"By the way, Albedo, can your alchemy achieve this level, transforming this material into this?"
Jack took out a few pieces of coal and a diamond.
He had the idea of exploiting a loophole in the MC World.
By the 21st century, junior high school chemistry textbooks had already told us that carbon and diamond are the same substance with different molecular structures.
Based on the principles of alchemy, it would not be difficult to achieve conversion between the two.
But in the MC World, diamonds are simply more valuable than coal.
A stack of coal costs 50 mora at the general store and sells for 20 mora in the recycling bin.
A stack of diamonds costs 3200 mora at the general store and sells for 1280 mora in the recycling bin.
Assuming there is no loss during the conversion process, then buying a stack of coal, having Albedo convert it into diamonds, and then selling them would yield a net profit of 1230 mora per stack.
With this kind of shortcut, who would bother with hard farming!
Albedo was a little scared by Jack's gaze and quickly took the two materials from his hand.
So heavy!
Albedo's attention was immediately drawn to the special minerals in his hand.
"This black one, it should be carbon, right? Strange, at this density, it shouldn't appear in this state, should it?"
"This is a diamond? But the weight is too unreasonable!"
Albedo felt his many years of alchemist career being challenged.
Jack offered no opinion on this.
Don't ask, if you ask, it's an MC feature.
No matter if you're Newton, Einstein, or Tesla, they're all useless.
After more than ten minutes.
Albedo, who had burned quite a few brain cells, replied, "Can you give me some more of this strange carbon? I feel like I might be able to succeed."
"Really? Good, how much do you want?!"
"About 8 more of this weight should be enough."
So Jack tossed out 8 more identical pieces of coal.
Albedo merely glanced at these items, which looked like they were made from a mold, and asked no further questions. Instead, he arranged the nine pieces of coal into a nine-grid pattern.
Then, his Geo elemental energy erupted, pressing down towards the ground.
Buzz~
A strange energy enveloped the nine pieces of coal.
Then, under Jack's gaze, the net formed by the Geo elemental energy continuously contracted, compressing the nine pieces of coal inwards.
Pop~
With a soft sound, the light dissipated, leaving a pure crystalline substance on the ground.
How amazing! This is not scientific at all, but given the nine-grid pattern, he, the MC Creator, approved of this crafting recipe.
Picking up the diamond from the ground, Jack put it into his backpack.
Upon finding that it could indeed stack into the diamond slot, he was so excited he almost wanted to give Albedo an award on the spot.
Although it was 9 stacks for 1 stack, at least there was still a profit, wasn't there? Earning 830 mora in one round was also very good.
Our alchemy is truly too useful!
"Albedo, I have a commission. I wonder if you're willing to take it?"
Seeing Jack's happy expression, Albedo knew that this diamond was very important to him, so he replied, "Is it for me to convert diamonds? If the quantity is small, it's fine, but if it's a lot, the consumption of elemental energy is quite significant."
"Hmm, indeed, and I can't always monopolize your research time… How about this, can you build a machine that automatically converts coal into diamonds?"
"If we use that universal energy from before as a power source, it should theoretically be achievable."
Albedo, upon merely hearing Jack's suggestion, already thought of at least three ways to construct such a device. However, he was quite interested in the strange tools Jack currently possessed and couldn't just help him synthesize materials for free as before, so he asked,
"Then, what will be the reward?"
"As for the reward, how about dragon's remains?"
"Dragon?"
Albedo's gaze deepened, thinking of his close relative on Dragonspine Mountain, the Durin the Dragon, also created by his mother, Rhinedottir.
"Could you let me see the so-called dragon's remains first?"
"Naturally."
Jack took out three items from his backpack: dragon meat, dragon scales, and dragon bones.
The dragon's head and heart were for Lisa; these things were one-of-a-kind, and his wife was, after all, more important than his grand-nephew.
So fresh?
Albedo looked at Jack again, becoming even more curious about Jack's current situation. Then he gently stroked the dragon's remains, as if consoling a certain existence.
"Truly a perfect creation. One can imagine that this body must have belonged to a perfect creature with a strong physique and extremely high-temperature flames in its lifetime."
Albedo expressed his admiration for the first time.
"That's right, after all, it was a fire dragon that I, Lisa, Keqing, and Lumine jointly defeated."
"That must have been an exciting battle… I'll take these materials. Additionally, I'll pay 3 million mora as compensation. A simple alchemy device isn't worth the value of dragon's remains."
"Heh heh, truly worthy of being the chief alchemist of the Knights of Favonius! Not only is your skill excellent, but you're also honest! I've decided to be friends (grand-nephew) with you!"
"...Traveler, you're fine when you don't speak, but as soon as you do, why do I feel like I've lost out?"
"Haha, don't mind those details. When will the device be finished?"
Albedo carefully wrapped the dragon's remains in some kind of alchemical material and stated confidently, "Come pick it up in three days."
"Good! Then it's a deal!"
"It's a deal!"
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Walking out of Timmaeus's alchemy workshop.
Jack led Keqing towards the Angel's Share as they had agreed.
"Keqing, why were you so quiet just now?"
Keqing weighed her words carefully and said, "That... Alchemist, he doesn't seem to be human? But he's not like an Adeptus, a divine Dependents either. He gives me the feeling of... like a demon from the mountains of Liyue."
'' is as sharp as ever."
Jack pinched Keqing's delicate nose, his expression serious.
"Indeed, Albedo is the son of the chief alchemist of Khaenri'ah, Gold Rhinedottir, who caused the great Abyss upheaval 500 years ago, created the Rifthounds, and poisoned the Seven Nations of Teyvat. He is the biological brother of the demonic dragon Dvalin, who rampaged through Mondstadt, and is a high-level alchemical life form created by artificial means."
Hearing that Albedo had such a significant background, Keqing immediately became worried: "Is it okay to do business with such a person? Will he tamper with the device to harm you?"
"Admittedly, Rhinedottir's crimes are too numerous to count, but at the moment her will was still somewhat clear, she entrusted Albedo to Alice-nushi, the founder of the Hexenzirkel. Albedo should be considered a child raised by Alice-nushi, so we don't need to worry about his character or anything."
Now I'm even more worried!
Keqing's expression was strange.
Who is that Alice-nushi?
She is a dangerous individual whom even Rex Lapis himself had to personally monitor to prevent her from destroying Liyue.
What if her husband, who is so pure and kind (girlfriend filter), is deceived by these villains? No, she must thoroughly inspect the machine that person made, and it would be best to ask the Adepti of Liyue to examine it.
She heard that Ganyu was very familiar with Cloud Retainer, who was skilled in mechanisms. With her help, there should be no problem.
Seeing Keqing remain silent, Jack assumed she had agreed with his explanation.
So he took her small hand and happily walked towards the tavern.
With fine wine and a beautiful woman by his side.
Even he, a civil engineer, couldn't help but want to recite a few poems to express his feelings.
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