The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 755 - 0752: Torch Tree (Third Update, 10,000 Coins Reward for 1/2 Celebration)
Chapter 755: Chapter 0752: Torch Tree (Third Update, 10,000 Coins Reward for 1/2 Celebration)
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As more and more magicians gathered at the Magic Guild, an experimental team could recruit a large number of magicians to participate, greatly increasing the speed of their work.
However, the Message Transmission Magic Circle was highly confidential, and currently, only a few trusted magicians were allowed to participate in the core manufacturing process.
The binary and octal encoding involved were understood only by Ach and Chris who mastered the underlying principle and program.
After all, the Message Transmission Magic Circle could be used for civilian purposes, and even more so for military ones. If it were mastered by a foreign country, like the Eagle Kingdom obtaining the Message Transmission Magic Circle, Dragon Knights could support any border conflict at any time, completely eliminating the need for manual message delivery.
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“Your Highness, these are the current four core machines,” Chris reported the progress to Liszt every day.
Two of the core machines were box-shaped, with lids that opened to reveal complex magic structures inside. They resembled a sort of three-dimensional compass, with eight layers of compasses stacked on top of each other, each layer embedded with different types of crystals. The machines operated by utilizing the sensitivity of the crystals to magic powers, allowing for the transmission of magic attributes.
This was the octal core machine, which could encode a set of information for exchange based on the compass’s mechanical reactions.
However, it required manual input of encoding, like sending a “magic fax” via telegraph.
Next to the two core machines, there were two flatter boxes with a similar compass structure inside, but only two layers. This was the binary core machine, which had a similar principle to the octal core machine. It might be simpler to operate, but its lengthy binary encoding meant that message transmission was slow.
Liszt, following the encoding, personally operated one core machine to communicate with another.
Indeed, it was quite troublesome, much like an old-fashioned rotary dial telephone, where one had to wait for the compass to reset after dialing each code before dialing the next one. To simply say “hello,” Liszt wasted a minute on the binary core machine. If one were to speak a full sentence, it might take half an hour.
“I think you still need to work on convenience, like you could design a transmission rod on the compass, and then create an external keyboard. One press of the keyboard’s key could directly set the compass to a coding position, which would surely greatly improve efficiency.”
It must be said, coming from the computer era, every one of Liszt’s ideas shone with the light of civilization.
It was like parting the clouds to see the sun for Ach and Chris, revealing a broad new world.
“Your Highness, I will start improving the core machine right away,” Chris said with urgency.
“Don’t be too hasty, make sure to keep it strictly confidential. Also, Ach and I need to make a long trip. It’s the perfect opportunity to test the performance of these two core machines.”
Hearing this, Chris said, “Then please, Your Highness, give the Message Transmission Magic Circle a more mundane name.”
“A name, huh… How about Remote Wireless Magic Communication Desktop, abbreviated as Wireless Magic Platform, or simply Magic Platform,” Liszt said casually.
He was emulating the radio, the full name of which is wireless radio, which uses electromagnetic signals; here, they were utilizing magic signals, so it could be called Wireless Magic Platform or Magic Platform.
Thus, the name was decided.
Liszt and Ach were also ready to set off to the Flame Mountain in the Eagle Kingdom to search for the Sub-dragon Phoenix while testing the transmission distance of the Magic Platform.
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Out at sea.
The white shell vessel cut through the waves with the wind, and Liszt was busily turning the compass on the binary core machine of the Wireless Magic Platform. At the same time, the compass also continuously rotated, providing feedback in the form of information.
Ach was operating the octal core machine of the Magic Platform: “Brother, we’re approximately eight hundred kilometers away now, the signal transmission is still stable, with no signs of attenuation. We can infer that the Magic Web’s distribution is very extensive, and long-distance communication faces no obstacles.”
“How is the response speed on your end?”
“The response speed remains unchanged; the signal transmission speed is unrelated to distance.”
“Hmm, it seems that the Magic Web is indeed marvelous,” Liszt praised.
