Because of the large number of twisted cultists and the seventh batch of residents, the Agate Lake camp has become more lively than ever.
The new residents were placed in the empty shacks that had been built, while the Twisted Cultists temporarily settled in Agate Lake.
The sparkling Agate Lake is therefore full of life, even though the fish swimming in the lake are not.
This trip to the dungeon gave Lu Li about a month of buffer time, if the "Gate" didn't change the rules.
Scholars and professors are progressing slowly in restoring technology, because Lu Li not only requires them to learn and teach, but also to create physical objects like alchemy. This is not a problem in itself, but technological creation requires extremely complex processes and prerequisites. For example, Lu Li
To mark the focus of steam engines, mastering the principles of steam engines is just the beginning, but it does not mean that they can create a steam engine. They must turn theory into practice.
Steam engines require steel and accessories. They first need to smelt steel with a hardness that meets the standard, then use lathe tools to polish the parts finely, and then assemble them.
What makes the scholars discouraged is that their progress has always stuck at the smelting stage. The hardness of the steel they produced is either too low or too brittle. Although it is barely enough to be used as the base of the steam engine shell, it was rejected by Lu Li. They have complete blueprints and there is no need to make junk.
of defective products.
Moreover, if the steam engine explodes due to defects and injures people, the delay will be even longer.
Lu Li, who was still in the Wiener Underground City at the time, told the scholars who had become impatient without results for a long time and even wanted to go to the old Belfast factory area to collect steel. The "Technology Tree" theory: Science is like a tree, with branches growing from the trunk.
, branches grow into twigs, twigs grow into branches, and branches bear fruits.
Fruit does not grow from other parts of the tree.
The bare trunk has only one branch, and the fruit is not healthy.
The scholars accepted the suggestion, restrained their impetuosity, slowed down their pace, and finally smelted a metal product that was low in hardness but could be called steel two days before Lu Li's return.
Then they were stuck again with the prerequisites: this time the problem was with the accessories.
They are not yet proficient in using simple lathes, and the parts they grind are either too thick or too thin, or too big or too small. The dozens of pounds of steel production produced at the Agate Lake camp every day is not enough to support repeated trials and errors.
Back at the Agate Lake camp, Lu Li suggested that they find craftsmen to polish the accessories by hand. Although they didn't understand why they wanted to use less precise hands instead of lathes, they still did it. Soon, good news came from the "Science House": Craftsmen
Polish the appropriate gears, customs clearance, and accessories.
They built the first steam engine.
Simple, primitive, rough, the first steam engine built in the Agate Lake camp when there was already an internal combustion engine.
Although it was not the first one in the world, Lu Li still came to the Science House to witness this steam engine prototype that was almost identical in appearance to the Wiener Dungeon steam engine, but the steam power could not even push a 10-pound weight.
When the trembling prototype steam engine might stall or malfunction at any time, the scholars, who were as dirty as the craftsmen, simply washed the stains off their hands, grabbed their notebooks, and excitedly recorded valuable information.
"Piston leakage needs to be refined...the copper pipe is too thick...lack of power...there are many reasons..."
The steam engine only lasted a few minutes before stalling and could not be turned on. Scholars dismantled the steam engine and found that steam leaked into the fuel chamber.
The dilution of the fuel was the main cause of the flameout. After they replaced the fuel, the steam engine ran again, but it stalled again after the same few minutes.
There are many reasons for loopholes, including problems with the hardness of steel and the precision of accessories.
The scholars did not celebrate the temporary victory and immediately devoted themselves to the production of the second steam engine. This time they paid more attention to the craftsmen.
Compared to science, which is advancing slowly, occult science, led by alchemy, is rapidly advancing. More than one potion in the alchemical formula is successfully configured every day, including serial potions, but they are all ranked relatively low.
Compared with science, which requires accumulation and wisdom, alchemical potions that can be prepared with one hand undoubtedly have inherent advantages. Even residents who are not yet literate and know nothing can follow the steps to refine alchemical potions.
The reason is that alchemical potions are relatively simple, and also because the combination of science and alchemy produces an unexpected effect: standardization.
Before that, alchemy usually used "about one-third of the scale", "half-full wooden bowl", "grass juice left for a few days" and other refining techniques that had no standards, and success or failure depended on luck and experience. These refining techniques.
After the knowledge was introduced to the Land of Light, Lu Li changed it to "250~350 ml", "grass juice left for 24~72 hours", and "1 ounce of extracted powder".
At first, pharmacists often made mistakes. As their proficiency gradually increased, the success rate increased, and they even began to improve the pass rate by changing the mixing ratio.
The alchemy potion with the highest pass rate currently, [Strong Knowledge and Knowledge], was refined by a farmer named Hawkinson. Considering that he has more talent and potential in alchemy than in farming, he has changed his profession to become an alchemy student.
Another advantage of scientific standardization is shown here: after Hawkinson refined 63% of the alchemical potion, other pharmacists who obtained the formula data also successively refined [Qiangshi Bowen] with a passing rate of about 60%.
But standardization only lowers the threshold for alchemy, rather than mastering alchemy because all the knowledge, intuition and senses on the mystical side will come in handy.
This has been confirmed by Lu Li.
The pass rate of the alchemy potions he refines is usually around 60%, which has nothing to do with the teachings of Giant Tree Academy. There are many junior students with a pass rate of less than 50%.
This is due to the status blessed by the Doomsday Apocalypse Book. But on top of this, Lu Li's pass rate for refining the [Sweet Dream Potion] will continue to increase inexplicably.
During his time at Giant Tree Academy and his return to the Land of Light, Lu Li's pass rate for the Sweet Dream Potion remained at around 65%. After obtaining the pure white fragments to deepen his feelings for the dreamer, the pass rate increased to 70%, and is now 75%.
The person who enters the dream obviously has nothing to do with refining the potion. The only relationship between them is that they are all related to the dream. Maybe this is the key.
So Lu Li encouraged the pharmacists to refine alchemy potions that fit their moods in different moods to increase the success rate.
The ten trainee exorcists lost their youth, they worked hard enough.
By the time I had finished processing everything, dusk was approaching.
The setting sun reflects in the bay in the distance, coating old Belfast with blood, making the Whirlpool look like a strange conch shell buried on the beach.
The land of whirlpool has spread to a point that cannot be ignored.
If nothing unexpected happens, the camp will begin to take back the Land of Light this month. In addition to bringing back the banyan tree guards from the Shadow Swamp, the only thing that can be prepared now is to help the twisted figure become a god.
But raising the divine fire requires territory.
Lu Li did not skimp on his things and said to the twisted figure.
