The internal meeting among the legendary speakers did not cause much waves in the outside world, but some perceptive wizards still sensed the approach of war.
Because the parliament has accelerated the construction of various infrastructure projects, especially the railway network between major cities in the empire, which is the top priority and must be completed within two months.
In addition, the Parliament also transferred a large number of workers to the North and began to build various solid protective facilities there. Magic workshops also expanded their recruitment frantically, working overtime every day to produce weapons and ammunition.
The empire now has a population of 20 million, and the number of laborers alone has reached 4 million. Problems such as management chaos, enslavement of workers, and withholding of wages have followed one after another.
The most serious problem is food shortage.
After all, a large number of people leaving farming means reduced grain production and land abandonment. Fortunately, relying on the grain collected from major vendors, we managed to barely make it to the summer harvest of the new year.
The large farms covering most of the central plains had an unprecedented bumper harvest thanks to the combined effects of mechanical farming and magical fertilization. Tons of wheat were transported to all parts of the empire via the railway network, directly strangling the food crisis in the cradle before it even began.
But whether it was the joy of the harvest or the haze brought by the war, they were soon overshadowed by another major news - the magic network developed by Speaker Lin En was officially operational, and any wizard, apprentice, and even some civilians with excellent grades could join in! This was undoubtedly explosive news. Although Lin En had allowed tens of thousands of wizards to watch the results of the double-slit interference experiment through the magic network during the academic seminar, this time it affected hundreds of thousands of people in the entire empire! As soon as the news came out, countless apprentices in the empire who were trapped in limited talents and unable to complete the promotion were immediately ecstatic and joined the magic network one after another.
The most excited ones are undoubtedly the graduates from the Civilian College.
Alex was one of them, but he was undoubtedly much luckier than others. Born in the Land of Wizards, he was one of the first batch to enter the Civilian Academy. However, he was recruited early because of his excellent grades when he was only halfway through his studies, and became an envied airship pilot! However, after the war between the Parliament and the Empire ended, Alex did not continue to be promoted based on his military exploits, but chose to return to the academy to study Mathematical Olympiad, Physics, Chemistry and other subjects in depth.
Both his comrades and relatives were very confused about his decision. After all, civilians like them who had no talent for magic, no matter how well they learned, would eventually enter a wizard workshop and help the high-ranking wizards.
How many people dream of becoming a pilot and controlling a huge and sophisticated airship?
But Alex gave it up for a simple reason. He was not satisfied with it. Born in a land of wizards, he knew a secret: Speaker Lin...that magic star might have the method to turn ordinary people into wizards.
Because one of the other party's apprentices was a halfling who was recognized as having no magical talent. He had wanted to become a wizard apprentice many times, but was rejected by the Iyeta Academy. Finally, relying on his outstanding alchemy airship, he won the appreciation of Speaker Lynn. Not only was he accepted as a disciple, but he also gained the ability to cast spells.
If I perform well in the civilian college, maybe I will be noticed by a great wizard.
Of course, the probability of this happening is extremely small. Alex had been in the academy for a full six months, and had excellent grades in almost every subject, but he had never met any great wizard with a discerning eye for talent. However, he unexpectedly waited for the opportunity when the magic network opened.
Alex, who had excellent results, successfully became one of the first thousand people to try the medicine and received a [Spiritual Awakening Potion].
This thing is actually a weakened version of the [Source of Magic Power]. It was originally intended for apprentices to break through to become formal wizards. However, now that promotions can rely on the magic network to increase computing power, it is safer, so it is not needed at all.
The Parliament's potion masters weakened its effect to one-fifth of its original value so that ordinary people could take it safely. However, the efficacy was also greatly reduced, and people could only gain a little magic power.
Fortunately, this is enough, at least it meets the minimum requirements for learning meditation and connecting to the magic network.
Under the watchful eyes of a potion master, Alex took the potion with a slight tremor and drank it all in one gulp. The green liquid flowed down his throat, and then he felt waves of piercing pain and burning sensation all over his body.
But Alex didn't care, because he felt the existence of magic for the first time, his body seemed to be boiling, and his soul was leaping with joy...
"Very good, the 345th patient in the seventh experimental group had no adverse reactions..." The potion master glanced at Alex and quickly recorded the data on the paper.
About ten minutes later, Alex came back to his senses from the physical transformation brought by the potion. Then he quickly closed his eyes and tried to communicate with the magic network. A magic wave flew to the distance at the speed of light and was soon received by the magic base station.
It was a feeling as if his brain was about to explode. After Alex adjusted himself, he found himself in a dark and boundless void. Gray runes were suspended in the air, as dazzling as stars.
Alex subconsciously touched the rune closest to him, and a large amount of information suddenly flooded into his mind, and the gray rune also turned colorful.
It was the basic spell [Basic Material Deconstruction]... Alex quickly understood the information in it, and had a rough grasp of the magic casting techniques. He immediately couldn't help but touch the rest of the runes.
This time, no message came, but a reminder sounded instead.
[Ding, first-ring upper elemental magic - Multiple - Ice Blades, minimum mental strength rating required - Apprentice (not achieved), elementary chemistry diploma (achieved).]
Alex was obviously stunned for a moment, but he soon understood the meaning of the prompt tone. Of course, he had a basic chemistry diploma. After all, he passed the chemistry exam with excellent results.
As for the mental power rating, Alex checked and found that his rating was only 0.4, which was 0.1 away from the minimum standard for an apprentice.
With a clear goal and progress, Alex was not discouraged. He immediately made up his mind that after returning, he must work hard to train his mental strength and reach the standard of a wizard apprentice as soon as possible. He then learned two basic spells in the magic network, namely [Hand of the Mage] and [Water Condensation].
