Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God
Chapter 384 - 323 The Future of the Wine Barrel_1

Chapter 384: Chapter 323 The Future of the Wine Barrel_1

As soon as he left the manor, Vick’s wine barrel completely broke down, unable to move an inch.

This indirectly verified Ms. Daphne’s speculation: the dense negative energy within the manor did indeed grant the wine barrel a certain mobility, though not as high.

Gaven promptly took a bottle of Evil Water and poured it into the fuel inlet.

Vick immediately activated the wine barrel, and all at once, a coughing sound like that of an old man sputtering forth, with black smoke billowing out, but the wine barrel remained motionless.

Bang, bang, bang!

Gaven naturally gave the wine barrel three solid kicks without any formal training.

But a strange thing happened—the wine barrel actually started to wobble and move.

Was it the prolonged activation taking effect?

Or was it Gaven’s three kicks just now that jostled the Evil Water in the pipes, mixing it evenly?

The wine barrel did start to move, but it gave off the impression of barely better than the desperate struggle it had back in the manor, akin to an old ox dragging a broken cart; it wobbled with each step and shuddered with every second move, its mechanical arms also not operating as smoothly as when they were filled with Ghost Grape Wine.

After all, Ghost Grape Wine was like oil mixed with a bit of water, whereas Evil Water was more like water with a drop of oil—the efficiency of energy supply naturally couldn’t be compared.

Such is the curious nature of black tech.

If it were a modern product from Earth, with such crude handling by Gaven, it would have broken down or exploded by now.

Adding oil to water not only provides insufficient power but also won’t take you far; in less than half a minute, it broke down again, with the chimney spewing not black smoke but damp steam.

Gaven took out another bottle of Ghost Grape Wine and handed it to Daphne saying, "Guide the negative energy, pour it in, as much as you can infuse."

The negative energy contained within Ghost Grape Wine was not saturated.

This was something Gaven had experimented with a while back.

For ordinary people, it’s not beneficial to have too much negative energy; the amount contained in the current Ghost Grape Wine was just right.

It could give people a unique sensation without overburdening their bodies.

Considering the world currently has no concept of Ghost Grape Wine

Gaven, of course, would not go out of his way to spend the effort to increase the negative energy content in Ghost Grape Wine.

This task would be reserved for grading experiments with this year’s new batch of Ghost Grape Wine.

By now, Daphne had guessed what Gaven intended to do and exerted all her power to stimulate the negative energy. Soon, even the Cyclops, who was least sensitive to negative energy, could clearly sense the energy emanating from the bottle, looking at it with a fearful expression.

It was no longer just a bottle of wine but a negative energy bomb.

Throw it, and it might explode.

Seeing this bottle of Ghost Grape Wine, Vick got all worked up; this was the energy source he needed, "Hurry and add it, hurry up."

Gaven opened the barrel’s fuel door once again and poured in the entire bottle of Shadow Wine.

The same chuffing sounds as before, but the rhythm was completely different now.

With Evil Water it was: chuff... chuff... chuff... chuff...

With ordinary Ghost Grape Wine it was: chuff... chuff... chuff... chuff...

But now it was: chuffchuffchuffchuffchuffchuffchuffchuff...

Vick’s wine barrel seemed as if injected with adrenaline—no, it was as if an Acceleration Spell had been cast on it.

All four mechanical arms were wildly spinning and swinging, seemingly a bit out of control, and Vick excitedly shouted, "Run, run..."

Rumble!

The wine barrel entered a running state, zigzagging at a speed incomparable to before; its short legs moved at lightning speed. To say it doubled would be an exaggeration, but it certainly increased by at least fifty percent.

However, with such speed, stability deteriorated; the greater wobbling now tossed Vick, who was riding atop, back and forth, as he clearly hadn’t considered something like seat belts.

Vick’s large nose was covered with sweat, showing no trace of fear, but it’s not enough, not nearly enough.

It needed to be faster, much faster still.

Vick pushed all the wine barrel’s functions to their limits, not only were the small legs swaying, but the four mechanical arms were also wildly gyrating, crisscrossing back and forth.

The reason the barrel was crafted in the shape of a barrel was not without cause.

It was part of a rotating device, capable of a full three hundred sixty-degree rotation around its core; the four mechanical arms could freely interchange their positions and directions.

As the mechanical arms swung and rotated, the stability of the barrel actually improved a notch, and the running speed seemed to increase as well.

But this was the limit.

After all, it was just a cobbled-together mechanical puppet; it couldn’t possibly race so fast that it took off from the ground on its spot.

"Follow me," Gaven certainly wouldn’t allow Vick to wildly drive the wine barrel around; instead, he made full use of it, mounting his Dog Demon, and led it to the construction site of the new town.

Even at full speed, it took nearly fifteen minutes to cover the five kilometers.

As for speed, there was indeed much that needed to be improved with the wine barrel.

Upon arriving at the construction site, there was no need for Gaven to speak; Vick already knew what he intended to do.

Or rather, this was precisely what Vick had wanted to do.

