Necromancer, summoning 055? What the heck?

Chapter 149 The Principles of Electrical Technology, Changing the Mystic Laws of Teleportation

Traditionally, winter is the most leisurely time of the year.

For most people who rely on farming and making a living from the soil, the days when they cannot plant crops are a rare time of rest during the year.

But the men won't let you rest so easily.

The work in the fields has stopped? Perfect! Everyone get to work for the lord!

For example, the city walls should be maintained and repaired, the lord's manor should be appropriately expanded, and perhaps the cities should take this opportunity to erect more statues of the lord, or add a few new temples for the gods.

In short, there's a lot to do on the territory.

A lord with even a slight sense of territorial development would take advantage of the dry winter season to organize his local people to raise and reinforce the river embankments, dredge the silt, or level the official roads, which would be considered doing something good for his people.

On this basis, a more humanized lord, such as Earl Liuyun, who was deeply loved by his people, would provide a meal for his laborers every day—that would be considered an immense act of kindness.

It should be noted that in most places, laborers not only had to bring their own food and warm clothing, but even their own tools.

Yes, in some territories, even the armor and weapons for fighting are bought by the people themselves; those who have money carry swords, shields, and armor.

No money... If I have no money, I should at least borrow some to buy a long spear.

The dwarf lends money to many of these poor people who have been forced to go to war.

It's alright if he dies; the dwarf will ask the lord for compensation.

From this perspective, Han Hai Ling is simply an "outlier" among "outliers".

The lord provided food, distributed winter clothing, provided shelter, and distributed tools; even the weapons for fighting were standardized! This all-encompassing approach made the dwarfs, who were used to scraping meat off the legs of herons and extracting oil from the bellies of mosquitoes, grit their teeth in hatred.

No wonder the dwarves, despite making so much money under the lord, still disliked the system of the Vast Ocean Territory, which the dwarves called "a dark, autocratic, and dictatorial territory."

The evaluation of Dongxia by some people is generally the same.

At this moment, Lord Chen Mo had no time to pay attention to the noise. He was extremely busy this winter.

In the New Cloud Mist Territory, tens of thousands more people need to be resettled and cared for; in the Vast Ocean Territory, the industrial development plan is progressing at breakneck speed.

The newbie protection period in the territory is about to expire, and Misty Moon is secretly sabotaging itself again. In a few months, it will face an unknown number of orcs.

Amidst all the complexities, Chen Mo never forgot to send useful supplies to his "hometown" on the other side of time and space.

The mana crystals collected from the restoration workshop were used to maintain the magic array needed for the restoration workshop, and a small amount was used to replenish the energy of the mage tower core to ensure the lord's cultivation progress. The rest were all sent to the spacetime nexus.

There's a lack of spiritual energy in my hometown.

There are also all sorts of products. I don't know if it's because the basic environments of the two worlds are too similar, but so far, we haven't discovered any extraordinary black technology materials here.

As a result, Chen Mo always felt like a child who had gone out to start a business, constantly taking subsidies from his family.

But now, he has discovered something that might be of "some value" to the family.

A piece of black technology belonging to the law system.

Teleport Altar!
I learned of its existence through a special transaction.

In order to obtain Farrell's unicorn, Chen Mo provided Farrell with a batch of electrical appliances, which Farrell presented to the Northern Branch of the Magic Society as if it were a treasure.

Initially, Elliott, a scholar specializing in lightning, was very interested in the electrical equipment in the Han Hai Ling region. However, after some research, he was disappointed to find that the "electrical energy" in these devices was too weak and did not help his research on lightning applications, so his interest waned.

But these strange devices eventually came to the attention of the Magic Society, and soon after, they attracted a true master.

Anthony Herik, a master of energy science and a five-ring scholar of the Magical Society.

The magical community in the Starry World has a long history and a legacy of generations of scholars. The research and application of "psychic energy" has a long history, profound theories, and a complete system.

