Chapter 583: The Judges' Shock!

Locke officially began on the stage. "Greetings, esteemed judge wizards. First, I must explain that the project I've undertaken this time is an analysis of the mechanism pathways by which 26 types of bromeliad magical plants affect the reproductive capacity of 26 types of magical creatures. My intention is to find the common positions of bromeliad magical plants in their ecological niches through high-throughput analysis of bromeliad magical plants."

The three judge wizards below simultaneously lowered their heads, currently reviewing the project completion report and other related materials that Locke had submitted.

Cis, the Golden Crown Mountain sun ring wizard, rubbed his eyes and looked up at Locke in surprise. He had only recently returned to the wizard world from a colonial plane, so he wasn't familiar with the two newcomers who had joined Golden Crown Mountain's senior academy half a year ago.

At this moment, wizard Cis revealed a surprised expression.

Analyzing 26 types of air bromeliad magical plants at once was no small undertaking, even astonishing.

Even for a researcher at the senior academy, such an undertaking was worthy of special attention. Not every cohort of super geniuses at the senior academy would be this outstanding.

Only every few cohorts would such a genius appear.

Cis George read the data in the literature and nodded slightly, discussing in a low voice privately, "The key data is very detailed, not like it's groundless."

The Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council lowered his head, thought for a moment, then said, "I remember now. Locke Augustine was one of the four First Circle wizards who made a big splash at the previous True Love Festival, during the special holiday promoted by our Rose Council."

This Second Circle wizard said in a low voice, "So it's him."

His eyes showed complex emotions.

Meanwhile, Master Milady from Cassiloce Art University made an exaggerated gesture, covering his mouth with both hands, using such an exaggerated action to express his emotions.

"Explosive! Explosive! Curves crazy, data blows up! Surprise!"

"Little Locke, I support you!"

Locke continued calmly narrating his research to the judges, "According to my research, all 26 types of air bromeliads are connected to the reproductive capacity of some type of magical insect or ultra-microscopic organism, forming a symbiotic relationship."

"Therefore, I boldly speculate that the ecological niche of air bromeliad magical plants in natural environments is to form symbiotic relationships with certain small insects and ultra-small magical animals, providing habitats for small insects and magical creatures."

"It's a typical micro-ecosystem."

"One-fifth of these 26 air bromeliad magical plants overturn previous conclusions about the correlation between air bromeliads and the reproductive capacity of specific magical creatures. Generally, this kind of argument basically mistakes the phenomenon where certain avian magical creatures eat the magical insects inside air bromeliad magical plants and have enhanced reproductive ability."

Locke said, "Therefore, I believe that perhaps in the future we can investigate those articles about air bromeliad magical plants having reproductive capacity correlations with avian magical creatures. Perhaps a large portion of their conclusions are erroneous."

"Of course, this still requires me and my team members to conduct more research on air bromeliad magical plants in the future to prove this logical relationship."

Cis George nodded. Following Locke's speech, he quickly reviewed Locke's article, "Although this conclusion is somewhat arbitrary, judging from the experimental data he's compiled, it's not impossible."

The Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council smiled bitterly. "I have a researcher at the academy who graduated with a research project on the symbiotic relationship between bromeliad magical plants and a type of magical bird. This was many years ago, but if his conclusion is correct, then my student's article..."

"That article and its related journals would all need to be retracted."

Cis George said in a low voice, "This is just Locke's inference."

The Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council said, "But judging from this data, his inference is very likely indeed reasonable."

Cis George nodded. "Analyzing the symbiotic relationships between 26 types of air bromeliad magical plants and magical creatures at once will indeed give him a certain thinking advantage. He can see more comprehensively the ecological niche of air bromeliad magical plants as a whole in the natural world and make corresponding considerations."

"His conclusion can save a lot of work for related research in the future. I believe that as long as this conclusion adds some experimental data, it can be published as a separate First Circle Tier 1 journal article."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Cis looked at Locke with satisfaction. "This researcher finally shows the level Golden Crown Mountain should have."

He glanced at Master Milady and the Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council, smiling.

Master Milady gave Locke a thumbs up, while the Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council had a complex expression and didn't look very pleased.

