Afternoon, the city of fire oil.
Under an order from the parliament, all the alchemists who had come to the stage gathered in the front hall of the former Duke's mansion.
They need to draw the largest alchemical formation in history!
The scope is the entire mansion, with a total of 1.72 million runes!
Prior to this, the elemental wizards had cast spells to remove all decorations and furniture, and hollowed out the ground to free up enough space.
For the sake of confidentiality, the speakers did not reveal that this was a legendary promotion ceremony. They only said that Master Lin En had developed a new magic, and this was the venue for experimental magic!
"What kind of magic requires so many runes?" Tik held his own drawing and drew it on the ground while whispering to himself.
He could see that the part he was responsible for seemed to be a formation used to guide magic power.
This thing is usually used to build up momentum to cast some kind of magic, but to create such a big battle is really imaginative.
Like Tik, the more than 500 alchemists involved couldn't help but guess what such a huge magic circle was used for.
"I heard that Master Lin En is preparing to build a new sun on the earth!" An alchemist lowered his voice and spoke.
"Sun? Charlie, this joke is not funny..." The witch beside him sneered and shook his head.
What is the sun?
That was the star hanging high above their heads, the source of light. According to the predictions of those prophets, the mass of the sun was at least a million times that of the planet under their feet. If it moved even slightly, the continent under their feet would be destroyed. This is the real end of the world!
I'm not telling you a joke... The wizard named Charlie is quite helpless. This is top-secret information that he secretly obtained!
"Stop chatting for a moment! Be serious. This alchemy circle is very important. We need to complete it as quickly as possible without making a single mistake!" Vittorio solemnly ordered.
This promotion ceremony is related to his wealth, life and the possibility of becoming a legend. Vittorio is naturally very attentive. Not only is he responsible for the most core arrangement of the magic circle, he will personally check the arrangement of every rune whenever he has free time.
Under the personal supervision of the Speaker, no one dared to be lazy. Tik and others all worked hard and focused on the work at hand.
What Linn saw when he stepped into the manor was a scene of hundreds of people gathering together to draw pictures...
"How is the progress? Master Vittorio?" Lin asked softly.
"It's not bad. Most of the problems have been solved. I used a duplex structure to form this alchemy circle. This way, even if there are errors in one or two areas of the circle, it will not affect the overall situation..." Vettori While Ao led Linn around the manor, he explained to him in detail the layout of the formation and the prepared plans.
Linn nodded repeatedly, and he was very satisfied with Vittorio's caution. Once the nuclear fusion reactor goes out of control, it is no joke!
No amount of preparation can be said to be completely safe!
"In short, we have reached the limit of our capabilities." Vittorio said with a sigh.
This time, he used what he had learned in his life and gathered the elite power of the entire parliament!
If even this doesn't work, then even if the soul is wiped out by the energy riot during the promotion ceremony, Vittorio feels that it is not an injustice!
"Relax, as long as everything is properly arranged, I think success shouldn't be a problem!" Lin En said as he handed over a blueprint of a nuclear fusion reactor.
Creating a 'little sun' on the ground is an extremely incredible thing for wizards, and they would think of it as extremely difficult, but for Linn, the construction of nuclear fusion reactors is very common, that is, There are still some technical difficulties in miniaturization.
Vittorio looked at the drawings carefully as if he had found a treasure.
Building a sun is simply the greatest masterpiece in the history of alchemy!
Lin En was thinking about how to use magic to solve some material science problems.
If the atomic bomb breaks the uranium element and splits a high-mass element into several low-mass elements, then nuclear fusion does the opposite, combining two low-mass elements into an element of greater mass!
Of course, the principle of energy generation is the same, that is, during the process of splitting or combining, mass loss will inevitably occur. This lost mass is the source of the terrifying energy of nuclear explosions...
There are many technical difficulties in nuclear reactors, but there are roughly two really fatal problems!
One is how to heat fusion materials to a high enough temperature.
If you want to promote nuclear fusion, you need to use the strong nuclear force, one of the four basic forces, so that the two atomic nuclei will be tightly combined instead of being repelled under the action of the same charge.
But the range of the strong nuclear force is very short, and it requires two atomic nuclei to be very close to each other.
This distance needs to be maintained on the order of 10 minus fifteen meters, which is 0.000001 nanometers.
This is undoubtedly a desperate number!
But there is no solution, that is high temperature and high pressure!
Judging from the atmospheric pressure of the planet under our feet, we need to increase the temperature to more than 100 million degrees to achieve this, which leads to the second question - what kind of container should be used to contain temperatures as high as hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius? fusion material!
After the mass-energy equation was proposed, these two problems have troubled mankind for more than a hundred years.
Fortunately, 071 has relevant information and drawings in its database.
After careful consideration, Linn planned to use laser focusing to achieve the high temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees. They happened to have developed laser magic before. As long as the magic power is enough, they should be able to achieve this smoothly.
The remaining question is how to restrain this power!
Combining the abilities of the wizards, Linn thought that he could try to use magnetic field to constrain the core or gravitational constraint!
As for which one to use specifically...
Theoretically speaking, gravitational constraints are the most reliable. For example, the reason why stars can maintain their shape despite violent fusion reactions is precisely because the influence of gravity forms a balance with the internal fusion reactions.
If they can replicate this, they can truly simulate a small sunrise!
However, it is not easy to create a large source of gravity. He once asked Harrov and got a negative answer. Moreover, the influence of gravity is very wide. By then, let alone this manor, I am afraid that it will be the entire Cities will be involved.
So Lin En could only settle for the next best thing and use electromagnetic constraints to solve this problem.
