Master of Thermodynamics

Chapter 125: Flame Crystal Snail

Someone tried to bribe Miss Angela in exchange for the opportunity to enter the Taxation Department of the City Affairs Office.

But after Miss Archon accepted the gift unceremoniously, she actually dismissed the gift as worthless, and the lion opened his mouth to ask for 20 Kinnars.

What's even more exaggerated is that not only did she collect the money and do nothing, she also kicked this guy out of the government affairs office in retrospect, and announced that the territory would never hire him.

Later, at a high-level government affairs meeting, the lady consul, despite the opposition of many people, forcibly promulgated a whistleblowing decree.

At the same time, it also announced to all civilians in the territory: once any bribery related to civil servants is discovered, they can report to the Integrity Office of the Office of Government Affairs. The Office will charge high fines to the bribers, and the fines will be divided equally between the Integrity Office and the whistleblower.

Yes, 50% each!

The cunning consul also regarded "20 kinnals" as a fine, 10 kinnals were allocated to the newly established Commission Against Corruption, and the other 10 went into her own pocket.

The excitement of this on-site teaching made everyone jealous. This is 10 kinnals, and it is still legal income.

Even the directors of the City Affairs Department have an average monthly salary of less than one Kinnar.

As for the person who accepts bribes, permanent reaping is only the slightest punishment. If you accept bribes up to a certain amount, the hard labor camp on the island will warmly welcome him. Well, hard labor starts at least 5 years. After 5 years of hard labor, you will have to peel off if you die ...

In addition, with regard to the Commissioner of the Commission against Corruption, the lady consul also serves as the Commissioner, which shows that the Commissioner's position is superb.

In fact, anyone who knows a little about the power structure of the territory knows that Miss Angela’s attitude actually represents the Lord’s will!

In other words, your lord is extremely averse to bribery.

But Ronald dared to take the plunge, and Renault would of course be surprised.

But this guy is still a little clever. His name is "To the Lord Lord", and this behavior is just a side-kick.

Renault didn't say anything. The **** the side had already stabbed Lena with her finger. The little girl quickly took out the notepad and began to write and draw on it with a quill pen.

Obviously, this kind of side ball behavior has also been recorded in a small book, and Ronald’s future behavior will be focused on by Miss Consul...

Renault couldn't help but shook his head, but didn't say anything. He just stared at the island guards rolling in the mud. He was quite curious about what Ronald called the "flaming crystal snail".

Well, this servant is a lord and has immunity. How can a lord accept a gift as a bribe?

Double standard dog!

In fact, Ronald's motive for giving gifts is really not as sordid as a girl imagined.

He did this only out of the simplest respect.

Ronald is a veteran pirate on the island. He has been on the island for more than 10 years, but he has never seen it before. There are people who can bring earth-shaking changes to the island in just ten days.

Every winter in the past, people would starve to death on the island, but now, with the population booming, everyone is extremely convinced that this winter will be a winter that can be eaten all the time.

The black smoke that keeps day and night in Redstone Town is the proof. It is the workers temporarily hired by the Fisheries Department who smoked and grilled white sand razor clams and other conch shells excavated by the sand drilling machine.

So Ronald's first reaction after discovering the flame crystal snail was to dedicate it to the lord. In his eyes, only the lord is worthy of the precious flame crystal snail.

Blame his "flattering" image, which is deeply ingrained in the eyes of Renault and Angela.

Two minutes later, the island guards had dug a large hole with a radius of more than 4 meters in the shoal, and found a total of 7 flame crystal snails of varying sizes.

After carefully cleaning the flame crystal snails, a member of the island guard used the cleanest piece of linen they had on hand, holding the flame crystal snails, and respectfully sent it to the lord.

After just one glance, the Renault trio couldn't help but exclaimed.

This kind of conch is so beautiful!

At the first sight of the flame crystal snails, Renault felt that they were not like sea snails, but a ruby ​​carved like a sea snail.

To be precise, it should be a gem with flames burning inside.

These flame crystal snails vary in size. The largest crystal snail is about the same length as the palm of the hand, and the smallest is slightly longer than the middle finger. The material is extremely crystal clear, without a trace of variegated color, and looks extremely gorgeous in the afternoon sun.

Circles of small grooves are evenly distributed on the screw shell, and the screw ribs are slightly uneven, forming a strange pattern like flowing water, adding a sense of refinement.

What is incredible is that there is a strange substance with a hazy appearance inside the flame crystal snail, which slowly circulates in the snail shell, which looks like a burning flame.

It is shaped like a crystal and contains flames, which is why it is named "flaming crystal spiral".

On the earth, the main component of all conch shells is calcium carbonate. Mollusks obtain calcium carbonate from seawater and food. A special gland cell secretes calcium carbonate in the blood, and the shells will grow up slowly.

But in another world, a miracle happened!

Under the action of magic energy, this kind of conch has an extremely rare mutation. It can take in silica, and then use silica to make snail shells. Silica is the main component of crystal.

Thus, the naturally formed crystal snail shell appeared!

However, the role of the flame crystal snail is not only for viewing, it also has an even more incredible role-lighting!

Once it gets dark, the flame-like strange substance in the spiral shell will automatically emit a flame-like light.

Yes, at the moment the sun sets, as if something is triggered, the surface of the spiral shell will ignite a "flame". In the daytime, no matter how you operate it, even if you put it in a black box, the spiral shell has nothing. movement.

The strange thing is that this kind of light is almost indistinguishable from a burning flame. It fluctuates slightly like a flame, and even divides into different levels, but it has no temperature alone. You can't feel the heat even if you touch the flame with your hand. It is simply magical. Extreme trick.

This kind of flame is bright and stable, and it is visible within 3 meters. If it is placed in a room within 20 square meters, the entire room will be illuminated very brightly, which can be called an excellent lighting source.

When the flame crystal snail continues to glow, the strange substance inside it will gradually fade, but as long as it is placed under the sun, this substance will recover again, just like a rechargeable battery.

In addition, this alien "battery" cannot be charged indefinitely. The strange substance will gradually wear out. Usually after 5 years of use, the strange substance will disappear and the lighting effect will be greatly reduced.

In a word, the flame crystal snail is a natural gem and "bulb"!

Even in the other world where there are so many mutations like dogs, the flame crystal snail is a very precious sea snail, which will only appear in the shallow seas that are inaccessible, and the number is very rare.

Seeing that Miss Archon looked like she couldn't put it down, Renault simply threw all the flame crystal snails to her.

Obviously, like the sisters on Earth, the sisters from other worlds are also in the "dragon blood". After seeing the shiny things, their brains are not so good.

Anyway, for engineering dogs like Renault, who believes in pragmatism, the flame crystal snails are only strange, and they are not so useful. The so-called lighting function can be completely replaced by magic stone lamps.

But to Renault's surprise, after playing for a while, Miss Archon only picked out two smaller flame crystal snails and put them in her pocket, and said softly, "The rest should be kept in the treasury of the Lord's Mansion... "

After taking a look at the radiance on the surface of the flame crystal snail, Renault suddenly heard a paragraph that Seth had said.

"Most of the strange creatures in this world have runes more or less in their bodies. We can’t see them, and it doesn’t mean they don’t exist. The runes may be in the magic spar or magic stone, or In the soul, there may also be other indescribable positions."

"There is even a more radical view-runes, everywhere!"