Night had fallen, and the Seven Doves, Petra, and Rhodes sat on the highest mountain of Rhodes Island, enjoying the sea breeze.
Rhodes Island did not rest at night. For the fairies on the island, time is an extremely precious resource.
If this batch of garbage cannot be sorted before the next batch of garbage arrives, the new garbage will pile up in the garbage port.
Some edible organic waste will rot and deteriorate if left for a long time, and the slime will become hungry.
When the slime is hungry, the fairies will also be hungry.
The goblins have long been racing against time.
That is why Rhode Island is still brightly lit at night.
The last thing Rhode Island lacks is combustible materials, and there is plenty of garbage that can be incinerated.
These garbage burned quietly in the windproof fire made by the fairies, providing light for Rhodes Island.
Garbage is difficult to burn completely and always produces thick black smoke and a foul odor.
This is also one of the main sources of the long-lasting stench on the island.
The flickering flames illuminated the desolate and lonely night, as well as the busy figures of the fairies.
A sudden gust of cold wind blew by, and Qi Ge raised his head and looked in the direction of the Falling Moon Territory.
At this time, the Fallen Moon Territory was also brightly lit like Rhodes Island.
Looking at this scene, Qi Ge couldn't help but think of a poem in his mind:
"The lights of thousands of houses are on the road, and the stars are on the night of gambling and drinking."
A myriad of lights is an idiom that should be used to describe a beautiful night scene. This idiom is just right to describe the Falling Moon Territory, but it is a bit wrong to describe Rhodes Island.
The lights of the thousands of homes of the mages in the Fallen Moon Territory are the dazzling lights in various entertainment buildings.
In taverns, banquets, and nursing hospitals, there was debauchery, extravagance, and indulgence.
For mages who have experienced all the wonders of the world, they have long lost the feeling for ordinary enjoyment.
It is common for people to complain about their weaknesses after being criticized by others and then complain about others' weaknesses.
At this point in time, for those mages, the wonderful nightlife has just begun.
At this moment in the Falling Moon Territory, the bright magic lights flashed colorful lights along with the music, cups of intoxicating drinks exuded a mind-enchanting aroma, and men and women on the dance floor swayed their bodies to the music.
Meanwhile, on Rhodes Island, the windproof bonfires illuminated the elves who had been busy all day and were still busy at night.
While wizards were spending huge sums of money on meaningless antiques at lavish auctions, goblins were pulling carts and transporting baskets of decomposed heavy materials by the faint light of fire.
While the wizards were tiptoeing around tasting the fine wine brought from Avili, the goblins were reaching their hands into the black mud and groping.
While the mages were pressing the beautiful and sexy bunny dancer to kiss and grope her in the middle of the dance floor, the fairies were smiling happily over the decomposition of a rare material powder.
There are lights in thousands of homes, and the lights in the mages' homes look so luxurious and noble.
The lights of the goblins' homes never burn anything beautiful, and never illuminate anything beautiful.
Rhode Island is a miracle, but this miracle did not come out of thin air.
One hundred and twenty thousand fairies, 10 to 14 hours of work a day, for forty years.
Every brick, every machine, and every building on Rhodes Island records the endless suffering of the goblins.
The super-efficient garbage recycling system looks spectacular and beautiful, but it is nothing more than making the best use of waste that the mages simply despise.
If the fairies want to get a crystal, they must first sort out the garbage that can be used to make crystal powder from countless pieces of garbage. Then, through an extremely complicated processing procedure and the joint efforts of dozens of fairies, they can separate the crystal powder from the garbage.
A large bag of crystal powder can only synthesize one crystal.
If you're lucky, one crystal will consume half a ton of garbage.
If you are unlucky, you may not be able to separate a crystal from tons of garbage.
The mages want crystals, so they go to the crystal mines and harvest dozens of them at a time. As for the goblin miners who are exhausted to death, it is none of their business. They can just replace them when they die. There are plenty of goblins.
