Chapter 199: Watermarsh Wizard Gathering Site
"The train has arrived."
As the magical steam train pulled into the platform, the boiling steam surged like turbulent waves, rushing into the entire waiting hall.
Standing amidst this "sea of steam," Janna, facing the unusually active steam sprites for the first ti, couldn't help but feel a sense of novelty in her heart.
"So these are the steam sprites summoned by the 【Steam Core】 after invoking the 【Steam Law】?"
The 【Steam Law】, a seemingly ordinary subordinate law, had brought about a revolutionary change to the extraordinary technology of the wizarding world.
These changes were entirely credited to Wally Dingle, who, during his apprenticeship, developed the 【Steam Core】 technology and earned the title "Child of Steam."
The principle of the 【Steam Core】 was actually quite simple: using magic patterns to generate a large amount of steam within a relatively balanced range between fire and water elents.
However, this so-called "balanced range" was the optimal equilibrium point that Wally Dingle found after tens of thousands of experints.
This equilibrium point was not rely about "producing steam" but required finding a "resonance point" between water and fire elents.
When water and fire, in their infinite mutual repulsion, reached a certain state of fusion, it was the resonance point between water and fire. Once resonance was confird, the 【Steam Law】 would respond to the call, summoning a large number of steam sprites with the characteristic of "magical exclusivity."
The core factor enabling the magical train equipped with the 【Steam Core】 to resist radioactive substances and pollution lay in the extre exclusivity of steam sprites towards all elents.
This extre exclusivity existed because steam sprites were born from the mutually repulsive elents of water and fire.
This characteristic was actually very similar to the "light elent," both being extrely exclusive and domineering elents.
However, due to the high activity and extensibility of light elent particles, they couldn't be as exclusive and harmonious as steam sprites. Therefore, even though the white wizard community had studied the "light elent" for a long ti, they hadn't found a way to overco this difficulty.
It was precisely because of Wally Dingle's discovery of steam sprites that magical steam trains and steam towers erged one after another.
With the dissemination and application of this wizard invention, not only was the establishnt of network connections between various wizard gathering sites promoted, but it also greatly boosted the economic developnt of many relatively poor and backward small wizard gathering sites.
Wizard Weekly once comnted:
The invention of the steam core dragged the wizarding world into a better era. This was a truly excellent invention benefiting all extraordinary beings, and also a powerful shot for the wizard community to combat the pollution of evil gods.
A sharp whistle sounded again. After completing all the procedures, Janna and her companions entered the platform along with the crowd and boarded the train one after another.
"This should be our carriage."
Passing through one carriage after another, finally, under the guidance of Julie Anne, they found their seats in a carriage marked with VIP.
"Janna, the seat is here." Hearing Liji Silks' call, Janna sat down by the window opposite her, then took off the hood and scarf that had been suffocating her.
"I'm dying, finally can call your na."
Afraid of causing a commotion, the group didn't dare to call Janna's na directly along the way. It wasn't until they entered the VIP private compartnt that Liji Silks dared to call her by na.
Similarly, Janna, who had been covering her face tightly all the way, could finally remove her "disguise" and breathe a sigh of relief.
"The troupe is really stingy. You're such a big star, and they still can't bear to buy a steam airship ticket. If we took the airship, you wouldn't have to cover up so tightly—"
Seeing David Berg walk in, Liji Silks, who was about to continue complaining, closed her mouth in ti, but her gaze towards David Berg still carried a hint of resentnt.
"Sorry, everyone. The troupe originally planned to book steam airship tickets for everyone today, but due to ti constraints, we temporarily switched to the steam train... So please bear with us."
Hearing David Berg's sudden apology, Liji Silks glanced at Janna sowhat awkwardly, then whispered:
"Did Director David hear badmouthing him? Otherwise, why would he suddenly apologize?"
"No, he was quite far from us when you were speaking. Unless he's a bloodline-side apprentice with good hearing, he wouldn't have heard."
"Ah, then I'm relieved."
After all the passengers had taken their seats, the steam core of the magical steam train officially started.
Steam sprayed, and water vapor rose.
As a large number of steam sprites enveloped the train, the first magical steam train of the day slowly departed the station with a high-pitched steam jet sound.
"Janna, this should be your first ti taking a magical steam train, right?"
Hearing Liji Silks' words beside her, Janna, who had been looking out the window, gently nodded.
"I took a magical steam airship once when I ca to Turin from the lower city. Other than that, today is my second ti taking a magical transportation tool."
Looking at the scenery constantly passing by outside the window, long-buried mories kept surfacing in Janna's mind.
Familiar train, familiar tracks—only the scenery on both sides of the tracks was vastly different from the images in Janna's mory.
There were no endless cornfields, nor countless low-rise houses.
In this world, apart from wizard gathering sites, there was only Darksun Contamination. What existed were ancient forests that had grown for an unknown period and the occasional remains of magical beasts along the way.
"Choo choo—"
The sound of steam jets continued to ring out. Despite its seemingly bulky size, the train possessed unparalleled speed. In just half a day, the magical steam train had already crossed the vast plains where the Turin wizard gathering site was located and officially entered the aquatic world of Watermarsh.
"It's actually not snowing here—and it's quite warm."
Looking at the winding waterways outside the window and the trees whose leaves hadn't all fallen, Liji Silks, who had been watching snow scenes in Turin for several months, couldn't help but brighten her eyes.
"Watermarsh City is a city born by the water. When we get there, we might even have to take a boat."
"Take a boat? Are you serious?"
"I specifically went to the library yesterday to read the Wizard Geography Atlas. The introduction to the Watermarsh wizard gathering site was like that."
Unlike Turin City, which was shrouded in fog all year round, Watermarsh City, surrounded by water, not only had a pleasant climate but also abundant aquatic resources.
Just like the aquatic and river delicacies imported daily in Turin City, many suppliers ca from Watermarsh City.
A sharp whistle sounded. After traveling for about six hours, the magical steam train was about to reach the final stop of this journey.
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