Sword of Dawn

Only then did Gao Wen heave a sigh of relief: It seems that Rebecca didn't come here to murder her ancestors...

After the two ran to the front, Gao Wen looked at his great*N+1 granddaughter curiously: "Slow down, catch your breath—what's wrong with you?"

"I... we both studied the wild mage's notes and... and the rules of the runes," Rebecca panted hard, and finally took a deep breath and said, "then we calculated the infinite expansion structure of the magic net. Out!!"

Chapter 0138 The Power of Calculation

"The infinite expansion structure of the magic net?" Hearing the series of words suddenly popped up by Rebecca, Rao Yi Gaowen was a little dazed, "Have you mentioned this to me before?"

"I didn't mention it to you, you mentioned it to me! Did you forget?" Rebecca waved her arms (to be honest, Gao Wen was really worried that she would smash the iron staff on his head with a slip of her hand), "Didn't you tell me before that you want to make the magic net more open, more expandable, easier to lay and add or remove units? Then I have been thinking about this, but I have been thinking about it for a long time Nothing came of it until a while ago—"

As she spoke, she raised her finger to Jenny who was panting next to her: "Didn't Jenny come here a while ago, and she also brought the early research materials of Wild Mage, so I finally completed this system. Ancestor Do you know, my lord? The notebook of the wild mage can only be regarded as a part of the result, and the magic net above is only the conclusion of the second half, but without the derivation process and construction principle of the first half, we can only use a very stupid way to make the magic net The 'simulation' came out, but the information in Jenny's hands is the complete set of logic when the Wild Mage first constructed those basic runes..."

Although Rebecca is usually silly and dazed, once she mentions these professional matters, she immediately bala non-stop. Gawain knew that the girl had to talk about the next meal, so he quickly interrupted She said: "stop, stop, stop, I understand what you mean, that is to say, you have finally put together the theory so you have finally grasped the law of the magic net from the principle level, instead of following the gourd, right-I understand this, you Show me your infinitely expanding structure."

"Let's go inside and see, there are a lot of them!" Rebecca grabbed Gawain's arm and walked towards the tent, turning her head and calling out to Jenny loudly, "You come too, most of the calculations are still yours." It's done!"

In Gawain's tent, Rebecca spread out the paper rolls brought by Jenny with an excited expression, covering the entire table in order, and finally unfolded the large blueprint in her hand , placed in the exact center of all drawings.

It is a paper full of calculation formulas, geometric figures, and logical induction process. They repeatedly optimize and combine the basic runes with rigorous and incredible logic, and dense lines and patterns can be seen on every piece of paper. Wen also has a lot of knowledge in magic, but at first glance, he just felt dizzy, but on the last piece of paper that Rebecca spread out, all the complicated calculations and connections were simplified.

There is only one most basic unit figure on it - it is a hexagonal symmetrical structure, composed of eight rune knots, six form the border, and two are located inside. Its simplicity and beauty are incredible. To such an extent, after just one glance, Gao Wen's eyes were deeply attracted by it.

"This is……"

"The most basic unit in the magic net," Rebecca's eyes sparkled, "after all possible optimizations and simplifications, I found that the magic net only needs these eight rune knots to carry out the most basic charging and output operation, and it has only one interference junction inside, so each such 'unit' is well below the interference threshold, and the more such units are connected, the lower the interference will be. You see, it is symmetrical, Opposite sides complement each other, so..."

Gao Wen could no longer hear Rebecca's next words, and a shocking scene belonging to the future was emerging in front of his eyes——

This hexagonal basic unit is expanding and extending. Through its basic symmetrical structure, countless hexagons are connected into a shape like a honeycomb. It is spread in any possible place, covering factories and cities. Covered with human activities, this great energy device finally got rid of the limitation of the "magic circle". After Rebecca and Jenny optimized it day and night, it became the smallest basic unit and thus the largest Magical spectacle.

The magic net can finally become a magic "net".

"How to solve the connection between this structure and 'Magic Net One'?" Gao Wen immediately asked a very practical question.