There is an extremely terrifying gap between the efficiency of the two sides in obtaining resources.
If “turning decay into magic” were so easy to achieve, it wouldn’t be called a miracle.
Can Rhode Island's development model really last?
Can the fairies really turn things around with such efforts?
No.
Now, with 10,000 tons of garbage every day, it has reached the limit to support 120,000 goblins.
If the goblins want to develop, continue to increase their population and improve productivity, they must accept more garbage.
The initiative of garbage removal is not on the side of the fairies at all, but is entirely controlled by the wizards.
Taking a step back, even if the goblin really managed to get more garbage, so what?
10,000 tons of garbage are dumped on Rhode Island every day, but after forty years, Rhode Island is still not full.
If the mage could observe as carefully and calculate as accurately as Rhodes, he would have discovered something was wrong long ago.
However, at present, the mages have not discovered the problem due to their arrogance.
But as more and more garbage was shipped in, Rhodes Island was still able to accept it all, which would sooner or later attract the attention of some interested mages.
The moment the secret of Rhodes Island is discovered, disaster awaits the fairies.
Even the leftovers that the wizards didn't want were eaten by the goblins in peace.
But, if the food is not peaceful, can the fairies just not eat?
No, if they don’t eat, the goblins will starve to death.
This is the bloody truth behind the great miracle of Rhode Island.
Why would the fairies adopt such a lifestyle if they had no other choice?
It can be said that this great miracle of Rhodes Island was built with the hard work and suffering of the fairies.
However, suffering is not worth singing about.
The goblins work so hard and diligently, definitely not to let generation after generation of goblins continue to suffer and toil, living in fear of their own future and facing a catastrophic disaster at any time.
Just because they are hardworking, because they are content with poverty, and because they are kind and simple, should they painfully chew and swallow this hard-to-swallow suffering?
It shouldn't be.
The leprechaun dreams of seeing clouds made of cotton candy, the leprechaun dreams of seeing a river full of honey, and every year the leprechaun turns his most precious happy memories into candies to share with his companions.
Fairies also like to eat sweet things.
But they have suffered too much.
Qi Ge’s thoughts were surging and he closed his eyes.
The fairies living on Rhodes Island are happy.
They don’t realize how unfair their lives really are.
Because they cannot see the life of a wizard, and they have no idea how to live a normal life.
They have been living like this since they were born, day after day, year after year, and everyone is like this.
Rhodes Island is just a microcosm of the fairy clan.
In this huge Bracada, there are thousands of Rhodes Islands.
The goblins are used to this; their resistance has been suppressed countless times, and they, with their weak strength, have long since become numb.
"But as a well-informed hero, as a chosen one of the gods of Yasha who carries a destiny, can I continue to watch them live like this and remain unmoved?
I can’t! ”
"The fairies are diligent, pragmatic, hardworking, thrifty, optimistic, cheerful, and kind...
Fairies have so many wonderful qualities.
Why should fairies, such an excellent race, have to suffer so much?
Why do fairies, such a superior race, have to be so cautious even in their survival?
This is not fair.
Ever since the great escape of the goblins from De City, no, since even earlier, the prosperity of Bracada has been built on the sacrifices of countless goblins.
The goblins used their bodies and blood and tears to carry Bracada to the first place among the nine major forces.
Yet they are feared, looked down upon, suppressed, bullied, excluded, and plundered at will.
Titans, djinns, mages, these superior races took away everything that belonged to the fairies, and then stepped on the fairies' bodies and called them black iron bastards."
“From Kelin, Pineapple Sugar, and Fur, the three goblin sages are not afraid of sacrifice for the goblin tribe, and even dare to challenge the true god.
Ke Ruoke, for the sake of the fairy, spared no effort, traveled across Bracada, spent all his wealth, and saved the fairy from danger.
Petra, a thousand-mile expedition to find the final resting place of the fairies.
Rhode racked his brains to keep the fairies alive.
