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"That means we have to wake up Artok as soon as possible." Vittorio said. Only the quantized Artok can fully observe the information of the higher-dimensional world.
But... it is not easy to wake up a crazy person, and they can't even guarantee that the other party will not attack them as well.
But no matter what, Artok's combat power is extremely important now.
Thinking of this, Harof and the others began to discuss what method should be used to wake each other up. The multi-person observation method proposed by Linn could be tried - the prerequisite is to solve the great wizards' fear of the strange manifestations of microscopic particles.
Aurora even had the wild idea of using the method of faith, because she felt that the reason why those gods would not appear in a situation like Artok was probably related to the huge number of believers.
Lin En nodded. In fact, with the help of the magic network, he could barely observe scenes in higher dimensions.
This is partly due to the surge in computing power, which gave him the possibility to understand four-dimensional space, and the other part is due to the intelligent brain!
When traveling through, the intelligent brain was quantized for unknown reasons. It was like a window from low dimension to high dimension. As long as the computing power was sufficient, it could support him to explore the scenes of the high-dimensional world.
In the terms of magic, it means that one who possesses the divine nature can barely touch the realm of God!
"Also, you don't have to worry too much. Artok's quantum probability cloud is limited to the scope of the domain. I guess the power of those gods can only be truly manifested within the divine domain. This means that we don't need to face a high-dimensional existence in a period of total victory."
Lin En said soothingly, boosting everyone's confidence.
Perhaps this is why the crow repeatedly reminded them to let the Lord of the Dead come into this world.
"Yes, God is not invincible, otherwise the Moon Goddess Diana would not have fallen!" Harof nodded, and Aurora and Anthony's faces also looked better.
Vittorio told them a piece of bad news. According to their latest report, the undead army from the foreign land had become agitated and was frantically searching for the location of the time and space node. It was very likely that they had already determined the approximate direction.
"It looks like war is coming..." Aurora raised her eyebrows, her tone very calm.
Lin En and the others were not surprised. Thanks to the warning from the Star Messenger, they had anticipated that such a day would come and had been preparing for it.
In fact, the fact that it has been delayed until now is completely beyond their expectations. According to the previous worst forecast, the war would break out within three months, and now nine months have passed!
Most of the large-scale construction plans formulated by the parliament have been completed, especially the laying of magic base stations, which have covered thirty-six important cities in the empire. The magic network should be able to operate within the empire.
"Did Raphael say anything else?" Lynn continued to ask.
"They said they would delay it as long as possible and divert the attention of the undead to other places." Vittorio sighed.
The danger of doing this can be imagined. The halfling settlement where Raphael and others were located was not far from the valley where the space-time gate was located. If they found something wrong, they could retreat at any time.
If we lure the enemy to other places now, it will be difficult to come back.
Aurora also felt that Raphael's move was very risky, but she couldn't say anything to object, because the difference in the speed of time flow between the two places could almost be regarded as their biggest weapon. If they could prepare for one more day, their chances of winning would increase!
"According to Raphael's own estimate, they can delay for at least half a month, and maybe a month if they are lucky," Vittorio added.
Half a month? According to the time here, it would be about three and a half months, Harov pondered. This way they would have relatively ample time to mobilize troops and wake up Artok.
Previously, the parliament did not know that the enemy would attack from that space-time gate, so they arranged defensive forces in almost every location. Even if airships and trains could be used, it would take a lot of time to assemble them. Three and a half months was not enough!
"If they successfully delay enough time, do we need to organize a rescue?" Anthony suddenly asked.
As soon as these words were spoken, the people present fell silent. If Raphael's plan succeeded, it would mean that the other party would attract the attention of most of the undead, and the situation would become extremely dangerous.
"Help!" Lynn said without hesitation.
Harof couldn't help but frown. Saving nature was the most morale-boosting approach, but it was also the most irrational. After all, the risks and costs were too great.
It is very likely that several of their speakers will need to work together to rescue the other party, or even send troops directly into the space-time gate.
If the Lord of the Undead has already taken control of the alien realm, they will not even have the ability to resist the higher-dimensional existence.
If we go wrong, a large number of elite troops will die in a foreign land, and then the world will be doomed!
Without waiting for the others to object, Lin En continued to explain. "In fact, there is no need to dispatch too many people. It is enough to send an airship and a fighter plane. One to clear the way and the other to transport people!"
"Are you sure?" Aurora looked at Lin En in great surprise.
According to his understanding, the speed of the fighter plane can reach about three to four hundred kilometers per hour, which is indeed very fast, but only for ordinary opponents. It is not enough in front of the legend.
"Recently, Master Dennis has developed a new type of propulsion that can greatly increase the flight speed of fighter jets." Lynn continued.
