God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 319: You Are What You Eat

Though the apprentice had no talent for learning magic, he had unparalleled abilities and luck in other areas, especially when it came to mechanics and materials.

The Wild Mage and the others were still marveling at it all, not knowing what the principle behind this was, even wondering if there was some magic involved that they didn’t understand.

As time went on, gradually, in the mortal realm, people had started making certain guesses about the relationship between the God of Technology and the Goddess of Magic.

Maybe it was like the God of War and the Goddess of Fertility—their domains complemented each other. Too many people led to war, war led to population decline, which triggered baby booms, and the two rotated. Eventually, the gods representing those domains came together...

The God of Technology and the Goddess of Magic might be the same way...

In that case, the things imprisoning these worm monsters could naturally be magic runes.

This kind of situation wasn’t rare on Magic Conductors—you could even say it was common.

As magicians, they couldn’t help but think along those lines.

But they never imagined it would be this simple.

These monsters actually ate ore, so imprisoning them with metal and rock was like locking a human in a bakery—they’d eat their way out eventually. But just by changing your approach and using plants with some flexibility to imprison them, it became way easier.

As for why the surface needed to be carbonized, some magicians didn’t know.

But the apprentice understood very well.

"Carbonized wood has really good anti-rot properties because under high-temperature treatment, the surface becomes tighter, while the wood’s internal flexibility is preserved."

The apprentice seemed to notice the others’ confusion and explained with a smile: "Anyway, things are going way smoother than we imagined. It’ll be much easier to raise these little things."

According to the information Lava General collected, even the hardest steel produced here couldn’t imprison these worm monsters. To control them in one area, you’d need to mix mithril into the cages.

But the world’s mithril supply was limited—super rare—and most of the resources were monopolized by various magical factions. The amount they could get was very limited.

After finally getting their hands on an excellent material, they couldn’t raise them in large quantities. The Wild Mage and the others found this hard to accept, which is why they chose to fly over here.

They wanted to see if there was a solution.

Now it looked like things were going way smoother than they’d imagined.

In just a few minutes, the apprentice had already reached a conclusion. If successful, the breeding costs would drop dramatically.

Forget feeding these little things rocks—even feeding them iron ore, with the situation here, they wouldn’t need to worry about insufficient production for a while.

"We still need to verify this, see if it’s actually true. And if it is, whether different types of plants would have different effects."

The Wild Mage lived up to his name—he quickly caught on and roughly determined the next plan.

"By the way, Lava General, I see there are quite a few traces of self-charging arrays here too?"

The Wild Mage suddenly changed topics, turning to look at Lava General.

Lava General nodded slightly: "That’s right. There are self-charging arrays and Magic Power Networks here that used to supply magic power to the mine tunnels. But because of the recent miracle, most of the area’s been wrecked. They’re still doing emergency repairs in other places."

The Wild Mage’s magic level wasn’t very high—nowhere near Lava General’s...

In fact, the time it took Lava General to become legendary might have been shorter than the time it took the Wild Mage to become a low-level magician.

But even so, Lava General still had tremendous respect for the Wild Mage.

Forget everything else—just this guy’s invention of the self-charging array had a massive impact on this world. Not to mention he’d invented tons and tons of Magic Conductors. You could say he was the human who’d changed this world the most profoundly.

Someone like that absolutely couldn’t be measured by strength alone.

If he didn’t have so many tasks to complete, he wouldn’t even mind becoming the Wild Mage’s bodyguard.

"Great. Can you arrange a room with plenty of magic power for me? You should know my situation—I’m not suited to being in areas with low magic power."

The Wild Mage smiled and gave instructions: "We’ll probably need to stay at Foster Iron Mine for a while."

Living quarters and laboratory space were quickly arranged. The mine manager had no complaints whatsoever and was extremely cooperative.

He’d practically hand himself over for research if he could.

The Wild Mage had just settled in and was taking a big gulp of magic power to make himself comfortable when suddenly there was a knock on his door.

The apprentice came in from outside, saying excitedly: "Wild Mage, we’ve discovered that the slime these worm monsters secrete is a bit different from what we saw in Roster territory."

"Different?! How? Does it only work if it comes from dead worm monsters?"

The Wild Mage jumped to his feet, looking at the apprentice in disbelief.

This wasn’t just tire material—it was material that lots of mechanical devices dreamed of having!

If they’d been working for nothing, it would be crushing.

The higher the hopes, the bigger the disappointment.

"No, you misunderstood." The apprentice froze, then quickly said: "The basic properties are the same. The difference is in quality..."

The apprentice quickly shared their observations. Simply put, when these worm monsters ate different rocks and ores, the slime they secreted had different properties.

They discovered this because the slime from worm monsters that ate mithril had many characteristics that only mithril would have. Though minimal, they definitely existed.

After confirming this, the apprentice instantly thought of many possibilities.

Feeding different materials to make worm monsters secrete different slimes, then using them in different scenarios—the effect would definitely be way more important than they imagined!

"Good news! This is fantastic news!"

The Wild Mage was excited: "If this guess is true, we’ll have excellent material supplies for many future scenarios! It’ll save us so much effort."

"But we need to verify this further. Our test cycle might need to be extended a bit. Then we’ll test the differences and properties of the slime after feeding different materials. This will become our breeding guide."

"Also, we need to first test the best method for magic-powered vehicles..."

While the Wild Mage and the apprentice were caught up in the huge surprise the worm monsters brought, Lava General suddenly fell into a deep sleep.

His consciousness gradually left his body, flying toward the endless void, following his faith.