Lord: Starting with Summoning the Regular Army of Earth

Chapter 130 Clash of Technological and Magical Thinking

Over the next five days, Lin Xiaoyang, Chen Yu, Liu Jun, and others demonstrated the talent and ability they should have as Deep Blue scholars.

Solid theoretical knowledge and countless simulation training sessions enabled them to progress in their cultivation exceptionally smoothly and rapidly.

All five of them successfully sensed Mana on the first day.

Lin Xiaoyang was the first to complete the task in just a few hours, followed closely by Chen Yu, Wang Hao, and others.

The process of constructing the magic pool was equally astonishing.

Lin Xiaoyang used his own unconventional method based on the concept of "field resonance" to successfully construct a stable and unique magic pool on the second night.

Chen Yu, through highly rational calculations and deductions, completed the Magic Pool, a structure with a highly mathematical aesthetic, in the early hours of the third day.

Wang Hao, Liu Jun, and Zhou Mingyuan all succeeded before the end of the third day.

Entering the spell practice phase, Lin Xiaoyang and Chen Yu once again took the lead.

After a detailed analysis of the environmental energy parameters, Lin Xiaoyang successfully performed a more stable micro-light technique on the evening of the fourth day.

On the morning of the fifth day, Chen Yu achieved precise step control over the brightness of the light cluster.

Wang Hao also successfully cast the twilight spell on the evening of the fifth day, while Liu Jun and Zhou Mingyuan had mastered the construction of the spell model.

In just five days, the five of them covered the distance that most magic apprentices would take months to traverse.

The talent and abilities displayed by the group surprised Matthew, but he was more delighted than surprised, because it meant that the human units he summoned could truly wield the power of magic.

In other words, in the future, Emberstone Ridge could also have its own magician guild, and as long as they can acquire more magical knowledge, their growth potential is limitless.

Of course, what made Matthew happiest was that he finally had someone to work with on the idea of ​​the "magic generator".

So on this day, Matthew summoned Lin Xiaoyang, Chen Yu, and others, as well as Evelyn and Will, to his study.

"How have you all been feeling these past few days?" Matthew asked with a smile, his gaze lingering a little longer on Lin Xiaoyang and Chen Yu's faces.

Will had already given him a brief report on the astonishing progress made by the five men.

"Incredible, Commander!" Wang Hao was the first to answer, gesturing wildly. "There is a systematic deviation of about 3.7% between the actual mana and the theoretical derivation! Moreover, the background radiation in the environment, that is, the fluctuations of non-attribute mana, is more active than expected. This poses a new challenge to building a stable model, but it may also mean that there are ways to utilize excited or metastable states that are not described by traditional magic theories."

"That's right!" Lin Xiaoyang replied quickly and clearly. "Commander, the spell models we learned before might just be some special solutions to this Mana system. I've initially observed signs of long-range correlations between Manas, which might explain the area-of-effect of high-level spells. It also means that we might be able to optimize and design a more efficient low-level spell structure."

Chen Yu nodded silently, quickly wrote down a few formulas and inequalities on a piece of scrap paper in front of him, and then pushed it to the center of the table: "This is a simplified description of the standard model of the Micro-Light Technique and the energy flow equation during actual casting. The standard model has about 15% energy redundancy dissipation, mainly in the form maintenance stage. The optimized structure I designed can theoretically reduce dissipation by 8.3%, but it needs to be verified."

Evelyn and Will listened to these unfamiliar terms with wide-eyed astonishment.

Although she couldn't fully understand what "systematic bias" and "energy flow equation" specifically meant, she could understand that these people at the core were using a completely new way to analyze and measure magic, and even wanted to change magic.

This struck her as incredible, because even a mid-level mage might not possess such an ability, let alone apprentices like them who had just mastered zero-ring magic.

Not only was Evelyn surprised, but Matthew was also very surprised. He didn't expect these guys to have already started to consider optimizing and improving magic.

Do these guys have a supercomputer in their heads?

Of course, Matthew also knew that these people must have thoroughly studied all the basic theories of magic before they came, and even analyzed and researched them using certain scientific theories and mathematical formulas from Earth.

