This undoubtedly meant good news. Raphael had successfully delayed the pace of the undead just as he expected, buying them enough time.
The Parliament spent three and a half months using magic to build a three-kilometer-long protective bunker to block the entrance and exit of the valley. It also mobilized more than 300,000 troops to be stationed in the north, moved all kinds of new weapons over, and prepared to respond to invasion at any time.
Preparations for war in foreign lands have also reached the final stage.
Nearly 70% of the wizards of the council have arrived at the base outside the valley. A huge protective barrier covers the entire valley, and fifteen Yangyan cannons are pointed in the direction of the space-time gate - this is one of the council's biggest trump cards.
Each Yangyan Cannon can release three times of [Atomic Breath] under extreme conditions, and its tremendous power is enough to scare any legend.
Even if several speakers of the parliament work together to enter this valley, they may not be able to get out.
But their opponent this time is the Lord of the Undead who has ruled and devoured several worlds, a veteran god and a high-dimensional life form beyond cognition. No one dares to say that such an arrangement can stop the opponent.
"Unfortunately, the time is still too short. We can't mobilize all the magic crystal cannons and armored vehicles here." Sanchez, who was in charge of dispatching personnel, said regretfully.
Although the parliament had ordered the construction of the railway early on, the train capacity was limited after all, and three months was far from enough. In the end, Sanchez even suggested waiting for a while.
Considering the difference in the passage of time between the two places, as long as Raphael and others can hold on for two days, they will be able to get another half a month of preparation time.
Although Lin En also felt that time was a bit tight, he shook his head after thinking for a while. "Master Raphael and the other wizards who entered the foreign land have completed what they should do. The remaining problems are ours to solve."
“And other places also need protection. If we concentrate all our strength here and the enemy suddenly launches an attack from other space-time gates, the consequences will be serious.” Lin En said solemnly.
Sanchez thought about the scene and immediately stopped talking. Then he complained about the huge laboratory that Linn asked him to build in the north. More than one-third of the workers in the parliament wasted their energy there.
Originally, Harof had asked him to send people to hollow out the entire valley and make a huge trap, but it has only been half completed so far.
"By the way, how is the preparation of my particle collision laboratory going? Is it completed?" Lin En asked expectantly.
"It was built ten days ago. Didn't you send those alchemists over to confirm it?" Sanchez replied puzzled.
The laboratory that Lin En required covered an area of several kilometers. The workload was no less than that of the protective wall. It was also very mysterious. Even he was not told what it was used for.
"That's because building the venue is just the first step. As for what it is used for, you will know in a while!" Lin En said mysteriously.
Sanchez had to suppress his curiosity, because they were about to open the space-time gate and let Lydia and others enter to meet Master Raphael's exotic exploration team, and they couldn't leave now.
The wait did not last too long, and a silver-white fighter plane soon appeared in the distant sky.
Probably to take care of the two airships assisting in the operation from behind, Lydia did not turn on the supersonic mode, but even so, the extremely fast speed and beautiful appearance made Sanchez, who saw a jet fighter for the first time, amazed.
Amidst a roar, the fighter plane smoothly completed the deceleration and landing operation and stopped on the specially built runway outside together with two larger airships.
Dennis and others immediately stepped forward, made a final check, and replaced the magic stones that drove the internal alchemy array with new ones to ensure the energy supply outside the domain.
"It seems that your flying skills have become more and more proficient, Lydia!" Lynn walked forward, looked at the half-orc girl who opened the windshield, and said with a smile.
During the first test flight, although Lydia performed very well, she still showed a sense of unfamiliarity during takeoff, landing, and cruising.
"Of course!" Lydia said proudly. In the past two weeks, she had to conduct ten hours of ultra-high-intensity flying training almost every day.
This is already very exaggerated, because when flying at three times the speed of sound, the body needs to withstand a lot of pressure. If Lydia had not become a wizard, and if the halflings had not had a strong physique, she would have collapsed long ago.
Even so, after each training session, he needs to drink a potion to heal physical injuries.
Lin En turned around and asked several great wizards who were responsible for detecting the space-time gate to open the closed space-time node. Then he looked at Lydia again and reminded her solemnly.
"Be careful when you go in, Lydia! Entering the alien realm will directly interrupt the connection to the magic network. Then you can only rely on yourself!"
"If you find that things are impossible to do, withdraw as soon as possible. Your safety is equally important. Do you understand?" Lin En continued to instruct.
"Don't worry, I will complete the task!" Lydia smiled and saluted.
Lin En shook his head and said nothing more. He handed the three alchemical creations to the half-orc girl and explained their functions.
Since it is impossible to connect to the magic network outside the domain, Lydia, who originally relied on the magic network connection to perform detection spells, will lose the ability to locate the enemy at high altitudes.
These alchemical creations can replace the magic network and cast specific magic. One of them is used to help Lydia find Raphael and others in a foreign land.
Lydia put away the three alchemical creations, asked about their usage, then lowered the fighter's windshield and prepared to set off.
The closed space-time gate has also been opened, and its diameter is getting bigger and bigger, soon exceeding forty meters. A large amount of magic power gushed out from the surging space-time node, and a small amount of sand and stone was swept in together.
Lydia pressed the switch of the fighter's thrusters and shouted loudly.
"charge!"
"I hope everything goes well." Sanchez sighed softly as he watched the airship disappear from his sight.