There is a universally acknowledged ironclad rule in the field of magic: psionic energy is the foundation of all energy and the most fundamental form of energy.

It is the "source of all power"!
Through various forms of magic circles, it is possible to store, release, and transform spiritual energy.

Driven by different magic circles, psionic energy can be transformed into light energy, heat energy, kinetic energy, ice energy... and into all forms of energy that can be perceived.

The only difference lies in the type of magic circle.

While other forms of energy can also be converted into each other, the conversion is subject to various stringent restrictions.

For example, countless experiments in the field of magic have proven that, represented by dwarven steam technology, thermal energy can be converted into kinetic energy, but thermal energy cannot be converted into light energy.

It doesn't count if you heat the steam engine until it's red-hot; that kind of energy loss far exceeds the normal range of energy conversion.

Similarly, intense light energy can be converted into heat energy, but it can never be converted into ice energy.

As for electricity, the magic society has yet to discover any practical applications of lightning, which can strike people dead.

Even when roasting an animal, it's not cooked evenly; the outside is burnt while the inside is raw!

From the perspective of the Starry Sky Magic Academy, "Only spiritual energy is eternal" is an irrefutable truth!

However, after receiving the simple electrical equipment provided by Chen Mo, Master Anthony, as an expert in the field of psionic research, realized a major problem after a little study.

The equipment that Han Hai traded to the Magic Academy, although its energy was weak, actually completed many types of energy conversion.

Solar panels convert sunlight into electricity.

Then, lighting equipment—electric energy is converted into light energy, heating devices—electric energy is converted into heat energy, hand tools—electric energy is converted into light energy, and even that small freezer—electric energy is actually converted into ice energy.

It's important to know that ice energy is widely recognized within the Magic Academy as one of the most difficult forms of energy to convert.

In the research and argumentation of countless generations of magic scholars in the Psionic Society, there are almost only three possibilities: Psionic energy is converted into ice energy through a magic circle; Psionic energy is converted into ice energy through a magician's spellcasting model; and a very few rare materials are mixed together, and the "primitive psionic energy" contained in the materials is converted into ice energy.

Well, the Dongxia technical department translates this "primitive spiritual energy" as "chemical energy".

This is a major subversion of the energy theory of the starry world.

After repeated research, Master Anthony even came to a hidden conclusion.

In the world controlled by the mysterious "Cyber ​​King" behind the Lord of the Vast Ocean, electricity plays a role equal to their "psychic energy"—it is the "source of all power" from another world!
Not only did they create "electric arrays" that convert electrical energy into all other forms of energy, but they also created "solar panels," which transformed readily available and inexpensive light energy into electrical energy.

The most bizarre thing is that it can also store data at the same time, and then release it through different "electric arrays" when needed.

This left Master Anthony utterly astonished.

It's like a master mathematician who has dedicated his life to studying geometry seeing non-Euclidean geometry for the first time—it's incomprehensible, yet logically completely self-consistent.

Master Anthony was so excited that he couldn't sleep at night. He immediately grabbed Elliott and led the entire research team to the Vast Ocean Territory. They waited at the lord's mansion for several days and finally caught up with Chen Mo, who had just returned from meeting with Princess Liushuang.

The old man eagerly grabbed the lord and began asking him various questions about the application and conversion of energy.

Chen Mo was sweating profusely from the questions. With his limited knowledge, he managed to answer a few basic questions, and then he could only leave under the pretext of being busy with territory affairs.

Then he heard what Master Anthony said.

"Get this straight, and I'll set up a teleportation altar for you. From now on, you can contact your little girl instantly, saving you the trouble of running around and wasting time."

Just as Chen Mo was preparing to retreat, his right leg, which had been extended, suddenly turned, and he used his left foot as a pivot to make a semi-circle turn, bringing himself back.

The movement was so large that it almost twisted the waist that had just been treated by the therapist and injured by Princess Liushuang's embrace.

