Chapter 1040

Xia Duo was very satisfied with the test results of the constancy test of the statue material. There were almost no obstacles to the connection of the Magic Network Strings, and there were many nodes for linking or energy flow.

Perhaps this material was specially sought by the ancient Saluk witches for the purpose of constant magic.

It is now difficult for Xia Duo to imagine how that ancient race found this material from the almost vast sea of ​​earth element transformation products.

But he just used what was available.

In fact, if it is just for constant magic, then any material can be used, even a dead branch or a stone picked up casually in the forest.

But if you want to make the constant magic more stable and longer-lasting, you need to find some suitable materials.

The method of making an ioun stone includes the process of finding materials. In addition, the different forms of ioun stones with different functions are also designed to match the different linking methods of different magics at constant times, making the finished product more stable.

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"Let's make a sample first!"

As Sha Duo made a decision, the bloodline power immediately responded, and a huge water ball appeared out of thin air in the alchemy laboratory.

This is not an illusion of the elements, but real water.

Among the four elements, only the water element can manifest pure water. The other elements, such as the earth element, can manifest almost all-encompassing substances with no fixed formula, or to put it more generally, there are too many impurities.

For example, the fire element does not even have a material form. If the concentration of the fire element is too high, it will only ignite or heat nearby normal substances. If it is higher, it may open a passage to the fire element plane.

For example, the wind element, or air element, is similar to the earth element and is not pure.

As for positive and negative energy, its essence can be seen as the generation and destruction of the four elements, and there is no specific embodiment.

Although Xia Duoke needs a large piece of wood to transform stone, the wood is not a dense structure, and the quality of the transformed stone may be compromised.

In addition, the wood needed to be moved to the warehouse or outside the Tower of Time, but water was readily available, so he tried to use water to transform it first.

First, use the bloodline ability to control the elongation of the water ball and turn it into a cylindrical shape, and then——

——6 rings [Element Transformation·Earth]

This spell is not the original version on the Saluk Witch-cat Statue, but a petrification spell compiled by Shado after studying the statue and the petrification samples of Jabas and his son.

Some of the elements are consistent with the statue. If he knows the elemental nature of mithril, he can even directly transform mithril into it through this spell!

In fact, [being able to transform substances] and [being able to transform a specific substance on demand] are completely different concepts.

This is actually very similar to material science on earth. Human beings can often discover some weird formulas that can be used to produce materials with various special functions.

But if you want to determine the material properties first and then find the composition formula, it is much more difficult.

In the magical world, the foundation of matter is elements. As long as the elemental nature of matter can be understood, then there are no secrets in the material world (in a narrow sense).

Obviously, this is a systematic and difficult research topic. Chateau's research on element transformation is still very superficial and has not gone deep into this level.

Human energy is limited and must make choices, but the potential of civilization is unlimited. In the future, relevant research institutions may be established to conduct organized and planned systematic research.

Forget it now, even if something is really researched, it may not bring benefits but disasters.

Given the current social state of Netheril and even the elven kingdoms of the North, no matter which party masters the secret of the essence of the elements, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing.

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In an alchemy laboratory on the public floor of the Tower of Time, Xia Duo looked at the blue-black stone pillar in front of him, which was as thick as his waist but taller than his head.

"It seems that the Saruk Witch Snake Statue must have been underground for so long that it turned almost 100% pure black!"

But the color is not the point. There are too many magics that can change the color. What he really cares about is the properties of this new material.

Regardless of waiting a week for the stone pillar to completely stabilize, Xia Duo immediately started a new round of constant testing.

First check the open nodes used to connect the strings of the magic network and to divert the elemental energy. This work can be directly seen and the results obtained only with magic vision.

The most essential difference between ordinary matter and living things in the Magic Network is that there is a natural closed loop in the connection between living things and the strings of the Magic Network, while ordinary matter is a completely open node that can be passed through by the strings of the Magic Network.

The number of nodes is related to the number of strings that can be linked to the magic network, or the complexity of the constant spell.

For creatures, especially humans, the number of open nodes determines the number of magical equipment that can be linked to the synchrony, and the complexity of the spells that are constant to itself.

Magic items with passive characteristics, such as robes, basically need to be in sync with their own link to function.

As for magic items that only have the function of active use, such as ordinary spell books, fireball rings, staffs, and magic wands, most of them do not need to be linked and synchronized. They can be used basically as soon as they are available, and there is no limit on the number that can be carried or even used at the same time. .

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Xia Duo only glanced at it and saw that the open nodes of the blue-black stone pillar in front of him had exceeded his own, which also meant that this stone pillar was theoretically an excellent base material for constant magic.

The reason why it is said to be theoretical is because of its rigor. After all, it has not passed the constant test yet.

Although it is a proofing, and the statue samples have been tested before, the required process is still indispensable. This is also the reason why Xia Duo is consciously cultivating his magical literacy.

After some simple but rigorous constant tests, he finally determined that this stone pillar was suitable as the base material for constant magic.

However, because the transformed materiality of this stone pillar has not yet completely stabilized, after the test, the stone pillar began to reverse.

The surface became pitted, and there were many cracks that penetrated deep into the interior. On the ground near the base of the stone pillar, there was pure water flowing back from the stone.

The stone pillar was not completely reversed in the end, but it was basically unusable.

Xia Duo found that the current stone pillars no longer had as many open nodes as he did, which also meant that it was almost impossible to use them to make high-end magic equipment.

At the same time, this also proved one of his previous conjectures, that is -

Non-densified structural stone converted from wood has inferior properties for use as a base material for constant magic than dense structural stone converted from pure water.

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After that, Xia Duo transformed the six stone pillars again according to the previous method, but this time he did not do any more tests, but left them alone.

He planned to wait until the material properties of these stone pillars were completely stabilized before proceeding with prototype production of the physical code.

As for now, he is ready to think about the specific functions that the physical code needs to implement, as well as the order in which these spells are executed, and the arrangement of nodes.