Chapter 1134: Preparing for Energy Limits and the Communication Mythallar

The Four Elements Pool and the Positive and Negative Energy Pool of the Tower of Time have a very limited amount of energy that can be drawn each day; converted into Arcane Energy points, it is approximately 10,000 points per day.

This income seems quite high, enough for the full actual consumption of ten 10th-Ring Spells, but if the basic operating requirements of the Tower of Time are deducted, along with the real bulk—the daily consumption of the Tower of Time's members—then there is not much left.

Especially now, with the Tower of Time training a large number of Apprentices, if the daily energy surplus can reach 1,000 points, Xia Duo would have to thank the heavens.

And even this 1,000 points is merely a conversion result on paper; there is not actually that much Arcane Energy.

In reality, the Tower of Time cannot convert the Four Elements and Positive and Negative Energy into Arcane Energy, and the consumption of these various energies is not always maintained in equilibrium.

Perhaps today the consumption of Fire Elements is higher, and tomorrow it will be Water Elements, so when considering actual energy reserves, sufficient redundancy must be set aside.

Of course, Standard Arcane Crystals can be used as energy reserves, and the Tower of Time does indeed do this, but that can only be a final strategic reserve, not for daily consumption.

The energy of one Standard Arcane Crystal is about 1,000 points, and for a newly advanced Arcanist to accumulate this one Arcane Crystal, it would take at least three or four months.

If it were the current Xia Duo doing it, it would also take at least 5 or 6 days.

This is still assuming he does nothing else and produces Arcane Crystals entirely; if he uses them himself, it becomes even harder to accumulate.

For a Standard Arcane Crystal like this, the Tower of Time consumes at least 8 or 9 every day, which is to say—

If one wants to use Arcane Crystals to maintain the normal operation of the Tower of Time, at least 40 Senior Arcanists like Xia Duo, who have touched the ninth layer of the Magic Net, would be needed to provide all their Arcane Fire surplus Arcane Energy, acting as full-time human power generators! (This is only for Arcane Energy; they could still do other things.)

From this, it can be seen that although the energy utilization efficiency of the Element Pools and Energy Pools is a bit low, they are indeed essential basic infrastructure for every Mage Tower.

And now, Daiwei alone consumes more than 1,000 points of energy a month; this is already at the level of an Advanced Rank Mage's consumption, perhaps even higher.

If not for him, the Tower of Time's monthly energy surplus could increase by at least one-tenth.

Or to put it another way, if there were a few more big energy consumers like Daiwei, the Tower of Time's energy balance would be broken!

This is much more serious than a lack of money!

For a moment, Xia Duo did not know whether he should continue to support Daiwei's research, but this hesitation stayed in his mind for less than a second before he cast it to the back of his mind.

That strange string, regardless of whether it is a materialized Magic Net String, must continue to be researched; perhaps the Tower of Time's next energy breakthrough lies therein.

As for the Tower of Time's energy crisis, this is actually a cliché problem; as early as when Xia Duo decided to train a large number of Apprentices, he had foreseen it.

During this period, he also came up with many measures to reduce expenditure, such as standardizing the use of the Spell Laboratory, rectifying the waste of resources and personnel redundancy in Private Research Labs, and so on.

And the most important thing was to make the production of the Tower of Time independent, establishing the Magic Technician Department, which greatly improved the efficiency of energy use.

Of course, all of this is just reducing expenditure and cannot yet be called increasing revenue; as long as this batch of New Apprentices grows up, the collapse of the Tower of Time's energy balance is only a matter of time.

But how could Xia Duo watch the Tower of Time go energy-bankrupt? By then, whether it is introducing new energy-limiting policies or opening branch bases, it would not be difficult to alleviate.

And to completely solve this problem, it naturally still relies on the infinite energy 【Mythallar】.

However, now, this matter with Daiwei has reminded Xia Duo; he can now formulate some energy-limiting policies—personal energy limits, daily energy limits for the Tower of Time—all can be started and gradually tightened, forcing Tower of Time members to improve energy utilization efficiency.

It is best to implement it while there is still a daily surplus, so as not to propose it after this batch of Apprentices has advanced in large numbers, which would make it seem like the Tower of Time is deliberately targeting them.

With this idea, Xia Duo immediately contacted Niya, and after inquiring and learning that she was currently in the top-floor Study, he teleported there immediately.

……

In the Study.

Niya was not sitting behind the desk, but sitting under the Projection Window, with only an open book on her lap, as well as a few scattered pieces of Parchment; on the table in front of her was a steaming cup of "Bonu No. 4," looking quite leisurely.

Seeing Xia Duo arrive, Niya simply closed the book, picked up the teacup, took a slow sip, signaled for Xia Duo to sit opposite, and then spoke slowly:

"Were you in the Territory just now? I saw several groups of people go to the villa."

"Yes. The Yuanfang has returned; no matter what, I had to see them."

Xia Duo glanced at the Projection Window and took the opportunity to sit opposite Niya.

At this moment, the scene displayed on the Projection Window was exactly the Linshui Village Altar Square, the Code Sculpture Xia Duo had meticulously crafted, and the crowd around the sculpture were also clearly visible, and his Lord's Villa was on one side of the screen.

However, Xia Duo almost always had the "Avoidance of Detection" Spell cast on him, so he would not appear in the projection; it was not strange that Niya did not see him.

"Is there any progress on the Communication Mythallar?" Xia Duo asked Niya while brewing tea for himself.

"How could it be that fast! The experiments in the last few days have all ended in failure, and I can't figure out where the problem lies." Niya put down the teacup, her eyes quite puzzled.

But soon, as if thinking of something, she turned her gaze to Xia Duo, who was sipping tea in small mouthfuls, "How about you help me take a look?"

"Sure, but I don't guarantee that I can give any useful suggestions."

The Communication Mythallar that Niya is currently researching, strictly speaking, does not count as a Mythallar, or rather, it is not a conventional Mythallar, but a communication network with an ultra-wide coverage area and no Material Nodes.

Although the data for the Communication Array and the Elven Mythallar were given to Niya by Xia Duo, the Communication Mythallar has already exceeded the scope of both; even for Xia Duo, it is difficult to give any constructive suggestions in a short time.

In this regard, his understanding is already inferior to Niya's; what he can give are only some broad suggestions at the macro level, and when it comes to specific problems, Niya still has to find a way to solve them herself.

……

"By the way, I have something to tell you!"

"Hmm, go ahead!" Niya responded while handing her research notes on the Communication Mythallar to Xia Duo.

Xia Duo took the notes and placed them on his lap without rushing to flip through them, instead briefly introducing what had happened at the Material Department and Daiwei's research, and then said—