Necromancer, summoning 055? What the heck?

Chapter 107 Family Letter, Route, Spell Model
The spring of 1427 seemed to arrive earlier than usual.

The germination of the first batch of salt-tolerant rice seeds in the lightweight film greenhouse has further boosted the lord's prestige.

Although people have gotten used to calling this land the "vast sea," it can never change its underlying nature as a saltwater beach.

On this land, even the most resilient plants like bark and willow can only survive by clinging to life here and there. No one could have imagined that food could be grown on such land.

It's still rice, which is grown in the south.

Chen Mo traveled along the dark forest route, collecting a large amount of local climate data.

From the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in the southernmost part, to the temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests in the central part, to the temperate mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in the north, and even to the temperate desert with little forest right now where I am...

Most of the food crops that people grow still exhibit relatively primitive, simple characteristics that are highly adapted to the local climate.

Rice is not grown in the desert, let alone in the entire northern region.

Even Karl-Anthony Towns, who had traveled extensively in his early years and was very knowledgeable, couldn't help but marvel at it.

"It's truly rare to see such a case of growth that defies the natural order. The last time I saw it was many years ago at the Moonlit Festival."

“Those pointed ears, watered with the spring of life in the cold winter, produced the Frostflame Flower, and offered it as a gift to their god of nature!”

Chen Mo's ears perked up.

So it's the fountain of life? It can force plants to grow against the laws of nature, right?

The DNA belonging to the Dongxia people has been disturbed; I must find a way to get some of it back.

I remember back when we were still on Earth, my family was quite worried about not being able to grow vegetables on the moon. If only we could figure out how it works...

This will save those agricultural scientists in the family so much trouble!
Of course, it could also be due to excessive worry...

Then, Chen Mo heard old man Downs muttering to himself.

"You promised to take me here to catch a big fish, but where's the fish?"

Chen Mo smiled reassuringly: "We don't have a boat yet! Why don't you go to the beach and collect some crabs and clams to play with? When you're tired of playing, you can go home and go fishing for a while. I'm already recruiting shipbuilders everywhere, so just wait a little longer!"

The old man muttered, "That's not what you said back then!"

Chen Mo, without batting an eye, began to exaggerate: "You know, I came to this lousy place and dealt with countless things one by one, all to help you create a fishing environment, so how can you complain about me?"

Towns was a little confused: "What did you say?"

"Look!" Chen Mo counted on his fingers, one by one. "The territory can't be left undeveloped, right? Right now, isn't it because we don't even have shipwrights or boatmen that you've been delayed in your fishing time?"

“We can’t just leave the gang alone; they won’t just sit back and watch you fish.”

"The fields can't be left uncultivated. Without food, how can we feed the people? If we can't feed the people, what if the bandits come again and steal your fish?"

"..."

Just as Chen Mo had managed to have a good talk with old man Downs and temporarily fool him, he received a letter from home.

Lately, we've been communicating via voicemail, and I haven't received any paper letters in a long time.

This handwritten letter from an elder in the family immediately struck Chen Mo as something extraordinary.

"Hello Comrade Chen Mo, I have been very busy lately and have not been able to write to you for a long time. I miss you very much!"

We are all aware of the series of events that have recently occurred in Han Hai Ling. We believe that your handling of the events was timely and entirely correct!

Of course, we would like to remind you that the situation you are currently facing still presents some significant difficulties.

In a traditional society where supernatural powers exist, revolutionaries are isolated, tasked with undertaking a great deal of groundwork that is often misunderstood by the people.

Outside, they face a united front of suppression from traditional conservative forces.

This has nothing to do with their personal moral standards or how close they are to you; it is purely determined by their class position.

And you are all alone, without any like-minded companions.

Therefore, I must remind you once again that you are all alone in a foreign land, facing many hardships and difficulties, so please be extra careful.

