Here, the Lord said this is a good thing

Facing Yekaterina's slightly expectant gaze, Ye He was silent for a long time before finally speaking:
"This thing... really shouldn't appear in this era. It represents a kind of thing that we can't develop and utilize yet..."

At this point, Ye He interrupted his words.

Why not?
Electricity is a cleaner and more efficient energy source. Isn't the future of steam engines just to become part of power generation equipment to produce more efficient and convenient electricity?

"Huh? What is it that we can't exploit yet? A weapon?"

Yekaterina didn't notice the change in Ye He's eyes, and she didn't know what a wonderful meeting had happened in the Continental Hotel last night.

"No...it..."

Ye He pointed at the incomplete magnetic coil and explained to Yekaterina in words that Yekaterina could understand as much as possible:
"It represents a new, more efficient way of using energy, and it also represents one or more new clergy. Zhengshen is very concerned about the new clergy. If the empire is willing... you can enslave someone in some way. The name is true."

It was not easy to see Yekaterina's shocked expression. Ye He smiled with satisfaction, and then shook his head gently at her, interrupting her thoughts.

"how much is it?"

After reacting, Yekaterina thought she had forgotten to ask for a price. She wanted to buy the way to use this thing from Ye He's head!

But Ye He still shook his head:
"Sorry, this is not the price you can afford. You should understand that wealth actually doesn't mean much to me, but this thing is too expensive. Just wait. If the time is right, I will explain everything. "

Ekaterina fell into silence again. She also understood how exaggerated the value of "new energy" and "enslaving the Righteous God" were.

And Ye He wanted too much wealth and it was useless. Even if the entire empire was sold to him, he would only find it troublesome to manage and not become the emperor.

This is a man who does as he pleases, always has. He has not and will not lie just now, so the value of this thing may really only be revealed one day when he feels "interesting".

"I understand, and I hope for the sake of our friendship I can be there."

"I'll try."

"Thank you."

The visit to the Imperial Scientific Research Institute ended here. After Yehe asked Yekaterina where the smoke bomb she released was, he prepared to say goodbye and leave.

"Mr. Ye He?"

But Ye He hadn't left the Imperial Research Institute yet. To be precise, he had just left the underground and returned to the research laboratory on the surface when he accidentally met Victor.

"Good morning, Victor."

Ye He calmly said hello to Victor. He had obtained this boy's qualification as an intern researcher by himself. It was not surprising that he appeared in a scientific research institute.

Victor's expression was a little excited. He didn't know that Ye He was coming back. When he met Ye He by chance, he wanted to share his research results on Glock with Ye He immediately.

After accepting Ye He's "investment", Victor gradually understood how precious the trust from Ye He was, so when he had achieved results, of course he had to report it to the investor Ye He.

But Ye He was accompanied by Yekaterina, and no matter how stupid Victor was, he would not expose such an important thing to Yekaterina.

This was not only for the sake of Ye He's wealth, but also for his own personal safety and freedom of movement. Victor could understand this.

"It seems you have achieved results, not bad."

As soon as Ye He saw Victor's expression, he knew why the boy was hesitant to speak. Caesar, who had penetrated into Victor's clothes, also exposed the pistol that Victor had made to Ye He.

So Ye He's smile became even happier. He patted Victor on the shoulder and walked past Victor.

Yekaterina sent Ye He to the door of the research building. When she turned back, Victor's figure had disappeared into a laboratory.

If it hadn't been for what happened down there just now, Yekaterina would definitely have asked someone to check on Victor. The boy's expression couldn't be hidden from Ye He, and naturally he couldn't hide it from Yekaterina either.

But it's different now. Now Yekaterina doesn't dare to do anything that might make Ye He unhappy.

So after she returned to her office, she tore apart the space and took a look at Victor's bedroom, and also checked a secret compartment that the boy thought he had hidden well, but Ekaterina could discover at a glance.

Some... files? Metalworking tools? Or is it the kind that has been severely worn due to use?
Ekaterina blinked. She had already guessed what metal Victor used these processing tools to process.

