In order to verify his conjecture, Sunan devoted most of his energy to research in the following period.
With the assistance of Liz and Talling 2, the research progressed smoothly.
When the time came to the 1364th year of the Astral Calendar, the first secondary star core with the ability to sense energy particle fluctuations was finally successfully produced.
Actual test results show that the sensing ability of the new secondary star core is less than one percent of that of the star core, and it is not even qualified to serve as a low-end version.
But it was enough for Sunan.
After that, Sunan used the excuse of letting Liz return to handle the affairs of the Star Alliance, and carried out the subsequent research alone. In fact, he began to manufacture secondary star cores and then synthesize them.
In the end, he successfully used one hundred and twelve secondary star cores to synthesize a star core with sensing capabilities that were no less than the original.
Sunan did not give up, but continued to invest more secondary star cores for synthesis.
The original star core and the secondary star core form a network, which can only cover half of the Starlight Continent at most. However, if a more powerful star core can be synthesized and supplemented with a new version of the secondary star core, it is highly likely that a monitoring network covering the entire Starlight Continent, including the surface world and the underground world, can be established.
Two monitoring networks are never as convenient and easy to use as one larger and more complete monitoring network.
After hundreds of tests, Sunan finally synthesized a satisfactory new star core.
The price was the use of more than 300 secondary star cores, with a cost of 200 million gold coins, which almost drained the Star Alliance's cash flow.
For this reason, Sunan had to delay the construction of the golem army inside the wizard tower and give priority to this funding.
"The cost of this thing exceeds that of a large element pool."
Looking at the crystal ball in front of him that looked as beautiful as the starry sky, Su Nan couldn't help but sigh.
But it's worth the money. Compared to a monitoring network covering the entire continent, 200 million gold coins are nothing.
When Sunan came to Liz with the synthesized new star core, the latter was so shocked that she was speechless.
It would have been fine if they had just improved the secondary star core before, but now they had actually created a star core without any design drawings and were completely in the dark, and they had even further improved it to enhance the effect!
What a group of wizards from the Falling Star Society could not accomplish in thousands of years was accomplished by Sunan alone in just a few years! This was almost a miracle! Liz couldn't help but wonder if Sunan was actually some old demon wizard who had lived for tens of thousands of years and was reborn in a new body.
".You really can surprise me every time."
Liz sighed and looked at the crystal ball in front of her, feeling a little overwhelmed.
"With this star core, it should be no problem to establish a monitoring network covering the entire continent."
Sunan asked, "How long will it take to complete?"
Liz thought for a while and said, "The construction of the monitoring network is not difficult. We just need to calculate the nodes and arrange the secondary star cores. We have a complete transmission network, so it is very convenient and fast to do it. It can be completed in one or two years."
“The prerequisite is that there is sufficient funding.”
"If we want to cover the entire continent, we will need at least 300 new secondary star cores. Adding other material expenses, the total cost will be at least 300 million gold coins. The Star Alliance does not have that much money right now."
Having said that, Liz couldn't help but glance at Sunan, the meaning was self-evident.
In addition to building wizard towers and developing new star cores, more than 80% of the Star Alliance's funds have been used by Sunan in recent years.
Of course, she was not condemning Sunan.
After all, Sunan’s strength is the strength of the Star Alliance.
The special environment of the Starlight Continent has created a special situation for the Star Alliance that is very different from other wizard forces, that is, the development and growth of the Star Alliance depends entirely on Su Nan.
If the Star Alliance loses Sunan, it will not fall apart immediately, but at least its strength will be greatly reduced and it will never regain its previous glory.
In this case, it would be reasonable for the Star Alliance to invest all its funds in Sunan.
What's more, whether it is building a wizard tower or developing a new type of star core, it will be of great benefit to the development of the Star Alliance.
"How much funds can be withdrawn now?" Su Nan asked.
Liz handed over a document and said, "The Starlight Continent has developed well in recent years. The Star Alliance now has an annual income of nearly 20 million gold coins. Without reducing the investment in the construction of the wizard tower, it can withdraw about 8 million gold coins every year."
"We can start building the monitoring network now. As long as we slow down the pace and gradually invest in it, it can be completed in about 40 years, and the pressure on manpower will not be too great."
Sunan frowned slightly.
Forty years is not a long time, he can afford to wait.
But this question once again made him realize the limitations of the Starlight Continent.
