Chapter 522 8.41 The Third Expedition (2)

The scale of the underground palace building was beyond Loki's imagination.

This was his third archaeological expedition since he was reborn. However, this time, compared with the experience of entering the "Sunken City" when he was young, it was undoubtedly much safer than entering the Leviathan's bowels.

The scholars around him were a group of young people around 20 years old. Even if they rode all day during the day, they still did not feel any fatigue.

Along the way, they excitedly exchanged the research they had done before entering the desert, and all hoped that this time they could obtain the expedition qualification certificate with the results of the expedition.

Through their conversation, Loki basically deduced the operation mode of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

In the dark Middle Ages, "diplomas" had not yet been introduced.

The "Royal Academy" to which the scholars belonged was only a part of the "Academy District" of Constantinople. After decades of development, the "Academy District" has independently developed into a well-known large area in this magnificent city.

The scholars opened their own studios here, recruited apprentices, and sold their own books and manufactured goods.

At a fixed time each year, the city will even hold some academic competitions that can be visited by the people of the city, attracting a large number of residents to watch.

The young bachelors who are selected by their mentors to study in the Royal Academy of Sciences are collectively called "apprentices". Apprentices follow their mentors or seniors who have "exploration qualifications" and conduct their own research on the way.

If the research results of the apprentices can be recognized by their mentors, they will also be given "explorer qualifications".

Having this qualification means that they can "stay in school".

They will obtain the status of explorers. They can propose their own exploration plans to the Royal Academy of Sciences and obtain dual support from the Byzantine Empire and the Academy of Sciences.

Take the team of Mergwen at this time as an example.

The Royal Academy of Sciences did not value her research, but suffered from the fact that her sister "Emma Waldorf" was in full swing at this time. The chief bachelors still approved her expedition, and symbolically allocated a little travel expenses and symbolically gave a few odd jobs.

In her team, she herself is an "ancient civilization explorer". In addition to her, there are 1 "architecture apprentice", 2 "potion apprentices", 1 "botanist", 1 "painter", and 2 "Mohist Mechanic Masters" from the Mohist School of the Tang Dynasty in the East.

Although they are in the same team, after going out, everyone independently conducts their own research and record work, and does not interfere with each other in the professional field.

It is worth mentioning that these two Mohist disciples always walk at the end of the team.

The language barrier is only one aspect.

On the other hand, the two Mohist disciples still carry the ancient wooden box belonging to the Donglu people.

This is the equipment that every Mohist Mechanic Master must carry when traveling. In this wooden box hangs all the repair tools they are good at using, as well as some of the most basic alchemical materials.

Loki is not too unfamiliar with the disciples of the Mohist School and the production process.

14 years ago, in the dark and bloody night of Hanshui Village, the killing god Qinghe Zhenren was hiding in a body made of Mohist puppets. The craftsmanship of the body is comparable to that of the precision assembly line in the 21st century.

Not only can every joint of the body move flexibly like a real person, but Qinghe, who has lost his limbs, can also use his spiritual energy to control it.

Not only is the craftsmanship of the great master so terrifying, but the rapid-fire crossbow made by ordinary disciples is also very powerful.

Loki did not take the initiative to talk to the two Mohist disciples.

On the one hand, it is because he needs to clear the way for them in front of the team, and on the other hand, he also understands that they must rely on themselves to open up the situation when they are stranded in a foreign country.

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"There must be an alien god sitting under the pharaoh, and for his own benefit, he will definitely let the alien god spread his faith, because different gods will give different powers to humans!"

"How were those grand temples and pyramids built? Just relying on us humans who are like ants? Haha, it's impossible!"

"From my perspective as a professional architecture bachelor, the pharaohs must have relied on the power of gods and believers of alien gods!"

"You may be able to build a pyramid by brute force, but you will definitely not be able to build a huge statue of a god, and an obelisk that still stands in the yellow sand!"

"Hans Wales" from the English Isles is a talkative young man. It is obvious that this is his first time to travel with the bachelors. Holding a torch high along the way, he excitedly gave his best scientific knowledge to his brothers and sisters around him.

However, at this moment, Mergwen, who was walking at the front of the team, suddenly stopped. She waved to the curly-haired female bachelor who studied potions at the end of the team.

"Merlin, take a look."

"Does the mural on the top of this passage still have some azure blue?"

Several torches pointed to the dark ceiling, and the dim firelight illuminated the mottled ceiling into a hazy outline, and the entire ceiling of the passage could be seen to be in an arc shape.

Although most of the murals and wall decorations have become dilapidated with the passage of time. But some remaining azure blue marks can still be seen in the corners.

"Like!" Merlin squinted his eyes and observed carefully.

"Very similar!"

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"Merlin Dill" is the most experienced of all the bachelors brought by Mergwen on this trip.

At the age of 28, she is considered an old youth among the "apprentices".

However, for a poor and low-class commoner, it has never been easy to survive in this world.

Merlin was born in a very ordinary herbal farmer's family in Constantinople. Their family does not even have a surname. Because they grow and sell dill all year round, the nobles who rented them the land named Merlin's family "Dill".

It's just for easy memory.

Although her parents are ordinary, Merlin has a strong talent for potions.

When she was only 12 years old, she set up a stall on Honeysuckle Street every evening. She was famous throughout the street for selling her own hand-made cough, tranquilizer, and pain-relieving herbs. At that time, Merlin had never been involved in potion science. The herbs she prepared were all based on her tongue and her subjective assumptions about the ingredients of the herbs.

In the potion, she pioneered the addition of elements such as "syrup" and "French fermented fruit", which not only neutralized the effect of the medicine, but also made the taste of the medicine more acceptable.

As her reputation spread, the chief potion instructor of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 'Drey Fuquan', noticed this talented girl and recruited her into his alchemy workshop as an apprentice.

At the age of 18, she was sent to the Royal Academy of Sciences to receive more systematic learning.

As early as 8 years ago, Merlin could obtain the explorer qualification by passing "19 types of frost dragon bones and pharmacological research".

But in the same year, the ancestral home where she lived since childhood was on the verge of collapse due to disrepair.

In order to prevent his elderly parents and 7 brothers and sisters from being displaced, Merlin, who was only 20 years old, sold his academic research to the illegitimate son of a senator for 180 dinar gold coins.

It is said that having this thing can make it easier to pick up girls abroad.