Chapter 934: The Analogy of DNA and the Macroscopic Perspective

Hearing this, Xia Duo suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment; if ordinary magic is compared to base pairs with specific directional functions in DNA, then a Mythallar is the entire DNA chain.

A single base pair change might produce a genetic mutation, but for the DNA as a whole, it is harmless, as there are sufficient redundancy mechanisms to balance out these mutations and maintain the stability of the entire chain.

(If too many base pairs change, it might lead to the collapse of the entire DNA chain, corresponding to the collapse of a Mythallar.)

Or, to put it another way, a Mythallar is a massive system composed of a large number of ordinary spells that possesses specific, complex functions.

This is actually a difference in magnitude; no wonder the starting requirement for setting up a Mythallar is to be an Advanced Mage!

Based on this, Xia Duo immediately made a relatively reasonable inference: Mythallar technology is likely an important sign of a magical civilization reaching maturity at the technical level.

Behind such a massive system project, there naturally needs to be a whole set of theories, and even systems for personnel training, resource supply, conversion, and utilization to support it!

From this perspective, the ancient Elves were indeed quite formidable, but it is a pity that the current generation of Elves is not as good as the last; Xia Duo guessed that perhaps the breakthrough and even maintenance of certain technologies require the existence of a large number of Advanced Mages.

And the Crown War lasted for thousands of years; even though Elves are a long-lived species, several generations had passed. While causing the Elves to lose a large population, countless Advanced Spellcasters were also lost, to the point where a vast amount of magic Knowledge was lost or could not be utilized.

This is somewhat similar to the country to the north of Xia Duo's hometown, which has been living off the capital of decades ago since its restructuring and split; they may not want to stop developing, but they are powerless and can only die a slow death.

Looking at it this way, the decline of the Elves might be the opportunity for the rise of humanity.

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While Xia Duo was pondering, Master Bailun continued to explain the true mysteries of the Mythallar:

"We normal Spellcasters are situated within the Magic Net, just like fish living in water; how could we possibly transcend it to see the entire macroscopic structure of the Magic Net and change it?"

"Therefore, one of the most fundamental elements of Mythallar technology lies in obtaining a macroscopic perspective of the Magic Net. Without this perspective, any influence on a Mythallar can only float on the surface and cannot directly penetrate to the essence."

"The more one does, the more confused one becomes; this is also the true reason why many Mythallars can still leave behind Mythallar Ruins after failing or being destroyed!"

"It is because the essence of the Mythallar within the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net has not been erased; one can only indirectly involve oneself with the essence through long-term repairs of the details of the Magic Net, eventually completely erasing the influence of the Mythallar."

Xia Duo also thought of this point. Although it is said that "a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant's nest," what about time? What about energy? For an ordinary Arcanist to want to repair the Magic Net environment in Mythallar Ruins, the effort must be countless times that of an Arcanist who has mastered the mysteries of the Mythallar.

Furthermore, if one truly mastered the key technology of the Mythallar, it might not be impossible to let ordinary Mages participate in the repairs, rather than requiring Arcanists.

The Elves do not have Arcanists, but Xia Duo had never heard of any Mythallar Ruins existing among the Elves; all the Mythallar Ruins he knew of were located within Netheril.

Perhaps the Elves possess the technology to quickly clear away traces of a Mythallar.

This is also theoretically feasible; even if a Mythallar can permanently change the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net, then changing it back to its original state could be considered clearing the traces!

It is just like an object that was originally painted green, then painted red, and finally changed back to green—isn't it back to its original appearance?

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"I will now teach you the unique Elven spell that can see the macroscopic structure of the Magic Net!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Duo's spirit was instantly lifted; not to mention anything else, this spell alone was worth his taking this risk!

But immediately after, Bailun asked a question that seemed quite strange under the current circumstances: "How is your mastery of Elvish?"

How is my mastery of Elvish? Could this spell be an original Elf Magic spell?

Such a thought flashed through Xia Duo's mind, and he quickly replied in Elvish: "I am quite proficient!"

"Oh? You even have an Yierlan accent!" Bailun was somewhat surprised; one must know that in the last few decades, or even hundreds of years, the mainstream Elvish accent in Netheril has been the Keman accent.

After all, among the Elven Nations surrounding Netheril, Keman has the greatest influence and the most related activities, so the Netherese are often influenced by it.

Of course, there is another reason that is not explicitly stated, which is the cooling of relations between Yierlan and Netheril, starting from when the 【Nether Scroll】 was discovered and the Netherese collectively abandoned Elf Magic.

Of course, elders like Bailun, especially those who had followed Kangjienio to learn, mostly still spoke with an Yierlan accent.

It was because of this that Xia Duo noticed the Yierlan characteristics in Bailun's accent and specifically switched to it; in fact, he was more accustomed to speaking the Ancient Elven Language he learned from 【Projection Plane: Maiyuelita Sukanweisa City】.

After all, that was the Elvish he had been exposed to the earliest.

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After confirming that Xia Duo's mastery of Elvish was good, Bailun began to explain the elements of this special spell in Elvish; this was indeed an original Elf Magic spell.

It was not that there was no Netheril Magic version, but the Netheril version was converted and modified by Lander, and he also had to give Lander a certain amount of respect.

In principle, even ordinary Mythallar information cannot be disclosed to those outside the Seven Towers.

But Bailun himself is on the fringes of the Seven Towers; he is Princess Xiya's teacher, nominally belonging to Giles Tower, but he has no clear affiliation—it is just tacitly assumed, and this point applies to Xia Duo as well.

Pioneers, or lords, can be classified as part of the Seven Towers camp, but it is hard to say they are directly under the Seven Towers; some lords are not even in the Seven Towers camp at all.

After all, in the Seventon Council, the various lords and the Seven Towers are legally on equal footing; if one could gain the support of the majority, it might not be impossible to rewrite the pattern of the Seventon Council being dominated by the Seven Towers.

Mythallar technology originated from the Elves and indeed has confidentiality requirements, but now that it is already known by Bailun, a "fringe person" of the Seven Towers, it is not too much of a violation for him to reveal it to another "fringe person."

Who let Bailun himself be a Great Arcanist, a maker of the rules!

However, it is ultimately a resolution of the Great Arcanists; the limit of what Bailun can reveal is the original data provided by Ilfalan. If he were to reveal any results that had been researched with the participation of the Seven Towers, that would truly be a violation.

Although Lander or the Seven Towers might not mind, Bailun is a person of considerable self-discipline.

Therefore, when speaking about the specific technical details of the Mythallar, he switched entirely to Elvish, and also focused primarily on the original data provided by Ilfalan.

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