The Imperial Scientific Research Institute has always had a secret department responsible for researching Ye He's firearms.

However, due to various reasons, such as the uncooperation of a certain marquis's granddaughter, the research progress of this department has been very slow.

So far, this department has not developed any "new" firearms with actual combat effectiveness.

Could it be that this kid succeeded? With only these tools and some metals, he successfully imitated one of Ye He's firearms, and was it the kind with practical significance?

Ekaterina, who couldn't touch Victor, couldn't confirm directly with Victor, but she had her own way to confirm.

A few minutes later, Ekaterina put down the "Statistics on the Use and Loss of Metal Materials in Various Laboratories" in her hand, and then looked at the wall with some surprise.

Across several laboratories, Ekaterina's eyes still fell on Victor.

This kid is so well hidden! But he happened to forget a very simple truth, so he asked Ekaterina to confirm what he had done.

After Victor used the laboratory to study metals, the weight of the metal he took and the weight of the metal recovered were filled in by this kid pretending to be clever, making the data roughly the same.

But this thing might be basically the same? Normal researchers use metal when conducting experiments, and if it is used, it is used, and if it is lost, it is lost.

Which researcher would go out of his way to sweep the floor after the experiment, collect the iron filings and hand them over to the person who collects statistics?

Even statisticians have never paid attention to such details, because compared with the experimental results conducted by researchers, the "metal loss" that does not match the number when entering and leaving the warehouse is not worth mentioning at all.

This kid thinks that by doing this, he won't be suspected of taking away the metal components he made from the laboratory, right?
Oh, let alone metal components. When some researchers are obsessed with research, it is common for some researchers to run around with experimental equipment. It is common to carry laboratory instruments back to their residences.

Ekaterina had determined that Victor had some firearms that he had successfully imitated, and was a little shocked by this kid's cleverness.

But that's not the point. The point is, how did this guy overcome the technical difficulties?
Ye He's firearm looks simple and the principle is not complicated, but it is not easy to imitate. Many of the technical barriers are difficult to figure out just by thinking about it.

This thing can only be polished little by little through extremely complicated experiments. If you go in the wrong direction, it is very likely that your previous efforts will be wasted and you will have to start over.

This is why Ekaterina established the secret department for several months without any results. She also knew that it would be difficult. Therefore, compared with Victor, who had succeeded in imitating it secretly, this boy's ability was revealed, and he was indeed worthy of Ekaterina's special attention.

It's a pity that this guy is Ye He's man, but she must not offend Ye He from now on, otherwise Yekaterina must dig out Victor's technology so that the empire can truly possess Ye He's firearms!
Ye He didn't know that Yekaterina had been busy for so long after he left, and he wouldn't care if he knew.

As a man who threw two swords of punishment at the gods in one night, ordinary firearms were no longer something he cared about.

...Well, [Firearms] is also considered a vocation?
Shaking his head, Ye He laughed to himself.

Those gods were really harmful last night. Why am I thinking about the priesthood now?
If something like the priesthood is really so easy to achieve, why would it be my turn to operate it?

After finishing these chores, I will go back and have a good birthday. Tomorrow I will go to the Witch City to "travel"!

With this thought in mind, the carriage carrying Ye He slowly stopped. The coachman turned back and reported to Ye Hehui in the carriage:
"Sir, the location you mentioned is one kilometer west of the city."

The carriage at this time was on the road into the city on the west side of Cedarville. A few kilometers further on, the wide road would gradually become narrower.

"Wait for me here, I'll be back soon."

After giving orders to the coachman, Ye He glanced into the distance.

A neatly growing forest caught Ye He's eyes.

This is where Yehe uses the Purge for the first time and where he kills Maxwell for the first time.

Nature has healed this wound on its own, and the Forestry Bureau has planted fruit trees on this extremely fertile land. It looks like the harvest will start here next fall.

