Chapter 267: Byproduct of Creating the Sun (23)

Beier is a very busy person, Cavendish is also a very busy person.

Both are workaholics with strong obsessive-compulsive tendencies, never taking holidays, 24 hours a day, wishing they could spend 25 hours in the lab.

For Luosen, this is naturally great, but when he occasionally wants to get the two together for afternoon tea, the difficulty is quite high.

Either one has something to do, or the other is doing an experiment, or they themselves have no free time.

Plus the security level is also high, so arranging a meeting is really quite troublesome.

So, even though they are both by Swan Lake in Mondania, after nearly four years they have never actually gathered for a relaxed chat.

But this time, Luosen forcibly pulled them out and held an afternoon tea party in the garden of Swan Castle.

"Your Majesty, I still have a regular meeting later."

"Your Majesty, my experiment cannot be delayed."

Both looked anxious.

Luosen, however, was calm: "All right, all right, I've cancelled them for you."

"This afternoon, just rest well. By the way, I also have a brand-new idea I want to discuss with you both."

Speaking, Luosen personally poured each of them 200 milliliters of the improved-taste Golden Blessing: "Come, drink up, there's more if you finish it."

Since it was so, they had nothing to say and could only relax their minds, letting their bodies go limp on the soft, thickly cushioned chairs.

The Golden Blessing also needed to be drunk.

Because this thing is especially refreshing, drinking it doesn't make one sleepy.

Luosen didn't rush to talk business, also lying in the garden, basking in the golden sunlight of the winter sun.

After a while, when they were almost dozing from the sun, Luosen suddenly said: "You say, why can the sun keep shining?"

Whether Cavendish or Beier, both are people whose minds never idle.

Having lain like that for a while, although comfortable, they also felt utterly bored.

At that moment, hearing Luosen's question, their minds immediately began to race.

A few minutes later, Cavendish blushed: "I never even thought about this question; now that I think about it carefully, I actually don't know."

This is also normal, after all he has been immersed in the Power Conversion Law Formation these years; although his focus is extremely deep, other fields are almost completely unknown to him.

Beier has always studied various basic elements and how to combine them into new materials meeting requirements, which barely touches on Luosen's question.

He said: "I think the sun should be the source of everything."

"Magic rings, elements, and even everything we see, all come from the sun. Light too."

To some extent, this statement might actually be correct.

But Luosen laughed: "But my question is, why does it keep shining? Won't the power run out?"

Beier immediately stalled.

After a long while, only after unconsciously drinking 400 milliliters of Golden Blessing oral liquid did he speak: "From observational results, the sun is huge, huge; could it be piled full of endless Black Stone?"

As soon as his words fell, Cavendish shook his head in rejection: "I just roughly calculated, Black Stone cannot burn that long."

He explained: "My calculation shows the sun can burn at most 5000 years, but planar history is far longer, and the ancient sun seems not much different from today."

Thus the absolute genius in positional technique law had nothing to say, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Luosen.

Luosen spread his hands: "I don't know either."

Before disappointment could rise on their faces, he added: "But I do have a vague idea."

The two immediately perked up their ears.

Luosen narrowed his eyes at the sun in the sky.

"First, the sun is extremely huge; according to data from the Stellar Observation Bureau, it is estimated to be several million times the size of our world."

"So, the elements on the sun must be extremely numerous, almost endless, right?"

Both nodded.

Luosen then said: "Furthermore, the sun's temperature must also be extremely high; at such high temperature, the vast majority of elements must be in liquid or even gaseous state."

"Exactly." Cavendish's eyes lit up.

Beier showed a thoughtful expression.

Luosen continued: "So, the sun should be a gaseous composition with extremely high temperature and extremely high pressure."

"Why is the pressure extremely high? Oh, I get it, because it's big."

Beier's thoughtful expression grew deeper.

Cavendish also had his thoughts enlightened, he softly said: "The greater an object's mass, the more it naturally generates a mutual attractive force."

"For an object as massive as the sun, this attractive force must be unimaginably strong."

Beier silently calculated, then exclaimed: "If the sun is several million times our world, even if it were made entirely of the lightest elements, the pressure at its core would be enormous to an unparalleled degree."

Luosen nodded: "I made a rough estimate and found that we can already reproduce a sun-like environment on the ground."

"Then we can see what actually happens."

As soon as he said that, Cavendish could no longer lie down and sat up straight.

"Reproducing the sun's core conditions on the ground—how could that possibly be done?"

He had been silently estimating the pressure's rough value, and then realized this pressure could easily destroy any object on earth.

Now Luosen said he could reproduce it on the ground, and Cavendish's first reaction was that it was absurd.

Luosen didn't speak, but looked toward Beier.

Beier softly said: "Purely from pressure, it's very difficult. But I think the sun must also have an outward explosive force that resists the mutual attraction of matter."