The atmosphere below the stage was complicated.

Meanwhile, Locke said, "In addition to this, I also discovered seven previously undiscovered natural unknown magical power structures during this research."

"The first type is..."

As soon as these words came out, the Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council showed an incredulous look in his eyes. He looked up at Locke, glanced at him with confusion, then quickly flipped to the corresponding section.

"No way. One, two, three... seven types. Doesn't this equal seven articles for Green Grass Cloud Marsh?"

This Second Circle wizard was shocked by his own words. "Can next month's Green Grass Cloud Marsh journal fit that many pages?"

Wizard Kelt said in a low voice, "If publishing seven in one month is too many, they can completely publish them month by month."

This Second Circle moon ring wizard glared at Kelt.

At this moment, even Cis George was somewhat dumbfounded. He maintained silence and read the related content about those seven completely new natural magical power structure components.

"These really are seven types."

"He actually discovered at least seven types of natural magical power structure components within a Tier 2 funding project."

At that moment, after brief contemplation, Master Milady said, "This young man is really good, energy maxed like a flame, breaking conventions with no routine."

For Master Milady, he had seen far too many geniuses. Especially those students in Cassiloce Art University who each fancied themselves artists, which of them didn't claim to be a genius, and some indeed had a bit of talent.

Those who could enter Cassiloce Art University were all seeds of the most talented artists.

And in the field of art, the gap in talent would appear even more obvious.

Therefore, after a brief silence, Master Milady's first reaction was to tease in rap form and slightly exaggerate Locke's accomplishments.

Cis looked at the Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council beside him, whose face was extremely gloomy. He looked at this Second Circle wizard with confusion. "Roger, is something wrong?"

"Is there a problem with the data?"

Because Locke had researched too much in a single Tier 2 funding project, Cis maintained vigilance about this.

But Roger, the Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council, had no response at all, just looked at Locke's materials with an extremely gloomy expression.

Looking at one particular passage.

A storm seemed to be hidden in his eyes.

At that moment, Master Milady, who had been maintaining a relaxed state and treating this defense with a normal mindset, glanced at the Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council, then looked at the passage he was reading. The next moment, all the casualness and playfulness on wizard Milady's face disappeared in an instant.

Wizard Milady was like a sleeping lion that had just awakened, surveying Locke with an extremely serious gaze while reading that passage describing Type 2 Tyrant Element.

Locke continued narrating, "Among the seven natural magical power structure components, I discovered Type 2 Tyrant Element..."

By the time Locke finished speaking, 20 minutes had already passed.

Locke looked at the alchemy clock at the back of the conference room and frowned slightly. He had already tried his best to compress the content and speed up his speech.

But because there was simply too much content, he still exceeded the 15 minutes allocated for his presentation.

Fortunately, no one present stopped him.

At this moment, none of the three wizards at the judges' panel opened their mouths to speak, as if they had forgotten that it was currently their questioning session.

Cis looked at Master Milady, who had suddenly become serious, and the Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council, who had kept a stern face. Seeing that neither of them spoke up to ask questions, he could only ask himself, "Can you explain how you discovered seven previously undiscovered natural magical power structures? You only used a few months to complete this project, right? From a time perspective, it seems rather impossible."

Locke had anticipated this. "Witch Yekaterina believes I possess dragon-like super intuition ability, so I have a talent for quickly finding new directions of discovery."

Cis was stunned and said in surprise, "It's the same talent the Throne had when she was young? That really is rare."

"That explains it then. If it's super intuition, then everything makes sense. Your project completion is extremely high. Even without us three making a judgment, it would definitely pass..."

"Even if I ask some minor detail questions, it would just be a waste of time. Since this matter has already received the Throne's recognition, then..."

At that moment, Roger, the Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council beside him, suddenly looked at Locke and asked, "Type 2 Tyrant Element? Are you certain you didn't observe incorrectly? When using the three major magic mirrors to observe natural magical power structures, sometimes using them incorrectly can also lead to false discoveries..."

This Second Circle wizard seemed to feel his argument lacked persuasiveness, so he added, "I believe your research on Type 2 Tyrant Element is insufficient and requires more experiments to prove it."