"Master, I haven't yet had the chance to ask, what is this teleportation altar all about?"

Anthony twitched his graying eyebrows, his eyes full of amusement. He knew lords were completely powerless against this kind of thing.

This special tool was almost exclusively used by lords of various countries, and its greatest value lay in real-time military communication.

The master cleared his throat, shook his head, and looked quite pleased with himself.

"The teleportation altar was created by a genius scholar who was a summoning mage back then, imitating a summoning circle and using spatial psionic energy."

"After being improved by generations of magicians, it finally took on its current form."

"However, I also need to make it clear to you that this is not a summoning mage's altar, but a teleportation altar driven by a magic circle, so there are some limitations to its use."

The master seemed to have forgotten some details and beckoned. A young man in a third-tier mage robe immediately stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and began to explain clearly and logically.

"Your Excellency Lord of the Vast Ocean, there are a few restrictions on the use of the teleportation altar."

"First, it can teleport items, but it can't teleport people over distances exceeding several hundred meters; it's unbearable."

"Even a second-level swordsman or knight cannot withstand it."

Chen Mo expressed his understanding, as it was equivalent to teleporting several hundred meters in an instant, but he still couldn't help but ask, "What about the third revolution?"

The apprentice pushed up his glasses, looking helpless: "Lord, no one dares to let a third-tier expert test the magic array. Third-tier professionals themselves... don't have that kind of academic spirit, so we don't know the result..."

Chen Mo nodded. That makes sense!

"Secondly, the greater the distance, the greater the consumption."

“Teleportation requires burning mana crystals. If it's your Vast Ocean and the Emerald next door, it should only take less than one crystal per transmission. But if it's our Northern Branch of the Magic Society sending a message to the Silver headquarters, it will burn at least a dozen mana crystals.”

"Also, there will be a ban period after each use, during which it cannot be used."

"Depending on the rank of the teleportation altar, the length of the sealing period varies. The lowest rank, the Hundred Refined Purple Rank teleportation altar, has a sealing period of about forty days."

Okay, this is a starting-level fourth-tier magic equipment, which means that items below the third tier cannot be made.

Chen Mo understood immediately: This was clearly a "magical device" version of the necromancer's summoning altar! It used spirit crystals instead of the mage's mental energy consumption, had a cooldown time, and could achieve real-time spatial transfer of items.

"May I ask this master, how far can this transmit?" Chen Mo asked the question he was most concerned about.

Anthony's student quickly waved his hand: "You flatter me, I am just your student, Lord!"

"According to the traditions of the Magic Society, psychic energy is omnipotent, and spatial power is not limited by distance. As long as the secondary altar can reach a certain place, it can be teleported!"

A thought flashed through Chen Mo's mind: "Wait! If the necromancer sends the altar's secondary seat to his summonable space, wouldn't that be equivalent to having an extra set of summoning skills?"

"Sorry, I didn't explain it clearly!"

Master Anthony chimed in, "Alright, enough with the rough work, go down!"

The old man stroked his beard and spoke.

"There is an ironclad rule in the laws of space: space is stable and superimposed on space!"

"If the secondary seat of the teleportation altar is placed inside the summoning altar, and then teleportation is performed across space, the two spatial forces will interfere with each other, or even annihilate each other. The teleportation altar will be destroyed, and the summoner may also be severely injured!"

"This has been verified by professionals! Summoners who shared your thoughts have all paid the price!"

"Therefore, the main and secondary altars can be sent to the other side at the same time, but if the main and secondary altars need to be teleported separately, they must be teleported separately by means of non-spatial teleportation to maintain a proper distance in order to function properly."

Understood!
Chen Mo's mind raced.

In the Starry Continent, this thing has two uses: delivering messages and transporting items.

Compared to the Swiftwind Owl and similar devices, its message delivery function is definitely much faster, and the advantage of instant delivery becomes more obvious the farther the distance.

However, this feature was of no value to Chen Mo.

