Chapter 105 [0103] Grandpa Ka
The layout of Shurima's laboratories is different from other places: there is a ruler-shaped registration office at the entrance. Paper and pen are prepared in the registration office so that visitors can be registered at any time.
People who enter the laboratory often pick up paper and pen to leave their names, or even stamp their personal seals to gain partial permissions - this was what happened when Shurima was still there, but now the registration office has been abandoned, and the paper and pen are rotten - Under the guidance of an assistant, visit the laboratory.
If you are willing to register the magic traces, you can get greater permissions and directly visit the experiment. If you are willing to provide funds, you can become a collaborator and conduct experiments yourself. However, these registrants are mostly visitors and generally do not have this qualification.
Kalikan has been working as a researcher at Shurima University in the east of Shurima City since he was 22 years old. The bachelor said that he had a bad mouth and signed at the door for fear of being beaten to death, so he worked as an assistant in the laboratory. stop.
Although the students who study magic together are easy to talk to, they have severe involution of cantilever spines and many are eager to ascend. They often need to be trained from childhood. They recite the original axioms at the age of three, learn magic control at the age of ten, and learn magic control at the age of fifteen. Join the military to gain gilt, and then go to school.
Under this severe competition, it is difficult for ordinary people to come forward.
So after two years, the grand maester said that Kalikan could not be a laboratory assistant.
Fortunately, Calican was meticulous, talented, and good at logic, so he couldn't drop out of school, so he switched to an unpopular field such as plant cultivation.
Kalya was the only person who came to Calican's lab regularly and was in and out of all the labs at will.
He is not too tall, even a little thin, with a yellowish complexion, an expression that often shows vicissitudes of life, and a head of neat black hair.
Although he can enter and exit all laboratories at will, his magic power is not very good, and it seems that he has not improved or changed in thousands of years.
When he talks to people, he always grasps the real pain points and makes them helpless. Because of his seniority, others have arranged a place for him among the chaotic seniority of ascended people, called Grandpa Ka.
As soon as Grandpa Ka entered the laboratory, all the people doing the experiment looked at him and smiled, and some shouted: "Grandpa Ka, I conquered another city-state."
He didn't answer, but just told the registration office, "Go to the experimental field and see the oasis saltwater wheat," and left his mark.
They deliberately shouted loudly: "We will take Ikasia immediately. The fields there are all watered, and there is no need for salted wheat."
Kalya opened his eyes and said: "War cannot solve the problem. Now the land carrying capacity is limited..."
“The carrying capacity is limited, but the land is unlimited!”
Kalya's eyes were anxious, and the veins on his forehead popped out, and he argued: "If we don't improve our level, if the territory is too big, it will eventually collapse! Infinity, being able to go to the stars is truly infinite!"
There were a series of words that made people feel callous, such as "researching magic theory" and "improving productivity", etc., which caused everyone to sigh, and there was an atmosphere of helplessness inside and outside the laboratory.
I heard people talking about it behind the scenes. Kalya was the true founding father of the country and established a great power for Shurima. However, in the end, his talents were limited and his body was weak. So becoming an Ascended was just to extend his life, and finally he was responsible for education.
Fortunately, he was good at education and full of talents. Under his leadership, Shurima University was prospering.
Unfortunately, he had a bad habit, that is, he was unwilling to start a war and was never welcomed by the hawks. He also had no faith and was not welcomed by the priests. As a result, he gradually left the political center and devoted himself to research.
But in the laboratory, his status is higher than others, and he is proficient in theory, often has unique insights, and can always solve problems.
At this time, Kalikan could speak freely. Even if he gave some bad nicknames, Kalya usually didn't care much about it.
Several times, children from ordinary families came to visit the laboratory and invited Kalya to give a speech - he asked them to talk about their ideals, and everyone told them.
The children either longed for nobility or became priests, and all looked at Kalya, hoping to gain his approval. Kalya was helpless, just shook his head and returned calmly.
Once Kalya saw Kalikan's experiments and said to him: "Have you ever presided over the cultivation of magic plants?"
Calican nodded slightly.
"Having hosted it - let me ask, can you withstand the loneliness of long-term magic plant training?"
Kalikan thought of the cold reception he received for many years after his ascension, and lowered his head for a moment without answering quickly.
Kalya waited for a long time and said sincerely: "You haven't thought about it yet? It doesn't matter, there's still time... Xianshuimai still has some time, and they'll give me a reply later."
Kalikan thought to himself that although the principal had brought him into the unpopular direction of plant cultivation, he had paid many years of tuition after all. He gritted his teeth, felt helpless and decisively said: "Loneliness, how many ascended ones do not lead the way?" Not lonely."
"Yes, yes." Kalya showed a very helpless expression, "I always think that ascension is everything, and that everything will be fine if you sacrifice to the giant god, but you don't know that you have to rely on yourself for everything... I have a special cultivation plan, please take a closer look stop."
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Since then, there have been rumors in Shurima that Kalikan angered Kalja and was exiled to Vazuan, and it will take a hundred years to return.
When Calican came back, he was no longer the same as before, making fun of everyone he met, and the direction of his research was no longer on extremely unpopular economic plants, but on the wild growth of plants.
It seems that Kalya has lost another fellow traveler.
One day, about two or three days after the Icathia Rebellion.
The Grand Maester was summoning the school's Ascendants, and Calican rarely left the laboratory.
"The war in Icathia is not going well." The principal was not there, only the Grand Secretary said with a look of surprise, "The front line has been changed, Empress Wu died, and the empire is in trouble."
Everyone looked at each other and talked about it.
Kalikan had just returned from Vazuan, and when he heard this, he asked loudly: "What about the principal?"
"He went to find Nezuk."
"Then what?"
"Then he said he would close the rift and make a monolith - what, you want to go too?"
"The strangling vines are ready, and I can lead an army myself."
The battle of the monolith was dark.
The rift was finally closed, and the flying monolith fell to the ground and was destroyed, and everyone in it disappeared.
Since then, no one in Shurima has seen Kalikan, and no one has heard of Kalya.
When the war ended, the new emperor swore in front of the Wall of a Thousand Gods, saying that he would maintain the unity of the empire, and those who did not obey would be demoted to slaves.
When the cult was revived, the priests also swore in front of the Wall of a Thousand Gods, saying that they would bathe in the glory of the giant gods to obtain the protection of the gods.
When Azir ascended to the throne, he did not go to the Wall of the Thousand Gods.
When Azir ascended, he did not go to the Wall of the Thousand Gods.
That day, the empire was destroyed, the oasis dried up, and the yellow sand buried everything.
This time, without the Ascendant who sacrificed his life, the gods were silent again - from then on, Shurima probably lost its glory.
Kalya's small class about the Ascendants:
The source of the power of the Ascendants is the sun. Because they are much stronger than mortals, the Ascendant Cult has amazing power in Shurima.