Magic Net No. [-] and the same type of Magic Net No. [-] are currently functioning in steel factories and brick kilns. In addition, there are several small "prototype magic nets" that provide power for magic engines in mines and other places. These old models of magic nets Although the net is "old", in fact the oldest one has only been in operation for a few months. Now Rebecca has tossed out a more advanced "honeycomb magic net", but several old magic nets must be removed and replaced. The new ones are not very cost-effective, and the wasted manpower and material resources are a great waste of today's territory.

"Don't worry, I've already thought about it," Rebecca obviously wasn't worried about this, "Although the hexagonal structure you see looks completely different from the previous magic net, it's actually derived from the old magic net. It is cut and deformed in the magic net, and the two can be directly connected, just modify the pattern of the runes at the connection. Jenny is a fourth-level rune master, and she is best at this."

Gawain nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, then from now on, all magic nets in the territory will be built on the basis of the new 'Honeycomb Magic Net'...but one thing needs to be confirmed, how about its security?"

At this time, what popped into Gao Wen's mind was the extremely serious hidden danger of "Magic Network Collapse".

Although Rebecca has found a way to simplify and deform the magic net to form an infinitely expanded network, which can connect all the magic nets to make it have great scalability, but there is no doubt that there is a huge hidden danger: when all After the magic net is connected together, it means that its overload risk is also connected together, and the huge magic power will surge in this infinitely expanding structure. Scatter around and destroy all the magic equipment connected to it!

On the earth, there are various safety devices such as circuit breakers and voltage regulators to ensure the safety of the power grid, so Gao Wen immediately thought that the magic net might also need similar safety measures.

Rebecca was stunned when she heard Gao Wen's words. She opened her mouth and reacted for a long time before saying anything: "Ah... I really didn't think about it..."

Immediately afterwards, she was full of admiration: "Master Zu, you are amazing! Why do you think of so many practical problems every time this new thing just draws a blueprint, as if you have watched it operate for decades?"

"Ahem...the experience of the elderly, the experience of the elderly," Gao Wen coughed awkwardly, and brought the topic back on track, "Now think about it, how to solve the security problem of this network. All the people in the honeycomb structure The magic power flows freely, relying entirely on the self-balancing and energy dissipation mechanism of the magic net itself to ensure the stability of the magic power, but once the self-balancing of some 'units' is out of control, the excessively high magic power will exceed the tolerance limit of the adjacent units, and it will soon It may burn all adjacent units in an instant, and then there is a vicious circle..."

Rebecca's eyes widened, as if frightened by the possible scene, while Jenny next to her frowned and tried to think: "Then let's...don't make the magic net too big and divide it into areas All right."

"Then the value of this honeycomb structure will be lost," Gao Wen shook his head. "This honeycomb structure is for the infinite expansion and connection of the magic net."

Rebecca looked at Gawain curiously: "What do you mean, my lord ancestor?"

Gawain looked down at the magic net honeycomb unit on the table, and suddenly asked: "How are two such honeycomb units connected together?"

"Direct connection," Rebecca nodded as a matter of course, "Put two rune knots together, so the transmission efficiency is the highest."

"Make the connection between them fragile." There seems to be no suitable solution in the knowledge of this world, so Gawain can only turn to the idea of ​​​​the previous life, "You can add a partition...a connector made of cheap black stone That’s right, black stone is a magic-guiding material, but its resistance is very poor, and it will shatter directly when the magic power fluctuates violently.”

"You mean, each honeycomb unit is separated from other units, and a 'buffering material' made of black stone is added in the middle?" Rebecca scratched her hair, "But the efficiency of black stone's magic guidance is not high, so I'm afraid It will reduce the effectiveness of the entire magic net by more than a quarter..."

"But the trade-off is safety. Even if a few units are out of control, they will only leave the main network by themselves without endangering other things," Gao Wen explained. "As for the reduction in efficiency, these basic units are connected in large numbers. After getting up, I will make up for the lack of efficiency. And this is only a preliminary solution, and I will definitely find a better way in the future."

