Chapter 106 Dixia: Duo Shao? !

Chapter 106 Dixia: Duo Shao? !

"...Then why don't you just ask me to inject elemental power into the pollen? Why make it so complicated?" Dixia held her forehead with one hand. Whenever she recalled what Haroldt said, she felt a headache.

"Because it's not that simple," Harold had to emphasize again, "Simply injecting elemental power can't help me complete my research. Otherwise, I could have chosen to buy a heat-releasing bottle instead of spending a lot of money to hire a mercenary with the Fire God's Eye.

You need to adjust the concentration and temperature of the elemental force according to my requirements, grasp the right timing, and stop immediately when I call for a stop. This will test your concentration and your control over the elemental force.

So I hope you can understand my research content and learn some related biological knowledge if possible.

In the experiment, your judgment as the operator plays a decisive role in the success of the experiment. If you just follow my instructions and mechanically adjust the output of elemental force, the success rate of the experiment will be very low."

This is one of the reasons why he is optimistic about Dixia. If it were any other mercenary with ill intentions, they would probably deliberately let his experiment fail, so as to extend the employment time indefinitely and defraud more commissions.

Kavi had encountered this kind of thing when he was making a voice typewriter controlled by elemental forces, but he attributed the repeated failures to the fact that his description was too vague and was unwilling to think that the mercenaries did it on purpose.

"This..." Dixia was stuck.

Isn't she a mercenary? Why should her employer urge her to study?

But she was still very confident in her control of elemental power. She dared to say that she was one of the top mercenaries who possessed the Eye of God, and there was no problem for her to cooperate with Haroldt's experiment.

She rubbed her forehead, adjusted her thoughts, and then said, "Okay, as long as you are willing to teach me, I will study hard, but I can't guarantee that I can learn quickly."

Just accept this condition.

Harold leaned back in his chair with a relaxed look and smiled. "I will teach you seriously. All kinds of knowledge have some commonalities. I believe that the 'Fiery Mane Lion' who can master a variety of fighting techniques will not be weak in learning biological theory."

It was the first time that she was praised by a scholar like this, and the first time that she heard a scholar equate the value of combat skills with theoretical knowledge. Dixia was surprised and delighted, and her favorability towards the young scholar in front of her soared.

"Then how long do I need to work a day? Where is the work location? How long do you want to employ me?" Dixia asked all the follow-up questions in one breath, and then looked into Harold's eyes and waited for his answer.

Harold: "Working hours are about three hours a day, the specific time is between 5 am and 4 pm, you decide the time period, Saturday and Sunday are special, Saturday is from 8 am to 1 pm, Sunday is not allowed after 8 pm, you can choose another time on these two days,

The location is in Huacheng, which is quite remote. There are no buildings except my research institute and breeding farm, and no humans except the two of us.

It takes about three hours to go to Xumi City or Omos Port by water, so during the period of our employment relationship, you are unlikely to accept other commissions, so I will pay you according to the salary of a personal bodyguard.

After each day's research, I will lend you my pack animal. If you wish, you can take the pack animal for two hours to the residential area of ​​Huachengguo. You can go shopping or stay overnight there.

Of course, if you don’t want to spend extra money on this job, I can provide you with a place to rest and food, but the conditions won’t be very good.”

Dixia nodded slightly as she listened. Harold was very thoughtful. Although the environment was a bit harsh, there was a salary subsidy. She could totally accept what he said.

"...The employment period is one month. From today, if my experiment is not successful within this month, I will hire you for another month. If it is completed ahead of schedule, I will still pay the full month's employment fee." Harold clasped his hands and said while rubbing his thumb.

"No problem." Dixia said quickly, "Do you have any other requests? For example, if you want me to help you hunt, find herbs, or pull out plants planted by other scholars during the employment period, it would be best to state them all at once."

Harold: ...

You are very skilled, aren't you? What is it that pulls out plants planted by other scholars? And some people hire mercenaries to do this kind of thing?

What a vicious academic competition.

Harold suppressed the strong urge to complain and thought about it carefully. It seemed that there were no mistakes. Suddenly, he smelled a faint floral scent.

"Miss Dixia, do you use perfume?" Harold asked.

Dixia: "Yes, and it's a very expensive perfume. Any problem?"

"Well... the ingredients in those powders may interfere with the experiment, Ms. Dixia, it will be difficult for you to ensure that your makeup will not fall into my pollen when you are in close contact with it.

So you'd better not use perfume or makeup. This additional requirement is only in my laboratory. You are free to do whatever you want after leaving the laboratory." Harold said.

