Chapter 18: The Crisis Is Approaching
In a conference room at the Imperial Council's Academy, several Grand Arcanists were seriously discussing some issues.
"Ford, the research institute says that the research on the Breath of Sinking has come to an end, right?" Douglas asked Deputy Speaker Ford. At this time, although he was still wearing a formal robe, the tiredness between his eyes was already very obvious. This is a rarity among high-level mages, who usually keep their energy high, let alone the Grand Arcanist.
"Yes Douglas, the Institute says it's hard to make a breakthrough on Breath of Dying in a short period of time. Moreover, the institute believes that the current research results have allowed us to make certain judgments and preparations for the current form. Ford replied that his face wasn't really good. It's just that compared to Douglas's tiredness, Ford is more of an anger and helplessness.
"Then it's up to you to preside over this meeting. You know, I've been running around a lot lately. This one must be persuaded, and that one must be settled. Douglas chuckled quietly with his head tattooed.
"Yes, Your Excellency." After Ford finished speaking, he looked at Korn and said, "Korn, let's talk about the situation on your side first." ”
"Deputy Speaker, the current monitoring of the Breath of the Sunken by the Eye of the World is not ideal. Except for Ryan, who has been surrounded by the Breath of Destruction, most of the stars in the Star Realm have been polluted to varying degrees, and the closer they get to Ryan, the more polluted they become. Cohen's Adam's apple squirmed up and down for a moment, and he continued, "At the same time, according to the information of the sun god Orbis, Ryan's solar star is indeed facing the problem of running out of energy. According to the joint analysis of the Eye of the World and the Helios Cult, there will be a tipping point after three months, after which the intensity of the Sun's illumination will drop by about 20%. According to the Ring of Earth, this means that the light and heat that is there will only provide half of the current food. At the same time, near the tipping point, it should be accompanied by a fairly strong impact of the magic tide. And the Taiyin star may also face a similar problem. ”
Korn lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. The 'mesh' is a special unit used in astrological observations. It originally referred to the largest range of star fields seen by ground observations. Later, the astrology mage reduced the unit by a factor of 100,000 after entering and exiting the astral plane, making it look less large. Eventually, the eyes became synonymous with the range of the mages' range of activity in the astral plane. The farthest distance that a mage can reach by teleportation in the astral plane is called Ichimoku.
"Then Sean, tell me about the situation on your side." Fudt nodded and said to Sean.
"According to my analysis and that of Morris, Breath of Perdition is a more thoroughly negative antimatter. It's just that compared to the negative energy and positive energy we had before, the counterpart of the Breath of Perdition is not clear. It resembles the resentment of living beings, but it has nothing to do with souls or resentful spirits, and the Unification of All Things also means that the Breath of Perdition does not contain souls or similar fluctuations. And according to the data of Orbis and Samodiel, the institute came to a conclusion. If only we could find a way to transform the Breath of Perdition, or find the true counterpart of the Breath of Perdition. We have the certainty that we will really get through this difficult time. Sean tightened his trench coat and buried most of his face inside.
Morris took Sean's words.
"There has been a new development on the effect of the Breath of Perdition on man. On the premise of voluntariness, there were ten high-level mages and thirty mid-level mages who overdosed on the breath of dying. Eventually, a high-level mage managed to wake up. According to his own account, he found himself in Ryan's Age of the Gods after taking the Breath of Perdition, where he also killed a legendary paladin. And according to him, all this is definitely not illusion. He also used a nine-ring marker to make a mark on Gardes at that time, but we haven't found the mark he spoke of in Gardes. Anyway, judging from the current situation, what that high-level mage encountered was definitely not as simple as illusion. ”
"What about you, Alvin." Ford turned his head towards Alvin.
"Franklin and Barbara and I have recently been in charge of the detection of the infiltration of Breath of Sinking in the Ryan area. At present, the situation is not bad, and there is no serious infiltration. The three of us have developed spells that will allow the mages to discover and repair more easily when faced with the Breath of Doom. However, the Government Council responded that the areas where the infiltration occurred had different degrees of related material loss. According to their estimates, if the frequency and intensity of the Breath of Sinking remain the same as it is now, it will last for half a year at most. Alvin looked much more embarrassed than before, and he even had a wound on his body that hadn't fully healed. It was caused by a powerful sea monster while repairing the world barrier at the bottom of the stormy ocean. It's really hard to imagine that any magical beast can hide the success of the sneak attack of the three great arcanists, and it is still the natural mage who is known for perceiving nature.
"Half a year is better than three months." Ford complained.
"That's right." Morris added: "Blair said he had applied to take Breath of Perdition to conduct the experiments. I can't make a decision. I hope that His Excellency the Speaker will discuss this matter with Blair personally. ”
"That's it for the latest news on Breath of the Sunken, Speaker. As for the alliances between the Arcane Empire and other forces, as well as the regular reports of the Tide Impact, and the problems related to the elemental plane, I have already reported to you before. Ford glanced at Morris and said to Douglas.
"Okay, I'll go talk to Blair about it." Douglas responded, "So, now let's solve the problems one by one." Let's start with a simple one, what to do with the great changes in the Sun and Yin stars after three months. ”
"Your Excellency, Speaker." Korn got up and said, "About the Sun Star and the Yin Star. After the discussion of the eyes of the world, two approaches were given. ”
"One is to capture the star core of the astral boundary and feed it to the sun star Taiyin star. According to ancient texts, an otherworldly god in the age of the gods once spoke of this method. The Eye of the World analysis said that the success rate of this method was good, but because most of the star cores of the astral plane were polluted by the Breath of Destruction. The consequences of feeding with such contaminated star nuclei are unknown. Cohen paused again, "But the Institute of Parliamentary Research says that this method has a good chance of discovering some new features of Breath of Dying. It's just that it might be a bit costly. ”
"The second way is to ignore the Sun and the Sun. According to the analysis of the Parliamentary Research Institute and the Eye of the World, at least four floating cities with about 70% power are needed to use the floating cities to maintain Ryan's food production and lighting needs. If there are five seats, the power can be reduced to less than 60%. But the problem is that the current energy cores of the five floating cities are all old, and the new energy cores don't know where to get them. Neither the Parliamentary Research Institute nor the Eye of the World dared to use the Star Core contaminated by the Sunken Breath to make a new energy core. The Elemental Tower could use two of the Wind Elemental Plane and the Earth Elemental Plane that had not yet been polluted by the Breath of Destruction, but it could only make two of these two secondary planes into Energy Cores. ”
Cohen took out a report and said, "Blairto, I have submitted you a report on making the wind elemental plane and the earth elemental plane into a plane elemental pool. According to the analysis of the Elemental Tower, after making the two planes into two elemental pools, the energy that can be provided is about the same as that of the four floating cities. It's just that we've never tried to do that. Exactly what will happen is not yet known. ”
"I really didn't expect that our sun would be retiring in three months. At that time, there will definitely be no such sunny days. Douglas quipped as he looked out the window at the rare sunny weather.