Arcane Lord

However, Xia Duo speculated that there should be no such thing, because it was unnecessary. The design principle and production process of the secret weapon were already quite complete, and there was no need to add anything extra.

If there is a secret method for the last step, Xia Duo is more inclined to think that it is an encryption method and cannot be counted as part of the normal production process.

And the problem is that the complexity of the secret device itself is enough to give it a strong enough natural encryption. As long as the secret of the material cannot be cracked, even if the secret device is broken down into every element, it doesn't make much sense.

This is very similar to the technological creations on earth, but even more extreme. Even if you get the product, you can only imitate its shape at most, but you cannot copy its god. The most typical example is the engine.

You can never make it if the materials are not up to standard.

The extreme thing about the secret device is that the design of almost every secret device will be adjusted accordingly according to the material. Although there is a high probability of a more general principle, subtle changes are often very fatal.

This makes each secret weapon almost a separate existence system, and it is almost impossible to crack it.

Even if it can be cracked, it cannot be applied to other secret weapons. It is necessary to accumulate enough experience in making secret weapons to obtain further principles.

To describe it in terms on earth, this is the first-mover advantage of the industrial base, and it is difficult for latecomers to catch up.

Xia Duo, who traveled from the earth, can better understand the profound and extraordinary barriers that may be contained in it.

Even if he chooses a different route to create a secret lock than Imasca, the early accumulation of the secret weapon production is not only about the manufacturing tools themselves, but also a large number of gaps in principles, experience, craftsmanship and other aspects.

It’s hard to make up for it!

Fortunately, Sha Duo did not mainly develop the creation magic system. He just wanted to absorb the advantages of the creation magic system into the arcane magic system.

He doesn't care how much the highest achievement in the creation magic system can be. What he really cares about is how much change creation magic can bring to arcane magic.

As for the current production of secret weapons, it is actually just an attempt.

Sha Duo will next use arcane magic to complete the final step of making the secret weapon. Thanks to the extensive practice in the past few days, the creation materials he has prepared this time are not small, enough to conduct several experiments.

The first thing he used was the [thermal] shaping of the alchemy array. Many materials will soften when heated to a certain extent and will not change their essence. This is the principle of thermal shaping.

Xia Duo has operated the alchemy circle thousands if not tens of thousands times. He is extremely skilled at this step. What he is most worried about now is whether he is ready for the oral inheritance.

Although there are also descriptions of specific numbers and graphic correspondences, word-of-mouth transmission itself can easily lead to bias, especially when it is unknown how many years ago this part of the inheritance was.

Even if there is no problem in all other aspects, if there is only a slight deviation in the design blueprint, then subsequent experiments will actually be meaningless.

——Shape up!

The two groups of creation materials automatically entered the reaction area of ​​the alchemy circle under the control of [Mage's Hand]. Afterwards, Xia Duo controlled the materials while adjusting the development of alchemy.

Soon, the two materials were close to their respective melting points. Upon seeing this, Xia Duo immediately cast a spell to extract the parts needed to make the fingerprint lock, and the rest fell back into the waiting area of ​​the alchemy circle - a place located in The floating field at the corner.

The part he proposed quickly transformed into a specific form under the precise control of the alchemical array, and in the process, the two materials gradually merged into one.

In just a moment, a fingerprint lock without a shell was completed, and then smoothly fell into the completion area of ​​the alchemy circle, which was also a suspended field in the corner.

While waiting for the first fingerprint lock to cool down, Xia Duo once again operated the alchemy circle to perform - [Element] shaping, which was relatively high-end.

Although many materials will not change their nature when heated and softened, compared to the endless total number of materials, even a very small number of materials will change their nature when heated, which shows that [thermal] shaping is not universal.

It's just that the arcane magic system prevails in Netheril. Generally, most of the metals that need to be shaped are metals that only need [heat] treatment, such as mithril and fine gold. A few gems used for encapsulation do not. Its essence needs to remain unchanged.

It even needs to change its nature to better encapsulate the mithril component core of magic items. For this, special softeners or other things need to be added.

[Elemental Shaping] is a method that Shaduo extended from the mithril refining method [Elemental Extraction] for material processing. It can shape the material without changing its essence.

For example, biological materials such as trees and flower petals cannot withstand heat treatment, or materials such as high-purity mithril, whose purity will decrease due to elemental transmutation reactions when heat treated, etc.

Essentially, it is to stimulate it to the critical state of [element-matter]. In this state, the material naturally loses the restraint of its shape. After that, it is restored to the material state and the "mold" is prepared in advance.

[Element Shaping] is theoretically most suitable for the processing of a single type of material, but it is also effective for composite materials with a certain composition.

The necessary materials for the two current fingerprint locks are all processed by Xia Duo himself. There are no blind spots. If they are processed using [Elemental Shaping], there should be no problems.

Unfortunately, if you want to stimulate matter to a critical state, you need to use at least a 9-level spell. For now, even with Mythra, it is very difficult to popularize it.

Basically, after using it once, the alchemy circle needs to be maintained again. This is the main reason why Xia Duo puts [Elemental Shaping] after [Heat Shaping].

Compared with thermal shaping, which requires cooling, [Elemental shaping] is much faster. A bunch of plasma-like substances are directly blended together under the control of the spell, and then the shaping is completed in a flash of inspiration.

Xia Duo took the second fingerprint lock in his hand. Within a few seconds, he felt that the secret device began to synchronize. When the synchronization was completed, he placed his palm on the protruding surface on one side of the fingerprint lock.

After a few seconds, there was a "pop" sound, and the thing neatly split into two pieces from the middle.

It automatically absorbs and merges into one when it is closed, and it cannot be pulled apart even if it is pulled hard. Only by pressing the protruding surface on one side with the palm of the hand can the secret device check the coherence state and the disturbance state of the internal energy flow of the palm.

If it is the same as what was recorded before, the two parts of the lock body will be separated again. If it is installed on the secret door or treasure chest, it will be a unique fingerprint lock or palm print lock for the individual.

"Elemental shaping is possible! What about thermal shaping?"

Xia Duo glanced at the first lock in the area where the alchemy circle was completed. That one had not cooled down yet. Casting a cooling spell might cause the lock body to be damaged during the extremely rapid cooling process.

But ventilation was still no problem. Xia Duo randomly summoned a breeze to wrap around the surface of the lock body, and then started the third shaping method——

Pressure Sculpting!