A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

There is no doubt that nothing can make these experts from the earth realize the power and unique charm of magic better than a city floating in the sky.

After all, anti-gravity technology had no hope of being realized during their lifetimes. Even the corresponding theoretical basis was that strong magnetic fields could offset gravity to some extent.

Even the aircraft with the most powerful carrying capacity can only lift three hundred tons of things into the sky, nothing more.

But what about the floating city of Plantia?

This thing is completely a solid base made up of a giant mountain peak and a lot of hard rocks, and then houses and mage towers are built on the base.

With the central tower as the center, the radius of the floating city even reaches an astonishing ten kilometers, and the weight is calculated in ten thousand tons as the basic unit.

After all, in addition to mages and their apprentices living here, there are also a large number of servants, slaves, magical creations, as well as various beasts and magical creatures captured from other parts of the world.

This is also the reason why the goddess of magic becomes interested in the floating city of Plantia after her arrival at midnight.

Compared with the small floating cities in Netheril that can only accommodate a maximum of 20,000 or 30,000 people, the floating cities in this world are much larger, and more rocks can be collected and cut from the ground as needed to increase habitability. area.

In other words, there is no limit to the size of the floating city in this world. As long as the [Heart of Earth Vein] is still working, it can expand without limit.

The most important thing is that the floating city is not a simply habitable city, but an armed fortress with the ability to fly and move at high speeds.

Not to mention the large-scale damaging spells that the mage towers can release, just the fact that they can control the gravity within twenty or thirty kilometers of the ground is enough to cause unimaginable damage and damage to the enemy.

Just imagine, when the floating city drops thousands of boulders weighing dozens or hundreds of tons in one breath, what does it mean to an army?

What does it mean for a city?

If the rocks were replaced with bombs, cluster bombs or incendiary bombs, could a city disappear from the map in an instant?

The more thirty experts from Earth thought about it, the more they felt that the floating city of Plantia had huge potential for development and war.

To be precise, without the use of nuclear weapons, with the current level of science and technology on earth, it is impossible to cause effective harm to it.

Whether it is aircraft, missiles, or large-scale artillery salvos, they will be easily resolved by the floating city's powerful gravity control.

It is estimated that it will be captured instantly before it reaches the effective killing distance, and then thrown back directly.

Of course, even if nuclear weapons are used, it may not be possible to destroy the floating city.

You must know that nuclear warheads also require missiles or aircraft as delivery vehicles, so they can only be detonated outside the range of gravity control to avoid capture.

Under normal circumstances, the direct killing radius of a nuclear warhead usually does not exceed five kilometers.

This means that unless it is a super thermonuclear weapon like Big Ivan, trying to blow up the floating city by shock waves, high temperature, and high pressure is a complete pipe dream.

As for whether nuclear radiation can cause harm to people in the floating city, it must first pass the outer magic protective barrier.

After understanding the miracle of the Floating City of Plantia, which was completely created by magic, the enthusiasm of the thirty senior talents for learning magic was unprecedentedly high. Even when the lich Vanessa came to take the first class, she was almost asked by the other party. I was confused by all kinds of tricky and weird questions.

The magic class, which was originally planned to be two hours a day, took a full six hours to end. The first two hours were in class, and the last four hours were spent racking one's brains to answer questions.

If it weren't for these people who still need to eat and rest, they would all wish to follow him around the clock to ask for advice on the difficulties they encountered during the study process.

What made Vanessa even more surprised and unbelievable was that in just a few days, someone in this group of guys successfully performed a zero-ring light spell.

But this is just the beginning!

In less than a week, thirty people successfully performed the zero-ring trick one after another, officially crossing the threshold that may take ordinary people several years to cross, and officially becoming mage apprentices.

"It's incredible! What a bunch of freaks! Sir, where did you find so many geniuses?" Lich immediately came to Zuo Si and asked.

The latter replied with a smile: "They all come from another time and space, a world with billions of people and universal basic education, and everyone is an elite in their respective industries. To put it in a simpler way, these talents They all have an intelligence attribute of at least seventeen to eighteen points, so they learn so fast."

