Super Floating City

Northern Territory, Yarantir.

Everything is progressing in an orderly manner according to the plan. The nest of the Zela ant tribe has been established, more worker ants have been hatched continuously, and the underground passages extending in all directions have been dug to a distance of 20 kilometers, extending all the way to Ya The location of the mining area in Randir. It may be because of the previous attack by monsters that landslides occurred in some areas of the mining area, but it doesn't matter, the Zela ant tribe can clear it out in a few days at most.

Countess Illya recently stayed in Arantier to clean up the mess. These still need a certain amount of troops to garrison, and part of the population can be relocated.

Because the land in Yarantir is very fertile, and the Zela ant clan is more active underground.

Countess Ilya is in a good mood recently. For a mature woman of her age, she still needs to enrich her life regularly. This is especially obvious when she stays with Stephen, and her life is very fulfilling.

Um. full. nothing wrong.

wizard tower. Practice room.

Stephen stared at Miss Fran in front of him with a serious face, picked up a quill pen and wrote a short spell, a magic pattern from the Thorium era, and a mysterious rune on the sheepskin in front of him. He said slowly: "Whether it's spells, magic patterns, or runes, all three are two-dimensional, which means they can be completed on a flat surface. But the language of runes is different, it is a three-dimensional structure."

"Like this."

Stephen lightly raised his finger, and the rune on the parchment seemed to come alive immediately. It emitted a little bit of faint aura, forming a character with a dim aura in mid-air, and a little bit of silver-white metal powder came from Stephen's cuff. It flew out and filled the rune continuously. As the aura from the rune became brighter and brighter, the rune gradually changed from a two-dimensional flat structure to a three-dimensional three-dimensional structure.

Stephen continued: "The requirements for using rune language are higher."

"At this point, neither the early spells nor the magic pattern technology of the Thorium era could do it, so the birth of runes during the Arcane Empire period triggered a technological revolution. It created a new spellcasting system, making spellcasting easier. more efficient and stronger.”

"Starting tomorrow, I will teach you relatively simple runes. When you have more than thirty-six runes, I will start teaching you about the language of runes."

"That's all for today's class. You can go back and rest."

Miss Fulan stood up when she heard the words, gently twisted the corner of her skirt and said in a ladylike way: "Yes, teacher. Then I'll go back first."

For a girl of her age, it really takes hard work and talent to be able to meet the requirements of learning runes so quickly. In this regard, Stephen did not misunderstand her. Miss Fran is indeed a very talented girl. witch.

"Well. Go back and have a good sleep." Stephen smiled and patted her head.

A wizard needs to concentrate in the process of learning, which consumes a lot of energy, so she doesn't need to worry too much at this age.

Step-by-step promotion is enough.

laboratory.

After Miss Fran left, Stephen came to the laboratory alone.

"Taling No. 1!"

"Get ready to record data! Start testing the synthetic diamond experiment!..."

A ball of light hovered beside Stephen, and countless tiny rune marks floated in the air. Stephen raised his hand and lightly tapped it, and the elemental energy in the entire laboratory became active.

diamond.

Also known as diamonds, it is a gemstone often used in the daily life of wizards.

However, natural diamonds are somewhat different from artificial diamonds in terms of deep structure. The molecular structure of artificial diamonds is not the complete octahedral structure of natural diamonds, but a more complex structure that will produce phosphorescence. In terms of conductivity and element affinity, man-made diamonds are far inferior to natural diamonds, so they cannot completely replace the high-quality diamonds that many experiments need to use. However, the value of this kind of man-made diamond is not small, and it is widely used in many alchemy structures, especially when making diamond golems, man-made diamonds are a very good substitute.

But there is also a small problem, that is, the output of artificial diamonds is not high, and the purity may not meet the requirements.

Under normal circumstances, the diamonds that can be used in spell-casting experiments need to be above gem grade. Usually, diamonds are calculated in carats. One carat is equal to 0.2 grams, one kilogram is equal to 1000 grams, and one ton is equal to 1000 kilograms. The diamonds used by Stephen in large-scale alchemy experiments are basically calculated in tons.

When the measurement unit of ton is needed, it already means that small-scale man-made diamonds are basically not enough.

"Taling No. 1!"

"Scan the air composition!...Activate the Gravity Rune!...Clean up the free elements around!..."

In most cases, man-made diamonds are light yellow in color due to the incorporation of other substances present in the air. The best quality man-made diamonds should be enlightened with alchemy stones, but now Stephen has no alchemy stones at all, nor does he have the materials to make alchemy stones, so he uses an improved production method that combines previous life knowledge.

Diamonds are composed of carbon elements, and the synthesis conditions are high temperature and high pressure. They are probably shaped under high temperature and high pressure environments at 2300 ° C and 150,000 to 180,000 atmospheres.

hum.

As the runes on the ground lit up, a ball with a diameter of 20 centimeters floated in front of Stephen's eyes. He stretched out his hand to gently touch the ball in front of him, and then picked up a small piece of diamond grain about one millimeter in length with his fingers. into it. There are many rune marks on the inner wall of the metal ball, and a small circle of fine rings in the center, which seems to have been injected with some kind of silver-white metal liquid.

Graphite is the main material used to make diamonds.

When the metal sphere in front of him was closed again, Stephen picked up the staff to trigger the energy transmission network of the wizard tower, and at the same time activated the various runes in the laboratory.

A silver-blue metal structure gradually opened, and there were circular spaces inside, and a suspended metal ball floated into one of the spaces. The lavender crystal glowed, and the gravitational field in the entire laboratory seemed to change. A ray of fiery red light spread along the rune marks, and finally a yellow progress meter appeared on the central control crystal ball.

This artificial diamond technology is called - [artificial seed drilling method].

The inventor was Stephen himself, and this was one of the stepping stones for him to enter the highest arcane council.

The biggest advantage of this method of man-made diamonds is convenience. Although the output is not very high, the advantage is that it is relatively stable, just like planting trees, as long as small particles of diamond seeds are planted regularly, and then the entire alchemy device can be maintained. Energy, it can be harvested automatically when the progress bar is finished.