This thing, known as the "Arcane Transfer Cylinder", was very different from the printing press cylinder that Gawain imagined.

In fact, apart from the fact that the silhouette is somewhat similar, the whole way it works, and how to use it, never appears in his imagination.

This is another product of the "magic technology route" rooted in this world.

He quietly looked at the blue lines that appeared on the surface of the silver-white alloy cylinder in front of him, and realized that these lines should be a built-in "standard layout" specially designed to detect whether the device was normal, and he felt obvious heat as he approached the blue lines.

This heating phenomenon should be the key to its ability to print.

"Tell me how it works," Gawain looked at Rebecca, although the device was brought by Nicholas Egg, but the person who placed the order was Rebecca, and she must be the one who knew all the technical secrets of this device, "How does it work?" ”

Rebecca had a little pride on her face: "Ancestor, do you remember the 'detection piles' I first set up in the magic net?" ”

"Detection piles?" Gawain was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, "Oh, I remembered, it was a reference to the nature of Mithril that temporarily heats up and turns black after being infused with arcane energy, right......?"

"This is it!" Rebecca nodded with great delight, "I'm here to mention someone specifically to you - an arcane master named Cohen from the group of mages that Santis brought from the royal capital, and he discovered the breakthrough - he thought about the special properties of Mithril under the influence of arcane energy, and then we finally found the right idea. ”

As she spoke, Rebecca pointed to the silver-white surface of the transfer device: "The outer shell of this thing has two layers, the inner layer is a very fine copper grid, which is used to conduct magic and act as the skeleton of the entire device, and the outer layer is actually a coating. We alloy it out of mythril and other metals, add other trimmings to make a 'paint', and then cover it evenly on the outside of the copper case, creating the silvery white you see.

"You should know that the surface of the most primitive 'detection pile' is covered with pure Mithril, but there are many problems with pure Mithril, first of all, it is too highly demonic, basically as long as one point is affected by arcane energy, the entire piece of Mithril will change, so there is no legal version at all, and the whole piece is black.

"Secondly, Mithril has a lag in its response to arcane energy, this is because it is a very special magic material, its mana retention and dissipation ability are exactly equal, when it is continuously injected with mana, its mana storage and dissipation speed reach a balance, so that the appearance looks unchanged, only when the energy is terminated, it will be due to the energy balance is broken and produce heat, discoloration, this' Lag can make the editing process sluggish and cumbersome if used in plate making, so we also need to find ways to make Mithril more responsive and timely to arcane energy.

"In addition, there is also a problem with pure Mithril that it is black when its properties change, so it is easy to mix with the ink of the printing press, and even if it fails, it is not easy to see at a glance, so we considered using Mithril as the main material, using other magic guide materials to adjust the properties of Mithril and add new characteristics to it.

"We added inert cupronickel to the alloy to reduce Mithril's channeling efficiency so that it only changes in areas that are directly irradiated by arcane energy, we also used azubra steel to affect the rate at which Mithril's mana is lost, so that it changes immediately whenever it is exposed to arcane energy, and we also added crystal dust to the final coating material so that the coating glows blue instead of black when exposed to arcane energy...... This part of the work is done with the help of Mr. Egg. ”

Nicholas Egg, who was floating on the side, swayed slightly: "This part of the work takes most of the time - it is not easy to find the right coating formula, if the coating activity is too low, it will be difficult to change after being irradiated by arcane energy, and if the activity is too high, the layout on the coating will be blurred." And the final coating formula is far more than just mythril, cupronickel, kyanite steel, crystal dust, there are many other auxiliary materials used to achieve the purpose of adhesion, curing, and stability, fortunately I am still relatively good at this aspect, if this work is handed over to ordinary technicians, I am afraid that they will have to test the formula after a long time. ”

All the research and development work involving "materials" is always the most difficult, and many times it is also related to luck, the royal mage named Cohen has already saved the whole project a lot of testing time by setting his mind on Mithril, but in the end, Nicholas Egg still took a lot of effort to develop the final coating, which is enough to explain the hard work of the research work.

Gawain exhaled slightly: "So its basic principle is to use arcane energy to form a picture to irradiate this layer of coating, let the irradiated part of the coating surface heat up to form a 'layout', and then use this layer of heated 'layout' to print?" ”

"That's right!" Rebecca opened her hand and gestured and said, "We have found the ink, so we use charcoal ink mixed with the gum of giant wood to make an ink board, the gum of giant wood is usually solid, only when it is heated, it will dissolve a little bit, and as long as the heat is gone, it will quickly re-solidify, we can put the ink board at the bottom, put the paper in the middle, put the arcane transfer cylinder on it, and after the transfer cylinder is heated, 'brush' it on the paper, and the text and patterns will be printed!" ”

"What about the arcane source used to irradiate the coating?" Gawain didn't have any doubts about the "ink board" mentioned by Rebecca, which was easy to understand, and he was more concerned about where the most critical "arcane source" came from. According to Rebecca's description, the Arcane Cylinder is plate-making in a very different way from traditional printing, as it uses the irradiation of magical energy to produce the pattern, which means that it must have a matching "illumination end" that emits an accurate image.

He didn't think for a while of how this irradiation end was realized, but looking at Rebecca's appearance, this function must have been realized.

Rebecca grinned, "Ancestor, have you forgotten that crystal on the Demon Net communicator?" ”

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized one thing: the "holographic projection" generated by the magic network communicator that has been realized so far is actually a traditional illusion spell, and the image produced by this spell is ...... is the effect of arcane magic.

