What treasure chest monster? Call me the Mysterious Merchant!

Chapter 44 I'll Define the Standard Units!

Zhu En instinctively felt she had been cheated.

The cube wasn't too big or too small; it was about the same size as the bread we usually eat in the cafeteria.

It looks like some kind of solidified basic dye, and doesn't seem to have much value, but it looks nice enough to be placed on an office desk as a decorative item.

But what Jun wanted wasn't a decorative object!

That bottle of coolant was something he worked on for three sleepless nights, trying many different formulas before finally mixing it. The experimental materials alone cost several thousand credits!

He's not that extravagant to exchange coolant worth thousands of credits for three square-shaped decorative pieces!

Never mind, let's take it out and take a look first.

The goggles did not display any characters, and the test results showed that they were made of ordinary materials. But Jun thought that since she had already bought them, even if they did not contain magic, they were still ancient ornaments, weren't they?

It's a forced situation where you don't lose out.

At 1.8 meters tall, he could reach things without bending over, so he reached out and opened the lid.

The next second, the instant his finger touched the surface of the cube, his expression changed drastically.

"Is there magic stored in here?" June recoiled as if she had touched a flame, frantically manipulating the goggles.

A moment later, his eyes widened, and he took a small step back: "Not a single trace of magic leaked out?!"

Incredibly, I grabbed the block and pressed it against my goggles, but the goggles still didn't react at all.

"There really isn't a single message? But I clearly sensed the flow of magic!"

With her other hand, Jun took out a magic crystal she carried with her and held it in front of her eyes. The characters on her goggles immediately began to scroll.

"Is it not broken...?" He suddenly fell silent, his body beginning to tremble slightly.

His goggles came from an ancient ruin beneath the academy and had been used for over ten years without ever making a mistake.

I just verified that it didn't suddenly stop working.

There's only one explanation.

Trembling, Jun took out something that looked like a tuning fork from his waist and carefully placed the two probes on both sides of the cube.

Enter the magic and flick it gently.

Ding!

A crisp sound rang out.

"What are you doing? Just listening to a sound?" Fang Qi asked Luo Xi, puzzled.

"Mr. Box, wait a moment and I'll explain it to you!" Rosie also perked up her ears and listened attentively.

Zhu En clamped the other two sides and snapped his fingers, and the tuning fork made the same "ding-ding" sound.

"What kind of new measurement method is this?" Fang Qi had never seen anything like it before, and found it quite strange.

"Ten finger widths!" Rose and June said in unison, exchanging a glance.

"And there wasn't the slightest noise or vibration," June said quietly.

"That means the surface is very smooth," Rose chimed in, the two of them echoing each other.

At this moment, Jun quieted down: "Luo Xi, you're about to take the mentor assessment, do you know what that means?"

Roche nodded: "That means it doesn't need calibration and has no errors."

"Not only that," June's erudition as a professor was evident:

"We've already studied this; the more regular the structure and the smoother the surface of a magic crystal, the higher its magic output efficiency, especially this shape."

Ding.

He took out another cube, clamped it, and flicked it around, muttering, "This kind of square cube can probably increase magic efficiency by 30%..."

"Such a beautiful sound, the most beautiful I've ever heard... This is the voice of truth." June said, taking out the third cube, clamping it, and flicking it.

He looked utterly captivated, as if he were appreciating heavenly music.

A moment later, Zhu En opened her eyes.

The three cubes in front of me are exactly the same in size, appearance, and flatness.

Although the weight wasn't measured, it felt exactly the same to the touch.

He felt a tingling sensation run through him, and his tone became reverent: "As expected of the Metra civilization, even their mass-produced energy cubes are so perfect!"

To achieve this level of smoothness, Zhu En would probably need a lot of auxiliary equipment and spend more than half a year manually polishing it.

And now, in just half a day, he has three pieces in his hand.

"We alchemists are probably about to undergo a transformation." A flame burned in June's eyes.

"Loshi, Metra, Creation Machine," he murmured.

"It would be better if the cubes were red; blue is such a good deal for that Seth guy."

If it weren't for the prior agreement with Seth and Vance, and if the creation machine wasn't originally his, June would have insisted on disassembling it and studying it.

"Do you know what this cube is called?" he asked Rosie.

Luo Xi pointed to Fang Qi's screen.

"Metra Standard Block *3 completed".

"Standard block attributes: Length 10 cm, Width 10 cm, Height 10 cm, Weight 2000 g, Magic Power 500 units."

This was something Fang Qi intentionally showed to Zhu En.

If you want to define a standard, you have to let others know what the standard is, otherwise how can it be spread through academia?

"Centimeter? Gram?" Jun wasn't stupid. After accepting the Metra cube, he quickly realized that it was a unit of measurement from the Metra civilization.

He looked at the standard cube in his hand, then at his fingers: "1 centimeter equals 1 finger width, which is easy to understand."

He tossed the cube in his hand: "If it weighs 2000 grams, it should be twice as heavy as the same amount of water. I'll have to test it when I get back..."

"As for 500 units of magic power... that's roughly equivalent to two magic crystals of the same size?"

Thinking of this, Zhu En could no longer contain his excitement and turned to hurry toward the alchemy workshop.

After a few steps, he stopped and turned around:

"Luo Xi hasn't eaten yet, has she? Go to the cafeteria and eat whatever you want today, put it on my tab, I'll come back tomorrow!"

He wasn't as powerful as Seth, but he could still afford to provide a few meals.

June couldn't wait to go back and modify the block onto her prototype golem to see how it would look.

Oh, and tomorrow I can also invite everyone from the branch to come over to discuss the new Metra standards and showcase my research findings.

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Inside the alchemy workshop, the clanging and banging filled the air all night, making the students frown, angry but not daring to speak out.

The next morning, Zhu En stared at her dark circles, but her expression was unusually excited.

He pressed the last standard cube into the prototype golem's magic engine, took two steps back, and circled around it carefully.

"Hmm, the main color is red, with white accents, it's perfect." He stroked his chin.

After studying the [Metra Standard Cube] yesterday and confirming that its magic output is stable and uniform, and its quality far surpasses that of various magic crystals, he worked overnight to make targeted improvements to the prototype golem.

I've been busy until now and it's barely finished.

Although she was physically tired, June was very excited and felt no sleepiness at all.

I glanced out the window; the sky was just beginning to lighten, and it was almost time for our appointment.

There wasn't time to readjust the braking system, but that didn't matter; he was confident in his alchemy skills and driving abilities!

After a final check to ensure the exterior was in good condition, June straddled the ship and turned the handle: "Red Comet, launch!"

The magic erupted, and the golem was successfully activated.

He was full of vigor and drove towards the ruins of the Roch dormitory.