County Grano.

One of the largest territories in the plains where the Kingdom of Dawn's capital was located, a major grain-producing area. Sixty percent of the grain consumed in the capital came from here, flowing through the markets and filling the bellies of nobles and commoners alike.

Overnight, the people living on this land felt like the familiar world they knew had changed completely. The very air seemed different now, charged with possibility and strange new concepts that their grandparents would never have imagined.

Before the Month of Revival arrived, this land had gone thousands of years without any changes. Whether under the Kingdom of Dawn or ruled by even older kingdoms, what they did every day barely changed at all. Generation after generation had walked the same paths, tilled the same fields, lived and died in the same cycles.

When the Month of Revival came, commoners and serfs got up before dawn and started working the surrounding land in the still slightly cold wind. Knights rode horses, watching over the estates they controlled, making sure everyone worked seriously. Noble lords and ladies held banquet after banquet every day...

Relying on this vast and fertile land, relying on the mother river that passed through the territory, everyone lived carefree in their positions, following routines—one year, ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, all the same. The biggest change was just that occasionally passing merchants were sometimes more numerous, sometimes fewer.

But today, the territory underwent massive changes.

Early in the morning, Count Grano led his knight order and a bunch of clerks to the road leading to the castle.

The Month of Revival's sunlight was very gentle, but as it evaporated the moisture accumulated last night, it also took away massive amounts of heat, adding several degrees of coldness to this already not-warm morning.

Heck, the outdoors at this time was even colder than deep night.

Farmers working in the fields in the distance watched Count Grano leading so many people waiting there, couldn't help feeling a bit curious.

Could it be His Majesty the King was coming to Grano territory? Would that be worth Count Grano doing all this?

Actually, that seemed pretty possible.

Recently, Count Grano's castle and the surrounding city had undergone huge changes. Supposedly at night, the legendary magic crystal lamps could light up the entire city. Must be that Count Grano did something amazing to get all that, right? Lots of free citizens and serfs thought so.

Just then, suddenly a rumbling sound came from the distance. The sound was deafening, making quite a few people feel like they were trembling. What was that noise? How could it be so huge?

Even the free citizens further away couldn't help showing surprised expressions, looking up this way, but they couldn't see anything.

Count Grano's expression was a bit tense, his gaze locked on the distant road.

"Father, do you think Viscount Roster's Magic Conductor machines are really as powerful as the legends say?" Count Grano's youngest son's face was full of curiosity.

"Before the Frigid Moon, I didn't believe this world could have things like the Magic Net, magic bombs, ray guns, Magic Conductor swords, Magic Power Networks, self-charging magic arrays. Never would've thought there'd be a day we could easily light up an entire city." Count Grano smiled. "But now? Our Grano has unprecedented brightness. And even if not for these machines, druid potions cheap enough to take your breath away would be worth this wait."

"Yeah, 13 copper coins can make crops on one acre abundant. Just that alone is worth waiting for." Count Grano's son nodded.

As members of the Grano family, everyone had to understand land, understand agriculture, understand weather, understand factors that affected yields, because they were the Wheat Grano family!

Their family had the title of first in wheat production in the entire kingdom. Grano was wheat, wheat was Grano.

Druid potions sufficient for one acre of land normally cost at least 60 copper coins. Even if they hired some druids to make them, costs were hard to compress below 45 copper coins. But according to the message from Viscount Roster, they were willing to sell at 13 copper coins.

Just that alone was enough to make the Grano family pay attention.

The increasingly closer rumbling made everyone present look more and more serious.

When they saw ox carts pulling Magic Conductor machines one after another, saw ox carts pulling cart after cart of boxes that looked quite luxurious with obvious elf markings, Count Grano's breathing got a bit heavier.

For a moment, he seemed to see this year's grain harvest in his territory becoming incredibly abundant.

But soon, his expression went stiff.

The source of the rumbling wasn't actually those ox carts, and definitely not those boxes. It was at the very back of the convoy—there was this huge metal object that looked like a box. This thing was just way too big, about the size of the small houses commoners lived in. On both sides of this box were wheels made entirely of metal, and outside the wheels was this weird metal that kept rolling.

"That's treads!" Viscount Grano's youngest son couldn't help exclaiming. "I saw this weird structure described in 'Magic Conductors from Beginner to Mastery' when I was reading on the Magic Net!"

"Treads?" Count Grano looked at his youngest son, his gaze changing a bit. He hadn't expected his youngest son to be so studious, not forgetting to study even when going online.

"It's those weird wheels under the metal box. The God of Technology calls them treads. The book says using this kind of wheel can increase the contact area between the Magic Conductor and the ground, effectively distribute the machine's weight, reduce pressure on the ground, letting it work on softer or uneven surfaces, like... farmland."

Count Grano's youngest son said confidently, "Also, this design ensures Magic Conductor machines can move better in snow and mud, because these wheels have better traction. Besides that, it can enhance stability and passability, improve load capacity, strong adaptability, and many other benefits..."

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