Chapter 1392: Daiwei String Preparation Machine

When Xia Duo creates a Daiwei String, he naturally chooses to invest the maximum amount of Arcane Energy allowed for a single spell; in this way, the Daiwei String created is a Standard Daiwei String.

A Magic Net String in its normal open state will automatically close if there are no other interfering factors, but a Daiwei String will not automatically close, and short ones cannot be merged into long ones.

Only long ones can be split into short ones.

One Standard Daiwei String can produce roughly 1 to 100 Daiwei String Components, depending on the complexity of the Spell Element.

In other words, to finish building this Independent Arcane Fire Device, one must prepare at least 10,000 Standard Daiwei Strings; of course, if more are needed, it could be up to a million.

This is undoubtedly a very massive project.

Xia Duo conservatively estimates that if these Daiwei Strings were all to be prepared by him alone, it would take at least several months.

However, what is naturally more time-consuming than Daiwei String preparation is the Arcane Fire Device itself; the former is at most a type of material, while the latter is the main body of the experiment.

Xia Duo feels that Iolum should let him participate in it later, otherwise, relying on the other person alone, who knows how long it would take!

For this reason, after he increased the number of Daiwei Strings saved in the Static Field to 100, he stopped observing Iolum's actions and instead familiarized himself with the design drawings of the Arcane Fire Device.

This blueprint is not complex; it is more of an accumulation of the quantity of Arcane Fire Sequences. Xia Duo is not unfamiliar with Arcane Fire itself; actually calculating it, there are only a few thousand elements he needs to master proficiently.

The only relatively troublesome part is this production method of linking the Magic Net while simultaneously creating Daiwei String Components.

The fault tolerance is almost zero.

To truly participate in the production process of the Arcane Fire Device, Xia Duo must, in addition to preparing Daiwei Strings, thoroughly master the Daiwei String Components corresponding to those thousands of elements and the details of linking them to the Magic Net.

Only in this way can he make Iolum trust him and let him participate in the production of the Arcane Fire Device.

Of course, relative to the entire experiment, this is only the engineering part; what Xia Duo wants to participate in more is the design, as well as the subsequent summary and adjustment parts.

"Let's take it one step at a time!"

In the following few days, Xia Duo stayed at the Arcane Union, almost forgetting the time, but today he really couldn't help it; after entering the Laboratory, he stopped Iolum, who was preparing to work, and asked a question:

"Does Teacher think the Independent Arcane Fire Device can ultimately be realized?"

"Of course it can!" Iolum gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

Xia Duo also feels it can, but he had to continue the conversation, "Since Teacher believes the Independent Arcane Fire Device will inevitably be realized, why not borrow a batch of Arcane Crystals from the Seven Towers?

"I have designed a type of Magic Item that can automatically produce Daiwei Strings; once the Arcane Fire Device enters positive returns, those Arcane Crystals can be easily repaid.

"Furthermore, since Teacher has decided to share the final results of the Arcane Fire Device with the Seven Towers, they should also provide some support for the preliminary experiments now!"

Regarding Xia Duo's suggestion, Iolum did not object, only saying he wanted to see that type of Magic Item first; Xia Duo understood immediately.

He comes from a prosperous modern society where people have long formed a habit of using external objects and are more willing to believe in industrial machines created by science.

But in Netheril, society is still in the classical period, and Mages who possess power themselves may be more willing to believe in the Spellcaster's own power.

Whether in the Main Plane or the Projection Plane, Xia Duo has seen many practical spells, but Magic Items made based on practical spells are very rare, especially production equipment, which is almost non-existent.

Except for the Arcane Empire of the Projection Plane.

Perhaps there is a factor here that equipment cannot automatically link Magic Items to the Magic Net, but if one sets this aside, it could also save Spellcasters an unknown amount of energy!

A long time ago, Xia Duo created a Magic Scroll Printing Machine; it only requires the Spellcaster to link it to the Magic Net to produce a complete Magic Scroll, and the quality is far superior and more stable than those made by hand by Spellcasters.

As for the production of Magic Items, the Mithril Component part can all be manufactured automatically.

Xia Duo currently has many plans for modifying Alchemy Arrays, but he has not carried out the relevant modifications just so that more and more Spellcasters in the Tower of Time do not lose their job opportunities.

Of course, resources are also a big factor.

Once industrialized mass production is started, the meager resources currently available in Netheril would be exhausted in just a few days!

Xia Duo does not know if Iolum has seen the resource shortages, social unrest, or the decline in the status of Spellcasters brought about by automatic production, but he can tell from some of the other's subtle expressions that the other seems uninterested in machine automatic production.

Agreeing to look at the machine now may just be out of respect for him, this cheap student.

One can only hope that after the Daiwei String preparation equipment comes out, it can change Iolum's perspective!

After all, the Independent Arcane Fire Device is the top priority for him right now.

Just like that, Xia Duo prepared Daiwei Strings for Iolum while familiarizing himself with the construction process of the Arcane Fire Device, and additionally had to find time to produce and debug the Daiwei String preparation equipment.

It wasn't until mid-July, or more accurately July 17th, at noon that day, that he took advantage of Iolum's rest time after lunch and came to Iolum's Study to show him the Daiwei String preparation equipment.

"Teacher, the equipment I mentioned earlier that can automatically produce Daiwei Strings is finished; let me demonstrate it for you!"

After speaking, he took out a cube-shaped device covered in patterns from his Personal Space, about half a meter high, with a prominent circular protrusion on the top face, as well as four slots.

Inside two of the slots were placed a Standard Arcane Crystal each.

Seeing that Xia Duo had already made the physical object, although he had been uninterested before, Iolum was quite curious at this moment and walked from behind his desk to the center of the Study, carefully examining this very dull-looking manufacturing equipment.

"Is this it? Are you sure it can produce Daiwei Strings that meet the requirements?"

"Of course I am sure, Teacher, please look!"

As he spoke, Xia Duo activated the equipment; for the purpose of the demonstration, he did not make the activation method of this manufacturing equipment the willpower activation common in Netheril, but instead made a button on the top surface of the device, which was that circular protrusion.

Pressing the button counts as starting the device.

Only to see the device flash with spiritual light, and in the void above, a point of Magic Net String gathered rapidly, forming a special Spell Source Point; seeing this, Iolum was greatly surprised:

"You modified that spell?"

"Yes, please continue watching, Teacher."

This device is, of course, not just a carrier for a spell, otherwise how could it be called an automatic production device!