While talking, Gao Wen laughed: "The current magic net is still very primitive - even with this honeycomb structure, it is also very primitive. It directly absorbs energy from the environment, and then the magic energy device receives energy directly from the magic net , there is no safe buffering process, no steady flow, no metering, and even no 'conduit' - the energy-consuming equipment is directly attached to the magic net, don't you think this connection method is worth improving?"

Rebecca nodded thoughtfully, while Jenny was still not quite used to this completely equal way of communicating with each other, and seemed a little reserved, but the flashing eyes were enough to show that she was thinking about what Gawain said.

"This is a new thing, and it still has a long way to go." Gao Wen didn't let the two girls think about these problems that might take a long time to solve on the spot, "Take your time, don't rush. This time you You have made great contributions, do you want any rewards?"

"I want to change my staff to a new crystal!" Rebecca and Grandpa Taizu were not polite, and immediately waved their iron staff happily, "Look, the crystal on the staff is very old!"

Gawain took a closer look, and immediately saw that the crystal inlaid on the top of the iron staff was indeed old. Not only was the luster dull, but it was also missing several small corners, and the claws used to fix the crystal were also obviously deformed...

This TM can only be like this when you are a Warhammer, right? !

Gao Wen's eyebrows twitched, and he wanted to persuade his little granddaughter not to change the crystal at all. It would be better to go to the machinery manufacturing plant to find Nicholas and get a barbed three-edged stick to weld it on. But think about it, this girl has also made a great contribution , and the last mage temperament of her whole body was supported by that crystal, so she sighed in her heart and said, "There is a fire elemental core over there in the treasury, which was brought out from the Gondor Empire back then. Take it away, and let the rune craftsman process it for you and install it on the staff."

Then he looked at Jenny: "What about you? What reward do you want?"

Jenny shrank her neck suddenly: "I... I just did what I should do... I dare not ask for rewards..."

"Still not used to this place?" Gawain laughed. "Here, all contributions will be valued and rewarded, regardless of your background and status. I just heard Rebecca say that the main calculation The process is done by you."

"I..." Jenny hesitated, and finally said, "I hope you can add Mr. Ravencrest's name to the list of contributors to the honeycomb magic net... because the most important formulas are all He summed it up."

"of course can."

Chapter 0139 The Right Way

After discussing the honeycomb magic net model and promising the "reward", Gao Wen did not let Rebecca and Jenny leave, but took out some drawings he had drawn these days, and based on his own understanding on weekdays, Some inductive summaries and calculation materials for "Rune Logic".

Rebecca's attention was attracted by Gawain's drawings, while Jenny saw the calculations calculated by Gawain at a glance, and the latter's eyes widened in surprise: "You did all of these?"

"When I'm free, I study the information you gave me, and tried to assemble the rune sequence myself." Gawain nodded with a smile, "I still have some foundation in magic theory."

"This...it's not a basic problem," Jenny looked at Gao Wen's results in disbelief. "These calculation methods and...writing habits, have you been exposed to this before?"

"During the Gondor Empire, there were many achievements in mathematics and science—of course, rune logic was not developed." Gao Wen casually said, but only he knew the actual situation: he had never been in touch with rune logic before. , but the mathematical ideas accumulated in the previous life are still there. Even if the formulas are not universal, the logic and calculation ideas will not be invalid. So far, the runic logic formulas compiled by Jenny are still at a fairly simple stage , and it is not difficult for Gao Wen to understand the calculations extended from empirical formulas.

Seeing that Jenny continued to ask questions, Gao Wen quickly moved the topic to the next stage: "Let's take a look at these things first."

"This is the 'second-generation magic energy engine' you mentioned last time, what is it called a rotary engine..." Rebecca looked at the blueprint in front of her, "I haven't seen this before... this magic circle The model seems to be of fire type?"

"It's a scorching ray magic circle, a second-level magic that can release a focused heat beam from the focus of the magic circle," Gao Wen explained, "It's just a low-level magic, it's one level lower than the big fireball... ...you haven't seen it?"

