Chapter 2566: Difficulties at Every Turn

————A friend's birthday, I'm quite late, this chapter still needs about 40 minutes~~

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Very quickly, Xia Duo's consciousness returned to the Arctic, and then he took out the freshly made 【Element Scanning】 Magic Artifact from his consciousness-based Personal Space.

However, this time he did not cast all his attention to the Arctic, but only provided a baseline for spellcasting, while the rest remained in his main body, equivalent to multitasking.

The main thing is that with auxiliary tools this time, the Arctic side does not need to maintain too much attention, and the attention he frees up allows him to do other things, for example—

A Magic Computer.

Currently, Xia Duo has already made some physical Basic Calculation Units, but now a huge problem is placed before him, and that is—how to prevent the Magic Effect generated during the operation of the Magic Computer from interfering with the computer itself!

If it were just a Basic Calculation Unit, there would be no need to worry about this; after all, it is only a 【Basic】 calculation unit, and the Magic Effect it can produce is very limited. Even if one completely ignored it, it would not have any obvious impact on the current experiment.

But this problem will have to be solved sooner or later in the future, and it will become increasingly serious as the structural volume of the Magic Computer grows, so Xia Duo prefers to plan for a solution from the very beginning.

Therefore, he is now preparing to start research in this area with a small project, and at the same time, this small project is also to accumulate experience for the research and development of more complex computers in the future.

Of course, wanting to solve that problem is actually very complicated; changing the material would suffice. After all, the 【Ascension Trial】 promoted by the Tower of Time has not been around for many years, and even an Apprentice who has just entered the seventh grade would not be too familiar with the Principles in that regard.

Therefore, Xia Duo will only call what he is doing now a 【Calculator】, not a 【Computer】.

A complete Ascending/Descending Ring Calculator can perform at least String 11-Ring calculations, which is a complete ascending/descending ring calculation of more than eighteen elements.

If one chooses a large-volume calculator for the first time, works hard for a long time to build most of the structure, and then it is assimilated by the Magic Net as soon as it is connected, how frustrating that would be!

"Why would that happen?"

Regarding the 【Ascending/Descending Ring Calculator】, Xia Duo had already had ideas and even designs before. Considering it purely from the perspective of Principles, this is not a difficult problem; it could even be said to be very simple.

Rather, expressing it with Spell effects is another reason, and this involves the key to whether the Magic Computer, or rather this calculator, can operate stably for a long time—

Subsequently, he connected this structure to the Magic Net, but only after the first link was made, more than half of the entire structure was instantly assimilated by the Magic Net.

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Because it is generally believed that primary school students have already acquired basic calculation skills, using a calculator can save time; middle school does not allow it because middle school is the stage for building foundations, and this foundation naturally includes basic calculation skills.

Currently, the application prospects include Apprentice exams, Ascending/Descending Ring calculations for Independent Research Labs, and it can also be used to improve the upgrade system of the Tower of Time. In short, even from a short-term perspective, there is huge room for Application.

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As for output, since any change in elements can be regarded as a Spell effect, this is actually an alternative display.

It should be noted that a true Magic Computer needs to be complete in all computable problems, not just in the field of Ascending Ring calculations.

On one hand, it is indeed already a qualified calculator; on the other hand, it has a small volume and low cost, and can be very conveniently used for experiments.

In the Laboratory.

But Xia Duo has studied computer principles; although he cannot copy them directly, the ideas can still be applied here.

"Fortunately, I chose a small-volume calculator for the first time!"

To a certain extent, it can also be considered a manifestation of the completeness of the Magic Calculator in the field of Ascending/Descending Ring calculations.

Currently, it is the experimental stage, so there is indeed no need to be too particular. Xia Duo only intends to use the Magic Net to create a few open interfaces, which are open Magic Net Strings.

Of course, once this computer is researched, it certainly cannot be used in Apprentice exams. This is just like how calculators were not allowed in middle school exams when Xia Duo was in school, but it was casual once he reached university.

And Arcane Energy Strings are essentially very close to Magic Net Strings; if they are not preserved properly, they are easily assimilated by the Magic Net, let alone actively connecting them to the Magic Net.

Transforming all Magic Effects triggered by calculations into more standard and easier-to-control Element Release effects.

In fact, those Arcane Energy Strings in the calculator's calculation components are essentially still materials and have not yet transformed into definite energy-conducting components capable of reacting to the energy operation rules of the Magic Net.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo couldn't help but be dumbfounded. After being stunned for a moment, he felt a bit fortunate:

Xia Duo continuously extracted Arcane Energy Strings, weaving the core calculation components of the Ascending/Descending Ring Calculator.

As for the core calculation module, Xia Duo had already completed more than half of the design before. For this first experiment, he only needed to take out the Dual-String 5-Ring Calculation Unit.

A calculator of this level (18-11) is of course not enough to complete the Ascending/Descending Ring calculations for all Spells, but through decomposed calculations, the vast majority can be applied.

Among these, what Xia Duo has mostly solved is the calculation module. As for the rest, input and output, if one is not particular, one can even avoid any extra interaction methods and use a method of directly operating the calculation module, similar to using an abacus.

Of course, in order to know the calculation results more intuitively, Xia Duo decided to link some closed Magic Net Strings for demonstration. This output method is closer to reading binary results from computers on Earth.

Or rather, it is not any of the types of Magic Items that existed in the past, but a brand-new existence—a special device that uses the essence of Magic Net energy operation to achieve a certain specific purpose.

If one wants it to be intuitive enough for ordinary people to see with the naked eye, it would require adding an extra Projection display function. Xia Duo is not considering this for this experiment, and he might not consider it much in the future either.

What he chose was—【Ascending/Descending Ring Calculator】.

Before long, inside the Levitation Field in the center of the Laboratory, which is usually used to make Mythallar, a double-layered mesh structure the size of a book, composed of dozens of ghostly blue silk threads, appeared in front of Xia Duo.

Xia Duo pondered for a moment and revealed an expression of sudden realization. It turned out that he had always been making the Magic Calculator as a Magic Item; in fact, this thing is not a Magic Item in the ordinary sense.

After all, the Magic Computer is largely made for Spellcasters to use, and using Magic Net Strings to represent it is intuitive enough.

The difficulty still lies in how to realize it and how to make it into a finalized calculator. This belongs to an engineering problem. If it were another Netherese Mage, they might find it very difficult to think of a solution.

A Dual-String 5-Ring level calculator can be considered a castrated version of a castrated version, but it is fine for calculating some simple problems. As for this experiment, starting to discover problems from this level of calculator is a good choice.

The simplest approach: to realize a calculator, one at least needs to solve the input and output problems, as well as the core calculation module.