He jumped directly into a sewer that had just finished being demolished, raised his impact hammer against the large rocks inside, and started pounding away.

In just three or five swings, a super-sized boulder was shattered into more than a dozen pieces.

The giant pincer mechanical arm was ceaselessly tossing the broken stones out of the sewer.

Breaking and clearing were happening side by side.

The efficiency was not low.

The arrival of the barrel caused quite a stir on the Gnoll construction site.

Seeing that it was Gaven leading the way, everything calmed down in an instant.

Many Gnolls were still distracted by the unique shape of the barrel, with some unable to resist stopping their work to watch from a distance.

"What’s that weird thing? It looks so powerful."

"A new tool, for sure. It must be a new tool developed by Lord to help us build."

"That’s right, it must be. Lord is omnipotent. With this thing’s help, our work will progress several times faster."

"Just one is too few, if only there were a few more."

"This one is definitely a prototype. As long as it’s successful, they will definitely produce many more."

"That’s great, clearing the stones is the most troublesome part, it will save us a lot of trouble with it."

"No wonder Lord told us to demolish first and not to clear the stones right away, it was to wait for the new tool to be made."

Seeing the barrel’s work efficiency, they couldn’t help but bark excitedly in chorus, attributing all the credit to Gaven.

In their eyes, Lord was omnipotent and it was only natural to credit all glory to him.

For the Gnolls, the hardest part of digging ditches was clearing out the stones.

Gaven had ordered them to demolish first then clear later, actually counting on the Enlightened Trees, planning to take some time to bring a few back, to assist in construction, which would make things much easier.

Unexpectedly, Vick brought him a pleasant surprise.

The high-content Ghost Grape Wine had been very powerful, keeping the barrel working at peak condition for a full forty minutes.

It had managed to clear an entire ten-meter stretch of the sewer.

And this was done using a design that was far from optimal.

Once the barrel had consumed the Ghost Grape Wine again, Gaven said to Vick, who was still in a state of fervent excitement, "When you’re free, modify the barrel’s mechanical arm and attach a large shovel bucket, the work efficiency will increase several times."

"I’ll start right away," Vick replied eagerly, "Please, Master, prepare more of that Ghost Grape Wine for me."

"Wait, I haven’t finished speaking," Gaven called Vick back, "This isn’t Dragon Oak Territory, and though the manor has a forge workshop, it hasn’t been used for many years. Where will you fabricate it?

Your invention is very useful for the territory’s construction, but there is still immense room for improvement and potential to be tapped. Stop toiling away by yourself, come back with me, let’s establish a specialized research institute, and I’ll appoint you as the Chief Engineer, responsible for the entire project’s research and development, and providing you with more resources and personnel."

"Chief Engineer? More resources and personnel?" Vick’s eyes shone with excitement, "Including that Ghost just now?"

The biggest issue with the barrel was the power supply.

If he could get help from that Ghost, the barrel could be supplied with an endless stream of Ghost Grape Wine, the highest quality kind.

He was confident in enhancing all functions of the barrel to their fullest potential.

"Including Ms. Daphne, who is the Ghost," Gaven nodded, "She will be in charge of resolving the barrel’s energy issues. The series of tests just now undoubtedly showed that what truly powers the barrel isn’t the wine but the Negative Energy contained within it. Or did you really want the barrel to rely on Ghost Grape Wine for power forever?"

"Are you saying, Master, that you can develop even better wine?" Vick grew more excited. The enhanced wine had already doubled the barrel’s performance. If there were even higher-quality wines, he couldn’t imagine how powerful the barrel could become?

"Lord means that we can further strengthen the barrel’s use of Negative Energy based on its characteristics," chimed in Daphne.

Gaven, fearing that he might need her later, had asked Black Nanmu to bring her along.

Seeking advice humbly, Vick asked, "Miss, could you explain in detail how to enhance this capability?"

Ever since Vick got the spellbook, he had been toiling alone, eventually managing to secure a Cyclops blacksmith from Lord Virginia, who assisted him in the side with some forging muscle work.

He had a lot of ideas that he had been wanting to share, but there were no talents in that field back in the Dragon Oak Territory.

Daphne would not miss any opportunity to showcase herself, to increase her value in Gaven’s eyes because it related to her own safety. She answered, "We can start from three aspects.

One is as just now, to further manufacture higher quality fuel with more Negative Energy.

Different substances have different capacities for holding Negative Energy.

Wine can hold much more Negative Energy than water.

Next, I will conduct a thorough investigation and research to see if there is any liquid with a higher capacity than wine..."

Gaven added, "Not only the capacity matters, but the value of the liquid itself is also important. As consumables, the cheaper the cost, the better."

Ghost Grape Wine is a luxury product pushed by Weizemay Manor.

As long as the auction next month is successful, its value will double.

The intrinsic value cannot be fully measured by manufacturing cost alone, and using it as fuel would be somewhat wasteful.

After all, the more it’s used up, the less there is to sell.

This is particularly true when these devices are produced and used on a large scale; the fuel consumption would be extremely frightening.