Studying Science in the Alternate World

Duke, the eight-armed king, galloped in the deserted land for a moment with his wind-like appearance.

He also called out Kabuto, Oak Spirit, Chicken, Ogan, and the two great elves who had traveled around the world in the past few years and made contracts one after another, Maka and Raphael, to accompany him to fight and gallop together, enjoying spiritual energy and fighting spirit. , the wanton sway of the energy of all things.

It is worth mentioning that Maka was bred from the 3-ring Great Elf Native Tree King - Upright Liquidambar, and Raphael was conceived from the 3-ring Great Elf Native Tree King - Earth Dragon Grape.

Both come from the Hanhuang Continent.

That is, the world where Harpie, the cyclone god, lives, is filled with endless power of the wilderness, and the ways of druidry and shamanism are prevalent.

"Come on, let's show you the real dragon incarnation!"

As soon as Duke said that, Kabuto quickly merged with him into a state of true dragon symbiosis. Then the five great elves merged into his body one after another, inflating the ferocious real dragon symbiotic body like a balloon into a five-meter-tall strong body.

Buzz!

The Dragon Tail Sword, which was originally twisted from Kabuto's tail, was transformed into a seven-meter-long ferocious sword, and was renamed from the original "Butterfly Frog Dragon Tail Sword" to the current "Elf Dragon Tail Sword" .

"This sword is more powerful than the Dragon Rider Sword!" Duke held the Elf Dragon Tail Sword in one hand and the arcane shield in the other hand.

The eight arcane arms suspended behind the back are composed of Arcane Hand No. 1 and Arcane Hand No. 2, holding the Hair Growth Scepter and the Dragon Rider Sword respectively.

The other three arcane hands and one forbidden hand did not hold weapons, because they were casting platforms without the help of weapons.

but.

The four-ringed sand eagle is suspended next to Duke's head, as if integrated with the ferocious armored helmet.

Outside the eight arms, there are ten sub-dragon weapons suspended, one is a translucent dragon gun, and the other nine are long swords. With the blood sea fighting force field, it is possible to control the sword with Qi at the same time, and perfectly control each weapon. A Wurm weapon.

"Hmm." Looking at his new appearance in the re-condensed Water Mirror Technique, Duke thought for a moment and then made corresponding changes.

He controlled Arcane Weapon Hand No. 2 and exchanged the Dragon Riding Sword in his hand with the Transparent Dragon Spear, which controlled the sword with air.

so.

The ten weapons that use Qi to control the sword are all swords.

And headed by the 5-ring arcane weapon-Dragon Rider Sword, and supplemented by nine other sub-dragon long swords, they formed a perfect sword array.

"This is very harmonious. I like the beauty of symmetry." Under Duke's mask, the ferocious dragon teeth intertwined, making a silent smile. "Now, with my full firepower, I am afraid that the stars will not be able to get any benefits, even if Cast the Star Cage!”

The Star Cage Domain is certainly powerful, but Duke is fully armed and can already be invincible.

"When my four-ring sand eagle is optimized to the limit and sublimated into a five-ring sand eagle, then... the stars will fight to the death with me, and I am afraid they will also fall on the spot!"

Duke longed in his heart.

Although he was in an invincible position at the moment, he still lacked the final blow that could break the defense of the Star Cage.

So at best it’s a 50-50 split with the stars.

And if he didn't use the Mark of the Stars to escape from the battlefield, the result might be that his spiritual energy would be drained by the stars, and he would eventually be defeated without defeat.

Stealth, flight.

Duke moved aimlessly west of Cuihai City, crossing the first county seat - Shihu County, which was the Shihu family fiefdom founded by Cowley, and then crossed the second county seat - Wenshui County, which was founded by Clelinda family fiefdom.

Continuing forward, you can use the breathing method to sense that there are many mercenary groups on the ground, chasing and hunting spiritual beasts.

Mainly knights, each holding a lightsaber.

At the same time, there are also many Qi Refiners to assist in the battle. Among them, the shape-shifting Qi Master transforms into violent beasts such as black bears, leopards, night owls, gray wolves, etc., and engages in hand-to-hand combat with spirit beasts, serving as a shield in battle; the Totem Qi Master releases various totems to provide teammates with gain.

These totems all originated from Duke's hands and were learned from the shamans and warlocks of the cold desert continent.

Although Dean Frannie Merganser is concentrating on exploring the mysteries of totems and trying to reorganize new totems.