Now that the lord has acquired rudimentary wireless communication technology, once Lord Chen confirms his advancement to the Moon Wheel in two months, the increased transport capacity should be sufficient to support Lord Chen in building a complete communication transmission system.

At that time, it will be just a matter of making a phone call; there will be no need to burn mana crystals. You can send a message using the teleportation altar.

As for teleportation, with such a long cooling time and limited transmission weight, the cost-effectiveness doesn't seem very high for the two hundred kilometers or so that the two oceans and the jade are separated.

But what if... we send them back to Earth?
They could be deployed between outposts in the heart of Eastern Xia and on its borders, or even to some island far out at sea, or even deep into enemy territory, to send back important items and bring back special toys...

For example, in the sacred toilet of some country of four-clawed sea serpents, a small firecracker might be set off...

My mind is clear! I absolutely have to get one of these.

As for the theories and answers that Master Anthony desires... well, let the professionals back home handle those professional matters!
Both sides were extremely efficient. Just two days later, Dongxia sent over a meticulously compiled version of "The Energetics of Electricity (Volume 1)".

The expert team put in a lot of effort, covering some basic electrical knowledge and painstakingly steer electricity toward a mysterious level, with various semi-mystical and semi-scientific explanations taking up half of the content.

It sometimes enlightened Master Anthony, sometimes made him seem thoughtful, and sometimes made him look confused.

Master Anthony also fully demonstrated the courage of a professional scholar who thirsts for knowledge.

After Chen Mo hinted that the compilation of the second volume was underway and might require some motivation, Anthony, who was eagerly provoked by the contents of the first volume, used his special privileges to quickly transfer a sixth-tier, thousand-polished, radiant gold mid-level teleportation altar from the Magic Society.

Well, Chen Mo still needs to pay more, since the weight of this thing transmitted per transmission is double that of the fifth-tier, reaching more than 200 kilograms.

Without a second thought, Chen Mo sent the items back to Dongxia.

The Cihang Engineering Department immediately conducted the first round of field measurements.

On the night the results were announced, after the entire meeting room erupted in jubilation, a heated debate immediately broke out regarding the first deployment location of this "otherworldly law black technology".

"The moon! Of course, the moon! Sending this thing up there, with 200 kilograms of supplies every month, how many launches can we save? How much operation time can we save? Let's hurry, the lunar return base can be built within a year!"

"This is an excellent springboard for deep space, a base and a testing ground!"

"Short-sighted!" another group of experts in charge of the Mars project retorted bluntly. "By spending some time sending the altar to Mars, we can obtain real-time in-situ data of Mars, which is far more significant than the Moon! We can achieve this in one step and seize an absolute advantage!"

"We haven't even firmly established ourselves on the moon yet, and we're already thinking about going to Mars? The risks are too great!"

"The Mars launch window only comes once every two years! And it won't wait for anyone!"

Both near and far, fast and slow, have value, but the latter is greater, though it takes a long time and carries risks.

What if it gets lost on its way to Mars?

Finally, a veteran from the aerospace department tapped on the table: "Alright! Comrades, calm down."

"We now have the capability for precise delivery and recovery on the lunar surface, which is the practical basis. My personal suggestion is that our first destination should still be the moon!"

"Use the lunar environment to fully verify the reliability and adaptability of this teleportation altar equipment, accumulate experience, and build confidence!"

"As for Mars..." The old academician coughed lightly, "Wouldn't it be more reliable and dependable to 'deliver' it to Mars after the basic infrastructure on the moon is in place and the integration is complete?"

"Right!" the commander-in-chief declared decisively. "Let's take care of what's in front of us first. Besides, we don't even know the cost of lunar transport. What if we don't have enough spirit crystals after we get to Mars?"

"Eat your food one bite at a time and walk your journey one step at a time."

"I'll report to the cabinet immediately. The Moon Invitation Plan needs to be accelerated!"

(End of this chapter)