Arcane Lord

The problem with the energy transmission line that Xia Duo discovered was not a theoretical oversight, but an engineering problem.

Before, he only considered how to add requirements, and was somewhat negligent in the process of converting requirements into reality. Now after a high-fidelity simulation, he found that many of his previous ideas were a bit too idealistic.

Take the issue of energy transmission lines, for example. Since multiple redundant systems need to be set up, the energy transmission lines of the actual material must be prioritized and well-organized. Core lines involving multiple redundant systems cannot be distributed together.

Otherwise, it would easily be like what is often shown in hometown movies, where a group of adventurers breaks into a spaceship and randomly destroys a screw (exaggeration), causing the entire spacecraft to explode.

Movies can certainly do this to highlight a dramatic aspect, but reality requires as high a fault tolerance rate as possible. It would be best if only a piece of wreckage is left to maintain most of the functions.

The Shado design was designed in this way, which resulted in many redundant systems, but it focused more on spell design and less on engineering design.

In fact, since the floating city is a special creation with complex functions, huge size, and has never been seen before, Chateau hasn't even finished the spell design yet!

Currently, only the first phase of "main construction and repair and maintenance system" has been completed, and the remaining parts are still being worked on.

No, many problems were discovered as soon as the simulation was completed, the most serious of which was the energy line distribution problem.

Fortunately, everything is still at the starting point, and adjustments and improvements can be made in time.

Sometimes Xia Duo really wants to ask himself, is it necessary to be so serious? Just cut off any mountain peak and put it in the sky. Wouldn't it be the simplest floating city?

And it can also have a deterrent effect.

Not to mention anything else, just smashing down half of the mountain peak is comparable to a world-destroying magic. Except for the three countries in the North, including Cormanthor, Erlan, and Elfaran, other countries, even Netheril, can't do it. It may not be possible to stop it.

But even the Three Kingdoms of Comanso must pay a heavy price if they want to stop such a mountain. After all, they won't be stupid enough to do it in broad daylight when they smash it down.

In addition, methods such as keeping silent and avoiding detection must also be used. Once discovered, it is almost impossible to avoid disaster without paying any price.

Unless you know in advance that there is a "meteorite falling from the sky" trick, you can at least prepare in advance and reduce losses as much as possible.

It would be a tragedy if he had no prior knowledge. Apart from relying on God, Xia Duo really couldn't think of any good results.

However, this method cannot be used as a regular attack, otherwise there will be no lower limit for each other, and the Northland may be reduced to rubble.

Xia Duo has always been thinking about the floating city, and he is also worried about the enemy falling from the sky. The target on the ground is too obvious, and the target is clear, so he can only guard against it passively, which is really frustrating.

Although strategic-level protection such as "nuclear bunkers" can also be built on the ground, as long as the ground properties remain unchanged, it will still be passive.

Therefore, what Xia Duo wants to do is to move most of the factories, schools, research institutes and other institutions to the floating city, leaving only agriculture, tourism and a few functions on the ground.

In this way, even elves may no longer be able to use environmental protection excuses to attack humans.

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In the study, Xia Duo kept thinking about the projection, but what he was considering at the moment was not how to plan the energy transmission line more rationally, but whether to outsource part of the floating city design.

Because he found that if he worked alone, there would always be some problems that he could not worry about, especially in engineering design, which required not only knowledge but also experience.

Some magic building designs in Netheril in the past did not require much consideration of engineering design issues because of their simple functions. In most cases, as long as the spell design was correct, there would be no major problems with the building.

Just in this way, most buildings are full of the designer's personal characteristics. If it is just the appearance, it doesn't matter, but the inner magic design and engineering design are also full of personal characteristics, which brings a lot of trouble to later maintenance. Big trouble.

Basically, for every additional mage's creation, you need to learn one more maintenance plan.

Currently, the penetration rate of magic equipment, facilities, and buildings in Netheril is not very high. In the future, it can be said that there will be no purely ordinary creations, and they will basically have something to do with magic.

If there is no relatively unified standard, the later maintenance costs will definitely drag down the development of civilization.

In other words, the purpose of developing civilization is to reduce internal friction, which requires a relatively unified standard.

Whether it's spell design or engineering design!

With this thought in mind, Sha Duo decided to write a "Design Standard for Magic Buildings and Facility Engineering". The floating city happened to involve all aspects, and exploring it in practice was in line with Sha Duo's consistent philosophy.

Anyway, he never thought that a floating city would last a lifetime and would definitely be updated. Even the one he designed now could be regarded as a "test city".

As for the spell design standards, the Tower of Time has so far formed a preliminary set of standards, which are based on the apprentice textbook compiled by Xia Duo. The design itself will not have too many problems, even for other mage towers. The next step is to What we do more is standardize the process.

For this floating city project, it might be a good idea to write a "Spell Design Standard" as well.

Thinking like this, Xia Duo quickly made a decision in his mind. He removed the projection and took out a brand new blank notebook, began to split the project, and wrote the project requirements and specifications.

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Two days later.

The sixth collective meeting of the Institute of Advancement was held grandly in the No. 1 General Assembly Hall on the public floor of the Tower of Time.

Participants included 45 formal members, 92 preliminary (formal) members, 268 associate members (development targets), and 412 activists who had submitted applications for membership to the Association and were in the investigation period.

It can be said that most of the new apprentices are people who have entered the academy!

When Xia Duo came to the venue, he saw the thick head and the passionate eyes. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and an inexplicable sense of déjà vu came to his heart.

After Dean's reminder, he came back to his senses, waved to everyone, and then sat down safely at the round table in the center of the venue.

Xia Duo doesn't have the habit of appearing last. Today he came neither early nor late. Not all the 45 official members were here, but almost half were here.

However, after he appeared, the speed of the subsequent entries seemed to speed up a lot. While looking at the familiar and unfamiliar faces in the venue, Xia Duo recalled the latest information on the members of the Association that he had just seen yesterday.

After a while, all the official members arrived, and later all the attendees also arrived.