"That's...okay."

The only thing was that she couldn't put on makeup for three hours. Dixia thought about it and felt that it was a reasonable request, so she quickly agreed.

Harold: "That's all, nothing more."

Dixia breathed a sigh of relief: "The salary is 100,000 Mora a day, 3 million a month. According to the rules of the Gilded Brigade, you have to pay 30% of my salary first."

Harold nodded, counted out 900,000 Mora in front of Dixia, put them into the purse and pushed it in front of Dixia.

Dixia put a bag of Mora into the Eye of God without even counting.

"Come with me, Miss Dixia." Harold stood up and said with a smile.

"Ah, so fast?!" Dixia was a little surprised.

"Hmm? Are you ready to pack up, or is there any preparation left to be completed?" Harold asked.

"No, lead the way, I can start working at any time." Dixia stood up quickly, picked up her luggage with the hilt of her greatsword, and raised her eyebrows at Harold.

Harold went to the bar downstairs to pay the commission fee, and took Dixia on the ship bound for Huachengguo.

Dixia watched the boat pass through the bustling commercial district, through the dense rainforest, and towards the narrower river. The human population she could see became increasingly sparse, and there were more and more wild beasts of burden and mandarin tigers. Dusk birds stood on the treetops a hundred meters high, looking at the two unfamiliar species curiously.

Dixia could even feel the air becoming noticeably more humid, as if every breath could squeeze out dozens of milliliters of water from her throat. In this environment, the mercenary who had repeatedly traveled through the wind and sand also felt a little uncomfortable. She couldn't help but hold on to the railing on the side of the ship, then took a piece of dried meat from the package and put it in her mouth to chew to relieve the dizziness.

When she arrived at her destination, she felt that she had gradually adapted to the humid and hot environment, and her steps were no different from usual.

Then, she took a bath in the river as Haroldt requested, washed off her makeup and powder, changed into clean clothes, removed most of her self-defense gear such as claw gloves, daggers and knives, and then walked into Haroldt's laboratory.

As soon as she entered the door, she felt the strong breath of monsters. The mercenary's fighting instinct made her immediately raise the greatsword and wrap the scorching fire elemental power around the greatsword.

"Ms. Dixia, don't do anything. These are my experimental subjects." Haroldt came out of the inner room carrying an empty cage. He had fed the flowers while Dixia was taking a bath.

After hearing Harold's explanation, the flame on Dexia's greatsword went out instantly. She threw the sword to the ground and looked around blankly: "Such a strong elemental aura... How many did you raise?!"

She thought Harold was talking about... uh... hybridization experiment? The experimental subjects were only two Liarflowers, but she actually felt the pressure of fifty or sixty Liarflowers!

Even for her, it would be difficult to escape unscathed when surrounded by so many deceitful women.

If Harold had not stood with her, she would have regarded this as a trap carefully set by her rival to murder her.

"Seventy-three." Haroldt put the cage back to its original place and gave a light answer, "But only twenty-one were used as experimental mothers."

...Seventy-three?! Those are high-level monsters!

Strong...too strong! Is this really something a weak academic can do?

Dixia was in awe, looking at Harold with eyes full of admiration.

Harold motioned for Dishia to follow him, and then took her to the laboratory inside the research room.

"This is a dryer. I cut the stamens of the lily flowers and put them in it to let them dry thoroughly. When the anthers crack, I can sift out the pure pollen.

This is done to eliminate the interference of some external factors on pollination, because the pollen is likely to be contaminated with some impurities before it matures. "

In order to make Dixia understand, Harold slowed down his explanation and drew a diagram on his notes, marking the names of the various parts of the Deceitful Flower.

"The lily of the valley is unisexual, meaning it is either male or female, and you can think of it like females and males in humans..."

Harold tried his best to explain the knowledge to Dixia in a language that she could understand, and omitted the parts that were irrelevant to the experiment.

Dixia knew that this was also part of her job and was related to whether she could complete the task, so she listened very carefully.

She found that with Harold's explanation, the knowledge was not very difficult to understand, but she couldn't remember too many obscure terms at once.

Dixia was very surprised. When she was in the desert, she had only come into contact with some hand-painted picture books by her compatriots. Later, when she arrived in the rain forest, although she mastered the common language of Xumi, could understand paper books, and had the ability to get some books, she felt a headache when she saw the language in the books and never thought of reading as a pastime.

But now, with Harold's guidance, she found learning knowledge quite interesting.