Chapter 2176: Sea Urchin Model

With the numbering of the test nodes complete, the subsequent steps fell into place naturally; during the process of numbering, Niya had already discovered that Node 03 and Node 09 could never connect, which was likely due to an error during the manufacturing process.

As for the Node Magic Artifact just named "Node 04" that had suddenly disconnected, after an inspection by Xia Duo, it was discovered that the reason for its disconnection was indeed the "link coupling" that Niya had mentioned.

In layman's terms, this means that when multiple Node Magic Artifacts are close together, they interfere with each other. If there are only twelve test Node Magic Artifacts placed together and it's already like this, what would happen in the future if a room were crowded with people possessing Communication Magic Tools? Wouldn't it be unusable for everyone?

Clearly, if the Communication Mythallar and its accompanying Communication Magic Tools are to be put into practical use, the problem of interference between various mobile nodes must be properly resolved.

"Had you not tested this yourself before? Didn't this situation occur then?" Xia Duo asked curiously.

"Of course I tested it, but this situation truly did not occur. I speculate it might be due to the distance, or perhaps the distribution of the nodes. Later, try spreading the Node Magic Artifacts out a bit and see."

"Mm."

Xia Duo then followed Niya's Indication and spread the Node Magic Artifacts, which had been casually tossed on the ground, to the various corners of the Secret Ritual Chamber.

Suddenly, a voice devoid of emotional fluctuation came from Niya's side: "Node 03 is online!"

"What? Node 03?"

Xia Duo subconsciously looked at Node 03, which was in a corner and looked no different from the other Node Magic Artifacts. The scene was somewhat awkward; he had just told Niya that there might have been a significant error during the manufacturing process, never expecting that it might actually be his own fault.

However, since he was facing his wife, Xia Duo replied without blushing or skipping a beat: "That should have been link coupling just now as well. What about Node 09? Is it online?"

Niya was silent, and then she blurted out—

"No."

"Then this one must indeed be a manufacturing error."

Xia Duo put away the Node 09 Magic Artifact. Judging solely from its connection to the Magic Net, he could not see any problems for the time being, yet it simply could not connect to the test Mythallar. If it were just a manufacturing error, it shouldn't be off by this much.

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Xia Duo suspected there were other reasons, but those would require further inspection by Niya. This should be considered an engineering implementation issue, and Niya was fully capable of handling it, so he did not intend to ask too much, treating it as an exercise for Niya.

After the twelve Node Magic Artifacts were neatly spread out, except for Node 09, which might indeed have a problem, every other one came online within the Mythallar. However, the link coupling problem still existed, though the frequency had decreased, and it was not just appearing on Node 04; other nodes also experienced intermittent disconnections and reconnections.

"Skip the link coupling problem for now. Now, disconnect the links one by one starting from Node 01!"

Niya issued the instruction again, and Xia Duo followed it. When he turned off Node 05, Niya immediately sent a Sending: "All nodes on your end have gone offline."

Xia Duo looked and saw that it was indeed so. Actually, he should have been the one to react first, but the connection between the Node Magic Artifacts and the Mythallar had been masked by their connection to the Magic Net. Niya had the Mythallar Permission for the test, which was why she was able to discover the situation immediately.

"It seems the previous prediction has come true: nodes that are relatively independent and far from the main body will automatically go offline once they exceed a certain distance, unless there are more nodes supporting each other."

"Yes, the distance between the Tower of Time and Evereska requires at least six nodes to ensure a basic, smooth connection; further distances might require more."

However, Niya did not feel discouraged at all; instead, she felt that if such crude test nodes could communicate with the Mythallar body, the number of support nodes required should be even fewer once it was perfected.

At the very least, the Tower of Time could set up relay nodes in various regions to transmit the Mythallar effect.

"Xia Duo, activate the links for all the Node Magic Artifacts on your end. I will disconnect them one by one on my end. You try to obtain the Mythallar Permission!"

"If you disconnect everything on your end, can the 12 nodes support this test Mythallar?"

"Yes, this is just a test Mythallar with only linking functions. I have already tried it before, but the long-distance transfer of permission has not been tested yet, so I don't know if it is feasible."

"Alright then, take your time."

Subsequently, Xia Duo focused his full attention, closely monitoring the connection status of each Node Magic Artifact. Physically speaking, the body of the Mythallar should be a large mass of highly ordered Magic Net Strings.

Their connection can be transmitted to a very far distance through the continuity of the Magic Net itself. In other words, even for a Traditional Mythallar, one can still operate the Mythallar as long as one has permission, even outside the coverage area.

It is just that a Traditional Mythallar has a relatively fixed coverage area, and related effects can only take effect within the Mythallar's coverage.

But the physical carrier of the Communication Mythallar is individual mobile Node Magic Artifacts, and its body at the Magic Net level becomes very uncertain.

It is somewhat similar to dough with extreme extensibility; every additional node pulls out an extra corner.

Or rather, those "corners" being pulled out constitute its body, a bit like a sea urchin without a middle section.

Disconnecting a node is similar to the retraction of a "corner." If the entire batch of nodes in the east were disconnected, the coverage area of the Communication Mythallar in the east would instantly shrink.

Although the area where the connection was disconnected might still be covered by the Mythallar, it would no longer be supported by the nodes in that area, but rather extended from the massive main body.

From this perspective, it can also explain why the Evereska side, where Xia Duo is currently located, would go completely offline if there were fewer than six nodes: because it is too far from the Tower of Time, six nodes cannot "grab" the "corner" of the Mythallar body there.

The test Niya is conducting now is to release the "corners" of the Mythallar body at the Tower of Time one by one, so the twelve nodes on Xia Duo's side become the entire physical carrier of the Mythallar body, and the main body naturally moves over here.

Theoretically, that is indeed the case. In actual testing, there was no major deviation, and Xia Duo also tested that after the Mythallar body moved over, the Node Magic Artifacts on his side would not experience link coupling no matter how densely they were stacked.

If nothing goes wrong, link coupling should be closely related to the Mythallar coverage area and the location of the nodes. Xia Duo speculates that as long as there are enough nodes, the link coupling phenomenon will automatically disappear.

However, this kind of test is not yet suitable for large-scale implementation. It is better to wait until the Communication Mythallar is perfected to a certain degree before testing. By then, the first batch of Node Magic Artifacts can be put directly on sale, allowing all users to participate in the testing together.

This saves costs and increases efficiency—how wonderful!