Ye He's destination was this orchard. Yekaterina, who had taken away the magnetic coil, released several false smoke bombs, several of which had been figured out by the monsters before.

The last remaining smoke bomb is in this orchard, and the monsters from the Flower Garden and the Withered Manor are also here. Maybe they have already started fighting?

not at all.

Ye He, who stepped into the orchard, followed the straight path specially set aside by the orchards. Not long after, he saw two groups of people resisting in a separate court at a crossroads.

The two "roses" are sitting on chairs made of vines. Their bodies are also covered with vines, making them like plant queens, noble and elegant.

The three dead flowers were just sitting on the road. The flowers and grass around them had withered, and the fruit trees within ten meters of them had all lost their leaves, as if some natural disaster had struck within a radius of ten meters.

The reason why the two groups did not fight was not because of Ye He's arrival. In fact, Ye He was more interested in coming to have a look at the fun than coming to stop the two groups from fighting.

The real reason why they are resisting each other and not fighting each other is probably this young man standing in the middle of the crossroads, right?

Ye He touched his hat and looked at the young man with some interest.

Is he sixteen or seventeen years old or younger? His face is still green, but his eyes already have the melancholy of a young man who has been poisoned by literary works.

There was still some mud stuck to his brown trouser legs, and his rough fingers held a small wooden box, which should be the "smoke bomb" itself.

It seemed that the young man working in the orchard discovered the "smoke bomb" first, and then was attacked by two groups of ladies, leaving him in a dilemma.

The reason why the two groups of ladies did not take action was not because this young man was surprisingly strong. In fact, he was just an ordinary human being.

What really stopped them from taking action was a little squirrel standing on the boy's shoulder, chewing something.

[Lost Beast·Elga] (Monster·Seventh Level)
Although the two groups of ladies could not see the little squirrel's real name intuitively like Ye He, they still felt the feeling that they would surely die if they took another step forward.

However, this young man is so ordinary. Apart from being contaminated by Erga's aura, this young man is really just a mortal, so the two groups of ladies who are not sure are now deadlocked here.

A seventh-level monster...

Ye He, who was steadily approaching the boy, looked at Erga with interest. Erga, who looked like a little squirrel, was not afraid of strangers. He looked up at Ye He and continued to eat his peanuts.

"gentlemen?"

It was the young man who broke the silence first, and made a somewhat surprised voice to Ye He, as if asking for help.

Ye He wanted to tell him in a bad way, don't worry, these scary ladies are far less scary than your little pets, but as soon as he had this thought, a feeling of approaching threat spread in his heart.

It seems that Erga does not allow herself to tell the truth. Forget it, for the sake of peace, she will not disturb its little hobby of being "fed".

But Ye He also understood the reason for the melancholy look in the young man's eyes, because he saw a small pit at the young man's feet. It should be the pit where the box was buried before, right?
A young man who had to work in an orchard on God's birthday suddenly dug a strange little box in the orchard. As he stood upright, he was suddenly blocked by two groups of ladies who looked absolutely not normal.

On one side was the lady who manipulated the vines and turned the ground into pieces, and on the other was the lady who made several fruit trees wither and didn't know how much scolding she was going to receive...

Well, everyone gets depressed.

Fortunately, he, a gentleman who seemed "approachable" appeared. Compared to these two groups of ladies, he was more like a normal person, so the young man looked at him for help.

"I am the priest of the Moonlight Church, Ye He."

Sure enough, Ye He's self-introduction immediately made the young man's eyes light up and he quickly relaxed.

"Sir...oh, Father, this box..."

He also immediately raised the box in his hand to Ye He, wanting to hand this hot potato to Ye He.

"Well, don't worry, it's just an ordinary empty box."

Unfortunately, Ye He didn't want to touch this muddy box and soil his gloves, so he said this to the boy.

"empty box?"

The boy's eyes widened immediately. Wait, if this is an empty box, why did the two groups of witches...

He immediately looked to the left and right, but there was no sign of any lady in either direction.

(End of this chapter)