But the composition of a totem is more complicated than a ring. It is difficult to create a new and usable totem in a short time.

"The new spring of spirituality is just ahead." Duke was still flying in the air and determined the location of the spring of spirituality through the breathing method. However, he had no intention of revealing the spring of spirituality and was just looking out for himself. Leap by.

It is not his task to find the source of spirituality.

As a star and a prophet, Duke does not have to sit in the scars of the earth and explore the ruins of the gods like other stars. But developing spiritual arcana and promoting social progress are his primary responsibilities. Instead of venturing into the forest.

These are also many pioneering wars, which can often be easily solved by a high-level arcane mage. But the reason why it is still left to ordinary arcane mages to lead a group of knights and fight for several years or even decades.

Everyone has their own tasks.

Everyone performs their duties.

Letting everyone work under this system, by taking on responsibilities and gaining benefits, is the reason why the Seven Towers Federation develops steadily.

Suddenly.

A huge black patch appeared in the mountains ahead, like a scar embedded in the green earth.

"It's time to stop." Duke did not approach this black land. He knew very well that this was the scar on the earth that would change the color of the stars.

In ancient times, after the gods gnawed at the spring of spirituality, they merged with the earth to form a strange place.

Once you enter it by mistake, if you are not adequately prepared, even the stars will be lost in it, let alone ordinary arcane mages and great arcane mages. In the Seven Towers Federation, the limited number of missing cases of the Grand Arcane Master all pointed directly to Scar on the Earth.

Duke looked at the scars on the earth from a distance, then turned and left.

He has always listened to advice. The reason why the stars have not yet explored all the land in the Wilderness Continent is because the undeveloped land may hide threats like scars on the earth at any time.

According to the records of the Seven Towers Federation, there were once stars riding on battleships, intending to explore the borders of the Wild Continent.

Then.

This star never came back, and the replica ring fell into silence. It was not until many years later that he finally found the ruins of the battleship on which this star was riding in a newly opened border area and confirmed his death by exploring a hidden scar on the earth. .

Since then, no star has dared to explore unexplored lands.

"Actually, it's an adventure for me to travel through many worlds. Fortunately, I am cautious enough and will never poke my head out when I see the scar on the earth..." Duke closed his eyes and kept staring at the scar on the earth, feeling a sense of devotion surge in his heart. The impulse in it.

Just like a normal person standing on the edge of a cliff, the idea of ​​​​jumping will always come up unconsciously.

Duke didn't know why.

But he definitely has enough sense to overcome this impulse, so when the impulse arises, he closes his eyes.

Then turned around and left.

On the way back, he flew slowly and looked at the scenery. When the true dragon symbiosis reached its limit, he released the fusion, took Kabuto and Chicken back to the sea of ​​blood and air, and continued to fly close to the forest with his fighting spirit wings by himself. .

The breathing method moves slowly, and the energy of all things moves with it.

"Unfortunately, the Qi of all things in the Wilderness Continent is too thin. Now that I practice the breathing method, the Qi of all things cannot be improved at all."

In other words, if he stops here, he will be a fifth-level elf Qi refining master for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, he had a solution: "So I still have to find an opportunity to go to the Hanhuang Continent to practice! By the way, I'm looking for more shamans and warlocks and learning more totems."

The study of totems is also an expansion of the understanding of spiritual arcana.

If Duke wants to successfully attack the 9th ring of the sun in the future, he must continue to expand his understanding of spiritual arcana from now on. Gathering sand into a tower, gathering armpits into fur, only in this way can we accumulate enough foundation to get out of the crown of the sun.

Suddenly.

The Dou Qi holographic screen showed an abnormal situation ahead.

On the ultra-accurate 3D map, Xiaoyi perfectly reproduced the situation ahead, as if everything was happening in front of Duke's eyes.

A mercenary group is in trouble.

It was a 6-ring spirit beast that was caught in a rage - a gliding flying squirrel. It had the appearance of an ordinary flying squirrel, but was larger than an elephant. The limbs were spread out, and the fleshy wings shone with arcane luster, blowing out countless tornado blades.

These tornado blades wreaked havoc on the forest and put the mercenaries to death.

Even if they set up a light shield similar to a lightsaber and released defensive spiritual card arcana, they could not protect their safety.

"Roar!" A Qi Refiner turned into a black bear, but under the cutting of the tornado blade, the skin and flesh were torn, and the Qi of all things escaped seriously.

"Protected by the spirit of nature!" There was also a Qi Refiner who released a shield totem to support his teammates with a thin layer of shield.