"all?!"

Vanessa's mouth opened in surprise.

He has personally taught at least twenty apprentices, so he knows very well how difficult it is to find a genius with an intelligence level of seventeen or even eighteen points.

Let alone seventeen o'clock or eighteen o'clock, it is difficult to meet one even at sixteen o'clock.

In Faerûn, the starting intelligence level of most mages is usually only twelve to fourteen points, and those above fourteen points will receive additional care and training from their mentors.

As their spellcasting level increases and through various spells, magic items and potions, their intelligence attributes will gradually become higher.

Zuo Si obviously knew very well why his lich reacted like this, and nodded straightforwardly: "That's right. Otherwise, why do you think I would go to such great lengths to build such a unique system from scratch?

I need not only their knowledge and expertise, but also their intelligence and creativity.

Remember, it is impossible to support a strong civilization by relying on the wisdom of a few or even dozens of people, even if there are millions or tens of millions of undead creatures as free labor.

The carrier of civilization is human beings, so only humans can create civilization, or in other words, intelligent creatures like humans.

What determines how high a magical civilization can reach is determined by the number of geniuses born in this civilization and the average level of education.

The reason why the Netheril civilization has become the pinnacle of human magical civilization on the continent of Faerûn is that it has established a complete education system and has successively cultivated Congenio, the demigod Iolum, and the King of Wizards. Larok, Cronomanthir who invented the anti-gravity technique, the undead Ovo and other talented great arcanists.

Iorum, in particular, almost single-handedly ushered in the golden age of Netheril.

Behind these talented great arcane masters are the support of millions of people in Netheril.

In my opinion, the number of highly intelligent geniuses in a certain civilization is actually closely related to the population base of that race.

Take the simplest example.

If it is assumed that an average of 100,000 people can be born with an intelligence attribute of 18, then which one has more geniuses, a civilization with a population of 1 million or a civilization with a population of 10 million?

The answer is obviously the latter.

Therefore, the number of geniuses born in Faerûn, which only has a population of 60 to 70 million intelligent races, and more than 90% of whom are illiterate, cannot be compared with a world with a population of several billion and a complete education system.

The most important thing is that these souls from another world, no matter how powerful they become, only have the right to use the body, not ownership.

As long as I want, I can disconnect their consciousness and body at any time.

This also means that all possibilities of betrayal are eliminated from the source.

Isn't it much better to have a group of geniuses with mature minds, mastered knowledge in relevant professional fields, and who are always loyal than spending a lot of time, energy, and money to train mage apprentices from scratch? "

Hearing these words, Vanessa's eyes suddenly shone slightly, and with a very respectful gesture, she put one hand on her chest and bowed deeply: "Your vision and wisdom are beyond my reach. If this plan succeeds, I will I think the organization will be able to create an unprecedented magic empire in this world."

"We will talk about the magic empire later. Your first task at this stage is to play the role of a mentor and teach as much magic knowledge as possible as quickly as possible. When the second batch of clones matures, I will soon bring more soul."

After that, Zuo Si gave the other party a list of things that needed to be built before the second batch of talents arrived.

These include a fighting and shooting training academy, a natural academy dedicated to teaching druids and rangers, a bard academy, an academy to train thieves and assassins, and a seminary to train priests.

Of course, there is only one kind of divine doctrine currently taught in the seminary, and that is the Phoenix God-Bennu.

After all, the good news does not flow to outsiders.

The only thing Zuo Si could confirm that he would not betray God was this little phoenix created by himself.

As for the mage and warlock academies, the towers all over the floating city are ready-made, so there is no need to go out of your way to build them.

You don't need to ask to know that these training bases are specially prepared for the upcoming "fourth natural disaster".

After all, although magic cloning is not as expensive as other magic technologies to be used on a large scale, it still costs money and consumes resources.

Therefore, in line with the principle of saving as much as possible, Zuo Si plans to let these fourth natural disasters receive a period of training, at least to ensure that they have LV1 professional level before releasing them, or to find a world with a relatively low level of danger to practice their skills. .

