A mage? A spell engineer!

Chapter 574 What if it works?

Currently, this "joint product" is considered to be a company with above-average ethical standards.

Led by a research and development team, the organization was established with the initial aim of preventing problems before they occur, considering the food security of all intelligent beings in the main plane. In terms of the initial equity distribution, in addition to the three powerful entities—the Agricultural and Commercial Company, the Forest Tower, and the Storm Tower—the indigenous Cloud Devourer Kingdom also obtained a reasonable share.

It's clearly a conscientious mixed-ownership enterprise that's genuinely committed to building a business, unlike the "**Biotechnology" companies that Luo Xia used in his previous life to manipulate the stock market, raise money, and then disappear without a trace. Those were definitely a bunch of shady characters who made a fortune by endorsing them and then immediately retreated back into academia to hide away.

but!

It is highly suspicious that the Devourer Kingdom would use armed airships to "invite" adult and underage laborers from other tribes to the plantation. Furthermore, no mage from the prime plane would interfere in the kingdom's "domestic affairs" regarding how the shares were distributed.

If a new world chiefdom is created, the descendants of these clan members who (according to unofficial history) licked Rorschach's ditch can all become local tycoons, but it's hard to say about the other little blue people.

Years later, if the little blue people awaken any consciousness, it might be recorded in the history books (written in the common language) that the Great Wise King and his descendants were blue traitors who called out "Sir, this way".

Well, that's many years from now. Even a great patriot like Humboldt had no objections. Rorschach, who doesn't really care about the Elemental Plane, can only say: I'm really not familiar with the creatures of the Elemental Plane.

What?! The grains produced by United Fungi Products are stained with blood and tears? I had no idea! Quickly test for excessive levels of heavy metals and pollutants.

Shaking off his worries, Luo Xia turned on the communicator in the workroom.

The crystal ball lit up and twinkled. He adjusted it for a while and finally it stabilized.

Beep—beep—beep

Luo Xia waited patiently, and after about fifteen minutes, he got a result. He had chosen one-way communication, and now the person on the other end of the line had connected to the signal.

"Hello, hello, can you hear me?" Kano's figure gradually became clearer in the projection. He never needed to use a different image when talking to his "good apprentice".

Rorschach and Cano discussed increasing interdimensional teleportation capacity.

Like Caroline, Cano also thought it would be difficult to force open a door, and his first thought was of past accidents:

Someone once hauled a ship full of deep-sea metal sediment cores from the water elemental plane. When it was halfway through the portal, something terrible happened: the portal collapsed, and the transport ship was torn to pieces in the middle.

Furthermore, many teleportation arrays leading to the water elemental plane also failed, indicating that a "main road" may have collapsed due to insufficient support.

"Unless you prevent it from passing through the transmutation dust layer. In the relatively open space of the astral plane, the resistance to teleportation is not that great."

"That's what I was thinking. But then another question arises: how do we transfer resources from the astral plane to the prime material plane? Or, how do we create a real, long-lasting opening in the laminar flow?"

Kano was silent for a moment, then suddenly showed a resentful expression: "Hmph, fine, I've been researching this topic for decades, and this is all the progress I've made so far."

"You little brat, trying to take such a big step all at once? I'd like to see how you manage to do it."

"Isn't this a question I'd like to discuss with you?" Rorschach said, as if comforting a child. "All my related achievements are based on the work of giants, and you are the giant of all!"

"Moreover, times have changed. Now, multiple magic towers have needs and plans to travel to the Astral Plane, as do dwarves and elves."

"Yes, times have changed," Cano muttered.

"I have a preliminary idea that I need your approval."

Rorschach found a demonstration board and began writing and drawing in front of the communicator's sampling window: "From top to bottom: Astral Plane - Transmutation Layer - Ground."

He marked a point on the ground: "This is the launch site. Could I establish a cluster of collectors in the transmutation layer, relatively independent of the ground, to tear a hole in this large shield?"

Kano thought for a moment: "It's hard for me to answer. I'm afraid the difficulty lies in controlling the relatively still posture of the group."

"So, ignoring these factors is feasible, right?"

"Yes."

"Alright. Now we have a rift." He drew a circle between the laminar flow and the earth: "So, what about creating a larger-radius portal in the air?"

"How big is it? The bigger it is, the shorter the duration and the shorter the teleportation distance will be."

"The diameter currently needs to be 20 meters, and it will only get larger in the future."

"That depends on whether you choose time or duration; permanent is absolutely impossible."

Three seconds? It can be even shorter.

"In such a short time, the distance can be very large." Kano immediately estimated: "If given enough energy, the teleportation array I designed has a limit of several hundred kilometers."

"It's anywhere from 100 kilometers to 500 kilometers. Of course, that's still far from the gas element plane, as its connection rules are different from ours."

"That's enough."

"What's the use of that?" Kano asked, his expression brightening. "You mean using these giant portals to create passageways, replacing atmospheric flight for starships with teleportation?"

After Rorschach finished drawing the diagram, he drew several circles between the transmutation dust layer and the ground launch station, forming a virtual "pipeline":

"Yes, even just three sets of portals can greatly reduce the amount of fuel required. And this passage will have a special exit—allowing the aircraft to pass directly through the transmutation dust stream."

"If this special exit can be permanently established, then supplies from other dimensions can also enter on a large scale."

"The starship will maintain its speed, so the portal that forms the passage will not need to be maintained for long; it only needs to allow the ship to pass through in an instant."

What truly limits air transport capacity are the very last routes, those within the sphere of change and laminar flow.

The project of building a space elevator is too massive, and the materials are insufficient. Even with the help of magic, Rorschach could hardly guarantee that he could find the extraordinary materials to create pillars or ropes that could support the "otherworldly version of the Tower of Babel".

However, it is hopeful to piece together a soft acceleration channel using existing technology.

"How do you deploy a teleportation array in mid-air?"

"Airships. A swarm of airships pulls up the circular teleportation array base."

Kano shook his head repeatedly: "No, no!"

"This is just an ideal situation, just your idea of ​​sketching and drawing freehand."

"The opening and closing time and teleportation accuracy of each teleportation array must be absolutely foolproof. If even one array malfunctions, the starship will inevitably disintegrate."

"But it's impossible to be completely foolproof. Teleportation is a profound and dangerous form of magic, and you've even envisioned an airship supporting a base; vibrations are inevitable."

"These are all engineering problems."

"I have not denied its theoretical feasibility!" Of course, Kano knew that it was theoretically feasible.

He entered the astral plane himself, didn't he just use teleportation?

However, at that time, he was alone in a small cabin, which was hardly a flying machine, but a metal can filled with defensive arrays, which forcibly stuffed him into the laminar flow.

Even though it almost cost him his life, he ultimately succeeded.

Modern starships are behemoths compared to metal cans, but correspondingly, the number and size of teleportation arrays have increased.

If that works too, "Okay, I'll convince the others, let's give it a try."

(End of this chapter)