But before, they were just talking about it on paper. Now that they have come here and personally mastered the power of magic, they can still deduce from this that it is indeed possible.

It can only be said that the world seen by a super genius is different from that seen by an ordinary person.

Although Matthew was surprised, he remained expressionless and simply nodded approvingly: "Yes, practice makes perfect. I look forward to your research results, but there is something more important that I need your help to complete right now."

Matthew unfolded the parchment with the strange rune structure drawn on it in the center of the table and laid it out in front of everyone.

"This is an idea that came to me recently while I was learning the Thunder Arrow spell. I call it—the prototype of the magic generator."

He briefly explained the principle of the "Thunder Arrow" spell, and then elaborated on his crazy idea: to abandon its burst and projection parts, retain and strengthen its core of "inducing charge separation and directional flow", and construct a magical device that can continuously and stably operate to convert mana energy in the environment into a controllable current through a specific combination of runes.

"What I want to create is not a one-time attack spell, but an energy conversion device. A power source that can continuously output current."

When Matthew finished explaining his bold idea in as clear a language as possible, a brief silence fell over the room.

"To transform a one-time destructive spell into a continuous energy conversion device—" Evelyn broke the silence first, her eyes flashing with surprise and intense interest.

She stretched out her slender fingers and gently touched the air. A faint arc of electricity danced and vanished at her fingertips, demonstrating her most basic control over the element of lightning.

"Guiding the charge to flow continuously, rather than bursting out—this idea itself breaks out of the framework of traditional spell models. Magic circles pursue effects, while you pursue a state." Evelyn looked at Matthew, waiting for his confirmation.

"Yes." Matthew nodded.

Lin Xiaoyang frowned. He picked up a blank parchment and a quill pen and quickly drew an extremely abstract diagram: "From the perspective of energy conversion, this is equivalent to establishing a small, local electric field generator that uses mana as fuel."

The key challenges lie in two points: First, how to make this generator "self-sustaining," rather than ending after releasing its built-in magic like a spell model.

Second, how to couple the "charge" or "potential difference" generated by the magical effect with the "current" we need, which can form a directed current in the wire.

"Self-sustaining—" Chen Yu interjected, habitually tracing intricate symbols in the air with her pen. "Could we borrow the operating principles of magic circles to design a magic circle that uses magic crystals as a conduit to continuously draw mana from the outside? Its core is a miniature mana siphon structure."

If we could also make the effect of generating electric charge a state that can be maintained by slowly and continuously drawing energy from the mana of the environment —”

"Then the energy source is solved!" Wang Hao interjected excitedly. "Using a magic crystal or a spellcaster providing a small amount of initial magic power as a starter, we can leverage the almost infinite energy pool of environmental mana to maintain power generation! This energy utilization efficiency—my god, if it succeeds, it's practically defying the law of entropy increase—uh, it's practically a world-class exception!"

He almost uttered a concept that transcended the understanding of this world.

"The coupling problem might be solved by the materials," Zhou Mingyuan pondered. "I remember that the 'Complete Guide to the Identification and Properties of Common Magical Materials' mentions a natural mineral that, after certain enchanting treatments, might have a special affinity or conductivity for magical charges."

Evelyn nodded: "Alchemy can create alloys with specific elemental affinities, or fix guiding rune layers onto the surface of certain materials. I can try to make several samples to test charge conduction and conversion efficiency."

Matthew felt invigorated as he watched his team quickly get into the swing of things and begin analyzing the problem from their respective professional perspectives.

This is exactly the kind of brainstorming he needs!

He immediately approved: "Great! We'll establish a special research group on 'Magic Energy Conversion.' I, Ms. Evelyn, Lin Xiaoyang, and Chen Yu will be the core members. Wang Hao and Zhou Mingyuan will provide auxiliary experiments and materials analysis. Will, please ensure all the necessary supplies for this group, from magic crystals, various minerals, and metals to the most basic tools."

"Yes, sir!" Will replied solemnly. Although he did not fully understand the terminology or the future uses of the magic generator that Matthew mentioned, he knew very well that this might be a greater beginning than firearms.

"Looks like I'll have to ask those professors for advice on electricity applications again," Will thought to himself.

However, Evelyn asked the question that was bothering Will.