Once they entered the space-time gate, the connection between the two worlds was cut off, and all they could do now was wait.
Lin En quickly turned his gaze back and interrupted, "Come on, take me to the newly built laboratory!"
It is enough to have other people watching here. Two more of them will not make much difference, and two less of them will not make much difference. Not to mention that we don’t know how long Lydia’s rescue mission will take. If it takes one hour, then it will take a full seven hours here.
This time cannot be wasted! Sanchez nodded and led Lin En to fly out of the valley. The collision laboratory was not far from the fortress.
Firstly, it is to facilitate the transfer of personnel, and secondly, placing the laboratory here also makes it easier to monitor the movements of the space-time gate.
Five minutes later, the two stepped into the huge laboratory together. Just like what they saw from the outside, the interior of the laboratory was very simple and empty, but the huge circular device in the center immediately attracted Sanchez's attention.
It was a very long pipe with almost no end in sight. The outside was covered by circles of mithril rings, extending to the end of the field of vision. One could vaguely see that each ring was engraved with dense alchemical runes.
"How is it? Is this thing working?" Lin En looked at several alchemists who were busy and asked.
"According to your instructions, the electromagnetic drive array has been set up, but it has not been tested yet!" replied the leading alchemist.
The latest chapter of this novel was first released on 6@9shu#bar. Please go to 69shu#bar to read it!
"Is this thing used to launch electromagnetic cannons?" Sanchez asked curiously.
In his impression, the electromagnetically driven array is generally used to launch electromagnetic weapons.
After improvements by many great wizards in the Magic Research Institute, the Parliament's latest railgun can now easily reach a speed of fifteen times the speed of sound. Its destructive power is extremely terrifying, and it can directly penetrate steel plates more than half a meter thick. If it hits the flesh, it will definitely leave no trace.
But even so, the track used for launch is only about seven meters long. This time, Lin En actually built such a big lineup, an electromagnetic acceleration device that is several kilometers long. The shells launched from it must have terrifying speed and destructive power.
Lin En shook his head in amusement, then explained, "This is an electromagnetic cyclotron accelerator, used to accelerate particles!"
"Accelerated particles?" Sanchez frowned in confusion.
"That's right!" Lin En nodded. "Our current understanding of the internal structure of atoms all comes from speculation and the results of alpha scattering experiments. If we want to verify whether this conclusion is correct, there is a simple way, which is to knock them apart and see what is inside!"
"It's just that because atoms carry negative charges at the same time, they will repel each other when they get close to each other. This requires extremely fast speeds to overcome this repulsion between atoms and allow them to collide smoothly," Lin En explained.
Of course, his real purpose was not to study the internal structure of atoms, but to find antimatter! Using high-speed particles to knock elements apart and check the structure inside... Lin En's fantastic idea made Sanchez smack his lips, but it sounded like it was really feasible.
Lin En didn't waste any time and immediately expanded the field. Since the time to build this experimental field was too short and even the vacuum pipes could not be built, magic would be needed to replace the functions of some instruments.
A group of alchemists immediately got busy, using magic to control a beam of particles into the accelerator's orbit.
Just one second later, Lin En used the wizard's hand to activate the switch. Under the influence of powerful electromagnetic force, the particle flow began to circle and accelerate rapidly in a track that was several kilometers long.
With every half turn, its speed increases by one thousand kilometers per second, and the increased speed causes the particle flow to slightly deviate from its orbit. Its trajectory is like a vortex with a spiral outside, and its speed is getting faster and faster.
At this speed, as long as it can hit the target, there is a high probability that it will knock the nucleus apart!
Lin En focused all his attention on this beam of particle flow, but such a fast speed was completely beyond the limit of his perception. Even if he concentrated all his attention, he could only detect a trace of the particle flow as it passed by.
After circling fifty times, its speed has exceeded 30,000 kilometers per second, which is one tenth of the speed of light. This is close to the maximum speed within their capabilities.
This beam of particles also successfully reached the orbit where the target was located. In almost one ten-thousandth of a second, the two crossed each other at an extremely fast speed!
Lin En's mind tensed up immediately, and then he shook his head in disappointment. "What a pity, I missed it."
"Let's do it again, this time use double the particle flow!" Lin En glanced at the alchemists and continued speaking.
The alchemists immediately followed their instructions and increased the number of particle beams to four thousand. However, even so, if they wanted to successfully hit the target at high speed, they still needed some luck, after all, both were too small! Fortunately, for wizards, capturing atoms was not a difficult task, and they had enough materials to conduct experiments.
Lin En was also very patient. For more than four hours, nearly thirty failures did not shake him at all.
However, it was a bit tormenting for Sanchez and others who were already uncertain. They even began to doubt whether the method of knocking atoms apart through collision was really feasible.
At this moment, Lynn's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly focused his field on the impact point.
Sanchez's face also showed a look of deep astonishment. Although his perception ability was much weaker than Lin's, he used some tricks, which was to focus his attention on those targets.
And now one of those targets disappeared from his perception.
The alchemists present were also staring at the impact point. Although microscopic particles could not be seen by the naked eye, and even the perception of legendary wizards was difficult to detect, Lin En had specially arranged a cloud chamber around the impact point! Just like when he monitored the alpha radiation particles, the bursting high-speed particles shot into the thick water vapor, leaving a clear trail of mist... like a flower of mist blooming in the void.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