"Using an invisible magnetic field to bind powerful energy? What a good idea!" Vittorio happened to see this and sighed at Linn's exquisite idea.
He has seen that this drawing is very complete, which proves that Linn's artificial sun plan is not an unfounded fantasy, but is supported by a rigorous set of magic theories.
This reassured Vittorio a lot...
"By the way, what's going on with the Holy See recently? Is there anything new?" Vittorio handed the drawing back and asked.
It has been a long time since they defeated the crusade. The opponent may be afraid of the deterrent brought by the large nuclear explosion and dare not invade on a large scale, but he knows very well that the Holy See will never let them continue to develop.
Lin En recalled the information he received yesterday and explained. "According to the spies' reports, in the past few months, three evil gods have occurred in the empire. Coupled with the impact of witch hunting activities, there is no peace within the empire now..."
"That's good news!" Vittorio raised his eyebrows. What they were most worried about now was that the church would make a desperate move and mobilize all its power to fight them.
No matter how fast the construction of a nuclear reactor is, it will only take two or three months... The extraction of heavy hydrogen will also take almost two months!
Without the same level of power to deal with the incarnation of the false god, they were forced to use nuclear explosions, a magic that could kill ten thousand enemies and damage eight thousand.
Strong energy waves cannot distinguish between friend and foe. The land that was destroyed last time was more than ten kilometers outside the city. This time it might be the City of Fire Oil or the Royal Capital.
Lin En also smiled. It seemed that they publicized the news of the defeat of the crusade army, causing all the restless people who had been hiding in the dark to come out.
Although it was a pity that this triggered a large-scale witch hunt, resulting in the tragic death of many wizards, the Holy See was also exhausted and should be able to buy them some time.
As for those evil gods and their believers, Linn didn't have the slightest fondness for them. Each of these ancient psychic wizards had been eroded by the power of faith and lost their minds. If the Vatican could successfully eliminate these people, then naturally It couldn't be better!
This way they won't have to spare their hands to clean up these troubles when they take over in the future.
While the two were discussing, an attendant came in from the door with a file and interrupted respectfully. "Sir Speaker, Master Lin En, this is information about the empire."
Lin En took the page and glanced at it, then frowned.
What a coincidence?
"What's wrong?" Vittorio asked confused.
"It's about the Evil God's Disaster!" Lin En explained. According to the spies' reports, there were three Evil God's Disasters that occurred in the empire, but strangely, they were all eradicated without causing too many casualties.
You must know that only the six-ring great wizards are qualified to step into the ranks of evil gods. After gaining the power of faith, their strength can reach the pseudo-legendary level, which is definitely not something ordinary priests can handle.
Generally speaking, once believers awaken the evil god, it means tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of casualties. The power of the local church alone has almost no ability to resist, and it must be handled by legendary priests.
This time was different. Three consecutive evil god disasters were easily suppressed, as if the higher-ups of the Holy See had received the news in advance and were ambushing them there.
"This is indeed a bit strange." Vittorio stroked his white beard, wondering what the Holy See was doing.
In addition, there is a second piece of information worth noting. The wizard responsible for communications received a strange electromagnetic wave signal yesterday evening.
Since electromagnetic waves transmit too fast, they have no way to confirm the source, let alone the ability to decipher it. After careful consideration, they can only use electromagnetic magic to interfere with it.
Has anyone actually developed the use of electromagnetic waves in magic?
Lin En was very curious, but even more wary, because the simplest use of this thing is usually to convey information!
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Three days later, in a luxurious castle in the capital of the kingdom, dozens of nobles in gorgeous clothes and unhappy expressions gathered together to hold a secret meeting.
"How dare these damn wizards privately occupy the eastern territory of the kingdom and arbitrarily punish and kill the kingdom's nobles. Who gave them the right?"
The Marquis of Mortain roared hysterically in the castle, attracting bursts of echoes from the other nobles.
In the more than a year since the wizards occupied the royal capital, thanks to the substantial gains in rule brought by expelling the church, many people have changed their attitudes and gradually recognized the status quo of wizards replacing the status of the church.
Even Mortan, who claims to be the most devout in his faith in the Lord, had to grit his teeth and admit the wizard's right to manage the kingdom after witnessing the destruction of the Shadow of God and hearing the news of the successive defeats of the crusade.
However, the basis of all cooperation is that both parties follow the rules!
This rule is that nobles rule the mortal world, and wizards rule the supernatural!
However, the behavior of those wizards in recent times has made them feel deep fear!
On the way to regain the kingdom's territory and conquer the empire, a large number of nobles were hanged, their properties were confiscated, and their children and servants were forced to become humble laborers, doing the same work as the poor. How could this make them not feel angry? with fear!
"Where is His Majesty the King? Did he just let the entire eastern territory of the kingdom be seized by wizards?" A viscount of the kingdom said in disbelief.
"Your Majesty?" Mortan said mockingly. "A false king, just a puppet who was helped up."
He heard from a guard that the wizards did send people over to ask for instructions after occupying the city.
But it’s just a request for instructions!
The other party has already finished the work. Besides agreeing, does King Hatar have another option?
The nobles participating in the discussion became increasingly excited. Without their help and cooperation, how could those wizards manage such a large kingdom territory?
The entire kingdom may have been torn apart by the impact of believers and mobs!
Now it is obvious that the other party wants to cross the river and burn the bridge. The people in the eastern part of the kingdom who are opposed to the wizards may suffer today. But if the wizards wait for all the opponents to be dealt with, then it will probably be their turn next...
(End of chapter)
