mesbooks Chapter 22 Power is the reason to become king
Chapter 22 Power is the reason to become king
The number of new students at Liancheng University dropped by 10%, but the school was completely unaware of this. Even though it was affected by the meteor shower, classes were only suspended for two days before returning to normal.
If Miao Meng had previously harbored some fantasies about enjoying his youth, now that the meteor had shattered those fantasies, all that remained in his heart was a thirst for power.
Therefore, he gave up many courses that were meaningless to him and only took those courses that interested him and could help him build base stations better.
Normally, if you selectively take classes like this, you definitely won't get enough credits in the end, and the school doesn't allow it either.
However, after Miao Meng used his connections with the Investigation Bureau and paid a small fee, he received tacit approval, since there were quite a few students like this.
It's worth noting that there are also branches of the Investigation Bureau within schools, and a club with a sign that reads "Traditional Arts and Folklore" is one that accepts these types of students.
After eliminating the fraudulent individuals, the number of psychic among the new students dropped to around 20, but even so, it was still comparable to the total number of upperclassmen.
"Brother Meng is here. Here's the information you requested."
Upon seeing that familiar, tall figure, Xie Chen immediately jogged over and handed Miao Meng the few sheets of paper he had compiled and an old-looking book in his hands.
"Thank you. You don't need to call me Brother Meng, just call me by my normal name."
Miao Meng waved his hand at Xie Chen, who looked somewhat timid. They were brothers who had been through life and death together, so there was no need to be so polite.
"How could that be? If it weren't for Brother Meng's help last time, we probably would have all been done for."
Xie Chen trembled as he recalled the intense artillery fire of the past few days. He had thought it was the military's naval artillery coming to provide support, but he never expected that it was this guy who had fought it all by himself.
"Alright, I won't stand on ceremony with you. I'll go take a look at these documents first. Please help yourself."
Seeing that the other party was bringing up old matters again, Miao Meng decisively took the compiled materials and found a table in the club room to start looking through them.
These materials aren't particularly important; they mainly introduce the uses and effects of the Fire Stones generated after the Flame Spirit's death.
Flame spirits themselves have no physical existence. As elemental life forms, they do not condense into any substances like gemstones or minerals even when they die.
However, that assumes they die in a realm like the Dreamlands or the Astral Plane. In the main world, the dust and the manner of death will condense into different stones.
These stones are actually impurities absorbed by the Flame Essence from the air, especially when it moves through the atmosphere and drills underground to excavate, accumulating various elemental combinations within its body.
Fire Stone: The crystallized remains of a fire spirit after its death. It is usually composed of elements such as carbon, iron, and aluminum, with a small amount of rare elements mixed in. It is contaminated by some mythical races and has a peculiar levitation effect.
Based on this stone, weapons and equipment can be crafted with a small amount of fire-enhanced control abilities and a very small chance of gaining flight abilities.
Looking at the various performances of the Fire Stone equipment in the data, Miao Meng immediately had a plan in mind: he would use the egg-sized Fire Stone in his hand to enhance mobility.
Neither the sprint speed in human form nor the maximum speed in ship girl form can reach 60 kilometers per hour.
On land, the ship girl form can use its powerful strength to convert into a straight-line speed, but at sea, even with that strength, it can't be used. Its speed of a mere fourteen or fifteen nautical miles is even slower than that of a motorboat.
Miao Meng had sensed the attack from underground magma last time, but his movement speed was not fast enough to allow him to dodge before the attack arrived.
Therefore, after much painful reflection, Miao Meng decided to start enhancing his movement speed. Coincidentally, the Fire Stone he had was a rare material, so adding it would be appropriate.
Leaving aside the difficulty and cost of manufacturing the local equipment, the effects of the finished products alone would hardly meet Miao Meng's needs, so he still planned to focus on magical artifacts.
Fortunately, the legacy of the Magic Cannon Master also includes the design of a flying magic device, so all that's missing is the knowledge of how to maximize the effect of the Fire Stone, which Miao Meng can then put into practice.
The control over this kind of knowledge is quite strict, since you can't buy it on forums, but if you put in the effort, you can't get no information at all.
In addition, Xie Chen was also troubled about the use of the small piece of fire stone he had, so when Miao Meng met him in the club, he asked him to help him buy some things.
The reward was to help Xie Chen turn the stone in his hand into a prop. Miao Meng thought that he also needed a small piece as practice, so he agreed.
"That's about it. Your stone is also being made into fireproof stone, right? It should only take two or three days."
Miao Meng glanced at the sky, put the documents in his hand together, and then asked Xie Chen again what kind of prop his stone was made into.
"Brother Meng, do as you please. That stone is too small; it'll be hard to sell, and we can't make it bigger. Only you're willing to take action. Otherwise, I would have had to sell it to the Investigation Bureau at a low price."
Xie Chen had some understanding of the value of the stone he had acquired. The Fire Stone was worth about the same as a regular meteorite, only about 10-20% more.
The market price for each gram of Fire Stone is around ten thousand yuan. The ten percent he received was only about 110 grams, which would be worth around a million yuan if he sold it.
This amount is hard for ordinary people to come up with, but for the rich, it's just the price of a car. Therefore, Xie Chen was quite satisfied with his gains this time.
He wasn't worried that Miao Meng would swallow the stone. Using this unexpected windfall to befriend a top-tier psychic was quite a bargain, and it wouldn't matter even if the other party wasted it all.
Miao Meng applied to his counselor and used his club connections to get a week off. He returned to his suburban residence and devoted himself to researching the creation of a flying magic device.
In magical device design theory, the most common flying magical device styles are boot-shaped, staff-shaped, and broom-shaped, but other shapes such as wings, hats, and even necklaces are not uncommon.
However, the smaller the magical artifact, the higher the technical requirements and the greater the limitations on materials. After considering his existing materials and manufacturing capabilities, Miao Meng chose a medium-sized staff as an alternative.
After all, he was already quite skilled at making staffs. However, during the process of making the staff, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and overturned the staff design that he had only completed halfway.
They chose another, less common type: a skateboard-shaped, or rather, a miniature flying carpet-shaped magical device.
Miao Meng discovered that the staff-shaped flying magic device conflicted with the output magic device. Even though it could control several staffs simultaneously through telekinesis, in actual combat, the shooting accuracy would decrease due to distraction.
Flying carpets and flying boots with passive levitation capabilities are very easy for beginners to learn, and it's even possible to let them levitate on their own during combat.
Of course, the real reason was that Miao Meng made an experimental flying staff, tried it out, and found that he was not used to sitting on a stick, so he chose other styles.
Boots and hats conflict with the equipment on the body, so the only option is an external magical artifact shaped like a flying carpet.