Arcane Lord

At this moment, Xia Duo realized that his future enemy was not outside, but within civilization. He was not even a real individual, but a devil called "fame, wealth and power."

Concrete and tangible enemies are easy to deal with, just destroy the physical body, but the selfish desires in the heart cannot be eliminated. Even Xia Duo himself has various dark, arrogant, or weird ideas from time to time.

There may be such people who can always control their inner desires and always practice their beliefs, but there will never be many, especially in this era where everyone wants to be a mage and a master.

In a sense, believers in the gods are the qualified candidates according to Xia Duo.

It's just that "the ways are different and they don't work together", even the believers of the gods can hardly be used by him. The only way he can really rely on is to learn!

"Keep your mission in mind and never forget your original intention. This is a long-term and arduous task!"

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"Xia Duo, get ready to start work!"

All the thoughts in the sky disappeared with Niya's call, but they left a deep mark on Sha Duo's heart and could be awakened at any time.

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Blue crystal plane.

The construction site of the floating city.

In a microgravity environment, Niya dragged something similar to the old-fashioned vacuum cleaner from Sha Duo's hometown, and used a device similar to a long absorption port to scan back and forth on the ground. From time to time, she stopped to compare the construction drawings to check whether they were correct.

Xia Duo was watching from the side, occasionally giving some pointers. After seeing that Niya was already familiar with the operation method of the mithril printing press, he also picked up a printing press and started his work.

The floating city is huge and not suitable for mass production. It is definitely not possible to use pouring to make mithril components, so Xia Duo invented a special printing press.

Similar to a "3D printer" on Earth, it can convert solid mithril into a liquid state, print it in a specific position through a long scanning head, and then condense it into a solid state.

This device is very easy to use. The only drawback is that the device cannot work automatically and requires a user.

But compared to casting spells to complete the production of mithril components by yourself, having tools to use is undoubtedly a lot more convenient.

And because Chateau considered the workload of large-scale production from the beginning, he transformed the three-dimensional mithril components into flat lines that can be easily printed, thus reducing the workload again.

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The mithril circuit currently printed by Shado and Niya is considered part of the flight control system, but strictly speaking, it may be more appropriate to attribute it to the energy system.

The suspended field generation base is a key facility of the energy center. Without it, the [Mythra] device under the current technology cannot work at all, and cannot even be saved.

Whether Xia Duo wants to build the flight control system of the floating city or build a new [Mythra] device, he cannot do without the floating field generation base.

It can be said that apart from the empty stone shell outside, the construction of the real floating city begins from this moment on.

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"Niya, how is the situation over there?"

"It's going pretty well. We're printing the second layer now."

"Well, don't be impatient, we have plenty of time!"

After Xia Duo reminded him, he started printing the third layer of mithril circuits numbered [1-2] on the floating field generation base.

Of course, he also wanted to use only one layer, which would be easier to maintain. However, if it were one layer, the converted lines would be very dense. In a limited space, it would be difficult to arrange six rotating floating fields.

Then we can only consider layering.

Of course, if Chateau was very, very rich, he could use higher purity mithril to make thinner lines.

But alas, he didn't.

In order to reduce the rate of elemental transmutation reactions, there are only two options, either to increase the purity of mithril, or to pile it up.

Similar to the thicker the wire on earth, the smaller the resistance. Here, the larger the mithril component is, the rate of elemental transmutation reaction remains unchanged, but compared to the huge volume, the overall metamorphosis time is extended.

Unlike on earth, where resistors only generate heat and have little impact on circuit function, sometimes it is enough to add an additional auxiliary heat dissipation device.

However, the flow of elemental energy in the magical world is more similar to superconductivity. Once the transmutation of elements reaches a certain level, it is similar to the "quench" of superconducting circuits on earth. Although it will not have as serious consequences as the quench of superconducting devices, it is related Functional shutdown is almost inevitable.

As for the chain reaction, it depends on the specific situation. Sometimes the consequences may not be as serious as superconducting quenching.

This is also the reason why Xia Duo insists on linking to the magic network. If Mithril components are purely used as the source of spells for floating city-related functions, apart from being cumbersome, the biggest problem is the element transmutation reaction.

And if the Magic Network is linked, the Mithril component is more of a supplement to the Magic Network. Most of the reactions are carried out in the Strings of the Magic Network, and the Mithril component only needs to provide energy buffering.

The biggest focus of energy buffering is actually on each energy buffering core (usually five-color gems, but a better choice is arcane crystals), which greatly reduces the rate of deterioration of mithril components.

Only in this way can so-called permanent magic items appear.

Of course, there is also magic constancy, but this relies almost entirely on the magic network. Once there is a problem with the magic network, there is a 100% chance that something will happen to the magic constancy.

As for the mithril component plan, as long as a redundant system is built in advance, even if there is a problem with the Magic Network, it can at least be implemented safely.

There is no doubt that Xia Duo has prepared a redundant system for the floating city, and it is far from just one or two systems, but multiple systems exist at the same time.

After all, he has paid most of his net worth for the floating city and has also advanced his future income. As the absolute core territory of the future, if anything happens to this thing, he will definitely be miserable.

Of course, since the mithril component plan was chosen as the main design plan, Xia Duo also predicted the possible existence time of the floating city. As long as it is properly maintained, there should be no major problems within a hundred years.

If it is more than a hundred years old, it may need major repairs from time to time. At that time, it may be more cost-effective to build a new one.

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Soon, Shado had completed all six layers of mithril circuits on the suspended field generation base numbered [1-2], and Niya had also printed the fourth layer of circuits numbered [1-1].

The speed is pretty good.

Because there is no need to connect to the magic network for the time being, apart from comparing construction drawings, it is purely physical work. Xia Duo's physique is far beyond ordinary people, and he does not need to rest at all. He immediately started printing the mithril lines numbered [1-3].

This main energy center located in the center of the floating city has a total of six floating field generation bases, numbered from [1-1] to [1-6], and now half of them are completed.

Although Sha Duo and Niya said they were not in a hurry, he still subconsciously speeded up.