Otherwise, if these guys really died seven or eight or more than a dozen times a day like playing games, frantically consuming the inventory of clones, he was afraid that if he didn't hold back, he would directly transform the opponent's soul into a wraith, and then stuff it with magic. It is a part that can operate automatically in a machine.

"I understand! Please rest assured that I will do my best to promote this plan." Vanessa promised confidently.

Immediately afterwards, the lich used the authority granted by the central tower to teleport directly back to where he lived.

After a while, fifty steel structures began to renovate several large buildings in the floating city, knocking down those that needed to be demolished, and renovating those that needed to be renovated.

Thanks to the help of change magic, the two academies rose from the ground in about two or three hours, and their construction speed even exceeded that of skyscrapers made of reinforced concrete.

Anyway, building an academy does not require using the best stone like building a mage tower, and it also takes time to perform protective enchantments. As long as the main structure is stronger, it will be fine.

Just when Zuo Si was condescending and watching with interest that Plantia's floating city was gradually changing into something different under his own planning, he suddenly saw weapons designer Bol walking in from the outside.

Seeing the other party panting, he immediately asked curiously: "Do you have anything important to do?"

"Of course... of course!"

Bol hurriedly patted his chest hard to calm down his rapid breathing, and then responded in a slightly excited tone: "Your Excellency, didn't you arrange a task for me about weapon design last time? I thought about it for two days alone. God, a question suddenly arises."

"What's the question?"

Zuo Si picked up an empty cup and gave the other party a cup of pure water from the water elemental plane.

Bol was obviously thirsty. He took it without saying a word and drank it all. Then he licked his lips and said, "If I remember correctly, you should have the ability to travel back and forth between the earth and this world." Ability, right?

That being the case, why not purchase some firearms, bullets, aircraft, cannons, bombs, and even arms production lines on Earth?

With thermal weapons, coupled with the floating city's fast movement capabilities and defense capabilities, it is definitely enough to cope with most wars. "

"Haha, do you think I haven't thought of this method?"

Zuo Si asked with a sneer.

“In fact, you have ignored the question of whether physical rules and chemical reactions are universal between different worlds.

Unfortunately, I have tried it a long time ago. Due to the intervention of magical energy, the lethality and destructive power of those thermal weapons on the earth can only be regarded as better than nothing.

For example, a pistol has an effective range of fifty meters under normal circumstances. If it hits a target two hundred meters away, it can still cause some damage, but in this world it is only less than ten meters.

With such a short distance, a skilled warrior only needs two seconds to rush forward and cut the enemy in half.

In addition, in the magical world there is something called a protective force field.

If a long-range weapon does not have a sufficient enchantment level, even if it is fired with a 30mm Vulcan cannon, it will not be able to cause even a trace of damage.

To sum up, thermal weapons are not suitable for most magical worlds, especially high-magic worlds with abundant magical energy.

If you want to make a bomb with astonishing power, you need to use expensive gems, grind them and add specific alchemical materials to detonate them, releasing destructive magical energy to cause widespread damage.

In addition, according to the conclusions I have drawn from previous experiments, the more complex the chemical reaction and involving more elements, the greater the impact of magical energy.

But if it's the other way around, for example, a relatively simple chemical reaction where only two elements, hydrogen and oxygen, are mixed and explode, the impact will be much smaller, or even negligible. "

"That's it!" Bohr nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "What do you mean... you can first produce liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in large quantities by electrolyzing water and store them, and then when needed Send it out to explode when the time comes?"

“This is just an idea.

You can also find ways to create incendiary bombs made from a mixture of alcohol, grease, and alchemical creations.

Or a gas bomb containing highly toxic substances, and then creating an electromagnetic or steam injection delivery device.

Remember, the most important thing here is to let go of your mental constraints and give full play to your creativity. "

Zuo Si suggested with a smile.