"You need to conduct more experiments to supplement your data."

At this moment, Cis looked at him with confusion.

Meanwhile, Master Milady had seen through something and glanced at him.

Locke immediately sensed the other party's suppression of his Type 2 Tyrant Element.

Indeed, this Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council had invested heavily in research on Tyrant cultivation breeding, that is, he had invested a lot of research in Type 1 Tyrant Element and had established his own technical barriers, team barriers, and equipment barriers.

But the appearance of Type 2 Tyrant Element, which showed somewhat better comprehensive capabilities than Type 1 Tyrant Element, would instantly collapse part of the research group barriers he had built over many years.

This led this Second Circle wizard to directly handle this matter with a resistant mindset.

The other party even wanted to suppress his research content, block his project completion, and delay the publication time of Type 2 Tyrant Element.

Although Locke believed this was almost impossible.

Locke said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Lord Roger, I have already used the Queen's Chessboard to conduct a comparison of Type 2 Tyrant Element's properties and Type 1 Tyrant Element at the Force level."

"Type 2 Tyrant Element's toxicity is much lower than Type 1 Tyrant Element, while its enhancement is more comprehensive."

"Its applicability is broader."

"Moreover, I have already used the Queen's Chessboard to create a cellular conjugate of Type 2 Tyrant Element and completed the first Tyrant cultivation breeding using Type 2 Tyrant Element."

"Therefore, when you say my experiments are insufficient, I believe this is completely unreasonable."

The Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council, seeing Locke being so neither humble nor arrogant, was about to voice a reprimand but found he really couldn't find any reason.

Moreover, there was a Second Circle wizard from another wizard organization and a Third Circle wizard right beside him.

Furthermore, he hadn't expected Locke's preparation to be so thorough. He had not only used the three major magic mirrors but also used the Queen's Chessboard, completed the key experiments for Type 2 Tyrant Element, and finished creating the cellular conjugate.

Using the Queen's Chessboard once cost one million magic stones.

Did this mere First Circle wizard have that kind of money?

The Second Circle wizard from the Rose Council suddenly thought that on True Love Festival day, Locke should have earned 6.5 million magic stones.

This amount made quite a few Second Circle wizards envious.

So he definitely had the money.

Roger's eyes were gloomy. 'I've invested so much in Tyrant cultivation breeding technology, finally built up my team, set up the framework, but now an unknown small First Circle wizard has researched Type 2 Tyrant Element!'

'Then all the technical barriers I previously set up are wasted. What to do, how can I prevent the release of this Type 2 Tyrant Element!'

Roger looked at the materials, trying hard to find logical loopholes or data flaws. How he hoped to discover that Locke had fabricated data, but the more he looked, the more frustrated he became.

Because he knew that all of this was real!

At this moment, just as Roger was about to speak, Master Milady swept a stern gaze over him.

Master Milady rarely became serious. "Locke Augustine, you truly are an excellent child. I never expected that a small First Circle wizard's defense would make me become serious."

At this moment, Master Milady brought out his usual experimental state rather than his state as a bard celebrity.

Master Milady asked, "You said earlier that you've already completed the first cultivation using Type 2 Tyrant Element."

"Then, could you please show it to me? Don't worry, I completely believe what you've said. I just want to take a look."

Locke bowed to Master Milady, then summoned the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand from his astral ring.

As soon as the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand appeared, its abnormally powerful Second Circle characteristics immediately attracted the investigation of the high-circle wizards present.

Wizard Milady's figure disappeared from his seat and appeared beside Locke. He nodded to Locke, then walked to the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand's side and carefully observed it.

Then, wizard Milady revealed a slight smile. "Beautiful. This Tyrant Sea Gold Sand of yours has a unique aesthetic. This aesthetic has been influenced by Witch Yekaterina, but the main body is still your aesthetic."

"Excellent, truly excellent."

Wizard Milady stroked the leaves of Locke's Tyrant Sea Gold Sand as if appreciating a work of art. "Locke, could you give me a Tyrant bromeliad afterward? I can purchase it directly."

"I imagine that in the future, there will be a large number of wizards conducting related research who will purchase your Tyrant bromeliads from you."

"Young man. Congratulations."