The people living in Cecil often warned newcomers that this land was built by the heroes of ancient times. Therefore, there were many strange and unimaginable things in this land. When faced with these things that challenged the three views of the world, it was best not to make a fuss because these things were harmless to humans and animals. If you really couldn't understand it, then just treat it as an ancient magic technique or an ancient relic.
The citizens of Cecil were already used to seeing the rumbling machines in the factories, and seeing a shiny silver-white metal ball floating around their territory. But recently, they had to learn to get used to a new sight. They were used to seeing a strange woman with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a snake walking around the streets and alleys. Strictly speaking, they were "wriggling around"...
In the fourth week of winter, the weather was clear, windless, and cloudless. Gwen was on his way to the newly completed runic substrate foundry to inspect the production line. Beside him was the siren Tyre, who almost never appeared outdoors under normal circumstances.
The siren seemed to have finally adjusted her sleepy routine. Since the last Constellation Day, she had entered a strange "hyperactive state". In short, she could not sleep, could not lie down, felt uncomfortable, and wanted to cause trouble. So she had to climb out of her beloved saltwater tank and began to wander around Cecil's territory. Gwen had no reason to put her under house arrest in the liege's residence, but to prevent this strange creature from causing any trouble in the territory, he came up with a compromise, and that was to let Tyre follow him around.
Now it seemed that the siren lady was not unhappy about it. She was satisfied as long as she could wander around.
Walking on the road to the factory area, Gwen could not help but look back curiously at Tyre, who was wriggling forward beside him. "What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly willing to come out? "
"Can't help it. Who asked the stars to return to their original position a while ago?" Tyre was obviously depressed. She obviously still wanted to find a saltwater tank and sleep until she died, but she could not calm down at all. "When the magic surges, the elements will become active. We sirens are elemental creatures."
Gwen raised his eyebrows in surprise. "You are … elemental creatures?"
"What? Don't we look like elemental creatures? " Tyre put her hands on her hips and patted the ground with the tip of her tail to strengthen her persuasion. "We are elemental creatures!"
"The elemental creatures in my impression don't look like you …" Gawain explained, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "The elemental creatures in my impression are chaotic and unstable. They have to rely on spells or magic cores to survive in the real world for a long time. Otherwise, they can only appear in this world for a short period of time using elemental mediums as fuel …"
Tyre looked disdainful. "That's low-level stuff. We sirens are elemental creatures that can exist stably in the real world. We are of a higher level."
Gwen had no time to argue with this siren. Anyway, this group of deep-sea gods dared to eat the ancient gods as if they were seafood. What was there to be surprised about? He was just curious about how long Chittyr's state of being willing to come out could last. "By the way, how long can your … active state last?"
Tyre thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "It's hard to say. About a month?"
When Gawain heard this, he couldn't help but frown as his gaze fell on Tyr's long tail. "If you really intend to be active for a month, it's best that you get used to walking upright. It's too eye-catching for you to drag your tail around the territory all day long …"
As he said, he glanced around and found some curious and cautious eyes. Those eyes were, of course, from the civilians and soldiers in the fief. If it were anywhere else, a siren would have attracted hostility and panic. But here, because of Gwen's protection and the fact that strange things often happened in the fief, people were more curious and cautious about Tyre's strange form. Of course, there were probably some people who were secretly afraid, but with Gwen here, who dared to say it out loud?
Tyre, however, did not take Gwen's warning seriously. She swayed like a seaweed and said, "Anyway, I don't cause any panic when I come out like this, do I? And I think your people are quite receptive. If I show up in front of them a few times, they will get used to it. Aren't they used to having a big metal ball flying around in the fief? "
Gwen could not refute that. In terms of appearance, Tyre's naked body was more bizarre than Tyre's. At least the siren had half a human body, but Boss Egg's face was painted with paint by Rebecca. In comparison, Tyre's wandering around was not a big deal.
"You have to thank Egghead for laying the foundation for you. He directly increased the ability of everyone in the entire territory to accept rare things by countless times," Gawain said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Well, since you're willing to do so, I won't interfere too much. But I still hope you can pay attention to one thing. The ability of humans to accept new things is limited. It's not easy for them to adapt to a 'foreign visitor' who walks with a snake tail or a fish tail. Try not to use the octopus form and sea crab form that you mentioned to me last time …"
Tyre curled her lips regretfully. She was wondering if the octopus form would be more stable on land, but she was killed before she could do it. This made the siren very unhappy.