And the fairy pioneers in the historical echoes put their lives at risk just to save their people.
The goblins never lack backbone, they just lack the external support to enable them to rise."
Qi Ge opened his eyes and let out a breath.
“I am that support.”
“I’m not a fairy, but many of my subjects are fairies, and in the future I will have even more subjects who are fairies.
The people are the water and the lord is the boat.
When the people's water level rises, the lord's ship rises high.
The people are the grass and the lord is the umbrella.
If the storm comes, the lord will block it.
The affairs of my people are my lord’s affairs.
The lord should always fight for the fundamental interests of the vast majority of his subjects.
I have every right to help the goblins."
Qi Ge opened his task bar and scrolled down to his original silver-white main task.
【Liberation of the Fairies
True God-level main quest
Mission requirements: First round: Destroy the force: the tower.
Mission Reward: Unknown, unlocks the mission The Rise of the Fairies. 】
Qi Ge couldn't explain why he accepted this extremely difficult task.
Maybe it was because he sympathized with the fairy? Or maybe it was because he was moved by Ke Ruoke?
But now, he knew it very clearly.
"No reason, just so that my people can get the fairness they deserve.
This is my duty and responsibility as a lord."
After figuring everything out, Qi Ge patted Petra on the shoulder and asked softly, "Petra, do you think I'm a good lord?"
Petra was immersed in the joy of advancement. When he heard Qi Ge's question, he answered without thinking:
"My Lord, what is your question?
You are certainly a good lord!
Not only me, but all the people in the territory think so.
If even you are not considered a good lord, who else in the Yasha world can be considered a good lord?"
"Um."
Qi Ge smiled slightly and promised seriously:
"Good Lord, I will be."
Qi Ge stood up and said to Rhodes:
"Rod, can you talk to me alone? I have something I want to discuss with you."
…
…
On the quiet mountain road, Qi Ge walked beside Rhodes without saying a word.
Rhode scratched his head in confusion and asked softly, "Lord, did you call me out alone because there is something you cannot say in front of Captain Petra?"
Qi Ge nodded, glanced at Rhodes, and turned his head back.
He said in a calm tone:
“Rod, I know you are the pillar of the entire Rhodes Island and you are very busy.
You don't have much time, and I don't have much time either, so I won't beat around the bush and will just say it straight to the point.
I can see that, Rod, you are much smarter than other goblins.
Hundreds of thousands of fairies went from street to street in the six southern cities sorting out garbage, leaving more usable resources for Rhodes Island.
Rhodes Island deliberately only took out a small amount of resources, leaving most of the resources converted from garbage for development.
These are the plans you made.
You could also see that Petra was not in a good state, and without communicating with me, I took the initiative to find ways to comfort Petra and help him regain his fighting spirit.
Rhodes, your wisdom and emotional intelligence are much higher than normal fairies.
I can sense that you don't trust me as much as other fairies. Although you concealed it very well, some details of your conversation with me could not escape my eyes.
I know that the part you showed me was only the part you felt was okay to show me.
You hid some key information about Rhodes Island from me."
Hearing this, Qi Ge saw from the corner of his eye that Rhodes' expression gradually stiffened.
What followed was the continuous sounding of system prompts.
[System prompt: Rhode's favorability towards you -10, currently 70 (enthusiasm)]
[System prompt: Rhodes's favorability towards you -10,60 (Trust)]
…
[System prompt : Rhode's favorability towards you -10,40 (doubtful)]
"Hey Master Qige, seeing you look so serious, I thought you wanted to talk to me about something.
This is just your suspicion. I trust you as much as Captain Petra does.
Given the relationship between me and Captain Petra, how could I possibly hide something from you?"
Rhodes faked a smile and started to practice Tai Chi, with no intention of being honest with Qi Ge.
Although he said so, the favorability prompt cannot deceive people.
Qi Ge shook his head and continued:
“Rod, you misunderstood, I don’t mean to blame you.
Rather, what you did is correct.
