King from scratch

He Xingwen knocked on the door of the villa.

No one made a sound, and following his knock on the door, the door opened automatically with a creak.

The interior of the villa is so clean that there are not even traces of human habitation.

He Xingwen strolled forward and met with Duoti who came down from the second floor.

"King, do you need us?"

Duo Ti was not surprised by the appearance of He Xingwen, he knew the appearance of the other party when He Xingwen stepped into his ether perception range.

"How is the teaching situation?" He Xingwen sat on the sofa and picked a question suitable for conversation.

Think for two more seconds, and commented from a professional point of view: "The progress is faster than we thought, and the learning ability of the people of the kingdom is beyond our imagination, especially the learners on the third floor, they hardly look like beginners. , their affinity with ether, their proficiency in perceiving ether and using ether, all..."

"Very amazing."

He Xingwen recalled that the learners on the lower three floors were ordinary npcs who had been revived from the altar. During the test, Duo Ti took the initiative to end the test because he had no fear.

Duoti: "They have almost finished all the basic knowledge that beginners should learn, including those that you have identified as elective courses. We are considering whether to readjust the teaching content according to their learning progress..."

Doti noticed that the king did not show any surprise.

After noticing this, he changed his tone more: "Actually, I think they already have the foundation to become mages, and they can definitely learn more about mages."

He Xingwen: "That depends on their own choice."

It is because they chose not to be mages that Duo mentioned this point: "I have communicated with them, and they seem to have no intention of becoming mages. Some students who have finished learning the basics have already gone to learn how to swing hammers from dwarves."

"Hammer..." Duoti could hardly hide his emotion about this: "Although dwarves' attainments in forging are amazing, in fact, the talent gap between humans and dwarves in this area is not enough for humans to reach the level of dwarves." To that extent."

"It's a waste of talent to let them learn from dwarves..." Duoti said conclusively: "Mage is the most suitable profession for them."

That's not necessarily.

But in view of Duo Ti's cherishing of talent is so intense, He Xingwen did not say this sentence.He changed the subject: "Apart from them, how about the students on the first and second floors?"

"Their learning speed does not match their IQ at all." Duoti quickly turned into disgust: "The learning speed is very fast, but they don't remember the knowledge at all. The learning attitude of the second floor is better than that of the first floor, but in essence this There is no difference between the two."

"A mage is essentially the understanding and control of the ether. Knowledge is the most important thing. It doesn't make any sense to be able to use spells. Knowing what knowledge means is the only way to continue on the path of a mage."

A shortcut is a shortcut, and it cannot replace a down-to-earth move forward.

However, He Xingwen didn't expect the players to become mages, so he took this topic lightly, ended the pleasantries, and started the formal topic.

"How is the research on the black bloodstone going?"

The topic was too jumpy, so I paused for a few seconds before reacting: "The research is not going very smoothly. At first we tried to control the energy in the black bloodstone, but there was no progress. Later, we turned to using specific substances. , How to effectively improve the utilization rate of energy in the black bloodstone, after using the controllable substances you provided, the research has made considerable progress."

"Direct flame catalysis is the least efficient behavior. The ether catalysis reaction and the material catalysis reaction are the two directions we focus on research. So far, both groups have made some progress, specifically..."

As He Xingwen listened, his mind began to wander in the incomprehensible vocabulary.

"...So, I'm going to wait for the results to come out before sharing this research progress with you," Doti continued, "Ether catalysis can easily cause the energy in the black bloodstone to go out of control, and the catalysis of matter has a considerable impact on the matter itself." high demands..."

To mention more, one person talked continuously for more than half an hour.

"...The materialization of the linking reaction, coupled with the reflex stimulation of the etheric circuit, creates a catalytic design for the black bloodstone, but there are currently two difficulties in this."

"How to ensure that the ether loop adjusts the catalytic efficiency without getting out of control, and what is used to complete this design."

After the scene was quiet for a few seconds, He Xingwen finally realized: "Are you finished?"

It is not surprising to mention Duoti's reaction to the king. After all, even among mages, this is an extremely difficult research topic, let alone a king who knows nothing about it.

"Do you mind if I take a look around?" He Xingwen stood up and glanced at the second floor.

Duoti is very mindful, this is the domain of mages.

Just look at the heavily armed offensive spells on every mage tower, and outsiders are not welcome.

He Xingwen didn't give him a chance to refuse.

He walked and said, "I didn't quite understand what you just said, but..."

But he has cheats.

Under Duoti's vigilant gaze, He Xingwen took a step towards the stairs leading to the second floor: "These two problems are easy to solve."

Duoti's attention was instantly focused on He Xingwen's words, and he didn't care about his footsteps. He followed behind He Xingwen step by step, and couldn't wait to ask: "How to solve it?"