Of course, from the perspective of the overall structure of the mainland, the vast ocean where you are located can currently be regarded as a relatively independent region.
A relatively weak connection with the mainstream world may, to some extent, support your revolutionary, reform, or improvement experiments without triggering a strong reaction from the surrounding world in the short term.

Thinking of this, I have to say it again: your move to risk everything to seize territory was a stroke of genius, a stroke of genius from heaven!

Every time we review the analysis, several key personnel and I can't help but applaud and cheer!

Chen Mo pounded his chest a few times. The emotional value he was being given was too much; his little heart couldn't take it!

Of course, this time the elders in the family wrote a special letter, not just to discuss problems and the situation, but also to offer advice.

"In your last letter, you described in detail your current confusion and hoped to receive guidance from your family."

The reason for the delay is that the road ahead for Hanhailing is difficult. Due to confidentiality requirements, we cannot have a wide discussion or solicit opinions. We can only conduct research and communication within a small scope.

Like you, many of our advisors and consultants are struggling to decide on the right path, which forces us to spend more time thinking and analyzing it more deeply and specifically!
After repeated discussions, we believe that, given the current low level of education, weak class consciousness, and lack of self-identity among the residents of your territory, it may be necessary to go through one or two transitional routes in order to lay the foundation for moving towards a relatively ideal system.

There are some things that your colleagues who were in contact with you in the early stages didn't dare to think about, or thought about but didn't dare to say. In the end, it's up to this old guy like me to talk to you about them.

I believe that at this stage, you should first continue to strengthen the centralized system and build personal authority.

Starting with a feudal lord system or tribal chieftain system, we should seize the time to cultivate a core group of young, loyal, capable, and most importantly, closely united around the territory leader.

This will lead the group towards the next stage of transformation.

For a long time, national collectivism was considered a dictatorial and evil authoritarian regime.

However, I believe that as an extension of collectivism, it has unique advantages in integrating forces, improving organization, strengthening cohesion, and resisting external aggression.

Of course, it also has its drawbacks.

Narrowing downwards will lead to national authoritarianism.

This is not a good system. First, the nationalist authoritarian approach is too extreme and easily gets out of control; second, the lack of a dominant ethnic group in your territory makes this approach not only unsuitable but also dangerous, requiring careful consideration.

Expanding upwards is international communism.

After careful consideration, we believe that this route is very difficult to implement in the current Starry Continent. Not only does it lack the support of the current environment, but it is also very likely to trigger a collective crackdown by feudal reactionary forces. We must be cautious!

As you know, this approach has been largely abandoned in the course of development over the years.

It will exist as an ideal for a long time, but it doesn't seem suitable to bring it into reality quickly.

Regarding the core ideas and specific measures for various routes, I have arranged for colleagues in relevant departments to compile complete theoretical materials, key examples, and implementation suggestions for your reference.

Of course, whichever path you ultimately choose, we will respect your decision and do our best to provide support!

In the final part of the letter, the elderly man briefly reported on the latest research results on materials from the Starry Continent and then raised a simple question about the application of psionic energy in the nuclear fusion process.

The principle is quite complex. To put it simply, the reason why nuclear fusion experimental facilities like tokamaks are so huge, have such complex equipment, and consume such enormous amounts of energy is to control that damn high-temperature plasma and prevent it from running around.

This thing has a temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees. In the field of materials science today, there is no structure that can withstand the bombardment of this thing.

To keep the plasma flow from getting out of control and from burning the machine, a huge superconducting magnet coil must be used in conjunction with a liquid nitrogen cryogenic cooling system to achieve the effect of confining the plasma with a strong magnetic field.

Superconducting magnet coils are complex in structure, expensive in cost, have an extremely long construction period, and require a large amount of other equipment to support them.

At the same time, in order to prevent plasma loss control, a complete quench protection system must also be equipped.