"I haven't seen it before," Rebecca shook her head whistlingly, "Aunt Hetty taught me the scorching ray spell model back then, she thought that this spell had the same origin as the fireball spell, maybe I could learn it—and I learned it The brain hurts in this magic, and then I have a psychological shadow, and when I learned how to convert this spell model into a magic circle, I fell asleep in a few classes..."

Looking at this N+1 great-granddaughter who frankly confessed her dark history, Gao Wen was stunned.

The so-called scorching ray is not a sophisticated spell. Although in Gao Wen's opinion, the magic casted by this biu heat energy ray is a cool stroke at the level of light and shadow special effects, but in fact it is only a second-level magic, which is better than a first-level spell. The small fireball is a higher level, but Rebecca is a "third-level magician" who can rely on her strong mental power to suppress a big fireball. It stands to reason that the scorching ray is not a problem for her at all, but there is no way, In the extraordinary domain of this world, the so-called talent for casting spells is destined by the heavens. For mages who rely on their personal qualities to cast spells, if they are born with flaws in casting spells, no matter how hard they try, it will be useless.

Trying too hard can even cause headaches.

But here is an extra word, although Rebecca only knows one "fireball", but in fact she can forcibly claim that she knows two magics - if you use less force, you will get a small fireball, if you use more force, you will get a big fireball , these two spells are level one and level three, and their spell models are almost exactly the same, except that the latter needs to be infused with more magic power and controlled with higher spiritual power.Rebecca was born to only be able to record one spell model, and this spell model happens to be a fireball, so she said that it is no problem for her to know two spells...

Gao Wen always felt that if this girl continued to stray on this talent tree, sooner or later she would be able to point out nuclear fusion...

"Master Zu, why did you show me this?" Rebecca had finished reading a few blueprints at this time, raised her head and asked curiously, "Could it be that you are planning to build this rotor-type magic energy engine again?"

"When manufacturing complex magic machines or advanced magic props, the most troublesome thing for us is 'interference'," Gawain said of what he has been thinking about recently, "During the operation of the magic circle, the energy between runes and runes The flow will cause interference, and two adjacent magic circles will also interfere together. Because of the complexity of the magic circle and the large number of rune nodes, the high-level magic props will interfere even more. The main factor is that traditional mages have been unable to completely solve this problem, and this is also the most important reason why extraordinary items are difficult to popularize."

Jenny looked at the calculation formulas written by Gao Wen, and suddenly realized something, showing a thoughtful look.

And Gao Wen continued: "We have discussed the rotary engine last time. Its only problem is interference. There are too many repulsion arrays and the arrangement is symmetrical, so the interference cannot be avoided, so we have to give up temporarily. And this thermal energy ray Magic circle..."

"There should be no interference with the heat ray array, right?" Rebecca said uncertainly, "Although I don't know how to do it, I know that this type of array has long been a mature technology. This kind of trap is set in the tower - it's powerful, and it doesn't blow up the surrounding things like a fireball, so it can accurately deal with those intruders..."

Gao Wen waved his hand: "That's right, the thermal energy ray circle has been used, but that's because the traditional mages 'solved' the interference problem by engraving it on an expensive guide base, but I plan to draw it on a very cheap On the red copper substrate, the rune material is cheaper quartz sand and red blood gum-this is another interference problem."

Jenny vaguely guessed what Gao Wen meant: "You want to reduce its cost - but drawing the magic circle on inferior magic material means that the energy level of each rune will be suppressed by the material, and the effective power will be reduced , and in order to ensure that the magic circle can work, the effective power has to be increased by increasing the number of runes, and in the concept of many traditional mages, the more runes there are, the higher the chance of interference."

"That's right," Gao Wen said unhurriedly, "drawing or engraving magic circles on low-level base materials, or using inferior materials to make runes will reduce the 'effective output' of runes, so It is necessary to increase the number of runes to ensure that the magic circle can exert its original effect, and the more runes there are, the higher the probability that the magic circle will collapse due to interference. The traditional way for mages to solve this problem is to use magic The formation is engraved on expensive high-level materials, so that the goal can be achieved with the most streamlined structure of the formation—they are accustomed to using this method to avoid interference, because they are not short of money."

