On this winter morning, there were some interesting changes in the royal court.

According to rumors, Qingkong, the head of the alchemy workshop, somehow hurried to the Alchemist Association, and then the husband and wife entered the imperial city together.

A recall order was urgently issued before noon using the communication towers that stood throughout the royal court.

As a result, a number of top alchemists in the kingdom rushed to the association.

For the people of the Moon Clan, this is of course a new thing worth discussing, but it is a pity that no matter how much they inquire, they did not find out and understand, only vaguely knew that a group of people had started a mysterious project.

……

Earth.

After handing over the prayer candle to the Moon Clan, Lin Tuo also waited patiently.

Of course, that doesn't mean he doesn't do anything.

Whether it's mastering an elaborate spell like the Magic Postman, or building a second system, or even a third, it takes up a lot of his time.

Especially the latter, the set made before was handed over to Huaxi to connect to the Tianyuan Continent.

On the north and south continents, Lin Tuo felt that it was also necessary to make a set.

Not only did it make it easier for him and Hathaway to get in and out, but if all went well, he thought it could be used to speed up the fusion of Earth and the Sandbox later.

The enemy is at present, and the development of the earth is just on the right track, this speed is really difficult for Lin Tuo to be satisfied.

The region that lights up the entire planet is even more far away.

Therefore, it has become a matter of planning to make the two worlds communicate with each other to a certain extent.

"Opening the shield directly is still too rough and will lead to too many unpredictable chain problems, so it may be more appropriate to gradually deepen the understanding through the stargate."

Lin Tuo already had a certain idea of this, but if he wanted to really implement it, he was not so fast.

In this hectic life, a turn of events can pass in a flash.

Time came to February 1 in a blink of an eye, and Lin Tuo finally received a signal from the Moon Sea Continent.

……

When Lin Tuo flew into the Moon Clan's royal court again as a clone, the stupid Moon Tree that had greeted him in advance finally did not drop its leaves again.

Using the invisibility charm to hide his figure, Lin Tuo walked through the streets of the royal capital, and it was also interesting to compare it with his memory.

There are a lot of alchemy products in the city, and some floating flying machines are even more amazing to Lin Tuodu.

However, this time the purpose was clear, and he did not waste time, and after a little observation, he came to the building complex of the Royal Court Alchemy Association.

At this moment, at his request, the rest of the personnel have already been evacuated? Only one man and one woman left? Two figures stood nervously at the door of the association's main research room.

His expression was apprehensive and excited, and from time to time he would look up at the earth above him.

"Is it really this time? Why hasn't the teacher shown up yet? ”

Tall? Delicate face? Sesai, who was stepping on the prosthetic leg of his legs, clasped his hands in front of him and couldn't help but look at his husband next to him.

Eight hundred years have passed? She had long since faded her youth, and her long soft silver hair was tied in a bun at the back of her head? On the bridge of the nose? He also wears a pair of single-framed glasses like Aozura.

He wears a light-colored sweater and a white researcher-style robe.

Excitedly, he walked in place in small steps, making a soft clicking sound.

Next to him, the blue sky in a similar costume is much calmer? Explains:

"I used the signal from the communication tower to follow the teacher's letter? And there is a moon tree transit, presumably just delayed. ”

Her Highness Sesai, who has become a mother, nodded, then smiled to herself, and said:

"I ...... I'm just a little nervous. ”

"I know."

"I don't know, the teacher came here this time? What it will look like. ”

When Qingkong heard this, there was also a hint of curiosity in his eyes? Just about to speak, suddenly? The couple heard a flat, smiling voice in front of them:

"I told you, meet again? You will see me for who I am. ”

The two of them are busy looking? Just see the air fluctuate? A strangely dressed, but mysterious figure slowly walked out of mid-air, came to the two of them, examined them, and said with emotion:

"Eight hundred years have passed, and you, and the world, have really changed a lot."

"Are you...... Old...... Teacher? Sesai looked at Lin Tuo's figure in surprise, and in his demeanor, he could still get a glimpse of the girl's attitude back then.

Lin Tuo nodded and said with a smile:

"It's different from what you think?"

Sesse, who was already a wife, suddenly blushed and said:

"No, it's just that we thought ...... Thought it was ......"

Qingkong, who had a gentle temperament next to him, smiled bitterly:

"Sesai and I thought you should be an old man."