Even at this level, it's impossible to completely prevent the effects of high-energy neutron radiation, particle bombardment, and thermal erosion on the inner walls of the equipment. Therefore, the first wall must use extremely expensive composite materials with a very limited lifespan. It's conceivable that maintaining this system would require astronomical amounts of electricity; the amount generated would be far from sufficient for the equipment's own operation.

So, if a restrictive spell like "Hand of the Mage" guided by psychic energy can perfectly form an invisible "air wall" to block the escape route of high-energy particles, what does that mean?
This means that bulky devices such as toroidal field coils, poloidal field coils, and central solenoids are no longer needed.

The quench protection system can be omitted, and active feedback control systems such as radio frequency waves and divertors can also be phased out.

For the first wall material, you can just lay some tiles anywhere.

By simplifying various equipment, costs have been reduced by more than 90%, and power consumption has been almost eliminated, resulting in a significant increase in energy efficiency, making practical application imminent.

After briefly explaining the basic principles, the leader of Ziyuan Tianshu also raised the existing problems.

First, although restricted psionic magic performed well in small-scale experiments, its actual application still requires a very complicated research process.

Achieving radial, circumferential, and polar constraints is beyond the capabilities of the Dongxia "magic apprentices," who are currently only at a preparatory level.

The complex multi-faceted spell model requires deconstruction of the Starry Continent's magic system.

Second, the nuclear fusion facilities that are eventually put into practical use must operate stably for a long time. However, the fusion engineers need to rest, and we can't really turn controlled nuclear fusion into a "hand-cranked generator."

This requires the support of magic circles or magical items from the Starry Continent.

Finally, the finalization of the equipment will inevitably require a large number of experiments, which will inevitably increase the consumption of mana crystals, and Dongxia's current reserves are insufficient.

Not to mention Dongxia, even the Hanhai Territory doesn't have much of this stuff; Chen Mo got it all from Archmage Tangs.

At the end of the letter, the leader of Tian Shu gave some earnest advice.

"Regarding the above situation, I feel it is necessary to make it clear to you, but I am by no means urging you to solve this problem. I just hope that if you have the capacity, you can collect relevant information to assist in further related research."

Dongxia's path of scientific and technological development has always been on a correct and firm track. Generations of scientific researchers have been unwavering in their commitment and have strived for excellence, which has led to its current brilliant achievement of ranking among the top in the world.

Even without any revolutionary breakthroughs in new technologies and materials, we believe that we will inevitably achieve final victory in this competition!
Therefore, it's good to have it, but there's no need to worry if you don't.

There's an old saying in Dongxia: With great power comes great responsibility.

I am giving this to you now to tell you that we can truly feel your sincere heart, but to shoulder greater responsibilities, you need to have greater abilities.

Therefore, I still hope that you will take good care of yourself, protect yourself, avoid arrogance and impetuosity, and forge ahead!

On the day of Gengshen in the month of Gengyin in the year of Yisi, Li, at Weiyang Palace.

Chen Mozai carefully read the letter, then couldn't help but read it again from the beginning. He then carefully folded it, put it in an envelope, and stored it in his private locker.

The parents are right. Develop ourselves first, and then try to give back to Dongxia. This is the best solution.

However, before that, it won't stop me from going and taking a good swipe at that old guy Towns.

During this period of time, Chen Mo had clearly sensed a change in Towns' mentality.

The old man gradually transformed from a simple fisherman into his own magic mentor. Although he has not yet held any position in the Vast Ocean Territory, his attitude towards himself has become increasingly respectful, and he has shown more and more concern for the affairs of the territory. This is an indisputable fact.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes that the development momentum of the Han Hai Territory is booming. As long as it can maintain its position in this development cycle and complete the territory's assessment targets, Lord Chen Mo will at least obtain the title of Baron.

Those who surround the lord will soon rise to prominence, with even their relatives and friends enjoying great wealth and status.

In this situation, Chen Mo could easily take advantage of the old man.