Rebecca: "But Mr. Ancestor, you have been trying hard to make extraordinary items...how do you say that word?"

Gao Wen glanced at her approvingly: "Cheap mass production."

Then he went on to say: "All problems are due to the unique 'interference' nature of magic. The interference of the magic circle is actually a hindrance to low-cost mass production. A lot of the machines in there weren't working, but now... we have an idea to fix the interference."

"The idea is to calculate through the logic of runes!" Jenny has been fascinated by it. She has studied the laws of runes for many years, but she only uses it to design magic circles and complete the tasks assigned by her instructor. This is her first time. Realizing the true value of these mathematical tools at a higher level, "Traditional mages believe that the increase in runes in the magic circle caused the interference and collapse of the magic circle, but in fact we can calculate from the formula Come out, more runes will not cause interference, on the contrary, more runes will give the magic circle a higher anti-interference ability - what really causes interference is the 'interference knot' produced by the specific arrangement of the runes , just because the interference caused by the interference knot increases exponentially, which far exceeds the anti-interference ability brought by increasing the rune knot, so people always think that as long as there are more runes in the magic circle, it will be unstable... ..."

Gao Wen laughed very happily: "That's right, with rune logic, we don't have to research in the dark like those traditional mages, and we don't have to rely on luck and unreliable experience to design magic circles like them, such as For the rotor-type magic energy engine I designed before, we can reduce the interference knot by fine-tuning the rune arrangement of each repulsive magic circle, or even redesigning the repulsive magic circle. The magic circle that can only be made with conductive materials is drawn or engraved on a cheap red copper plate, making it so cheap that everyone can use it!"

"Everyone can use it..." Jenny was obviously frightened by this statement, "Is it possible?"

Gao Wen asked rhetorically, "Why is it impossible? Now even the brick-burning workers and miners in the territory are using magic engines, so isn't the magic engine essentially a magic tool?"

Jenny was speechless for a moment.

"So you want us to calculate these things next?" Rebecca looked at the blueprints that Gawain brought out, and suddenly showed an expression of eagerness on her face, "Ah, I see that you are still dedicated to calculating these things every day. The price range of the base material and the rune material is marked next to the magic circle... Do you want to make the magic circle work on such a cheap basis? It looks very challenging!"

"Are you confident?" Gao Wen asked with a smile.

Rebecca puffed up her chest: "Extremely so!"

Jenny smiled a little shyly and cautiously: "I will work hard, and I will not let you down."

The two girls left with a lot of new drawings and materials, while Gao Wen relaxed, leaning his upper body on the back of the chair, letting his thoughts float.

He thought that he had finally found the correct path that allowed ordinary people to enter the mysterious realm.

He also grasped the way to make the "magic" of this world exert its maximum propulsion efficiency.

The "whatever you think is what you want" nature of magic is the biggest help to quickly transform his whimsical ideas into reality!

In a world without magic, it may take years or even decades and generations of hard work to turn an idea into reality. The difficult process of tool production and improvement takes up most of the time, but in a world with magic , this process has been greatly shortened, and almost all the time and cost are actually completed between the brain and the pen and paper. As long as the mage calculates fast enough and accurately enough, then as long as he completes the spell model, his spell It will become a "thing" that can exert effects in reality. Even if their magic is only their own for the time being, the "realistic meaning" that magic can produce has already been realized.

And what Gao Wen has to do is to transform these spells into magic engines, heat ray guns, crystal bombs, honeycomb magic nets...

Chapter 0140 Byron's Great Adventure and New Guests

The ancient ruins are dormant in the darkness. Thousands of years have failed to erode the solid artificial building materials, but they have eroded the human breath that once existed here. A cold and humid air is entrenched in the corridors and rooms that have experienced vicissitudes. Here, there is neither life nor death in the air.

This atmosphere lasted for so long until it was broken by outsiders.

The light from the magic spar illuminated the way forward. The squad of heavily armed Cecil combat soldiers, led by Knight Byron, walked in the depths of the corridor. The monsters that came out - even though the biggest creatures they have seen since they entered the ruins are just a few mice.

