Chapter 1188: Conductive Crystal, Cryogenic Vacuum Field

During the subsequent competition period, Xia Duo went to the Arena with Niya during the day, both to watch the matches and to study the small Semi-plane where the dueling platform was located, while continuing to refine his data at night.

This portion of the data was mainly divided into two parts: one was Daiwei's research on Weave String Materialization, which was not true Weave String Materialization, but rather a physical Projection similar to Weave String.

It also possessed some characteristics of Weave Strings; Xia Duo was more optimistic about this part, and the related data was the most complete.

Of course, this completeness only referred to the repeatability of the experiments, not that this technology was truly very mature.

As for the other part, it came from the technology in the Inosen Mage Tower regarding the use of Miscellaneous Crystals to replace Mithril. Xia Duo had obtained quite a few research records from the ruins, but the results of the vast majority of the experiments were failures.

However, the successful portion of the results was extremely gratifying.

The initial purpose of Inosen's research into philosophical technology might have just been to find a cheap material to replace Mithril, but among those successful cases, what was born—could no longer be called Miscellaneous Crystal, but Conductive Crystal!

It already possessed quite strong conductive capabilities, at least far stronger than Mithril!

The only drawback was that it was extremely difficult to preserve. This difficulty was reflected not only in the preservation during the material transformation and preparation process, but also after preparation and during energy circulation.

If all these problems were solved, it would truly be a brand-new material capable of phasing out Mithril!

Although this Conductive Crystal transformed from Miscellaneous Crystal was still difficult to prepare on a large scale for the time being, and preservation was also very difficult, if used only in certain special scenarios, it could indeed already serve as an upgrade material for Mithril.

Iolum wanted a new material with an Arcane Energy flux over a million times that of Mithril, or a new technology to realize this requirement; Conductive Crystal might also be a possibility.

Xia Duo had mainly been redoing Inosen's related experiments these days; he did not want to directly hand over Inosen's experimental records to Iolum.

It was not that there were any secrets in them, but doing so was not rigorous, nor did it reflect the important role he personally played in this.

If the Mythallar were truly realized through this in the future, what reason would he have to obtain it? Would it just be by relying on the other party's gratuitous opening?

Xia Duo still had a bit of pride, and he did not feel the slightest bit of boredom being able to participate in such an important project.

That night.

In the private Laboratory specially configured by the Arcane Union for 5th-Level Members.

Xia Duo stared with a solemn expression at a completely transparent crystal on the experimental table that was emitting a hazy glow; the crystal was densely surrounded by complex Mithril Components supported by various simple stands.

And on these Mithril Components, countless Magic Net Strings within the Laboratory environment were connected; looking at it with Magic Vision, it was simply a deep blue ocean.

This could be considered the most complex, tedious, and difficult experiment Xia Duo had ever conducted to date.

At this moment, countless energy flowed out from the Magic Net, forming complex Magic Effects through the energy circuits with the Mithril Components as the core.

Among these Magic Effects, there were low temperature, vacuum, dust-free, energy suppression, and Stabilization, among others; and all of this was for that transparent crystal surrounded by a large number of Mithril Components and Mithril Component stands!

And this transparent crystal was the Conductive Crystal transformed from Miscellaneous Crystal!

At this moment, the hazy glow that this Conductive Crystal was continuously emitting outward was the proof of energy superconductivity; even without being connected to any energy circuit, it could spontaneously and naturally resonate with the Magic Net to conduct energy exchange.

And through detection, Xia Duo knew that the energy flowing through this process was astonishingly large, yet this Conductive Crystal did not undergo severe Elemental Transmutation; this point was enough to prove its superconducting characteristics.

After observing carefully for a moment, Xia Duo picked up a pen and wrote on a sheet of paper titled "Standard Preservation Environment for Conductive Crystal"—

After controlled variable experiments, the optimal preservation environment for Conductive Crystal is a "cryogenic vacuum field with low elemental activity," supplemented by Stabilization and dust-free Spells, which can stably preserve it for over ten minutes.

The reason why the Conductive Crystal in Inosen's experiments was difficult to preserve was actually not because Inosen could not find a suitable preservation environment, nor was it that he could not improve the Conductive Crystal, but that the experiment was accidentally interrupted before it was completed.

If Inosen were still alive now, he might have long since found a solution.

As for the so-called "cryogenic vacuum field with low elemental activity," while Xia Duo was indeed inspired by the special environments of scientific experiments on Earth, Netherese Mages were not ignorant of controlled variables; at most, they might have overlooked a certain factor due to insufficient cognition, but they would eventually be able to discover the problem.

After all, as long as one does not stick to the beaten path, development is almost inevitable.

Xia Duo did not continue past the step of finding the long-term preservation environment for the Conductive Crystal; this step had already proven the superconducting characteristics of the Conductive Crystal, as for the practical Application of the Conductive Crystal.

Inosen's experiments did not have this part at all; he had only firmed his resolve on this path from the few successful cases that exhibited superconducting characteristics, otherwise he would have given up long ago.

As for Xia Duo, he did have quite a few ideas, but in general, they all required the external environment of a "cryogenic vacuum field with low elemental activity" to support them.

Small-scale experiments were simply not cost-effective; even if successful, there was no return to be gained; while large-scale experiments required equally huge investment.

As of now, Xia Duo did not have any plans in this regard.

After finishing the experimental records, Xia Duo removed the maintenance environment around the Conductive Crystal; almost instantly, this completely transparent crystal, which had still been emitting a hazy glow, suddenly erupted with an extremely intense light.

Along with the light came countless fragments—the rapidly occurring Elemental Transmutation made the crystal itself unable to bear the burden, and it exploded instantly.

When the light dissipated and the explosion subsided, the Laboratory was in a mess, with only the space within three feet of Xia Duo remaining unaffected.

The Protective Field triggered by his Mage Robe occupied this space, and on Xia Duo's body surface, the Bloodline Ability 【Dragon's Magic Resistance】 also instantly smoothed out the turbulent Magic Net near his skin.

And only after this did the Protective Spells inside the Laboratory arrive belatedly; facing the Laboratory that had already stopped being destroyed, the Tower Spirit seemed somewhat "crashed."

"Calm the Magic Net!" Xia Duo immediately issued the command.

Afterward, he contacted a night-shift Deacon through the Tower Spirit to clean up the mess in the Laboratory, while he himself returned to his residence to rest in peace.