Chapter 1421: Ignition Experiment, Collecting Arcane Energy

A moment later, Iolum arrived at the Laboratory, and Xia Duo timely ceased his Scrying spell, went to greet him, and asked, "Teacher, are we proceeding with the ignition experiment today according to the original plan?"

"Yes."

As Iolum spoke, he had already walked to the center of the Laboratory, outside the Levitation Field that completely overlapped with the Micro-demiplane.

At this moment, within this experimental area exceeding 100 meters in diameter, the ring-shaped Daiwei String Component automated fabrication machine had already been removed, leaving only the spherical Independent Arcane Fire Device shining with intense Magic Aura.

Although he had checked it countless times before, Iolum still examined it very carefully before "powering on," a process that took a full hour.

After the inspection was finished, just when Xia Duo thought the experiment was about to begin, Iolum called him to his side, "You will start the device in a moment."

"Me? Are you sure, Teacher?"

"What is there to be unsure about? You have already proven your ability during this time. Besides, for an experiment destined to fail, it doesn't matter who starts it. You haven't started it before, so you do it!"

"Alright!"

Since Iolum had said so, Xia Duo naturally would not decline. In fact, he was also very curious; it was just that the Tower of Time did not have enough Arcane Crystal, otherwise he might have tried it privately at the Tower of Time a few times.

……

The method to start the Arcane Fire Device was very simple, just like using a Magic Item: connect the deliberately reserved parts to the open Magic Net String to form a circuit, and Xia Duo could perform this operation without any possibility of error.

The moment this behemoth was activated, a Magic Aura so intense it was almost visible to the naked eye suddenly flashed.

Xia Duo subconsciously squinted his eyes, and immediately after, that aura suddenly disappeared, but the next moment, another aura lit up, and at the same time, the functional cross-sections within the entire spherical device began to light up one by one.

Xia Duo, who knew the device's design by heart, naturally knew this was because the Daiwei String at the current stage could not satisfy the device's full-power operation, and even the lowest power was difficult to sustain.

But even so, for a time, the Laboratory was almost entirely occupied by Magic Aura visible to the naked eye.

Xia Duo clearly felt that Iolum was standing beside him, yet he could see nothing in his field of vision, as it was completely filled with aura that was almost substantial.

"It is estimated that this device can be maintained for over 100 seconds. While it is still stable, you can collect some Arcane Energy."

Normal light was obscured by the Magic Aura emitted by the device, but sound had no obstacles; instead, in such a situation of lost normal vision, it appeared particularly prominent.

Hearing Iolum's reminder, Xia Duo then noticed that a large amount of Arcane Energy had already dissipated from the device. A large portion of this Arcane Energy was absorbed, guided, and converted by the magic around the device, disappearing completely.

But there was still a lot that the Magic Net could not react to in time, and it was spreading throughout the entire Laboratory area. Of course, the further out it went, the wider the Magic Net coverage, and the higher the absorption and conversion efficiency.

He knew that almost ten meters away from the device, the dissipated Arcane Energy was almost completely extinct.

And within ten meters, the closer to the device, the higher the concentration of Arcane Energy in the space. Watching this Arcane Energy flowing into the Magic Net bit by bit, Xia Duo felt his heart bleeding.

So he hurriedly cast a spell to create Arcane Crystal.

Fortunately, Xia Duo had already prepared to collect Arcane Energy beforehand, otherwise, relying solely on the 5th-Ring 【Create Arcane Crystal】, which could only create one Standard Arcane Crystal at a time, would be too inefficient in the current situation.

The spell Xia Duo prepared was 8th-Ring. It wasn't that he couldn't go higher, but it wasn't necessary. The 8th-Ring 【Create Arcane Crystal】 no longer had a manufacturing limit, but was related to the amount of Arcane Energy in a specific area.

If there was enough Arcane Energy, collecting hundreds of thousands of Standard Arcane Crystal at once would not be a problem.

Like the current situation, it was just right!

In just one go, Xia Duo collected Arcane Energy equivalent to over 500 Standard Arcane Crystal, about the size of two steamed buns.

This was still because the Arcane Energy was being rapidly absorbed by the Magic Net; if the Magic Net's absorption were not considered, it could at least double.

However, the second time, perhaps because the spellcasting interval was too short, Xia Duo only collected an amount of Arcane Energy the size of one and a half steamed buns, which was about 200 to 300 Standard Arcane Crystal!

Don't look at this number as small, but if you convert Standard Arcane Crystal into 10th-Ring Spell, then isn't it quite a lot?

Just a casual scoop was the energy required for hundreds of 10th-Ring Spell, and this was just an experimental device destined to fail. If it were the complete version of the Mythallar in Xia Duo's conception, the Arcane Energy produced every day would be an astronomical figure.

……

As time passed bit by bit, Xia Duo noticed that the device's aura began to show signs of disorder, and only then did some details of the Daiwei String Component begin to emerge from the previous intense aura.

Just then, Iolum suddenly reminded, "It's been 100 seconds! Step back a little and prepare your Protection!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Duo immediately checked the Protective Spell on his body, confirming that these spells had not been affected by the previous Arcane Energy dissipation, nor had they been interfered with by the device itself.

However, he did not step back. The experimental area where the device was located currently appeared to be in the Laboratory of the Arcane Union of the Main Plane, but in fact, it was also simultaneously in that Micro-demiplane.

As long as the two Planes were separated before the device finally went out of control, causing the device to fall into the Semi-plane, then no matter how it exploded, it would not affect the Laboratory of the Main Plane.

Iolum's previous experiments had scrapped I don't know how many laboratories, and it was only under Xia Duo's suggestion that this renovation was carried out this time.

Besides being able to be recycled, it was of course also to accommodate the massive volume of the Daiwei String Component automated fabrication machine.

Previously, Iolum's experimental Arcane Fire Device was only about ten meters in size, which could be fully accommodated in the Laboratory, but the current device was nearly 100 meters in diameter, so it was impossible for the normal space in the Laboratory to accommodate it.

Rather than having to perform countless repairs after expanding the space, it was better to use a Semi-plane as the experimental site.

Even an imperfect Semi-plane has a much stronger ability to deal with disasters than a normal Laboratory.

……

"105 seconds, 110 seconds, ……"

Although the device was becoming increasingly unstable, Iolum was still reporting the time very calmly, and just as he counted to 117, the first disintegrating Daiwei String Component finally appeared.

Xia Duo noticed that the component was not a support component, but it was also one of the components shared by multiple Arcane Fire, which to a certain extent reflected the unreasonableness in the current design of the device.

With the disintegration of the first Daiwei String Component, followed by the second, the third, and even more disintegrations appeared one after another.

However, there was nothing left for Xia Duo to do; he only needed to help look after the Laboratory of the Main Plane, which appeared dangerous but was actually as stable as Mount Tai.