Chapter 248: line with translation of chapter title

The secret lounge underground of Swan Castle.

Luosen was putting on his pants, just having slipped one leg in, when Qi Ge Rui La Na hugged him from behind, a sweet, cloying voice coming from behind.

「Dear, this actually feels quite good。」

Hearing that sweet-to-death tone, Luosen inwardly thought, 'Uh-oh, Nana probably likes clingy personalities.'

There is a type of girl who is infinitely shy before intimacy, but after becomes as sweet as maltose, with eyes only for you, clinging and tender without end.

If he were an ordinary person, that would be fine; spending a lifetime together would be a perfect life, but he is not ordinary—he is a great lord.

Although the woman is his beloved, if he spends a lot of time in the gentle village, he will surely not have a good end in this life.

The gentle village is his hero's tomb.

Furthermore, with so many beauties in the world waiting for him, how could he focus all his thoughts on just one beauty?

That would be unfair to the other beauties.

But if he coldly refuses, or even while refusing is affectionate with other women, it would still hurt Qi Ge Rui La Na's heart.

Over time, if she long receives no response from him, she may come to hate him out of love, or become jealous out of love.

In short, there will definitely be no good outcome.

A lord, when acting, must look three steps ahead for each step taken.

Therefore, this problem must be solved.

Thus, Luosen, while turning to entwine tenderly with her, secretly pondered a plan.

Then he came up with an idea to solve it.

「First, we need to have more children to divert Nana's attention。」

「Then I need to train Laifu to have the ability to flirt, and then use my bloodline to fuse a perfect doppelgänger to specifically deal with Nana this sweet girl。」

After another round of intimacy, Qi Ge Rui La Na softly asked, 'Dear, how are your preparations for the Natural Empire?'

Luosen laughed and asked, 'What, in a hurry to become empress?'

Although Qi Ge Rui La Na's face was flushed with shyness, she still nodded, 'Yes, that way we can be openly together, no need to hide.'

Since she was so frank, Luosen also answered seriously

「Declaring oneself emperor is unprecedented in the Natural Alliance, also somewhat against the current trend, and will meet much resistance。」

「Therefore, we must make thorough preparations. First, we need to build momentum among the populace, especially among the Natural followers。」

「Currently, I am constructing a dream world called 'Natural Divine Kingdom'; once completed, I will invite all core believers of the Natural Alliance to participate in our wedding in the divine kingdom within the dream。」

He paused, then said, 'That is to say, we will first marry in heaven, then on earth, to obtain the most orthodox imperial authority.'

Besides this, there is another matter that must be prepared: dealing with the madness of the Radiant Empire.

More precisely, it is the madness of the Radiant Sovereign.

Once a person goes mad, all rational considerations become meaningless, all actions become unpredictable, and this is also a person's most terrifying time.

Then why must he insist on becoming emperor, rather than establishing a republic like Nawat?

There are many considerations in this.

For himself, it is naturally to realize his ambition.

Strategically, it is to better cohere the Natural Alliance.

Because the alliance is really too scattered, like a pile of sand; at a glance it seems a heap, appearing as a massive entity, but a push and it collapses with a hualala.

To quickly fuse such scattered sand into a cohesive crystal, relying on a gentle republican system won't work.

We must overcorrect, adopting the strongest centralized autocracy, establishing a dictatorial imperial system! Back to the topic.

Although Qi Ge Rui La Na was made body and mind drunk by Luosen, her mind was still sharp.

After serious contemplation, she gently nodded, 'Mmm~ sounds great, how long would it take?'

Luosen naturally had a plan in mind: 'About half a year, which coincides with the need for much preliminary work for Aaron and Weilan's fusion.'

Time is not long; although Qi Ge Rui La Na eagerly anticipates the wedding day, she also knows this cannot be rushed, so she can only endure.

Seeing her like this, Luosen felt he should find something for her to do, so he said, 'Nana, during this time you should focus on your cultivation; I will also help you, and as much as possible, advance to Legend before our wedding.'

Qi Ge Rui La Na immediately had a goal: 'Good!'

After another round of clinginess, Luosen finally managed to break free.

After breaking free, Luosen immediately rushed to Beier's laboratory.

Currently, Beier's laboratory has expanded in scale by dozens of times compared to the start, and its personnel have grown from a dozen or so to over four thousand.

All are genius mages of the Natural Alliance.

This laboratory has also yielded many results, providing Luosen with tremendous help.

This time, he prepares to build a fission nuclear bomb.

The biggest helper is naturally Beier's laboratory, which has already produced a nearly complete periodic table of elements.

Beier is currently a Four-ring Peak mage, naturally promoted with Luosen's help.

Although he is the laboratory's highest responsible person, he always remains on the front line.

When Luosen found him, he was wearing protective gear, developing a new material.

Since he was busy, Luosen waited.

About half an hour later, Beier walked out of the laboratory.

Luosen then said, 'Beier Mage, it seems your laboratory needs a dedicated assistant team to help you coordinate and manage the laboratory.'

Beier slapped his thigh, deeply in agreement: 'Exactly, I really need this; managing the laboratory wastes too much of my precious time.'

After thinking, he straightforwardly said: 'Being the top responsible person is meaningless, just a burden; better to let someone else take it so I can focus on experiments.'

Since he agreed, Luosen said, 'Then when you have time, recommend someone to me.'

'Okay.'

Beier again asked: "My lord, it seems you have something important to discuss with me."

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Luosen waved his hand: "Go to your office, we'll talk privately."

After arriving at the office, Luosen released a Legendary Noiseless Crystal Wall Technique, then walked to the periodic table on the back wall of the office, pointing with his finger at a batch of heavy elements already discovered to possess radioactive isotopes.

