Jobless Reincarnation: The King with a Mental Problem

Chapter 28 has started, but not fully.

Never before have I felt such joy at being a child.

So Shinichi Kudo eats really well.

After waking up, Wang did not want to disturb the peace, so he buried his head in the milk again, breathing in the milky scent, and began to go back to sleep.

In the days that followed, the king and the witch practiced magic during the day, went home to cook at dusk, and slept together in each other's arms at night.

After all, the stone bed was too hard; it was more comfortable to stack two sleeping bags together.

Wang Wei and Luo Qixi were delighted to live in seclusion here together.

However, although his relationship with Lokishi was getting closer, his breakthrough in nuclear magic was still nowhere in sight.

To prevent radiation generation, the simpler nuclear fission method had to be abandoned in favor of nuclear fusion.

It is very simple to make deuterium and tritium using earth magic, which are also the simplest materials for nuclear fusion.

However, even with the simplest materials, the ultra-high temperature and ultra-high pressure required for nuclear fusion are far too demanding.

A temperature of 100 million degrees.

Moreover, high temperature alone is not enough; the atomic nuclei must be "compressed" together in an extremely short time to increase the probability of collision. This compression process involves applying enormous pressure.

Ignition conditions = Temperature × Density × Constraint time

I have racked my brains to achieve this one condition.

Extremely high temperatures and pressures that can be easily achieved in the hypothetical world become insurmountable barriers in reality.

As long as you fulfill one condition at a time in reality using magic, even just once, no matter how much magic power is consumed, once you succeed, you can imprint it within the barrier. Then, by gradually fulfilling all the conditions, you can directly summon the magic within the barrier and combine them together.

But it still failed, and success seemed a long way off.

In the previous life, the fuse for igniting the hydrogen bomb was the atomic bomb. The explosion of the atomic bomb was used to instantly bring all the conditions for deuterium and tritium inside to meet, thereby triggering fusion.

But I cannot use fission reactions. Once radiation is generated, neither current detoxification nor healing magic will be able to heal me.

Therefore, we can only try our best to use other means to achieve the conditions sufficient for ignition.

The first and most direct approach is:

Throw small balls of deuterium-tritium fuel into a fire and burn them to 100 million degrees Celsius.

As a result, the fuel pellets evaporated instantly. It wasn't fusion, it was gasification.

Deuterium and tritium turned into gases, diffused into the air, and nothing happened.

Moreover, the temperature of a flame has a limit, which is far below 100 million degrees Celsius, by many orders of magnitude.

Adding more magic will make the fireball bigger, but the temperature will not rise significantly—because the heat will be quickly dissipated through radiation and convection.

This is the physical limit of fire magic itself, not a problem of insufficient magic power.

Because there was no means to measure temperature, it took me a long time to understand the reason.

Fire magic has a natural limit. It's like trying to melt steel with a candle—impossible.

The next approach is:

Use wind magic to create a sealed space, enclose the fuel spheres within it, and then instantly compress their volume.

Use wind magic to create a spherical "air wall" shell with a diameter of ten centimeters, filled with air, with a fuel ball suspended in the center.

Then, in an instant, the diameter of the spherical shell is compressed to one centimeter—the volume shrinks to one-thousandth of its original size. Theoretically, the temperature can rise to thousands of times its original value.

However, it only heated up to a few thousand degrees. This is because the air does work during compression, and the heat is "consumed." Moreover, the air-walled sphere begins to leak after being compressed to a certain extent—the air magic cannot maintain a perfect seal.

Adiabatic compression requires a perfectly sealed container. Wind magic can't do that—air molecules would escape through the gaps in the magic field.

Moreover, the heat generated during compression is quickly dissipated into the surrounding cold air through thermal conduction.

Another long period of fruitless effort; using gas as a medium to transfer pressure and heat is far too inefficient. Most of the energy is wasted on heating the air.

Next is the Earth Magic Solid State Press:

Create a sturdy "compressor"—two high-strength plates sandwiching the fuel pellets in between, then use magic to drive the two plates to squeeze against each other, generating extremely high pressure.

The pressure is indeed immense, but it's far from enough.

Moreover, before the pressure reached the target, the fuel pellets were "squeezed" out from between the plates.

I have tried using stronger materials (such as steel) in a hypothetical world—the steel began to flow and deform under millions of atmospheres of pressure, unable to maintain its shape.

After much trial and error, the method involved using solids to "compress" fuel. The pressure had to come from all directions and act evenly, but the solid itself would collapse first.

