Chapter 2281: Creation Experience: True Full-Automation

As for the truth, Xia Duo had no way to investigate for the time being, and since the experimental subject was right before his eyes, he was not prepared to dwell on such irrelevant matters; he was already impatient to attempt the practice of Creation.

Holding the water cup in his palm, Xia Duo felt the container, which had previously seemed like an inanimate object, and the water within it begin to exhibit a phenomenon of synchronization; this in itself was not a rare phenomenon.

In fact, whenever any ordinary person comes into contact with anything, the Magic Net Strings passing through them will change; even without contact, the "rivers" of Magic Net Strings will also undergo changes as they pass through them.

The Creation Magic Book mentions that the essence of Creation practice is the process of applying Creation Power to a target by following the connection between oneself and the target.

Contact is the simplest way to strengthen this connection.

Recalling the process of perceiving Creation Power from not long ago, Xia Duo quickly adjusted his perspective and soon discovered traces of Creation Power on the water cup.

Creation Power does not exist only in the link between a secret device and oneself, but exists in all things; it is itself merely a trend of change in the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net, existing amidst infinitely many changes.

Perhaps there are other "powers" that can be utilized, but for now, there is only this one kind of Creation Power; of course, the Mythallar is also a way of application based on the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net.

The two are similar in essence, yet their subsequent developments are worlds apart.

……

Noticing that Xia Duo had already begun to perceive the Creation Power, Prince Aben could not help but show a hint of nervousness on his face, and after observing for a while, he asked:

"Can you still perceive the Creation Power?"

"Although it is not easy, it is indeed still possible." Xia Duo nodded and replied, but because of this distraction, the Creation Power he had been perceiving once again submerged into the surging torrent of the Magic Net.

Prince Aben also seemed to notice this subtle change and said to Xia Duo: "I will just speak, you don't need to answer; focus on perceiving the Creation Power, then follow the suggestions in the Creation Magic Book and apply the Creation Power to the water body. Don't consider the results, just try it boldly."

"Mm."

Xia Duo responded again. This time, he did not break his perception of the Creation Power. After all, he was a mature Spellcaster and had long been experienced in focus; he had just been caught off guard because it was his first time encountering such a situation.

Now that he had made a mistake once, he would not commit it a second time.

Next was the real practice. The Creation Magic Book mentioned that merely applying Creation Power to a target would not change the essence of the target, but people inevitably have emotional fluctuations, making it difficult to achieve precise control of consciousness.

It is just like Spellcasting in the Arcane Magic System; even if Elven Magic allows the Magic Net to actively cooperate with the Spellcaster, that is only achieved after extensive prior affinity training.

As for Netheril Magic, it never trains affinity but focuses more on focus; although focus is necessary for Spellcasting, being more focused can also have a positive effect on precision.

At the same time, because Netheril Magic focuses on the Magic Net Strings at the microscopic level of the Magic Net, the actual situation is very similar to the energy level orbits of electrons—variable, but not infinitely variable.

In other words, the Spellcasting of Netheril Magic actually possesses a considerable degree of fault tolerance; basically, as long as one trains diligently, one will not fail too outrageously.

But Creation Power focuses on the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net and completely ignores the microscopic level.

A craftsman might deliberately control the Creation Power to make no changes, but the Magic Net Strings directly interacting with the matter might have already changed thousands of times, yet such changes cannot alter the essence of the matter.

But as long as the Creation Power changes, the Magic Net Strings at the microscopic level will inevitably undergo massive changes, and these changes are highly likely to alter the essence of the matter.

In other words, Creation Power requires near-absolute precise control.

Having tried it himself, Xia Duo finally understood why the people here in Yimaska mostly used secret devices instead of direct Spellcasting; he had not yet seen a single person perform direct Spellcasting.

It might be because the characteristics of Creation Power make their Spellcasting fault tolerance ridiculously low, and only by relying on secret devices can they achieve precise control.

Extending from this point, I am afraid that the vast majority of those secret devices in Yimaska do not come directly from the hands of craftsmen, but are manufactured using secret devices.

For individuals, those craftsmen should have a tool capable of conveniently adjusting Creation Power, which can be used for production and manufacturing, and can be used for Spellcasting.

It is just that Xia Duo has not seen it yet; of course, it is also possible that he has already seen it but failed to recognize it.

……

Numerous thoughts flashed through Xia Duo's mind, and then, drawing on his experience with Arcane Spellcasting, he focused the macroscopic Magic Net fluctuations represented by the Creation Power into the water in the cup.

The next moment, although Xia Duo had not intended to change anything, the fluctuations of his consciousness itself caused the Creation Power to change, which in turn caused the water in the cup, where the Creation Power was focused, to also change.

A bright and dazzling Magic Aura lit up from the water cup, only to dim in an instant; at the same time, a mass of gray impurities, visible to the naked eye and spreading with a tendency to sink, appeared in the previously crystal-clear water.

"Is this Creation?"

Xia Duo stared at the water cup in his palm, his mood unable to calm down for a long time. If explained using Netheril Magic, he had actually just released a Transmutation spell that permanently alters matter, a typical example being 【Deep Petrification】, which serves as the source for a Floating City.

The insoluble impurities that just appeared in the water cup should be some kind of solid matter, which could be completely understood as stone.

Although it was only his first attempt at Creation practice, combined with his previous speculations, Xia Duo had already realized the potential of this system, and at the same time, he realized—

The two types of cheap Energy-Conducting Material that Prince Aben provided earlier, which could be benchmarked against Mithril, might truly be very cheap.

Because as long as one understands the changes in Creation Power corresponding to this material, or in other words—the Creation formula, one can mass-produce it, depending only on the price of the material used as the substrate.

But judging from Prince Aben's earlier mention of "all things are born from water," the substrate for those two materials probably isn't very expensive either; it might just be water!

As for the Application of Creation Power and the process of changing matter, this can be done entirely by specialized secret devices; the labor cost is limited to manufacturing the secret devices and finding the Creation formula.

Of course, this is only for the materials; if it were secret devices, it might be more complicated, but as long as the blueprints are determined, there is no need for manual labor afterward.

This is actually the fully automated production that Xia Duo has been striving for all this time!

It is just a pity that what Netheril Magic failed to achieve, the people of Yimaska might have already been doing for thousands of years.

Xia Duo realized that Yimaska might now only be lacking a high-power energy source to have the foundation for a rapid leap in productivity.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt some regret for agreeing to the Arcane Crystal trade with the other party.

He even thought about the future; when the Mythallar becomes popularized in Netheril, even if Yimaska cannot obtain the Mythallar device itself, the flooding of Arcane Crystals is very likely to allow them to complete a mutation.