"The source of the light is in the drum," Rebecca pointed to the shiny magic rune on one end of the device, "You see, this is actually the rune substrate on the base of the magic web communicator that is used to connect the crystals......"

To be honest, this Gawain really didn't recognize it - but after recognizing it, he had to sigh at Rebecca's unbridled creativity.

How did this girl come up with the idea of removing parts of a magic web communicator and stuffing it into a printing cylinder? The technical route of these two things can be mixed together in such a magical world!

Rebecca was still explaining the technical details in the drum, and she obviously noticed the look of surprise on Gawain's face, and it was obvious that this old ancestor who was always thinking ahead of anyone else would also surprise her, and it obviously brought a great sense of accomplishment to this girl, and her eyebrows fluttered: "...... In order to ensure that the arcane phantom projected by the crystal can accurately fall on the inner wall of the cylinder without distortion, I placed a set of lenses around the crystal, just like the lens group on the 'crystal resonator'......

"In addition, I also redesigned an input device that matches the Arcane transfer cylinder, which is used to transmit images and text to the projection crystal inside, the basic principle is similar to the process of receiving the screen from the magic web communicator, but I have added a few things: I have made an extra-large 'color palette' of all 28 letters and a few commonly used symbols, so that the plate maker can edit the text directly on the machine, of course, if you don't use the 'color palette', you can also directly input the content written by hand on the paper to the input device." If you take a photo, it can also be transformed into a picture projected by a projection crystal on the inside of the cylinder wall. However, these things are still more troublesome to operate, because ordinary people can't directly use magic to control projection techniques like mages, they have to use a lot of rune triggers to adjust those images, I tried it privately, even if it is a literate person, it takes a long time to practice to master how to use that input device......"

Rebecca Balabala said a lot, but Gawain was stunned when he heard it - it wasn't that he couldn't keep up with this girl's train of thought, but he didn't expect that this girl would come up with the concept of "keyboard" without a teacher, and this stupid roe deer is afraid that he will become the founder of future generations of keyboard warriors......

Of course, the exclamation of the "keyboard" is only secondary, and what Gawain is really amazed by is the workflow of the whole installation—directly "scanning" real things or paper, and then transferring the images to the projection crystal, which is then used to create arcane illusions, and the illusions are projected on the back of the Mithril alloy coating to create a "hot plate", which then transfers these images to the paper......

The process is so subtle, so interlocking, so ...... More than he expected.

And all this, he was almost not involved in.

At first, he only drew a sketch of Rebecca, which had no practical value, and explained to the girl the characteristics and requirements of the new printing press, and how it should be realized...... He never figured it out himself.

But Rebecca succeeded...... No, it's not her who succeeds, it's her and the team she leads who succeed.

This project should be attributed to the entire Magic Technique Research Institute.

Among them, of course, also includes the arcanist Mr. "Cohen", who came from the royal capital and originally belonged to the traditional mage.

Rebecca was still frowning as she described her wild technical ideas, but she soon noticed that Gawain's expression had become a little strange, and she couldn't help but stop: "...... Ancestors, what are you thinking? ”

Gawain woke up from his thoughts, he didn't answer, but rubbed Rebecca's hair a little dotingly: "It's nothing, you're doing too well." And the arcanist named Cohen, who did a good job as well. ”

As he had realized before, the accumulation of technology in this world had long been mature, and the wisdom and creativity of the local people had never been lacking, even the traditional mages who were regarded as "stubborn and backward" did not appear to be backward because of their lack of wisdom.

Gawain, a soul from the earth, can't be an inventor or a prophet or sage in this world that takes the route of magic technology, but he can find out those who have these abilities and give them the right environment and conditions to let these talented people grow up.

The "Cecil R&D-Production System" that he painstakingly established has begun to gradually show its value and strength.

Rebecca blinked, she didn't know what her ancestors were sighing in their hearts, but that didn't stop her from rubbing her head proudly under Gawain's palm—since she was a child, the relationship between her skull and the slap of her elders was rarely so harmonious.

After rubbing it twice, the girl suddenly stopped, and there was a thoughtful look on her face.

Gawain became curious: "What do you think of again?" ”

"Ancestor, something suddenly occurred to me just now...... You said that this transfer cylinder and input device both use the technology in the Magic Network Communicator, so can this whole set of things be simply connected to the Magic Network Communication Network? ”

Gawain looked at the girl in front of him dumbfounded, and even the Nicholas egg, which had been silent all this time, emitted a strange buzzing sound from his body, and it was obvious that the Iron Ball star was also touched by Rebecca's thoughts.

Rebecca continued: "We can connect the printing press to the magic web, anyway, its core part is a magic network communication projection crystal, as long as some adjustments are made, its crystal and the signal in the magic network communicator are completely ...... What is that you talking about...... Oh, totally compatible. In this way, people at both ends of the magic network communicator can not only talk, but also directly print out the documents on some more important occasions...... Government offices all over the southern border will definitely use this function! ”

Gawain continued to be dumbfounded: "......"

Rebecca couldn't help but worry when she saw Gawain's reaction: "Ancestor...... What do you think, I think...... Isn't it too unrealistic? ”

Gawain blinked, looking at Rebecca in front of him like a traverser: how did she get the jump speed of her thoughts?

After a long time, he broke the silence: "Let me introduce you to two things...... One is called fax, the other is called remote printing......"