Exploring Technology in a Wizard World

Time moved forward by a minute.

In the three-story main building of Blue Lake Estate, Richard appeared in a spacious room on the third floor.

This room had been converted by him into a temporary laboratory, mainly used for the shapeless, miniature Magic Tracking Missile, wind tunnel simulation experiments.

With a flip of his hand, a trial model of a Miniature Magic Tracking Missile appeared in his grasp.

One could see that it was an elongated metal body, similar to an arrow, but slightly shorter and thicker. Jet-black in color, its surface was engraved with golden Magic Runes, giving it a mysterious appearance.

Holding the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile, Richard had a thought and cast a Wind Magic Spell, causing violent winds to suddenly arise in the spacious room, with a large amount of air beginning to flow at high speed in a certain pattern.

Richard lifted the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile he was holding and controlled the outflow of Free Energy Elements from the Magic Origin within him, injecting them into it and triggering the first Magic Rune carved on it.

"Buzz!"

With a sound, the entire Miniature Magic Tracking Missile was successfully activated, starting to operate on its own. In a rhythmical vibration, the stored Free Energy Elements inside continuously surged out, sequentially triggering the myriad of Magic Runes carved on its surface.

The next moment, the surface of the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile lit up suddenly, detaching from Richard's palm and gradually picking up speed, flying forward.

At the appropriate time, Richard increased the speed of the air movement in the room and controlled the direction of the airflow, opposite to the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile.

Under careful control, the speed of the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile got faster and faster, yet it remained relatively stationary with the moving air, neither advancing nor retreating.

Richard nodded in satisfaction, squinting his eyes to observe the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile, thoughtfully considering what improvements still needed to be made.

The missile's body could probably be slightly enlarged, after all, currently, only Wind Element Magic Runes related to the Wind Magic have been engraved on it, and Magic Runes for tracking the target and releasing the explosive power of the warhead would have to be added later.

Furthermore, the shape needed some adjustments. There hadn't seemed to be anything unsuitable with the previous design, but now, in the simulated wind tunnel experiment, it was evident that the flight stability of the missile head was quite poor, and it was prone to...

The word "losing control" had just flashed through Richard's mind when he saw the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile flying in mid-air suddenly swerve and veer, hurtling at high speed towards the side wall.

Richard quickly tried to adjust the direction of the airflow in the room, but this adjustment created a chain reaction with the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile.

"Crack!"

The Miniature Magic Tracking Missile made a strange noise and its wobbling intensified, changing direction erratically, much like a deflating balloon darting chaotically around the room.

Not only was the direction changing, but the speed as well, and with the flickering of the Magic Runes on the missile's body, the speed fluctuated between fast and slow, clearly indicating the stability of the stored Free Energy Elements inside didn't meet expectations.

Richard had no choice but to fully control the airflow in the room, to adapt to the constantly changing direction and speed of the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile, in order to make it stop.

But this was no easy task, the rapid changes in the airflow in the room had gradually formed a very unstable pressure center, severely testing the walls of the room.

After all, when the room was originally constructed, such testing had not been considered; it was merely built for residential purposes.

"Crack crack crack..."

A chilling sound arose, and large cracks developed on the walls around.

The next moment, with a "boom", the entire roof was lifted off, followed by a "crash" as the left and right walls collapsed simultaneously.

A large amount of air from outside rushed in, attempting to neutralize the unstable pressure center in the room, causing the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile to completely lose control.

With a "whoosh", the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile broke free, shooting straight towards a corner of the estate. In that direction was the stable, where several servants were brushing the horses, and at the sound of commotion, they instinctively turned their heads to look.

Richard frowned, not wanting the servants to suffer an undeserved disaster, and clenched his fist hard, causing the surrounding air to contract sharply. Then, with a flick of his hand, he launched a hefty Air Missile.

"Boom!"

After the Air Missile fired, it caught up with the nearly depleted Miniature Magic Tracking Missile at a faster speed. The two collided, changed direction together, and headed for a nearby Stone Building.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the Stone Building shook violently, the Air Missile dissipated, and the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile, now emptied of its internal Energy, fell to the ground.

Richard breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Tap tap tap."

At that moment, footsteps could be heard; a man ran out of the struck Stone Building in panic—it was Jia Lie. After looking around in a daze, seemingly still not quite understanding what had happened, it took him quite a while before he weakly asked, "Master, is there something you need me to do?"

"That…" Richard was quite calm; after all, accidents during experiments were nothing new to him. He quickly said, "There's no need to panic, just find some people and get the house fixed."

"Yes."

"Oh yes." Richard thought of something else, "Later, come to my study, I will give you a list, and you go purchase some building materials."

"What for?"

"I'm going to construct a dedicated experimentation site within the estate," Richard said.

What he planned to build was a genuine Wind Tunnel Laboratory. Today's events had shown him that merely relying on Wind Magic to simulate wind tunnels was hard to control, and the consequences could be unpredictable if a real accident were to occur.

Moreover, to perfect the Miniature Magic Tracking Missile, he would need to conduct wind tunnel experiments more frequently; therefore, it would be better to build an actual Wind Tunnel Laboratory.

Jia Lie didn't understand what Richard was thinking, but after hearing his instructions, he just nodded, indicating that he had noted it down.

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Shortly after, Jia Lie arrived at Richard's study and received the so-called list. After reading the list and listening to Richard's ideas for constructing the Wind Tunnel Laboratory, Jia Lie had one thought.

That was, there weren't too many people in the estate; rather, there were too few.

According to Richard's plans, setting up the Wind Tunnel Laboratory would require dozens of people, including a significant number of Masons, and ongoing maintenance and cleaning would also necessitate a considerable workforce.

It seemed after purchasing all sorts of items, he would have to hire a team of people.

And after employing these people, arranging their food and accommodation properly was also necessary; so much to handle.

Jia Lie felt a headache coming on, realizing being a Servant wasn't so easy.

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In fact, it wasn't long before Jia Lie discovered that things were harder than he had anticipated. Right from the first task of purchasing materials, he encountered obstacles, and moreover, they were insurmountable ones.

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