Chapter 115: Approaching

Dan Marina left, taking Petty without a word. When Zheng Yichen came out of the room, he could not find a trace of them. From the monitor records, he found that the moment he entered the room to sign the Contract, Dan Marina had found Petty and left with her.

Zheng Yichen did not think it was bad for Petty to leave with Dan Marina. What he had learned was all self-explored. Petty was different. She did not have the Talent of the Dragon Clan. Even as a special Magic Weapon Summoner, her foundation and starting point were too low.

Originally, standing out in the Academy competition would have allowed her to receive strong support, but because of his own matters, she could not continue her Academy path. However, she was now following a Witch, and he did not know what impact that would ultimately have on her future.

Zheng Yichen’s main focus now was on Loris. With Petty staying, it was actually inconvenient for him to arrange for the girl. But Dan Marina left too decisively, didn’t she? She said she would help him find Loris’s location when the time came… Or perhaps there was no need to search, and she could be found directly?

Zheng Yichen thought for a moment. Since the Sanctuary Church had publicly announced the Witch Hunt, they probably would not hide the witches’ locations either. He just needed to keep an eye on them when the time came. Thinking this, Zheng Yichen began to check the equipment he carried on him. The storage pouch… Well, its full name was the Spatial Expansion Pouch. Calling it a storage pouch was not wrong, except it did not reduce weight.

This item was extremely rare on the market. The specifications Zheng Yichen used were even rarer and especially expensive to make. Zheng Yichen had always paid attention to such things but had never acquired a new one until recently, when he got a new one from Qin. Its capacity was slightly smaller than this one.

Also, do Witches all have storage spaces? Zheng Yichen had seen Dan Marina take things out of thin air before, though it was rare. Qin was the same… In short, this kind of storage space made Zheng Yichen very envious. Unfortunately, he had no idea where to collect materials like Space Fragments…

Otherwise, if he could create a large enough space, he would definitely take all the weapons from his Workshop, including those Alchemical Puppets. He wouldn’t have to be as selective as he was now, carrying only some. Carrying too much also put a huge burden on Zheng Yichen. If the Spatial Expansion Pouch ignored weight, Zheng Yichen could carry much more.

As for those Alchemical Puppets, they needed to be deployed in advance. But that was fine. Zheng Yichen had already made a Transport Aircraft… Even though he did not understand the structure of a transport aircraft, knowing the principle was enough. The rest was supplemented by the Engineering and Alchemy knowledge of this world.

This world had airships, but those things consumed a terrifying amount of Magic. After all, the entire thing relied on floating Magic Rune Arrays to stay aloft, and the greater the load, the greater the consumption.

In contrast, the helicopter transport aircraft had much lower consumption. This thing flew using propellers, not floating Magic. As for what was needed to drive the propellers to spin at high speed? Zheng Yichen still knew the principle of a motor! Based on the strength of the materials in this world, the motors made, even an enlarged version of the kind used in toy four-wheel-drive cars, had strong power. The only trouble was that Zheng Yichen spent a long time testing how to make the Transport Aircraft move.

In short, with the Transport Aircraft, he did not have to worry about transporting those Alchemical Puppets. As for the subsequent handling of the Transport Aircraft, Zheng Yichen naturally installed a self-destruct device on it. It was a bit of a pity, but it was also the best way to handle it. Zheng Yichen currently had no intention of making the technology public!

Moreover, he was already involved with Witches. Letting Humans learn about knowledge from Earth… was that just asking for trouble or asking for trouble?

The secrecy work had to be done well, even if it meant some waste. Zheng Yichen did not think it was a pity.

After making all the preparations, Zheng Yichen’s main body squatted on a rock, looking somewhat wistfully at the unfamiliar starry sky above. He held a long stick in his hand. This was a kind of leaf similar to tobacco that he found by flipping through some Potionology books.

He heard that smoking could ease melancholy… Holding this oversized, Otherworld version of a cigarette, Zheng Yichen spun it in his hand and flicked it aside with his fingers. Forget it, better not pick up such a habit. Even though this thing used Magic Potion materials, and they were the beneficial kind, Zheng Yichen remembered his classmates on Earth who smoked from time to time. If they went a while without a cigarette, they felt uneasy…

Hmm, give it up, give it up. Even if it wasn’t addictive, forming a habit was almost the same as addiction.

“Boss, the Bar business is getting better and better.” Lika was tallying this month’s Bar performance and reported to Qin with slight delight. Although she knew her Boss didn’t really care about this. The wealth accumulated by a Witch was far beyond what a mere few Bars could bring in.

The number of Bars open in Kaja wasn’t large now, but it had already saturated Kaja’s Bar industry. At the same time, the Bars were divided into several tiers. This division did not bring any negative effects. Instead, it greatly increased the Bars’ fame. The class divisions in this world were severe, especially for Nobles. While they didn’t mind the presence of commoners in places they frequented, they naturally didn’t want to see too many commoners in entertainment venues like these… unless they were beautiful women.

So, dividing into tiers not only catered to people of various classes but also reduced the possibility of conflicts arising from different classes within the Bar.

“And the reason?” Qin was lying on her side on a soft large bed, flipping through a book placed there, and asked lazily.

“Uh… There are many outsiders in Kaja now,” Lika said. To say they came to the Bar because of its reputation… that was probably putting it nicely. Although the Bar was especially popular, it was ultimately just an entertainment venue. Now, there were imitation versions of the Bar in other cities. Of course, because they got the first-mover advantage, those merchants running imitation Bars still couldn’t match their reputation in terms of fame.

The equipment Zheng Yichen came up with was extremely novel, and the methods of keeping it secret were also good. For the time being, imitations of the equipment could only achieve a rough likeness. To say they were completely similar… this world had Magic, so even if the internal structures were different, achieving exactly the same effect was possible. It just required spending some time on research to lower the cost control.

“Temporarily stop all activities in the Bars and Taverns. Don’t let… the Sanctuary Church notice,” Qin closed the book and sat up, gently smoothing the loose white hair of this Alchemical Body.

The opening of the Bars had reduced the attention on the Taverns, but the Taverns did not completely lose their customer base. Now, all those Taverns were transforming into quieter bars, which had attracted a new clientele. However… whether it was the Bars or the quieter bars, their effect on the emotional states of the customers was related to her abilities.