared one after another, and one after another promoted further progress in technology.
Then the time comes when the great glory returns.
But later generations looked back from such an era and found those backward technologies from the pile of old papers, and found that they were not all useless, but maybe they were waiting for a suitable opportunity.
Sprout.
Given the right opportunity, they may also play an unimaginable role.
Cui Xisi admired the finished product as if it were a work of art. She smiled proudly and put it down gently. She chuckled and said the answer: "The backwardness in the past was probably based on various constraints.
,Yes."
The girl nodded and placed it on the table, then looked up at the time - only a quarter of an hour had passed.
There is an identical clock hanging in every room.
The pointer above is beating slowly and steadily, just like time is passing and will never return.
She continued softly: "Once the conditions are ripe, the technologies in history may regain their luster. They are just waiting silently for all opportunities to come. Because that is not necessarily true backwardness, it may also be too advanced.
——”
"When we look back on the past, we are just picking up the gold lost in the gravel."
"Let others judge what you think."
She replied, opened the door and walked out.
But is it really so?
In the same room, Fang Plover stared at the magic furnace for a long time. On the brass shell, the world in which it was born was engraved, which was an era that belonged to the past:
——The 409th year of the Imperial Star Calendar, the 22nd day of the last month, even accurate to the hour and minute, 14:13. He could imagine that when the young alchemist in history completed this work, he raised his head and looked at
that moment in time.
Then the other party lowered his head again and picked up the seal knife in his hand, and the time was frozen.
He saw that behind the round table and behind the magic furnace, there seemed to be a shadow hanging down. It was a young alchemist in robes, wearing a monocle, looking at his masterpiece.
He murmured: "Did we succeed?"
Fang Plover didn't answer.
The story he heard in the space of Silver Spire, the answer to all that.
That question actually has nothing to do with right or wrong.
The alchemists have already embarked on this path, from the moment they took over the world from the elves of Numerin. If they stop, the darkness that will follow will swallow everything up.
It has also been engraved in history:
'Disaster will come again, and the enemies of the past will return.'
That is a hunter who covets the destiny outside the world. He will follow the net to find the trembling at every end point. No matter whether the prey there resists or struggles in vain, its destiny will surely arrive.
From the moment mortals choose their destiny, everything is doomed.
The azure tail of light, that incomparably bright river of light, will travel across the sky at that moment.
The only thing that remains unanswered is how the end point will be written, and how mortals should control the destiny of themselves and the world.
Before the elves of Numerin left this world, they gave mortals the right to choose, and those people who sang and wept did indeed seize a corner of the shackles of their own destiny.
All mortals lack is the strength to tear it apart.
Therefore, all the grand destiny after that will be eclipsed before that.
That will be everything engraved on the history of the mortals of Aitaria. Those who walk on this path strive to find the only correct answer, so as to avoid the world reaching the point of no return in repeated situations over and over again.
the end point.
That is the alchemists of a thousand years, the three geniuses of the empire seven hundred years ago, and the current owners of the tower - Farif, Atush and Miss Tata, as well as what he faced
.
and all the choices that must be made.
He couldn't figure out the significance of this phantom's existence here, so he didn't speak.
After a moment, another figure appeared. Beside that figure, he spoke to the former:
"The great prophecy allows us to understand the powerful enemies we must face, and we also see everything in the future from the brilliance of the blue. Whether we succeed or not is not important. What is important is that we must choose the right path."
The speaker was quiet and calm, as if his heart was strong enough. Fang Yu suddenly understood who this was—Jeldem, one of the three geniuses.
In Aona's description, Helinwell is a scholar-type genius who is smart, focused, and always full of unparalleled confidence in his field, but he is relatively soft, gentle, and thrifty on the outside.
Jeldham, on the other hand, is an alchemist who was born as a craftsman. There is a big gap between the definition of craftsmen in that era and today. He is an engineer-born professional with strong hands-on ability, and he runs a workshop himself.
Strong personality, but rational and calm.
Jeldham's shadow continued:
"Our former friends may have broken up with us because of this, but what I learned from alchemy is that going back to the past cannot solve all problems. The only possibility I can think of to win is to go faster than the enemy."
