The "technical black box" in the field of magic was the problem that troubled Jenny and Kamel the most.
Jenny's runic logic was a powerful weapon when it came to optimizing and reconstructing traditional magic circles. Based on the laws of mathematics, it could simplify a magic circle from a purely computational level, eliminate unnecessary interference nodes, increase the effective power of the magic circle, or reduce the operating requirements of the magic circle. In this process, it did not require the operator to have the talent to sense magic. However, runic logic also had its limitations. In order to reconstruct a magic circle, the magic circle had to be "segmented" first. In other words, one had to determine what functions the different runic regions in the magic circle had. One had to determine which runes were in an interference region, and which runes had to be left to operate independently.
Only by effectively segmenting the magic circle could the subsequent optimization and reconstruction be carried out.
Under this premise, the "technical black box" naturally became a stumbling block.
The creation of the technical black box was related to the origin of magic. When the first mortal pioneers imitated the primitive magic patterns on the surface of ancient magic beasts and natural minerals to cast the first spells, the technical black box was created. For thousands of years, countless spellcasters had studied those complex and ancient symbols and patterns. Many spells had been analyzed in the process and became "fully analyzed spells," but nearly half of the spells were still in the state of a black box.
Almost all of the black box spells were vague and complicated. They maintained the most primitive spell structure. Whether it was the spell model or the runic array, they were all in an unanalyzed state. You could not figure out how many functional areas there were in the runic combination, who could be separated from who, and who could be independent of who. Under such circumstances, if you directly put the formula in, you might be able to clearly arrange the runes on a mathematical level, but the structure of the magic circle itself would be destroyed in the process.
Simple low-level magic circles did not have to worry about this problem because low-level magic circles often had very few functional areas, or even only one complete functional area (such as the "unit" of the Honeycomb Magic Network). However, from the mid-level up, the functional areas of the magic circle (or using the term invented by Jenny, "runic region") became more and more complex, and the technical black box phenomenon became more and more common.
Kamel and Jenny were working on solving this problem. They tried to organize the basic elemental languages, basic spell models, and basic runic units to summarize an effective set of rules that could be used to "split" most magic circles. This work had been done before, but due to the lack of proper research ideas and mathematical tools, it was declared a failure. However, Kamel and Jenny were very confident, and they had already made some initial progress.
Gwen believed in their abilities, and also believed that with the more mature technical samples from the Eternal Sleeper, they would be able to find a breakthrough to crack the technical black box of communication spells. Whether it was for the research in the field of magic or the actual development of the territory, it would be of great help …
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Within the borders of the Typhon Empire, in the valley at the northwest border.
This valley was a special place for the people of Typhon. In fact, for the four major human kingdoms, there were one or two similar "special places" in each country. These places were located within the territory of the human kingdoms, but in terms of administrative division, they were the distant territory of the Silver Empire. The big ones occupied an ancient mountain, and the small ones were just a town. However, they all had one thing in common, and that was that almost all of the residents were Silver Elves.
They were the places where the "monitoring stations" built by the Silver Empire were located.
In the disaster of the Great Mana Tide seven hundred years ago, the Great Wall that the elves took the lead in building finally stopped the spread of the disaster, and sealed the terrible Chaos magic and the crazy monster army in the central region of the continent. However, only the elves themselves could master the special elven magic, and the sentry towers they built could only be controlled with elven magic. Therefore, in order to monitor the Great Wall barrier, the elves set up multiple monitoring stations around the entire barrier. Considering how the humans built the four major kingdoms, these monitoring stations could only be within the borders of the human kingdoms.
The sealing of the Gondor wastelands involved the survival of the country, and the human kingdoms had no choice but to accept the situation. Even if they were proud survivors of the Gondor Empire, after the outbreak of the Great Mana Tide and the fall of the Empire, even the greatest pride had to give way to reason.
Fortunately, the relationship between the elves and humans had always been good, and the elves were a race of people who kept their promises. These "permanent colonies" in the human kingdoms could live in harmony with the outside world. After seven hundred years, the elves in the monitoring stations had formed a good tacit understanding with the humans in the outside world, and it had been maintained until now.
Solderin and the elf Druil, who called himself "Berna", walked together on the road to the depths of the valley. In front of them, an elegant steeple in the style of the Silver Empire and a magical glow came into view.