However, she soon forgot about this little bit of unhappiness because she finally saw what the 'factory that produced goods by machines' that everyone in the fief was talking about and proud of looked like.
The Cecil Rune Foundry was a new factory that was' released 'from the Machinery Manufacturing Institute not long ago. It was part of Gwen's' industrial systematization 'plan.
According to Gawain's plan, the Machinery Manufacturing Institute should not be a pure production department. Instead, it should be an "upstream" unit that gathered research and development, testing, and manufacturing the initial prototype. Its purpose was to produce the first machine, not to carry out continuous and repeated mass production.
In the Machinery Manufacturing Institute, a new industrial chain or link would go through the process of starting from scratch. The craftsmen, apprentices, and Egg would complete the construction of the prototype and trial production work based on the prototype. Once the chain or link matured and could become part of the industrial system, it should be separated from the Machinery Manufacturing Institute in a suitable way and become a separate factory or a production line in a factory, embarking on the path of independent development and industry.
This was Gwen's idea to build the magical engineering industrial system as soon as possible. It may not be the best, but it was the most suitable choice for the fief at present.
Only when every link in the industrial chain is shaped, and they start to operate in their respective positions, and the system of division of labor and cooperation and assembly line production is thoroughly established, can the territory get rid of the traditional workshop-craftsman model of production, and free itself from the inefficient and wasteful hodgepodge model of production.
In the Rune Foundry, Tyre looked at the neatly arranged machines with amazement. He watched as the hexagonal base plates were sent to the embossing machine one by one. With a loud bang, a heavy steel hammer struck the surface of the base plate, directly imprinting the complex rune indentations on the soft base plate material. After that, the base plate was immersed in a mixture of quartz sand and hot resin to complete the filling of the rune indentations. The excess solution on the surface of the base plate would be scraped and recycled in the next step. After the magic-conducting material in the indentations solidified, the base plate would be polished by the machine to ensure that there was no magic-conducting material left outside the rune indentations that would affect the effect of the spell. If it was a relatively simple rune base plate, this step of processing would be completed. If it was more complicated, some manual processes would be required, such as inlaying crystals in the reserved indentations.
This was completely different from the way the people on the mainland made things that Tyre had heard of. It reminded her of the factories that had been restored to operation in Antaverne.
While Tyre was curiously looking at the production of the Rune Foundry, Gwen was also seriously looking at the siren's reaction.
She had a curious expression on her face, which made Gwen feel a little relieved. Things were developing in the direction he hoped.
He did not mind letting Tyre see the so-called "technical secrets" of his fief. In fact, if this usually lazy siren was willing, he would not have any objections even if she wanted to see the original design of the magic network.
This was because this siren came from a society that was obviously much more advanced than human civilization. The place she lived in was even more developed than the Silver Empire of the elves.
Gwen was not worried that Tyre would steal any technology. In other words, if she was really interested in one of Cecil's technologies, Gwen would be even happier.
Only by arousing the siren's curiosity and attention could he start a conversation with her in the field of technology. Although he did not want to admit it, human civilization was obviously a "low-level civilization" in Tyre's eyes. Even if this siren did not have the slightest discrimination or contempt, the difference in the level of technology between the two was an established fact, and there was no need to modify it with words.
In this case, Gwen needed to make some attempts to see if the "magic-conducting industry" that was being developed in Cecil's fief could arouse Tyre's interest. If she was interested, then it would be easy to talk about technology.
When the time was right, he came to Tyre's side and asked, "How do you feel?"
"Very …" Tyr opened her mouth. She wanted to use 'advanced' as a compliment, but she soon realized that Gawain probably did not need such a compliment. Besides, the situation in the factory was not at the point where it could be described as' advanced '. So, she changed her words. "It's a very interesting production method. So you humans have started to use this method to mass produce magic items? I thought you were still making magic items in workshops and magic laboratories … That's what our last 'traveling sister' said when she came back. "
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