Chapter 2713: Artificial Glue Harvesting

Originally, Xia Duo planned to wait for new Mages from the Tower of Time to come to the Territory to start businesses and drive the development of Magic Civilianization in the Territory; after all, relying solely on Magic Affairs Officers to push it forward was truly too thin.

But considering that the Tower of Time had recently notified everyone about the Intermediate Assessment, and that brand-new Middle School Courses would be opened after the Intermediate Assessment, there were currently not even a few new Mages choosing to return home to develop.

So when he heard Laidun mention the issue of the yield rate for firing the Magic Glue monster breeding pools, Xia Duo immediately realized that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to carry out a magical transformation of the Territory's workshops!

If nothing went wrong, the Territory's first magic workshop should be the Porcelain Workshop!

Silently making a plan in his heart, he had already followed Laidun to another building in the breeding farm; like the previous one, inside was also a breeding pool about four meters wide and one meter deep.

But the difference was that there was only one Magic Glue monster in the pool.

At this moment, a worker wearing a glue-suit was descending into the pool, and with one reach, pulled out a mass of flowing, transparent gelatinous substance; by utilizing the different refractive indices of light in air and the gelatinous substance, one could make out the outline of the gel.

"Lord Territory Owner, this is a mature Magic Glue monster!"

As he spoke, the worker, as if pulling noodles, lifted the mass of gel he was clutching directly above his head, but the nature of the Magic Glue monster was far softer and tougher than dough.

Even after being stretched to the height of a person, it could not be pulled away from the main body of the Magic Glue monster.

It wasn't that he couldn't summon the Portable Laboratory without a house, but out of consideration for reducing the onlookers among the territory residents; if there were no house in the Main Plane to cover it, then a situation where a small space accommodated multiple buildings would appear here.

"How long can this set of protective gear be used?" Xia Duo asked.

Then, some territory residents stepped on residual gel that hadn't been cleaned up in time during the Magic Glue monster's transfer process, and it wasn't just one person who got injured!

Therefore, this seemingly somewhat dangerous manual glue harvesting was actually already the best choice after comprehensively considering costs and risks.

"On one hand, it is for protection, and on the other hand, it is to utilize the compatibility between Magic Glue products and the Magic Glue itself to facilitate grabbing; if other materials were used, one simply couldn't grab the Magic Glue, and it would also be corroded."

And there wouldn't be a scenario where the Magic Glue monster ran out and caused an uncontrollable accident.

It was equivalent to at least half of the territory residents being idle at home; excluding those reserve territory residents who were taking remedial classes during the winter leisure time, the official territory residents didn't have that much to do.

It was currently winter, and although the Territory had launched a winter expansion for the first time this year, it was freezing cold after all, so for individuals, there was no need to work every day.

Of course, one could also design a special breeding pool structure, leaving a gap at the bottom to let the Magic Glue monster leak down for direct cutting, but the more complex the design, the easier it was for errors to occur.

Specifically, it was that Level 7 Laboratory that Jieyi was temporarily providing for the Magic Glue Research Center to use.

But even with the precedent of injuries, the process of transferring Magic Glue monsters still attracted a large number of territory residents to watch, which inevitably caused a certain degree of chaos.

Fortunately, the Magic Glue monster at that time had swallowed a large amount of soil and was in hibernation digesting, so its corrosiveness was somewhat reduced, which was why it didn't cause disability.

After watching the glue harvesting process, Xia Duo went to see the production process of Magic Glue products; of course, for now, there was only the kind of inferior protective gear he had already seen.

Seeing this scene, Laidun at the side explained at the right moment: "Although it is a transparent Magic Glue monster that grew up drinking water, it still exhibits relatively strong acidity, so workers must wear protective gear made of Magic Glue when harvesting glue."

Whether it was neighborhood conflicts or public trials at the Code Plaza, they could all attract a large group of people to watch, and the new construction in the workshop area undoubtedly also attracted a lot of attention.

"Replacing a set of protective gear after five times, isn't that a bit wasteful?" Xia Duo was somewhat puzzled. "Is the glue harvested in five times enough to make one piece of protective gear? Have you considered using other glue harvesting methods?"

Because the Magic Glue product workshop in the workshop area had not yet been built, even the inferior protective gear was actually produced in the laboratory.

As for other glue harvesting methods, Laidun also gave his explanation—

That worker held the mass of gel, truly just like holding a mass of relatively thin dough; although it was held in his hand, it also had a tendency to flow outward.

……

Nowadays, that Portable Laboratory had already been moved from the barracks to the workshop area, right next to the Magic Glue Breeding Farm, in a small, temporarily erected house.

Even if an accident occurred, it would be limited to a very small range.

With a light swipe between the pulled-out gel and the Magic Glue monster's main body, the two immediately and silkily separated into two parts; the lower part fell back into the pool, while the upper part slowly contracted.

As he spoke, Laidun further explained, "At the current stage, our understanding of Magic Glue is still insufficient, and the quality of related products is still not very reliable, but Yi Nu Wei Qi and the others are already stepping up research, and I believe there will be breakthroughs very soon."

Laidun and Yi Nu Wei Qi had discussed it, targeting most of the safety designs of the breeding farm at the Magic Glue monster's main body; as long as the Magic Glue monster's main body didn't have problems, no major problems would occur.

And although the Magic Glue monster seemed docile, in terms of its own nature, it was actually not that harmless; if a living person came into contact with it, even for just a moment, they would receive corrosion damage, and if the time was a little longer, the damage would be even greater.

It wasn't that they didn't want to use other methods, but the characteristics of the Magic Glue monster itself determined that no matter what method was used, two key steps could not be bypassed:

Of course, that was not the real step of harvesting glue, just to demonstrate the special effects of the Magic Glue monster to Xia Duo; next, under Laidun's reminder, the worker took a grayish-white Ci Zhi Xiao Dao from his waist.

Either go to the theater to watch plays or Magic Shadows, or go outside to stroll around, or even go to the tavern to drink, or go to the Floating City to play, but in this era, entertainment methods were ultimately scarce.

"We have tested using double-layered protective gear, and it can harvest glue up to ten times, but out of safety considerations, I make them replace the protective gear after five times of harvesting," Laidun replied.

"The gel harvested in five times is indeed not enough to make one piece of protective gear, but the used protective gear will not be wasted; it can also be used as higher-efficiency feed to feed the Magic Glue monster, or it can be reprocessed into protective gear."

Although Laidun didn't say it explicitly, Xia Duo could actually roughly guess that in the current model of the breeding farm, the biggest accident was nothing more than the glue harvesting worker being swallowed by the Magic Glue monster, but such a result was relatively controllable.

One is cutting, because it is in direct contact with the Magic Glue monster's tissue, it must use something corrosion-resistant; considering the cost, it is a ceramic knife.

There were only those few things in total, and the official territory residents had experienced all of them, so for the official territory residents, the greater fun was actually watching the excitement.

But as of now, there hadn't been anything special in the workshop area; the Magic Glue monster counted, but that was already half a month ago, and when the Magic Glue monster was first discovered, a worker's foot had been corroded.

One is control, because the Magic Glue monster is too slippery, one must use Magic Glue products to be able to grab the Magic Glue monster's tissue relatively conveniently.

But the next moment, another worker nearby handed over a porcelain bucket, and the glue harvesting worker quickly put the gel in his hand into the bucket, while putting it in, he used his other hand, which had put away the knife, to continuously stroke down on the hand holding the gel.