"But what we need to solve is how to avoid going down the same path as our enemies?" he asked rhetorically, as if giving a speech, "our goal is to save our world, not to let it sink."
"...The enemy draws power from the starlight, but we cannot replicate it in this way. There are endless enemies in the darkness. They have the army of constructs, dark creatures, and everything in the void produced by the starlight.
Everything created.”
"Our only advantage is what the Numerin elves value. Mortals are weak but numerous. If we can turn everyone into a warrior like the elves, indeed, we still have a chance to win the final victory.
.”
"But," his tone deepened, "we have not really reached the end of this road. The non-attribute crystal can allow us to avoid using the power of the origin of this world, but the non-attribute crystal is too weak and can hardly withstand the ether.
"
"It's just like... mortals."
"You are wrong, Jeldham," the first man raised his head and said softly, "Have you ever heard of the second technical route?"
This is Hellinwell, and Fang Plover recognized the owner of this voice.
Hellinwell continued: "My teacher, the great alchemist, heard that there is a technology in the far east that can incorporate the dragon soul into the crystal lattice, so that the dragon soul and the crystal strengthen each other, and create incomparable
The Holy Crystal. Now he has gone to the Kingdom of Kaolin-Yinxiulian alone, just to test the possibility."
"What you said is indeed possible, Helinwell," Jeldham shook his head, "but the premise is that the second technical route exists. Do you know what kind of dragon soul is suitable?"
"It's the Fairy Dragon Soul——"
The engineer concluded: "The spirit of the fairy dragon does not exist in the world."
Hellingwell also fell silent, but seemed not to agree.
Fang Yu also listened to this conversation in silence.
At first he thought this conversation was to him, but later he found out that it was not. Both parties in the conversation regarded him as nothing. It was like an echo that was born in the void, lingering seven centuries ago.
But why did this scene appear in front of me?
Perhaps the hunters of darkness have witnessed everything, exploring through the mortals on their path, sneering at the struggles of the tiny mortals in this world.
Those golden eyes recorded everything, engraved it in the immortal memory, and transmitted it to his senses through the ring of golden flames. He pressed the cold and hot ring with his hand.
The ring of golden flames trembled slightly.
Miss Tata suddenly appeared from his side and looked at this scene calmly. She rarely appeared on her own initiative, but the space in the tower was relatively safe.
Fang Yu and her looked at each other and saw the issue that the two geniuses were discussing.
In fact, today, centuries later.
Already answered——
At this moment, another voice echoed. The voice was sonorous and powerful, and seemed full of power. As soon as Fang Yu heard that voice, he realized that it was completely different from the president in his impression.
The Friston he knew at that era was gentle and gentle, like a true aristocratic gentleman, but this voice seemed a bit aggressive:
"Vulgar people can't see this. It's a pity that some of our colleagues think this path is wrong." A third figure appeared, "Both of you, I have my own ideas. We really want to
Are you stuck on this road with no future?"
He shook his head.
"That's not true. Without finding a suitable carrier, what's the point of inventing this magical furnace? It's like an empty shell without a soul. In addition to providing us with self-comfort - the future may be uncertain.
Someone will use it. Other than that, it means nothing."
"I think Jeldham's view has some truth, but it's not perfect yet," Friston said. "I have a simplified method. Jeldham, do you still remember your star device? Why don't we stop
How about using the enemy's method to defeat the enemy once?"
He looked at the two of them, "We have used the enemy's methods to defeat the enemy once, why not do it again? And unlike them, we don't necessarily need Xinghui. I thought of a way-"
"Friston," Jeldham interrupted, warning, "this is dangerous."
"Nothing we do is without danger," Friston said. "Just as we build a new empire, we can still build a new empire, and it will be worth it. We are alchemists, we
The birth of the world is for the destiny of this world, we don’t need to care so much about those little details.”
"We did not build a new empire to save the world," Helinwell shook his head and disagreed. "It was because some people wanted to do so. The past world was too difficult and many people could no longer gain a foothold in that world.
We have to overthrow it. But those are two different things. If there is a war, how many people will be involved in the war?"
"A woman's kindness, Helinwell," Friston disagreed, "you can never leave the position you belong to, just like those weak nobles."
