39: Chapter 39 Magic Structure, Dependence, and Increased Production

Six days later, inside the culture room located within Professor Pulang's advanced plantation, specifically in the core cultivation zone—the place where Ross cultured his "mana microorganisms".

After a short period of fermentation, Ross's "mana microorganisms" had already reproduced twice during this time.

Although compared to Ross's "soil cultivation method", this speed had nearly doubled.

However, the number of these little fellows was still insufficient to cover the demand of the five mu of magic fields.

This was also the reason why Ross had to spend his time and energy in too many places; too many things would tie him down.

Whether it was the daily mandatory meditation or frantically catching up on basic wizard knowledge.

Ross could not be like some ordinary apprentices. He couldn't just focus on working part-time in laboratories or offices opened by some Official Wizards.

Although those apprentices would earn a bit fewer magic stones.

However, they wouldn't be like Ross, having endless things to worry about every day.

Still, this could also be considered a happy trouble.

"Once magic plant cultivation and the mana microorganisms get on track, I still need to go to the talent market to recruit some Wizard Apprentices to reduce my burden. That way, I can free up some time for myself," Ross muttered in his heart.

"The equipment and environment in the culture room can only maximize the speed of cultivation. However, some matters that require a wizard's judgment cannot be resolved by these alchemy devices."

Ross looked at the "alchemy shaker", which was already bound full of culture flasks of the maximum size.

This "alchemy shaker" was the core equipment for culturing "mana microorganisms".

After all, the research on "mana microorganisms" was considered a niche sub-direction of research even within Official Wizard organizations like Elius Wizard Academy.

This was recognized by Professor Pulang, a "Level 1 Official Wizard". The academy might have Official Wizards researching the field of "microorganisms".

But the main research sub-direction for these wizards was also the "Curse School".

Although the core of this school also involved the stage of micro-lifeforms.

It was more like raising Gu worms on the corpses of magical beasts to cultivate some "plague spores" as carriers for casting sorcery.

These types of spores were usually cultivated to have terrifying infectivity and hazards that even wizards needed protection against.

For mortals, it was even more desperate, almost capable of causing an "extinction" effect.

Therefore, this "alchemy shaker" was only rummaged out from a corner of Professor Pulang's cultivation room when Ross was organizing the culture room.

Fortunately, all of its functions could operate normally.

Although it hadn't been used much, it still maintained its original condition in the room where the rune effects of "constant temperature" and "constant humidity" were cast.

That earliest batch of "mana microorganisms" that Ross had introduced six days ago.

Under the incessant vibration, they had long since evenly dispersed the offspring they produced into these flasks.

These flasks were filled with herbivorous spore culture media formulated by Ross.

Some magic stone dust was also applied. Although under the cultivation of this set of "alchemy equipment", the liquid environment for culturing these microorganisms would be automatically formulated and cultured.

It would also release the magic power of the magic stones in the equipment at uninterrupted intervals to ensure the normal progress of cultivation.

But as the first person to discover this kind of "mana microorganisms", Ross was superior to cold instruments in spiritual perception.

Regarding details that some machines could not detect, in terms of details and a flash of inspiration, Ross was able to grasp this subtle change better than a machine.

Over the past few days, after finishing purchasing equipment and potions for going out, aside from his daily meditation, Ross had been living in the culture room observing these "mana microorganisms".

Because Ross had not reached the level where he could observe the growth and changes of these microorganisms with his physical body and naked eyes.

Displayed on the real-time alchemy microscope screen and under Ross's continuous observation by condensing his spiritual power, he made a new discovery.

Excluding the interference factors of the alchemy instrument feeding nutrients and periodically discharging aquaculture wastewater.

Ross discovered that these tiny micro-lifeforms preferred to attach themselves to tiny particles containing mana.

Although they would also grow normally in a pure and clean culture medium.

But during their growth, some spores would also proliferate a mana structure of "mycelium" at the cost of sacrificing the ability to produce offspring.

Under their own entanglement and twisting, these mana structures provided a "bed"-like structure suitable for other "mana microorganisms".

After observing this phenomenon, Ross thought of the time when he first used the "soil cultivation method".

In that crude cultivation environment, those "filamentous" structures appeared on the walls of the earth pit.

As well as the various tiny particles contained in the earth pit at that time that could serve these "mana microorganisms".

At this time, combining experience and inspiration, Ross discovered the phenomenon that this type of "mana microorganisms" developed a dependency on attaching to "particles" in their growth environment.

And within these few days, Ross also continuously controlled variables and eliminated various experimental interferences.

Thus confirming this point.

A wizard's knowledge did not appear out of thin air; some inspiration and results required trying out before discoveries could be made.

Such tiny changes would probably be hard to notice for some Wizard Apprentices, or even Official Wizards who didn't understand "mana microorganisms".

Regarding the attitude of studying and delving into "mana microorganisms", Ross always maintained a serious approach.

Perhaps most Wizard Apprentices might ignore such tiny changes.

But in the state of "change and constancy", that was when a wizard made rapid progress.

This meticulous degree was also a kind of potential carried by Ross himself.

Moreover, after Ross noticed this difference, the experiments he conducted not only verified its true effectiveness.

But also further increased the yield of "mana microorganisms".

Although the growth cycle was only slightly shortened, the offspring that each average spore life could split and produce were 3 to 5 times higher.

To some extent, it could be said to be even more successful. After all, wanting to completely ignore the growth cycle of lifeforms was not an easy thing to do.

This also belonged to the technology of altering lifeforms. Not only was it knowledge that only Official Wizards could come into contact with, but it also often came with huge side effects.

However, Ross relied on the growth characteristics of the "mana microorganisms" themselves.

He merely improved the formula of the culture medium, and by regularly sprinkling some "magic stone dust" into the original "herbivorous liquid culture medium", he could increase the yield.

It could simply be called a "stroke of genius".