Master of Thermodynamics

Thorns ice field.

In the new year, the cold weather over the ice sheet is fierce. The highest temperature during the day has dropped below minus 20 degrees. As you can see, the surrounding area is white and everything is covered by snow and ice.

However, in such a severely cold climate, there is a team of burly men with alloy skis under their feet, galloping in the snow.

They wore the same style of cold-resistant clothing, the same sealed helmets on their heads, and they carried a large backpack of the same style behind each, and they were heavily armed. The oncoming wind and snowflakes did not affect them. The slightest impact.

If you look closely, you can clearly see that the conspicuous parts of the big men's cold-resistant suits, helmets, backpacks, and even metal skis all have a striking "red snowflake" mark.

In today's Northland, this mark is so famous that it is not inferior to the "Langhua" mark of the Haichao Chamber of Commerce.

Even a three-year-old child knows that this is the symbol of the "Umbrella" Chamber of Commerce.

The strong man in front of the team, the captain of this team, Markt, glanced at a mountain dozens of kilometers away, and yelled without looking back:

"Guys, as long as you cross the'Bald Mountain', you will arrive at the'Bald Mountain Forest Farm.' Everyone works hard, arrives at the forest farm earlier, finishes the work of patrolling the snow thorn forest earlier, and can rush home early for dinner.

This sentence received an enthusiastic response immediately.

"Everyone, speed up..."

"I agree with the boss's decision..."

"Hey, my mother-in-law bought a ‘Buffet Black Sheep’ in the department store today. If you rush home early, you will be able to eat the fragrant lamb stew early..."

The last sentence was full of ostentation, which immediately caused a burst of laughter and scolding.

"Oh, **** Butler, I curse you for not eating a piece of lamb, you can only drink the leftover broth from your family..."

"Tsk tusk, I remember that Bafit black sheep is a high-quality lamb imported from the Thousand Lakes Republic, which is several times more expensive than ordinary lamb..."

"Butler, it seems that you made a lot last year, so you were willing to spend money on black sheep..."

"Hey, in the year-end commendation at the end of last year, this guy was rated as an excellent employee. Not only did the year-end bonus doubled, his salary also increased by two levels, and of course he can afford a black sheep..."

"Oh my God, double the year-end award? Isn't it at least 80 silver nars? Butler didn't even invite everyone to have a drink of "Old White Dry". What a miser..."

The big man called "Butler" didn't care about the "cynicism" of his companions, and said triumphantly:

"I bought the black sheep for another reason. Last week, my "Little Aite" was admitted to the "Rune School" in "Bingquan Harbor". Yesterday, Director Bettel specially talked to me. He Said that the Chamber of Commerce is willing to be responsible for all the living expenses of'Xiao Aite' in the school, and an additional 120 silver nar scholarship will be awarded..."

The team was quiet for a while, and suddenly it was noisy.

"Oh my God……"

"120 Yinnar scholarships, is this true?"

"Asshole Butler, your son is so promising. He will definitely become a great rune magician in the future..."

This time, these brawny men were truly envious to the depths of their souls.

Due to the explosive growth of rune magic weapons, the entire human federation is in short supply of rune magicians, and the gap is not a little bit, but a huge gap of more than 100,000.

In order to solve this problem, the federal education department has set up a number of rune schools in various republics, specifically recruiting students with talents in rune literature, and focusing on training.

In this era of ubiquitous rune magic weapons, everyone knows that as long as you enter the rune school, your future life will be bright.

Butler's son is one of the typical.

Even if the children have not formally enrolled in school, the enviable benefits have been automatically delivered to the door.

"Butler, have you accepted the award from the Chamber of Commerce?" a strong man asked with envy.

"Of course I accept it!"

Butler's tone of voice was obviously bigger than before:

"Supervisor Bertel said that the Chamber of Commerce does not have any additional conditions, just hope that after graduation in the future, Xiao Aite will give priority to working for the Umbrella Chamber of Commerce... Why not accept such favorable conditions?"

"Butler, how much will your son's monthly salary get after he becomes a rune magician in the future?" Another strong man sounded eagerly.

Butler thought for a while, and said with some uncertainty:

"I don't know, but I think there should be at least 50 silver narrs..."

This sentence triggered another sigh of envy, jealousy and hatred.

"Gosh, so many..."

"It's 5 times my current salary..."

"The treatment of the Rune Mage is so jealous..."

At this moment, the leader of the patrol team, Markt, who was marching in the front, suddenly said:

"50 silver nars are the market in the past few years...As far as I know, the junior magicians employed by the Chamber of Commerce have a monthly salary plus various bonus subsidies, at least 65 silver nars or more."

"If you are an Intermediate Magician, your income will not be less than 150 Silver Gnar, and the working life will be a little longer. It will be easy to rise to 2 Gnar..."

This remark made everyone clearly aware of how "money" the Rune Mage was.

...

Half an hour later, the patrol team arrived at the Thorns Forest Farm.

What appeared in front of everyone was an endless forest of snow thorns.

After months of freezing, the branches and trunks of each snow thorn are all covered by ice, and these plants that are unique to the Northland will turn into a forest of frost.

The captain of the patrol team, Markt, looked carefully at a snow thorn, and said loudly:

"The growth of the snow thorns is good. It seems that in the harvesting season two months later, the output of ‘thorns ice liquid’ will definitely hit a new high..."

The players all showed joy.

"Wow, if you say that, this year's year-end award will be even higher..."

"Before the Umbrella Chamber of Commerce, I was most afraid of winter because it was too difficult... But now, I hope that the colder the winter, the better, because the lower the temperature, the higher the yield and quality of'thorn ice liquid'. Great……"

"Who isn't? Now the entire Northland is counting on the snow thorns to survive. More than 90% of the families in our'Trudeau Town' have people working for the Umbrella Chamber of Commerce. The snow thorn forest, or engaged in the work of extracting and refining the'thorn ice liquid'..."

"That's right. In the past, people in the North used snow thorns as firewood for heating, but they didn't expect them to become the main source of income for the people in the North. It's incredible..."

"Hey, this reminds me of an interesting thing. When the Southerners first came to the Thorns and Icefields 6 or 7 years ago, they prevented us Northlanders from cutting down the snow thorns. Many people were extremely dissatisfied. There were even beatings and attacks on the Southerners. The accident... If it weren't for worrying about angering the supreme Supreme, the Northerners would drive the Southerners away all the way..."

"Yes. Later, the Umbrella Chamber of Commerce really began to purchase'thorn ice liquid' at a high price, and everyone knew that this thing could really sell for money... Now if anyone dares to cut down snow thorns indiscriminately, the Northerners will not let him go ..."

"To be honest, I have never figured out what is the use of'thorn ice liquid'? The price of a liter exceeds 6 silver nars..."

"DiCaprio, you idiot, you are not a rune magician, of course you don’t know its usefulness... I heard that this thing is very useful, and almost all large rune magic weapons need refined thorns. 'Ice liquid', what should be'energy buffer'..."

Markt glanced back at the more excited team members and waved his right hand vigorously:

"Guys, let's get to work! It's the old rule. As a group of 2 people, visit the various areas of the thorny forest separately. If you encounter any danger, report it on the communication channel as soon as possible..."

"understand!"

A group of people used ski poles to support the ground and quickly submerged in the wind and snow. The traces left by the skis were soon buried by snowflakes.