Lord of Arcane

Chapter 489 Encapsulating the Element Foundation
The packaging of magic items is easy to say, but it is not difficult to do. It is nothing more than wrapping the exposed three-dimensional mesh spherical Mithril structure and energy core with other materials.

The simplest method is nothing more than stuffing it directly into a box, but Mithril is not a very rigid metal, especially when a certain purity must be maintained, Mithril wire is actually very soft.

It's just that the spherical structures support each other, so that people can hold it in their hands without deformation, but if the acceleration changes, the deformation will be inevitable.

When Xia Duo released the test task, he emphasized that it should be handled with care and not use force, just to prevent the two laboratory versions of the communication magic device from being directly damaged before completing the test of the limit of use.

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in the general laboratory.

Xia Duo chose crystal, which is relatively balanced in phase and relatively cheap, as the packaging material. However, before the official packaging, there is another very important link, that is, the encryption of the Mithril structural parts.

In fact, it is the encryption of spells. Through the encryption transformation of arcane geometry graphics, the strings of the magic net that need to be linked will not change, but the element combination of the spells mapped by them will change.

At this time, if an outsider wants to crack it, because the combination of elements has changed, such a combination of elements in turn cannot produce the magic effect before encryption.

In layman's terms, after the encryption transformation, only the form of the spell elements has changed, but the essence inside remains unchanged. If you want to successfully cast a spell, you can only do it in the original form, and the transformed form will be invalid.

Of course, any encryption is not a panacea, and there is still a risk of being cracked. Therefore, Nether mages are relatively cautious when selling magic items, which are basically magic items of common spells.

Unless it is for personal use, otherwise, it will not make its own exclusive spells into magic items.

In fact, there is no need to encrypt the communication magic weapon. After all, spells have to be released. Other mages can also make similar communication magic tools. This is just Xia Duo's habit.

The program code on the earth also has an encapsulation link, which is used to hide the specific details of the program code, leaving only a public interface, which has the purpose of simplification, but also has the meaning of encryption.

In addition, encryption can also distinguish Xia Duo's communication magic weapon from other mage's products, which is convenient for adding new functions in future updates and iterations.

An optimized and encrypted Mithril structural part was re-made, which is much smaller overall, about the size of two adult fists together.

The five-color gems that serve as the energy core have not changed, and are still inlaid in the entire exquisite Mithril structure, but their spacing is smaller than before.

There are two main levels of encapsulation—the level of elemental energy, and the level of matter.

The elemental energy level is to make the elemental energy of the packaging material compatible and hidden with the prototype of the magic weapon, while the material level is to make the material compatible and hidden.

Generally speaking, only encapsulation materials such as gemstones are involved in the encapsulation of the energy level of the elements, and ordinary materials are only involved in the encapsulation of the material level.

There is a special method for using crystal encapsulation in the Tower of Time, which is to use an elemental potion called [Crystal Softener] to directly transform the crystal into an encapsulated state, and then shape it into a spherical shape through the [Mage Hand]. When the encapsulation state subsides, it will be a normal crystal.

Xia Duo didn't quite understand the existence of [Crystal Softener] at first, thinking that one more material would cost more, but in the actual packaging process, he discovered that the so-called packaged state is actually the semi-elemental state of the crystal .

It can simultaneously complete the encapsulation of the element energy level and the material level.

And if according to Xia Duo's own idea, directly melt the crystal to wrap the prototype of the magic weapon, it can only be encapsulation at the material level. Of course, he has also done encapsulation experiments in this way.

As a result, the encapsulating crystals and the five-color gemstones as the energy core were all blown up.

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Crystals in a molten state are no longer normal crystals, and their internal elements have changed. No matter how difficult it is to package as a magic weapon, even if the package is successful, there will be problems with subsequent cooling.

Based on this, Xia Duo can be regarded as confirming a reality that he has always been difficult to accept - the material foundation of the magical world lies in elements and energy.

This is completely different from the concept of the essence of energy and matter on the earth. There is no pure energy on the earth. The so-called energy is just the movement of matter.

But in the magical world, although Xia Duo had read the book about the inner plane before, the world described in the book originated from the inner plane, and the inner plane was in the state of energy, or in other words, in the state of elements.

Although many experiments or phenomena have verified this before, Xia Duo's long-term belief that "energy and matter are one, and the essence is matter" is affecting his judgment.

The magical world may also regard energy and matter as one, but in essence it is energy, pure energy that can exist independently.

Therefore, many things cannot be judged by common sense. For example, the concept of "crystal and molten crystal are not the same substance" is easy to understand in the magic world. Different elements are naturally not the same substance.

Even many things that were confusing before are very easy to understand.

Just like [Flying], if placed on the earth, it is anti-gravity, related to gravity, and essentially distorts time and space, so what a powerful energy it needs!
But in the magical world, the threshold for [Flying] is only middle-level mages, not to mention a lot of them, but it is definitely not a small number, and it is still an individual. Such a magical magic cannot be explained by just a transformation spell .

The root of it may be that the essence of the world is energy, and all its extended properties are changes in energy, so finding the right trick to achieve anti-gravity flight is not as difficult as imagined.

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In the general laboratory, Xia Duo put down all his work and fell into deep thought. The explosion in the encapsulation experiment made him face up to his own cognitive limitations and the impact of his 20-year experience on Earth.

Let's not talk about the so-called "sublation", because there is no need to compare two completely different worlds, but the concept must keep pace with the times. Of course, this concept only lies in the cognition of the world.

As for other aspects, Xia Duo felt that there was no need to change for the time being.

Because only the adjustment, or expansion, of the world view actually involves the formation of personality. If the entire three views are subverted, then whether Xia Duo is Xia Duo or not will be a big question mark.

Fortunately, this world is not a world of headshot maniacs, otherwise, this kind of adjustment to the understanding of the nature of the world should meet the standard of headshots.

Fortunately, the magic here is mainly based on "use", which is more similar to the concept of science, and is not directly connected with cognition. No matter what you think, magic is there.

After contemplating, Xia Duo felt that his whole body became much clearer. If the epiphany can be upgraded, then he can probably be upgraded two or three levels!

Afterwards, Xia Duo no longer rejects phenomena that do not match his past cognitions. Of course, he does not want to completely abandon the past.

(End of this chapter)