Fairies are very kind and trust others easily.
But you are the leader of 120,000 fairies on Rhodes Island.
It's a matter of life and death. One hundred and twenty thousand fairies have entrusted their lives to you. If even you don't know how to be alert and hide, Rhodes Island would have perished long ago and would not have the glory it has today.
Generals are always trembling with fear, as if they are treading on thin ice.
You are responsible for the future of so many fairies, so you must be extremely cautious in making decisions."
Qi Ge stopped and turned to face Rhodes and said:
"It doesn't matter, you don't trust me just because you don't know me well enough.
The growth of a trusting relationship is always a process.
From strangers to acquaintances, and then to being able to talk about anything, this is human nature.
Besides, forty years have passed, and you, who have witnessed the growth of Rhodes Island, understand better than other fairies that time will change everything.
You may not be sure whether the Petra of today is the same Petra of 40 years ago.
And even if Petra hadn't changed, there was a risk that I had deceived Petra.
Rather than letting these doubts become stumbling blocks between us, I will poke your doubts and kick these stumbling blocks away. "
Rhodes laughed so much that he couldn't laugh anymore.
He looked at Qi Ge, his eyes revealing fear and panic.
And his favorability towards Qi Ge has dropped to 20 points in a short period of time.
Qi Ge was not shaken at all by the rapid decline in Rhodes' favorability.
He said solemnly:
"I can promise you that I will always stand firmly on the side of the goblins, in the past, present and future.
I am the eternal friend of the goblins."
"this……"
Rhodes looked at Qi Ge and smiled awkwardly without answering.
Qi Ge knew that it was not easy to gain Rhodes' trust. He turned around, found a smooth stone to sit on, and continued:
"Rod, let me tell you the story of me and the goblins."
“Some are long and you can sit and listen.
Let me start with the waterwheel that Petra and I knew.”
Qi Ge described in detail how he and Petra met and talked about Petra's reaction when she joined the refugee camp.
He also recounted the shock and emotion he felt when he first met Ke Ruoke.
He told Rhodes about the twists and turns he encountered when helping Ke Ruoke find the Baiwei Fairy Candy.
He also told Rhodes that he was an architect and had returned to De City and witnessed many details of the De City goblins' escape.
Qi Ge also told Rhodes how he teleported tens of thousands of fairies back to his territory from Bracada without anyone noticing.
Qi Ge also gave a detailed account of the whole process of his successful restoration of the fairy pioneer.
Qi Ge told Rhodes in detail about the living conditions of the fairies in his territory, and also told Rhodes everything he had done to complete the "Road to the Liberation of the Fairies".
In the end, Qi Ge even sang [ Fairy Epic·Utopia] and [Fairy Epic·War Song] written by him in front of Rhodes.
Sometimes sincerity is of no use at all, because sincerity and stupidity are so similar that it is difficult to distinguish them.
But sometimes, sincerity is the secret weapon.
As Qi Ge spoke, Rhodes' favorability level slowly rose from 20 and finally stopped at 70 points.
Rhodes looked at the seven pigeons and said with emotion:
“My Lord, I never thought that you and our fairy clan have such a deep connection, and you are so kind to our fairy clan that I can’t believe it.
If what you say is true, then I can understand why Captain Petra would trust you with all her heart.
To be honest, at first I thought you used magic or magic potion to control Captain Petra.
I even thought about taking action against you, locking you up and carefully examining Captain Petra's mental state.
It wasn't until Captain Petra's attitude towards you didn't change after she successfully advanced that I was able to ease some of my doubts about you.
Fortunately, I didn't arrest you before, otherwise I wouldn't have the opportunity to sit with you like this and listen to you talk about these things calmly. "
Seven Pigeons: ...
Rod, are you so brave? I didn't realize it.
It's a good thing you didn't. If a battle really broke out, just the two mythical troops in my troop cards would be enough to destroy Rhodes Island several times.
