Joanna pouted and looked at the other side, she had followed her father all over the city since she was able to leave the crystal ball, and now she wanted to go there and see it, but the range of the lock limited her steps.

Cervantes stood on the bank of the surging river with his hands folded, as if even the river in front of him had been affected by the magic tide, and the former peace was gone.

For people who used to have such a river, they may have suffered a lot of undeserved losses, but now, they want to do so!

The surging river water will impact the hydropower stations built on the river or on the riverbank, and after the conversion of the generators, it will bring more electricity to people, and even without the need to build a dam, it can already meet the daily electricity consumption of several cities.

However, this is only enough to meet the daily needs of the 'present' - as with the roads being built on the other side of the river, they have not conquered the wilderness enough, and they need to continue to do more to not only make the duchy truly 'connected', but also to build a network of electrical circuits to electrify all the towns before the tide reaches its peak.

Due to the mountainous terrain of the Principality, it is not difficult to build a dam, but it is difficult to meet future needs with hydropower alone.

Even though this is a magical world, there are some basic rules that cannot be violated.

The advent of the Demon Tide will lead to the emergence of a large number of transcendent things, which means that the 'world' will have great changes, not everything will be able to adapt to this change, some old things will disappear, and new things will appear, the only thing to be thankful for is that this time the Demon Tide is not because of the damage of the crystal wall, the world itself is difficult to repair such a huge hole, so they don't need to experience the pain of the gradual dilution of the magic environment after experiencing a Demon Tide.

However, even the abundance of supernatural things does not mean that this world can successfully become a 'supernatural civilization'.

The current world of Assastom has embarked on a path of civilization that combines the mechanical and the supernatural under the deliberate guidance of Sera, and in this environment, it is difficult for the powerful transcendents to continue to control the mortals who have gradually gained power, and the social development that has been stagnant has also started anew.

This is destined to be a difficult path, mortals with power will no longer be willing to live under others, and the resources that originally belonged to the transcendent will also be divided by mortals, and if they do not concentrate on developing a certain aspect, although many possible bad endings will be avoided, and there will be no 'top-heavy' situation, but the flaws of this path itself are also obvious.

There is not enough electricity, and the maid does not plan to use 'thermal power', as this pollution will cause the magic environment to change, and the magic will not disappear out of thin air, but it will be distorted.

Therefore, with the arrival of the Demon Tide, the future Principality of the Screaming Wind will definitely take the path of 'combining magic energy and electric energy'.

It is for this reason that Sera tries to import their technology from the elves, and fill the gap in their current technology with others.

Looking at the river in front of him, Cervantes thought for a long time, and it was not until Joanna pulled at his horns with some impatience that he came to his senses.

"By the way, do you want to go to the R&D area?" asked Cervantes, who suddenly remembered something.

Joanna tilted her head and thought for a moment, then nodded her little head, "Go!"

Hearing this answer, Cervantes grinned, "Then you have to catch it!"

After making sure that Joanna was holding it steady with her natural psionic powers, the black dragon bent its knees, and the whole dragon bounced off the ground, spreading its wings and flying into the sky under Joanna's expectant gaze.

Even though the R&D area was not far away, Cervantes soared in the air for a long time, allowing the laughter of the righteous daughter to fill the sky before falling.

In this world of extraordinary power, locomotives don't need any elaborate mechanical structures, after all, what they want to build now is not a product that can be put into commercial use, at least in the short term, the 'magic locomotive' will not be put into commercial use.

Cervantes took Joanna into a research institute, and the arrival of the two of them did not set off the alarm because the protection of the R&D area was now basically in a state of 'trusteeship'.

The last time he saw an oak tree in the Black Forest, he made another trip to bring back the seeds of the oak tree, and after several years of cultivation and research, the researchers finally found a working pneumatic tire, and after that, the long-idle cord finally came in handy.

The tracked locomotive is also being studied, but it is for ore excavation, so it can be delayed, but the 'magic locomotive' needs to be completed as soon as possible.

"Good afternoon, everyone!"

Cervantes pushed the door open and frightened the researchers, but they were relieved when they recognized the comer.

"Good afternoon, Lord Lord!" With the arrival of Cervantes, the originally somewhat dull research institute also became pleasant.

"Horn!"

Just as Cervantes was about to inquire about the progress of the research, he suddenly felt the dragon's horns being pulled again, and turned his head to look, only to be surprised to find that two black dragon horns had also appeared on Joanna's head at some point.

Before he could say anything, he saw Joanna reach out and pull behind him, and pull out a black dragon tail from behind and hold it in his arms—the same style as Cervantes!

"Tail!"

After a few glances, Cervantes reached out and took her off his shoulders and held her up in front of him to take a good look.

Joanna flicked the tip of her tail in her arms, snorted softly, and asked in a raised tone, "Awesome, right?"

A happy smile spread across Cervantes' face, it turned out that she had been sitting on her shoulder on her shoulder on the road to write and draw for this!

"Great! Joanna is the best!" said Cervantes, boasting as if nothing else.

To the rest of the world, he's just talking to something in a cloud of air, looking like he's a complete psychopath...... Despite his own self-esteem, several researchers looked at each other and silently opened the 'Magical Horizon'.

Cervantes took Joanna in his arms, sat her on the crook of his arm, walked over and asked, "How's the research going?"

The few unbelieving researchers turned off the magic vision in a cold sweat, they looked at each other in a panic, and finally one of them gritted his teeth and stood up, "Lord Lord, our research is going very well!"

Their answer did not satisfy Cervantes, who lowered his eyes, "Then why did you just put on the appearance that you were afraid of being scolded by me?"

"This, this ......"

The man who came forward was sweating profusely, how should he answer, saying that he already knew about it?

...... No, no, no, this must never be said!

When he was in a predicament and felt that the lord's eyes were getting worse and worse, a person behind him stood up 'bravely' and gritted his teeth and shouted: "My lord, I'm sorry! Actually, we have several parameters that have been miscalculated and need to be readjusted, but considering the year-end bonus, we have not been able to answer you truthfully! We have not been able to let the research enter the 'experimental stage' smoothly before the winter comes, we have deceived you, sorry!"

Hearing this, Cervantes suddenly realized, and then sneered: "I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be just this...... Okay, it's okay if you don't make it to the 'experimental stage', it's okay to postpone a little. So, are you confident that you can push your research into the experimental phase before the end of winter?"

The researchers were immediately stunned, and excitedly shouted in unison: "Yes!"

"Let's do our best!" Cervantes smiled and patted the shoulder of the researcher who was 'brave' enough to stand up and answer questions truthfully, and turned to leave the institute.

Before he could push the door open, he suddenly turned his head again, causing the researchers' hearts to tighten.

"By the way, your year-end bonus has been halved!" Cervantes pouted, "as punishment for your 'dishonesty'!"

Hearing this, they were a little nervous, wondering if the lord really saw that they were 'dishonest'.

But then, their Black Dragon Grand Duke really left the institute......

Everyone looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

It's nothing to halve the year-end bonus, as long as it's not the revelation that they know about 'that thing'.