Chapter 1187: 371. Technical Challenge_2
“I need to think of a good excuse for Professor Erica to loan me her energy conversion array, otherwise she might connect the stars that appear in the future with me,” Noland Lee reflected.
In deep thought, Noland silently uttered, “Enter the Silent Yard.”
Consciousness ascended, passing through the darkness and into the stars shrouded in purple mist.
In the blink of an eye, Noland found himself in the sub-dimensional plane managed by Professor Erica.
Looking around, his gaze swept over the indigo forest, turning thoughtful.
During his time with the Assassin Angel, he had inquired about the core of the plane behind “Silent Maiden.”
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The Assassin Angel could not answer this question, only positing several guesses, none of which were certain.
This was normal.
Even the renowned Supreme Star Palace, in comparison to the ancient history of the universe, was but a drop in the ocean.
There are many plane cores wandering through the universe, and the Assassin Angel only knew those who had come into contact with the Supreme Star Palace, not all of them.
However, who the core behind “Silent Maiden” was no longer the focus. The Assassin Angel didn’t care, so naturally, Noland didn’t either.
There would always be a chance to find out in the future.
Noland put aside his doubts for now and walked toward Professor Erica’s study room.
About an hour later, Noland’s consciousness left the Silent Yard and returned to Island 33.
He opened his eyes in the chair, took pen and paper and began sketching, making calculations, all the while pondering:
“Professor Erica agreed to loan me fifteen Level 3 energy conversion arrays. Conservatively estimated, these fifteen arrays can convert over 360,000 points of soul energy per day, providing me with a thousand times the total amount of soul energy in magic energy.
“The conversion rate of 360,000 points of soul energy per day sounds fast, but it’s just an output of 3.6 billion points of magic energy per day, which is still a drop in the bucket compared to the three hundred billion points needed to build the sub-dimensional plane.”
Noland scratched his head.
The advantage of the conversion array is that it saves the wizard’s energy points, without the need for manual spellcasting.
Yet, this conversion efficiency is lower than if he were to convert the soul energy manually…
But right now, what Noland lacked was not soul energy, but time!
He needed to use the time to make Mechanos and couldn’t afford to waste it on energy conversion work that could be delegated to arrays.
“It seems there’s no other way. I still need to use ‘Mold Energy Art’ and create a spell similar to ‘Elemental Reactor Summoning Technique.’ That’s the only way to ensure efficiency without wasting soul energy.”
Noland stroked his chin and decided to head underground to toil and break through the technical difficulties at hand.
Just then, Denise Green brought him a plate of cut fruit to his study room.
Denise set the plate on the table and glanced at the documents before Noland, speaking while she chewed on a piece of fruit:
“Do you want me to ask Professor Lamp for help? Professor Lamp has a lot of energy conversion arrays she doesn’t use.”
Noland was taken aback:
“Unused conversion arrays? Is Professor Lamp that wealthy?”
Denise leaned in, sitting next to Noland, and said with a laugh:
“It’s not that she’s wealthy, it’s just that she often gets invited to join teams exploring magic relics. The wizards in such teams lack neither soul energy nor money. They trade with magic materials and energy conversion arrays as bargaining chips or as remuneration for tasks. Over time, participating in many exploration teams, Professor Lamp has accumulated many arrays. But we are Resurrection Witches and don’t use non-rebirth magic power, so those regulated arrays just pile up there.”
After hearing this, Noland contemplated, realizing that the logic made sense.
Resurrection Witches essentially have no offensive capabilities and can only serve as support during explorations.
Whether in the games of his previous world or in this world now, roles like ‘nanny’ typically come with a ‘safety net’ or what one might call ‘subsidies.’
From what Denise said, in high-end wizard expeditions, it was customary to give energy conversion arrays to the ‘nanny’ as a subsidy…
Noland’s eyes brightened slightly. Given Professor Lamp’s expertise as a ‘nanny,’ she would definitely have many conversion arrays at her side.
Borrowing arrays from her might indeed work!
Noland and Denise discussed, and he had her help negotiate with Professor Lamp.
Whether it was spending money, offering soul energy, or rebirth magic power, Noland was willing to accept.
Denise walked away lightly on her feet, heading to her own study room to contact the professor.
Noland went underground to fiddle with spells and make Mechanos.
