Chapter 222: Chapter 209: Knowledge and Truth Never Fear Spreading and Communication! (Please Subscribe)


    “What terrifying power…”


    Looking at the sea of fire spreading before him, Dennis’s expression became very solemn. Although such an attack was not a threat to a grand wizard, it would probably leave no chance of survival for an ordinary formal mage.


    The wizards from the Alchemy Association couldn’t help showing a look of horror on their faces. Their aggressive intentions to confront Lynn about his theories had considerably softened in an instant.


    Rafael remembered that he had once seen a kind of alchemical powder that would explode upon contact with fire, but it was nowhere near this destructive.


    “This is ck gunpowder. I’ve used it to destroy half of a harbor city,” Lynn exined before anyone could ask and then shook his head. “It’s just a pity…”


    “A pity about what?” Rafael quickly asked. “Could it be that the production cost is too high?”


    “No, the production of ck gunpowder is notplicated,” Lynn said as he began to exin. “I mean that the power is stillcking!”


    If white phosphorus and other fillers are not mixed in, the explosive power of ck gunpowder alone is actually quite limited, far inferior to TNT or ck Toluene (Tornado Explosive).


    Stillcking?


    The expressions on the onlookers’ faces were a bit odd. Could it be that Lynn was nning to use this stuff to set traps to deal with those Cardinals?


    Ondo and others were excitedly discussing how to use the powerful destructive force of ck gunpowder in warfare.


    “I know… I know!” Lydia waved her longbow, drawing everyone’s attention to her confident new idea. “We could fill an alchemy car with these ck ‘stones’ and then charge into crowds!”


    Rafael and the others couldn’t help nodding. It was indeed a good way to unleash its power.


    Good grief, a suicide truck, huh? It would be a waste of your talents if you weren’t organizing a terror attack!


    Lynn said, somewhat amused and dismayed, “In fact, it’s used for mining ore!”


    Rafael and the others were shocked.


    They had just witnessed the power of the gunpowder, which wasn’t weakpared to alchemy cannons, and yet, you were using it for mining?


    Lynn was also quite helpless, as the biggest problem with the development of Yiyeta Harbor was the far insufficient production of various ores.


    Especially steel, the foundation of all industry.


    Although there was an iron mine near Yiyeta, the efficiency of mining was very touching; relying solely on manpower was far from enough.


    Letting wizards use fire magic to st was not impossible.


    But formal wizards were very valuable, and nobody was willing to do that job.


    Rely on wizard apprentices? Better not.


    Gunpowder naturally became the best choice, and it was worth considering whether to establish a musketeer or artillery squadter.


    As for the testing of the power of ck gunpowder, apart from Lynn’s own dissatisfaction, it was undoubtedly aplete sess, and Dennis soon got his wish to see thetest model of the alchemy car equipped with an internalbustion engine.


    Those who made it, such as Philip, had truly taken Lynn’s idea of saving steel to the extreme, adhering to minimalism and pragmatism. In short, as long as it could haul ore, that was enough!


    This resulted in its appearance looking very crude—a frame constructed of steel—that contrasted sharply with the gorgeous steam carriage beside it.


    Upon firstying eyes on the contraption, the Wizards of the Alchemy Association couldn’t help but sneer slightly.


    Just this… just this?


    However, after riding a four-wheeled vehicle on the roads of Yiyeta Harbor for a week and experiencing that extraordinary speed, everyone fell silent, and Dennis was particrly distraught, speechless with a face full of despair.


    He knew that the results of his painstaking research had be worthless, and decades of effort were probably wasted…


    “Lord Lynn, may I have a look at the designs for the internalbustion engine?” a male wizard from the Alchemy Association asked with some reluctance.


    However, he also understood that such core technology was unlikely to be shared by the other party.


    Lynn, already intending to coborate on research, was very generous, directly instructing Ondo to bring over the design drawings.


    When the male wizard received the drawings, his hands trembled, unable to believe that the other party had so easily entrusted such valuable information to him.


    Dennis and the others couldn’t help but gather around to examine them as well.


    The drawings were incredibly detailed, even indicating internal parts and structures.


    Without needing exnations from Lynn, the wizards of the Alchemy Association quickly understood the structure and function of each part of the internalbustion engine after a brief discussion.


    “This should be the piston, like with the steam engine, used to provide power.”


    “Its operating principle is simr to that of the steam engine, the difference being that thebustion process of the internalbustion engine takes ce inside the device, is this what ‘internalbustion’ means?”


    The earliest steam engines could also be referred to as externalbustion engines, as thebustion urs outside, using steam expansion to move the piston, resulting in a lot of energy loss.


    But the internalbustion engine is different, it exchanges air through an Alchemy Array and an exhaust valve, and the entirebustion process is confined within the cylinder, thus the power it provides is naturally much more intense than steam.


    “Truly a genius idea!” Dennis eximed with emotion, and his mind was filled with many potential improvement schemes for the steam engine, though he understood that no matter the improvements, it would be difficult for them to match the efficiency of the internalbustion engine.


    “I have a question, the alchemy internalbustion engine is a creation of the Yiyeta school, why are you willing to let us view the designs…” Dennis asked, puzzled.


    “I have always believed that knowledge and truth do not fear being spread and exchanged!” Lynn answered calmly. “The power and wisdom of one person are too insignificant; even if one spends a lifetime specializing in a certain area, it’s unlikely they will ever see its limit…”


    “Magic theories require innovation, and if everyone sticks to their own school of thought, then I believe Wizard Land would not have the dazzling magic system it has today.”


    As for the other reason Lynn did not mention, the internalbustion engine was just a technology that had been rendered obsolete in his previous life, in his eyes but a stopgap measure.


    Listening to Lynn’s words, the wizards of the Alchemy Association were deeply moved.


    As researchers and inventors of the steam engine, they guarded this special alchemy technology fiercely, never allowing wizards from other schools to dismantle or study the rted devices, deeming it brazen theft!


    Although in the end, they couldn’tpletely prevent the technology from leaking out…


    Yet Lynn disregarded the barriers between schools altogether, directly sharing the core designs with them, such magnanimity…


    Thinking this, Dennis couldn’t help but feel somewhat ashamed…


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