"How fast can it be?" Harov asked with a smile. In his opinion, it was nothing more than an increase from 300 kilometers to 500 or 600 kilometers.
This is fast, but still not good enough.
"If nothing goes wrong, it should be able to reach about three times the speed of sound!" Lin En said with certainty.
Of course, the speed of sound in the two worlds is different. According to Raphael's calculations, the speed of sound propagation in the alien world is about 280 meters per second, which means that it is likely to reach three and a half times the speed of sound in the alien world!
"Three times... the speed of sound?!" Harof almost doubted whether he had heard it wrong. Even if he flew at full speed, it seemed to be only about 1.5 times the speed of sound.
Anthony, Aurora and Vittorio were equally astonished. Doesn't that mean that even they can't catch up with the fighter plane when it's flying at high speed?
Most importantly, they considered moving at the speed of sound to be one of the criteria for entering the legendary realm. How could a mere alchemical creation reach such a fast speed?
"Are you really that surprised? My electromagnetic railgun can even reach over 30 speeds of sound, not to mention the speed of light."
Lin En said with a smile that the aircraft he saw in the database of the intelligent computer, even the slowest one, was calculated at several times the first cosmic speed. These old spacecraft that were incapable of interstellar travel could only be used as transportation within the galaxy, so exceeding the speed of sound was never a big deal in Lin En's view.
Listening to Lin En's words, Harof and others were speechless. Breaking the speed of sound with some magic and flying by oneself are two different concepts.
After experiencing the power of legends, several people vaguely had the idea that everyone below the level of legends was an ant. Now this concept was undoubtedly shattered by a fighter plane.
Combined with the Eternal Flame or even a small fusion bomb, a skilled pilot could pose a considerable threat to them.
Everyone present was trustworthy, and Lynn did not hide the principles of the new fighter plane. He focused on introducing Dennis' explosive thrusters.
It's called an explosion, but it actually uses the principle of rapid expansion of highly compressed gas after combustion, and then uses the Laval tube to accelerate the ejected high-speed airflow twice, thereby generating a powerful thrust and breaking the sound barrier...
"This is just like the principle of muskets and cannons..." Vittorio's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately suggested that after the supersonic production test flight was completed, he must make an exception and award Dennis a Silver Moon Medal. He was absolutely a genius in alchemy to be able to think of this kind of propulsion method.
"That transonic nozzle is very interesting. I wonder if we can also fly in this way." Aurora was very interested in this unique gas-propelled flight.
"If you have time, you can study it." Lin En had no intention of getting involved. Recently, he was studying how to increase speed by distorting space like Ella did in the past, so he had no time to think about this inefficient way of speeding up.
If they can decipher it, they may be able to make an extremely terrifying propulsion device, that is, the curvature engine!
Since before he traveled through time, the Federation had been thinking about this new method of propulsion and had even designed the blueprints, but the problem was that they couldn't find a truly stable and controllable source of gravity, so it had been shelved.
But with the power of magic, they seem to have a chance to overtake others...
"Since Dennis has produced a new fighter plane, the rescue operation can indeed be tried." With just one sentence, Harov brought the gradually distorted topic back on track.
"There is only one thing we need to consider, which is how to rescue?"
By then, Raphael and others will inevitably be surrounded by a large number of undead, among whom there may be legendary beings. It is impossible to rescue them with a single fighter plane no matter how fast it is.
"I left a backup plan on the ring I gave to Master Raphael. Together with the nuclear warhead given to him by Speaker Vittorio, it should be enough to deal with most situations!" Lin En said solemnly. He had tried it when he sent people back four times. That thing should be able to work in a foreign land.
"Since you have a plan, let's do it!" Harrov nodded. Anthony, Aurora and Vittorio had no objections. If there was a chance to save someone without taking too much risk, they would naturally give it a try. Otherwise, it would be too disheartening.
"As for the time of action..." Lin En paused. "Let's set it in three and a half months!"
That is, half a month after arriving in the foreign land. This was the shortest deadline that Raphael thought he could obtain. If they died before that, the parliament would be powerless to do anything.
Chapter 537: The Establishment of the Magic Network System and the Method of Extracting Antimatter
The internal meeting among the legendary speakers did not cause much waves in the outside world, but some perceptive wizards still sensed the approach of war.
Because the parliament has accelerated the construction of various infrastructure projects, especially the railway network between major cities in the empire, which is the top priority and must be completed within two months.
In addition, the Parliament also transferred a large number of workers to the North and began to build various solid protective facilities there. Magic workshops also expanded their recruitment frantically, working overtime every day to produce weapons and ammunition.
The empire now has a population of 20 million, and the number of laborers alone has reached 4 million. Problems such as management chaos, enslavement of workers, and withholding of wages have followed one after another.
