Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 502: The Magicians' Revolt

With the new energy tower technology, Perfectoct naturally rolled it out throughout the North.

The original energy tower only needs to be equipped with a new constant temperature barrier, that is, welding a few heat sinks to complete the transformation, which is naturally not a big project.

It is also very simple for a factory to produce this kind of heat sink with magic circles drawn on it. Once the mold is made, all that is needed is to start the production line. It is not a big deal.

If the conditions are really simple, you can get two flat steel plates and a copper tube for heat dissipation. Roll the copper tube and weld it to the back of the steel plate. At worst, you can use an iron pipe and iron plate.

The only ones who may need to work a little harder are the magicians. After all, drawing magic circles is a delicate job and they can only do it manually. A large amount of repetitive labor is naturally unacceptable to the magicians who have always regarded themselves as the best in the world.

But after their first strike was threatened by Perfect, who threw half of the Knights' Order's Steam Knights at the door and used force to intimidate them to continue working, these magicians had no choice but to serve as Palu.

Of course, don't expect the magicians to be very efficient. Drawing elaborate magic circles manually is something that cannot be done quickly even if you put a knife to their necks.

But for Perfect, this is not a problem.

After carefully studying the process of these magicians drawing magic circles, she found that this was actually a fine drawing job that required very high precision, and did not involve any additional requirements such as maintaining magic infusion during the drawing process.

After all, the magic power in this world has declined. If drawing a magic circle requires magicians to keep infusing magic power throughout the drawing process, then even if these magicians are squeezed dry in a physical sense, it still cannot meet the demand.

The key for these magicians to draw magic circles is to use a special ink, which has good magic conductivity. After infusing magic power into the magic circle, the magic power can flow smoothly, and the magic circle will also operate smoothly.

Therefore, there are corresponding requirements for the precision of drawing magic circles, the accuracy of strokes, and various details.

Otherwise, if errors or mistakes occur in the drawing, the magic circle may not work smoothly or may not work at all.

Of course, there is another more important factor. After drawing the magic circle, the magicians have to protect it. Otherwise, how can the ink that can be wiped off resist natural wear and tear? The ink itself will gradually become ineffective over time.

Of course, this is a more traditional approach.

When it came into Perfecto's hands, she would of course make improvements to it.

After all, the magicians' behavior made it difficult for Perfectot to accept their low work efficiency.

It takes two to three magicians at least a week to draw and debug a magic circle until it is usable. Even if it has magic protection, such a magic circle needs to be replaced within two to three years. The cost-effectiveness is really too low.

Especially since there are now at least hundreds of energy towers of all sizes in the entire Northern Territory, and one energy tower is calculated as four magic circles, it will take these magicians at least eight or nine years to complete all the work.

But how could Perficot have eight or nine years to waste time? The end of the world would come in eight or nine months, and it would be difficult for these magicians to complete the drawing of magic circles for several major cities in the North and the New World during this period of time.

Although such a result was not unacceptable, after carefully asking and understanding the situation, Perfect still expressed his disapproval. If only the constant temperature barrier of a few major cities was maintained, then the current efficiency could barely meet the needs.

However, Perficot's plan was to renovate all the energy towers in the North, and to build more energy towers in the future, so that the total number of energy towers would reach at least one thousand. This low work efficiency could not satisfy her at all.

Fortunately, drawing a magic circle does not require any special technology, as long as the accuracy is guaranteed, then Perfect can directly use mechanical drawing.

Literally mechanical drawing.

The North has computer technology that is quite usable. In addition to being used by Perfectoct to carry out mechanical logic to manufacture robots and alchemical dolls, this technology can also be applied to various production activities, including drawing magic circles.

Moreover, the accuracy of mechanical drawing is far more trustworthy than that of humans. Unless there is a program error or mechanical failure, the probability of mechanical error is much lower than that of humans.

Humans can indeed push the upper limit very high, but machines can push the lower limit very high.

Therefore, when carrying out large-scale mass production, machines are often more trustworthy and more efficient than manpower.

Faced with Perfectot's method of drawing magic circles almost like printing, the magicians naturally felt greatly insulted. Even this time, even when they were pointed at with a 75mm cannon, they still refused to cooperate with Perfectot's work.

The reason is simple. They work under the sword. After all, they are still honorable magician masters who master the core technology. They will not lower their status and position just by being a palu.

There is a fundamental difference between them and ordinary assembly line workers and civilians. Even ordinary nobles are inferior in front of magicians.

But when Perfect made their technology so that it could be replaced by machines, their value and role were also replaced, and they suddenly turned from noble magicians into dispensable social outcasts.

Such a change and gap in status is something that these magicians cannot accept in any way.

So even when facing the cannons of the Steam Knights, they refused to cooperate.

Not only that, these magicians also adopted fighting postures, as if they were ready to start fighting if they disagreed with each other.

Perfect had not expected such a situation, but she did not pay much attention to it, or perhaps the resistance of these magicians was nothing more than a game of playing house in her eyes.

If these magicians really wanted to resist and force her to accept their conditions, they should have shown more resolute resistance, such as demolishing the production factory or directly sending a few honorary magicians to kill her and force her to negotiate with them by force.

Otherwise, this kind of resistance shown when being pointed at by a cannon is just a joke that can be crushed at any time.

Real resolute resistance and opposition is not like this.

(End of this chapter)