Afternoon, kerosene city.
Following a decree from the parliament, all the alchemists who could come to the fore gathered in the lobby of the former Duke's mansion.
They need to draw the most massive alchemy formation ever!
The scope was the entire mansion, a total of 1.72 million runes! Prior to this, the elemental wizards had cast a spell to remove all the decorations and furniture, and hollowed out the underground 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 the magic experiment!
"What kind of magic requires so many runes?" Tik was holding a blueprint of his own, drawing on the ground while muttering to himself.
He could see that the part he was responsible for seemed to be the formation used to guide magic power.
This thing is usually used to build up momentum to cast some kind of magic, but making such a big scene is really thought-provoking.
Like Tik, the more than 500 alchemists involved couldn't help but wonder what such a huge magic circle was used for.
"I heard that Master Lin En is preparing to create a new sun on earth!" an alchemist said in a low voice.
"The sun? Charlie, this joke is not funny..." The witch next to him sneered and shook her head.
What is the sun? It is the star hanging high above their heads, the source of light. According to the predictions of those prophet scientists, the mass of the sun is at least a million times that of the planet under their feet. If it moves a little, the continent under their feet will be destroyed. That would be the real end of the world!
I'm not joking... Charlie, the wizard, was quite helpless. This was top-secret information he had secretly obtained! "Stop chatting! Be serious. This alchemy array is very important. We need to complete it as quickly as possible. Not a single symbol can be wrong!" Vittorio ordered solemnly.
This promotion ceremony was related to his life and property as well as the possibility of becoming a legend, so Vittorio was naturally very concerned about it. Not only was he responsible for the most core arrangement of the magic circle, he would also personally check the arrangement of every rune whenever he had free time.
Under the personal supervision of the Speaker, no one dared to be lazy. Tik and others worked hard and focused on the work at hand.
When Lin En entered the manor, he saw a scene of hundreds of people gathered together to draw a picture...
"How's the progress, Lord Vittorio?" Lynn asked softly.
"Not bad. Most of the problems have been solved. I used a duplex structure to form this alchemy array, so that even if there are errors in one or two areas of the array, it will not affect the overall situation..." Vittorio took Lin En to wander around the manor, explaining to him in detail the layout of the array and the prepared plans.
Lin En nodded repeatedly. He was very satisfied with Vittorio's caution. Once the nuclear fusion reactor gets out of control, it's no joke! No matter how much preparation is made, it can't be said to be completely safe! "In short, we have done the limit of our capabilities." Vittorio sighed.
This time he put into use all he had learned throughout his life and gathered the elite strength of the entire parliament!
If even this is not possible, then even if the soul is annihilated in the energy riot during the promotion ceremony, Vittorio feels that it will not be unfair!
"Relax, as long as we make sure that everything is arranged properly, I think success should not 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 it is extremely difficult, but for Lin En, the construction of a nuclear fusion reactor is very common, and there are only some technical difficulties in miniaturizing it.
Vittorio examined the drawing carefully as if it were 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 problems.
If an atomic bomb breaks up uranium, splitting a large element into several smaller ones, then nuclear fusion is the opposite, combining two small elements into a larger one! Of course, the principles of their energy generation are the same, that is, in the process of splitting or combining, there will inevitably be a loss of mass, and this loss of mass is the source of the terrifying energy of a nuclear explosion...
There are many technical difficulties in nuclear reactors, but there are roughly two truly fatal problems!
One is how to heat the fusion material to a high enough temperature.
In order to promote nuclear fusion, it is necessary to use the strong nuclear force, one of the four fundamental forces, so that the two atomic nuclei will be tightly combined together instead of being repelled by the same electric charge.
But the strong nuclear force has a very short range of action, and requires the two atomic nuclei to be very close to each other.
This distance needs to be maintained at the order of 10-15 meters, which is 0.000001 nanometers.
This is undoubtedly a despairing number!
But there is a solution, that is high temperature and high pressure!
Judging from the atmospheric pressure of the planet below our feet, the temperature needs to be raised to over 100 million degrees to achieve this. This leads to the second question - what kind of container can be used to hold fusion materials with temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius!
After the mass-energy equation was proposed, these two problems have troubled mankind for more than a hundred years.
Fortunately, there are relevant information and drawings in the 071 database.
After careful consideration, Lin En planned to use laser focusing to achieve the temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees. It happened that they had developed laser magic before, so as long as the magic power was sufficient, they should be able to achieve this smoothly.
The remaining question is how to restrain this force! Combining the abilities of the wizards, Lin En thinks that he can try to use magnetic field restraint core or gravitational restraint!
As for which one to use...
Theoretically, gravitational constraints are the most reliable. For example, the reason why stars can maintain their shape unchanged under violent fusion reactions is that the influence of gravity forms a balance with the internal fusion reactions.
If they can replicate this, they will be able to truly simulate a small sun!
However, it is not easy to create a large source of gravity. He once asked Harof, but got a negative answer. Moreover, the influence of gravity is very wide. By then, not to mention this manor, the whole city may be sucked in.
"Using invisible magnetic fields to restrain powerful energy? What a great idea!" Vittorio happened to see this and marveled at Lynn's ingenious idea.
