Arcane Lord

At the edge of the square well, Xia Duo looked down at the code sculpture that was silent under the well, and then silently cast a spell to float the sculpture from the well, and finally landed next to him.

Although Xia Duo had already estimated the size of the code sculpture, when the finished sculpture was placed in front of him, he could still feel a strong visual impact.

The base of the lower part of the sculpture is about a 6*6*6 cube. Standing next to it is like facing a tall wall, which is very oppressive.

Above the base is a giant half-open book. Of course, you want to see the upper part of the sculpture, but you can't see it if you get close. You have to step back to see the majestic sculpture. of the Bactrian Codex.

After walking around the sculpture twice to make sure there were no quality problems, Xia Duo showed a satisfied smile.

Of course, the absence of quality problems does not mean that there are no other problems. In fact, there are quite a few problems!

The most obvious one is the incongruity of some details of the miniature Codex sculptures when enlarged to equal proportions.

In fact, there is no problem with the miniature code sculpture itself, but due to its small size, Chateau paid more attention to looking down and looking down during the production process, while the enlarged official version can only be looked up.

Changes in perspective will cause the sculpture to look a little inconsistent. Fortunately, the elements of the sculpture are relatively simple, namely books and cubes, so the sense of contradiction is not too obvious.

If it were a portrait, the sense of dissonance might be even stronger.

Another problem is also related to amplification, that is -

When the sculpture is small, there are no decorative patterns or textures on the base, so it doesn't feel like anything. But when it is enlarged, if there are still no decorative patterns or textures, it will look too monotonous, and there will be large areas of blank space.

Therefore, subsequent versions need to add some decorative textures or patterns.

Finally, there is the issue of accuracy of miniature sculptures, which of course is also related to magnification.

When making miniature Codex sculptures, although Chateau polished them in every possible way, he focused more on the design and did not consider precision too much.

At least there is no special measurement spell to control the accuracy, just "rubbing" based on feeling.

Although it is not obvious when you are small, it becomes much more obvious when the same proportion is magnified countless times, and the inaccuracy is also magnified countless times.

For example, as the base of the lower part of the sculpture, the four sides should have been a very smooth plane. Although it is still smooth now, it is not a flat surface.

The light in the Arcane Garden is very abundant, and Xia Duo can easily see through the reflection of light that there are undulations on the four sides of the base.

This will also need to be corrected in the future.

Of course, subsequent versions will also include the text of the code on the four sides of the sculpture base. The previous miniature version did not have the text of the code.

This also involves typesetting and the effect after amplification, which requires Xia Duo to continuously test.

However, for the next test, Xia Duo does not need to make a physical sculpture every time. This time the physical sculpture is made just to verify whether the [large-scale stone modeling technique] is feasible.

It turns out it works.

Next, he only needs to observe the enlarged projection of the micro-sculpture to make targeted adjustments to the micro-sculpture.

When all the problems related to accuracy, magnification effect, and typesetting of the text of the Codex are solved, it will be time for the [Code Sculpture·Constant Matrix·Official Edition] to be released.

The so-called "constant matrix", in layman's terms, is an item that can be used for constant magic. After the [Code Sculpture·Constant Matrix] is completed, Shado will make it a constant magic item, making it a practical magic item with more functions. And not just a sculpture.

Even though this sculpture actually has the text of the code on it.

…

In addition to problems related to the construction of code sculptures, Sha Duo also discovered a problem related to [Large Stone Sculpting Technique].

That's the problem of the boundaries of the open field.

This time, because it was reversing petrification, it did not have any impact on the area outside the 6*6*10 square well. But what if the effect of [Sculpture] was not to reverse petrification, but to erase it?

In fact, erasure is more universal and can be used no matter what stone or even other materials.

And if it were an open erasure field, wouldn't it mean that even the caster himself would be within the erasure range? This would be stupid.

Therefore, this modeling spell ultimately needs to converge its divergent field into a limited convergent alien field.

However, Xia Duo has little interest in solving this problem. He studies plastic arts just to build large sculptures. If he is making other small items, the alchemy circle would be a better choice.

In fact, he planned to carry out the next improvement work on the miniature code sculpture through the alchemy circle.

In the future, in addition to continuing to build large-scale code sculptures, Xia Duo estimates that he will not have many opportunities to use [large-scale stone modeling techniques], so naturally there will be no motivation to improve.

It would be too late to make improvements when necessary. At present, it is better to hurry up and make the code sculpture.

Of course, there is also the magic network environment outside the Tower of Time, which must be repaired as soon as possible.

In this way, Xia Duo once again started the one-hour rotation of running at both ends.

Of course, strictly speaking, his main job is actually to repair the magic network. The work related to the codex sculpture is used to take a break when he is tired of repairing the magic network.

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While the lord Xia Duo was working hard, Daxia Territory was no exception. Since receiving Xia Duo's instructions, Leiden went to the east of the Elemental Fountain every day to check the thawing situation of the land. (The chaotic area of ​​​​the Magic Network is shrinking, and some areas have stopped, allowing ordinary people to start work first, and then wait for the subsequent return to normal)

At noon that day, he came to the east of the Elemental Fountain as usual. He first saluted the lord who was still working from a distance, and then squatted down to check the thawing of the ground under his feet.

The judging criterion is to insert the shovel firmly into the ground. If it can be inserted, it means that the work can start. Otherwise, you need to wait another day.

Without the blessing of holy power, Leiden's power is not much greater than that of ordinary people. As long as he can penetrate it, others can certainly do it.

It's just a little less efficient. As long as we can get started, everything will be fine.

If the lord hadn't specifically told him not to let the fire be burned, Leiden would have been more willing to pull the wood piled everywhere in the territory and burn it here.

However, when the shovel went down today and saw that the shovel was firmly and deeply embedded in the ground, Leiden knew that there was no need to light a fire or think of other solutions.

The land has begun to thaw!