Chapter 45: For the Sake of Time

Although research into technology is still progressing, it has already fallen into a short-term stagnation.

This is an objective fact.

Although the system has already alleviated more than 99.9999% of the trouble, that final little bit still has to be faced.

If the knowledge accumulation of human civilization were in the primitive era, I fear the total sum could be completely memorized by a single person's brain. But by the Classical Era, what would be needed is an entire library and a team.

By the Middle Ages, people would need an entire city to develop a structure of civilization. And by the era of industrialization, even if everyone had knowledge far exceeding the primitive era in their brains, what people would need is a country to support it.

To put it in plain language, it is a severe shortage of research points caused by the number of projects expanding geometrically in the next era.

Because subsequent research no longer requires mere research points, but rather more industrial chains to extend into more technology.

For example, the dozens of machines, hundreds of catalysts, thousands of raw materials, and tens of thousands of different ratio functions and requirements needed for a complete chemical industrial chain—all of this cannot be irrigated by pure research points.

Or rather, he could indeed pour them in, but at the current level of technology points, trying to research an entire industrial chain with the power of two thousand people is, to be honest, asking a bit too much.

Packaging the progress of the entire era brings about the result currently presented before Li Ang.

"Your cross-era technology, the complete industrialization process, is 0.83% complete, and 9,991,700 more technology points are required. Your people working in factories will automatically increase research points and reduce the required research points."

"This technology surpasses the current era of the planet; the research penalty is 800%."

"This technology has been blocked by the God of Supreme Wisdom; the research penalty is 1200%."

"Each factory can provide a 40% industrialization research bonus!"

"Your current number of basic factories is 0."

If it were a normal civilization, this requirement would not be harsh.

After all, in a normal civilization of hundreds of thousands to millions of people, small factories can be built by ten or twenty people, and with the system's ability to instantly spam buildings, one could hammer out industrialization and enter the industrial age after a period of time.

But the problem is that Li Ang's Landing Site is not a normal civilization. The total population of the Landing Site is only a few thousand, and a considerable portion of the Knightly Order is still stationed at the Giant Tree Outpost, where the Rotting Life Giant Tree is still being modified by Li Ang, gradually improving into an aesthetic that humans can accept.

And the rest of the population is basically already fully occupied in various Magic areas and repairing buildings; there is simply no spare population to build factories.

Most importantly, according to the current progress, building factories is just a drop in the bucket; to completely finish all items of industrialization, even going all out would take at least a year.

Then why don't I wait for the Chivalrous Expedition to send people over before talking about it?

So Li Ang naturally turned his gaze to other parts.

Magic.

This completely brand-new progress bar.

Only this research progress, which can be boosted by Magic, is running at high speed.

Through the Introduction to Magic Research, Li Ang has successfully transformed the essence of the rotting life into the breath of life, and together with other Paths, added them to the scope of what can be normally manipulated and converted.

Anyone who uses these powers will no longer be affected by corruption and matter; using these powers will directly mobilize their essence. In other words, it has broken away from the interference of the current planet, begun to form its own faction, and uses brand-new Magic calculation formulas to guide the power.

Of course, the good news regarding Magic does not stop there.

Modifying the Winds of Magic was an unexpected joy; this essence originates from Li Ang's own talent.

What is mentioned here is not the talent given by the system and the Wonder, but Li Ang's true, innate talent. He seems to have an unimaginable ability to manipulate Magic and psionics.

His research has already had preliminary results; now he can even turn the Corruption Temple into an approximate product like a Shengming Lingmiao. The Winds of Magic that Li Ang dismantled do not yet have detailed Paths and philosophies, but it is a good start.

And the preliminary dismantling of the conversion of emotions into Magic, as well as the essence of the conversion of life Magic, and the research into the Winds of Magic and his own Magic, have made Li Ang a terrifying mage. Even more fortunately, in terms of Magic, Li Ang is an absolute cross-era genius, even without the so-called Supreme Wisdom. He can already make that Chaos Magic submit outside the range of the Stonehenge, remove the parts that make humans uncomfortable, and even apply aesthetic mods to Magic itself, making it more suitable for people to use.

These are all things he thought of himself, and they are also techniques acknowledged by the system.

Although there is no way to convert them into immediate combat power, they can make all humans feel comfortable, or even ecstatic. They believe it was Li Ang who purified these rotting monsters.

This point was something he hadn't expected. But it is also a good thing.

Li Ang never intends to stop his steps; he is still thinking about more things.

"Magic forging craftsmanship and Magic element purification... I don't know if there's enough time... Let's just finish the purification of life force elements for now, otherwise the Giant Tree Outpost might collapse..."

Time is too short, and there are too few people...

Floating in the zero-gravity Observatory, Li Ang's consciousness patrols the territory at high speed.

But just at this moment, he suddenly heard an ominous sound coming from inside his own body.

"... Ah."

Looking at his palm where the finger bones were fractured and cracked, revealing the Mouneng flowing inside, Li Ang frowned.

His physical body can no longer hold on.

To be precise, if his life continues like this, it is about to come to an end.

But there are still many things to do, and many plans have not been completed. The God-Given Plain needs three rivers for irrigation, which can only be changed by him manipulating Magic. The barrier of the Life Giant Tree at the Giant Tree Outpost is also not finished, otherwise he cannot expand with peace of mind.

Before the arrival of the Chivalric Expedition, there are still many things he needs to do. With only two thousand serfs and ordinary Knights, even with the geographical advantage, it is difficult to resist the Chivalrous Expeditionary Force, which might reach tens of thousands of people, or even more if players are counted, without a permanent fortress.

In this world of Magic, the pressure of logistics and population has been greatly reduced. Coupled with the fact that the players have already been summoned, what Li Ang needs to do is race against time.

It is not yet time for him to pay attention to the hatred of the Elf.

The clock is ticking.

Just managing everything in the territory now has made it impossible for Li Ang's physical body to support him.

He should, or rather must, find a manager who is trustworthy and capable. If he does not want to abandon his physical body.

Wufuruike is a good choice; he is not stupid, just illiterate. But for the control of resources, ordinary humans are certainly not as good as his own system. So some resources are still needed for support.

Should he go back to maintain his physical body first, and then trick some player resources?

If he remembers correctly, he had a hand in the choices of these players. If he can open up trade links, perhaps he can get some relief in terms of resources...

But in the end, his physical body is just too fragile.

If he doesn't want problems to arise, the modification of life Magic is a long-term job. But perhaps it can be done as a research project; when human medicine is unlocked...

Looking at his almost withered palm, Li Ang sighed and closed his eyes in the Observatory.

His consciousness dived down, then ascended.

The darkness, like a mother, wrapped around him, and then sent him into a colder space-time.

(End of chapter)