'Sizzle~~~~~~~~Sizzle~~~'

In the magic laboratory, tiny metal arcs appeared synchronously on two rune silver forks that were more than ten meters apart.

The strange thing is that Rosen only infused power into one of the silver forks, while the other silver fork clearly had no source of power.

"You must have played some trick and secretly added something to this silver fork."

Serena had an 'I don't believe you' expression on her face.

Rosen smiled: "Why, did you feel the fluctuation of mana on the second fork?"

He asked this because mages are extremely sensitive to fluctuations in mana, and the higher the ring number, the more sensitive they are.

As a fourth-ring mage, Selena believed that there were few mages in the world who could hide the fluctuations of their magic power in front of her, especially since her husband was only a second-ring intermediate mage.

So she was confused.

"I didn't detect any fluctuations, but I think you must have secretly tampered with the metal fork, such as hiding a tiny lightning house inside."

Rosen smiled slightly: "My dear madam, you can check it yourself."

"I'm going to check it out carefully."

She picked up the simple silver rune fork and examined it over and over again, even using transfiguration alchemy to roll it into a ball, pull it into threads, and grind it into sheets.

As a result, nothing was found except pure silver metal.

“That’s strange.”

Rosen smiled and said, "Restore it to its previous state."

Serena did as she was told and put the silver fork back where it belonged.

Rosen once again activated the power of the silver fork in his hand.

"Sizzle~Sizzle~"

The two silver forks emitted electric light synchronously again.

Selena finally understood.

"There is an invisible lightning force that has been transferred from the silver fork in your hand, just like the 'ghost transfer' phenomenon of psychic power, right?"

"Pah~~"

Rosen snapped his fingers and said, "Yes, this is the 'ghost lightning' phenomenon that I accidentally discovered during my magic experiment."

Selena was a little confused: "It's amazing, but the efficiency of power transfer seems to be very low."

Because the electric light on the silver fork in Rosen's hand was obviously brighter than that on the other silver fork, the efficiency of power transfer was less than one percent.

Rosen smiled: "It is indeed very low. It is basically useless in combat, but it can be used for long-distance communication."

Selena is also a very knowledgeable wizard. She immediately said, "There are many remote communication spells. I know more than a dozen of them."

"The farthest one, 'Meeting in a Dream', may even be transmitted thousands of miles away."

"It's far away, but Meeting in a Dream is extremely unstable, isn't it?"

Talking about magic, Selena became excited.

"If you're talking about stability, then the third ring of Psychic Resonance can stably transmit messages within thirty kilometers, and it doesn't consume much mana."

"As long as we set up a magic outpost every thirty kilometers, we can transmit information thousands of miles away in a very short time."

"In fact, there are many special telepathic communication routes like this in the Wit Continent. There are even many telepathic communication mages and special telepathic communication stations."

While listening, Rosen ordered a black-clad guard to bring two black boxes as big as small schoolbags to him.

After Selena finished speaking, he raised two fingers and said, "I have also heard of the telepathic communication station, but this thing has two insurmountable flaws."

"First, the transmission and relay of the message must be conducted by a mage."

Selena shrugged: "Telepathy is not difficult. There are many high-level mages who can do it."

Rosen immediately asked back: "But each node is at most 30 kilometers long, so how can we cross the 200-kilometer-wide Gilded Strait?"

Selena insisted: "We can build a ship in the sea."

"What if a storm comes? How can we maintain real-time communication with moving ocean-going ships?"

Selena was speechless because she knew her husband was right, so she turned her eyes to the black box in his hand.

"So, this is the communication device you built based on 'Ghost Lightning'?"

She walked over and looked at it carefully.

The main body is a black box with a telescopic metal rod on one side and a shoulder strap on one side, indicating that this thing can be carried on the back.

I reached out and picked it up again, and found that it was quite heavy, probably about ten pounds.

"Your lightning weapon is not ordinary heavy."

Rosen smiled: "Of course it is heavy, because there is a small lightning house inside that is powered by sunlight."

Selena immediately understood the advantages of this magic weapon: "So, ordinary people can use it?"

"Yes, anyone can do it, even a monkey or a cat. As long as they can press down and fit the two pieces of metal together, it can easily achieve the 'ghost transfer' of lightning."

"If you put it at a slightly higher altitude, such as a mountain top, the ghost lightning can be transmitted 100 kilometers away and stably received by another black box."

Selena was surprised: "100 kilometers, that's enough to cover the entire Sturgeon Island."

The White Sturgeon Island is oblong in shape, somewhat similar to the front feet of a rooster, but its north-south length is only a little over 70 kilometers, and its total land area is approximately 3,000 square kilometers, which can be easily covered.

Rosen smiled and added: "The 60-kilometer Wind Rest Strait can be easily crossed."

Selena nodded slowly, but there was still doubt on her face: "But is this thing reliable? Will it be eavesdropped by others?"

Having said that, Rosen raised another finger.

"Eavesdropping, or leaking secrets, is the second biggest disadvantage of telepathy."

"You don't even need to eavesdrop. It could be misinformed and passed on to other mages or even ordinary people."

The reason is very simple. Everyone has a heart, so everyone is a signal receiving station, and there will always be a few people who resonate with each other by chance.

At this point, Rosen suddenly laughed.

"I can guarantee that the use of lightning transmission will never lead to a repeat of the Sith's sorrow."

Upon hearing this, Selena burst out laughing.