However, all of this was torn apart by the tornado blade.

Seeing that the contracted spirit beast, which already had a knight, died under the tornado blade, the helpless mercenaries could only open their eyes and wait for death.

"You are overestimating your capabilities. You actually want to hunt down the 6th ring spirit beast..." The leader is a 2nd level phantom beast knight. The long sword transformed by the phantom beast is swung rapidly in his hand, trying to kill all the tornado blades. Damn, the effect is not much better than a 3-ring lightsaber.

He was soon hit by a tornado blade and fell to the ground in an instant. The leather armor on his body was cracked and scratched one after another.

"ah!"

A young knight howled in terror. He had just embarked on an adventure, and he could not face death calmly.

But in the next moment.

The violent gliding flying squirrel suddenly burst into blood on its forehead, and then its whole head exploded completely in an explosion.

The chaotic tornado blades did not stop with the sudden death of the gliding squirrel, and continued to crush the mercenaries.

but.

The tornado blade no longer had any room to be aggressive. A faint shield of light suddenly appeared in front of these mercenaries. It was similar to the shield totem released by the Qi Refiner before, but its intensity was not the same.

A large number of 4-ring compound arcana-tornado blades just died in front of the shield.

Waiting for the mercenaries to escape from death, when they reacted, everything around them became quiet, and there was no one else except themselves.

"what happened?"

"Spiritual favor, spiritual favor!"

"Someone killed the gliding squirrel instantly and saved us!"

"Who is it? Which sir is it?"

The mercenaries thanked and shouted around, trying to know who had rescued them, but there was no response.

Suddenly, one of the Qi Refiners looked at the slowly dispersing totem shield, his eyes lit up, and he shouted: "I know, I know!"

"What?"

"What do you know?"

"Who saved us?"

"It's Mr. Duke!" the Qi Refiner yelled with a fanatical look, "Look, the totem shield just now can withstand even the tornado blade. It is at least a 4-level or even higher-level shield totem. ...Who else can there be but Mr. Duke, who created the Qi of all things!"

This is a simple logical deduction.

Currently, the only people who have been promoted to level 4 Qi Refining Masters are the former level 3 great elf envoys, and around Cuihai City, only Duke is qualified.

Some of the mercenaries reacted quickly, while others reacted slowly, but gradually everyone woke up: "Yes, it's Mr. Duke!"

"That's right, it's Mr. Duke!"

"Master Duke is the incarnation of spirituality. Sure enough, praying to spirituality is the right thing to do!"

"Spiritual blessing, thank you to the glorious knight in the dark, thank you Duke Duke for saving us!" The mercenaries expressed their gratitude piously in various ways.

However, Duke could no longer hear their thanks and was too lazy to listen to them.

He just happened to see this scene, then fired a shot, released a shield totem, and quietly left the scene.

When he returned to Oak Tooth Mountain, the previous scene faded from his memory.

As if it never happened, continue to enjoy your life.

…

In an instant, the withered yellow leaves fluttered down, Cuihai City entered the cold winter, and the 4431st year of the storm calendar came to an end.

Duke Sage Mage Tower, exclusive laboratory.

Xiaoyi has improved all of Duke's replica rings, and Duke has taken back his own replica rings one after another and recast them.

Then activate a new copy ring and experience the effect.

The duration of the intermediate clone inspired by the intermediate copy ring has been increased from the original fifteen minutes to the current twenty minutes in a non-combat state. Compared to an ordinary arcane mage, an intermediate clone that can only last for about ten minutes has twice the effect.

Originally, Duke's copying ring, after perfect research and development by Xiaoyi, was better than the ordinary arcane mage's copying ring. Now, with the help of the power of the super forbidden ring, it has become even better.

After this brand new intermediate replica ring was successfully cast, Duke sent it back to the Knights Monastery and gave it to Agnes Ice Crown for safekeeping.

The high-level clone inspired by the high-level copy ring, in a non-combat state, lasts from the original thirty minutes to the current forty minutes.

In contrast, the high-level clone of an ordinary Arcane Mage can last up to twenty-five minutes.

The high-level copy ring with excellent effects was sent to the Supreme Tower of Arcana by Duke and handed over to the Office of the Chief Sage for safekeeping.

The earth clone inspired by the earth replication ring, in a non-combat state, lasts from one hour and fifteen minutes to the current one and a half hours.

An ordinary earth clone usually lasts about an hour.