Even if I didn't allow the mythical troops to take action, the morale collapse caused by the mythical pressure alone would be enough to make the fairies of Rhodes Island fall into a state of dismay for a day.
If you waste this day, all the fairies won’t be able to sleep for the remaining two days.
However, the fact that Rhodes could say this to himself showed that he finally had some preliminary recognition of himself.
Seeing that the time was right, Qi Ge smiled slightly and took out his final trump card:
“Rod, I know you still have doubts.
Language is pale and powerless.
A well-crafted lie can be even more real than the truth.
No matter how nice my words are, I can't make you believe me completely.
But it won't lie.
If you touch it, you will know that everything I say is true."
Qi Ge took out a slightly shiny lens.
Rhodes had never seen such a beautiful thing. In his eyes, the lens seemed to have infinite attraction, attracting him to come closer.
This feeling made Rhodes very uncomfortable.
He even took two steps back in fear, nervously took out the magic book and a necklace, and shouted at Qi Ge:
"You, you, you, what do you want to do?
Could it be that you really have controlled Captain Petra?
Is this the treasure you use to control Captain Petra?"
Qi Ge did not blame Rhodes for being suspicious. He just chuckled and said to Rhodes:
"Trust your feelings, Rod.
The first time you see it, you should be able to tell what it is.
Your reason covers up your feelings. Don't use your reason to control yourself, feel with your heart.
Your feeling is right, this is what you have been longing for and looking forward to. "
Qi Ge's words seemed to have magical power and made Rhodes calm down a little.
Once his guard was removed, Rhodes' eyes could no longer leave the lens in Qi Ge's hand.
He reached out his hand several times to touch the lens but pulled it back in fear.
Qi Ge felt this scene was very familiar.
There are many shy bunny girls, and this is always the case for their first time.
At times like this, you have to take the initiative, otherwise the story won't be able to unfold.
Finally, when Rod stretched out his hand for the eighth time, Qi Ge was quick-witted and put the lens on Rod's hand.
It was just like he had stuffed it in when the rabbit girl wasn't paying attention.
"ah!"
Rhodes only yelled halfway. Before he could even finish the word "Ah" he fell into an illusion.
In front of Rhodes,
In the sky, marshmallows slowly fell down, covering the ground made of mashed potatoes.
The rivers flow with sweet-smelling honey, the mere smell of which makes one hungry.
Countless fairies surrounded the Honey River, singing happily.
The illusion lasted for a very short time. In just a moment, Rhodes woke up from the illusion.
Qi Ge had already put the lens back, but Rhodes still kept his hand outstretched, unable to move for a long time.
A crystal teardrop fell from his eye socket, and the whole goblin fell into a daze. He muttered to Qi Ge stupidly:
“This is our dream town.
I saw it! I really saw it! "
Qi Ge patted Rhodes on the back, waking Rhodes, who was immersed in an illusion, suddenly.
"Master Qige, what is this?"
Qi Ge looked at Rhodes and said, "You already have the answer in your heart. No need to doubt it.
Yes, this is the utopia you have been looking for.
However, this utopia is not complete yet and is still in fragments.
But once you gather all the fragments, your utopia will arrive.
Do you remember what I just told you?
I am an architect. I can go back into the echoes of history and fight alongside the heroic spirits in the fragments of time to help them make up for their regrets.
This fragment of the utopia was handed to me personally by the heroic spirit of the goblin great prophet that you all follow, Cong Kelin.
I remember very clearly that when he handed me the fragment, he said to me:
"If the goblins survive, who would want to be the Great Prophet? Isn't that right, Great Knight?"
Cong Kelin's wish is to let the fairy clan survive.
My wish is that you can live better and with more dignity while surviving."
Seeing that Rhode was still in a daze, Qi Ge held the fragment of the fairy utopia and said to Rhode:
"Rod, trust me.
If you can't trust me, who is recognized by Utopia, then there is no one else in this world who is worthy of your trust."
Rhode's dazed expression gradually returned to normal. He took a deep breath and said forcefully:
"Master Qige! I believe you!"
