Chapter 129 Alice: I Found Oil
After saying goodbye to Tinari, returning home and taking a shower, Harold finally received the message from the witch he had been longing for.
Ms. Alice had no intention of revealing her true identity in front of the younger generation, so she did not turn on the light screen and only used the communication function.
The green indicator light came on, and Haroldt heard Alice's cheerful voice coming from the communication device:
"Harold, that Azan you recommended last time is really good! He's cute and obedient, and his personality fits the role of the Ice Prince very well. Hmm~ Not bad!"
"As long as it suits your taste, ma'am." Harold said with a smile. As for why Azan was "obedient", that was not something a small person like Harold should consider.
"It's a pity that the big one ran faster than a rabbit," Alice said with a hint of resentment in her tone, "What kind of monster is he? You don't even want to see him."
Run faster than a rabbit?
He was running away and she was chasing him, he couldn't escape even if he had wings. Suddenly, a picture appeared in Harold's mind.
"Also, I've read the outline you wrote. It's very creative. It depicts exciting battle scenes and promotes the latest rubber products. It's very well written. Don't write it next time!"
There was a smile in Alice's tone, but it made Harold feel a little numb.
"Okay, ma'am, I'll pay attention next time." Harold said quickly. In front of the witch, he could only choose to follow his heart.
"Then I'll be waiting for your outline for the next chapter. I hope you won't let me down next time." Alice changed the subject and her tone became bright again. "Xumeru City has been really lively lately. I saw a lot of new and interesting things. Dolly said that many of those things were inspired by your ideas?"
Bicycles, carts, hot water bottles... As a witch with the ability to travel through time and space, she had naturally seen similar things in the other world.
Seeing these gadgets that were ordinary in the other world shine brightly on the continent of Teyvat, and feeling the gradual change in the lifestyle of the residents of Teyvat as a bystander, she felt very fresh.
After all, even a witch with a long life span doesn't often see the changes in the world. She explored Harold's path out of curiosity.
After witnessing the series of research topics he submitted and some of the things he did overtly and covertly, she keenly realized that Harold was gradually influencing the development of Xumi, and that this place would undergo earth-shaking changes within ten years.
This was going to be fun. This realization made Alice extremely excited, and her attitude towards Harold became even more pleasant.
"I heard that Dolly invested in a synthetic fiber project based on your idea. Seven scholars of the Sulun School have accepted her invitation. They are trying to use wild boar bristles and some elemental creature remains to refine synthetic fibers. Hey, these raw materials are not cheap, so these guys still have a lot to lose."
Harold nodded in agreement. Seeing that Alice was in a good mood, he quickly changed the subject to the communication equipment she brought: "Ms. Alice, the equipment you gave me is really useful. Although you said it is a product of technology, my senior said that it is impossible to make such a powerful communication device with current technology alone."
"This is certainly not a complete product of technology, but the proportion of technology accounts for about 50 percent," Alice said complacently.
"So what are its raw materials? Are they the remains of elemental creatures? Or are they made by combining multiple raw materials using alchemy?" Harold asked with pretended curiosity.
"Its raw material comes from a substance buried underground, which has been transformed from biological remains over thousands of years.
Listen to me, you should know how rare it is. Its history may be as long as the life of this planet, and most of them only appear in areas with disturbed earth veins.
It was only by chance that I was able to excavate this material from thousands of meters underground.”
Of course it was not a coincidence, Alice shrugged in her heart. She had learned about this substance from images of another world a hundred years ago. This substance that made the residents of another world fight over it made her feel very novel, so she ran all over Teyvat and dug holes everywhere.
She dug up all the seven kingdoms, even the homes of Ruota and the sandworms. The seven gods cried and begged her to stop digging. It was under such high-intensity exploration that she finally dug out a small oil field in the Sumeru Desert.
The geology of Teyvat is special, and the conditions for the formation of oil are more stringent, but Alice is looking for oil just for fun.
After finding an oil field, making plastic from oil, and using the plastic to make some gadgets she had always wanted to make, she casually put the developed oil field aside, like a child who had grown tired of playing with her favorite toys.
Oil is an important strategic resource in the other world, but in Teyvat, where the elemental energy contained in minerals is developed, its use is nothing more than making some new materials.
"From what you said, you and your senior are both very interested in that thing?" Alice said casually, "If you really want to study it, I can tell you its location.
But I was the first to discover that thing, and I want all the people of Teyvat to remember this. I will give it a resounding name, let's call it 'Alice Energy'."
Ellie took all the credit for discovering oil without any guilt, although I got the inspiration from the residents of another world.
But spying into other worlds is my ability, and I dug the oil myself. As the first discoverer of oil on the continent of Teyvat, what's wrong with me naming it "Alice Energy"?
Harold almost couldn't hold back when he heard the name. He twitched his lips and said sincerely, "Of course, everything is as you say, ma'am."
as long as you are happy.
"But Alice Energy is buried deep in the desert, and you probably can't get away now. So, I'll go set up a positioning anchor point for you there.
——That is the teleportation device I restored based on the ancient device. Its function is to allow you to reach its location instantly. I have three unused ones in my hand, so I will give them to you as well. Tomorrow, release the dusk bird I gave you, and I will let it bring the things to you. "
I'm finally going to have an anchor? My golden finger is actually here?
After hearing this, Harold wanted to call "Alice Mom" on the spot. He had wanted this for a long time. With an anchor point, it would be very convenient for him to travel between several experimental sites in the future. He no longer had to worry about distance limiting his research.
Originally, he had to consider the high land prices and scarcity of saline-alkali land in the rainforest area. Now that he could travel quickly between the two places, he could go to the vicinity of Kawanyi to look for experimental fields, where there were many barren saline-alkali lands.
As long as he obtains the permission of the Fatwa Council (Nafis can find a way to stamp it for him), all he has to pay is the manpower for reclaiming wasteland, the funds for water pipelines and the construction of salinity regulating ponds for irrigation water.
There are also sandy lands formed by the degradation of grasslands. There are often groundwater resources under this kind of sand. Even if there is no groundwater resource, it is possible to grow ordinary single-season rice in the desert by spending money to transport water from the rainforest.
As long as he could save up a little money, he would be able to buy some suitable experimental fields by the beginning of next year, Harold thought happily.