Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 646: Is this you guys doing this again?

"But what's the connection between the magic tide phenomenon and the ocean pollution you mentioned?" Although he knew the secrets about the ancient times, Lingge still couldn't understand the connection between this phenomenon and ocean pollution. After all, he was just a beginner in mysticism. Before this, he was a college student who had received modern scientific education. Whether in terms of concepts or logic, he did not change so quickly.

"It matters a lot, Mr. Linger."

Rolena said softly, "The significance of the magic tide phenomenon and the natural tide phenomenon are similar to each other to some extent. First of all, it determines the basic habits and survival rules of magic creatures in a large range. The magic creatures here mainly refer to natural creatures such as monsters, plants, minerals and fairies that contain magic. Although they cannot sense the specific changes in the magic content, their instincts will prompt them to make appropriate choices. For example, during the high tide period of magic, the activities of monsters will be abnormally frequent, plants and minerals will improve the efficiency of absorbing magic, and the breeding and growth speed of natural creatures such as fairies will also be significantly improved; and during the low tide period of magic, monsters will hibernate, plants and minerals will gradually become silent, and natural creatures will begin to use their own power to feed back to the environment and repair the damaged ecological chain. What does this remind you of, Mr. Ling?"

The young man thought: "Breathing?"

"That's right!"

Rorona snapped her fingers again, and the snapping sound showed that she was very satisfied with Lingge's comprehension ability. "That's why some people often compare the Mirror Star World to a huge magical beast, and the surge of magic power is its breath. If it loses this frequent breathing activity, the state of its organs in the body cannot be renewed, and the dirty breath cannot be metabolized normally, it will die like a human who loses his breath."

"Secondly, the magic surge phenomenon will purify various impurities discharged during biological activities, including eating, excretion, birth, death, etc., through repeated high and low tides. The most typical example is the powerful energy discharged by monsters, aliens, and your human supernatural beings or magicians when using magic. They do not disappear, but enter the cycle of magic surges. Under the scouring of waves of tides, they are decomposed into pure high-energy or low-energy magic. Only in this way can they return to the natural environment of the Mirror Star World and become the normal magic that we can perceive. If there is no such purification process, the various violent and frequent magic activities from ancient times to the present are enough to destroy our living space. You don't want to live on a leaky balloon, do you, Mr. Ling?"

She asked with a smile, and Ling Ge naturally shook his head in objection. It was hard to imagine how serious the situation would be. It might not be an exaggeration to describe it as the end of the world - perhaps even the era of great changes caused by the young royal powers would not be as sinister as the situation she described?

"Finally, the magic surge phenomenon will be like a real tide. After a series of complex cycles, it will transfer magic from high-concentration areas to low-concentration areas, thereby maintaining the magic concentration of the Mirror Star World in an overall balanced range. I don't need to waste my words on the significance of this. I think you should be able to understand it, Mr. Ling."

Lingge nodded slightly to show his agreement.

Balance is undoubtedly the most important state in the world. It is not only a balance in the philosophical sense: good and evil, light and darkness, chaos and order, but also a balance in the ecological sense: the number of wolves must be balanced with the number of deer, the number of snakes must be balanced with the number of birds, and even the number of humans must be balanced with the number of alien species. This is not intentional on their part, but the result of natural selection.

What happens if the balance is disturbed?
Lingge suddenly thought of this.

"It seems you have guessed it, Mr. Ling." Rolena's voice came slowly: "One of the notable characteristics of the magic pollution I mentioned just now is imbalance: the magic concentration of the entire Mirror Star World seems to have lost the regulation of nature. More precisely, the regulation of nature can no longer keep up with the speed of their changes, resulting in a series of chain reactions, such as extreme climate disasters, mass death of magical plants, and collective violence of monsters. Of course, humans may not feel this so deeply, after all, they are well protected by the Night Watch and the Balance of Order, but the aliens living in the wilderness or in the ocean will be keenly aware that the world is undergoing some unpredictable changes."

After hearing this, Lingge was silent for a while and asked, "What's the other feature?"

Rorona only mentioned one of them, which means there should be other characteristics. "Another characteristic is weakness." Rorona said, "Compared with the past, the surge of magic power has weakened in both intensity and frequency. In the rising season, which should be the high tide period, magic power does not seem to be very active; and in the falling season, which should be the low tide period, magic power seems to become more silent. This has brought another consequence, that is, the overall level of magic creatures has declined, which is a decline in absorption rate, utilization rate, and intensity. Aliens, magicians, and extraordinary people who often use magic to fight should feel this deeply, because the magic of today cannot be compared with the ancient magic of ten thousand years ago. The mirror elves in ancient times had the power to set off a tsunami, but the mirror elves today cannot set off a wave even a hundred meters high. This is the most intuitive difference."

Lorena used her own race as an example, and did not seem to shy away from the fact that the mirror elves had become weak. After all, they were not isolated cases, but just a small microcosm of the vast phenomenon.

"The imbalance and weakening of the magic surge phenomenon has greatly reduced its purification effect. Impure magic cannot be decomposed and will only settle in the planet's atmosphere, land and ocean. This is what I call magic pollution. The harm it causes is more serious and more deadly than the industrial pollution caused by your human activities."

Rorona drew a circle in the air with her finger, representing the Mirror Star. "Among them, due to various reasons such as the coverage area and the frequency of life activities, the pollution on the planet's land is the most serious, followed by the ocean, and finally the atmosphere. This is why I want to research such complex purification agents, because the problem is inherently complex and naturally cannot be solved in a simple way. If it were only industrial pollution, the policies implemented by the Church Union in Lotdana City would be very good, but they can only protect areas where humans are active, and have not made any improvement to the overall situation of magic pollution."

"Of course, I'm not surprised." At this point, the girl in the wheelchair shrugged unladylike, "After all, the cult union has always only cared about the survival of humans. As for the life and death of aliens and other magical creatures, it is not within their consideration."

Linger's throat felt dry when he heard this. He calmly turned his gaze back to the purification reagents marked as failed. When he spoke, his voice was so hoarse that even he could hardly detect it: "Then, why did this magic pollution occur? Is it because the disappearance of the other two moons caused the imbalance and weakening of the magic surge phenomenon?"

This is a common thought for normal people, but Rorona shook her head and said, "It shouldn't be. Judging from the time, the two moons disappeared in ancient times, and the magic pollution was not seen until nearly a thousand years ago. There is such a long time in between. If there is a problem, it will not erupt in our time."

"Nearly a thousand years ago?" Linger keenly grasped this key time point: "Specifically? Which century was it?"

"Well."

Rorona frowned, which was rare. "Well, I'm not very familiar with your human calendar. If I make a rough calculation, it should be the middle of the 8th century, right?"

Mid-8th century AD?

As a college student majoring in history, a major historical event naturally emerged in Ling'er's mind: in 767 AD, the Kingdom of Greater Britta, which inherited the political legacy of Marshal Napoleon, the White City Republic, which was liberated under the leadership of "Saint" Joan of Arc, and the Mindreas Empire, which gradually became stronger due to the overthrow of the Iron Cross monarch by "Red Bearded King" Barbarossa, jointly promulgated the famous "Opening Decree", which called on all the people of the Western Continent to open up those uninhabited wastelands, forests, mountains, swamps and even deserts to gain a wider living space for mankind.

Marshal Napoleon, Joan of Arc, King Barbarossa the Red Bearded... the world of Earth, time travelers, philosophers... the Witch Society?
Witch Society!

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(End of this chapter)