Solderin looked up at the steeple in the deepest part of the valley and exhaled slightly.
The steeple was the core building of the monitoring station, and it was used to connect and exchange data with the sentry towers. The top of the steeple was inlaid with a large resonance crystal made by the magisters of the Stellaris Temple. With sufficient energy, it could transmit signals hundreds of kilometers away, which was enough to connect to the sentry towers on the other side of the valley.
Solderin looked back. On the other side of the valley, he could clearly see a gloomy dividing line in the sky: that was the direction of the Gondor wasteland.
The purpose of the monitoring station was to monitor the wasteland and determine the situation of the Grand Wall. But it did not take much thinking to know that the monitoring personnel would not really go to the Sentry Tower to build a permanent monitoring facility. Although the Grand Wall had blocked most of the Chaos energy, the lethal radiation that seeped out of the barrier every year was still enough to seriously damage the health of the monitoring personnel. Therefore, all monitoring stations were remotely monitored. Building a communication tower at a safe distance and real-time monitoring of the Sentry Tower through signal transmission was the safest and most reliable solution.
Of course, if something were to happen to any of the sentry towers, the nearest monitoring station would still have to send someone to deal with it. Every station was always equipped with engineering teams to deal with such crises, and while these engineering teams might not have a chance to carry out a real mission once in a few centuries, the elves had never slacked in this aspect.
After all, they had long lives.
Berna walked briskly beside Solderin. She seemed to be in a good mood. The elven girl seemed to be very happy to be able to see more of her kind.
Along the way, Solderin had learned a lot about Berna. This lively elven girl seemed to be unable to control her mouth. Basically, as long as you asked her a question, she would blabber a bunch of things about herself. Compared to her, Solderin was a man of few words.
After all, his current identity was still in disguise. If he could speak less, he would be less likely to be exposed.
Solderin did not remove his disguise just because he had passed the human checkpoint. Being vigilant at all times was a must for a good ranger. Moreover, when he set off, he only brought women's clothes.
After all, he was the leader of the faction.
After Berna giggled for the third time, Solderin could not help but look at her. "You're very happy."
"Of course, we're almost at the monitoring station!" Berna laughed happily. "This is the largest monitoring station in the northern part of the continent. There's a city around the station! After settling down in the city, I'll find a tavern and drink a large glass of fruit wine. Then, I'll eat my fill of dried fruits and Sumni pies! Let me tell you, the human world is good, but the food is terrible. I've had enough of those pies and low-quality beer … "
Solderin silently listened to Berna's nagging. Unknowingly, the entrance to the city had appeared not far away.
Just as Berna had said, this was the largest monitoring station in the northern part of the continent. The elves occupied the entire valley and built a large city with a communication tower in the depths of the valley. Solderin could not help but smile as he looked at the elven spires and walls, as well as his fellow elves who were responsible for guarding the city entrance.
At the entrance of the city, the guards stopped the two of them and conducted a routine identity check and questioning.
Solderin took out the Silver Empire badge that could prove his identity and asked casually, "Has there been any movement in the Sentry Tower recently?"
"Everything is normal. The Sentry Tower is normal, the monitoring station is normal, and so is this city." The guard in charge of the inspection was wearing silver-white elven light armor and holding a long spear. He took Solderin's badge with one hand and said casually, "How does it feel to travel in the human world?"
Solderlin smiled. "The novelty is still there. Their society is always changing quickly."
Of course it changes quickly. The old ancestor who had been hanging on the wall for 700 years suddenly crawled out on his own. Who has seen this before?
"Hmm?" The guard checked the inscription on the back of the badge and suddenly made a puzzled sound. He looked up at Solderin and asked, "Solderin, male, Frostleaf family. Are you sure this badge is yours?"
"Oh, I forgot about this." Solderin quickly patted his head and then cast a small spell on the badge. The spell resonance proved that he was the owner of the badge. "I am."
"Then you …" The guard looked at Solderin's Huntress outfit up and down. "Did you get into trouble in the human world? Are you wanted? "
It could be seen that this was an experienced and knowledgeable guard.
Solderin did not intend to explain too much. Although the guard in front of him was his own kind, some things were troublesome to explain, so he said in a low voice, "I've changed my style recently."
The guard understood. "Oh, then there's no problem."
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