Chapter 386: Turning Mud to Stone, An Unexpected Incident Occurs

Of course, the real reason is that Xia Duo does not have a high demand for bricks; while Linshui Village does indeed need bricks to pave the ground and even to build houses and walls, unlike grain, this is not a rigid necessity.

And once he sees the possibility of technological progress, he will naturally want to obtain something better; it is, after all, only a matter of time.

Returning to his tent, just as Xia Duo took his notes out of his Personal Space, he suddenly thought that the environment of the Savile Territory, and indeed all of Netheril, does not actually encourage innovation—or rather, it does not encourage innovation outside of Magic.

There is even a subtle Suppression.

Spellcasters are born from ordinary people, yet they look down upon them; Spellcasters need the labor of ordinary people, yet they suppress the normal development of the ordinary people's productivity.

When an individual's power originates from Knowledge, it will inevitably tend toward conservatism.

It is hard for Xia Duo to imagine what Netheril would develop into if it had no external enemies; would Spellcasters ascend completely to become gods, or degenerate into demons?

In the countless ordinary people, Xia Duo sees the prospect of great development, but also the tragic sight of sinking; there is danger here, and there is opportunity, it just depends on how he grasps it.

Suddenly, Xia Duo thought of the Paper-making Technique again.

……

Ten days later, while patrolling the Territory, Xia Duo suddenly received a Sending from Aigeberde; the final step of the Elemental Channel project was nearing completion, and he was invited to come and observe.

Xia Duo immediately became interested; in fact, the riverbed that serves as the carrier for the Elemental Channel had been fully excavated two days ago, and the river workers had even begun returning to the Savile Territory in succession to prepare for the autumn harvest.

The connection point between the riverbed and the Wolfburg River was only dug open yesterday, drawing water from the Wolfburg River into the riverbed, forcibly creating an artificial river over a li long in the forest.

Connecting the Wolfburg River to the Mythallar Ruins, Xia Duo named it the 【Linshui River】, corresponding to Linshui Village.

It was just that Aigeberde had previously said it would take two or three more days of preparation to finally complete the construction of the Elemental Channel; he had not expected that only one day later, good news would arrive.

This was indeed good news; once the Elemental Channel is built, the riotous state of the Magic Net in the Mythallar Ruins will be alleviated, and correspondingly, the Tower of Time will not need to consume so much energy.

Flying all the way to the junction where the Linshui River enters the Mythallar Ruins, Xia Duo discovered that, in addition to the seven Arcanists who had participated in the riverbed clearing and were already quite familiar, there were seven or eight more this time.

It was just that Aigeberde and the others did not give them any pleasant looks; they did not come when there was work to be done, but now that it was time to harvest, they all showed up one by one.

The two sides had clearly formed two circles, and Xia Duo did not particularly care for those few either, but as the local lord, he could not be too excessive; he greeted them from afar and then came over to Aigeberde's side.

"How is it? Is there any trouble?" Xia Duo asked with concern.

"Everything is going smoothly; it is just opening an Elemental Channel, and with the assistance of Weisili and the others, it will be finished very soon," Aigeberde said, looking slightly excited.

Due to the different states of the Mythallar when it collapsed, the resulting states of the Magic Net in the Mythallar Ruins are all different; it is truly rare that the Daxia Territory only needs to build one Elemental Channel to alleviate the Magic Net riot.

Aigeberde had only seen a few such cases in the internal Library of the 【Hand of Secrecy】, and he believed that once others in the organization received news of this, they would definitely rush over.

Thinking of this, he could not help but look at Xia Duo with some emotion; what a lucky young man indeed!

Theoretically, all Magic Nets within the range of Mythallar Ruins can be repaired, but under normal circumstances, once a Magic Net falls into complete silence, apart from the 【Hand of Secrecy】, basically no one else is willing to repair it.

The reason is simple: Divine Grace is not bestowed according to the difficulty of the repair, but according to the quantity repaired; the difficulty of repairing a silent Magic Net is too great, and apart from those of them who are true supporters of the Goddess, who would be willing to do such thankless work!

And here, the Magic Net that has eased after a riot is the easiest to repair; it is foreseeable that in not many years, the Magic Net environment here will be able to fully return to normal!

The Mage Tower left behind by the Arcanists, the easily repaired Magic Net, the Arcane Crystal, the Divine Grace—the core of everything is the Daxia Territory, and this young man before his eyes.

Aigeberde sighed once more at Xia Duo's good fortune, then joined his companions in the final work.

……

Xia Duo came to the riverside; the water source of the Linshui River came from the backflow of the Wolfburg River, so after filling the riverbed, it appeared exceptionally calm, lacking any of the lively, rolling nature of the Wolfburg River.

But following the three from the 【Hand of Secrecy】, including Aigeberde, and the four from Weisili who were willing to help, they constructed the Elemental Channel at the source where the Linshui River deepens into the Mythallar Ruins.

A whirlpool nearly the width of the riverbed appeared at the source of the Linshui River; fortunately, that section of the riverbed had already been transformed into stone by the spellcasting of several Arcanists, otherwise, it might have stirred up a large amount of mud and sand, leading to the collapse of both banks.

And now, although the whirlpool was spinning at high speed, it did not affect the banks at all; Xia Duo watched all of this, feeling very envious in his heart.

The Tower of Time also possesses the 【Turn Mud to Stone】 spell, but this spell requires at least 5th-circle level spellcasting ability, which is not something he can achieve right now!

As for asking these Arcanists to make bricks for him, that is unthinkable; it is simply impossible. If it were Xia Duo himself, if he now had the ability of 【Turn Mud to Stone】, he would not be willing to do such a thing either.

Of course, his thoughts might be different from these Arcanists; these Arcanists might be based on the pride of a Spellcaster, but Xia Duo does not have the so-called pride of a Spellcaster; he simply thinks that he cannot get away, and he has more important things to do.

Rather than acting as a human brick-making machine.

Perhaps in the future, there might even be specialized construction Mages!

Associating from this, Xia Duo felt that every trade on Earth could have a Mage version; by that day, a Mage might no longer be a separate profession, but would become an academic title similar to a college student or a High School student.

Perhaps that is when the magical civilization truly reaches the level of a "civilization."

……

"Boom—"

A loud noise interrupted Xia Duo's reverie; the whirlpool at the source of the Linshui River suddenly turned into a fountain gushing up more than two people could embrace, and the rolling spring water kept surging up, reaching half a person's height!

"The proportion of Water Element is far beyond expectations; Aigeberde, use the backup plan!" Master Oulinsi sensed the abnormality and ordered without hesitation.

And Aigeberde also understood that the situation was urgent; do not look at how small this fountain is now, this is the pressure outlet for the entire Mythallar Ruins, and there is no telling what might happen next!

The best result would be that the pressure drops sharply and the Magic Net instantly falls into silence, rendering all previous work completely wasted; the worst result is that the degree of the Magic Net riot intensifies, covering a wider range.

Aigeberde was not sure about the others, but the three people from the 【Hand of Secrecy】 here would one hundred percent not be able to escape the consequence of the regression of Divine Grace; let alone the work here being wasted, even the efforts of the past decades would dissipate just like that.