[System prompt: Rhode's favorability towards you +30, currently 100 (trust increased)]
"Very good."
Qi Ge looked at Rhodes with a smile and said:
“I believe you too, Rod.
Before you decide whether to tell me the secrets of Rhodes Island, could you listen to some plans I have for you?
For the liberation of the fairies."
Rhodes looked at Qi Ge in surprise. Qi Ge stared at Rhodes without changing his expression.
Finally, Rhodes' eyes gradually lit up.
"My Lord, please give me your orders!"
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…
It's late at night.
The fairies who have been busy until now can finally take a break.
On Rhodes Island, the occasional snoring of the fairies sounded pleasant and warm.
Rod and Qi Ge did not sleep.
The opening hours of Rhode Island's underground ice cellar are from 2:00 to 4:00 in the morning. There are only two hours in total. If you miss it, you will have to wait another day.
Qi Ge and Petra followed Rhodes through the winding alleys and it took them a lot of effort to find the entrance to the ice cellar.
The entrance to the ice cellar was carefully protected by Rhodes.
He used an armed airship that looked tattered to the point of being pressed against the entrance to the ice cellar.
But after Rhodes tinkered with this broken airship for a while, it could actually fly.
When the airship was only two or three meters above the ground, a creaking sound came from somewhere on the airship, making people worry that the airship would fall apart.
But in the end the airship did not fall apart.
Under Rhodes' control, the shabby airship stopped aside, revealing a piece of metal ground.
The material of this metal floor looks very smooth, and even mud cannot stain the ground. Qi Ge used a torch to shine it and found that the ground looked silver and full of a sense of technology.
Qi Ge was a little surprised.
He didn't expect to see such a sci-fi metal plate on Rhodes Island, which was littered with garbage.
"My Lord, please step back a little.
Better stick close to me."
Rod reminded Qi Ge, then rolled up his sleeves and pressed his palms on the metal plate.
The metal plate made a humming sound similar to that of a car engine starting and slowly began to descend.
Immediately afterwards, a magic protective shield rose from around the metal plate, wrapping Qi Ge and the others inside.
Rhodes raised his hand, and the speed at which the metal plate descended suddenly increased, falling rapidly as if it was weightless!
After only 10 seconds, the metal plate, which was originally moving at an extremely high speed, went from a high-speed state to a stationary state in just 2 seconds.
“Squeak…”
A burst of white cold air overflowed from under the metal plate, the magic shield opened, and a metal door with a strong technological style appeared in front of Qi Ge.
"This...what is this? What kind of magic elevator is this?"
Qi Ge was shocked.
"My Lord, Captain Petra, we are here, please follow me."
Rhodes said hello and started walking towards the door.
Just when Qi Ge thought that the door would open to the left and right, Rod pushed hard and pushed the door down with a "bang".
Seven Pigeons: ...
Breaking in is outrageous.
Moreover, this door looks so advanced, but it falls down when you push it.
What kind of goods?
“Here, here!”
“Here it comes, here it comes!”
Seeing Rhodes greeting them, Qi Ge and Petra responded and hurriedly followed.
Qi Ge followed Rhodes all the way to the depths of the passage. There was a magical floating elevator and a door that looked very high-tech at the entrance, but the passage was just an ordinary rock passage.
It was dark, cold and damp, without even a wall lamp.
After walking a short distance, Rhodes suddenly stopped and said to Qige:
"My Lord, we are here."
Rhodes stopped and pointed ahead and said:
"The ice storage is right below here. Go a little further and then climb down the ice ladder next to the wall to enter the ice cellar. If you stay in the ice cellar for more than 10 minutes, you will be frozen into an ice sculpture.
So we can’t go in, we can only look from outside.”
Rhodes lit the torch, and the warm light shone into the ice cellar.
Tens of thousands of ice sculptures of fairies looked up at Qi Ge and the others, waving their hands with smiles on their faces in unison, just like the Terracotta Warriors.
