Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 381 - 229: The Surveillance Network Covering the Entire Continent

"The fifty-second secondary magic stone mine has been fully developed."

In the study, Lize’s cold voice echoed softly.

"Over the years, we’ve sent apprentices across the entire continent and found a total of seventy-three earth vein nodes. Of those, only fifty-two meet the standards for cultivating secondary magic stone mines in terms of energy richness."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the fifty-two secondary magic stone mines should be the continent’s limit."

Sunan asked, "What about the scale?"

"One is small, two are medium, and the rest are large."

"The comprehensive popularization and promotion of secondary magical energy technology will take time. Initially, the output of a small mine and two medium secondary magic stone mines will suffice. Once the large mines mature and production skyrockets, it will coincide perfectly with the explosion of secondary magical energy technology."

Sunan nodded satisfactorily, then asked, "What about the teleportation network plan?"

"This progress is a bit slower."

Lize waved her hand across the void, and countless slender beams of light intertwined to form a map of the Starlight Continent, densely packed with light dots intercrossed, creating a gigantic network.

Following that, another map of the surface world appeared beside it, showing only the central area illuminated while the rest remained blank.

"The teleportation network of the surface world has been completed, and now we are working on constructing the underground world’s teleportation network."

"How long will it take to complete?"

"The secondary magic stone mine plan is already concluded, and the available workforce can be shifted to the teleportation network plan to slightly alleviate the shortage. At the current rate, it will take another sixty to seventy years."

Sunan frowned slightly.

Calculating like this, the entire teleportation network will take more than a hundred years to complete!

But he could understand, as at the same time, the number of Wizard Apprentices engaged in setting up teleportation arrays was at most in the thousands.

Relative to the vastness of the Starlight Continent, this manpower is insufficient beyond measure.

The slow progress was inevitable.

"In recent years, Starlight Academy’s enrollment numbers have been gradually increasing, and the manpower available for the teleportation network plan will be more abundant; perhaps it won’t take even sixty years." Sunan mused aloud.

"Regarding this, there’s something I want to discuss with you." Lize suddenly said.

"Go ahead."

"Do you remember the star core you obtained in Fallen Star City?"

Sunan nodded gently.

After acquiring the star core, he studied it for a period and discovered it was essentially an energy supply device, approximately equivalent to a medium Elemental Pool.

For any other Wizard, obtaining the star core would be akin to finding a treasure.

But Sunan was different; he had means to synthesize a large Elemental Pool, so he naturally looked down on the star core.

The most important thing was that once placed, the star core could not be moved. Otherwise, if it were a mobile energy supply device, equivalent to carrying an Elemental Pool, Sunan would have valued it more.

Afterward, Lize took the star core from him, saying she wanted to perform an experiment, so Sunan gave it to her.

"I used the star core to create a magical device and commissioned the academy’s mentors to produce a finished product called the Eye of the Star, which is currently placed in Starlight Academy for collecting experimental data."

Lize waved her hand, and a document floated toward Sunan.

Sunan reached out, took it, and read it carefully, his eyes gradually lighting up.

He had to admit, this Eye of the Star magical item was quite interesting. It could sense and record all energy particle fluctuations exceeding a certain standard, making it an excellent tool for monitoring supernatural forces!

The only downside was its limited range.

"Was this designed by the Starfall Association?"

"Indeed."

"Can its sensing range be expanded?" Sunan asked, intrigued.

Lize pondered, "Without affecting its effectiveness, it can expand to a maximum diameter of three hundred kilometers in a circular area. Any larger, and the precision in sensing energy particle fluctuations would be compromised."

A diameter of three hundred kilometers...

Sunan was a bit disappointed.

This range could only cover a city, hardly expansive.

Using a star core equivalent to a medium Elemental Pool to monitor the supernatural actions within a city seemed too much for such a small scope.

Seems like this Eye of the Star is somewhat impractical.

Wait!

Sunan suddenly came to a realization.

Lize couldn’t be unaware of this. If the Eye of the Star was only effective to this extent, she wouldn’t bring it up to him specifically.

Since she did, there must be more to it.

A thought flashed through his mind, and Sunan glanced at Lize with a half-smile, saying, "What other plans do you have? Spill them all at once."

Upon hearing this, a hint of a smile flickered in Lize’s eyes, and she said with curled lips, "With only one star core, the monitoring range of the Eye of the Star is indeed limited. But if we use the Eye of the Star as the core and link it with multiple secondary star cores to form a network, we could expand the monitoring range!"

"Secondary star cores?"

"It’s as it sounds; an energy core of slightly lesser effectiveness than the star core."

Lize pointed into the void, and an image gently emerged: a crystal ball much like the star core but significantly smaller in size.

"The star core is a core creation of the Starfall Association; only a few Wizard council members have mastered the technology to create one. However, for the secondary star core, all formal members can manufacture it."

"The secondary star core doesn’t have the capability to sense energy particle fluctuations like the star core—it’s simply a pure energy core. But when used in conjunction with the star core, it resonates and amplifies its ability."