He Xingwen stepped up the stairs and walked towards the second floor: "There are dwarves in the kingdom, and they are good at this."

He Xingwen stopped in the corridor on the second floor, and stretched out his hand towards the closed door of the room.

"Controlling the effectiveness of catalysis and the design of the device are the domains that dwarves are good at." He Xingwen didn't rush to open the door, he turned his head and glanced at Duoti behind him.

Doti was absorbed in his words, unresponsive to his attempt to open the door.

"Although mages are not famous for alchemy, that doesn't mean we're not good at it." Duoti said while sorting out his thoughts: "We have considered improving the catalytic rate of black bloodstone by improving external equipment, but the problem is that It doesn't do much..."

"But dwarves are the best engineers. They can turn casting into art, and they can also improve the external equipment to a level that you can't do."

He Xingwen pushed the door open casually. The moment he pushed the door open, there were waves in the ether, and multiple spells arranged by the mage here were triggered one after another. It was a mixture of defensive spells and offensive spells, which was enough to make people who were not invited The outsider who came from here faced death head-on.

Doti was awakened by the ether fluctuations, raised his head suddenly, and was about to block these attacks, and all the fluctuations calmed down.

The triggered spell disappeared silently, and the layers of etheric reactions were wiped away before Duoti's eyes.

Exactly the same as when the demon died, the traces of the ether were "erased", and just disappeared from them without a sound.

Violating the mage's cognition of ether, he dominates ether with a more powerful posture.

Duoti's attention was shifted again. This was also one of the new topics they added after they came to the kingdom, but compared to other research, the progress of this topic was slower, almost no progress.

He Xingwen knew nothing about Fang Cai's brush with death at that moment.

The scene behind the door was beyond his imagination.

Behind the door is not the familiar room arrangement, but another space that is far beyond what the villa can accommodate.

The galaxy is swaying as the background, neatly placed research equipment occupies a separate area, a huge device that occupies the entire room, floating substances full of symbols, black blood stones suspended in the air, mages immersed in research...

He Xingwen took a step back, glanced at the door of his ordinary room, and confirmed that he had pushed the door correctly. It was inside the villa, but no matter how you look at it, the huge space in front of him could not be built in the villa—its The area far exceeds what the villa can accommodate.

Some of the busy mages glanced at the door, and some didn't cast their eyes at all.

"This is the second space," explained Doti He Xingwen: "The second space is a concept on the ether. It is essentially between existence and non-existence, and it is composed of ether..."

"For example, the 'personal space' that most intelligent creatures have is the use of the ether into a second space."

"Just relying on the individual's manipulation of the ether, at most a space that cannot store living things and can only accommodate a limited number of spaces."

"Arcane Academy's research in this area is more in-depth than others. Onar Long put forward the research theory of the materialization of the second space. After hundreds of years of research, we finally overcome this problem and completed the second space. Substantial."

Doti reached out to the space in front of him and signaled: "The second space established with the entire Arcane Academy as the starting point and the Mage Tower as the node is the second space in the true sense. transfer of control."

He Xingwen glanced at the astonishingly large research site in front of him: "Is this a space opened up from the ether?"

"To be precise, it is a part of the second space." Doti explained: "In order to meet the conditions for the study of the black bloodstone, we have designated the research area of ​​the second space here."

Given the poor and poor state of the kingdom, it is very unrealistic to carry out high-end research on black bloodstones based on the current situation of the kingdom. The reason why the research of the mages can continue is because they have their own equipment, provided by the king. The second space on the site provides conditions suitable for research.

The system reminded He Xingwen to mention the part that was not mentioned: "The full name of this so-called second space in mages should be 'Ethernet'."

The word Ethernet also appeared in Ai Zhijin's mouth, as a unique design of mages, it has functions beyond imagination.

Everything suddenly became clear. From the beginning when He Xingwen heard the discussion of the mages in this villa that should only accommodate two people, to the other magical space in front of him now, all the answers are connected together.

Because the mage built the ether here - or to be precise, cut part of the ether and rebuilt it here.

"I don't know much about this world." He Xingwen stepped into this space.

He Xingwen looked at everything running in the space and said: "But there is no doubt about your strength."

"This is the power of the ether." Duoti said: "We have only conducted limited and superficial research on the ether, and the ether is the real source of all miracles."

"The deeper the research, the more we are in awe of the ether."

He Xingwen stopped, staring at the black blood stone floating in the air, strange symbols suspended around it, a layer of crumpled "cloth" wrapped the black blood stone, and a few suspicious smoke drifted out from under the "cloth".

He Xingwen looked back and continued the previous topic: "I suggest you cooperate with the dwarves."

Duoti was noncommittal about this proposal. Mages had a reputation for being xenophobic. In their field, they did not welcome outsiders, let alone the study of the Black Blood Stone.