Lin Tuo smiled: "It's just appearance, if you want, I can also change into the appearance of an old man, but you...... I was a little surprised. ”

On the way, he also inquired about the situation of his two students by the way, and learned that the two became husband and wife, and after the news that they had given birth to a child a few years ago, Lin Tuo was stunned and a little emotional.

I haven't seen each other for more than a month, and the two children have made soy sauce...... I'm still single...... It's also depressing to think about.

The two of them were suddenly embarrassed, and lowered their heads like children who had done something wrong.

Seeing this, Lin Tuo put away his teasing thoughts, did not gossip, and went straight to the point:

"Okay, let's talk about the specifics, is there any progress in the repair of the prayer candle?"

Hearing the matter, although they were extremely curious about Lin Tuo's situation over the years, and they also had too many things to say, the two of them still forcibly stopped these many thoughts, and Qingkong said:

"These days, we have gathered the high-level alchemists of the entire royal court to analyze together, and we have indeed achieved some results, but ......"

"But?" Lin Tuo raised his eyebrows.

"We found a way to repair this alchemical artifact, but we couldn't implement it," Sese explained. ”

Lin Tuo was a little surprised, and immediately said, "Take me to have a look." ”

"Yes."

The rest of the group was dispersed, and the three of them immediately walked towards the building behind them, through the wide, bright corridor, up the stairs, and soon came to a closed door.

Sesai raised his hand and pressed the combination lock next to it, and the door shook and parted to the sides, and inside, there was a laboratory with a predominantly silver and blue tone.

On a circular laboratory table in the center, a quaint candlestick is quietly placed.

"According to our analysis, this item you sent belongs to the creation of the Mystic Alchemy Correspondence genus......"

As he spoke, he pressed his hand on the surface of the experimental table, as if he had identified himself, and then, the entire ring facility lit up, and with a click, a light curtain appeared.

Inside the light curtain, a 3D model of a prayer candle rotates.

"We tested it non-destructively and tested it with virtual activation, and we were surprised by the end result that the candlestick may contain a large amount of spiritual substance......

And the latter, which we have never seen before, is a kind of existence conceived in the doctrine you left behind, Teacher. ”

Qingkong said, looking at Lin Tuo with admiration.

Eight hundred years is not a short time for the long-lived Moon Clan, and the alchemy, which was still rough at the beginning, has also undergone earth-shaking changes.

Endless theories and technologies have emerged, completely changing the living conditions of the Moon Clan, and many of these technologies have long surpassed those left by Lin Tuo.

However, no matter how technology changes, some basic theories are like the foundation of this alchemical edifice, unbreakable.

Among them is the so-called "spiritual substance", which the people of the Moon Clan have never seen, and over the years, it is not that no one has questioned its existence.

As a result, even now, it was suspiciously visible in a gray candlestick, and he still remembered the shock on the faces of the high-ranking alchemists of the entire guild when they found out about this a week ago.

Hearing this answer, Lin Tuo only raised his eyebrows slightly, and said secretly: Sure enough!

"Go on." He hid his anticipation and said.

Sesai, who was dressed as a female researcher and was actually the president of the Alchemy Association, said:

"We were shocked and excited by this discovery, but because we had never seen this substance before, there was no effective way to detect it.

In other words, this part of it is an undetectable black box for us. ”

"So, we tried to start working on the rest of it......"

As he spoke, Sesai raised his hand and touched the model in the virtual light curtain, and the candlestick suddenly broke down into three parts.

"According to our testing, its structure is not complicated, and it is mainly composed of three parts, namely, the signal reception area, the capacity release area, and the energy supply area."

"The signal receiving area, that is, the area where the instructions are collected.

It's interesting to note that the way this artifact is activated is a vague spoken password.

We tried to parse it backwards and found that we only need to open our mouths and speak a specific language combination in our voice to give instructions to it, and the specific command format is ......"

Lin Tuo's eyes flashed, and he said, "I make a wish?" ”

Sesai was stunned, thinking that the teacher really knew something about it, and nodded:

"Yes, that's it, if our judgment is correct, when this artifact is activated, as long as you say 'I make a wish + specific content' within a certain distance, you can make it respond ......"

Lin Tuo nodded, not surprised: "Go on." ”

Next to the blue sky interface said:

"The second area, the capacity release area, actually consists of two parts.

