Chapter 1587: Guard Against Impatience and Irritability, New Extractor

Aside from exploiting loopholes opened by a Great Arcanist, Xia Duo could not currently think of any way to allow the Territory to acquire a large number of Netherese in a short period of time.

However, the sensitivity of this method is second only to directly annexing a territory; perhaps it could be done privately a few times, but it would be difficult to sustain.

As for a truly lasting method, perhaps it can only be obtained slowly over a long period of time.

As long as he is given enough time, Xia Duo is confident in making the Nan Jing the most attractive place of settlement in Netheril, whether for ordinary people or for Spellcasters.

"Time, oh time!"

Xia Duo pondered for a moment and gradually calmed down. He knew that his mindset had become somewhat impatient after the main body of the Floating City was completed; not to mention the difficulty of acquiring population, assimilation alone was a major problem.

He had acquired the Kewu Tribe and the Grey Eagle Tribe, these two Langasi tribes, almost entirely by rescuing them while they were in desperate straits, and coupled with the deterrence of his powerful strength, only then was he able to subdue them in a short time.

But the assimilation time for the Kewu Tribe is at least calculated in years, and the Grey Eagle Tribe has only just joined the Territory for about half a year, with their numbers being several times that of the Territory's original population. If one were to say they could be completely assimilated in such a short time, even if Xia Duo were arrogant, he could not truly believe it.

Although the assimilation of the Grey Eagle Tribe is faster now than the assimilation of the Kewu Tribe was back then, if the relevant work is not continued, the New Life Movement of the past half-year alone is likely insufficient to make them true Daxia People.

Of course, compared to the Grey Eagle Tribe, the assimilation of Netherese is simpler; after all, he is now a Netheril Lord, and for the Netherese, there is a natural sense of belonging.

But correspondingly, the work related to the assimilation of Netherese needs to be more meticulous.

In short, all of this requires time; expecting to become fat in one bite within a short period is unrealistic.

Two years is a key time node; by then, the Floating City will be fully completed. Of course, before that, the Floating City should be able to fly a few laps back to the Main Plane first.

Stimulated by the new "wonder," it might be able to boost the construction of the Territory in all aspects.

"Guard against impatience and irritability!"

Realizing this, Xia Duo's mindset calmed down a bit more.

……

After checking the transformation status of the Floating City's main body, Xia Duo and Niya returned to the Vacuum Side of the Blue Crystal Plane. Of course, calling it a vacuum now is somewhat inappropriate, as the space here is already filled with a large amount of air.

Returning to the island, Niya continued to think about and design a high-power Arcane Crystal Extractor more suitable for long-term work within the Arcane Energy Field of the 【Mythallar】.

Xia Duo would occasionally offer pointers or discuss a few points, but his more important task was to measure the air leakage rate on this Vacuum Side, so as to determine what specifications of Air Manufacturing Factory should be built.

Plane transformation is not a matter of a single day; since the 【Mythallar】 device is ready, many things can be considered now.

……

"Xia Duo, look, is this design okay?"

It is unknown how much time had passed when Niya brought out another design plan. Xia Duo took it into his hands and could not look away after just one glance; he did not skim through it hastily as he had before.

It was not that the plan Niya designed was exquisite and perfect, but that Niya had already converted the plan into a manufacturing blueprint.

Only within an Arcane Energy Field can one directly manufacture a Magic Item through a blueprint; if it were outside, even if it were built, it could not be used normally and would still need to be linked to the Magic Net.

Examining it carefully, Xia Duo could not help but let out a soft sound of surprise, then looked at Niya in astonishment, "Your plan is already quite complete. I cannot find any problems; you can try to build the physical object to see."

"Really? That's great! Then I'll try!"

Niya excitedly snatched the design blueprint from Xia Duo's hand and flew to the side to start trying, while Xia Duo quietly adjusted his own nearly completed Air Factory design plan based on Niya's plan.

The Arcane Crystal Extractor Niya designed was not particularly brilliant in its core functions, but in terms of power regulation and even Energy Control, it far exceeded Xia Duo's expectations.

He had not been unable to think of these problems, but without Niya's reminder, perhaps he would have had to wait until after many practices to gradually grope his way to them.

At the same time, he was not unfamiliar with Niya's design thinking; if nothing went wrong, the inspiration should have come from the dynamic control of Magic Net Strings in the technology related to the Mythallar.

Watching Niya's earnest way of making it, Xia Duo sighed in his heart, "Some people, as long as you give them a stage to perform, they can continuously give you surprises!"

At the same time, Xia Duo also thought that Netheril had wasted so much talent in the past; it was truly a pity!

……

In the following few days, Xia Duo completed all the design, manufacturing, and installation work for the Air Manufacturing Factory on the Blue Crystal Plane, which could provide a steady stream of fresh air to the Vacuum Side of the Blue Crystal Plane.

Of course, Niya also successfully completed the brand-new Arcane Crystal Extractor. The working time of this new type of extractor is not fixed, but determined by the intensity of the Arcane Energy Field within the environment where it is located.

Only when the Arcane Energy Field intensity reaches a certain limit will it start, and one start can produce nearly 1,000 Standard Arcane Crystals.

And this is also the maximum arcane energy capacity of this 【Mythallar】 device's Arcane Energy Field at present, which is to say—

The extractor Niya designed can drain the Arcane Energy Field in one go, and for the Arcane Energy Field to be full of energy, it takes about 5 minutes.

This working frequency is a full 300 times slower than the Arcane Crystal Extractor Xia Duo brought back from Seventon, which worked once per second.

This is equivalent to extending the service life of the extractor by 300 times!

Of course, in actual use, because the Arcane Energy Field also has to simultaneously maintain the 【Suspension-Positive Energy Field】 where the 【Mythallar】 device itself is located, the Air Manufacturing Factory set up by Xia Duo, and even more energy-consuming equipment in the future.

In the situation where the 【Mythallar】 device is only enabled at the first level, the time required for this limited-range Arcane Energy Field to reach the predetermined intensity will be even longer.

In other words, theoretically, now as long as there is one such new type of extractor, there is no need to worry about the produced arcane energy being wasted for at least a year.

Of course, for the sake of caution, having a few more as backups is also the proper thing to do.

But regardless, it is much more convenient than before!

……

Tower of Time, top-floor Study.

In front of the Projection Window, Xia Duo and Niya sat opposite each other, but the psychological states of the couple were different at this time; compared to Xia Duo's relaxed and comfortable state, Niya appeared somewhat nervous.

*Cough*—

Xia Duo gave a light cough, attracting Niya's attention, and then he took a thick stack of test papers from his Personal Space, placed them in front of Niya, and said:

"I have already finished grading all these diagnostic test papers; take them and make corrections."

Just as Niya was about to reach out, she saw Xia Duo take out another stack of test papers and continue: "These are new ones; do these after you finish the corrections. I will check them the day after tomorrow!"