Chapter 1747: Explaining the Mythallar, Intentional Misdirection

On the second day, the Northland Alliance formal meeting continued in the Covenant Hall of Evereska.

Aside from discussions and voting regarding the establishment of new institutions, there was also a major motion that had persisted for a year: the issue of delineating the territorial borders of the Northland nations.

In previous meetings, matters involving borders between large and small nations were basically discussed and concluded quickly, and confirmed in the form of formal resolutions.

However, between major powers, if there is no buffer zone, territorial disputes are almost inevitable. The most serious of these is the issue of determining sovereignty over the Eastern Forest—which Cormanthor calls the "Tessa Forest"—between Netheril and Cormanthor.

Although the Pioneers on the borders of both sides, after multiple rounds of probing, tacitly formed a buffer zone jointly guarded and monitored by both parties, bringing it to the Alliance meeting meant that the ownership of this buffer zone remained a task requiring great effort to haggle over.

Starting from the second day, the representative speaking for Netheril had been replaced by another Seven Towers Mage who had been in charge of this matter, while on the Cormanthor side, it remained Adimain, who had already received a recall order.

When the meeting entered the main topic, both sides immediately began a series of performances of sharp-tongued debate.

Meanwhile, on the other side, in the South, at the Tower of Time.

Xia Duo, who was studying the Everspring Barrier Book together with Niya, received the official news from the Arcane Union as expected—

The Council of Great Arcanists he had convened had received responses from everyone, and after coordination, the Arcane Union had set the time for the fourth day of September.

And now, it was already the last day of August!

Xia Duo's current status at the Arcane Union was still registered under the Tower of Time, and since this news was transmitted through the Arcane Union's communication system, it could not bypass Niya, who was essentially connected to the Tower of Time.

Although he had already spoken to Niya about this matter before, when the event truly arrived, Niya still couldn't help but worry, "This time, it should go very smoothly, right?"

"Of course. Keluosi violated the unwritten rules. This matter can be big or small, but once it is brought to the table, the Seven Towers will certainly not let him pass easily."

Xia Duo gave Niya a calm look. There was basically no suspense that Keluosi would be sanctioned this time, but whether the new Patent Law could be successfully smuggled through would depend somewhat on luck.

Of course, he would not say this to Niya, lest she worry too much. In reality, whether the new Patent Law could be implemented affected more of the "future national destiny" of Netheril.

For Xia Duo himself, it actually didn't have much impact. As for Keluosi, having already been sanctioned, would he still dare to continue counterfeiting the Tower of Time's Magic Artifact?

If he truly dared, Xia Duo naturally would not fear having a real-life PK with him.

After soothing Niya's emotions, Xia Duo continued to explain the Hengchun Barrier—

"The creator of this Mythallar was clever, using core nodes divided into four to share the repulsion and Suppression of the Mythallar itself by the Magic Net's general environment. This is actually falling into the lower tier."

"Why?"

"A good Mythallar should be integrated with the Magic Net, inseparable from it. If one still has to resist the Magic Net itself, how much energy is left to realize the intended functions?"

Niya had seen few Mythallars and perhaps only thought of a Mythallar as a super-large complex Spell, but Xia Duo, who had seen many, was more willing to call a Mythallar a "special Psionic Creation made of Magic Net Strings"!

The only difference is that Spells are difficult to sustain, while the most basic requirement for a Psionic Creation is that it must be able to exist stably for a long time.

The facts are indeed so; a normal Mythallar, as long as it is maintained properly, can basically be maintained permanently, and the most superior Mythallars without Material Nodes, as long as they are not destroyed, can be maintained for a long time even without maintenance.

As for whether it is permanent, it is temporarily impossible to determine, because among the types of Mythallars Xia Duo has learned about, there is not a single case of natural collapse.

And for Mythallars with Material Nodes, as long as they are not maintained for a long time, they will start to collapse from the nodes first, until they collapse completely.

The Hengchun Barrier sent by Evereska cannot be said to be useless; it is useful, very useful, and very basic, just right for beginners to get started, but the Evereska side certainly held something back.

Xia Duo absolutely does not believe that the Hengchun Barrier used by Evereska itself is like this!

"Look, from here, shift to a macroscopic perspective of the Magic Net, and then weave it like this—" As Xia Duo explained, he began to demonstrate, and a faint field suddenly appeared in the Study.

As soon as this field appeared, it pulled on the surrounding Magic Net Strings, forming a highly orderly whole, and then Xia Duo continued:

"Look, the microscopic level has already automatically diffracted a large number of Element Units. If one were to construct it starting only from the microscopic level, the best result would be what is in the book!"

The essence of a Mythallar is an orderly structure built upon the macroscopic framework of the Magic Net, which contains a large number of specific combination relationships of Magic Net Strings at the microscopic level.

If one only studies or constructs a Mythallar from the microscopic level, it is almost impossible to touch the core mysteries of a Mythallar, and it is almost impossible to build a truly qualified Mythallar.

Evereska appears very generous, directly gifting a Mythallar to Xia Duo, but there is no lack of intention to mislead Xia Duo. After all, Netheril Magic is largely focused on the microscopic level of the Magic Net and lacks a macroscopic perspective.

And Elven Magic is actually more focused on the macroscopic.

If Xia Duo were a native of Netheril and had not received a complete Elven Magic education in the Projection Plane, he might have been led astray.

But now—

He is fully capable of returning to the right path and guiding Niya to successfully get started.

When focused, time always passes quickly. Before he knew it, it was noon. After finishing lunch, Xia Duo took Niya to the Blue Crystal Plane as usual.

Nowadays, the Floating City Flight Control System has been completed, and an additional 【Mythallar】 device has been newly built. Everything is moving in a good direction.

Although Xia Duo has decided to build the Floating City Mythallar first before completing the other systems, the parts of the systems that have already been designed can already be started; one only needs to wait for the Mythallar to be built before completing the final finishing work.

The construction of a Floating City is not a linear relationship between various system projects, where one must be completed before the next can continue.

In fact, even for the Mythallar, leaving it to be built last would not produce overly dire consequences; it would merely increase maintenance costs slightly.

Based on economic considerations and the convenience of subsequent related testing, Xia Duo placed the Mythallar construction earlier.

However, upon arriving at the Floating City, Xia Duo did not start building anything immediately, but instead discussed the design ideas of the Mythallar with Niya, basically with Xia Duo speaking and Niya listening.

After discussing for a while, Niya continued to think, while Xia Duo began to operate the printing press to print the Mithril Circuits needed for the subsequent systems.

After printing for a while, they would continue the discussion, cycling like this.