Aaron's Sith Mage was a court telepathic communicator thirty years ago, who served King Aaron exclusively.

Once, he was having an affair with his female assistant, and at that moment an urgent communication mission came. In his haste, he made a mistake and actually sent the happy signal into the king's head.

The king happened to be holding an important meeting with his ministers and a huge embarrassment occurred on the spot.

The king was furious and locked up the Sith wizard and the donkey in estrus together, and ordered that unless the Sith could make the donkey pregnant within a month, she would be physically castrated.

It is known in history as the 'Sith's Sorrow'.

Rosen patted the black box again and said seriously: "As more and more telepathic mages emerge, the frequency of leaks will also increase, but this thing will not have that problem at all."

Selena really began to take it seriously: "How do ordinary people send messages? Just talk to it?"

Rosen shook his head: "Of course not, it uses a set of ciphertext."

In fact, this thing is a magical version of a telegraph from another world, and Rosen intends to use it to transmit a set of Morse code modified for the language of another world.

It's primitive, but it's adequate.

As for more advanced sound transmission and even image transmission, the structure is really complicated and he couldn't figure it out in a short time.

It's not realistic for him to accomplish it alone.

He has to spend money to train relevant talents, and then he will propose guiding ideas, invest large sums of money, and let a large number of talents help him work to achieve rapid iteration and upgrading.

Back to the topic.

As he spoke, he took out a code booklet and handed it to his wife. At the same time, he placed two telegraph machines on both sides of the laboratory, 20 meters apart.

Then, Rosen kept sending codes to Selena on the other side of the room through the telegraph machine.

The code read: "Madam, you are as beautiful as a flower."

Selena listened to the beeping sound of the telegraph box while translating with difficulty by referring to the code book.

After Rosen repeated it more than a dozen times, he heard Selena's excited voice in his mind: "I understand~~Ah~~This is quite interesting, but a little troublesome."

“It’s a bit troublesome, but it’s reliable and has a long distance.”

"Then I still have a question."

"If other people also have this thing, wouldn't they be able to receive the signal as well?"

"Yes, but lightning signals can also be encrypted."

"I have currently developed two encryption modes. One is to encrypt the signal itself, and the other is to encrypt the message. With these two methods, there is no need to worry about others eavesdropping."

The former is the use of a separate electromagnetic wave band, and the latter is cryptography.

Selena was a little confused at first, but she knew that her husband's research on lightning signals must have reached a very profound level.

Thinking back on what he had done before, she suddenly saw a vague pattern of development.

"My dear, you seem to be moving away from your reliance on pure mana."

Rosen smiled and said, "Yes, I am doing this, but I am not the only one doing this."

Having said this, he stood with his hands folded across his chest, with a subtle expression on his face, as if there was some urgency and some anticipation.

"My beautiful lady, in the past thirty years, especially in the past ten years, a trend has emerged in the magic world of Witt Continent."

"To substitute cheap skills for expensive skills, and to substitute cheap skills for the quality of expensive skills."

"And the mage has gradually transformed from a provider and controller of power to a pure controller of power."

This was the first time Selena heard this and she was subconsciously shocked.

But then she remembered a story she had heard a few months ago from the Kingdom of Aaron.

It is said that there was a civilian potion wizard who developed a red fire mud with amazing power.

Just a piece as big as a baby's fist can produce a power comparable to that of a two-ring fireball.

She also heard that after Dange learned the news, he made an exception and awarded the civilian wizard the honorary title of knight and summoned him to the royal Lion's Tooth Manufacturing Bureau.

She didn't find it scary before, but now she has seen the Lightning Torrent Crossbow made by Master Kao.

With only more than 300 people, they fought with almost no casualties and slaughtered more than 2,000 forest elves in less than five minutes.

Suddenly, this story felt very scary.

Seeing his wife's strange expression, Rosen asked, "Madam, are you thinking of Sir Bell, the inventor of the 'Soil of Fire'?"

Selena was not surprised at all that her husband could see through her thoughts because he was such a perceptive person.

She nodded slightly. "I'm worried that the Coldwater Massacre also happened in Dawn City."

Rosen nodded seriously: "Weilan is already far behind. If we don't hurry up, it may really happen."

After saying this, he patted the telegraph box.

"This is also the biggest reason why I insist on implementing the new policy on the island. And this lightning message box is the most critical aid in implementing the new policy."

The first key factor to ensure the effectiveness of central rule is the high-speed transmission of information within the territory.

Just like a person, he is a collection of cells ruled by the brain.

If the transmission speed of brain nerve signals is as slow as a turtle, then this person is a waste and cannot even survive.

Of course Selena knew the content of the new policy, but she used to think it was shocking and difficult to accept. But now, her mentality has changed.

She felt that Weilan was now like an old person, and her husband's new policy might be the magic medicine to save Weilan.

She walked to Rosen, threw herself into his arms, and said softly: "My dear, I now completely understand your thoughts."

Rosen stroked his wife's long, smooth hair and was very happy: "Very good, very good, my princess wife is very obedient."

Selena suddenly thought of another question: "Will precious magic be useless in the future?"

The magic she learned were all very valuable and powerful spells, and she felt like she was left behind by the times.

Rosen shook his head: "Of course not. Arcane, mental energy, force energy, and even the steel energy we just got, all have unique and powerful effects."

"It's just that cheap energy is easy to recognize and use, so it is promoted on a large scale. One day, valuable energy will also be deeply recognized and will naturally shine."

(End of this chapter)