Their time was frozen in ice, and the moment of farewell became eternity.
[System prompt: Congratulations to the player for discovering the natural wonder, the Extremely Cold Ice Cave]
[Extremely Cold Ice Cave
Natural wonders
Effect:
All objects that enter the extremely cold ice cave will be gradually frozen.
After freezing, the player will enter a state of time stagnation. 】
[System prompt: Warning: The natural wonder, the extremely cold ice cave, is very dangerous, please do not approach. ]
Qi Ge looked at it carefully and asked Rhodes curiously:
"Rhode, there is clearly still a lot of room in the ice cave, why did you only freeze more than 20,000 goblins?
Aren't you frozen inside, little goblin whose life is coming to an end?"
“No sir.
I once tried it. If a goblin who was about to die was frozen into an ice sculpture, when it melted again, even the goblin would be gone.
Only fairies who are in their prime but are poisoned or injured can be frozen inside and wait for rescue."
Rhodes felt a little ashamed when he said this:
"I have been researching how to help them recover, but I am not very good at this and have not achieved any results."
Qi Ge looked at the ice sculpture and fell into deep thought.
To rescue the fairy in the ice sculpture, at least three conditions are required.
Detoxification, treatment of diseases, and cure of disabilities.
Even the mage himself may not be able to explain what the toxic garbage in the mage tower is like.
All kinds of strange materials are mixed together, and the toxicity they produce varies.
If you want to save these goblins, you may have to study them one by one.
With the presence of the Cabbage King, the goblins can gain the special skill of being immune to all diseases for 20 days, temporarily blocking the effects of diseases on the goblins.
But the Cabbage King is only effective against diseases, and toxins need to be dealt with in other ways.
“It seems that we have to trick Zuimeng back as soon as possible.
It would be a shame for the real-life botany and medical experts not to work for me."
"My Lord, Captain Petra, let me take you to see the most important secret place in Rhodes Island."
Rhodes looked at the seven pigeons and said seriously:
“That’s where the rise of Rhode Island comes from.”
The critical moment has arrived.
Qi Ge nodded seriously and responded: "Rod, I'm ready."
Petra was confused: "What the hell? What secret place? I've never heard of it."
Petra was full of questions: What's going on? Lord Qi Ge is my lord, what does it have to do with you, Rhodes?
Why did you, a thick-eyed Rhode, call me Lord so intimately from the beginning?
Great! What on earth did you do behind my back?
"Yes! Lord, Captain Petra, let's go back."
Rhodes nodded and led Qi Ge and Petra back along the same path they had taken, all the way back to the magic elevator.
Rhodes put his hand on the elevator, and it continued to fall, falling dozens of meters further.
Qi Ge estimated that this depth had already reached below the seabed.
When the magic shield disappeared, Qi Ge's eyes widened in surprise.
What appeared before Qi Ge's eyes was a large alchemy laboratory!
Many alchemical equipment that Qi Ge had seen or not seen were neatly sorted out and placed on a huge fine iron cabinet.
On an alchemy table made of anti-magic crystal, there were some half-finished mechanical products.
Qi Ge keenly noticed that these semi-finished machines were the simple machines used to separate garbage on Rhode Island.
At the deepest part of the laboratory, there is a six-layer rock bookshelf that covers an entire wall.
The books on the bookshelf are not made of paper, but of extremely thick black basalt slabs.
The basalt in the Yasha world is an igneous rock formed by underground magma erupting from volcanoes or overflowing from surface cracks and condensing. It is generally a level 1 material equivalent to ore.
But the basalt in the Yasa world is very hard and difficult to weather, and it also has a strong magical bearing capacity.
Therefore, basalt is often used to record some key information.
Usually, the words engraved on basalt are magical words with magical powers, and the basalt on the bookshelf is no exception.
“This laboratory is likely to be very old, and can be traced back to at least the first time when all races fought for supremacy.
