Big G, Coffee Machine and Goblin

Chapter 37 The Inference of Horsepower

Not only Ma Li, but the old alchemist also benefited greatly from the exchanges over the past few days.

Although Ma Li repeatedly emphasized that the power he possessed was not necessarily the ancient alchemy that Levi spoke of, the more they talked, the more convinced the old alchemist became of this.

Especially after Ma Li demonstrated how to make a compass to him on the spot, Levi's eyes were wide open for almost the entire time, and he almost cried with joy.

Although the whole process was very brief.

Ma Li simply rubbed the needle tip with the magnet at the end of the magnetic reading lamp, placed it on a leaf, and then put the leaf in water, and the compass would point south.

This is roughly the difficulty level of a second-grade elementary school craft class.

However, it still greatly shocked the old alchemist who knew nothing about magnetic fields. Even though Ma Li tried his best to explain the working principle of magnetism to him afterward, in Levi's eyes, who had already accepted the existence of magical elements, the invisible and intangible magnetic field was nothing more than another special and undiscovered mysterious element.

This is a groundbreaking study that could revolutionize the magical world! The old alchemist was filled with excitement.

Besides immersing himself in the ocean of knowledge, he also remembered to mentor his beloved disciples.

With his strong recommendation, Renee became Mali's teacher of the common language of the continent. For the past three days, Mali has been taking a bottle of animal communication potion every day, which is equivalent to spending fifteen gold eagles at the market price of five gold eagles.

However, the results were also remarkable. It wasn't that he learned a lot of the common language of mainland China in that time, but rather that he recorded a complete set of teaching videos for the common language on his mobile phone.

In addition, there was a set of alchemy treatises recorded from Levi.

It's important to know that Levi is the vice dean of the Alchemy Department of the Radiant Staff. Even though he has gone astray in the last ten years or so, becoming hopelessly mired in the research of ancient alchemy, his academic qualifications are still excellent.

He not only had a background in the fusion school, but also in the potion school and the rune school. Coupled with his rich historical knowledge, his lectures were insightful yet easy to understand, and full of fun.

On the morning of the fourth day, Xia Er and the others also emerged from the Endless Forest.

With two veterans, Solo and Leibutos, leading the team, the goblin extermination mission went smoothly, with no major incidents along the way.

At daybreak, the group sneaked into the goblin's lair, took down the guards outside, while the goblins inside were still fast asleep.

What awaited them was a massacre with no suspense whatsoever!

Those little green monsters didn't put up any decent resistance at all. Many of them had their heads chopped off before they even had a chance to pick up a weapon. The rest of them struggled for a bit, but soon they all started to scatter and flee.

Without time to search the lair for loot, Solo and Leibtos immediately split up, each taking half their men to continue chasing the fleeing goblins.

The monster hunters were making good progress, but Leibtos and his companions ran into a wild boar in heat on their way back. While trying to save a militiaman, Will, the older brother of the sibling adventurers, was knocked down a hillside by the boar and broke his arm.

This was also the only casualty incident that occurred during this operation.

In addition, Charles also reported the results of the experiment to Marie. All the empty cans she left behind after eating were gone when she returned. In fact, the unopened cans and biscuits left in her backpack disappeared the day after they set off.

Of the four chocolate bars that Garcia had hidden on the other side, three are still there, but one is missing.

Some of the small pieces of trash that Ma Li had been throwing around these past few days are still there, while others have disappeared.

He compiled all the experimental results he had collected and then made himself a latte. Since he had already sold his thermos, he could only make do with a stainless steel rice bowl as a coffee cup.

Ma Li sat under the cherry tree in front of the house, holding a cup of coffee, drinking and watching.

He believed that the key point he had previously overlooked was hidden behind these experimental data. Now, the fact that items brought out of the red mist would disappear had been basically confirmed.

However, some supplies were left behind.

The chocolate experiment can eliminate differences caused by variations in the items themselves, while the empty can experiment seems to prove that these differences are related to time.

However, Ma Li's own garbage disposal experiment overturned this proof.

Looking at the contradictory experimental data, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Ma Li took another sip of latte, savoring the blended flavor of milk and coffee in his mouth, when suddenly a brilliant idea flashed in his mind.

Right, he had always subconsciously assumed that there was only one influencing factor, but what if there wasn't? If there were other influencing factors besides time, it would explain the contradictions shown by the experimental data.

So what is the second influencing factor, location?
This was something he had suspected from the beginning: the distance from the red mist also determines whether an item disappears.

However, this hypothesis was not reflected in the experimental data.

Before I knew it, I had finished my cup of coffee.

Ma Li put down his rice bowl and pulled out the data from his garbage disposal experiment.

He even drew a simple map of Shiraki Village for this experiment.

Ma Li opened the notebook, placed it on the ground, stared at the large number of "o" and "×" representing existence and disappearance, then took out a ballpoint pen and drew a large circle, enclosing almost all the "o"s.

And in the very center of that large circle was the home of the half-elf girl.

But that doesn't make sense.

Ma Li frowned. Xia Er clearly had nothing to do with the Red Mist, so why would her cabin affect the experiment results? Wait, no, the influencing factor wasn't Xia Er's house, but himself!
During the few days that Solo and the others were away, Mali stayed here temporarily, and his main activity area was this small cabin.

And every single piece of trash he left nearby was left behind.

Conversely, a large portion of the trash located far from the wooden house disappeared.

Finally, Ma Li combined the two influencing factors of time and place and came to a conclusion.

Items brought out from the red mist that are too far away from him will disappear after one day.

This inference can basically fit all the experimental results obtained from three independent experiments.

Ma Li went even further, arriving at a rough range of two to three kilometers, where items beyond that distance would disappear if they left him for more than a day.

He then spent several more days verifying this inference and finally refined the range to 2452 meters.

Ma Li couldn't explain the reason behind this, but at least for now, it seemed that there was some inexplicable connection between him and these ubiquitous modern industrial products.

He is like an extra-large battery, continuously providing these things with the mysterious energy that sustains their existence.

Ma Li even discovered that even if these things had been at a distance of 2,400 meters for almost a day, as long as he rushed over in time, touched them, or stood near them for a while, their disappearance time would be reset.

(End of this chapter)