Knight Byron walked in the front of the team, while a soldier behind him was holding an oil lamp - in the case of bright magic spar, the lighting effect of the oil lamp was not too great, its main function was It is to give an early warning when there is a lack of oxygen around, and to respond when there are shadows and unclean things around.

According to Gao Wen's order, they went deep into the ancient mountain ruins. It is already the second day of activities in the ruins, and the things they saw along the way still haven't changed much. It is nothing more than a well-planned and surprisingly wide corridor. With empty rooms one after another, the architectural structure in the mountain feels very complicated at first, but after exploring for a period of time, you can grasp its laws: this facility is obviously not designed to make people get lost .

But no matter how boring the things he saw along the way, Byron dutifully drew the map and marked the rooms in various places.

The light of the magic spar shone into another deep room. Byron and others came to the end of the corridor temporarily marked as "the third corridor". Lower sentinel: They are going to take a break here.

Exploring in the dark ancient ruins is quite exhausting. The physical exertion of walking is not a big deal, but groping in the dark is quite a test of one's spirit.The soldiers brought in this time are already experienced and ambitious veterans, but they still need to rest in time before they can go on.

After checking the risk factors, the soldiers camped in the open space in the corner of the room. They placed the magic spar around them to provide lighting, and then took out their own dry food and drinking water, and took the time to eat and replenish their strength. Byron sat on a piece of magic Beside the spar, he looked at the map in his hand by the light.

This hand-drawn map marks the areas that have been explored so far. Since the corridors and rooms are very regular, the map is very simple and easy to understand. Although the three-dimensional interior of the facility has caused some trouble to draw the map, as long as the It is not a problem to draw the plane of each layer separately on paper.

Byron, who was a mercenary, was familiar with this.

"My lord, there seems to be nothing on this floor," said a veteran beside him, "All useful things have been emptied."

"Valuable things are often found in deeper places," Byron replied, and pointed to a place on the map, "According to the previous rules, this should be the big staircase leading to the next floor, and we will go to this place later. side walk."

"Yes."

Byron turned his attention back to the map, and casually glanced at the oil lamp that had just been unshaded. The bright flame was still burning well and trembled slightly due to the breeze.

Wait a minute... wind?

Where does the wind come from in the completely blocked mountain ruins?Ventilation holes will not form such a large air flow, right?

The vigilance cultivated during the mercenary period made Byron not let go of this detail. He immediately closed the map and carefully sensed it with his fingers wet with saliva—there was indeed a wind.

"There is airflow here," he immediately reminded, "Light a few more lights, and search separately. There should be more than one entrance and exit in this room."

The soldiers immediately acted and began to search for secret doors and mechanisms in the room, and soon they discovered something unusual.

At the end of the room, there is an obvious rectangular depression on one wall, shaped like a gate, and beside the depression is a pile of decayed debris—it is wooden shelves and steel scraps that have been weathered for thousands of years.

The light in the room was dim before, and similar wall depressions and debris piles can be seen everywhere in the ruins—mostly traces left after the equipment was dismantled—so the soldiers didn't pay attention to these things at all.

But there is air blowing out of this place, and it is obviously connected to the outside world.

Byron ordered the soldiers to remove the accumulated sundries, only to reveal a section of metal half buried in the wall. It was a cylinder less than half a meter in diameter, perpendicular to the ground, half buried in the wall, The exposed part is covered with complex patterns, and its upper part is still a downward-sloping plane: obviously it cannot be used as a table for placing items.

"What is this?" A soldier looked at the metal pillar curiously, with a tense expression on his face, "Could it be a trap..."

"No," Byron shook his head, while recalling some common sense Gawain gave him, "According to His Excellency, items with this appearance are usually used in this way..."

While speaking, he put his hand on the inclined plane at the top of the metal object, but the latter did not respond.

There was no embarrassment on Byron's face: "Of course, most of the things inside are not usable. After all, it will go bad after a long time. This is common sense."