The transmission rate of the Magic Web might be similar to that of electromagnetic waves, slightly less than the speed of light. According to previous conjectures, the Magic Web is a kind of field, just as electromagnetic waves are, although one is on the physical level and the other on the magic level. However, the principles behind them have many similarities.
Still, there’s one difference: electromagnetic waves degrade over distance, the farther they travel, the more severe the loss.
But the Magic Web seems to lack this phenomenon of degradation, with the signal quality remaining stable despite being eight hundred kilometers away.
On second thought, it seems quite normal. In the legends of the Moon Empire era, those world-dominating magicians could establish Teleportation Arrays to travel to the moon.
With the help of the Magic Web, if they could realize planetary teleportation, let alone transmitting a few pieces of information.
At once,
Liszt came to a coastal line in the Eagle Kingdom, where there was no human habitation. He stowed away the shells and called out Little Fire Dragon Leo, carrying two people and two Magic Platforms, they flew high into the clouds, using them as concealment and began flying toward Flame Mountain—the location was roughly determinable thanks to the Blood Servant’s maps.
However, even with a map to guide them, the two of them kept ascending into the sky and descending to the ground intermittently, inquiring locals about geographic locations, which took them a full three days to reach the Wild Forest where Flame Mountain was located.
The forest was known as Twilight Prairie, and it was the fief of a marquis.
But Liszt had no intention of contacting this marquis; once he found the approximate area marked by the Blood Servant, he quickly contacted the Vampire stationed there through the heart link. Then he was led by the Vampire to the Flame Mountain, said to be the habitat of the Sub-dragon Phoenix.
After sending off the Vampire, Liszt and Ach began searching directly in the forest.
A Dragon Knight and an Archmage had no reason to worry about the dangers of the forest; in the unlikely event of encountering an Evil Dragon, it would be a perfect opportunity for a fight and then to ride it.
Employing the Eye of Magic, Liszt continually searched for any magic power feedback.
“It’s a pity that Loki cannot be brought along. Otherwise, we could run wherever we wanted in the forest by riding Loki.” Without Loki to ride, and with Leo not suitable for riding in the forest, he could only continuously carry Ach and soar aimlessly, searching for the potential habitat of the Sub-dragon Phoenix.
This search lasted five days.
They did not find the Sub-dragon Phoenix, but they did hunt down quite a few Magical Beasts, most of which were seasoned and barbecued for Leo to eat. They even encountered two Advanced Magical Beasts, which they slaughtered, butchered, and stored the meat and materials in Liszt’s Space Ring.
During this period, they successfully tamed an Intermediate Magical Beast to serve as a mount.
It was a Split-footed Lizard, an Earth Attribute Intermediate Magical Beast, a bit ugly but suitable for riding, especially since it was fairly docile. After Liszt released Dragon Might, the Magical Beast immediately complied tamely, allowing for swift movement within the forest.
“After returning, I will gift the Split-footed Lizard to the Marquis of Bull Tail—he lacks a steady mount,” Liszt thought—considering the lizard’s broad back, wider than an elephant’s, fitting a large basket to seat a whole group presented no issue, making it very suitable for the marquis’s family outings and self-driven tours.
Besides the Magical Beasts, Ach collected a considerable number of plant samples in the forest, waiting to be cultivated upon their return.
With the help of the Eye of Magic, Liszt also accidentally discovered two Elf Bugs.
One was a Pitcher Plant Elf Bug, a plant capable of capturing insects, its value was much like that of the Venus Flytrap Spirit Worm he had previously owned, both being ornamental plants; the other was an unnamed Elf Bug, its Cordyceps was a red small tree, with fiery red leaves and fruits, which, from afar, looked like clusters of Torch Trees.
The fruits were edible, but the taste was rather average.
“Judging from the plant’s magic properties, it has a Fire Attribute. Let’s call it the Torch Tree,” Liszt quickly named the plant, “Ach, do you think there’s any relation between the Torch Tree and the Sub-dragon Phoenix? A large number of Torch Trees are found around here, and although they’re not Magic Potion ingredients, they still feel like clusters of flames burning.”
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Ach answered seriously, “I don’t know.”
