VCRMM: Chapter 264

“Dr Ding?”

Seeing that the old man was in a daze, Xu Sili called out to him to regain his attention.

Dr Ding hurriedly came back to his senses and suppressed the thought that suddenly emerged in his heart.

It was something he had already completely let go of. Who would’ve thought that he would have delusions again because of such a change… He smiled bitterly in his heart, shook his head and apologized to the young man.

“Dr Ding, it is definitely a good thing that you were able to become an elementalist.”

No matter whether it was for the development of the Roland Empire or Aunt Val, he was very much needed.

It wasn’t known what Aunt Val thought, but one thing was for sure. Dr Ding was definitely as important to her as Joan.

After all, they had been through thick and thin together for nearly a decade. Without Dr Ding, Aunt Val would probably no longer be alive, let alone return to the Roland Empire.

Xu Sili would never forget his kindness.

“If you have time, you can go to the elf canyon to train. The concentration of elements there is very high and the absorption efficiency will be doubled.”

Xu Sili told him where the entrance was, but Dr Ding shook his head as Xu Sili was about to hand over the credentials.

“Your Majesty, let’s talk about it later when there is time.”

Dr Ding muttered, “The research institute can’t do without me for a while. Your Majesty, why don’t you give the quota to someone in need first?”

Dr Ding was indeed very busy as the director of the institute. He also reported to Xu Sili about several ongoing projects of the institute.

In addition to the fixed-point teleportation technology, the research, development and production of mechas had also been put on the agenda. This was Dr Ding’s original area of expertise. Most of the researchers recruited from the Flaming Fox Base were also good at this.

Xu Sili nodded, but inevitably felt a bit guilty in his heart. He always felt that he had delayed Dr Ding.

He thought about it and took out a leaf from the Tree of Life from the space capsule. Ah Sheng gave him three leaves. Even if he gave one away, there would still be some left.

“Dr Ding, you should keep this leaf well and carry it with you at all times. It can improve your cultivation efficiency.”

At a critical moment, it could also save his life.

“Your Majesty, this is too precious…” Dr Ding could tell the extraordinary nature of this leaf at a glance.

Thinking of what the forest elves reported before… could this be a leaf from the Tree of Life?

“This is your reward.”

Xu Sili didn’t give him a chance to refuse. “If you stay in Roland and work for me, I naturally won’t treat you unfairly.”

“Just take it. It isn’t just for the research institute, but also for Aunt Val. She needs you. But wealth shouldn’t be flaunted. You had better not let others see that you have such a leaf.”

He heard from his second brother that a leaf from the Tree of Life was sold for a high price of 5 million. Money was attractive. Such a huge profit was enough to drive the players crazy.

Xu Sili was a bit worried that this old man would be killed by players if they knew that he owned one.

Taking this into consideration, Xu Sili thought about it and took out another card from his space capsule.

This was a functional card that he drew under the guidance of Lilith, but he never had the chance to use it.

He threw a card toward the top of Dr Ding’s head. As the white light enveloped Dr Ding, the green light originally flowing from the leaf of the Tree of Life in his hand disappeared.

It looked ordinary like an ordinary leaf.

Then the white light also disappeared like it had merged into Dr Ding’s body. The originally ordinary old man now looked even more ordinary.

“I have cast a concealment spell on you. You just need to keep this leaf safe and don’t need to worry about being discovered by others,” Xu Sili said.

He was confident in his card skills. In addition, he could sense it once the concealment spell was lifted.

Dr Ding watched him take out treasures one after another like he was pulling out a treasure chest. In the end, he could only nod blankly.

The Roland Empire… there were so many things that subverted his cognition. Every time he thought he had understood it comprehensively enough, new things would appear to break his old ideas.

He still had so much to learn about this nation.

In the end, Dr Ding accepted the leaf of the Tree of Life.

He really needed to increase his training speed. After all… his time was running out.

The Roland Empire was still a wasteland in the field of science and technology. He couldn’t die so soon. At the very least, he had to leave something for Val’s nation before he died.

Subsequently, Dr Ding took Xu Sili and Si Sheng to the underground laboratory.

After all, the area of the canyon was small and Xiao Wu’s military factory was next to it. Thus, the research institute could only look for space underground.

The space in the underground laboratory wasn’t inferior to that on the ground. Xu Sili used his spiritual power to explore it and found that his spiritual power wasn’t enough to cover the entire floor.

