Chapter 660: Are You Looking Down on Me?

Excluding the bizarre and diverse Demon Eyes and the magic they developed to suit themselves, purely academically speaking, one was biology, and the other was herbology.

Or it could also be said to be the distinction between animals and plants.

This also created a situation where although the two would exchange some technical insights with each other, at the same time, under the circumstance of understanding some of the other party's technology, they rarely used it.

Of course, it wasn't to say they didn't use it, just very rarely.

Like Lan Qingyou, who merely used Biological Thaumaturgy as an appendage to her own Mechanical Thaumaturgy.

Elisa: "Speaking of which, I have a few interesting pieces of news on my end, do you want to hear them?"

Lying in bed and changing to another posture, Lan Qingyou was stunned for a moment when she saw this sentence.

Because most of the time ordinarily it was a relationship of discussing academic issues, so they rarely brought up other matters.

Especially the aloof Workshop Witch, who was even less likely to bring up other things in the topic.

Not only an off-topic remark, but there were also several?

And interesting?

This abnormality instantly gave Lan Qingyou interest.

Lan Qingyou: "Tell me then."

Elisa: "The first matter actually isn't much to talk about. It would be better to say that rather than me talking about it, it's better for you to see for yourself. [Item]"

Saying so, while sending the message, Elisa conveniently sent Lan Qingyou an item.

The curious Lan Qingyou also took the item out directly without any pause.

This was a roll of paper half an arm long.

Lan Qingyou sat up without thinking and spread it open on her quilt.

This...

When she saw what was drawn on the paper, Lan Qingyou couldn't help but gasp.

Although she only looked slightly, with Lan Qingyou's current SSS-rank mechanical knowledge, she could also see what the thing drawn on this blueprint was.

Lan Qingyou: "What's the meaning of this?"

Elisa: "Exactly the meaning you see."

Elisa: "The full name of this machine's device is called a Mana Derangement Device. It is a thing that, after activation, can cause mana within a certain range to become deranged, thereby restricting enemies' magic."

Lan Qingyou: "No, I'm asking what are you giving this thing to me for?"

That's right, the thing Elisa sent over was exactly the blueprint for the Mana Derangement Device.

When Lan Qingyou saw it, she felt this guy had a problem.

To actually send this kind of thing to her.

One must know, even for the Witch Race, under this kind of deranged mana situation, wanting to exert effective magic was very difficult.

For example, Mana Turbulence.

Right.

Very similar to this thing.

She still remembered to this day what a miserable state she was in when she was first exposed to Mana Turbulence back then.

If it weren't for the fact that she was not far from the shelter, she might not have survived.

Elisa: "It's nothing, just giving you a heads up, lest you get sneak attacked while being unaware."

Elisa: "It would be better to say that if you, who are equally famous as me, were to die because of this kind of thing, then my value would also drop, right."

Angered!

Her temples throbbed a bit painfully!

Who did this guy think she was talking to?

Lan Qingyou: "Are you looking down on me? To think a mere device could kill me?"

Elisa: "Oh!? So you're saying you have a way to resolve this kind of problem?"

Lan Qingyou: "I didn't before, but I will after this."

Elisa: "Hahaha, is that so? Then that couldn't be better."

Hmph! Truly looked down upon!

Seeing Elisa's reply, Lan Qingyou couldn't help but snort coldly.

As for the method of resolution, just as Lan Qingyou said, there wasn't one before, but there might not not be one later.

Actually, after seeing the blueprint and knowing there was such a thing in the world, Lan Qingyou first thought of a certain theory.

So she opened Tarot Manor's group and entered the group forum.

Because the group members had increased now, the papers in the forum naturally also increased accordingly.

But this time Lan Qingyou wasn't here to look for new papers; on the contrary, she was looking for a very, very old paper from a long time ago.

This paper was a discussion regarding how to use one's own mana to offset external mana derangement, thereby walking freely in Mana Turbulence.

At the same time, it was written by someone probably shortly after she had just entered the group.

If she didn't misremember, back then the group even carried out a bit of discussion.

"Self and Nature: On the Impact of Mutual Repulsion of Mana on Oneself" -- by The Fool

"Mm, this is the one."

After quickly flipping through and searching, Lan Qingyou smoothly found this paper, went in and looked slightly to find it was what she wanted, so she immediately bookmarked it, and then exited.

The reason she did this was mainly because she was still chatting with Elisa over here.

What a joke.

Saying there were several interesting things before and only saying one now, how could they just stop chatting like this.

Although she also had a pounding heart when facing a new challenge, a paper could be read anytime, but the other party's interest in chatting didn't happen every day.

Elisa: "Hey! Hey! Is anyone there?"

Elisa: "Are you still there?"

Elisa: "Fell asleep?"

Lan Qingyou: "No, went to close the window just now."

Not expecting the other party to actually be even more talkative than herself today, the corners of Lan Qingyou's mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.

Elisa: "Alright, then I'll continue on. Regarding the matters in the north of the continent, how much do you know now?"

Lan Qingyou: "Not very clear. I only know Demon Hunters have explosively increased quite a bit, seemingly conquering cities and plundering land, fighting with that whatever King's Allied Army or something like that."

Because she had chatted with people in the group before, Lan Qingyou did know about the matters of the Demon Hunters and the King's Allied Army.

It was just limited to this.

Because the matters of producing potions and researching new medicines later directly packed Lan Qingyou's time to the brim.

So she fundamentally didn't know what new things had happened outside during this period of time.

Lan Qingyou: "It would be better to say these matters basically have nothing to do with us, right? Why bother paying attention to those things and wasting our time and energy."

After putting away the blueprint, Lan Qingyou lay down to sleep again.

Elisa: "Indeed. If it were ordinary times, then it indeed isn't needed, but this time is a bit different."

Lan Qingyou: "How is it different?"

Elisa: "Li Mei died."

Li Mei?

Lan Qingyou frowned slightly.

It wasn't because a person died, but because this name sounded a bit familiar, but she forgot who it was.

Elisa: "That Demon Hunter kid in our group."

Perhaps knowing that Lan Qingyou, who hadn't replied for a while, had forgotten who the other party was, Elisa added a sentence.

Oh, remembered it. It's that kid.

The one who took away the Evolutionary Cell back then was this kid, right...

"How did he die?"

Lan Qingyou asked a question she hadn't figured out.