Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 489 Can't Say It

Now the three of them gathered on the top floor of the Tower of Mysticism to plot.

The three great wizards were indeed doing something that could not be disclosed to other wizards, which was to plan how to monitor these people's spellcasting. Of course, each task still had to be completed by as many spellcasters as possible, but it was divided into different projects.

The other world has not yet fully entered the era of big data. Unlike Rorschach's previous life where he would be invited for tea after purchasing pressure cookers and fertilizers online at the same time, their "big plan" can be kept secret for the time being.

The three great masters need to sort out the existing difficulties, propose preliminary solutions, and then organize people to overcome them according to the urgency and difficulty of the projects.

"The idea proposed by the Starry Tower is to expand the transmutation dust extractors. Is that what it's called? Expand their array size and construct a stable transmutation dust flow weak zone."

"However, according to Master Kano's feedback, only great wizards can pass through even the weak areas, so it is obviously impossible to normalize the observation of the Tree of Truth." It's exciting to think about hanging a top-level spellcaster in the sky as a human satellite.

"So the Thunderstorm Tower proposed a plan for a star base, constructing a starship that can sail stably, using the [Blue Light Barrier] and other protective magic to resist the impact of transmutation dust and micro-celestial bodies, stationing personnel on it, and constructing a ritual observation scripture layer and a 'tree' inside the starship.

"Currently, this plan is supported by the Forest Tower and the Light Tower."

Feuerbach took out the copied design draft and showed it to Rorschach and Elizabeth for discussion, and at the same time expressed his own ideas: "But Master Kano and I both think that we can try to find or artificially construct a secondary plane, a micro space, located between the main material world and the astral world, and then use it as a springboard to the original layer."

After saying that, the chief stared at Rorschach. The mage being stared at completely understood the old senior's hint: Isn't this still about the border?

Don't think about it, no way!
Rorschach said seriously, "Master, I think both plans are good, but isn't the uncertainty and difficulty of the second plan too great?"

"The Tower of Time also believes that Option 2 is feasible."

"Scheme 1 is relatively easy. It is a project that can be realized with existing alchemical technology and is worth a try. Building a starship that can withstand the transmutation dust layer flow environment is not only important for observing the original layer and the Tree of Truth, but also has important significance for future star navigation.

"We should have a holistic and forward-looking vision, see the role of the project in promoting and leading various technologies, take it as the core goal, encourage technological creation, application innovation, and promote the coordinated development of supporting magic technologies."

In a hurry, Rorschach brought out all the old tricks he had learned in his previous life's postgraduate entrance examination, trying to persuade Feuerbach not to submit the boundary matter for the time being. The head of the Tower of Secrets was silent for a while and then nodded: "I will reflect the opinion of Master Rorschach truthfully, so can you please say it again?" He took out a pen and paper and temporarily added the magic of automatic shorthand to the quill pen.

You did this on purpose! Luo Xia could only wait and say, "Let me drink some water to moisten my throat first."

Rorschach's repetitive words were not wrong. If Plan 2 did not take into account the existence of the boundary, it would be difficult to find a suitable target as a "stepping stone" to cross to the original layer. In comparison, jointly designing and building a starship was more realistic and controllable.

The original design of the starship had already taken shape in the draft of the chief of the Thunderstorm Tower. As its name suggests, it still looks like an ordinary ship. In the designer's imagination, the laminar flow is likened to the ocean, and the ship must of course sail on the sea surface and will drift semi-permanently on the transmutation dust laminar flow.

In this way, under normal circumstances, the main defense shield only needs to be deployed at the bottom of the ship.

"I think the design also needs to consider other factors. For example, when breaking through the transmutation dust layer, the hull still has to pass through the secondary layer. It is best to have a structure that is as axially symmetrical as possible to facilitate the shield to be evenly spread in all directions.

"Plus, the prerequisite for breaking through laminar flow is to create a weak area, and according to my experience, the weak area is the center of the vortex. So after the starship goes into space, it may not drift with the flow, but be restricted by the vortex to a fixed area relative to the ground." Rorschach briefly mentioned a few points to make the transfer station plan more perfect, which also increased the possibility of this plan being selected.

Feuerbach was still a little unwilling and reminded: "Master Kano's experience feedback shows that even though he passed through the weak area of ​​laminar flow, the aircraft he was riding still disintegrated. He rushed out in the middle and later stages entirely by relying on his own magic. Now the scale of starships is larger, and the shield requirements are higher."

Rorschach responded: "It is necessary to strengthen the shield, but we can also change our thinking - make the weak area of ​​the transmutation dust layer thinner. The scale of the transmutation dust collector can be further expanded."

"How big?"

"A hundred times, a thousand times more than now! The production in the Special Zone is inseparable from alchemical technology, which means it is inseparable from magic power, which is completely extracted through collectors. In addition, gas cars and other powered alchemical vehicles essentially consume transmutation dust. If both are rolled out to the entire empire and the world, the demand for transmutation dust will be astronomical.

"So we need to build more collectors to provide a steady supply of magic power."

Providing energy for vehicles is only the simplest and crudest use. After all, with a stable source of magic power, various magic arrays and alchemical props can be activated to allow the magic to spread. Using it in "gas cars" and locomotives driven by hot and cold engines is just the starting point.

Feuerbach also knew this. He frowned and said, "Do you really want to promote it? If collectors are spread all over the continent, people will sooner or later use these magic sources to do more things, and perhaps things will get out of control in the future."

"So we need a magic observation plan! We need to be able to trace and monitor all the casting processes! Not just high-level magic with sparse casting traces, but full-chain control." The future that Rorschach envisioned closed at this moment:
"The Magic Guild, or perhaps a spellcasting organization with another name in the future, will provide magic to the world and transform everyone's lives and reality; at the same time, it will control any spellcasting process, from the grand to the subtle.

“The cornerstone of the former is the extensive collectors that continuously supply magic power, while the latter is achieved through observation of the Tree of Law and the Tree of Truth.

"When all production depends on magic, and all entertainment, medical treatment, diet and other activities cannot be separated from the help of magic, the birth, aging, illness and death of everyone, including all spellcasters, as well as food, clothing, housing and transportation, and everything that requires magic and involves magic, will be included in this system."

Rorschach put one hand below and the other above, fingertips pressed together, as if encircling all the living beings in the main material plane.

"This future may be much more distant than option 2." Feuerbach pinched the automatic shorthand quill, interrupting the process of Rorschach's fantasy being put on paper.

Elizabeth frowned: "Maybe I'm a little sentimental, or maybe I'm overthinking, but I always feel that this future is a little scary."

"Maybe. Whether to provide happiness to everyone or to inflict terror and pain depends on us and the future magic guild. And it seems that the Transmutation Dust is not infinite. One day the old system will be broken. Both social significance and objective reality have the driving force to break it."

Feuerbach simply tore off the last part of the recording paper and burned it to ashes. Rorschach's final design could not be put on paper, so he just relayed it to the Senate.

He said in a deep voice: "Today's conversation must not be disclosed to anyone, Rorschach, and you should stop saying those things in the future."

Rorschach raised his hands in surrender: "Okay, okay, I will just do it from now on. By the way, I am discussing with my mentor to set up magic suppliers in the south and north of the continent to organize the operation and maintenance of collectors. He is registered in Valois. Do you want to invest in the Empire? This will be a big business in the future."

(End of this chapter)