After a long time, Azima took a deep breath and pointed to Roland's desk. "There should be another equivalent one in your drawer."
"Exactly." Roland smiled with satisfaction and then placed another square box on the desk. "But I'm a little curious. Why do you call it 'equivalent' instead of 'identical'?"
"Because... the reaction of the two is different. Although they are both source-level, the first one is more intense." Azima described what she had seen.
"Can you find a third equivalent one?"
"Please let me try."
She focused her mind and felt the green light in her hand again. Since the previous target was too close, she had ignored the other signs. After concentrating, Azima quickly found three other extension lines. They pointed to the east, west, and north, which meant that there were at least three sources that were larger than the one in her hand. However, what puzzled her was that although the guiding lines looked very thick, they were actually made up of countless dim, thin threads.
After informing His Majesty about the feedback of her ability, Roland nodded thoughtfully. "That is to say, you can't know how far it is before you get to the source."
"Yes."
"Then let's go east first and then north." Roland quickly made a decision. "It's too dangerous to enter the Barbarian Land from the west. If we can't find the source by the sea, it won't be too late to turn north. "
Azima hesitated for a moment and then asked the question that had been bothering her. "Your Majesty, is this thing... more valuable than gold?"
She was not a combat witch and had very limited means to protect herself. If this thing was really so valuable, once the information was leaked, not only would she fail to complete the task, but she would also lose her life on the way.
The young king probably sensed her concern and said with a smile, "In fact, it's both precious and worthless. For those who don't understand it, it's just an ordinary stone with no ornamental value and no use. But for me, it's far more valuable than gold. It's also the key to opening the task line of Resplendent Radiation. "
"Resplendent Radiation? What's that? " Azima found that she seemed to understand, but when she thought about it carefully, she didn't understand anything.
"But considering the uncertainty of the journey, I naturally won't let you search alone," Roland pointed to a guard beside him, "His name is Sean, and he's your protector on this trip. In addition, there will also be a team of engineers from the First Army who will go with you. The first priority for this mission is to find the source, so if you need any assistance from other territory officials, you can ask Sean to do it. "
"You mean... let those lords work for me?" Azima asked in surprise.
"Why not?" Roland shrugged. "They are no longer the masters of the land they used to be. It is their duty to obey the orders of the central government." He paused for a moment. "Since it might take a long time to find the source, you can get 30% of your salary in advance, and the rest will be paid once a month. This is the entire contract. What's your reply? "
Azima thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, can you send the salary to Doris?"
"In principle, no problem." Roland raised his eyebrows and said, "If that's what you want."
"Then I accept the job." She bowed and said, "I'll be ready to set off tomorrow morning."
Although there were still many things she didn't understand, at least... she didn't have to worry about her predicament anymore. Besides, she didn't see anything unreasonable about this mission. Besides, with the help of the First Army, it was only a matter of time before they found the source. With the reward of 50 Golden Dragons, her partner's life would be greatly improved. She couldn't wait to share this good news with Doris.
"That's good." Roland stood up and said, "Then, I look forward to your good news."
…
After Vendy saw Azima off, Roland returned to the French window, looked at the city under the night sky, and let out a long sigh.
"It's finally begun."
"Making the sun?" Nightingale emerged from the Mist. "I always feel that you're particularly motivated when it comes to this..."
"Because this is a path of pursuing the fire." Roland sighed and said, "From this moment on, mankind has entered a new era. From looking up at the sun to competing with the light, I'm afraid there's nothing more romantic than this." He turned around and pointed above his head. "Do you see a yellow exclamation mark?"
Nightingale shook her head with a smile and said, "I only see a... dreamer talking to himself."
"Ahem..." Roland almost choked on his saliva. "Hey, is it really okay to be so straightforward?"
"I don't want to lie in front of you." Azima looked away and pretended to be innocent.
Roland stared at her with a mixture of anger and amusement. Although he knew Nightingale was only joking, he was afraid that this was also what most people thought before they made the real product.
Even he himself was not sure whether this plan would succeed.
If there were no witches, he would certainly not have such a delusion. The resources, manpower, and financial resources needed to build the Manhattan Project in his later life were enough to bring down a large country. Trying to replicate it from scratch was tantamount to a fool's talk. However, with the help of magic power, it was not impossible to reach the sun.
Moreover, the main feature of this project was that the investment was extremely small, and the main task was concentrated on a few witches. Making a nuclear bomb with bare hands would be a joke in another world, but in this world, it was actually somewhat possible.
Therefore, as a preliminary research plan, it could be carried out at the same time as the existing major industrial projects. Even if it failed, it would not have much impact on Roland.
In fact, from the moment Lucia evolved on the Day of Adulthood, he had been prepared in this regard. Taking the opportunity to collect the corresponding elements on the periodic table, he asked the chief alchemist Kyle Sichi to determine the original sample of uranium from a large number of separated elements and properly stored it.
Uranium could be said to be widespread in nature. In addition to uranium mines, it could also be found in granite, coal, and even seawater. However, in terms of conventional technical means, it had no value to be mined. However, Lucia's ability directly surpassed the threshold of separation and purification. As long as there was a sample, she could gather the trace elements of uranium bit by bit to meet the needs of the raw materials.
The heroic speech at the meeting was more to boost everyone's morale, but there were some words that he hid in his heart. The romance of competing with the light was only half of the reason. If it were not for the crisis of life and death, he would not have made up his mind to implement this plan. However, from the news from the Senior Demon, he realized that perhaps the human race was already in a crisis of life and death.
Where was the end of magic power?
He had no idea.
He did not dare to look down on this kind of unreasonable unknown power.
The demon's speed of progress was astonishing, and the reason was actually the upgrade after seizing the inheritance.
Agatha's proposal seemed to have no problems, but the biggest loophole was that the demon would have time to deal with it. The Union had failed miserably because they had neglected this point.
If the demons and deep-sea monsters won the third Battle of Divine Will, what would it be like if they were to be upgraded again?
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