Chapter 675: Encryption Paradox, Raising Demands Again

According to Xia Duo's understanding, the design of a Spellbook can actually be divided into two layers: engineering and design. Engineering refers to the physical manufacturing, while design refers to the design on the magical level.

Xia Duo designing a Spellbook is essentially designing the architecture of the various functions on the magical level of the Spellbook. It is somewhat similar to software development on Earth; from this perspective, he can be considered to have a little experience.

In essence, all the functions of a Spellbook are realized by the design on the magical level. The physical body is merely a carrier for the magic; it may be important, but it is definitely not the core element.

In Xia Duo's planning, the Spellbook can be roughly divided into the following functions at the magical design level: Energy Circulation, External Protection, Special Function, Permission Management, Central Link, and so on.

The Inner Pages can be considered plug-ins. He did not count them into the Spellbook itself; as long as the corresponding energy ports are left, the Inner Pages can be added or removed at will.

Currently, Xia Duo has already completed the designs for 【Energy Circulation】, 【External Protection】, and 【Special Function】. The reason it was so fast is entirely because he referenced the Fielder Spellbook and adopted a relatively mature scheme.

Among them, 【Energy Circulation】 is responsible for extracting energy from the Magic Net and, through the buffering of the Spellbook's Energy Core, supplying the consumption of the various functions of the Spellbook;

【External Protection】, as the name implies, is the protection against various accidents outside the Spellbook, such as the reinforcement of the Spellbook's body, dealing with external attacks or attempts at cracking, and so on;

【Special Function】 refers to things like Control, levitation, and Positioning, which are used for the various functions of the Spellbook itself.

As for the remaining 【Permission Management】 and 【Central Link】—

The former needs to be redesigned, while the latter is the link between various functions, and it even requires a central link. Before 【Permission Management】 is designed and completed, this part of 【Central Link】 cannot be completed either.

The reason why the 【Permission Management】 of the Spellbook needs to be redesigned is actually because, in the process of cracking the Fielder Spellbook, Xia Duo discovered that the Fielder Spellbook only has one layer of outer permission verification. Once cracked by someone, it is equivalent to the entire Spellbook being undefended.

And the "modern" Spellbook that Niya is currently using has a verification mechanism that goes deep into the core. Even if the outer structure of the Spellbook is cracked, one cannot obtain further permissions.

Although Niya did not reveal the specific permission verification mechanism of the Spellbook in her hands, Xia Duo guessed that her Spellbook likely only has one core permission; once cracked, it is also equivalent to being undefended.

If Xia Duo wants it to be more secure, then he needs to redesign the permission verification and Permission Management aspects.

But in fact, there is a contradiction here:

Mages all hope that their Spellbook encryption is as tight as possible, but due to the particularity of Mages, there are basically only two situations where a Spellbook is obtained by others—

One is as a trophy after death (obtained by an enemy), and the other is giving it away voluntarily (to juniors, friends, etc.).

In these two situations, regardless of whether the Spellbook is encrypted or not, it actually doesn't have much to do with the original owner anymore.

Theoretically, even if it is not encrypted at all, it doesn't matter. After all, no matter how tightly encrypted it is, it can be cracked; it just wastes a little more of the other person's time.

This is just like a mobile phone on Earth; the role of the power-on password is actually not very significant, and it can still be cracked if stolen.

Even so, when he was on Earth, Xia Duo would still set a password for his mobile phone, and now, he will still redesign a more rigorous 【Permission Management】 system for the Spellbook.

Perhaps it is also harboring a thought of "not letting you obtain it easily," but hidden within this thought is also a thought of "lack of confidence."

Perhaps this is human nature, contradictory and complex.

……

Near evening, Xia Duo closed his notebook and stood up to stretch his body. Without realizing it, he had already been sitting for so long, yet the design of the Spellbook was still not finished.

In fact, redesigning the Permission System cannot be done all at once. It must be verified constantly and tested in conjunction with other functions.

Write as you modify, modify as you write.

However, today, Xia Duo is not prepared to perform tests. The King-Slaying Star has not yet receded, and he must maintain a good state at all times in order to deal with emergencies at any time.

Like half a month ago, he never wants to do something like dragging his exhausted body to slay a dragon again.

After exercising for a while, Xia Duo sent a message to Niya. Before long, the two met at the Arcane Garden. Xia Duo noticed that Niya seemed a bit absent-minded, as if she had encountered some troublesome matter, so he took the initiative to ask:

"What's wrong? Did something happen over in Seventon?"

"No."

Niya smiled apologetically, "It's that supply camp in the east; those Elves are making trouble again."

Hearing this answer, Xia Duo was a bit surprised. He had known about the Elves making trouble before, but he didn't expect it to happen again, "It's been less than a month, this is already the third time, right! What do they want this time?"

The previous two times they made trouble, those Elf refugees demanded that the Savile Territory provide them with sufficient food and rebuild residences that met their aesthetic standards.

The Savile Territory satisfied the former but sternly refused the latter.

"This time they want tea, wine, and meat. It's possible that the supplies they carried with them when they fled have been consumed, but in their current situation, making such a request is just too excessive!"

Niya poured out her dissatisfaction with those Elf refugees to Xia Duo. If she could regret it, she would definitely have let her teacher send someone else to handle the troublesome matter of the Elf refugees.

"If we don't agree, those Elves might swarm into Savile Town! But if we do agree, with so many Elves, how could the Savile Territory have so much tea and wine to supply them? And I don't think it's very likely that the teacher will reimburse such expenses!"

Niya is very distressed now. She let out a long sigh and looked at Xia Duo, "What do you think we should do now?"

"……"

Is this the Elves acting as the guest who usurps the host's role, or are they returning to their old ways? Xia Duo felt that such strange creatures shouldn't have been let in at all. They are already refugees, yet they still want to enjoy themselves; it's simply laughable.

But since they have already been let in, they can't be driven away casually, nor can they be killed, so it really is a dilemma!

Xia Duo tried to suggest a solution, "How about we tell them that our supplies are also very limited, and let them pay money to buy them, with the highest bidder winning?"

"That could work. Actually, I really want to cut off their food entirely right now to see if they still want tea and wine! I feel that if this continues, those Elves will always be a trouble; we must find something for them to do!" Niya said with a firm expression.

"I agree with this! Let's hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss it together. Now, let's finish dinner quickly and then go see Pamela and the others!"

"Mm."