They arrived at the old man's residence swiftly, accompanied by their ox and horse guards.

The old man is fishing.

To be honest, Chen Mo cared a lot about Master Tang Si.

At the old man's temporary residence, Chen Mo not only furnished it with complete furniture according to the highest standards of the territory and assigned it to dedicated male and female servants, but also specially brought a small ice maker with solar panels from his home to help the old man cool down and relieve the heat.

I still remember the first time Chen Mo proudly presented a large block of ice from the ice machine, Mage Downs rolled his eyes, made a gesture with his right hand, and an ice ball emitting plumes of white smoke appeared in the air.

"You seem to have forgotten that I'm a water mage, haven't you?"

"..."

However, the ice maker was ultimately left behind. In the desert environment, it was still a bit difficult for mages to cast water magic, so why not use the readily available one?

At this moment, ice blocks were holding sand dates that the sand people had dug out from who-knows-where, two maids were slowly fanning themselves, and the old man was leaning back in his chair, his eyes fixed on the float.

Well, Chen Mo also dug a fish pond for Tang Si in the house and specially arranged for people to catch some fish from the sea every day. Although they couldn't go into the deep sea to catch big fish, they could still supply small fish.

Upon entering, the old man was startled: "What happened?"

"It's nothing serious, I just came to see you."

With a soft snort, Downs leaned back lazily again: "My lord, you're so busy with affairs of state, yet you still have time to think about this old man who's almost in the grave?... So, what are you up to now?"

He knew all too well this kid's trick of being overly attentive for no reason.

Chen Mo waved his hand, and the centaur squad and maids withdrew one after another, closing the courtyard gate as they left, leaving only an old man and a child behind.

As for Liu Zaiyue, he obediently stayed outside from the beginning. He couldn't get through the door at all. With his height, he would be a disaster no matter where he went.

"Teacher," Chen Mo sat down on the stone bench beside him, his tone warm and friendly, "You've taught me for so long, and I've always regarded you as my mentor. I have an idea, and I'd like to share it with you. What do you think, teacher...?"

"You tell me, it'll definitely suit you!"

"In a couple of days, I'll get you a speedboat from Cyber ​​King that can go out to sea, and I'll also equip you with a full set of deep-sea fishing gear. At that time, fish as long as your arm? Those will be appetizers! There will have to be deep-sea fish at least as long as a centaur to be worthy of your status!"

The old man frowned slightly, his eyes filled with vigilance.

"Also, I want to set up a magic advisory group in the territory. You will be the chief elder of the advisory group and enjoy the treatment of an governor. How many mages the advisory group can recruit in the future will be under your control."

The old man calmly put down his fishing rod.

"Also, last time you said that this environment is not suitable for building a water magic tower. I plan to build an oasis next to the city lord's mansion and make a large fish pond for you to ensure that the magic tower area has enough water vapor."

"When the time comes, you can go out to sea to fish if you want, or fish at home if you want..."

Master Downs sighed, reeled in his rod, and muttered, "Scared my fish away again..."

"Hurry up and tell me, what is it? I'm getting a little scared. It feels like you're going to skin this old man alive!"

Chen Mo chuckled.

"I have a minor magical problem, but of course, it's nothing to you!"

"Here, watch this video. Here's what happened."

"I need a spell similar to the Hand of the Mage, shaped like a hollow pipe that goes around and around, so that whatever's inside can only go through the pipe but can't get out..."

After reading it, Archmage Downs frowned and looked at Chen Mo suspiciously: "Anything else? Nothing?"

Chen Mo's heart skipped a beat.

It seems this matter isn't so difficult... The old man is a little puzzled that he set his price too high!
"Well, it would be best to have a complete magic model, and... ideally, it could be materialized using a magic circle without human intervention."

"Huh? You're not letting me use it here, you're letting someone else use it?"

"Yup!"

"Well... it's not that simple!"

(End of this chapter)