351 Higher Control (1/2)

These services were essential to everyone's daily lives. The municipal building was the appropriate place for such services since the building was built to house a large number of people at the same time, unlike the parking lot that feels confined and poor. The service there was literally garage-level.

Once the parking lot was emptied, the compound finally achieved peace for a long time. There were no rowdy crowd, or people laughing and yelling indiscriminately. The people inside were able to relax their minds, knowing that intruders would never come again.

Tatang Robin had nothing to do when the place became empty. He just socialized and drunk until he can't move anymore.

In the Northern Plains...

Evo gathered all Research \u0026 Development members outside the newly built building. The building would be the new place where they would conduct research. The place has two floors; the first floor was a huge working space and at the same time a warehouse. The above floor was an office area converted to a residential area for the researcher's accommodations.

The R\u0026D Department was made of hardcore loyalists of Black Haven and the first few people who became citizens. Still, to make sure things don't go haywire, all employees were given the choice to sign a contract. All of the selected individuals signed willingly and if someone didn't want to sign the contract, Evo was planning on kicking them out of the team.

In a matter of hours, Black Haven R\u0026D Department also came up with the same results the Frontier had. The only difference was they were able to go deeper into the matter since they were doing research full time.

Their findings were simple and logical.

Elemental magic cannot be used out by just anyone. A survivor must have an initial understanding of the particular element before they could even try wielding it. Fire element mostly comes from survivors that had fire-related skills. A good example was people that can increase the heat of an object, control external fire, and even tamper with a room or body temperature. It just won't be available for everyone.

After continued research, they were able to unlock the water element using some fishermen as test volunteers.

Gilbert who already had basic control over water easily performed various tricks and offensive maneuvers on the test dummy. He was able to easily use skills like water prison and tidal wave since he was already practicing these basic skills even before the magic wands appeared. He also learned two new skills after using the magic wand, the water bomb, and the water spray.

The water spray was the second spell he was able to learn. The spell was similar to a firefighter using a hose to bombard fire. It was a continuous spray of water with powerful pushing force. The target would have a hard time walking after getting targeted by the water spray.

Unfortunately, like any other skill, the stronger the skill's effect becomes, the higher the energy usage will be.

After Gilbert's tests came out excellent, the researchers and test volunteers eagerly continued the tests. However, the following fishermen showed subpar results, and some couldn't even use the water element and only gathered non-elemental energy.

After the experiment, the researchers thanked the fishermen, and the fishermen left disappointed with themselves.

Everyone gathered at the meeting table, a dozen meters away from the experiment space. The meeting room was a simple area and only had chairs and tables situated on the other end of the warehouse. Due to the inventory system, there was really no need to place cabinets to store important papers and research materials. All results were directly written on the virtual library unreachable by other survivors.

Evo sighed and sat down. ”What do you all think? Let's hear it out.”

”Based on the data we collected, I'm afraid to say that we can't rely on the Project: Magician. Survivors don't have enough energy to continuously cast spells when fighting on the battlefield. If they make a simple calculation error such as using too much energy, they could easily pass out in the middle of a battle.” said one of the researchers.

”I agree with that. Also, I noticed that individuals that have practiced corresponding elemental energy have an easier time using the same energy. It matches our earlier conjecture. The higher the affinity you have with a certain element, the higher the chance of you being able to wield its powers.”

The researchers fell into an excited outburst as they clamored about the things they noticed earlier.

Overall, Evo was able to round up everything they learned into two important factors, higher control, and repeated practice.

Survivors who have higher energy control can wield more outstanding skills and people who repeat and practice certain actions would gain higher control. The two were essential and both can only be obtained if one had perseverance. From the available information, the first survivor who was able to wield great power using the magic wands was a battle chef.