Chapter 1440: Legendary Spell, Zero-Gravity Semi-plane

Although Buluode claimed that the talents of the other three were no less than Luowei's, in reality, the gap should be quite obvious.

At least from Xia Duo's perspective, Luowei was young and promising, looking to be only in his thirties, while Bogesi, Aersong, and Gawani all had the aged appearance of temples touched by autumn frost.

Although appearance cannot prove anything, and it is possible that Luowei has a knack for maintaining his youth, the fact that one can maintain their youth while the others cannot—is that not the gap?

In fact, Xia Duo is more inclined to believe that the thirty-something appearance Luowei displays is his true age, because generally, those who can become an Arcanist are not too old.

After that, it is a matter of talent and lifespan; as long as one lives long enough, one can eventually become a Great Arcanist.

But human lifespan is limited, and even counting Life Extension Spells, it is difficult to reach the level of an Elf. Under normal circumstances, if a human has not become a Great Arcanist by the age of forty or fifty, their life is basically set.

Having walked this path, Xia Duo knows clearly that the key to becoming a Great Arcanist perhaps relies to a certain extent on luck—specifically, that advancement during the High Mage period.

One cannot rule out those who accumulate slowly and achieve success late, but to be a step ahead at the starting stage is meaningless if one already has half a foot on the threshold of a Great Arcanist.

Now that Luowei looks so young and has already become a Senior Arcanist, if nothing goes wrong, another Great Arcanist will be born under Iolum in the future.

As for Bogesi, Aersong, and Gawani, even if their talent is not inferior to Luowei's, having fallen a step behind at the starting stage, the hope of making up for it in the later stages is slim.

For Xia Duo, reaching the tenth layer of Magic was a matter of course, and he felt almost no difficulty, but for an ordinary Mage, it is extremely difficult; this step is generally known as the "Curse of the Magic Net's End."

Only by breaking the "Curse" can one become a Legendary, and only by becoming a Legendary can one catch up to the Great Arcanists of one's generation or even the younger generation.

As for how to break the "Curse," Xia Duo has never heard of it, and his own experience cannot serve as a reference.

However, when he sees Kelifu next time, he might be able to ask; among the dozen or so Great Arcanists currently on the surface in Netheril, only Kelifu and Magena advanced directly from a Legendary Mage.

The others all advanced to Arcanist during the High Mage stage and then grew up as a matter of course.

Looking only at the visible ratio, the ratio of non-Legendary to Legendary is at least 6:1, and if one counts those hidden by the Seven Towers and the very few who voluntarily hide themselves among the populace (like Zhenna), this ratio is even greater.

From this, the difficulty of achieving "Legendary" is even more apparent.

However, Xia Duo did not look down on the three of them because of this, because he had basically mastered the "Regret Pill." Since achieving Legendary is so difficult, why not just avoid that path?

By using 【Negative Energy Downgrade】, the Spellcaster's perception of the Magic Net, as well as the Magic Net's response to the Spellcaster's perception, is precisely dismantled and extinguished, causing the Spellcaster to regress to the stage where they can only perceive the first five layers of the Magic Net—that is, the High Mage stage—where they can then re-advance to Arcanist.

However, the impact of this irreplaceable technology is significant; in some ways, it is no less than the Mythallar.

Naturally, Xia Duo could not easily bring it out for these three so-called "fellow disciples" he had only met once. It might be possible in the future, but one can only hope these three fellow disciples live until then!

……

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Buluode quickly got to the point, discussing the problems in the production of the Daiwei String Component Preparation Machine—

"We checked the blueprints of the preparation machine you left behind and found that the existence of the Daiwei String Component design plugin is very strange. Its connection to the overall preparation machine seems very tight, capable of perfectly integrating into the preparation machine to serve as a data core, yet it can also exist independently, and detaching it does not affect the normal operation of the preparation machine. How exactly is this achieved?"

When Buluode said this, Xia Duo immediately understood that these people did not have problems with making the Daiwei String Preparation Machine, but rather had problems understanding the working Principles of the preparation machine.

Regarding the questions from Buluode and the others, if these people were from Earth, it would be easy to explain, but they were people from another world who had never been exposed to programming, so it was very difficult to explain.

Should he talk about concepts like modular design or external plugins?

Xia Duo could only use more "magical" language to explain all of this: "You can think of this preparation machine I designed as a tangible Micro-Mythallar."

"Even without the Daiwei String Component design plugin, the functions of the Mythallar are relatively complete. Adding the Daiwei String Component design plugin is equivalent to issuing a command to the Mythallar, and the Mythallar will naturally respond."

"As for how to achieve this, look here—"

As he spoke, Xia Duo took out a backup blueprint he had kept, first outlining for them the Daiwei String Component design elements involved in the Daiwei String Component design plugin part of the blueprint, and then erasing those component design elements to explain it using only the plugin's elements.

After setting aside the complex Daiwei String Component design elements, nearly ninety percent of the content of the entire preparation machine blueprint disappeared instantly, and the remaining parts were much easier to explain.

It was nothing more than the connection, transformation, and interaction between Element Units of different functions.

Xia Duo guessed that perhaps Buluode was not yet familiar with the blueprint of the Spherical Radial Configuration Independent Arcane Fire Device he had designed; if he were familiar with it, it would actually not be difficult to strip the Daiwei String Component design from the preparation machine blueprint.

Of course, it is also possible that this was a tactic used by Iolum in conjunction with Buluode to urge him to return.

Rare is the state of being muddled!

After Xia Duo finished explaining the design Principles of the preparation machine in earnest, he prepared to go to the Laboratory prepared for him. Iolum had previously sent a message saying that six more laboratories had been renovated, and since there were six people here now, wasn't that one for each person?

"Buluode, do you have any other questions?"

"No, after listening to your explanation, I feel like everything has become clear."

"If not, then I'll go get busy. Contact me if you need anything."

After saying this, Xia Duo nodded to the other four and left Laboratory 012.

……

Just near 012, Xia Duo casually found Laboratory 015 and tried to enter; sure enough, he had the Permission Level, as Iolum had arranged everything.

And in the center of the Laboratory, within the Plane Overlap area, a small wooden box was quietly floating there; it looked like the Levitation Field required for the experiment had already been set up here.

However, after Xia Duo approached, he discovered that this was not a general Levitation Field, but rather a manifestation of the Semi-plane's own characteristics during a Plane Overlap.

In other words, the overlapping area in the center of this Laboratory was a special, zero-gravity Semi-plane.

Perhaps it was to save costs, but that didn't matter; the key was this special Semi-plane itself, which made Xia Duo suddenly feel delighted.

If he hadn't come to study the Independent Arcane Fire Device, he might be torturing himself with some Semi-plane he had created at this very moment!

Now that he saw such a special Semi-plane, how could he not be excited by the discovery?

"Good fellow, Iolum is indeed a great treasure!"