I Pioneered Scientific Magic

Chapter 456: This is the ruthless work of magic and technology, the ultimate secret of the food war - the art of bread-making! - (1)

In the afternoon, dozens of wizards from the Iyeta Academy gathered in a spacious magic laboratory, pondering the deeper meaning behind the words of this magical prodigy.

However, the young and vibrant Elok didn't have so many concerns and immediately answered, "Food is of course wheat, beans, and corn..."

Lydia also raised her hand high and answered, "We need to plant seeds in the ground, then water them, fertilize them, repeat the process until they grow out of the ground!"

"Yes, you could say that!" Lynn nodded, then continued with a smile, "But do you know how plants transform various elements into nutrients that we can absorb?"

Elok and Lydia were speechless for a moment, even three-ring wizards like Philip, who focused on elemental studies, were stumped by Lynn's question.

They had never paid attention to how wheat absorbed various elements from the soil during its growth process and eventually became edible food.

Fortunately, Lynn didn't expect them to be able to answer and directly revealed the answer.

"It relies on photosynthesis!"

This was common knowledge known to all in the federation in his previous life!

As the bottom layer of the entire ecosystem, plants convert carbon dioxide and water into energy-storing organic matter through photosynthesis, which is the source of biological energy!

In the distant ancient times, humans, like wild beasts, obtained food through gathering and hunting, greatly affected by the environment, weather, and luck, and hunger was a frequent occurrence.

It wasn't until the skills of farming and animal husbandry were developed that stable access to food was possible, laying a solid foundation for later large-scale settlements and the formation of nations.

However, this stability was limited; perhaps a drought or a large-scale war could destroy everything in an instant!

It wasn't until the twenty-first century that humans, for the first time in a laboratory, synthesized starch directly using carbon dioxide, water, electricity (light), and a special catalyst enzyme!

This achievement was undoubtedly revolutionary!

It meant that from then on, food production directly broke away from the reliance on land, sunlight, and the environment, and could be produced batch by batch like assembly line work!

Efficiency was raised by several levels!n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

It's worth noting that natural photosynthesis in plants involves dozens of extremely complex biochemical reactions, takes months, and the theoretical energy conversion efficiency is very low, about 2%.

While artificial starch synthesis only required eleven steps, and the energy conversion rate was raised to seven percent.

After entering the twenty-second century, based on the needs of interstellar navigation and the establishment of nuclear fusion reactors, artificial starch synthesis once again experienced a technological explosion, and the energy utilization rate directly soared to about twenty percent, reducing the eleven steps to six!

In addition, there were also technologies in the smart brain related to artificial synthesis of wheat flour, cornmeal, and so on. After all, these were just some inorganic synthesis, although the technical difficulty was higher, it was still fundamentally the same!

As Lynn explained the principles of magic, he extended his right hand.

The water vapor and carbon dioxide in the air were quickly stripped away, followed by a strong flash of lightning, and various trace elements merged into it under the control of spiritual power.

Using the void as a pot, and magic as a spatula, transforming inorganic into organic...

Lynn demonstrated his art of making bread in front of dozens of wizards like this!

About fifteen seconds later, fine powder began to appear in the void, floating and accumulating together, forming a spherical shape.

This scene of creation from the void made the wizards from the Iyeta Academy marvel!

"Water!"

Lynn spoke again, and more water vapor was converted into liquid water and poured into the powder. Then, using Mage Hand, he rapidly kneaded the dough. Under pressure, the sphere quickly deformed and twisted, and finally, direct microwave heating technology was used for baking.

The originally thin dough immediately expanded under the heat, becoming as thick as four fingers, a square bread brick!

It took only about three minutes and a few seconds!

"This is my magic bread!"

Using Mage Hand, Lynn placed the bread brick on the square table.

Elok, Kevin, Philip, and others immediately crowded around, staring at the bread brick on the table, amazed at the magical skill Lynn had demonstrated...

"Can we eat it?" Lydia reached out and touched it, feeling soft, unlike the bread she bought in the market, which was hard enough to be used as a shield and weapon.

"Of course!" Lynn said with a smile. Otherwise, why would he bother making these things?

Hearing Lynn's affirmative answer, Lydia immediately tore off a piece and put it in her mouth.

"How is it? Does it taste okay?" Lynn quickly asked. Although he had added many trace elements to enhance its nutrition, it was hard to say how it tasted specifically.

Lydia frowned and thought for a long time before finding an adjective.

"It tastes like a cloud!"

The girl's evaluation made Philip and others feel extremely curious, so they each took a piece and tasted it, and then understood why Lydia said so.

Because this kind of bread was soft to bite into, not hard at all. The texture was even better than white bread, the only drawback was that it didn't have much taste.

If you could dip it in some bean paste to eat, it would definitely be a great delicacy!

"It seems that from now on, we don't have to worry about food anymore!" Philip said excitedly.

Lynn's art of bread-making was really amazing. This meant that in the future, when wizards went on long trips, they didn't need to carry any food anymore. When they were thirsty, they could extract water vapor from the air, and when they were hungry, they could cast a bread-making spell, which was incredibly convenient.

"I wonder if this counts as third-tier magic, and can apprentices use it? How much magic power does it need to consume?" Kevin asked a substantial question again, which was about its universality.

This concerned the scope of application of this spell.

"From the difficulty of casting spells, casting the complete Bread-Making spell should be considered third-tier magic!" Lynn pondered and said.

Kevin furrowed his brows slightly. Even if all the three-tier wizards in the Parliament were counted together, it would not be enough to supply the entire kingdom with this spell!

Fortunately, Lynn soon added, "We can separate each step of the spell and build corresponding alchemy arrays to make it, which will greatly reduce the difficulty."

"If it's just synthesizing starch, it's even simpler!"