A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 237 Old Acquaintance

"Crunch, crunch."

The extremely simple elevator moved slowly, and Jiang Shuzhou stood calmly on the steel plate that had been welded together.

As the height increased, the ladder began to wobble slightly, indicating that it was not very sturdy.

"Is this thing even usable?"

Jiang Shuzhou couldn't help but ask.

He wasn't afraid of falling, after all, he was in good physical condition. Even if he fell from more than 100 meters, he would only suffer minor fatal injuries. After a while, he would catch his breath and recover some blood.

However, experimental equipment is different; after all, it's not flesh and blood, and fragile steel and glass are likely to deform and break.

"I've tried this many times. This situation is due to the material; it can't be perfectly sealed. Although prolonged use may cause damage, in my calculations, it will take at least one or two years."

Jess dared to sit there simply because he was confident.

"I hope so."

The elevator successfully reached the upper city, although it swayed and seemed about to fall, but it eventually arrived safely.

"Let's go and rest in the house first. The carriage and other things are ready. We'll steal them under the cover of night."

There's a house up there. Jiang Shuzhou paid off the original residents, and now this is their base.

Since this operation wasn't about having as many people as possible, only Jiang Shuzhou and Jess came.

Time flew by in the blink of an eye.

"Bang!"

A violent explosion rang out; another explosion occurred in Jinx's laboratory.

Fortunately, the divine runes protected most of the items in the laboratory. After all, no matter how unreliable Jinx was, the explosion experiments were still conducted in a specially designated quarantine area.

"Stop fiddling with this useless stuff, Dad's waiting for you to come home for dinner!"

Violet said listlessly that the two sisters were worlds apart; one liked to fight but had a steady personality, while the other clearly liked to study but was actually lively and active.

I don't know how my hobbies and personality came together.

"Okay, okay, wait a minute, I feel like I'll be able to recreate the legendary weapon very soon!"

"Stop trying to reproduce this. If you do, you'll blow up the entire lab."

"This is the fifth time today!"

"The proportions here are wrong, add a little more, add just a little more and... Violet! What are you doing!"

Violet grabbed Jinx and forcibly dragged her away from the lab.

"Forget about all that nonsense, let's eat first, and then we'll discuss it."

"I lose all inspiration after eating!"

Unfortunately, Violet showed no sign of stopping, and the bodyguards around her left as the two young ladies departed.

Normally, a laboratory should be not far from home, after all, their master is not a poor man, and he owns a large area of ​​land near his home.

But Jinx is researching bombs, who would dare to keep one near their home?

So they simply dumped it in the suburbs.

"Jace, now's the time!"

Seeing that everyone else had left, Jiang Shuzhou took the lead, pulled out a wire, and started prying open the lock.

I've seen that girl before.

"Look at what you're saying, I've seen that before too."

"I'm telling the truth!"

"Would I lie?"

"I stole her wallet."

Jess said with a guilty look on his face.

"I didn't just steal her wallet, I also stole her gun."

Jiang Shuzhou's tone was filled with pride.

"I haven't even used any magic yet!"

Jiang Shuzhou then added.

"She's still a child, aren't we going too far by doing this?"

"I don't care if she's a child or a beast, I'd still steal from her!"

"But don't worry, I, Victor, am not an ungrateful person. Once I break through the upper city, I'll give her an official position."

As he spoke, Jiang Shuzhou picked the lock.

With a click, the lock opened.

"Hurry, hurry, time is limited. This woman is really addicted to research. She'll be back in an hour and a half at most to continue blowing up the lab. Three days ago, she destroyed a whole bunch of equipment. These were just replaced recently, and they were all good stuff."

Jiang Shuzhou didn't care about anything else and directly sucked everything in. He loaded everything that could be loaded into the carriage, and dismantled all the large instruments that couldn't be loaded, just waiting to build a simpler one later.

As long as it works, it doesn't matter if these things fall apart the next day, as long as we persist until he achieves results.

Jess also helped carry a lot, but he couldn't help but slow down when he passed the physics and chemistry lab.

At the same time, a look of longing appeared in his eyes.

Then, he started rummaging around, taking away files, pliers, and even many other tools.

"Goodness, you talk a good game, but you move things faster than I do."

"There's no other way; it's a necessary sacrifice."

Jess felt guilty as he moved his things.

Soon, more than half an hour had passed, and Jiang Shuzhou and Jess had moved everything they could carry.

"Wait me a moment."

When Jess saw Jinx's experimental log and thought about what he had just done, he felt guilty again and wanted to make amends.

So he took a blank notebook and began sketching something quickly.

Jiang Shuzhou came closer and saw the details.

It's Jayce's comments and guidance on Jinx's experimental diary, followed by a whole bunch of experience and knowledge, all about explosions, and of course, a lot of mechanical knowledge mixed in as well.

Finally, this guy even signed his own name.

You're quite particular about authorship rights, aren't you?

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Shuzhou tore off the half-page with the name written on it, along with the following pages.

"I won't say anything if you give advice to others, but what's the point of signing your name? Are you afraid people won't be able to find us?"

Jess then realized that he wasn't in class, but stealing.

He was also eager to nurture talent. This Jinx has great talent; if she had been born in the Mage League, she would definitely be a rising star in the mechanical path in the future.

"Go to the car first, I'll clean up the traces."

Jess nodded and then left.

Watching Jayce's departing figure, Jiang Shuzhou prepared to teach Jinx a trick.

He then quickly concocted a laughing bomb using materials from the laboratory.

It has no lethality, but once triggered, everyone around it will burst into wild laughter.

Something very interesting.

Jiang Shuzhou turned this thing into a booby trap. Once Jess's laptop is moved, the booby trap will be automatically triggered.

That was a lesson he taught the little girl.

Never trust a stranger.

Immediately afterward, Jiang Shuzhou and Jess sped off.