The Starlight Continent itself is so large that, without exhausting the resources, the annual revenue generated would be almost fixed.
Lacking communication with the outside world, it is impossible for the revenue generated by Starlight Continent to skyrocket in a short period of time.
If you want to increase your profits, you can only develop the Starlight Continent bit by bit and improve the overall level.
It is precisely because of this that Sunan is vigorously promoting sub-magic technology.
Only by carrying out productivity reforms can the Starlight Continent create more profits.
It will take at least three or four hundred years to truly promote sub-magic technology.
In the short term, the Star Alliance’s revenue will not see a significant increase.
"That's it. I'll leave the construction of the monitoring network to you."
Liz nodded and said, "By the way, you should give this plan a name so it will be easier to refer to."
Sunan said without hesitation: "Let's call it the Star Eye Project. The name Star Eye is quite appropriate."
The Eye of the Star, the eye of the Starlight Continent, is very suitable for the role of a monitoring network.
So after the secondary magic stone veins and transmission network plans, the Star Alliance ushered in a major project called the "Eye of the Star Project".
The matter of the Star Eye came to an end, and Sunan was able to free up his hands to continue building the Wizard Tower.
After synthesizing a large-scale maze-like protective energy field, the defense part of the wizard tower's combat device was completed. In terms of attack, the only ones left were the Spell Turret Type II and the Golem Legion.
Just when Sunan was concentrating on refining the golem and spell turret, a message suddenly came from Tower Spirit No. 1.
In the training room where the traveler was, the breath of life disappeared.
As soon as he received the news, Sunan immediately opened the training room where the traveler was, and what came into his sight was the traveler's body sitting cross-legged on the ground, motionless.
With a sweep of his mental power, Sunan immediately determined that the life force of the traveler had completely dissipated.
In the end, he still failed to cross the last hurdle.
Before the breakthrough, life span comes to an end.
The Scepter, who arrived later, saw this scene and sighed, his expression sad but also mixed with a hint of relief.
Sadness comes from the failure and death of good friends.
I am thankful that I was lucky enough to have made a breakthrough, otherwise I would have ended up like the traveler.
"What a pity. Judging from the traveler's appearance, he may be just a little short." The Scepter sighed.
Until now, the traveler's body is still entangled with rich energy particles. It is obvious that the crystal structure of his talent has reached the final stage. If he can hold on for a few more years, he may be able to cross that level.
Unfortunately, this last step is often the difference between heaven and earth.
How many wizard apprentices are just this one step short.
After all, they are wizards and have seen many similar situations. Sunan and the Scepter quickly adjusted their mood.
"I wonder how Rose is doing now?"
"She's still alive. At least she hasn't failed yet."
"Fakado and the others are also planning to retreat and sprint recently. Let's not talk about the others, but the possibility of Fakado's breakthrough is still quite high."
As the patriarch of the Russell family, Falcardo's situation is much better than that of an ordinary wizard apprentice.
A lot of resources were poured into him by his family since he was young, and he was promoted to a third-level wizard apprentice smoothly. Later, he joined the Star Alliance and had more sufficient resource support.
If we were to ask who among all the instructors in the academy has the greatest chance of becoming a wizard, it would definitely be Fakado.
Su Nan nodded without denying.
Starlight Academy has now entered a period of stable development.
The three-level echelon of wizard apprentices has been well established, and sooner or later the third and fourth wizards will appear.
In particular, the construction of large element pools has greatly reduced the difficulty of filling the talent crystal model with spiritual power, and has greatly increased the success rate of apprentices' promotion to wizards.
In a few hundred years, the number of wizards in the Star Alliance will most likely soar to double digits.
"Whether Rose can break through will probably depend on the next few years," said Sunan.
However, things developed much faster than he expected.
Just three months later, violent energy particle fluctuations erupted again in the wizard tower.
Rose was promoted to a wizard! After Sunan and the Scepter, the Star Alliance welcomed its third official wizard.
The two of them immediately went to wait outside of Rose's practice room.
Swish!
The door of the training room opened, and Rose came out looking energetic, her aura seemed even more solemn and profound.
"Congratulations."
"Congratulations on your promotion to wizard."
Sunan and Scepter both sent their congratulations.
"Thanks."
A bright smile bloomed on Rose's face. She was extremely excited about her successful promotion to a wizard.