After the end of the First Contest of All Races, paper, which was easy to carry and inexpensive, became popular from Negan, and basalt slabs were eliminated.
This anti-magic crystal table is also.
Anti-magic crystal is a level 4 resource and is extremely expensive to use to make tables.
After Bracada was established, the anti-magic crystal table was completely replaced by the obsidian table which also has anti-magic effect. "
Qi Ge said as he walked the alchemy laboratory.
Petra also followed Qi Ge into the laboratory. He kept looking around, very curious.
But without Qi Ge's order, he dared not touch anything in the laboratory.
Rod introduced:
“Lord, this alchemy laboratory was discovered by us at the same time as that strange ice cellar.
When we entered the laboratory, it was spotless like it is now, but the alchemical instruments were scattered on the ground.
I was able to invent gas gloves, dust masks, and a series of garbage extraction machines thanks to these alchemical equipment.
As for the books on the bookshelf, we simply cannot understand them; the texts are too profound.”
Qi Ge immediately noticed something was wrong and asked:
"Rod, when did you invent the gas gloves?"
"Um, I can't remember the exact time, but it should be about two or three weeks after I discovered this lab."
Qi Ge asked again:
"Rhode, I remember you said before that you discovered the Arctic Ice House not long after you came to Rhode Island. You also discovered this alchemy laboratory at the same time, right?"
"Yes! My Lord."
That's not right. It's true that Rhodes is now a level 5 Christmas fairy, but his level when he first arrived at Rhodes Island must not be that high.
"Rod, do you still remember what kind of soldier you were at that time?"
Hearing Qi Ge's question, Rhode nodded and replied, "My Lord, I remember that I was a second-level snow fairy at that time."
Snow goblin? That's even more wrong.
Unless Rhodes was a research genius, how could a second-level snow fairy invent something as rare as [Anti-toxic Gloves] that was close to an alchemical treasure without any special skills?
If Rhodes was really a research genius, he shouldn't have advanced to a Christmas goblin with spellcasting abilities.
It couldn't be that Rhodes was a genius in both research and spellcasting, right?
Qi Ge's eyes fixed.
It is very likely that this alchemy laboratory can enhance the user's research capabilities.
Just like the Goblin Tavern and Cabbage King Farm, this alchemy laboratory comes with temporary research-related advancements.
“Who built this laboratory? What was its purpose?
And why did it end up abandoned on Rhodes Island?"
With doubts, Qi Ge looked at the stone slab on the bookshelf.
His intuition told him that the answer to the question was likely recorded on these basalt slabs.
Qi Ge walked to the basalt slab and examined it carefully.
But even he couldn't understand the magic words on the basalt slab.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, System Dad, translate it for me!
Qi Ge turned on the system's built-in translation function, and a long string of Chinese words gradually emerged above the stone slab.
"This is!!"
Qi Ge's pupils suddenly shrank.
《Easy to Make a Stone Vampire》
Study of Small Stone Giants
Anatomical Analysis of Undead Creatures and Virtual Souls
Virtual Soul and the Power of Emotions
"Basic Application of Thunder Power"
…
These were the words on the stone slab, which made Qi Ge's breathing quicken.
He connected all the stone tablets together, and a conjecture that made him excited gradually emerged in his mind.
“It may not be a coincidence that Rhodes found this alchemy laboratory.
These magical texts are most likely ancient goblin texts that have been erased by the Titans!
The original owner of this alchemy laboratory was most likely the demigod fairy who was killed in a sneak attack by El Zeus!
That's right. If the mages were not idiots, they would have carefully inspected Rhodes Island several times before turning it into a garbage island, and only after confirming that it had no value would they use Rhodes Island to store garbage.
The mages didn't discover the natural wonders and laboratories, but Rhodes did.
Because this is not a story about a lucky goblin who fell off a cliff and picked up a martial arts skill. This is a story about a great ancestor of the goblin clan and his descendants, a legacy that spans thousands of years of history!"