"I don't agree with you two either," Jeldham said, "Whether it's the old route, or it's as radical as you, Friston. Those filmmakers may also think so, but they will always walk on the edge.
One day we will cross that dangerous line."
The three voices gradually faded away.
Two of the figures disappeared, and Fang Yu stood in the room. He seemed to have witnessed a dispute seven hundred years ago.
He seemed to understand the cause and effect of that dispute, as well as everything that happened after that - the once close friends finally broke up and went their separate ways.
Among the three figures, only one remained in place. The young man in the alchemist's robe was holding the magic furnace. He suddenly raised his head and looked at him silently, and asked:
"So, what's your answer-"
Fang Plover was shocked.
He always thought that he was a bystander, but he didn't expect that Hellingwell would ask him a question. "Wait, wait, Your Excellency... it's Hellingwell, can you see me?"
But the virtual image of the alchemist could predict his speech, and shook his head gently, "I don't know who you are, whether you are young or old, but at my age, I should be able to call you young."
people……"
"Young man, I leave this video here to let you see everything that happened here, because I know you are carrying our things..."
"What's yours?" Fang Yu was startled.
"Yes." Hellingwell nodded, "...In fact, it belongs to one of our old friends."
Fang Yu hesitated for a moment, seeming to remember something.
He subconsciously groped for a while on his body, but suddenly stopped and realized something. He suddenly stopped his hand on his chest, and besides a warm beating heart, there was a mark underneath.
That is the blessing of Alphonse, the tyrant of the earth element.
He suddenly thought of the scene at that time, the confrontation between Nozpiz's underground Alessa and the elemental tyrant, and the other party's inadvertent glance at him. After that, he actually wanted to use this element more than once.
The blessing was taken out, but it remained motionless no matter what.
Fang Yu suddenly realized that he had been plotted.
He raised his head and opened his mouth, "You..."
"It knows I left," Helinwell smiled, "that elemental tyrant."
But he suddenly changed the topic and introduced the other three of them, "You may not know that Jeldham is the most rational person among us. He is very outstanding and can always achieve something that I cannot do."
It's a pity that he is too rational and doesn't want to believe that there are still good hopes in this world."
"He always believes in his calculations and the correct path after calculation can lead us to the final victory. Among all the people Jeldham dislikes the most, Friston must be at the forefront, but the fact is
Sometimes I think that maybe the two of them are more similar."
"But it is this similarity that makes them repel each other. What's more, Jeldham has always known that Friston is not the same type of person as us. He is more ambitious and more eclectic. I can't evaluate this.
It was good or bad for our old friend, but it did allow him to accomplish many things, including overthrowing that decadent dynasty and rebuilding everything again."
"Many people in the outside world tend to have negative opinions about our old friend, but in fact he is not a person obsessed with power. His goal is bigger and pure, and he just wants to save everything. He always
He wanted to be the savior, so much so that he ignored other things. If he really cared about everything in the mortal world, then he might not have left the empire in the first place."
"All in all, these friends of mine can be said to be the best people in the world, but as you can see, no matter how good people are, their vision will be limited by the times. They can neither see the past nor the past.
If you don’t know the future clearly, you can only grope your way forward in the endless darkness to find the right path as possible.”
"Among all the outstanding geniuses of my generation, I am perhaps the most mediocre one. In fact, all my talents and fame come from my teacher - yes, I believe you have heard of that name too.
.The fact that you are here means that you should also be an alchemist, and among the alchemists, there should be no one who does not know my teacher and my teacher’s teacher.”
Helinwell paused for a moment and said modestly: "As for the elemental tyrant Alphonse, the guardian of the elemental realm of Sinta Antu, if disaster strikes, the elemental realm above the sea of light will be the first to collapse.
That’s why it’s on our side.”
"It's just that due to the unique sensitivity of an elemental creature, it doesn't trust Friston, nor does it trust Jeldham's path. What it always trusts is the idea proposed by my teacher. The shadow man came from Xinghui
Draw strength from them and create their own magic furnace army, and if we rely on the power of attribute-free crystals, we will definitely be able to compete with them."
"As for the road Friston is traveling on, it is too dangerous..."
