Alice in the Land of Steam

Is Chapter 647 a world map?

The significance of the "Reclamation Decree" is to open up a wider living space for humans, but where did this space come from? If it were in the past, Linge might answer that it was seized in the struggle against the harsh natural environment, which is also the consensus of most people today; but are those wildernesses, dangerous places, canyons and swamps that are considered wild areas for humans really unowned land? Where humans have never set foot, perhaps another civilization has already taken root and grown there.

So, to be precise, those lands should have been seized by humans from aliens. As for where the original owners of the lands went, this is a question that does not need to be explained in detail. The answer vaguely reveals a strong and lingering smell of blood.

Was it the "Development Decree" secretly promoted by the Witch Association that caused the imbalance and weakening of the magic surge phenomenon? Did they know that this would happen beforehand, or did they do it on purpose? But what was the point of doing this for them?

Lingge found it difficult to understand. The mysterious organization hidden behind the history of civilization had always been confusing in its actions. Their ideals, their great achievements, and the "Garden of Eden" they longed to create remained a mystery to this day.

"Mr. Ling?" Rolena's voice woke Ling from his trance. He turned around and met the girl's curious gaze. Her blue eyes seemed to be flashing with interest. "What are you thinking about? Do you mind sharing it with me?"

"nothing."

Ling Ge avoided her gaze rather unnaturally and replied, "It's just that I feel the situation is very complicated, and the path you have chosen seems a bit difficult."

Lorena stared at him for a while before slowly looking away. It was unclear whether she believed the young man's words or not. She leaned back lazily on the back of the chair, her tone relaxed and casual, without much pressure: "I can't help it. Who made me such an idealistic person? Since I have chosen this path, no matter how difficult it is, I have to stick to it. It's not my character to give up halfway, not to mention-"

She stared at the ceiling, her eyes gradually becoming empty, and she murmured in a low voice: "The ocean is the origin of life and the home of our deep-sea race. Any suffering it has endured will eventually return to us intact. When others are busy fighting for power or engaging in meaningless struggles, someone has to stand up to soothe the mother's wounds, which is enough to calm her anger. I am half a descendant of God and one of the lives nurtured by this ocean, so perhaps this is my innate mission."

"First of all, I'm not a gentleman. Secondly, you're a mirror elf, so it shouldn't matter if you're splashed with cold water. Finally..." Ling Ge hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, "I'm not very good at comforting others."

This identity is older and more noble than that of Half-Son of God.

She chuckled at the end of her speech. The meaning of her laughter was a bit complicated. Ling Ge was not sure whether she was proud of her identity as "half-son of God" or confused. After the young man pondered for a while, he suddenly said: "Besides that, don't forget that you are still one of the girls' royal rights."

Rolena raised her eyebrows slightly: "Are you reminding me that there are other greater missions waiting for me to fulfill, Mr. Ling?"

"I can tell."

"You can think so."

"That's really cruel. A truly considerate gentleman should comfort and care for a girl at this time, instead of pouring cold water on her."

Rorona snorted softly, then waved him away: "You should leave, Mr. Ling. It's rude to stay in a girl's room for so long, isn't it?"

Room?

Linger looked at the alchemy cauldrons, workbenches, large cabinets, and bottles and jars containing various materials in the workshop on the first floor. He did not comment on it and simply said goodbye: "Then, see you tonight, Miss Rolena." "See you tonight~"

……

So time quickly came to evening.

Perhaps to celebrate the end of the holiday, the proprietress held another party - although some little girls might think that this was not worth celebrating, it didn't matter, she could always find reasons to hold a party - so the dinner was very sumptuous, with grilled lamb chops, stewed chicken, fried chicken breast wrapped in breadcrumbs, cabbage soup, mushroom soup and grilled mushrooms, appetizers were pickles and pickled radishes, desserts were fried apple candies and frozen milk, and after-meal desserts were sweet ginger cookies and Ieta's favorite Saria Chestnut. It was so sumptuous that it reminded people of the party on New Year's Eve.

Rolena arrived late at the second half of the banquet. She said she was late because she was testing the effect of a new drug. Although she was smiling when she said this, Lingge could guess by instinct that the result of this test would still be a cold failure, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After dinner, Linger spoke to Rorona and asked her how to use the new alchemical tool, which was the brass ring on Linger's finger. It looked so old that it looked like it had just been dug out from the ruins. When Alice saw it, she asked Linger when he developed a hobby of collecting antiques. No one guessed that it was a brand new alchemical tool.

"It's very simple."

With the grace of a Umi Princess, Rorona placed a spoonful of the mixture of pickles and stewed mushrooms into her mouth, chewed it carefully and swallowed it before answering Linger's question: "Just inject magic into it."

So simple?
Isn’t it enough to have hands?
Alice shouted for her to try, but Lingge ignored her and silently injected a little magic into the brass ring. The ring was instantly activated, emitting a simple and heavy golden light from the inside out. The light flowed across the floor like water, and soon occupied the entire hall, startling everyone standing there. When they looked down, they found that the light was like silk threads passing through the floor, connecting with each other, and soon outlining a huge pattern.

At first glance, it was hard to recognize what the pattern was, but the outlines and shapes of certain places gave people a familiar feeling, and the curves, straight lines, and gradient lines divided it into smaller patterns. Linger stared at it for a while, and suddenly opened his eyes wide in surprise, because he found that the outline and shape of a certain area in the pattern seemed to be exactly the same as the map of the Kingdom of Brittany? Those curves were national lines, the straight lines were mountains and rivers, and the gradient lines were contour lines and contour depth lines.

If that was the case, then if we take it as the origin and expand to the surrounding areas... As expected, Linger soon discovered other familiar patterns: the map of the White City Republic, the map of the Mindrias Empire, and the map of Leisenburg that the group had visited before. He could even accurately locate the location of the Lujian Sea and the city of Lotdana from these maps, and then use this as a reference to mark the current location of himself and others.

These territories are only a small part of this huge map. It shows not only the terrain and borders of the Western Continent, but also another continent across from it. Between the two continents is a large dark and heavy shadow, which actually occupies a larger area than the land. In this way, that continent is the Eastern Continent, and these shadows are the ocean.

Here is the map.

Lingge finally understood the function of this alchemical tool.

"Come to think of it," Rorona said slowly, "I haven't named this item yet."

"Since it can show the geography of the entire planet and the division of countries, why not keep it simple and call it... a world map?"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)