I Build a Floating City in the Apocalypse – Chapter 145

Chapter 145

“This is indeed mercury.”

Mr. Ding Shan said with certainty after examining the silver-white liquid in the mineral water bottle.

Fang Bai nodded upon hearing this, picked up the mineral water bottle and was about to leave. Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask,

“There’s a training session for Mage Apprentices at my place, lasting three days. As long as you participate in the training, you can be assigned to an experimental position after three days. And during the training period, and even during the experiment period, it will be conducted in a confidential manner. Are you interested?”

Upon hearing this, Ding Shan’s heart was immediately moved, but at the same time, he hesitated slightly.

Because Fang Bai had made it very clear that after the training was over, he would be assigned to an experimental position. This was both an opportunity and a constraint, and this position would definitely have to be accepted.

And the confidentiality throughout the process was even easier to understand, so Ding Shan was a little hesitant.

However, after a moment of hesitation, Ding Shan agreed.

“Okay.”

“Alright, then pack your things and tell your family and friends. Report to my place within an hour.”

“Okay.”

Watching Fang Bai’s departing figure, Ding Shan shook his head slightly.

Could he choose to refuse?

Yes, but when these dozens of Mage Apprentices had completed their training, he probably wouldn’t have a choice. He could only watch helplessly as these dozens of people surpassed him.

So he had no choice.

Fang Bai directly took the mineral water bottle back to his room. At the same time, his voice sounded in Bai Qing’s mind.

“Bai Qing, help me collect a batch of mercury. Collect as much as you can. The price can be set at one Spell Scroll for ten liters or one hundred liters of mercury. You can decide the specific price based on the current market price, just use your own judgment.”

Bai Qing was slightly taken aback when he heard this, then nodded and said,

“Understood.”

After hearing Bai Qing’s reply, Fang Bai directly brought over a batch of different types of potted plants or wood, as well as different types of metal samples, and directly started designing experiments. In addition to this, he also designed some simple experiments for the research on Spell Architecture.

An hour passed in a flash. When the apprentices returned and saw the huge matchbox-like building that had appeared out of thin air, they were immediately surprised.

It clearly wasn’t there just now.

“What’s going on? Li Shi, you didn’t go back, did you see it? How did this building come about?”

Luo Qing asked in surprise. Li Shi, who was beside him, immediately said with excitement,

“Just when you guys left, as soon as you left, the Village Chief was walking around here. We could only sense the elemental fluctuations and knew that he was casting spells.

Then, in just a few tens of minutes, this building was built. This spell is awesome!”

“Spell?”

Luo Qing looked at the building with a hint of strangeness and yearning in his eyes. He walked into the matchbox building and saw Fang Bai in a large conference hall.

“Village Chief, I’m back.”

“Mm, there’s a list posted on the wall. Move into your respective dormitories according to the list, and then gather here.”

“Yes!”

Luo Qing looked at the list on the wall and immediately went back to pack his things, moving everything to his dormitory.

It was a single dormitory with only a stone bed and a stone table. After Luo Qing put all his things away, he subconsciously touched his pocket, hesitated for a moment, and then rushed to the conference room.

Everyone was punctual. In less than ten minutes, everyone had arrived. No, it seemed that there was one more person.

“39, 40?”

Luo Qing, who was counting the number of people, was slightly taken aback and looked at the extra person.

The man felt Luo Qing’s gaze and turned back to look at Luo Qing, nodding slightly at him.

“Hello, my name is Ding Shan.”

“Hello, my name is Luo Qing.”

The two immediately sat down. After everyone had arrived, Fang Bai, who was sitting in the front with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and said,

“Get to know each other. I still have some work to do. The training is expected to start in an hour.”

After Fang Bai finished speaking, he closed his eyes again. The others were slightly taken aback, looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, they immediately started communicating with each other.

At this time, Fang Bai was still designing the experimental process and steps.

In a research project, the design of the experiment is almost the most mentally taxing step.

What is the purpose, what needs to be verified, how should it be verified, what are the experimental materials, how to control the variables, etc., all need to be perfected in the experimental plan.

Fang Bai was currently preparing two experimental plans. Even though Fang Bai already had a draft in mind, it still took him more than an hour to complete them.

Looking at the two rigorous and detailed experimental plans, Fang Bai let out a long sigh. Fang Bai, who was in the conference room, immediately opened his eyes.

The conference room fell silent, and everyone looked at Fang Bai.

Fang Bai stood up, looked at the forty people who were neatly arranged, and immediately said,

“First of all, let me talk about the course arrangements for the three-day training. Three days of training, a total of 72 hours of class time.”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was stunned.

72 hours? Three whole days? No rest?

Just as they thought that Fang Bai had misspoken or thought that a 30-minute class was also equivalent to a class hour, Fang Bai continued,

“From 8 am to 12 pm every day is my teaching time. Class ends at 12 pm, half an hour for lunch, class starts at 12:30 pm, and continues until 5:30 pm, which is still my teaching time. Half an hour for dinner.

From 6 pm onwards, it’s experiment time. I’ll lead you to do some simple experiments to verify and digest the knowledge I’ve taught you throughout the day, until 10 pm.”

Everyone looked at each other and groaned inwardly.

From 8 am to 10 pm, there was no break at all, and they could only rest at 10 pm.

However, just as this thought popped into their minds, they heard Fang Bai continue,

“Don’t think too much, it’s not time to rest after the experiment is over.”

“From 10 pm to 12 am is free discussion time. Form discussion groups to discuss together, and then everyone, including me, will speak individually, sharing their experiences, insights, or any inspiration or ideas.

And after 12 am, start meditating until 8 am when class starts again.

It’s like this for three days.”

After Fang Bai finished speaking, many confused expressions appeared below.

Seeing this, Fang Bai said calmly,

“Those who regret it now can leave. You won’t be able to leave after ten minutes.”

“Village Chief, we’re not afraid of being tired, we’re just afraid of sudden death. And besides a few 16 or 17-year-old lads who can stay up all night and continue to learn, no one else can keep up, right?

Even if we manage to stay up all night, we won’t have the energy to learn the next day.”

“Don’t worry about this. It’s no good for me if you’re exhausted to death. Just say whether you’re leaving or not.

I haven’t closed the door yet, so hurry up if you want to leave.”

After Fang Bai finished speaking, although everyone was puzzled, no one left, not even a single thought of it. They were just constantly thinking about the word meditation in their minds.

“Meditation?”

Seeing that no one left, Fang Bai stretched out his hand and pointed. The door was instantly closed by a rising stone wall. Then he wrote the title of the first lesson on the whiteboard.

“Teaching and Application of Meditation.”