So this earth replicating ring was installed by Duke on the battleship Three Rings, and he could go to any place for investigation anytime, anywhere.

The duration of the ocean clone inspired by the ocean replica ring has been increased from one hour and forty-five minutes to the current two hours in a non-combat state.

An ordinary ocean clone usually lasts for one and a half hours.

Therefore, this ocean replicating ring was sent to the Erudite Tower by Duke and placed in the office of the Supreme Committee for safekeeping.

The duration of two hours is enough to sustain an intense Supreme Committee meeting.

At the same time, when the star meeting is held, he will be sent to the star meeting room to brainstorm with the stars for two hours.

all in all.

After all four major clones have been optimized and improved, Duke no longer has to worry about his clones being flawless, and can coordinate and take care of both Aofa Holy City and Cuihai City.

Because Princess Tiffany is currently studying in the Duke Sage Mage Tower, the ocean clone that was originally promised to be sent to the Snow Shirt Palace no longer needs to be sent out. Moreover, after being promoted to Ocean Arcana Mage, the Mark of the Stars can be turned on continuously, and Duke can go anywhere at will without having to use a clone to replace him.

"What a pity."

While having afternoon tea and receiving teaching, Duke listened to Xiaoyi's explanation and gained a full understanding of the super forbidden ring.

Combining the performance of the four replica rings, he made a judgment in his mind: "Even with the optimization of the super forbidden ring structure, the effect of the earth clone and ocean clone is still not improved enough."

He is very satisfied with the optimization of the intermediate replication ring and the advanced replication ring; he is not very satisfied with the optimization of the earth replication ring and the ocean replication ring.

The original earth replicating ring and ocean replicating ring, under Xiaoyi's perfect design, are already much better than the ordinary arcane mage's replicating ring.

As a result, after incorporating the blessing of super forbidden ring technology, the duration of each clone only increased by fifteen minutes.

"With such a small increase, it is a bit exaggerated to say that they are quasi-artifacts integrated with the Forbidden Ring technology." Duke suddenly understood why the stars removed the Forbidden Ring technology from the magical sequence, thinking that it was not worthy of being compared with the supernatural power sequence. Hyperloop technology is juxtaposed.

With the help of the super-forbidden ring, Yalong can achieve magical effects that match the release of forbidden arts by humans.

But after all, the potential of super forbidden rings is too small. The load of each ring structure exceeds a little, forming a super forbidden ring structure.

In this way, the forbidden ring is exceeded, the load content is too small, and the effect improvement is not obvious.

As for why the 9-ring Yalong can use the super forbidden ring to achieve magical effects. In Duke's opinion, it's probably because they have nine rings. Each ring exceeds a certain load, and the sum of the exceeded loads of the nine rings cannot be underestimated.

As for the arcane weapons under the ninth ring, which incorporate super-forbidden ring technology, their load value cannot reach the limit value, so they are far from magical powers.

"I don't know what kind of super-ring technology I will be exposed to after I am promoted to the stars, such as super-first, super-second, super-three and even super-four."

Duke thought about the super ring technology for a while: "Come to think of it, it is definitely more profound than the super ring technology!"

Dang Dang.

While Duke was sipping tea, Assistant Ibuprofen quickly knocked on the door and came in: "Sir, the Speaker is here."

"Please." Duke signaled.

Immediately before waiting for the reply from ibuprofen, Selsus' figure had already walked into the office. When he saw Duke drinking tea, he laughed and said: "So excited!"

"I'm bored, please sit down, Mr. Speaker."

"It's a pity that I'm just a clone and can't taste tea." Selsus regretted, and then got to the point, "Optical Core No. 1 has been successfully developed, and the optical brain adjustment work has been completed. When are you going to use it? Stereotyped promotion?”

Gathering the R\u0026D capabilities of Duke Sage Mage Tower and Selsus Crystal Palace, plus the large amount of manpower and material resources dispatched by Selsus.

Optical brain research and development is making rapid progress.

Without material limitations, Duke's inspiration and ideas can be perfectly implemented. So more than a year later, the optical brain has been continuously improved and improved from a prototype to verify the theory, and has been condensed into the size of an ordinary computer.

Now that Optical Core One has been successfully developed, it can be said that home optical brains can be finalized and promoted.

In addition, some teams are continuously stacking optical cores to conquer the "super optical brain" proposed by Duke, which is the so-called supercomputer.

"Can't you wait, sir?" Duke asked with a smile.

