Chapter 769: The Difficulties of Micro-Integrated Magic Arrays and Data Collection

Based on experience from Earth, once a Magic Computer is born, it will likely develop at an unimaginably rapid speed; the complexity of the Magic Array will be directly related to the strength of its computing power.

In fact, the energy consumption of a Magic Array has nothing to do with its volume, only with the number of single-string elements of the Magic Net String involved in the array.

This is like a ring-shaped Magic Item; essentially, it is the same as a Magic Item the size of a human head, as they both use the same Magic Array, and the combinations, changes, and energy Flow of the Magic Net Strings involved are roughly the same.

The higher the purity of the Mithril, the smaller the Magic Array components can be made, and the greater the energy flowing within a unit volume.

Even if a micro-integrated Magic Array appears in the future, the energy consumption of a single element remains unchanged; that is to say, the more integrated it is, the more single-string elements the Magic Computer will have within a unit volume, and the more energy it will consume.

If one also factors in the issue of energy leakage, such a Magic Computer might be a bomb that could explode at any time.

Moreover, one can imagine that such a highly integrated Magic Array must be linked to a large number of Magic Net Strings; once it explodes, it might be even more terrifying than a Mythallar explosion.

At the same time, it is unlikely that such a highly integrated Magic Array can be linked to the Magic Net manually; it would either require a machine that automatically links to the Magic Net, or it would not rely on the Magic Net for power.

But whichever it is, it is an extremely high-end new technology.

The former implies mass production of true Magic Items, or even fully automated production of Magic Items, while the latter implies an energy source with ultra-high output power, perhaps the 【Mythallar Core】.

Based on various considerations, Xia Duo gave up on making a Magic Computer from the very beginning; simple ones might be doable, but they have little practical significance, while complex ones have too high a threshold.

The commonality between the two is that they are both very time-consuming, especially the latter; Xia Duo can no longer imagine how much time it would take to create a Magic Computer with computing power comparable to a mobile phone from before he transmigrated.

Perhaps only when there are more Arcanists cultivated by the Tower of Time academy will it be the best time for research!

And now, after Xia Duo awakened his bloodline, he obtained the ability of Memory Retrospection by changing his Soul form, which can be considered as having a portable computer to a certain extent.

It is just that this portable computer focuses more on logical operations, such as induction, deduction, abstraction, etc., but for specific numerical calculations, it is not much different from before.

The only difference is probably that he can now list specific formulas and calculation processes in his mind instead of writing them on paper, which can also be considered a form of mental arithmetic ability.

But compared to a real computer, it is a far cry.

In fact, Xia Duo has not been able to enjoy the true convenience of calculation from this so-called portable computer.

After all, this is not a computer itself; calling it a "storage device" might be more appropriate.

Only when this storage device is combined with his original brain does it make him feel like he has a portable computer, but it is not one, and the gap is still very obvious.

Xia Duo naturally wants to have a real portable computer, or a smart brain, a system, or something; as long as he shouts "deduce," "calculate," or even "add points" at it, everything is completed automatically—that feeling would be simply too great!

Of course, he knows very well in his heart that fantasies are just fantasies; the future must be created by himself after all, and counting on some supernatural power to complete things automatically is unrealistic.

……

Tower of Time, Plane Exploration Layer.

In the Operation Room, Xia Duo looked somewhat dejectedly at the detection data Projection still scrolling before the table, and the pen in his hand also stopped.

Looking at the thick stack of transcripts on the table, he realized he had done something stupid; currently, the Tower of Time only has three Arcanists, and it is impossible for all three of them to come to conduct plane research.

The ones who should really be doing these things are Plane Scholars, but in the Tower of Time right now, only Xia Duo and Aiboke can barely be considered Plane Scholars.

With just two people, what could they possibly research? Just organizing this detection data would consume a huge amount of time.

There is no need for Xia Duo to waste time on this; when there are more Plane Scholars in the future, there will be plenty of people to do this work, and for now, he only needs to make things convenient for himself.

Then, moving most of the organization process into his own mind will definitely save a lot of time, and even if there are more Plane Scholars later, they can quickly catch up with his research progress.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo decisively put away the paper and pen on the table, leaned back in his chair, found a relatively comfortable angle, and then ordered the Tower Spirit to display all the detection data.

For a moment, the Operation Room was almost submerged by dense spots of light; Xia Duo hurriedly called a stop and asked the Tower Spirit to display the data again using the previous scrolling Projection method.

Of course, he is now recording with his eyes, and the speed of the Projection transformation has increased countless times compared to before, almost to the point of flickering.

But even so, it flickered for nearly an hour; Xia Duo only knew before that there was a lot of detection data, but he didn't expect it to be to this extent.

There are over ten thousand pieces of data in total, the vast majority of which were passively detected by the Plane Exploration Array through fixed Perception Fields existing in the Ether Interlayer.

The Ether Interlayer, an existence capable of gestating Planes, has a special "Flow" phenomenon on the space-time level; even a fixed Perception Field can collect a large number of different signals.

One must know that the Tower of Time's Plane Exploration Array has only been in use for a little over a year, yet it has collected over ten thousand different signals, which shows that the "location" where the Perception Field exists has changed at least ten thousand times.

As for active searching, since the act of projecting a Perception Field into the Ether Interlayer is a very energy-intensive behavior, even though Xia Duo tried a lot some time ago, the absolute number is actually not large.

Compared to these ten thousand-plus passive detection data points, it is almost negligible.

And the most critical point is that whether it was the 【Yellow Sand Semi-Plane】 or the 【Blue Crystal Sub-Plane】, they were both found by passively detecting suspected signals and then conducting a secondary search.

It had nothing to do with Xia Duo.

A novice-level Plane Scholar like Xia Duo is not yet enough to make the efficiency of active searching higher than passive detection.

……

Nearly an hour of data collection made Xia Duo's eyes somewhat sore, but he wouldn't need them for what came next; Xia Duo simply returned to his residence, lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and recalled.

At this moment in his mind, or more accurately, in his consciousness, it was as if time were flowing backward; the data he had just seen began to reappear one by one in sequence, until a Sea of Light appeared, encompassing all the data.

Among them, each piece of detection data was a cluster composed of over 1,200 simplified Arcane Geometry Diagram symbols, with clear boundaries between them.