The shadow of Helinwell looked at the magic furnace on the table, "Alphonse will give you its token. This is what we have agreed upon. I believe that the elemental tyrant must have seen some qualities in you.
.”
He pointed at the magic furnace and said: "As you can see, this magic furnace is actually not perfect. We had differences when we designed it, so there were many shortcomings left at the time."
"This is a tower-type magic furnace. In your era, it may still be in use, but it may also have fallen behind and fallen into the dust of the times. But I know alchemists, even so, you must still be there.
We have learned about this kind of thing in history and the meaning of its existence."
Hellingwell stopped and said, "If you can come this far, you must know it well."
He put his hand on the shell of the magic furnace and said in a very soft tone, "So young man, please tell me, where does this magic furnace really need to be improved? I think you must have the answer to that question.
.”
He raised his head, looked at Fang Plover, and said nothing.
Fang Yu just silently looked at the magic furnace on the table, and then looked at the shadow of the great alchemist in history.
Yes, Helinwell was one of the great alchemists in the history of the empire, and he was also one of the most famous. Although for many reasons, his name was shrouded in mystery.
But later, with the help of Jita and Luo Wei, he found a few words about this person from the pile of old papers.
That was also the only one among the three geniuses seven hundred years ago who received this title, and it was awarded by the empire.
It is recorded in history that Helinwell was the successor of Hayne-Fam and an adherent of the Sixth Technical Route. He left countless valuable assets to the empire's alchemy community during his lifetime. After him, Oshur
Human alchemy has truly entered an era of rapid development.
If the era of the Seven Sages belonged to an era when alchemy was forging ahead, and the great alchemist he faced was undoubtedly the most important founder before that era.
During his lifetime, he was a gentle elder and a reformist. Except for the feat of establishing the Northern Dynasty with his companions, he had almost no extraordinary behavior in his life.
Even less than arguing with others.
He left many precious legacies, not just the Tower Magic Furnace. Later, when he left the empire and went to Kaolin-Yinxiulian, he was just following in the footsteps of his mentor.
After that, no one saw the great alchemist again.
Under the gaze of the shadow of the great alchemist's youth, Fang Plover remained silent for a moment before gently nodding towards him.
"Then Mr. Hellingwell," he said, "please look at it."
He walked forward and took down the materials from the shelf, but they were just the most common materials. It didn't even look like he wanted to perfect the magic furnace, but just wanted to make some changes to it.
Fang Yu said nothing and only silently carried out a series of preparations. When he completed the last step, he raised his head and looked at the time - one hour.
That is already his limit.
He turned the magic furnace to face him, then removed the pipe loop on the magic furnace with his bare hands, installed another one, and made some adjustments.
After all preparations were completed, Fang Yu raised his head and looked at the shadow again, as if his eyes were looking at the genius behind the shadow through seven hundred years, and he spoke.
"Senior Hellingwell, actually you and I already understand that this magic furnace does not require an element purification circuit."
Because it was not originally born for that purpose.
He continued, "Its real name is actually not called the Tower Magic Furnace."
There was a hint of surprise in Shadow's eyes.
Fang Yu took out a crystal from the immersion liquid and installed it on the magic furnace.
Soft, white light lights up from every circuit on the magic furnace. It runs so gently, just like the life of Hellingwell - his fame in his youth was such a magnificent process, but in the end
, but became an unknown defender of conservative technical lines.
Throughout his life, he adhered to the path inherited from his teacher and pursued the final answer.
The sixth technical route.
Crystal without attributes.
Yes, that is exactly the answer to the question given by Fang Plover.
"It is a magic furnace without attributes."
"Mr. Hellingwell."
At that moment, a relieved smile appeared on Shadow's face, although it was just a dull smile. But he seemed to see the inheritance that had lasted for thousands of years, and the fire that had not been extinguished, and at this moment——
Complete transfer.
He knew the answer to that question, just as he saw that the future of mortals would be extremely bright, and the alchemy inherited from the elves would eventually bear fruit in the hands of the most ordinary people.
The end of the future road leads to the final victory over all enemies.
Helinwell smiled and said: "So you have completed this question and can enter the next door."
…
Outside the stadium, the staff of the Super Competitive League got first-hand information at this time.