"I think I understand what to do. But is there really no way to develop technology and create thermal weapons in the magical world?" Bol was obviously still a little unwilling to give up.

Zuo Si smiled and replied: "Not entirely. As far as I know, there is such a world where magic and technology coexist, and even steam tanks, airplanes, helicopters, muskets, cannons, spaceships, giant energy mechas, etc. have been developed. Artificial intelligence and robots. But I’m not sure whether the gunpowder and explosives used in this world are the same thing as what we understand.”

You don't need to ask to know that the world he is talking about is Azeroth.

On the surface, this world seems to be at the level of medieval technology, but then it turns into Star Destroyer vs. Gundam. It is so outrageous that it is filled with technology and ruthless work everywhere.

Although a large part of these things are also made by integrating magic and technology, the pure technological creations alone are quite amazing.

Whether it is the shocking goblin technology or the complex and changeable dwarf technology, there is a lot to like.

"Oh? When can I go over and take a look? If I can learn from it, I will definitely be able to design the best weapon." Bol suddenly became interested.

But Zuo Si refused very simply: "Don't worry, this world is very dangerous, and I will not go there easily before I am fully prepared."

Heading to Azeroth now?

What a joke!

The level of danger in that place is no worse than the Zendikar plane where three Eldrazi Titans were released, and it might even be even more dangerous.

"Oh - okay. When you plan to go, remember to let me know."

Realizing that Zuo Si would not meet his request, Bol sighed regretfully, quickly turned around and disappeared at the end of the corridor outside the door.

Watching the other party disappear from sight, Zuo Si immediately took a deep breath and complained: "Why do I feel that after these people come, the things I need to do not only do not decrease, but increase exponentially? And they seem to be still here" Pushing me forward quickly to explore as much of the world as possible.”

"There is nothing we can do about it. After all, everything is difficult at the beginning. It should be much easier after you build the main framework of the fourth natural disaster plan." Diary comforted.

"It's not easy to set up this shelf. With the current maximum access volume of only a few thousand people, it is impossible to meet the minimum requirements. We can only pick people with professional skills first." Zuo Si rubbed his brows helplessly.

"How many people are there in the second batch?" Diary asked curiously.

Zuo Si responded casually: "One thousand, five hundred people. Two hundred of them are prepared for the scientific research team, and the remaining one thousand, three hundred people are candidates for the fourth natural disaster, and some of them are soldiers who died heroically."

"Isadora now has the ability to control so many people into the illusion of their own imagination at the same time?" The diary said with strong doubts in its tone.

"No, it doesn't need to be that troublesome. I asked Isadora to use the future city as a sample to create a new virtual illusion called [Infinite City]. Then I just need to throw the consciousness of these people into it, and then edit it a little bit Just refresh their memories and make them mistakenly think that this is the place where they were born and grew up.”

Zuo Si bluntly stated his solution.

He knew very well that as the number of connected souls increased, it was absolutely impossible to create a virtual world for each soul.

Therefore, creating a virtual city that can accommodate all "players" became the only option.

Although this may involve certain risks, considering that all the consciousnesses pulled in are under the supervision of the mastermind, and there are two emergency backup plans, there should not be any big problems.

"Aren't you afraid that someone will see the flaw and secretly join forces to cause trouble?" Diary was obviously worried.

But Zuo Si spread his hands indifferently: "So what if you see the flaw?

Their souls are in my hands and they have no right to bargain.

If someone notices the truth, then directly transfer him from [Infinite City] to [Replied Waterdeep City] and make some transactions in exchange for him keeping the secret.

If that doesn't work, then simply throw it back into the well of souls and let it experience the despairing world after death.

After all, strictly speaking, I saved these people's souls and gave them a new life.

They should be grateful to me instead of causing me trouble. "

"By the way, when are you going to start looking for people who have the potential to ignite a spark and become a planeswalker?" The diary suddenly changed the subject.

"Well - let's wait a few months. Anyway, it's still far from the date Nicol Bolas asked for. Before that, I need to arrange everything in Faerûn."