Alex opened his eyes again and started to experiment. Under the control of the [Hand of the Mage], the books on the table immediately floated up.
However, an ordinary person's mental strength is limited after all. Even though Alex is a leader among the common people and has taken the [Spiritual Awakening Potion], after maintaining the [Mage's Hand] for about thirty seconds, he felt dizzy in his brain and quickly canceled the spell.
The potion master recorded Alex's performance one by one, and looked at him with a complicated expression, because from today on, magic miracles were no longer the exclusive domain of gifted people. He didn't know whether this change was good or bad...
In fact, there are many wizards who share his grudges against the magic network. Some radical wizards even maliciously hope that something goes wrong with the magic network constructed by the magic star.
Although the hereditary aristocracy of the empire was uprooted, there were signs of a revival. With the rise of status and strength and the improvement of the living environment, the theory of magical bloodline also quietly emerged.
The main idea is that wizards are noble, and their bodies are filled with magical blood, so they can control the incredible power of magic! However, this trend of thought has not had time to develop enough audiences before it was broken by the magic network constructed by Lin En.
The establishment of the magic network system means that even civilians who have no magical talent at all can gain power comparable to theirs through learning, so naturally there are endless voices of opposition.
Fortunately, this sound did not last long, and it became smaller and smaller. The reason was that more and more wizards found that the magic network was too convenient! Calling computing power to assist in promotion is just one of the functions. You can also intuitively see your remaining magic reserves, detect your physical fitness, assist in magic experiments, and even assist in combat to a certain extent. However, this is an advanced option, and not everyone can apply for it.
According to rumors, the magic star also plans to continue adding communication and currency trading functions...
This made the wizards who gradually became familiar with the magic network reluctant to give it up, and accordingly, the voices of opposition naturally decreased a lot.
On the other side, Lin En also received the experiment report of [Spirit Awakening Potion].
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"A thousand people all succeeded? It seems we can consider large-scale promotion." Lin En thought to himself. He was not surprised by the result. It was just to let a person have initial magic power, which was not too difficult.
The only problem with large-scale promotion is the lack of materials. Each bottle of [Spiritual Awakening Potion] consumes a lot of magic potion reserves. Even if the parliament occupies the entire continent and obtains part of the church's magic potion reserves, it is only enough to make 50,000 bottles.
However, the gains from laying the magic network throughout the empire this time are also enormous. Now, there are 19,000 official wizards connected to the magic network, and more than 300,000 apprentices.
Lin En, who had tried the magic network link, found that with the help of computing power, he was only a short distance away from the limit of the nine-ring wizard.
Thinking of this, Lin En turned his gaze to the several open books on the table. Recently, he took the time to finish reading the books written by "Element Master" Artok. Indeed, he could only be described as crazy.
It was filled with all kinds of groundless speculations and fantasies. Fortunately, Lin En managed to find some clues about quantization from the few words in it. It seemed to be related to his own soul. He also had some guesses about what to do, but he was not 100% sure.
He has also found time to complete the quantum theory that integrates the special and general theories of relativity. It has been divided into ten manuscripts, which he plans to publish one by one. Only grand wizards and above can view them.
If they could break the great wizards' fear of microscopic phenomena before the war in which the Lord of the Undead invades this world begins, they would be able to recruit a few more legendary fighters.
Finally, there is the issue of obtaining antimatter!
This is the weapon that Lin En agreed to use to deal with the Lord of the Dead. It destroys everything through the powerful force brought by the annihilation effect of positive and antimatter. However, how to obtain antimatter has become a problem! Antimatter is like the mirror image of ordinary matter, just like the Taoist Yin-Yang theory, everything has a positive and a negative! However, unlike what many people imagine, antimatter is not uncommon. Instead, it is everywhere. Whether in the surrounding space or in the body, positive and antiparticles will appear continuously.
They exist for a very short time, often annihilating each other and releasing energy the moment they appear.
When this phenomenon was first detected, many researchers in history even said that the law of conservation of energy had been broken! Because these positive and negative particles appeared out of thin air, and even emerged from the vacuum without any signs.
Of course, subsequent research has proved that the law of conservation of energy remains stable, but a vacuum is not really nothing, or in other words, the Federation's technological level is not yet able to truly expel all matter and energy.
As for antimatter extraction devices, there are quite a few in the intelligent computer. For example, the most advanced antimatter extractor has an antiparticle trap inside that can capture antiparticles emerging from the vacuum and store them.
However, it is obvious that they cannot produce such convenient high-tech, so they still use some ancient methods, such as the collision between high-energy particles.
When enough energy is used to smash the particles together, some of the energy is converted into antimatter.
This requires the use of a magic high-speed particle collider, which he has already had built in secret, but has not announced to the public for the sake of confidentiality.
"I just don't know if antimatter can also be analyzed and controlled by magic..." Lin En thought to himself. This was also the problem that worried him the most, because mass production of antimatter was almost impossible at their level, and there was not enough time.
The only solution is to create some anti-hydrogen atoms, analyze them through the [Great Disintegration], and then use magic to mass-produce them, just like they magicalized nuclear explosions, and construct corresponding spells to perform [Anti-matter Annihilation]! While thinking, Lin En sorted out the manuscripts and called Alok to compile some of the relativity manuscripts into a book, make a hundred copies, and send them to the great wizards in the parliament who study quantum phenomena.
It's a pity that there is too little time. There are only about three months left. If they could have a few more years, they would definitely be more relaxed...
(End of this chapter)
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