Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Nobody Does Human Things (M) was momentarily speechless upon hearing this. He quickly realized that this information had been gathered by Winter City’s intelligence agency. Without any concealment, he frankly admitted:
“That’s right, Lord. Cement can indeed have such powerful effects, but I’m currently facing quite a few difficulties. The key to cement production involves three stages: grinding, firing, and grinding again. Although I’ve found good raw materials, I’m still missing crucial components.”
In fact, Nobody Does Human Things believed the main issue was still the materials.
There was one ingredient that he simply couldn’t find, only a tiny amount of it.
Grinding, on the other hand, was simple; he could directly have players use their Qi to shatter it.
“I see. Let me introduce you; this is Nina, a maid from Winter Fort. She has an ability to transform minerals. I wonder if she can help you.”
“Transform minerals?”
Nobody Does Human Things’ eyes widened as he looked at Nina, who still looked like a child. He couldn’t help but wonder what kind of overpowered skill this was.
Directly altering the chemical composition and physical properties of matter?
This was essentially equivalent to changing the very essence of the world.
Even though Cain Continent was a high-level Western fantasy world, such a skill was still incredibly outlandish.
Despite his disbelief, seeing the Lord of Eagle Territory’s confident gaze, he immediately returned to his room and took out two types of ores.
One of them was called Limestone by the indentured laborers. It was similar in properties to limestone and was the primary ingredient for cement production. However, several other components were also needed.
The other ore didn’t even have a name; it was sent by the indentured laborers mixed in with the stones. It had properties similar to marlstone, a brown ore that could be directly fired to produce cement without the need for any additional ingredients.
The downside was its limited quantity. The indentured laborers had only found a small amount of it in the area where they collected stones, not even enough to build a house.
Nobody Does Human Things placed the two ores on the ground in front of Nina and pointed to the two lumps of rock. He earnestly explained:
“The one on the left is Limestone. There’s plenty of it in the Sorrento Mountain Range. The one on the right, I’ve named it Marlstone. It’s very rare. If you can transform the Limestone into Marlstone, then the cement problem can be solved.”
Nina didn’t respond immediately. Instead, she first looked up, her gaze seeking out Xi Wei.
After receiving an encouraging look from him, she nodded at Nobody Does Human Things and said with some uncertainty:
“I’ll try my best.”
As Nina spoke, she crouched down, placing her two tender, fair hands on the two ores. A hazy, earthy yellow light emanated from her hands.
Nobody Does Human Things and Xi Wei watched this scene intently, holding their breath.
A miraculous scene unfolded. The limestone on Nina’s left began to gradually shrink and change color, eventually transforming into the Marlstone on her right. However, its volume was reduced by about half.
It seemed this loss in volume was the limitation Nina had mentioned earlier.
“It actually works!” Nobody Does Human Things exclaimed in shock, his eyes blazing with adoration as he looked at Nina, as if she were a priceless treasure.
The person he admired most in the past was his university professor, a white-haired chemical academician. But at this very moment, he felt as if he had buried that old man in his heart and erected a statue of the little girl before him on the grave mound.
Nina, feeling intimidated by Nobody Does Human Things’ intense gaze, cowered behind Xi Wei.
Although she knew these Foreigners were all subordinates of the Lord, she still found them somewhat strange. Elder Sister Loli often told her to interact less with Foreigners, otherwise, she might become foolish.
Nina still wanted to work for the Lord and didn’t want to become foolish too early.
The Sub-human girl’s actions made Nobody Does Human Things realize his own lapse in composure.
He coughed awkwardly and said to Xi Wei with a serious expression:
“Lord, if Nina can mass-produce this Marlstone, then cement can be successfully created.”
Upon hearing this, Xi Wei turned his gaze to Nina beside him and asked:
“Nina, for the operation of transforming Marlstone like that just now, how many more times can you do it with your energy?”
Nina pondered for a moment and carefully calculated in her mind before replying uncertainly, “For ore of that size, I can probably transform it over ten thousand more times.”
Xi Wei picked up the Marlstone from the ground and roughly estimated its weight. The Marlstone in his hand was about 2kg. This meant Nina could transform over 20 tons of Marlstone at once. Considering the reduction, it would require about 40 tons of Limestone.
This output was already terrifying.
Both Xi Wei and Nobody Does Human Things saw a hint of shock in each other’s eyes.
If this could be used to transform into gold…
Xi Wei instinctively licked his nonexistent lips, then took out a gold coin from his pocket and handed it to Nina, eagerly instructing:
“Nina, try transforming Marlstone into gold?”
Nina obediently complied. She placed her small hands over the gold and the Marlstone, and soon, the Marlstone gradually shrank, turning into a grain-sized piece of gold.
Only grain-sized…
Xi Wei fell silent. Why was the loss so high?
However, even so, it was still very powerful. Cain Continent wasn’t short of stones; with so many rocks, it should be possible to transform quite a lot of gold.
Seeing Xi Wei’s excited expression, Nina seemed to notice his thoughts and said with some difficulty:
“Lord, it seems that the difference between these two minerals is too great, and the energy consumed for transformation is also very high. That last attempt consumed one-fifth of my energy.”
Xi Wei: “…”
What was the use of five grain-sized gold coins every day? It would be better to have Nina transform it into Marlstone for Nobody Does Human Things to make cement.
But not today; Xi Wei still had some tests to complete. So, he took Nina away, much to Nobody Does Human Things’ reluctant gaze.
The next ability to be tested was metal fusion.
For this, Xi Wei found a blacksmith shop in the outer city.
Finding Enzo would be pointless; Enzo was just a tool working through the system. He didn’t actually understand forging; he just bashed around randomly.
A moment later, at the outer city blacksmith shop…
“Lord, are you saying that this young Sub-human girl can fuse two metals together without melting them?” the old blacksmith with the white beard asked, his tone filled with doubt.
He had spent his entire life forging and had never heard of such a strange thing. However, since it was the Lord’s wish, the old blacksmith could only choose to believe for the time being:
“This is truly an unbelievable feat. If she can really do it, even the Dwarves, renowned for their blacksmithing, would go mad for her!”
Saying this, the old blacksmith took out a piece of Black Demon Steel from under the pillow on a nearby bed. This was his treasure, a gift from his master, a **Dwarf Grandmaster Blacksmith**.
Unfortunately, his talent was limited. In his lifetime of forging, he could at most create Master-level equipment.
This was a high-grade forging material, created by melting **Elemental Obsidian** and **Meteorite Iron** at high temperatures and forging them tens of thousands of times. The greatsword Xi Wei was currently using was also forged from this material.
The old blacksmith caressed the Black Demon Steel in his hand as if he were caressing his wife. However, he quickly collected himself and took a piece of Elemental Obsidian and a piece of Meteorite Iron from the forge, saying to Xi Wei:
“Lord, you can let her try to see if she can fuse Elemental Obsidian and Meteorite Iron into Black Demon Steel.”
“Try it, Nina, don’t feel any pressure.”
Despite Xi Wei’s encouragement, Nina was still a little nervous.
Transforming gold earlier had already consumed one-fifth of her energy, which had been a significant blow to her.
She took a deep breath, stood on her tiptoes, and placed the Meteorite Iron and Elemental Obsidian on the forge together, then reached out her small hands to cover them.
Compared to the earthy yellow light when she transformed ores earlier, the light emanating from Nina’s hands now had a metallic sheen. Under the effect of her ability, the two ores emitted a rapid “buzzing” sound.
The time was not long before the Meteorite Iron and Elemental Obsidian miraculously disappeared.
In their place, on the forge, lay a piece of perfectly crafted Black Demon Steel.
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