Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 230

“The 52nd secondary magic stone vein has been opened.”

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Lize’s cold voice echoed softly in the study.

“Over the years, the apprentices we sent out have searched the entire continent and found a total of 73 geomantic nodes. Of these, only 52 meet the energy richness standards for cultivating secondary magic stone veins.”

“Unless something unexpected happens, these 52 secondary magic stone veins represent the continent’s limit.”

Su Nan asked, “What about the scale?”

“One small, two medium, and the rest are large.”

“The widespread adoption and promotion of Sub-Magic Energy technology will take time. In the early stages, the output from one small and two medium secondary magic stone veins will be sufficient. When the large veins mature and production explodes, it will coincide with the next burst of Sub-Magic Energy technology.”

Su Nan nodded in satisfaction, then asked, “How about the teleportation network plan?”

“That progress is a bit slower.”

Lize extended her hand and brushed through the void. Countless thin lines of light intertwined, forming a map of the Starlight Continent, covered in countless densely packed light points. These points were interconnected, forming a vast network.

Then, a map of the surface world appeared beside it. Only the central area had light points, while the rest was blank.

“The teleportation network of the surface world has been constructed. We are now working on building the teleportation network of the underground world.”

“How long will it take to complete?”

“The secondary magic stone vein plan has come to an end. The manpower can be transferred to the teleportation network plan, easing the manpower shortage. Based on current speed, it will take about 60 to 70 years.”

Su Nan frowned slightly.

According to this calculation, it would take over a hundred years to complete the entire teleportation network!

However, he could understand. After all, the maximum number of wizard apprentices simultaneously tasked with setting up teleportation arrays was only about a thousand.

Compared to the vast Starlight Continent, this manpower was simply insufficient, not even enough to be described as a drop in the bucket.

Slow progress was inevitable.

“The number of admissions to the Starlight Academy has been steadily increasing in recent years. The teleportation network plan will have more manpower available in the future. Perhaps it won’t take 60 years.” Su Nan pondered.

“Regarding this, I have something to discuss with you,” Lize said abruptly.

“Tell me.”

“Do you remember the star core you obtained in Falling Star City?”

Su Nan nodded slightly.

After obtaining the star core, he had studied it for a while. He found that it was essentially an energy supply device, roughly equivalent to a medium-sized element pool.

For other wizards, obtaining a star core would have been a treasure.

But Su Nan was different. He could synthesize large-sized element pools, so he didn’t care about the star core.

Most importantly, the star core couldn’t be moved once installed. If it were a portable energy supply device, equivalent to carrying an element pool with him, Su Nan would have been more interested.

After that, Lize took the star core from him, saying she wanted to do an experiment. Su Nan gave it to her.

“I used the star core to create a magical device and commissioned the Academy’s instructors to manufacture the finished product. It’s called the Star Eye, and it’s currently being used in the Starlight Academy to collect experimental data.”

Lize waved her hand, and a document floated towards Su Nan.

Su Nan reached out and took it, flipping through it carefully. His eyes gradually lit up.

He had to admit, this magical item called the Star Eye was quite interesting. It could actually sense and record all energy particle fluctuations above a certain threshold. It was a perfect tool for monitoring extraordinary powers!

It was just that the range was a bit small.

“Was this designed by the Starfall Society?”

“Yes.”

“Can the detection range of this thing be expanded?” Su Nan asked with interest.

Lize pondered, “Assuming the effect remains unaffected, the maximum expansion can be to a circular area with a diameter of 300 kilometers. Any larger, and the precision of sensing energy particle fluctuations will be affected.”

A radius of 300 kilometers…

Su Nan was a little disappointed.

This range was only enough to cover a city, it was far from being large.

A star core, equivalent to a medium-sized element pool, was used to monitor the movements of extraordinary powers in a single city. It was a massive waste of resources.

It seemed that the Star Eye wasn’t very practical.

Wait!

Su Nan suddenly realized.

Lize couldn’t possibly be unaware of this. If the Star Eye only had this level of effect, she wouldn’t have specifically brought it up to him.

Since she did, there must be a follow-up.

Thoughts flashed through his mind. Su Nan glanced at Lize with a hint of a smile and said, “What other plans do you have? Just tell me all at once.”