Finally, hydrogen liquefaction encapsulation and detonation:

The deuterium-tritium fuel pellets are encased in liquid hydrogen, which is then detonated. The liquid hydrogen explodes, generating high temperature and pressure, which simultaneously ignites the deuterium-tritium fuel at the center.

The liquid hydrogen exploded; it was spectacular.

Luo Qixi even thought she had succeeded.

But I know that's a world of difference.

The central deuterium-tritium sphere was blown away; no fusion occurred.

The temperature and pressure of liquid hydrogen explosion are not fundamentally different from those of ordinary fire magic.

Moreover, the liquid hydrogen had already begun to boil and evaporate before the explosion. I spent a great deal of magic cooling the hydrogen, but by the time of the explosion, most of the liquid hydrogen had already turned into gas.

As the time they lived here increased, more and more furniture was made in this little house.

They have a bathroom, a heated kang bed, a kitchen, a sunroom, and even Mambo has his own little villa.

In short, it's becoming more and more like a home.

But food is running low, winter is approaching, and the temperature is starting to drop.

After I woke up, I buried my head in Loki's chest again, using the fragrance to calm and relax my overloaded brain.

Loki's Ice Water Blade was developed long ago, and its power is astonishing. Its properties are very similar to the Dust Crystal Circular Saw that I used with glass.

For targets that are easy to cut, they can be cut in two with a single stroke.

It's like wielding a 40-meter-long lightsaber, so cool...

But my ice magic can't do that.

Then there's [Lightning], which I don't know if it's the official version, but it was also completed yesterday.

The distant island was first ravaged beyond recognition by me using wind, fire, and hydrogen bombs.

Now, Lokishi has plowed me again with a terrifying thunderstorm, and in her excitement, Lokishi hugged me and spun me around many times. Then she named this spell [Raging Thunderstorm].

Kojima-san is so pitiful.

I remember that in the original work, Rudy's lightning magic could break through battle aura, so it could be said that it was the nemesis of mages in melee combat.

The next step for improvement should be to miniaturize the Thunderstorm.

Ideally, it should be able to be cast directly with your hands, just like basic magic.

Thunderstorms are generated not through natural phenomena, but directly through magic.

The future looks very bright...

Huh? Generated directly...

Wang suddenly broke free from the warm embrace of the blankets.

"What's wrong, Trevor?"

Luo Qixi was also awakened by the king's movements.

I kissed the bewildered Luo Qixi—then I froze, my ears burning hot.

But I couldn't worry about that anymore. I ran straight to the beach.

I'm such a fool. This is a magical world. Water, fire, wind, and earth are all just products of magic.

No fire, no wind, no earth, no explosives.

Use magic directly.

Magic itself is a universal particle. It can directly transform into high temperature and high pressure without any intermediate steps.

The reason I failed so many times is because I was bound by the common sense of this world—I thought that only fire could produce high temperature and only wind could produce pressure.

But that's common sense for ordinary people.

I am the King of Shadows.

This king has no need to follow common sense.

Once I understood this, all the fog cleared up.

It doesn't seem like we need many more experiments; I just think this time it will work!

This time it will definitely work!!!

Wang stretched out his hands, constantly imagining the scene of a successful nuclear explosion.

Complete fusion of 1 gram of deuterium-tritium mixture = 300 tons of TNT equivalent

Let's start with the lowest power!

The left hand generates 0.5mg of tritium, which is then imbued with magic to release ultra-high temperatures.

The right hand generates 0.5mg of deuterium, which is then imbued with magic to release ultra-high pressure.

Then, with arms outstretched, he used the added thrust to propel himself toward the island.

The two small balls collided several kilometers away, producing a deafening roar.

In terms of sheer power, it's not particularly strong.

But I know this is success!

The amount of magic power consumed is not much; as long as the mass of deuterium and tritium is increased, the power will increase exponentially!

"Hahahaha!!!"

"Hahahahahahahaha!!!"

The king laughed wildly as he faced the raging wind and waves.

At this moment, Luo Qixi also came to the king's side.

"Why are you laughing so scary? Did you succeed?"

Wang put away his wild and unrestrained smile, put his hands behind his back, and straightened his spine.

"That's right, I have found that last trace of divine power in the abyss!!!"

"But it doesn't seem to have caused as much of a stir as you did a few days ago?"

Wang was questioned.

I turned around in a deep voice and said, "That was just a test of minimal power. Since you have doubts, I'll let you witness it for a moment! The aftershocks of the power of creation!!!"