"Haha, you are right. I have witnessed the step-by-step development of the optical brain this year. It can be said that I am shocked every moment." Selsas said solemnly, "Once the superintelligence is released, I will I can guarantee that it will be no less powerful than the Crowning Sun Chapter!"

His eyes became dark: "The Crowning Sun Chapter is indeed great, but even if they take this path, only a few people will be able to walk on the Crowning Sun Chapter."

"indeed."

"But the optical brain is different. Once it is released, it will have a huge impact on all arcanist families, and even ordinary people's families. Especially us arcanists, with the help of the optical brain, the speed of research on spiritual arcana will be Get a qualitative leap!"

"Indeed, the members of the R\u0026D team can already use the help of optical brains to release a lot of research energy. Especially when it comes to calculations, the energy consumption of arcane mages is huge, and now they will be liberated."

"Yes." Celsus praised, and then asked, "When do you plan to release it?"

Duke said: "Let it be decided by the Speaker."

Selsus did not refuse, and had obviously made plans for a long time: "Let's just put it on the New Year's Day, and give the world a shock. There is exactly half a month left, I will let someone warm it up, so that everyone in the Wilderness Continent can All eyes are focused on this moment!”

"Okay." Duke smiled knowingly.

Back then, he also made big news that shocked the whole world on the New Year's Day, releasing the Lingxi·Projection Ring technology.

At that time, it happened that the chief sage of Offata failed to recruit, and he needed to breathe a sigh of relief.

But now, Selsus obviously does not want to vent his anger, but wants to use this opportunity to provide a bit of spiritual feedback to help him locate the opportunity for the Chapter of the Crowned Sun. The Chapter of Stars, the Chapter of Moon Phases, and the Chapter of Coronation of the Sun are not lonely paths of exploration.

Rather, the entire society is closely related to the spiritual arcana as a whole.

in short.

The path of cultivation of Master Arcane has a certain meaning of "I am for everyone and everyone is for me", especially the path of cultivation involving the stars, which requires this opportunity of "Everyone is for me".

"Then it's settled. When the time comes for you to hold a press conference, I will quietly enjoy your performance in the audience."

"Master, don't you go on stage in person?"

"No, I don't need the limelight." Celsus stroked his beard and smiled.

"Well, okay."

"By the way, optical brain technology, including super-brain technology that is being developed, is a great ring-level achievement. Have you thought about how to name it?" Selsus asked.

Duke nodded: "Already thought about it."

"What's your name?"

"The Circle of Wisdom."

"Ring of wisdom?" Celsus' eyes lit up, "How wonderful that the optical brain is worthy of the ring of wisdom. With its existence, our wisdom will be infinitely magnified..."

Duke smiled faintly.

In fact, there is a deeper intention behind this name.

When he traveled across the earth, it was an era when artificial intelligence was booming, such as ChatGPT, the Pangu model... AI was required to even play a game, let alone AlphaGo's brilliant name in the Go world.

Therefore, Duke also wants to gain popularity.

"First make the optical brain, then make the super brain, and finally integrate AI to create a super intelligent optical brain...referred to as an intelligent brain!"

After sending the excited Selsus away, Duke glanced at the bleak scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and silently communicated with Xiao Yi: "After having Zhinao, Xiao Yi, tell me, is it equivalent to every arcane mage? Can it be paired with a Xiaoyi?"

"Master, Xiaoyi is integrated with the logic at the bottom of the Wilderness Continent. It is an existence that transcends the ring structure." Xiaoyi said carelessly, "The current optical brain, super brain, and future intelligent brain will eventually be affected by the ring structure. Structural constraints.”

"Yes, ring structure, super ring structure, no matter how great it is, it does not involve the underlying logic of the world. It is all just the logic of spiritual arcana."

Duke knew this.

His Sand Eagle Pistol is an existence that cannot be replicated in today's human world. No matter how prosperous the spiritual arcana is here, it does not involve the underlying logic of the world.

One day, spiritual arcana can involve the underlying logic of the world. Duke feels that he should enter the interstellar age and even become a god: "At that time, I will still have to take the lead in this set of underlying logic of the world!"

after all.

The creations of the underlying logic of the world are in his spiritual sea - Nine Rings Xiaoyi and Four Rings Sand Eagle.

"Okay, I don't want to be so far away." Duke withdrew his gaze, sat back on the chair, and continued to brew Kung Fu tea, "Xiaoyi, help me prepare a manuscript. On this New Year's Day, facing the entire Wilderness Continent, I want to Appear as a saint in front of people once!"

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