'The eleventh Dharma ring is not complete. It is the boundary ring between the Dharma ring and the void.'

'Its biggest feature is that there is no ring pressure.'

'Because of this, after breaking through it, the soul power will flow back into the magic ring, causing the soul to collapse and disintegrate in an instant.'

When reading this, Rosen felt as if he was entering the vacuum of the universe from the atmospheric environment, and he felt a little scared.

"I tried so hard to break through before, but now it seems that I am just courting death."

He continued reading.

'Because the magic ring is incomplete, there is no law restriction, so the upper limit of soul strength becomes very high.'

"As long as we solve the two key problems of 'spiritual energy backflow' and 'power absorption', the soul can exist in the eleventh ring and continue to grow stronger."

'I don't know how to solve the spiritual power backflow, but there are two general solutions for power absorption.'

'One is the mortal faith method. The other is the soul burning method.'

The above is Mediana’s rough summary of breaking through the eleven rings.

Some neither rough nor detailed knowledge is written at the end, which briefly introduces the differences between the Faith Method and the Soul Burning Method.

The value is quite high and can help Rosen save a lot of research funds, but there is almost no knowledge about the specific operational details.

After all, Mediana is only a seventh-ring mage, and it is very good that she knows so much.

As he read this knowledge, Rosen recalled his past practice experiences and his understanding of the power of the Dharma Ring, and he sighed inwardly.

"That is to say, the mages in the first ten rings have always been well taken care of by the rings, like babies sucking on a pacifier."

'But the eleven rings have grown from babies to adults, just like humans going from Earth to the universe. Without the protection of the atmosphere, even the most basic breathing needs to be solved by itself.'

'Whether you can survive and how far you can go depends entirely on yourself.'

"I want to break through the eleventh ring. I need to understand the rings, the soul, and the laws of the world to a very deep level."

Let’s look at another piece of knowledge, which is Aoli Conversion.

This knowledge is quite detailed and takes up the main part of the booklet.

The difficulty is not too high, you can use it directly after a few minor modifications.

He planned to hand it over to Cavendish and Bell, two talented research wizards, to help him study it.

The knowledge required to break through the eleven Dharma rings is really too advanced.

There was no one to help him for now, so he had to figure it out on his own.

"Crash~"

In the private study in the inner house of Swan Castle, Rosen put down the book, put one hand on it, and tapped it one by one with his fingers.

"If what Mediana said is true, then breaking through the eleventh ring is imperative."

"This is not only my personal practice, but also concerns the future destiny of the entire human race."

Otherwise, tragedies similar to the Howling Plains might happen in the Natural Alliance.

As he had the money on hand, Rosen immediately pulled out the experimental plan he had written earlier, made some adjustments based on the knowledge provided by Mediana, and then drafted a document named "Project Dawn" with the highest confidentiality level.

Pass the document to the clone, and the clone notifies the head of internal affairs, Alai.

First, we found the director of the Weilan Foreign Affairs Agency, Stoner, and the director of the Security Bureau, Turilan.

In the study room by the lake, the clone had already written two copies of the document and handed each to his most trusted subordinate.

"I want to set up a top-secret laboratory to study the mysteries of life and soul."

"You have two tasks."

"First, help me find a group of relevant talents in the All-Nature Alliance."

"Second, secretly build a large-scale experimental center underground in Mont County."

"All the relevant requirements are written above, you can read it for yourself."

After Stonard and Turilan took a closer look, they both nodded and said in unison, "I understand!"

"Do it right away."

The two men immediately turned and left.

Immediately afterwards, Rosen found Acting Minister of State Kruber.

"I need the cabinet to approve an emergency grant of approximately 500,000 Oggs for secret experimental research. The specific content cannot be disclosed because it involves Weilan's safety."

It was the first time Kluber heard Rosen use this term.

There have been secret experimental studies in the past, but Rosen would always briefly explain the contents.

As Rosen's confidant, he naturally had no objection and just had to cooperate. However, since the citizen system was adopted, there would be different voices in the cabinet.

"Lord, this is a lot of money, and we need a reasonable reason."

After all, as the family became larger and wealthier, the amount of government affairs also increased, so there was an additional permanent cabinet than before, specifically to assist the Duke in handling government affairs.

The cabinet includes the Minister of State, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Taxation, the Minister of Magic, etc., together with various secretaries, a total of hundreds of people, covering all areas of Weilan's method.

With more people, there are more voices and more procedures.

Not only are there different voices in the cabinet, there are also many enthusiastic citizens who have nothing to do.