After that, Zuo Si teleported directly to the lowest level of the central tower, passed directly through the teleportation gate and reached the other side.

Just as he was about to check on the mental status of the other three Isadoras, he suddenly saw a charming woman with short black hair and pale skin hurried over from a distance.

"Badi?"

Zuo Si immediately recognized the identity of the other party. It was the vampire queen who had been made into a card while he was unconscious.

Since becoming a summoned creature, this guy has basically been hiding in the cemetery area and relying on hunting tomb robbers and bandits and gangsters operating in the city at night to maintain his basic physiological needs.

So far, the number of transformed vampires has reached almost one hundred, and they are undergoing rigorous combat and spell-casting training every day.

She was even taken off the high priority list by the Knights of the Burning Heart due to her low profile.

"Master! My brother Irenicus is back."

Badi immediately knelt down on one knee and reported an important news.

"Irenikas is back?"

A very surprised expression appeared on Zuo Si's face.

In his opinion, it would take three to five years for the other party to catch five efreeti that could grant wishes to mortals.

By then, the Sons of Baal had just begun to awaken, and they could take advantage of the chaos to muddy the waters, and then secretly help Talona seize the priesthood of death.

But it will still be some time before the Sons of Baal take over.

If you tell Irenicas Bal's son now, there is no guarantee that this lunatic will not do something drastic.

Badi nodded with a serious expression: "That's right! He just stood in his destroyed secret base and made a fuss, and then started to rebuild it. In addition, he also ordered me to come and inform you that a transaction can be carried out ”

"You mean... Irenekas successfully captured five fire djinn?" Zuo Si narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

"When he came back, he brought five magic-sealing bottles. He should have succeeded. Master, please be careful. I found that Irenekas's magical power seems to be stronger than before he left." Badi reminded carefully. road.

"Haha, he has become stronger, so why am I the same. Let's go and meet him together." Zuo Si raised the corner of his mouth slightly with a playful smile.

When the red dragon Wilmes not far away heard these words, he immediately ran over and asked in an eager tone: "Are you going to fight?"

Zuo Si quickly waved his hand: "Fight? No, no, no, I just went to complete a deal with Irenicas. But it seems that he doesn't want to fulfill the previous agreement now, but plans to try me first Have you made any progress?"

"That means there is a high probability that there will be a battle? How about taking me with you! It just so happens that I want to find an opportunity to test my strength."

As he spoke, Wilmes raised his front paws and made a grabbing motion.

moment!

The extremely developed and almost exaggerated muscles on her body quickly appeared, making the vampire Badi on the side dumbfounded.

What kind of devilish muscle dragon is this!

Obviously, it is absolutely impossible for a normal dragon to have such terrifying muscle lines, even those with extremely high melee professional levels.

"Okay! Then you can come along. Anyway, if we really do it, it will definitely be a just gang fight." Zuo Si agreed without even thinking.

Because he also wanted to know to what extent the red dragon in front of him had grown after such a long period of training and devouring dragon eggs.

In this way, a person, a vampire, a red dragon and the strange object in her mind disappeared into the darkness along a secret door leading to the sewer.

Zuo Si didn't notice at all that as soon as he left the mage tower, Xia En VII came to visit.

The purpose of this undead emperor is also quite simple, that is, he wants to pay a certain price to join forces with Zuo Si to kill Ivicola Sagram's "Sharp Tooth", his unrelenting enemy and a serious nuisance.

He had just received news that this famous ancient blue dragon had just woken up from his sleep not long ago and was planning to go to the palace in Calimport to collect his share of "taxes".

And this is just enough to arrange an ambush with a very high success rate.

As long as Sharptooth, the most powerful enemy, dies, Shane VII will immediately start a war against the Entangled Talisman Society.

Through the last fight, he already roughly knew the opponent's strength.

Except for the leader Lagon, whose threat level is relatively high, the remaining members' spellcasting levels are beyond legendary, but their actual combat skills are really not very good. They can beat the opponent to the point where they don't dare to show their heads in a battle, and then regain their own. s country.