Chapter 2482: Variable Main Body, Phase Two Completion

For the second phase of the New Floating City construction, Niya did not participate because she was busy with the final optimization of the Communication Mythallar. Saville originally did not want to participate either, but Xia Duo told him there would be a surprise this time and forcibly dragged him over.

The spellcasting process was similar to three days ago; it was still under the support of the Spirit Thought Network, with Xia Duo's brain-computer distributing spellcasting commands and the others executing them accordingly.

Unlike the first phase three days ago, which only built the Mythallar, the second phase was building the main body of the Floating City on a material level. Although the spell itself was simpler than three days ago, the anomalies that appeared during the spellcasting process were no less significant than before.

In particular, the anomalies on the material level were beyond everyone's imagination—

At the center of the area covered by the Mythallar, which was originally normal water in the Blue Crystal Plane, a dazzling and eye-catching point of light appeared as the ritual spell progressed.

It was not limited to being seen through Magic Vision; ordinary people could also see it with their normal vision. It was real and substantial, enough to burn any existence that stared directly at it without protection.

Although Xia Duo had reminded everyone to apply eye protection before casting the spell and had checked everyone's protective status one by one, this extremely dazzling light did not only cause physical harm.

Its very existence was enough to cause a strong psychological shock to anyone who was not prepared.

The first spellcasting failed, as expected. Even Xia Duo only knew that strong anomalies might occur, but he did not expect them to be so violent.

After suppressing the abnormal fluctuations of the out-of-control spell, something seemed to have appeared in the center of the area originally covered by the Mythallar, shimmering with a deep blue metallic luster.

Saville, who had been "lured" over by Xia Duo with the promise of a surprise, saw this scene and immediately realized something, sending a strong mental shock through the Spirit Thought Network:

"Is that Adamantine?! Were we just creating Adamantine?"

"No, more accurately, we were converting the pure water here into Adamantine," Xia Duo explained in a calm tone.

"You know what I mean! Is there a difference between conversion and creation? That's Adamantine! Heavens, how can there be such a spell!"

Saville's mental shock echoed continuously in the Spirit Thought Network, and such intense emotions also infected the others. This was Adamantine!

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Almost immediately, someone asked in the Spirit Thought Network: "Can the President convert Mithril?"

This was also a key question that Saville, or rather everyone, cared about. After all, Mithril was simply too important to magical civilization.

The Mithril production of the Main Plane was currently sufficient, but it was just like money; no one would complain about having too much money. Currently, the Mithril consumed by the Tower of Time was partly collected and transported from various places by the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, and the other part came directly from the Mithril production site, Leisen Territory. Neither was cheap.

If one could directly convert Mithril using spells, wouldn't that be more worth looking forward to than owning a hundred rich Mithril mines? After all, mineral resources still required mining, smelting, refining, and transportation, while spell conversion could be done on demand!

Not only was the cost lower, but it was also more convenient.

With the fact of Adamantine conversion, everyone in the spellcasting team was full of confidence in the possibility of converting Mithril.

After all, Mithril was not inherently more noble than Adamantine, even if it was indeed more important to magical civilization.

"Xia Duo, don't tell me you really have mastered the secret method of converting Mithril. If so, I will definitely go crazy."

"Haha! Converting Adamantine is possible, but converting Mithril is not possible for the time being. I also hope to be able to convert Mithril; if that were the case, we wouldn't have to spend millions every year buying Mithril from outside."

Saville and Aiboke believed Xia Duo's explanation, but the others were half-believing. After all, the conversion of Adamantine was right before their eyes, so Mithril was entirely possible!

The reason Saville and Aiboke believed him was not only because they trusted Xia Duo as a person, but also based on their own judgment of magical literacy.

It is easy to convert or create matter with spells; even a Mage Apprentice can do it. But converting or creating specific matter is not that easy—it is not just "not easy," it is very, very difficult.

If one could master the method of converting and creating specific matter, it would be equivalent to mastering the origin mysteries of all matter.

Saville could believe that Xia Duo had gone further than him on the Magic Path, but he absolutely did not believe that Xia Duo had mastered the origin mysteries of all matter. In his view, this might be a secret that even gods could not fully know.

Perhaps worried that others would misunderstand that Xia Duo could convert Mithril and cause unnecessary consequences, Saville specifically explained the Element-Matter transformation process.

"To create a certain substance, one must first know the elemental composition of that substance; otherwise, one can only rely on luck. But the possibilities of elemental composition are almost infinite, corresponding to the infinite variety of substances." (Elemental conversion to matter does not necessarily convert into a simple substance; it is more likely to be various compounds or even mixtures, which is why it is infinite to infinite.)

There is a proverb that says "arrogance stems from ignorance." Not all Advanced Rank Mages have a thorough understanding of the essence of matter, let alone the Advanced Rank Mages here, most of whom are "water-grade" Advanced Ranks who were fast-tracked through the Inheritance Ritual.

If Saville hadn't explained, they might have really thought Xia Duo was holding something back. But after Saville's detailed explanation, they naturally understood the difficulty of creating specific matter.

They might still believe Xia Duo was holding something back, but compared to before, this belief was now more akin to a beautiful expectation of converting Mithril.

"Alright, let's stop the discussion here for now. The second phase of construction is not finished yet. Let's finish today's work first, and we can discuss it slowly when there is time later."

Xia Duo brought the topic, which was gradually diverging in the Spirit Thought Network, back to the project itself. After letting everyone's amazed mood calm down for a while, he began distributing commands again.

The second time was much smoother. The spellcasting anomalies had already been seen, and the conversion target was known to be pure water to Adamantine. Moreover, this spell itself was simple enough (compared to the first phase's Mythallar), so there was not a single mistake even when the converted Adamantine expanded to occupy half of the Mythallar.

Soon, the spell was completed. What appeared before everyone was a huge block of Adamantine, exceeding the total amount of Adamantine mined in the history of the Main Plane.

"Is it done? What about the main body of the Floating City? Just this lump of Adamantine?"

"Hmm, your work is done. Leave the rest to the Mythallar!"

Xia Duo then operated the Mythallar to lock onto this huge lump of Adamantine. Compared to Chang'an City, the automation level of the New Floating City Mythallar had taken a qualitative leap.

Chang'an City built the main body first and then the Mythallar; the Mythallar was limited by the main body, and in turn, it limited the main body. The New Floating City built the Mythallar first and then the main body; the main body was controlled by the Mythallar, and accordingly, the form of the main body was more free.

In layman's terms, the previous Floating City was generally a sphere. Even if it was expanded, it was difficult to change this basic structure. Even if War Spells were used for spatial transformation to manifest the internal structure on the outside, it was not a real change in the structure itself, but a change in space—a trick.

But the current Floating City's main body can indeed change. Changing into a sphere today and a flat plate tomorrow is entirely possible.

Looking at it from another angle, the true body of the New Floating City is actually the Mythallar, and the main body exists attached to the Mythallar, merely for the convenience of humans staying within the Mythallar's range.