This impressive academic exchange finally ended at night.
Silver carved candlesticks illuminated the hall. Dinner began, and during this time, the participating guests left one after another, while the remaining people chatted with each other at the dining table.
The topic still focused on the two events of the afternoon, one was about the cold disaster, and the other was the 'Dawn Age' described by the elf man.
"Marantha seems very interested in the concept of the Twilight Age."
Sitting next to Loran Hill, Westena sandwiched her favorite fruit between pieces of bread, eating while whispering.
While eating the slightly sweet grape cake, Loran Hill raised his eyes and looked at the scene in the distance. Maransha was having a pleasant conversation with the elf man from before.
"However, I am not optimistic about Ikes's idea."
As she spoke, Westena continued to comment on the man who was talking to Marantha. It was he who proposed the idea of the "Dawn Age" at the afternoon exchange meeting.
"Why?" Loran Hill was a little curious.
"Because Ikes left a bad impression on me in the past." Westena talked about her experiences in her early years at the academy. Although she was not in the same class as Ikes, she was not far behind. She had heard many rumors about Ikes at school.
"That guy is a very frivolous person. He deceived several good girls in school. After graduation, he used all kinds of means to stay in the Emerald Court so that he could have easier access to important people."
"The next time I heard about him was when he was accused of plagiarism when publishing academic work. Although he was not stripped of his position due to insufficient evidence, it did cause many people to question his ability and character."
"After being ostracized, he was forced to seek out a senior master and study under him. He remained silent for many years, and only then did his past negative image gradually fade away."
"To be honest, I just don't like people like that. If you say I'm prejudiced, there's really nothing I can do about it." Westena shook the glass in her hand and drank the cool fruit wine.
"Hehe, there are such annoying people in Westena." Loran Hill smiled, and then took a closer look at the two people in the distance.
"He said at the exchange meeting before that he had recently discovered ancient technology that could restore the floating city of the past. Is that true?"
"Well, I have to admit that he is quite eloquent and his descriptions are very appealing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to trick so many girls back then."
"If this technology can really be realized, what will be the consequences?" The girl turned her head and looked at Westena.
"I think it will change the world, but it's not that easy. I know several masters who have been dedicated to excavating ancient relics for many years, and I have communicated with them."
"The ancients' knowledge system was completely different from ours. While many things may seem to share similar principles, they're actually very difficult to reconstruct. In particular, we can't understand how they were able to manipulate such complex, large structures. Were they entirely human? That would have taken a lot of effort, and a single mistake could have led to numerous problems."
"Even during the peak of the Mercury Dynasty, the proportion of necromancers was only 2%. In other words, two out of every 100 people were necromancers. This was already the limit of the Mercury Dynasty."
"A floating city needs energy to float in the sky. Even if engraved with enchanted magic arrays, that energy consumption can be reduced, it still requires various replenishments, which requires a large number of extraordinary people. Furthermore, how can the buoyancy of the floating device be controlled to ensure consistency? Otherwise, if one part of the sky city flies high and runs away, while another part flies low and cannot exert any force, the internal structure will be stretched and loosened over time. How can the stress be dissipated? How can we obtain a strong thrust in the sky to move the city? It's all a troublesome problem."
"It looks like a floating city is just a huge rock with an anti-gravity device, but it is different from an airship. Once the number increases, various problems will arise." Westena talked about the difficulties and puzzles discovered in the academic circle in recent years.
"Indeed, it's very troublesome." Loran Hill lowered his head and ate dinner.
Ancient people not only had extraordinary skills, they also had industrial systems, electronic computer technology, and the assistance of artificial AI, so they were able to maximize the effects of extraordinary powers.
Individually, perhaps the extraordinary people in today's world are not inferior to those in the ancient twilight age, but as a whole, they are far behind.
Loran Hill recalled the information he had obtained from the ruins in the past, which recorded the construction plans of some large floating cities. There were many excellent examples, including multi-layer structures, modular structures, AI management plans, etc. In the middle and late Twilight Age, a floating city was a complete small ecosystem that was self-sufficient and full of changes, allowing the humans living there to experience different scenes and not be too bored.
However, such a plan is not very useful now. The foundation has not been laid yet, and many prerequisites still need to be implemented.
However, if it is only the early twilight, then the simplest and crudest floating city may be barely achievable. Such a floating city is more like a chain of floating islands than a city, with each plate connected by iron chains. Even internal communication requires small aircraft.
Let’s first see how the elves react. I believe that after today, topics about the cold disaster and the future will quickly become popular in the Emerald Garden.
Will they be nervous about the cold disaster, or will they be full of curiosity and anticipation for the new era? Or will they be dismissive of both and let these two things sink to the bottom of the water?
Loran Hill still doesn't have a complete understanding of the situation inside the forest elves, so it's not appropriate for him to speak suddenly or make a loud announcement for the time being.
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