Just like the scepter before, at this moment she also felt that the world suddenly became clear.
"By the way, where is the traveler?" Qiangwei asked puzzledly when she saw that there were only Su Nan and the other person.
Sunan didn't answer, just shook his head.
Seeing this, Qiangwei immediately understood. The joy brought by the promotion and breakthrough suddenly decreased a lot. She stopped smiling and sighed.
"This kind of thing will happen again and again in the future, just get used to it." The Scepter consoled.
Qiangwei was not a sentimental little girl. She quickly calmed down and asked the two about what to do after becoming a wizard.
When she heard about the wizard expedition and the repair of the plane barrier blockade, Rose was also shocked.
"I didn't expect that there was such a reason behind the special environment of Starlight Continent." Rose looked half worried and half happy.
What I am worried about is that after becoming a wizard, I will have to face the problem of the upper limit of energy particle concentration, and my practice efficiency will be greatly affected.
The good news is that this situation will be restored in another 600 years, so there is not completely no hope of being promoted to a second-level wizard.
"We cannot influence the repair of the plane barrier. There is no point in worrying about it. Just focus on your cultivation."
Su Nan comforted him, and then changed the subject.
"Also, I plan to let you be the vice president of Starlight Academy. What do you think?"
Rose agreed without much hesitation, for the same reason as when she asked for the scepter, which was for better treatment.
In Sunan's vision, all the senior executives of Starlight Academy will be wizards. A dean and four vice-deans will form the academy council to coordinate all matters of Starlight Academy and report directly to the controller of the Star Alliance.
In the future, as Starlight Academy expands in size, the number of members may increase, but it is sufficient for the time being.
At least wait until the five deans have gathered enough people.
With the addition of Rose, the speed of refining spell turrets and adamantium golems increased a lot.
It just so happened that enough mithril had been accumulated, so Sunan simply temporarily handed this part of the work over to Rose and the Scepter and started to make the floating ring.
Astral calendar year 1370, the month of Xialong (June).
The floating ring has been manufactured, and the energy supply part of the Starlight Wizard Tower has been completely completed.
Astral calendar year 1372, the month of New Moon (May).
Sunan synthesized the 300th Spell Turret Type II and placed it on the Wizard Tower.
At this point, the wizard tower's ultra-long-range strike device is completed.
Including three hundred Spell Turret Type II and one Dissociation Cannon Type II.
This firepower is already the optimal amount that a large elemental pool can carry, and there is no point in having more.
Astral Year 1373, the Month of Thunder (April).
Fakado was successfully promoted to a wizard and became the fourth official wizard of the Star Alliance. On the second day after his breakthrough, he was appointed by Sunan as the second vice president of Starlight Academy.
But at the same time, four third-level wizard apprentices failed to break through and died of old age.
Astral Calendar Year 1385, Harvest Month (September).
The golem army built into the wizard tower has been formed, including five thousand enchanted adamantine golems, twenty touch puppets and five secret puppets.
At this point, the construction of the wizard tower only requires some finishing work and the last tower spirit.
The following year, Sunan produced Taling No. 3, which was specifically responsible for combat command.
However, considering that there would be no battles for a long time, Sunan temporarily let Taling No. 3 take charge of Longlin.
As for the Dragon Skeleton Tower's Butler No. 1, he assists Tower Spirit No. 3.
Astral Calendar Year 1387, the Month of Resurrection (February).
The Starlight Wizard Tower is officially completed.
[Wizard Tower: Starlight]
[Level: Small (Enhanced)]
[Current remaining energy: 95.36%]
[Intelligent Assisted Life: Tower Spirit 1, Tower Spirit 2, Tower Spirit 3]
[Facilities: Elemental pool (large/enhanced), floating ring, central crystal energy transmission system, living area, warehouse area, experimental area, practice area, meditation area, planting area]
[Servants: Clay Golem × 130, Water Spirit × 223, Flower Fairy × 254]
[Protective device: Mystical protective energy field (large/enhanced)]
[Battle Equipment: Spell Turret Type II × 300, Dissociation Cannon Type II, Golem Army (Adamantium Golem × 5000, Touchmaster Puppets × 20, Secret Dolls × 5)]
High in the sky, looking at the majestic tower in front of him, Su Nan's heart was filled with excitement.
Now, he has his own wizard tower! (End of this chapter)
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