The most serious problem is food shortage.
After all, a large number of people leaving farming means reduced grain production and land abandonment. Fortunately, relying on the grain collected from major vendors, we managed to barely make it to the summer harvest of the new year.
The large farms covering most of the central plains had an unprecedented bumper harvest thanks to the combined effects of mechanical farming and magical fertilization. Tons of wheat were transported to all parts of the empire via the railway network, directly strangling the food crisis in the cradle before it even began.
But both the joy of the harvest and the gloom brought by the war were soon overshadowed by another important news - the magic network developed by Speaker Lynn was officially put into operation, and any wizard, apprentice and even some civilians with outstanding grades could join in!
This is undoubtedly a explosive piece of news. Although Lin En had allowed tens of thousands of wizards to watch the results of the double-slit interference experiment through the magic network during the academic seminar before, this time it affected hundreds of thousands of people in the entire empire!
As soon as the news came out, countless apprentices in the empire who were unable to complete their advancement due to their limited talents were immediately ecstatic and joined the magic network one after another.
The most excited ones are undoubtedly the graduates from the Civilian College.
Alex is one of them, but he is undoubtedly much luckier than others. Born in the land of wizards, he was among the first batch to enter the Civilian Academy. However, he was recruited early because of his excellent grades when he was only halfway through his studies and became an airship pilot that everyone envied!
However, after the end of the Parliament's war against the Empire, Alex did not rely on his military achievements to continue his promotion, but chose to return to college to study Olympiad mathematics, physics, chemistry and other subjects in depth.
Both his comrades and relatives were very confused about his decision. After all, civilians like them who had no talent for magic, no matter how well they learned, would eventually enter a wizard workshop and help the high-ranking wizards.
How many people dream of becoming a pilot and controlling a huge and sophisticated airship?
But Alex gave it up for a simple reason. He was not satisfied with it. Born in a land of wizards, he knew a secret: Speaker Lin...that magic star might have the method to turn ordinary people into wizards.
Because one of the other party's apprentices was a halfling who was recognized as having no magical talent. He had wanted to become a wizard apprentice many times, but was rejected by the Iyeta Academy. Finally, relying on his outstanding alchemy airship, he won the appreciation of Speaker Lynn. Not only was he accepted as a disciple, but he also gained the ability to cast spells.
If I perform well in the civilian college, maybe I will be noticed by a great wizard.
Of course, the probability of this happening is extremely small. Alex had been in the academy for a full six months, and had excellent grades in almost every subject, but he had never met any great wizard with a discerning eye for talent. However, he unexpectedly waited for the opportunity when the magic network opened.
Alex, who had excellent results, successfully became one of the first thousand people to try the medicine and received a [Spiritual Awakening Potion].
This thing is actually a weakened version of the [Source of Magic Power]. It was originally intended for apprentices to break through to become formal wizards. However, now that promotions can rely on the magic network to increase computing power, it is safer, so it is not needed at all.
The Parliament's potion masters weakened its effect to one-fifth of its original value so that ordinary people could take it safely. However, the efficacy was also greatly reduced, and people could only gain a little magic power.
Fortunately, this is enough, at least it meets the minimum requirements for learning meditation and connecting to the magic network.
Under the watchful eyes of a potion master, Alex took the potion with a slight tremor and drank it all in one gulp. The green liquid flowed down his throat, and then he felt waves of piercing pain and burning sensation all over his body.
But Alex didn't care, because he felt the existence of magic for the first time, his body seemed to be boiling, and his soul was leaping with joy...
"Very good, the 345th patient in the seventh experimental group had no adverse reactions..." The potion master glanced at Alex and quickly recorded the data on the paper.
About ten minutes later, Alex came back to his senses from the physical transformation brought by the potion. Then he quickly closed his eyes and tried to communicate with the magic network. A magic wave flew to the distance at the speed of light and was soon received by the magic base station.
It was a feeling as if his brain was about to explode. After Alex adjusted himself, he found himself in a dark and boundless void. Gray runes were suspended in the air, as dazzling as stars.
Alex subconsciously touched the rune closest to him, and a large amount of information suddenly flooded into his mind, and the gray rune also turned colorful.
It was the basic spell [Basic Material Deconstruction]... Alex quickly understood the information in it, and had a rough grasp of the magic casting techniques. He immediately couldn't help but touch the rest of the runes.
This time, no message came, but a reminder sounded instead.
[Ding, first-ring upper elemental magic - Multiple - Ice Blade, minimum mental strength rating required - Apprentice (not achieved), elementary chemistry diploma (achieved).]
Alex was obviously stunned for a moment, but he soon understood the meaning of the prompt tone. Of course, he had a basic chemistry diploma. After all, he passed the chemistry exam with excellent results.