Lize’s eyes flashed with a hint of amusement upon hearing this. Her lips curled slightly as she said, “With just one star core, the Star Eye’s detection range definitely won’t be that large. But if we use the Star Eye as the core and connect it with multiple secondary star cores to form a network, we can expand the detection range!”

“Secondary star cores?”

“It’s literally what it sounds like. It’s an energy core that is inferior to the star core.”

Lize pointed into the void, and a light shadow gradually appeared. It was a crystal ball similar to the star core, but much smaller in size.

“The star core is the core creation of the Starfall Society. Only the few wizard council members within the Starfall Society possess the manufacturing technology. However, when it comes to secondary star cores, even regular members can manufacture them.”

“Secondary star cores don’t have the ability to sense energy particle fluctuations like the star core. They are simply pure energy cores. But when used together with the star core, they can resonate with it, amplifying the star core’s capabilities.”

“I see.” Su Nan nodded, understanding. “How much can it be amplified?”

“With about 200 secondary star cores, it can be amplified at least tenfold.”

“Tenfold? A detection area with a radius of 3,000 kilometers?” Su Nan shook his head. “Not enough. This range isn’t even enough to cover the Southeast Region.”

Lize said with a mix of amusement and exasperation, “Don’t be so greedy. Do you want to cover the entire Starlight Continent?”

To her surprise, Su Nan actually nodded.

“Ideally, yes.”

Seeing that Su Nan wasn’t joking, Lize furrowed her brow and said, “The resonant amplification effect of secondary star cores isn’t unlimited. After exceeding 200, the amplification effect will drastically decrease. The upper limit is about 12 times. Beyond that, even if you install more secondary star cores, you won’t be able to improve the effect even by a single bit.”

“What if we don’t increase the quantity, but instead improve the quality?”

Lize was taken aback, then she realized and said with a frown, “Secondary star cores are mature magical items. They were researched and developed by the Starfall Society over countless years, with countless wizards making improvements. To further improve them, the time and effort required would be beyond your imagination.”

Su Nan remained insistent, “You don’t need to worry about that. You just need to answer my question. If we improve the effect of the secondary star cores, can we expand the detection range?”

Lize hesitated for a moment before saying, “It depends on the specific circumstances. But theoretically, it should be possible.”

“That’s all that matters.”

A smile appeared on Su Nan’s lips.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of enhancing the effects of a single item, all the wizards in the Starfall Society combined couldn’t compare to him, who possessed the Magic Cube.

“Give me the design diagram for the secondary star core. I’ll improve it as soon as possible and make secondary star cores with a stronger effect.”

Seeing Su Nan’s confident demeanor, Lize couldn’t help but wonder.

However, she knew that Su Nan wouldn’t make empty promises or act impulsively. Since he dared to say this, it meant he had at least an 80% chance of success.

Lize was curious to see if Su Nan could actually succeed.

She took a piece of parchment, used her Master’s Hand to control the rune pen, and wrote and drew on it for over two hours before finally replicating the design diagram.

Su Nan glanced at the design diagram and then asked, “What about the design diagram for the star core?”

Lize shook her head. “That’s the highest level of core secrecy within the Starfall Society. Only the council members know it.”

Su Nan was slightly disappointed. He took the design diagram and went straight to the laboratory, ready to start manufacturing the secondary star core.

Arriving at the laboratory, Su Nan directly spread out the design diagram on the workbench.

“Taring 2, scan the secondary star core design diagram.”

[Received command. Starting scan. Scan complete.]

“Gather materials.”

[Received command. 138 materials in total. 133 materials have been retrieved from the warehouse. 5 materials were not found in the inventory. Do you want to search for materials with similar properties?]

“Search.”

[Searching… Search complete. The following materials have the highest similarity in properties: Scarlet Rift Iron, Yin-Line Worm Crystal…]

Taring 2 was the second Taring that Su Nan had refined, specifically serving as his experimental assistant.

Its most core capabilities were the Spirit Library and data analysis abilities.

The former represented its extraordinary recording ability, capable of recording all the books, experimental records, and knowledge that Su Nan currently possessed.

To increase Taring 2’s knowledge base, Su Nan even instructed Lize to input all the knowledge she had into Taring 2’s “Spirit Library.”

The latter represented Taring 2’s computational power and data simulation abilities.

