Arcane Lord

As expected, Yimaska ​​on the main plane already has cheap materials that can replace mithril. Sha Duo obtained the creation formula from there that can replace the standard mithril materials.

Obviously, there are other better materials over there that are comparable to high-purity mithril, otherwise the only superior material creation formula would not be given to him.

But there is a big flaw in the creation of materials, that is, once the composition of the material changes slightly, the overall properties of the material will change dramatically.

Specifically, the energy-conducting material that replaces mithril is fine when it is first used. However, once the material undergoes an elemental transmutation reaction due to energy-conducting and some of the constituent substances deteriorate, the material as a whole loses most of its energy-conducting properties. .

This is different from Mithril. Mithril also deteriorates due to the transmutation reaction of elements, but the reason why it can conduct energy is because of its own characteristics, rather than the combined characteristics of multiple substances. Even if it metamorphoses, for energy conduction The influence of characteristics also occurs gradually.

In other words, magic facilities and equipment made with mithril materials can barely operate even if they are not maintained for a long time. However, if composite materials are made with creation magic, as long as the material deteriorates slightly, the equipment and facilities are likely to stop immediately. .

Perhaps the manufacturing cost of the latter is low enough, but in many fields, cost is not the main consideration at all, and fewer inspections and maintenance are the key.

But it is undeniable that creation materials are still extremely competitive in the main plane. Even in the manufacture of some low-end magic items, Xia Duo prefers to use creation materials-the cost is low and it is easy to plan for scrapping.

It’s just that the premise of all this is that mithril cannot be artificially synthesized. Once mithril can be artificially synthesized, no matter how advanced and low-cost the energy-guiding materials on Yimaska’s side are, in the face of the almost cost-free artificial synthesis of mithril, , both are younger brothers.

However, according to what Xia Duo learned in the Red Heart Alliance, the alliance has not yet found the elemental composition of mithril. Maybe researchers will find it next moment, and maybe it won't be discovered for another fifteen hundred years.

At least this is the case based on the current development of the Red Heart Alliance.

…

Soon, the semester passed.

The independent project funded by Xia Duo has also reached a critical node. The theoretical verification part has been completed, and the next step is the actual construction and testing.

Any research involving matter cannot escape this hurdle in the end. Generally speaking, as long as the non-material node mystery lock passes theoretical verification and the construction process does not go wrong, there will probably be no problems.

Matter is indeed a very magical realm.

This afternoon, in the practice base of Class 4, Xia Duo and 24 other students were building a puzzle lock. In addition to their team members, Maruente's daughter Anna also ran over to cheer for her father.

At the construction site, Xia Duo glanced at Anna who had a solemn expression in the distance. He really felt like a father in his heart. The current construction did not require too much concentration. He only needed to watch the main builder's spellcasting process.

And he is not the only one watching, there are four other monitors, always paying attention to various parameters during the construction process of the magic network, such as the vibration state of the magic network, the energy transmission state, the stability of the node material, etc.

This experiment may be an unknown attempt for the team, but for Xia Duo, the results were known very early on.

It was nothing more than a replica of the Main Plane Floating City Mystery Lock, and after some improvements, there would basically be no problems. He was already looking forward to the second phase of the Floating Fortress project.

"Emil, stay focused! Abnormal energy fluctuations occur at Node 4. Check whether the previous operation was correct!" Ortom suddenly reminded.

"The operation is correct. It is suspected to be caused by the insufficient conductivity of the node material." Emil replied calmly.

There was no need for Ortom to report to Sha Duo. After hearing the reply, Sha Duo immediately focused his attention on the body of Node 4 - a gold pillar ten centimeters thick and half a meter high.

Gold is currently a substance that cannot be synthesized artificially, but because the alliance has long started to use credit currency, gold only has a material role. Compared with the low cost of collection and smelting, the reason why the price cannot be lowered is because it is indeed a material. It is a relatively excellent energy-conducting material and can often be used in various experiments.

On the other hand, we have to talk about the Everesca Alliance countries and other neutral countries. Those countries have not yet begun to use credit currencies and still use precious metals, including gold.

The price of gold in the Red Heart Alliance is lower than the normal price, so many foreign businessmen doing business here will consciously purchase the faith currency of the Red Heart Alliance into gold and then transport it back to their home countries.

After doing this several times, the price of gold in the Red Heart Alliance has risen a little bit, almost equaling the purchasing power of gold in other countries.

It wasn't until the Red Heart Alliance restricted the amount of gold purchased by foreign merchants that the price of gold, which continued to rise, dropped a bit.

Otherwise, Xia Duo would not necessarily choose gold as the node of the Mystery Lock. Among all substances, gold’s stability is at the forefront, and its excellent energy-conducting properties make it almost the best node material for traditional Mystery Locks. choose.

Since there is the best, of course there is the second best, and the next best, such as crystal, mithril, or a combination of various materials, but in the final analysis, it is not as good as using pure gold.

At the moment, something seems to have happened to the No. 4 Golden Pillar of Node Xia Duo's experiment. He did not suspect the node itself at first. Like Ortom, he suspected that there might be an error in the casting operation.

But the problem is that when he recalled the operator's casting process, he did not find any mistakes. In addition, the other four monitors monitored the test status, and they only discovered abnormal fluctuations in the energy of Node 4 just now.

Emil said that it might be caused by the insufficient energy conductivity of the gold pillar at No. 4, and Sha Duo decided to try to verify it.

In a blink of an eye, he designed a verification process, and then used countless participants at the subconscious level of the Lingsi network to perform distributed calculations. He came up with the answer almost instantly——

There is a correlation between the abnormal energy fluctuations of No. 4 and the energy conductivity of the node's golden pillar, but the correlation is not significant. He even judged that such abnormal energy fluctuations would not affect the normal functions of the Mystery Lock.

Of course, there will definitely be other impacts, which will shorten the maintenance cycle of the lock and increase maintenance costs.

If it was a normal construction stage, Shado might have stopped it, but now it was still in the verification stage, so he let Emil and the others continue.

…

I don’t know how much time passed, and Ortom announced that the experimental mystery lock was successfully completed. At this time, Anna, who had been watching before, also went out to bring some temporary food to Sha Duo and the others.

"Dad, did the experiment go well?"

"With you here, of course everything will go well!"

Next, the Shado team took a short break, ate some food brought by Anna, and then continued to check the mystery lock and conduct a series of tests on the mystery lock.

Finally, it was announced that the experimental results were in line with expectations.