ca-book Chapter 42 You'll get hungry if you skip a meal
Chapter 42 You'll get hungry if you skip a meal
Seth simply tossed out a card: "Credits, huh? How much does the Blue-Eyes Dragon Girl owe? I'll pay it for her."
"I don't lack academic credits either. Advanced magical constructs are best suited for our Alchemy Department!" June followed up, applying pressure.
"Dean Vance, don't forget that the Alchemy Department is responsible for maintaining all the golems in the academy."
Vance felt a chill run down his spine and desperately wanted to call the dean for help.
With the Dean's strength as one of the "Four Sages" and his powerful position, keeping the other three in check should be no problem.
Suddenly, Rosie spoke up. She took a sip of her new drink, looked at Vance with a serious expression, and glanced at the other two professors out of the corner of her eye:
"Dean Vance, while I wouldn't mind leaving it at the academy for now, the academy might... be unable to afford to feed it..."
Her expression was conflicted, as if she had something difficult to say.
As the saying goes, "One who stays near ink gets stained black," and Luo Xi, having spent a lot of time with Fang Qi, has learned a lot about Fang Qi's acting skills.
At this moment, under Fang Qi's instruction and prompting, the performance actually became seven or eight parts realistic.
Vance was taken aback: "What do you mean? It needs to eat?"
"Of course." Loxi patted the three-meter-tall behemoth on his back, then pointed to his dragon horns and tail:
"To maintain the activity of the dragon's blood and keep the core of ancient technology, the 'creation machine,' running at high power, a large amount of gold... a high-purity precious metal, is needed as an energy source every day."
Her expression remained unchanged, but inwardly she was furiously complaining to Fang Qi:
"Is this a valid argument? I feel like the logic doesn't hold up. Dragon blood and the core of ancient technology theoretically have nothing to do with each other, right?"
"What do you mean it doesn't matter? Isn't that Gulga just a piece of junk created by ancient technology?" Fang Qi replied.
"Just do as I say, don't worry, everything will be fine. Earn more money, and we'll have a more comfortable time in the Azure Plains."
"Okay... I'm not going to cover this up." Luo Xi blinked and patted Fang Qi's cabinet door.
Fang Qi cooperated promptly, and two lines of red text flashed on the screen.
"Warning: Energy reserves are less than 1%, about to enter hibernation mode."
"Please add fuel through the magic interface as soon as possible."
Following Fang Qi's instructions, Luo Xi began her performance by "acting shocked and demonstrating with gold coins and materials."
She was shocked and gasped. She quickly pulled out a few gold coins and half a piece of the tide gel that Fang Qi had left over, and stuffed them into the feeding port:
"Why is there no fuel again? I just fed them!"
The acting was a bit over the top, but thankfully no one seemed to care.
All eyes were on the screen: "Current energy reserves: 2%."
Luo Xi rolled her eyes, informed Fang Qi, and began to add her own lines.
"I made a contract with it. While maintaining high synchronization, I can sense that it's extremely hungry and needs some special materials..."
She shook the frying pan in her hand and rubbed her stomach: "I'm pretty hungry too."
When it comes to making money, everyone should do it together. Mr. Box takes the lion's share of the gold coins, keeps some experimental materials, and gets some food. The distribution is very reasonable.
An eerie silence fell over the entire room.
Vance silently put away the hardcover book, stopped his hand from casting a spell, and took out his thermos again.
As the vice dean in charge of the college's finances and credits, how could he not understand?
This isn't ancient technology; it's a bottomless pit, a gold-devouring technology!
If this thing is moved back to the college warehouse today, the principal will make him pay for the repairs himself tomorrow.
Too big, I can't afford it!
The other two, however, kept their eyes fixed on Fang Qi.
Seth trembled with excitement, uttering incoherent words: "What a noble recipe! Only a dragon that devours gold can breathe forth the breath of truth!"
He tossed a card to Vance: "Dean Vance, get me 20,000 gold coins as...afternoon tea for the Blue-Eyes Dragon Girl!"
Vance said with a pained expression, "Seth, you know how it is, the academy uses academic credits, we don't have that much cash on hand..."
The gold coins in the academy's inventory are all useful; most are reserved for magical materials, so they can't be given away casually.
If he takes out 20,000 gold coins at once, won't professors from other departments come to his office and block the door?
Just as Vance was hesitating about how to decline, June retorted, "Superficial!"
"You think the core of ancient technology was gold coins?" Data rapidly updated on the goggles from the ancient ruins:
"In fact, it needs stable magical materials to suppress the overload, just like the natural law we planned..."
"Ahem." Vance suddenly coughed twice, interrupting June's words.
Zhu En realized she had misspoke, paused for a moment, and then took out a bottle of red solution:
"This is the coolant I developed for 'it,' provided free of charge by the Alchemy Branch, plus unlimited machine oil... oh no, nutrient solution!"
"Mr. Box, I don't want to eat gold coins, I want the cafeteria's deluxe meal. Did they misunderstand?"
Losi, who was at the center of the storm, blinked, sipped the last drop of her drink, and asked quietly.
"Don't worry, as long as there are gold coins, there will be food. Do you think I'd let you go hungry?" Fang Qi felt he was about to make another profit and was in a good mood.
Although I now have the main course of "Historical Records" in my stomach, and I don't feel as hungry as before, I'm still in the state where I get hungry if I don't eat a meal.
He was naturally happy to have food delivered to his door.
"Eat mine! Mine is the purest!"
"Drink mine! Mine is big and filling!"
Seth and June couldn't reach a conclusion after arguing, and finally, with Vance's mediation, they agreed to take turns feeding each other for seven days, and then compare their research results.
As for the order...
The two players played rock-paper-scissors, best of five rounds. "Rock, paper, scissors!"
Seth narrowly lost.
"Hmph, you can serve the Ultimate Mecha Dragon for the next few days." Seth glanced at Fang Qi reluctantly, flicked his trench coat, and left.
Although he lost the rock-paper-scissors game, he did not back down in the slightest, as if he were the real winner.
"Pretending." June was in a good mood. After snorting, she stopped arguing with Seth.
"Where do you plan to put the 'Creation Machine'?" Vance asked. The academy had acquired an ancient technology of unknown origin, and he needed to hurry back to write a report.
"Just put it here, this is our alchemist territory." June's mind was entirely on the creation machine, so he gave a casual reply.
"If you're not planning to store it in the academy's warehouse, I'll head back now." Vance nodded, glancing at Rosie before leaving with a hint of resentment in his eyes.
"If you have enough credits, come to my office when you have time to settle the previous fees..."
Seeing that the boy he had been protecting was about to become successful, he felt a mix of emotions.
After Vance left, June could no longer contain her excitement and rushed forward:
"Loshi, after all these days, where did you dig up such a powerful construct?"
As a professor in the Alchemy Department, how could Jun not know Rosie, given that there are explosions every day near his home?
He was just putting on a show for Seth to avoid revealing more information.
"Demon..." Just as Loxi was about to reply, Mr. Box gave her a hint.
She immediately changed her tune, her azure eyes slightly turning upwards as she pondered, "Metra, I remember that's her name."