There were about three floors further down. Judging from the elemental fluctuations, there were earth elementalists working on the construction. Once it was completed, this underground laboratory should be very spectacular.

Xu Sili also saw Chi Yu, who was the chief designer and engineer of this laboratory. Due to the special bonus, the construction speed would be greatly increased with him there.

He seemed to have awakened his earth element talent just like Dr Ding. If he continued to practice, he might become a powerful earth elementalist in the future.

After looking for a while, Xu Sili withdrew his gaze with relief.

“My part is done!”

In the laboratory, a researcher shouted excitedly.

He looked disheveled, as if he hadn’t taken care of himself for some time. His face looked extremely haggard, but his eyes were surprisingly bright.

He was in charge of the core part of the fixed-point teleporter. Now the finished product was placed in front of him.

It wasn’t complete, but just the tip of the iceberg gave him a glimpse of how amazing it would be after it was assembled.

“It is so beautiful! The person who invented this machine is simply a genius!” The researcher with brown hair and brown eyes looked completely excited.

After getting the part they were responsible for from Dr Ding, the researchers started to study it in depth. The more they deconstructed it, the more they realized the greatness of the technology.

At the same time, they had achieved rapid growth after overcoming difficult problems one after another.

It was hard to imagine how the Roland Empire had obtained this technology from the Interstellar Alliance? How could the Interstellar Alliance transfer such important technology?

If it wasn’t the alliance, which other organization could come up with such technology?

What he didn’t know was that the technology he was exposed to was more advanced than what the Interstellar Alliance currently had because it was high-tech from ten years later.

“Are we now completely tied to the Roland Empire?” His companion suddenly said.

“What’s wrong with that? As long as I have this type of technology to learn and study, I will stay here even if they chase me away!”

“It doesn’t matter where we do research. In comparison, Roland is simply heaven, okay?”

The researcher opened a bottle of health medicine, drank it down in one gulp and immediately felt his body regain strength.

He could still fight for another three days and nights!

Xu Sili also understood the fragility and preciousness of the researchers. In addition, he personally witnessed Su Lin losing his maximum health during the process of research, so he specially provided health medicine to the research institute.

All researchers working on projects could obtain one bottle per day to restore lost health. In addition, the food they ate included Snow Valley.

In terms of dietary supplements, he was working to make them strong and healthy and prolong their lifespan.

The researchers were initially resistant to health medicine because its miraculous effects were so incredible and alarming.

It wasn’t until later when Dr Ding told them that they realized this was actually the legendary health-restoring potion that could save the lives of critically ill patients!

Moreover, the rice they ate every day was the raw material for making this medicine. It was Snow Valley, a very precious material!

It might be hard to believe, but the relevant personnel of the research institute did come to a positive conclusion after analyzing and identifying the medicine. This was a medicine that was harmless to the human body and even had huge benefits.

The Snow Valley they ate was very nutritious and could greatly enhance energy and blood.

At this point, everyone finally had to believe it.

The hard-to-find health restoring potion that only appeared in interstellar legends was actually in the Roland Empire…

They could drink it every day!

This greatly overturned everyone’s cognition. The researchers who thought that Roland was no different from the star thieves finally changed their views.

In fact, Roland never restricted their freedom.

It was just that the research institute was too far away from the urban area and travel was very inconvenient. As a group of technical geeks, they didn’t want to go out at all. They just wanted to hide in the laboratory and do their own research.

Now, not only did they have delicious food and drink, they also had precious materials to maintain their health. The materials were available to them freely and the laboratory was also gradually expanding in scale.

Which technical geek wouldn’t like a place like this?

Next to him, the researcher’s companion couldn’t help teasing him. “Who was so nostalgic for the Flaming Fox Base that he thought it would be worse to stay here than to be with the star thieves?”

“Really? How come I don’t remember?”

His companion shook his head, said nothing more, and continued to process the data.

What the two of them didn’t know was that Xu Sili heard their conversation.

It wasn’t that he was eavesdropping on purpose. It was that sound elementalists had sensitive hearing, not to mention that the researchers didn’t hide anything.

Xu Sili raised an eyebrow. It seemed like the production of the fixed-point teleporter was indeed going smoothly.

This group of researchers abducted from the Flaming Fox Base had finally become loyal.

He stroked his chin. Come to think about it… could he find some information about young scientists from the future forum and bring them to Roland before they showed their talents?