"Because without such explosive force, I can't think of anything in the world that could withstand this huge pressure; then the sun wouldn't be so large, it would keep compressing, compressing, possibly even disappearing into a point."

This is an extremely counterintuitive inference; ordinary people couldn't think of this level. But Beier easily arrived at it—one has to say he's an exceptionally smart guy.

Cavendish was a bit slower, but immediately understood: "This must be a force countless times more violent than the most violent explosive powder in the world."

If the explosive force and attraction cancel each other out, the environment inside the sun might be far less harsh than mere speculation suggests.

But how can we achieve it on earth, Your Majesty? Do you intend to use the power law ring to do so?

He had already realized it.

Luosen nodded: "Exactly, forge a stronger power law ring, construct pure force energy of a unique shape to bind the elements, then heat the elements with destructive light to an astonishing degree, thereby simulating the sun's environment."

Then perhaps we will know why the sun can stay so bright.

The two mages became excited.

Cavendi silently did a quick mental calculation, then immediately said: "If we truly find the cause, we could light up the sun on earth and obtain an inexhaustible power source."

This power source must be countless times stronger than Black Stone!

Beier immediately considered it from an elemental perspective.

After a long while, he said: "I estimate that a conversion phenomenon between basic elements might occur."

Luosen felt happy inside, secretly sighing: "Ah~ how did I find these two great treasures?"

He immediately said: "Shall we try?"

Cavendi immediately said: "Your Majesty, to light up the sun on earth, the current power law ring is far insufficient; I estimate the scale needs to be increased at least tenfold."

Beier followed: "Right, ordinary destructive light isn't strong enough, and to achieve sufficiently strong destructive light—or other methods of heating gases—would certainly require enormous power."

Luosen laughed ha-ha, crossing his hands behind his head: "I just heard two words: need money."

Cavendi and Beier exchanged a glance, both giving a dry, heh-heh laugh.

"Your Majesty, you must also be curious, right?" Cavendi asked.

"Your Majesty, you surely have a way, right?" Beier asked.

Luosen certainly has a way; otherwise he wouldn't have brought this up.

He laughed: "This matter should be done in three steps, from simple to difficult."

"The first step: briefly simulate the sun's environment in an extremely small area."

"This step is the simplest; it can be achieved with focused destructive light."

"I estimate that with Cavendi's lab equipment and conditions, a few modifications will suffice, costing no more than 100 million klay, right?"

Cavendi thought carefully, then nodded: "Exactly, we can do it."

"I feel that the first step verification could be completed in perhaps three months."

"Because most of it is already ready-made."

Beier immediately said: "Then what can I do?"

Luosen had already thought it out: "Provide various basic elements, test them one by one, to see if there will be a conversion of basic elements."

Beier's eyes lit up, and he sprang up from the recliner.

"What are we waiting for? Hurry up."

Cavendi also sprang up from his chair: "I'm going to get on it right away!"

The two even forgot etiquette, running off as they went.

After a few steps, Cavendi staggered, about to fall; Luosen quickly used Mage Hand to steady him, then said: "Ailiya, are you just going to watch? Hurry up and escort the two mages back to the lab."

"Oh oh~ okay."

Ailiya, who had been feeling a bit drowsy while listening, instantly snapped awake.

In the following time, Luosen both verified the life-art knowledge provided by Duola and awaited news from the lab.

About two and a half months later, Luosen incidentally crafted a legendary +4 legendary wig, raising his base soul strength to legendary 7.

"Not that he didn't want higher; it's just that his ability hit its limit."

Then Cavendi's lab paper arrived, titled "Artificial Sun."

The paper had two results.

The first matched Luosen's expectation exactly: discovery of hydrogen isotope fusion under high temperature and pressure, releasing astonishing power in the fusion.

The second was completely unexpected to Luosen.

It unexpectedly synthesized an exotic substance.

This substance possesses a toughness that cannot be destroyed by conventional means.

To destroy it, one must again simulate the sun's environment.

This thing was placed in an exquisite wooden box, with a magnifying lens thoughtfully installed on the top of the box.

The reason is that the substance is extremely scarce—a tiny sphere less than one millimeter in diameter.

Luosen examined it; at first glance it looked like a small pebble.

He then attempted to lightly touch it with legendary 7 mana.

Upon touching it, it felt just like touching a stone; he himself felt nothing significant, but after repeated contact, Laifu reported an anomaly.

"Detected mana solidification phenomenon, freezing rate 0.01%, freezing attribute unknown."

The freezing rate is extremely low, far beyond mortal perception limits, yet Laifu detected it.

Luosen startled, then his heart jumped suddenly, and many ideas flashed through his mind in an instant.

Then a surge of elation welled up.

"Hiss~ it feels like I've touched a great treasure."

(End of chapter)