Lucia neither understood what high-energy physics referred to, nor quite understood what all of this she was doing had to do with physics, but she had noticed that every time His Majesty saw this plaque, he would always stop and stare for a long time, as if it possessed a special power.

This also made Lucia more actively involved in her new job.

Although what she was doing was not much different from when she was in the forge area, whenever she thought of His Majesty's expression, she felt that she might really be doing something extraordinary.

"Yo, you're here." Entering the inner courtyard, Aqi Ma, who was leaning back in her chair with her eyes closed, raised her hand to greet her.

"G、Good afternoon." Lucia hurriedly returned the greeting.

"The sunlight here is just right, I fell asleep without realizing it," Aqi Ma stretched. "Are you going to start working?"

"Yes. I'll be troubling you next."

She waved her hand, "What trouble? I'm your assistant, just tell me what needs to be done. It's not like we're meeting for the first time, no need to be so formal. Besides..."

Aqi Ma muttered in a low voice, but it was still carried into Lucia's ears by the warm autumn breeze—"As long as I can get a monthly salary of two gold royals sitting here, what is there to complain about?"

She couldn't help but cover her mouth. To be honest, she was a little afraid of the other party at first. After all, she had heard from Wendy about the rumors of internal discord on Sleeping Island, and the culprit was this tall, sharp-featured redhead witch. Being the leader of a small group naturally meant she had outstanding abilities, and from the other party's every move, she indeed had the demeanor of a big sister. Therefore, when Roland ordered Aqi Ma to be her assistant, she was quite apprehensive, always feeling that she was not good enough to be the head of the new research institute.

However, after a few months of contact, Lucia found that the other party was not as scary as she had imagined. Although she would occasionally complain about Tilly, and even blame His Majesty, she was unambiguous when it came to work, and very cooperative with her requests. She was also particularly sensitive to salary, and she often heard mutterings such as "Aren't I supporting myself?", "I will definitely prove it to you", "Nightingale, you just wait", in short, she was not as cold as she seemed on the surface, but a very interesting person.

"Then, I'll trouble you." Lucia opened the closet and handed the white protective suit to her.

The first step of the job was to completely isolate the body from the outside world. Not only touching, but even breathing needed to go through a special filtering device. This was something His Majesty had repeatedly emphasized—the purified items were extremely toxic, and just a grain of powder could be fatal. To prevent negligence, the two of them had to check each other's attire, especially those parts they couldn't see themselves.

After putting on the protective suit, Aqi Ma gave her a thumbs up.

Then the two walked into an open-air courtyard.

Blocks of cyan stone were neatly arranged on the ground, covering most of the courtyard. Except for the deeper color, they looked no different from the bricks just fired in the kiln area.

But as soon as you held them in your hand, you could immediately feel their difference—each stone was extraordinarily heavy, as if it was not a stone product, but a metal creation.

Lucia casually picked up a piece, allowing magic to cover it. Due to being baked by the sun for a long time, the surface of the stone brick was slightly hot, but this would not affect her ability to cast. Under the magic vision, the brick turned into a colorful combination, in which several were very dazzling, as if they were emitting light themselves. And the "color blocks" that His Majesty needed only occupied a very small part, like ink dots accidentally spilled on a painting.

Of course, compared to the pile of ore in North Slope Mountain, this was a great improvement.

Under her drive, the color blocks slowly moved and re-aggregated until they became four separate wholes. The largest part of the variegated color was waste, which could be thrown into the trash can. Taqila would send someone to collect it every day, so she didn't need to deal with it. And of the remaining three parts, one was very small. The last clump of silver-white metal, which was also the extremely poisonous substance His Majesty mentioned, was almost the size of a grain of salt.

Lucia carefully put it into a glass jar and placed it aside.

And the other two clumps of metal were

much larger, one about the size of an apricot, and one close to half a fingernail. From the outside, they were also silver-white, and only abilities could distinguish them. The treatment of these two was much simpler. The larger one was thrown into a basket, and then given to Anna to be cut into slices for her new machine that she was testing. The smaller one was placed in a lead box, and the container was replaced every five kilograms.

If there were no other tasks, she could separate this amount of metal blocks in two or three days. However, His Majesty also said that these bricks were all found in the architectural ruins of the Radiation Clan, and had been pre-refined to a certain extent. Afterwards, it would not be so convenient to exchange them for ore.

After decomposing a cyan brick, Lucia stood up and opened her arms to Aqi Ma.

This was also the rule set by His Majesty. After each processing, it was necessary to confirm that there were no omissions or residues on the scene and on the clothes. The tiny particles that were difficult for ordinary people to see were like threads connected under Aqi Ma's ability to trace the origin. Only after confirming that all related objects had been contained could the decomposition of the next raw material be carried out.

About two hours later, Lucia felt that her magic power was close to the bottom line.

"That's enough, let's stop here for today," probably seeing her fatigue, Aqi Ma came over and supported her. "You still have classes tonight. If you exhaust your magic power, you'll have to be carried back later."

"Yeah," Lucia nodded. "You're... right."

Apart from the magic power issue, the airtight protective suit had also made her sweat profusely. If she couldn't concentrate her energy, doing it again would only be a waste of effort.

After a simple wash, the two returned indoors and took off their clothes, letting out a sigh of relief. It was almost dusk at this time, and the breeze blowing in from the window brought a hint of coolness. Listening to the rustling sound of the ivy swaying, Lucia felt like she had come back to life in an instant.

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind, "You've worked hard."

She turned her head and looked towards the door, and saw Roland and Nightingale smiling as they entered the inner courtyard. The latter was carrying two bottles of sky-blue Chaos Drinks in her hand.

"This is—" Aqi Ma was stunned.

"My personal reward, don't tell anyone," Roland spread his hands.

"Th、Thank you." She took the drink from Nightingale with a slightly stiff expression.

And Lucia couldn't wait to open the bottle cap.

When the refreshing drink flowed into her throat, she temporarily put the "extraordinary things" behind her. Perhaps it was indeed of extraordinary significance, but at this moment she was satisfied enough.

After the two finished their drinks, Roland asked about the main business, "How is the decomposition going?"

"It's all been separated and stored here according to your requirements," Lucia walked into the inner room and opened the door of one of the lead cabinets, and dozens of neatly arranged lead boxes were presented in front of everyone.