He Xingwen took a rough look around, facing the eyes of many mages who disliked him, and continued to ask Duo: "If the research does not make progress, you can consider this proposal."

Of course, according to the character of the mage, it is estimated that He Xingwen will hardly wait until this day.

Therefore, in the optimal solution given by the system, the thinking of mages is not important.

He Xingwen changed the topic without further mentioning.

"By the way, apart from the research on the black bloodstone, how is the other research going?"

He Xingwen: "Is there any progress in the research on the extinction of creatures and the curse of the land where the gods fell?"

"Our energy is mainly concentrated on the Black Blood Stone, and the rest of the research has been left to the students..." Duoti: "Shall I ask them to tell you?"

He Xingwen found a chair and agreed to his proposal.

Do you understand?Why are you still sitting down?

Duoti held this doubtful idea, and it was not easy to turn against the king on his territory, and to be precise, this was indeed part of their original contract-to share the research results with the king.

Therefore, a sudden research progress report was launched here.

The unfamiliar mages passed by He Xingwen one by one, and briefly reported the direction and progress of their research.

To put it simply, He Xingwen's current situation is probably that the liberal arts students are listening to calculus-because they have surpassed the field of knowledge, they are at a loss.

However, the main speaker of this report is not He Xingwen, so his confusion will not affect anything.

After the unintelligible report was over, He Xingwen ended his visit, walked out of the villa, and walked in another direction, chatting with the system as if chatting about the weather.

"How about it?"

"If it is the current research progress, I am afraid that even if they spend a long time, it will be difficult for them to successfully obtain the final research results."

"Mages have plenty of time to study the mysteries of the ether."

System: "But the kingdom is developing rapidly, and it doesn't have enough time to wait for this result."

He Xingwen glanced at the black shadow hovering in the sky: "Yes, hundreds of years is enough for human beings to die."

System: "Through appropriate intervention, the research time can be effectively shortened, and this will not be a problem."

"What do you think of the mage's research on the Black Blood Stone?" Although He Xingwen didn't understand Duoti's introduction, it didn't prevent him from asking a question: "It sounds dangerous."

The system perfectly understood the meaning of "dangerous" in his words.

"From a research point of view, they are trying to make a very dangerous weapon, using the black bloodstone as the energy output to make the efficiency of energy output controllable. This is not only the meaning of efficient use of the energy in the black bloodstone, but also It means adjusting the energy output to the most efficient level, and the energy excited in the black bloodstone at that moment will be amazing."

"Although I really want to use the analogy of nuclear weapons on the earth, objectively speaking, the ether itself has more surging energy than atomic nuclear fission..."

"That is by no means a weapon in the conventional sense."

"So, they couldn't do anything about it." He Xingwen: "Because this research finally pointed to such an amazing product, the difficulties they encountered were beyond their ability."

He Xingwen concluded: "Their research is in the wrong direction."

If the mage just wants to study the black blood stone, there is no need to study how to develop the black blood stone into an ultimate weapon. This is undoubtedly looking far away.

The system doesn't think so: "This is the result they want. Although the Arcane Academy is like a scholar-type organization, in essence their pursuit of knowledge stems from the pursuit of power."

He Xingwen: "It sounds like they are very dangerous."

The system reminded him: "Among the five most dangerous areas in this world, the Arcane Academy ranks second."

This is enough to explain the danger of mages.

He Xingwen stopped in front of the grocery store in Xinshou Village and came to the final conclusion: "Pure academic researchers are far more dangerous than idiots with evil intentions."

"what?"

Anuta, who saw the king's figure and opened the door to meet the king, just heard the second half of the sentence.

He Xingwen glanced at the "Closed Business" sign hanging at the door of the grocery store, walked past Anuta into the grocery store, did not answer his question, and asked a new question: "Is the grocery store closed for too many days recently? "

If possible, Anuta also wanted to carry out daily business very much, but these recent events forced him to suspend business in order to spare time to communicate with Ai Zhijin.

After He Xingwen finished speaking, he didn't intend to wait for his answer. He walked into the grocery store, signaled Anuta to close the door, and then cut straight to the point: "Is Ai Zhijin ready?"

Anuta closed the door to cut off the curious eyes of the players, and subconsciously said, "What?"

"How is the situation on Long Island?"

"We are communicating with the Dragon Clan."

Anuta took out two chairs from his personal space, put them in the middle of the empty house, took out a coffee table, put them between the chairs, and finally took out wine, cups, and tablecloths from his personal space, and in a short time Create and decorate your table from scratch in minutes.

He Xingwen casually asked the main question he came to find the other party: "So, what about the iron-eating ants? Are you ready to deal with the iron-eating ants?"