One is the spiritual gathering area that we just mentioned...... This is also the source of mysterious power, but we have not yet been able to parse it.

The other is the release port.

That is, it receives a command, and then transforms it into a spell through an unknown spiritual substance, which is then cast through the release port.

That is, the top candle of the candle here, we have completed the acquisition of its structure and permissions. ”

After a pause, he continued:

"As for the energy supply area...... This area is the most damaged of the three, and we speculate that the way this artifact draws aether energy may be different from other alchemy products. ”

"What do you mean ......," Lin Tuo glanced at him.

"Source," Qingkong said, "according to your theory, it is the Spirit Realm, and it is possible that it can directly draw ether energy from the Spirit Realm to support its operation.

However, the damage in this area is so severe that with our current technical capabilities, less than 20% of it has been restored, and nothing can be done about it. ”

Lin Tuo's heart moved, remembering the situation when the prayer candle blew itself up, and secretly said Sure enough, this item can indeed draw power from the spirit world......

This ability is amazing, but it's a pity it's broken.

Otherwise, if you blow it up again after repairing it, wouldn't you be able to prostitute a lot of aether for nothing...... Well, it's hard to say, maybe there will be a price.

Thinking about it, Lin Tuo took it to heart, and listened to Qingkong continue:

"Of course, it can also absorb aether from the air itself, so theoretically it should still be usable."

"But it's not responding now." Lin Tuo said.

"Yes," said Sese, sighing, "and that's what we were surprised at first, and we didn't understand what was going on.

After all, all three areas, strictly speaking, are all damaged, but they are not completely unresponsive, especially after we repair them......

So, we guess that the problem is still with those spiritual substances, and after many discussions, we have a guess. ”

"What speculation?" Lin Tuo asked.

Sesai says:

"It's our guess that it's probably that there is a medium of connection between the signal reception area and the capability release area, which is why this problem has disappeared."

Lin Tuo's eyes moved.

Medium?

He instantly remembered something, that is, the "consciousness" that was suspected to have been forcibly erased by the Derivation Sand Table......

Originally, prayer candles were self-aware, but they were gone.

"We don't know what this medium is, but we feel its absence, according to stimulus theory...... We tried to force it up by typing a command, and it really worked. ”

Sese said.

Seeing that Lin Tuo was puzzled, she explained again.

To put it simply, it is to stimulate the spirituality of the "sleeping" state by "making wishes" with high frequency...... A little bit to liven it up.

"At one point, we were very happy and felt that we had found the right way, but soon, we found that it was difficult to implement this method."

"Why?"

"Quantity, frequency," Sesai said with a wry smile, "it doesn't accept machine disguised wishes, only intelligent beings can make wishes, however, the stimulation of a single wish is too small......

We calculated that even if we mobilized the entire Moon Clan's people to make a wish through the radio, it would be a long time before it could be awakened...... And we can't do that at all.

The Messenger Tower can't support the communication of the entire clan at the same time.

Worst of all, we found that only wishing at night had an effect, and once it was daylight, the stimulus was ineffective......"

Lin Tuo understands in seconds.

This cliff is the reason for the rule of praying candles.

He remembered that this thing could only be used at night, and that the wish could only last for one night, ending at dawn.

According to Sesai, even if all the Moon Clan people make crazy wishes and toss for a night, the "number" of wishes will not meet the requirements, and once the day breaks, all the work will be wasted......

Coming back the next night is equivalent to starting over...... without continuity......

That's a pit.

However, Lin Tuo was surprised at first, and then a crazy thought suddenly flashed in his mind, so he was silent for a while, and then said slowly:

"That is, as long as there is a large enough wishing request in a certain area around the candle in one night, it is possible to open the connection and wake it up?"

Qingkong and Sesai glanced at each other and nodded, "Theoretically, that's the case." ”

Lin Tuo asked again: "Then according to your estimates, how many times is it enough to make a wish?" ”

“…… At least a billion times. Sesai hesitated and said.

Lin Tuo's eyes became brighter and brighter: "Only a billion times? ”

He felt like he had an idea.

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ps: I suddenly remembered an advertising slogan: the dream of one person, the dream of two people, the dream of three people, the dream of 1.3 billion people...... Well, I feel like you can guess what I'm going to write.