These people took the "citizens" seriously and attached great importance to the promises made by the Duke Rosen.

Although he doesn't have much ability, he is very interested in politics. He likes to keep an eye on the cabinet's every move, especially daily expenses, for fear that everyone's money is wasted.

But we are not fools.

After a few times of doing whatever you want, the credit you have previously accumulated is gone, and all the laws and regulations become a joke.

This will severely dampen the enthusiasm of the new citizens of Weilan.

Enthusiasm is very important. It can greatly enhance people's subjective initiative and thus greatly stimulate the improvement of production efficiency.

If this thing were gone, we would essentially be returning to the aristocratic age, or even the slave age, and everyone would become zombies living from day to day.

Therefore, if Rosen wants to do something really big and go a long way, he must take the lead in abiding by the rules he sets.

If he wants to spend money, that's fine, but he has to let everyone know where the money is spent, and it would be best if as many people as possible feel that the money is well spent.

Such reasons are a bit difficult to find for contemporary rulers.

Because it is impossible for a person to imagine something that he has never seen.

But for Rosen, there are a lot of good reasons.

He thought for a moment and said, "Let's just say we're setting up a medical laboratory."

"This laboratory is mainly used to study treatments for various epidemic diseases, such as tuberculosis, pediatric lung disease, encephalopathy, fever, and difficult labor for women."

These diseases are indeed quite harmful to the general public and are one of the main causes of death among ordinary people, so it is a good opportunity to study them together.

Rosen also had an idea in his mind: "It seems that we have to split the Duke's personal property and Weilan's public property. Hmm, this doesn't seem to be easy to split."

As more private property was demolished, the subordinates naturally followed suit, and soon there were new mountains of interests.

If you don’t dismantle enough, it will be useless.

After careful consideration, Rosen decided to find an opportunity to demolish it.

Because as civic awareness gradually takes root in people's hearts, it will eventually be demolished.

"As a duke, I will receive a fixed salary from the Citizens Bank, just like the northern nobles. However, as long as Weilan is here, the salary of the duke who has been passed down from generation to generation will be high."

The salary is not high, just 10,000 Ogg a year.

Of course, this is the explicit salary, and what really matters are the implicit benefits.

For example, the White Swan Castle is used and maintained by public funds, and the children receive education from the best masters since childhood, etc.

On the other side, Kluber's eyes lit up: "Lord, this reason is very legitimate. I will go back and discuss the funding."

Then he asked, "Lord, is 500,000 Ogg enough?"

Weilan is very rich now. 18 million Oger has just arrived in her account, and she has also got some paper money. She can squeeze out a lot of money easily.

"It's enough for now. If it's not enough, add more."

"clear."

Kruber responded but did not turn around and leave.

"Lord, there is one more thing. It is about food supply."

"In the past year, the price of grain in Witt Continent has risen by 20%. It was originally increasing in an orderly manner, but the recent rate of increase is somewhat abnormal."

"What do you mean?"

This matter is very important and Rosen takes it very seriously.

"It's a little too fast. It seems like someone is behind it."

"At the same time, Weilan's own food supply is still insufficient, and it will need to purchase large quantities of food for at least the next two years."

"If food prices continue to rise like this, I'm afraid it will far exceed the rate at which we can earn foreign currency."

Rosen certainly knew this.

Although the entire Weilan has been increasing food production, food is not something that can be grown from the ground immediately when you want it.

Although the South has no shortage of farmers and fertile land, it lacks both high-quality seeds and planting experience because it has not grown grain crops for a long time.

The production of mountain potatoes on the White Sturgeon Island has also been increasing rapidly, but it takes time to reclaim wasteland, and people cannot eat only potatoes.

Therefore, it will take at least two years to achieve self-sufficiency in food in Weilan.

As a result, the past two years have been very passive.

Not only does purchasing grain require a large amount of money, but it may also be targeted and strangled by opponents.

"I know about this and will find a way to solve it as soon as possible."

Kluber really couldn't think of any solution Rosen could come up with.

But past experience told him that this Mage Duke could always find a way out even when the road seemed hopeless.

So he saluted again and turned away.

This is how the soul laboratory is arranged for the time being. Once the laboratory is set up, I believe there will be a lot of progress soon.

But the second thing Kluber said caught Rosen's attention.

He had a vague feeling: 'I'm afraid someone is secretly manipulating international food prices!'

Although manipulating food prices is extremely unethical, it can indeed make a lot of money and is also directly related to Weilan's food security.

"We need to find out the reason."

(End of this chapter)