Chapter 2305: Synthetic Materials

This method of shaping does not require the use of an Alchemy Array; it is similar to Stamping Shaping on Earth, and Xia Duo designed a specialized Spell to complete this process.

The result was almost exactly as he had anticipated, because Pressure Shaping also does not change the properties of the material, though this shaping method is more suitable for single workpieces or combinations of multiple workpieces that can be assembled.

This household Fingerprint Lock from Yimaska is actually a single piece; using Pressure Shaping would cause the structure to be discrete, and although the function remains consistent with other shaped products, the protective effect is more than a notch inferior.

"Sure enough, every matter requires experimentation to understand the differences within!"

After trying these several methods of shaping for the secret device, the first thing Xia Duo could confirm was that using the Arcane Magic method for the final step of shaping the secret device does not affect the realization of the secret device's own functions.

Secondly, the various shaping methods of Arcane Magic need to be adapted to local conditions; Element Shaping is the most versatile but also has the highest cost, while Stamping Shaping has the lowest batch cost, but designing the Spell is also the most cumbersome.

As for Heat Shaping, it is only applicable to those materials that do not change their properties due to heat, and its scope of application is relatively limited.

Additionally, there is purely manual crafting, similar to that of a blacksmith, but that requires extremely high-level skills and also requires the ability to understand the blueprints for manufacturing secret devices; relatively speaking, the cost might not be lower than Element Shaping.

Besides shaping, through these days of attempting to manufacture secret devices, Xia Duo became even more certain of the important status of materials in the Creation Magic System.

He decided that in the future, he would actively and proactively collect various materials; he might not be able to catch up to Yimaska in terms of manufacturing secret devices, but in the field of materials, it might not be impossible to overtake them on a curve.

The so-called "Creation Materials" refer to materials that have been transformed by Creation Power, but these materials are not necessarily only obtainable through transformation by Creation Power.

It is just that transformation by Creation Power is more stable compared to Transmutation spells in Arcane Magic, that is all.

For example, the azure stone used for the main body of the Floating City of Xia Duo was transformed from pure water using the Deep Petrification spell excavated from the statue of a Sarrukh Mage-Serpent, which can thoroughly change the properties of matter, but it still requires waiting for a period of time for the material properties to be thoroughly stabilized, otherwise a Dispel Magic could restore it to its original state.

Creation Power is different; it directly changes the essence of matter, does not require any waiting, and is not affected by Dispel Magic.

If the people of Yimaska achieved the effect of Deep Petrification using Creation Power, then the stone they obtained could also be called a Creation Material.

Xia Duo's hometown has the saying "Heavenly Craftsmanship Creates Things," and it is the same here; the so-called Creation Materials are actually exactly the same as materials discovered in the natural world that have not been altered by Magic.

However, those special materials that can only be obtained through Creation Power are essentially all obtainable through Transmutation spells of Arcane Magic, it is just that Xia Duo needs to find a key point for realization.

That key point is the elemental composition of matter; as long as one penetrates the mystery of the elemental composition of matter, let alone those materials of Yimaska, all matter in the world can be artificially synthesized.

For example, Mithril, which occupies an important position in the Arcane Magic System!

Xia Duo had the idea of artificially synthesizing Mithril a long time ago, but this kind of project involving the origin of matter is simply too fundamental, and it is too arduous to realize.

In his plan, this project would only be started after the large-scale application of Mythallar and the appearance of a large number of Advanced Rank Mages in the Tower of Time.

Even now, having come into contact with Creation Power, Xia Duo did not intend to start this project immediately, but was prepared to arrange for some people to try their luck after completing the Creation Mythallar.

To see if they could discover some new materials using the method of Creation Power; perhaps with a stroke of luck, they might directly discover the pure water transformation formula for Mithril!

He believed that even if Yimaska might have discovered some guiding Principles in the field of materials, they were not much closer than he was to the goal of synthesizing specific materials at will.

Once the Creation Mythallar is completed, the biggest difficulty of this project might not be how to create things, but the extremely cumbersome and massive engineering task of recording the creation process and testing the properties of new substances.

Compared to Yimaska, the only advantage lies in the simple operation of the Mythallar, and the energy is guaranteed by the Mythallar, allowing for continuous, long-term experiments.

In addition, Arcane Magic also has a quite obvious advantage in testing the properties of new substances, and the cost is lower and the speed is faster.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Xia Duo believes he has the possibility of overtaking Yimaska on a curve in terms of materials.

But all in all, as long as it involves industry, population is an unavoidable topic; the total population of the Xia Duo Territory has reached the level of hundreds of thousands after multiple introductions of new residents.

But compared to Yimaska, it is still far inferior.

Looking solely at the proportion of Spellcasters, the Daxia Territory might have a higher proportion of craftsmen than Yimaska, but that is also because they have a large number of Slaves to lower the proportion; the absolute number is far inferior to that side because the total population is too small.

What is fortunate is that Yimaska is not yet completely unified internally; although the Emperor's faction occupies a very large advantage, because of the collection of Creation heritage, the civil war has almost never ceased for these hundreds of years.

Not to mention the popularization of education; if an ordinary person in Yimaska wants to become a Creation Craftsmanship, the only path they can choose is to join a workshop and start as an ordinary craftsman.

One can imagine how the efficiency of inheritance is.

Whereas the Daxia Territory has unified government decrees internally, and the connection and integration with the Savile Territory are also proceeding in an orderly manner; the popularization of education began long ago, and the only weak point is the population.

This still requires Xia Duo to work hard and introduce new residents from the outside world, otherwise, if waiting for natural growth, who knows how long it will take to catch up to Yimaska or the Elven Nations!

In the past, Xia Duo's largest source of population might have been the displaced farmers from the Inner Land of Netheril or the Langasi on the Langas Plain, but now there is the additional option of Yimaska.

It is not necessarily only Mulan; there are still a large number of Slaves of other ethnic groups within Yimaska, but only the Mulan have not shown craftsmanship talent, are a natural slave race, and are the easiest to purchase.

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Leaving the Laboratory, Xia Duo returned to his Study, thinking about the design problems of the Creation Mythallar while writing and drawing on paper to formulate plans for the future development of the Daxia Territory.

The short-term plan is to complete the basic education for the 100,000 Mulan brought back from Yimaska, mainly in terms of language, laws, living habits, etc., so that they can integrate into the Territory as soon as possible.

The medium-term plan is to continuously promote the integration of the north and south, implement the various policies of the Territory, and considering the feelings of Niya and Saville, there is no need for overly radical actions in this regard; just grinding away the time is enough.

But Xia Duo believes in the attraction of the Daxia Order to the residents of the Savile Territory, and the completion of this plan might be much faster than he expected.