He could see that the blueprint was very complete, which proved that Lynn's artificial sun plan was not just a groundless fantasy, but was supported by a rigorous set of magical theories.
This made Vittorio feel much more at ease...
"By the way, what's going on in the Vatican recently? Is there any new situation?" Vittorio handed the drawings back and asked.
It has been a long time since they defeated the expeditionary army. The other side might be afraid of the threat brought by the nuclear explosion and dare not invade on a large scale, but he knew very well that the Holy See would never allow them to continue to develop.
Lin En recalled the intelligence he received yesterday and explained, "According to the spies' reports, three evil gods have occurred in the empire in the past few months. Coupled with the impact of the witch hunt, the empire is not at peace 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 forces to fight them.
The construction of a nuclear reactor would take two or three months no matter how fast it was built... The extraction of heavy hydrogen would take about two months! Without the same level of power to deal with the incarnation of the false god, they were forced to use nuclear explosion magic, which killed ten thousand enemies but injured eight thousand of their own.
Strong energy waves cannot distinguish between friend and foe. Last time, the land dozens of kilometers outside the city was destroyed. This time, it might be the kerosene city or the royal capital.
Lin En also smiled. It seemed that they had spread the news of the expeditionary army's defeat so widely that all the restless people who had been hiding in the dark came out.
Although he felt it was a pity that this had triggered a large-scale witch hunt, leading to the tragic deaths of many wizards, the Vatican was also busy at the moment, and it should be able to buy them some time.
As for those evil gods and their believers, Lin En did not have any good feelings towards them. These oldest psychic wizards had been eroded by the power of faith and had lost their minds. If the Church could successfully eliminate these people, it would naturally be the best! In this way, when they take over in the future, they will not need to free up their hands to clean up these troubles.
As the two were discussing, a servant came in with a file and interrupted respectfully, "Mr. Speaker, Master Lin En, this is intelligence about the Empire."
Lin En took the paper, took a look at it, and then frowned.
What a coincidence?
"What's wrong?" Vittorio asked in confusion.
"It's about the disaster caused by the evil god!" Lin En explained. According to the report of the spies, three disasters caused by the evil god occurred in the empire, but the strange thing was that they were eliminated one by one 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 acquiring the power of faith, their strength can reach the pseudo-legendary level, which is definitely not something that ordinary clergy can handle.
Generally speaking, once the believers awaken the evil god, it means tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of casualties. The local church alone has almost no ability to resist, and it must be handled by legendary clergy.
This time was different. Three consecutive disasters caused by evil gods were easily suppressed, as if the top leaders of the Vatican had received the news in advance and were lying in ambush there.
"This is indeed a bit strange." Vittorio stroked his white beard, wondering what the Vatican was up to.
In addition, there is another piece of information worth noting. The wizard in charge of communications received a strange electromagnetic wave signal yesterday evening.
Since electromagnetic waves travel too fast, they have no way of confirming their source, let alone the ability to decipher them. After careful consideration, they can only use electromagnetic magic to interfere with them.
Has anyone actually developed the use of electromagnetic waves in magic?
Lin En was very curious, but more of a vigilant one, because the most common use of this thing was usually to transmit information!
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Three days later, in a luxurious castle in the kingdom's capital, dozens of nobles in gorgeous clothes and with resentful expressions were gathering together to hold a secret meeting.
"These damn wizards dared to occupy the territory in the eastern part of the kingdom without permission and punish and kill the nobles of the kingdom at will. Who gave them the right?"
Marquis Mortain roared hysterically in the castle, drawing echoes from the other nobles.
During the more than one year that the wizards have occupied the royal capital, thanks to the substantial ruling benefits brought by expelling the church, many people have changed their attitudes and gradually accepted the current situation where wizards have replaced the church.
Even Mortan, who claimed to have the most devout faith in the Lord, had to grit his teeth and acknowledge the wizard's right to manage the kingdom after witnessing the phantom of God being blown up and hearing the news of the expeditionary army's successive defeats.
However, the basis of all cooperation is based on the fact that both parties abide by the rules! The rule is that the nobles rule the mortal world, and the wizards rule the extraordinary! However, the actions of those wizards in recent times have made them feel deeply afraid!
During the process of recovering the kingdom's territory and conquering the empire, large numbers of nobles were hanged, all their properties were confiscated, and their children and servants were forced to become lowly laborers, doing the same work as the poor. How could they not feel angry and fearful!
"What about His Majesty the King? Will he just allow the entire eastern territory of the kingdom to be seized by wizards?" A viscount of the kingdom said in disbelief.
"Your Majesty?" Mortan said mockingly. "A fake king, a puppet who was promoted to power."
He heard from a guard that the wizards did send people to ask for instructions after occupying the city.
But it was just a request! The other party had already done the job. In addition to agreeing, did King Hattar have any other choice?
The nobles who participated in the discussion were also getting more and more excited. If it weren't for their help and cooperation, how could those wizards manage such a large kingdom? The entire kingdom would have been torn apart by the attacks of believers and mobs!
Now it is obvious that the other party wants to cross the river and destroy the bridge. Today, the only ones who will suffer are the nobles in the eastern part of the kingdom who oppose the wizards. But if the wizards deal with all the opponents, then it will probably be their turn next...
(End of this chapter)