These two abilities were mutually beneficial.

The larger the knowledge reserve, the stronger Taring 2’s data analysis capabilities would be.

Having Taring 2 as his experimental assistant could save a great deal of time and effort in calculations and deductions.

With Taring 2’s assistance, Su Nan spent two months researching and developing five substitute materials, then began manufacturing the secondary star core.

Secondary star cores weren’t particularly complex magical items, at least for Su Nan, whose [Magical Item Manufacturing] skill had already reached level 5. It was almost effortless for him.

Soon, two secondary star cores were manufactured.

Su Nan then immediately started the synthesis process.

The results did not disappoint him. The synthesized secondary star core indeed had a better effect.

Finally, Su Nan used five secondary star cores to synthesize a brand new secondary star core.

When he placed the enhanced secondary star core in front of Lize, her usually cold face showed a rare mix of astonishment and bewilderment.

“You actually managed to improve it?”

After carefully examining it and confirming that the secondary star core’s effect had indeed been significantly enhanced, Lize’s eyes towards Su Nan were filled with undeniable astonishment.

She never imagined that Su Nan could actually complete the improvement, and he had done it in just over a month. freёnovelkiss.com

It was simply unbelievable!

What would that make of all the wizards in the Starfall Society?

Compared to Su Nan, the Starfall Society’s previous improvements to the secondary star core were like child’s play!

“Do you think this level of improvement is enough? Or should we continue to enhance the effect?”

Su Nan’s words interrupted Lize’s thoughts. Her lips twitched slightly.

Continue to enhance the effect?

After a moment of silence, Lize said, “I need to test it in practice to know for sure.”

Su Nan immediately waved his hand, making arrangements.

The Star Eye, which had been installed in the Starlight Academy, was moved to the laboratory in the wizard tower that day.

After conducting a series of tests and confirming that the secondary star core had further potential for improvement, Su Nan continued with the synthesis and enhancement process.

After each enhancement, he would conduct a test.

Eventually, the number of enhanced secondary star cores synthesized was controlled at eight.

This number of synthesized secondary star cores produced the effect closest to the upper limit. Any further improvement would actually lead to the core star core’s effect not being able to keep up.

The result would be the cart before the horse, leading to a decrease in overall effect.

“A detection range of over 7,000 kilometers is enough to cover the Southeast Region. You should be satisfied now, right?” Lize glanced at Su Nan. “Or do you really want to cover the entire continent to be satisfied?”

Su Nan remained silent, deep in thought.

While this result wasn’t bad, there was still something lacking.

If possible, Su Nan still wanted to cover the entire continent. This was of great significance for monitoring the invasion of foreign wizards after the future element resurgence.

To achieve this, either the star core’s effect needed to be enhanced, or a second star core needed to be created.

For Su Nan, these two methods were essentially the same.

Unless he could synthesize a star core using secondary star cores, he wouldn’t be able to achieve his goal.

But Su Nan had already experimented with this before. It was impossible to synthesize a star core using secondary star cores.

Secondary star cores didn’t have the star core’s ability to sense energy fluctuations. This meant that no matter how many secondary star cores were used, it would be impossible to synthesize a true star core.

But on the other hand, as long as the secondary star core possessed the same effect, even just a tiny bit, he could use the Magic Cube to synthesize something with an effect similar to the star core.

“Secondary star cores and star cores can resonate, which proves that they have similar properties to some extent. Therefore, improving the secondary star core and giving it a slight ability to sense energy particle fluctuations should still be possible.”

Su Nan had a plan in mind. He shared his thoughts with Lize.

Of course, he didn’t mention the synthesis. He only said that he was going to improve the secondary star core and give it a weak energy sensing ability.

“Theoretically, it’s feasible. But what’s the point of doing this?”

Lize was puzzled.

“The secondary star core is in a supporting role in this sensing network. Even if it has a weak sensing ability, it won’t have much impact on the overall effect. It still won’t be able to achieve your goal of covering the entire continent.”

Su Nan smiled and said, “I have my own plans. You just need to help me with the research experiment.”

Lize also had extensive experience in manufacturing secondary star cores. Having her help with the improvement experiment would make it much smoother.

She stared at Su Nan for a while before finally pouting and humming softly.

“So mysterious.”

Despite her complaints, she agreed in the end.