Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 827 - 56

Inside the temporary workshop Perfikot used to build the Floating City, Aili quickly demonstrated fairy magic to the two.

"Is this fairy magic? It indeed looks completely different from the alchemy we’re familiar with." Sanderion watched Aili’s display and had to admit it opened her eyes.

Perfikot also rubbed his chin, nodding affirmatively before saying, "It truly is eye-opening; its operating principles are different from any known magic and alchemy, worthy of being the secret of the Elf Race.

But applying this technology has huge hurdles; at the very least, we need to solve the magic power source issue first."

The fairy magic Aili performed created a crystal-carved flower out of thin air, which looked very beautiful.

Meanwhile, the energy from the Energy Tower powering the Alchemy Workshop was nearly drained directly by Aili in a short time, almost bringing the entire Alchemy Workshop to a halt.

"There’s no helping it~! The magic power concentration in the Fairy Nation far exceeds the mortal world, and the Elf Race never considered casting spells in an environment with such low magic concentration." Aili’s face showed a hint of fatigue; using fairy magic in a low magic environment was a heavy burden for her.

Even though the Energy Tower provided converted magic power, Perfikot used a small Energy Tower, and this level of magic supply could only partially offset her consumption.

"If there was an Energy Tower like this dedicated to supplying you, what level could your fairy magic reach?" Perfikot was very interested in the ability Aili displayed.

After all, fairy magic looked like it was made from thin air, a very tempting phenomenon for Perfikot.

"If such a specced Energy Tower were dedicated, I should be able to exert about eighty percent of fairy magic’s power." Aili didn’t evade the question but directly stated roughly how much magic power she needed.

Upon hearing Aili’s answer, Perfikot calculated in his mind and then asked, "If it were a city-level Energy Tower three times the size, could it double your magic effect?"

Aili shook her head, denying it: "It can’t~! Although fairy magic needs magic power, more magic power cannot enhance fairy magic’s power unless I use more potent fairy magic.

Magic power needs to be used to turn into the strength of fairy magic; more magic power cannot multiply fairy magic’s power."

Hearing Aili’s response, Perfikot nodded knowingly, not finding it strange: "Marginal effect; it’s quite a normal phenomenon."

"Can my fairy magic be of help in any way?" Aili approached Perfikot, with a fawning expression that made Perfikot feel she would wag her tail like a puppy if she had one.

Only Perfikot needed top-tier Alchemists; if Aili were an Alchemist, Perfikot would have used her long ago.

But after thinking for a while, Perfikot did come up with a job suitable for Aili.

"There’s a place in the Northern Territory that formed a natural magic fountain. I need you to develop it, at least let us better utilize the power of the Magic Hot Spring." Perfikot finally remembered the magic fountain he’d discovered in Death Valley and decided to have Aili develop it. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

This precious resource is not something Perfikot would ever hand over to the Mage Association to squander. She hadn’t moved it herself due to unfamiliarity with the relevant technology.

Now, with Aili who understands magic power well, Perfikot felt it’s a good time to develop the Magic Hot Spring.

Although Aili showed a resentful expression at this, like an abandoned kitten, she still obediently followed Perfikot’s instructions and prepared to head to Death Valley.

In contrast, after Perfikot explained all the reasons to Sanderion, she completely sided with him and began to recruit the Alchemist Association to send more Alchemists to assist Perfikot.

Large numbers of newcomers from various Alchemy Academies in the Northern Territory soon arrived at the Floating City Perfikot was building through various means.

They didn’t know what work they were there for; their teachers and on-site instructors only told them what they needed to know, and as for what they didn’t, they truly didn’t know.

Although some suspected Perfikot was building a city, her automation production was much more explosive than building a Floating City, attracting a lot of attention to her.

Though automation production was very important, compared to the Floating City, it served as a lure to grab attention.

And most critically, only with automation developed could Perfikot gain more technical workers and labor, as well as better robots, ensuring her plans proceeded smoothly.

"Alright, now that we’ve figured out what’s going on, I’ll help you out with this one!" Sanderion didn’t mind lending a hand to Perfikot, though she regretfully said, "Pity the plan I made for you last time; I thought you would transform the district of Chernobyl, as we discussed..."

"The previous plan isn’t abandoned; cities will eventually need to fly, so rather than a small town flying, a bigger city should take off." Perfikot didn’t abandon the previous plan.

Although she established an automated production line here, intending to use it to build a Floating City, it didn’t mean Perfikot would give up other places in the Northern Territory.

"The earlier plan also had a lot of preparation; some can be transferred here, but I have no need to abandon it." Perfikot took out two different blueprints and explained to Sanderion, "I plan to make the Floating City module I’m currently building into a combat module, while the originally planned module will be adjusted to a residential module.

After all, I intended the Floating City to be modular, and now it’s just applying this design to the construction process in advance."

"But in that case, the Northern Territory’s industrial capacity shouldn’t be enough, right? Simultaneous construction of two Floating City modules is too severe a test for the Northern Territory’s industrial capacity." Sanderion raised a doubt.