Among them was uranium.

"I need you to assemble a team to help me secretly search for this kind of ore that can trigger fluorescence; the more, the better." Beier looked at the element Luosen pointed to: "Fluorescent elements? These things are hard to find, rarer than auk gold."

These fluorescent elements were all discovered by accident, and samples are very scarce.

Luosen naturally knew this stuff was hard to find: "No matter how hard it is to find, we must find it; this is very important. Don't worry about money, I will convince the cabinet to allocate a large sum."

He didn't say he was interested in uranium, because he only planned to build a fission nuclear bomb himself.

Beier was also very curious about fluorescent elements, eager to study them closely; seeing Luosen's support, he was naturally overjoyed.

"Alright, I'll assemble a team right away."

"Mm, assign people to search for each fluorescent element, not just on the surface, but underground and underwater as well."

"Find them as soon as possible; it's very important."

Beier didn't understand why it was important, but Luosen was a legendary mage; if he repeatedly stressed its importance, it must be far from simple.

Beier nodded: "Alright, I'll start designing the relevant detection tools right away."

So, the matter of searching for uranium ore is settled.

Luosen originally intended to return to Swan Castle, but the Minister of Arcane Affairs, Weige, handed Duke Luosen a new paper.

This changed his direction forward.

The paper came from the Cavendish Laboratory.

More precisely, it was written by a mage named Weber in the lab.

The paper's title is "Counterintuitive Phenomena in the Submicroscopic World—Unpredictable Light."

He took advantage of Duke Luosen's eyes, took a brief look at the paper's content, and sighed inwardly.

"Wow, fast— they've already discovered light quanta."

He immediately changed direction and headed straight for the Cavendish Laboratory.

Upon arriving at the lab, he directly found Mage Weber.

He was a black-haired young man under 25, yet possessed a five-ring magical cultivation.

His features were very handsome, but he neglected his grooming, sporting two dark circles and messy hair like a bird's nest.

Upon seeing Luosen, he trembled with excitement, not knowing whether to speak first or bow first.

Luosen glanced at his appearance and immediately knew he was another prodigy of commoner origin.

He immediately soothed him gently: "Relax a bit, Mage Weber, you're 23, I'm also 23, we're peers—just treat me as a fellow academy student."

Mage Weber calmed down a little.

Luosen then got to the point: "I read your paper; it's superb, wonderful, highly innovative."

"Especially the mathematical model you used at the end to explain various specter resonance phenomena, which left me deeply shocked."

This mathematical model is called the "Weber Specter Equation Set."

It quite perfectly explains the specter resonance phenomena of various forces and also predicts the existence of a "Probability Translocation" spell.

What is Probability Translocation? Simply put, it's transferring the probability of one event occurring to another event.

For example, throwing a pebble upward, it will definitely fall back down—probability is 100%.

Now, using magic, we transfer that probability to another event with extremely low odds, nearly impossible—like a certain country's football team winning the championship.

Anyway, this spell is very mysterious, extremely mysterious.

It not only gave Luosen great inspiration, sparking a splendid idea for crafting a magical artifact.

On the other hand, Weber, having been tickled where he was sensitive, wore a face both proud and humble: "Duke, it's not perfect yet; there are many unresolved difficulties."

"Then let's solve it; I will fully support your research."

Weber's eyes lit up: "As you wish, Duke."

It's obvious that Mage Weber is a supreme genius.

For such a treasure, Luosen naturally is not stingy.

After leaving the lab, based on the existing promotion system, he used the Duke's exemption privilege to double it additionally.

The specific benefits are: 'Privately, he receives a lakeside villa occupying two mu, a new luxurious Electric Car, with a dedicated driver, a team of elite guards, two personal maids, 20 milliliters of gold bless elixir per year, all medical expenses waived, monthly salary raised to thirty thousand klay, two months of free vacation each year, and the qualification for direct access to the lakeside study.'

'At the national level, he gains the qualification to build and use a submicroscopic optics laboratory, with total investment not less than two hundred million klay.'

The enormous benefits directly left Mage Weber stunned numb.

Being a hot-blooded youth, he directly wrote Luosen a pledge-of-death letter, swearing to devote all his effort to researching submicroscopic optics.

Luosen naturally replied, giving him good encouragement.

Then he returned to his own lab, intending to based on the "Weber Specter Formula" start pondering a wondrous legendary artifact.

Unexpectedly, less than two days later, he received another decent new paper.

The paper had two authors, namely the two close friends from Levinde.

One was Owen, the other Hanson; the paper's title is "The Stars Beneath Our Feet."

Opening the paper, one finds it to be various precise world surveying data.

After listing various detection data, the paper states that as long as an object's speed is pushed to nine kilometers per second, it can be made to never fall and fly eternally in the sky.

In other words, the first cosmic velocity of the De Rui Tan plane is nine kilometers per second.

Luosen was extremely satisfied: "Long-term continuous investment is beginning to bear fruit continuously."

The development of arcane technology relies both on great breakthroughs by supreme geniuses and on the steady small progress of a batch of ordinary talents.

Ultimately, when major breakthroughs connect with minor improvements, point driving the surface, it can realize the enhancement of the entire nation's, and even the entire race's, power.

This survey data was of great help to navigation and aviation, and it greatly broadened the horizons of mortals.

So Duke Luosen naturally 'very pleased', and gave great commendation to the two survey mages.

In this atmosphere where new knowledge kept emerging, time flew by quickly.

Three months passed just like that.

Luosen's dream of the 'Natural God Kingdom' crafted for his ascension to the throne has also been perfected; it's time to start building momentum for the Natural Empire.

Mother Nature also has side stories. The previous side story is still pending due to a cold; I will try to make it up.

(End of chapter)