The time reached noon that day.
Denise Green brought good news to Noland Lee.
Professor Lamp agreed to lend Noland the conversion array, and even provided a list for him to choose from.
Noland would need to pay a sum of gold coins and Soul Energy as a deposit and also pay rent every six months.
The rent demanded by Professor Lamp was not gold coins and Soul Energy, but Rebirth Magic Power.
It was worth noting that Professor Lamp had Level 4 Energy Conversion Arrays, which were relatively high-end commodities, that could convert Soul Energy into all types of Magic Energy except for Breaking Energy.
For each Level 4 Energy Conversion Array that Noland rented, he had to bring 4000 points of Rebirth Magic Power to Professor Lamp within six months.
The more he rented, the more Rebirth Magic Power he’d have to deliver later on.
As for how much to rent, it depended on how much Rebirth Magic Power Noland could acquire in six months.
Noland pulled up his Personal Panel to check.
Going to Dark Zone to meddle with the Shadow Death Magic Realm in the City of Exiles brought him about 2000 points of Rebirth Magic Power.
Destroying the lair of the Blood Sun Seal Descendants in Union City contributed roughly 4000 points of Rebirth Magic Power.
Filching Soul Energy from the Undead Cult, Noland harvested nearly 30,000 points of Rebirth Magic Power.
Yes, 30,000 points.
Over 25,000 of these points came from the act of escaping right under the Metal Ancestor Dragon’s nose.
Clearly, the act of stealing the Gem Box with the help of the Veil of Different Worlds was also considered a life-threatening risk, allowing for a normal harvest of Rebirth Magic Power.
Of course, the cost of such a haul was that Noland’s “Hatred Value” had skyrocketed to over ten million points.
Setting aside the “Hatred Value” for the moment, there was only one thing on Noland’s mind:
Could he also harvest Rebirth Magic Power in the future by risking his life in Revival City using the imitation “Veil of Different Worlds”?
Or even, to steal the Gem Box again and snatch the other batch of 3 billion points of Soul Energy prepared by the Metal Ancestor Dragon?
Noland inhaled slightly and came to a decision.
“Denise, how much Rebirth Magic Power do you have now?”
Denise closed her eyes and checked her Spiritual Ocean.
“Hmm… Including the 25,000 points of Rebirth Magic Power I siphoned from you after we returned to Island 33 yesterday… I now have a total of 37,000 points of Rebirth Magic Power, which is enough for us to rent nine Level 4 Energy Conversion Arrays for half a year.”
Noland did some quick calculations and said:
“Alright. You take my deposit and go find Professor Lamp, rent two each of the rock, wind, and nature series of Level 4 Energy Conversion Arrays.”
“Okay~ I’ll go right now.”
Denise took the gold coins and Soul Gems given by Noland and went to contact the professor in the Study Room.
The rest of the matter proceeded smoothly.
Noland obtained 15 Level 3 Arrays and 6 Level 4 Arrays from the hands of Professor Erica and Professor Lamp, setting up an Energy Conversion Room on the Fourth Underground Level.
Selena brought Noland five Level 3 Deep Sea Magic Conversion Arrays in one go. noveldrama
As the usage of Deep Sea Magic Power in the construction of Sub-Dimensional Planes was small, these five Level 3 Arrays were already sufficient.
After three days of effort, the Energy Conversion Room on the Fourth Underground Level was essentially complete.
After Nolin took over the operation of the Conversion Room, she compiled accurate conversion data.
Every day, 2.24 million points of Soul Energy would be converted into Magic Energy.
The daily total output of Magic Energy was 1.88 billion points.
It was estimated that, after 160 days, the initial construction of the Sub-Dimensional Plane requiring 300 billion points of Magic Energy would be ready.
Just a few more Level 3 Arrays were needed, and this Task objective would be met ahead of schedule, fitting perfectly with the next time to conduct the Ceremony for the “Escape” Core of the Plane.
All set~
Noland Lee breathed a sigh of relief.
Now he could devote himself to the work of developing Mechanos with peace of mind.
Meanwhile, at the same time Noland and Nolin were engrossed in the grand undertaking of the Sub-Dimensional Plane construction, far away in the Land of Revival, Commander Morster, the Acting Commander of Division Intelligence Unit Two, received a Wizard from the Pure Light Court in his Office Room.