"This time, a total of 0.5 grams of deuterium and tritium will be generated! The power is increased 500 times! And the Crimson Demon Clan's incantation must also be added!"

Wang stood at the forefront of the storm, stretched out his arms, and began to chant loudly!

[A pitch-black abyss abandoned by light]

[The core of creation, draped in a veil of night.]

In the name of the Lord of Shadows!

[Let the divine power that reverses cause and effect awaken at this moment!]

In the realm of the end,

[The source of things hidden in the world,]

[The primordial collapse, once again displaying divine power!]

【Ex——plosion! ! ! 】

The left hand condenses deuterium.

The right hand condenses tritium.

Each adds its own thrust—once again aimed at the ravaged little island.

emission.

Then--

The sun has risen.

It's not the kind of process where it "slowly brightens".

It was a "moment"—in that one microsecond of collision, the light engulfed everything.

Then--

Not right.

This sun did not expand and then dissipate in an instant like before.

It is growing.

The light grew brighter, the temperature rose higher, and the area expanded.

"Treff?" Loki's voice began to tremble. "What happened?"

"I don't know either."

I truly have no idea.

According to calculations, the energy released by 0.5 grams of fuel should be at most equivalent to 150 tons of TNT.

But the scene before us is far more than that.

On the sea surface, the "sun" has expanded to a diameter of tens of meters.

The seawater is evaporating, the sky is burning, and even the air is ionizing.

"Trevor! Stop!" Rocky shouted.

"I can't stop!"

The surrounding magic was draining away frantically—not being "released," but being "devoured."

That sun is actively devouring the surrounding magic!

It is growing.

It is expanding.

exist--

Destroy everything.

Just when it seemed things were about to get out of control—

The sun has stopped growing.

Then, it began to contract.

All the light, all the heat, all the energy—collapsed towards the center.

Then--

explosion.

No sound.

It's not that there's "no sound," it's that the sound is so loud that the ears have completely lost their function.

The white light engulfed everything.

My vision has also been temporarily impaired...

Fortunately, she instinctively released multiple layers of magical fortresses—cement, stone, sand, and clay—wrapping herself and Lokishi inside, layer by layer.

After spending quite some time inside the fortress and healing his body with magic, he finally came to his senses.

The king and the witch emerged from the fortress and looked out at the sea.

There was nothing on the sea.

There was no mushroom cloud, no flames, and no light.

There was only one expanse—a huge, round, steaming body of water.

That spot, where Kojima-san used to be—is no longer there.

Even a 500-ton TNT equivalent wouldn't be enough to completely evaporate a small island.

unless--

"The chain reaction of magic."

Luo Qixi turned her head: "What do you mean?"

"My magic didn't just trigger the fusion of deuterium and tritium." The king tried to recall the sensations he had just experienced. "The energy released by the fusion—stimulated the surrounding magic. The magic itself... also released energy."

"Can magic also release energy?"

"Deuterium and tritium can fuse and release energy—why can't the magic that generates deuterium and tritium work?"

Yeah, I'm such an idiot...

Mass-energy equivalence equation.

The magic that can create matter out of thin air naturally contains energy that is no less than that of the matter itself.

Wang stood up and looked at the evaporated sea area.

"The initial explosion became the seed. The divine power released by fusion collided with magical particles in the air, seawater, and even space."

Those magical particles were ignited, releasing more energy, more divine power, and then continuing to ignite even more magic.

"A chain reaction," Luo Qixi murmured.

"That's right."

"Wouldn't that mean—"

"Hmm." I nodded. "Theoretically, as long as the initial energy is large enough, this chain reaction can continue indefinitely. Ignite the magic in one area, and the energy released from that area ignites the magic in an even larger area—growing larger and stronger—until…"

"Until what?"

"Until the whole world is set ablaze."

Sound of the waves.

The sound of the wind.

The Silent King and the Witch.

After an unknown amount of time, Wang suddenly thought of something.

"Perhaps the formation of the Lingus Sea, which was created during the Second Human-Demon War, follows a similar principle to what we just discussed; once its power reaches a certain level, it will uncontrollably destroy the world..."

Luo Qixi's voice was very soft.

"You... created a magic that can destroy the world."

"Um."

The king and the witch fell silent once again.

I don't know how much time passed.

The witch stood up, walked up to me, and looked down at me—in her eyes were fear, shock, and determination.

Trevor.

"Um."

"This matter must absolutely not be known to anyone."

"certainly."

"This magic must never be used again."

"I know."