Struggle in the Steam Age

After the previous episode where the two discussed the need to notify each other, Lawrence began to study the changes in Nora. Compared with things like picking tea leaves to make black tea, he felt that the changes that happened to the little doll were the most noteworthy things. During this process, Nora also cooperated with Lawrence to do some small experiments as much as possible.

"Now you can feel which tea leaves on which tree are tender enough to be picked, and which tea leaves are too old to be picked, what else can you feel?" The first thing to investigate is naturally Just to find out what happened to the little puppet Nora.

"Let me feel it." Nora said after listening to Lawrence's question, then closed her eyes and meditated. If it were Lawrence or any other human being, if he wanted to understand this problem, he would need to try various possibilities repeatedly, and finally he could vaguely determine where he had changed. But for a construct life like Nora, after knowing the direction, it is enough to complete a self-examination.

"I think I probably know the changes in my body." Ten minutes later, Nala, who was sitting on the treetop and shaking her calves rhythmically, stopped suddenly, then opened her eyes and said. "This change is mainly focused on perception, and my perception is now much stronger than before."

Speaking of which, Nora flew up from the branch and floated to the height where she faced Lawrence, and then reported to Lawrence the specific changes she had made. Listening to her narration, Lawrence realized that the changes that happened to the little puppet should be some kind of change for the better, and it is likely to be related to prophecy-like magic.

Because according to Nora, the external manifestation of the changes that occurred in her body after receiving that group of magic power can be said to be an ability similar to that of a prophet. For example, as long as she thinks about it now, she can easily perceive that she knows a series of information around her. For example, whether there is a hole in the nearby ground, or what is the specific situation of a certain tree in her vision.

However, this feeling seems to be limited by distance now. According to Nora, when she wants to know something, she must ensure that the thing is within 500 meters away from her, and at the same time, she must have the knowledge of that thing. A vague concept, such as the specific location or general image of something you want to know, cannot be perceived out of thin air.

"It feels like you have developed some kind of prophecy magic talent, not just an increase in perception." After the little puppet finished talking about his situation, Lawrence said to her after thinking about it, "If you just If the perception is only enhanced, it is theoretically impossible for you to get a lot of detailed information just by thinking about it."

"Under normal circumstances, that enhanced perception will allow you to know some special information. But you need to calculate that information yourself. For example, it is like whether there are young leaves on a tea tree. If only the perception If it is enhanced, theoretically, you will have a specific image of this tree in your mind, but you need to observe whether there are young leaves. Instead of feeling the information you want in the dark after your simple perception like now .”

"It sounds a bit complicated, but anyway, this change should be a good thing." Nora smiled at Lawrence and said, "Besides, it wouldn't be so strange if I suddenly had some kind of prophecy magic talent. Yes, after all, your Bai Ze bloodline is good at prophecy, and you and I have a special connection in soul. Because of this, it should be very normal for me to have a part of the talent you have mastered."

Don't look at Nora who is full of childishness when dealing with people, but she also has careful thinking when encountering serious matters. At least from what people know about the soul, an analysis like Nora's is very reasonable, which is why she looks so relaxed now.

After a brief analysis and found that the changes in Nora's body should be a good thing, Lawrence and the others devoted themselves to the intense work of tea picking. Because it took more than an hour to check the anomalies on the little doll just now, and now it is completely dark, in order to avoid the worries of the people in the tribe, they must finish their work and return to the tribe as soon as possible.

Fortunately, now with the new abilities of the dolls, their work efficiency has been greatly improved. It only took them ten minutes to pick two bamboo baskets full of fresh tea buds. Naturally, being able to pick tea leaves so quickly is naturally due to the power of magic. Lawrence found that his mental power is now able to manipulate the hands of a mage to complete the delicate work of picking tea tree buds and leaves.

After returning to the tribe, Lawrence originally planned to help Nora process these tea leaves into black tea. But Nora said that the tricks to make these tea leaves ferment quickly can only be mastered by herself for the time being, and what he said in the past can't do anything except add chaos. Instead of this, let Lawrence rest well tonight, and by the way, think about how you can best convince others tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Nora went to the tribe's kitchen with Lawrence, bringing the black tea she had prepared after working overtime all night. The kitchen in the tribe is easy to recognize. It is the second largest building in the tribe after the meeting room. At the same time, the building itself and its surroundings look very clean.

Like Lawrence's current territories, the tauren all eat in groups, and the reason is the same as Lawrence's idea, that is, to save fuel as much as possible while improving work efficiency. After all, cooking by oneself will not only cause obvious waste of fuel and labor, but also make it difficult to ensure food safety.

For example, as far as Lawrence knows, the witch doctor and shaman of each tauren tribe will enter the kitchen to check whether the ingredients are safe before cooking and after cooking. Considering the region is tropical and food is more prone to spoilage than elsewhere, it has to be said that this is very smart.

When the two of them walked to the door of the kitchen, they saw the tauren shaman from yesterday wearing a very formal attire, holding a slender totem pole in his hand, waiting for them at the door according to the previously agreed time. Of course, an important purpose of his appearance here is to check the food safety of which foods, which is why he stood at the door waiting for them in this spell-casting costume.

"Ah, you are finally here!" Seeing Lawrence walking over with a wooden barrel with a lid on his back, the tauren shaman slightly raised the totem pole in his right hand to greet the two of them. . "But you have to wait for a while, we will go in to make tea after everyone finishes cooking."

"Understood." Lawrence stopped and stood outside the collective kitchen door, and then looked at the few tauren aunts who were busy in the kitchen and the furnishings inside the tauren kitchen.

Tauren kitchens look very similar to human kitchens, except for two distinctive features. One is that due to their size, all kitchen utensils in the kitchen appear to be much larger than those used by normal humans. The other is that there are two huge stoves in a corner of the kitchen, and the color of the soil seems to be newly repaired. There are two huge iron pots on the stove.

"Our food has improved a lot recently, thanks to the trade with you." After finding out that Lawrence was interested in everything in the kitchen, the tauren shaman said. "I think you should have seen those two new stoves. They were built after I bought iron pots from you. Before, our stoves were like honeycombs, requiring a lot of small clay pots. It takes a lot of fuel to boil water, but it doesn’t burn much.”

"And since we established contact with you, we have bought a lot of metal tools. Apart from being beneficial to our usual production, it has also greatly improved our lives. At least in terms of cooking, these iron pans are more bulky than those in the past. A big clay pot is much easier to use."

While talking, the tauren aunt in the kitchen finished cooking and walked out the door carrying the pot. And the tauren shaman immediately stopped chatting with Lawrence and the others and cast a spell to detect the food in the pot.

"No problem." The shaman nodded after casting the spell, and then said to Lawrence. "Okay, now we can go make tea."