"So this is the 'Rebecca Crystal' that you have successfully made … Well, yes, it looks like the same thing."
Sitting in his tent, Gwen nodded slightly as he looked at the basket of things that Rebecca had excitedly brought over.
It was a basket of grayish-black, unsightly strange substances. Some were loose like sand, and some were hardened together. But no matter what form it was, it was almost evenly inlaid with countless fine particles. Compared to the 'waste' that Rebecca had made in a daze, the content of crystal particles in this basket was obviously higher, and the average diameter of the particles seemed to be much larger.
This meant that not only had Rebecca found the formula, but she had also vaguely figured out the way to improve the production.
Hearing Gwen's words, even the stubborn Rebecca, who had a low EQ, suddenly felt embarrassed. The viscount lady scratched her face, which was blackened by smoke and fire, and laughed like a silly 17-year-old who had just burned explosives in a cement kiln. "Hehe … Ancestor, do you really think this thing can be called this name? I thought only very powerful people could use their own names to name other things … "
"These crystals are invented by you. Are you not powerful enough?" Gwen glanced at the N + 1 great-granddaughter who lacked confidence. "Well, although there is still a lot of room for improvement, this is indeed a 'product' that can be repeated. The name 'Rebecca Crystal' is well deserved."
Rebecca went into a state of silly laughter. "Hehe, hehehe …"
"Don't be silly. Tell me how this thing is made." Gwen looked at the iron-headed girl, dumbfounded. "Although the appearance of any new material has an element of luck, I still want to know how this good luck came to us."
"Oh, oh, it's a coincidence." Rebecca scratched her face. "It is actually made according to the original formula you gave me, but when I tried to restore the firing process yesterday, I failed several times. None of the ratios worked. Later, I suspected the furnace, so I ordered people to check the situation of several furnaces. As a result, I found that a large piece of the inner wall of one of the furnaces had fallen off …"
"A large piece fell off?" Gwen frowned as he realized that the key to the formation of these "Rebecca Crystals" was probably the broken pieces of the kiln wall. "So, the materials used to build the kiln also participated in the reaction?"
"That's one of the reasons. Because those furnaces also used runes for heating, quartz sand was mixed in when they were built. In addition to the quartz sand, another important reason was the stones from the Gloom Mountain Range."
"Rocks from the Dark Mountain Range?" Gwen repeated.
"Yes, I compared several sets of records and found that there were two major differences between that furnace and the others. First, the quartz sand used to build the furnace was mixed with the raw materials. Second, the raw materials used in the raw materials were dug out from the Dark Mountain Range. The other few furnaces of limestone came from the Whitewater River, and some from the sawmills in the west. If you use them as raw materials, it won't work even if you mix in quartz sand … "
Two conditions, quartz sand and limestone from the Gloom Mountain Range …
Gwen pondered for a moment. These two conditions were the accurate conclusions drawn by Rebecca after many comparisons. There was no doubt that they were true. So, what role did these two things play in the process?
Quartz sand was a weak magic material. Although it was extremely cheap, it was still a real magic material. It was also one of the raw materials for making artificial crystals. But what about the limestone from the Gloom Mountain Range?
Why didn't the limestone mined from other places work?
He threw these questions out, and Rebecca was stunned.
The viscountess did not think about these details at all. She scratched the back of her head and said, "I was too happy to think about it …"
"The Gloom Mountain Range was once shrouded in the magic tide, and there are still traces of erosion in many places in the mountains," Gwen said thoughtfully, scratching his chin. "Perhaps this process changed the nature of some of the minerals and made them have the characteristics to participate in the magic reaction?"
In the absence of more experimental data and theoretical guidance, Gwen could only make such a bold guess. But no matter what the real reason was, now Gwen was sure of one thing: Rebecca's crystal was absolutely unique in the world, at least in the Kingdom of Ansu.
Who would come to the Gloom Mountain Range to dig and burn stones?
"After confirming that the key lies in the quartz sand and the limestone of the Gloom Mountain Range, I tried several methods to improve the proportion and quality of the crystal," Rebecca continued. "I found that increasing the proportion of quartz sand could increase the yield of the crystal, but many crystals would break when they were out of the furnace. Increasing the proportion of limestone could increase the capacity of the product to store magic power, but after a certain proportion, the crystal would not be able to form a crystal. And I also found that the temperature and firing time had a particularly big impact. There were too many things to test, and I couldn't finish them all in a short time. So, I followed the best method and fired a furnace. Here, these are the ones in front of you. "
Gwen asked bluntly, "Can ordinary people complete this process?"
"Yes, but most people don't know what 'cross-check' and 'observation group' means, so they can only follow the method taught to them," Rebecca replied. "And they are very careless. Even if they are taught how to do it, they often get the ratio wrong or the firing time wrong. The time required to fire crystals is much more strict than that of bricks."
It was imperative to improve the average quality of the labor force.
However, there were not even a few qualified cultural teachers in the territory. Everyone who could read and count was already overworked. Where could they find people to form an education team?
Hire people in Tanzania Town? Few people in Tanzania Town were literate! Those who could read and write were either the sons of merchants or the "respectable people" who had already worked as stewards and clerks in the mansions of the nobles. How could these people be willing to come to such a desolate place to follow the pioneers? They were not poor serfs or paupers in the first place …
Gwen touched his head. Every time a new problem arose, he would do this subconsciously, as if to confirm his hairline.
"Ancestor?" Rebecca asked cautiously.
"No, it's okay. These are long-term problems." Gwen waved his hand. "You continue to produce according to this' optimal plan. 'When you have time, try a better ratio. All in all, the more these crystal particles, the better. It was even as important as the production of steel. By the way, you also have to find a way to extract the mixed crystals. The black residue next to them is useless. You can try to smash them and filter them with water. The crystals are much harder and heavier than the residue. After smashing them, washing them with water should be easy to separate. "
Rebecca nodded as she listened. When Gawain was done, she leaned over with a smile and asked in a low voice like a kitten that had just stolen a fish, "Well … Ancestor, I heard from Aunt Heidi that you're planning to make this crystal into a magic tool that can explode?"
"Almost." Gwen glanced at the girl who always had a strange idea. "What do you think?"
"You intend to use the detonation array in the Gondor standard crystal on this crystal, right?" Rebecca's eyes sparkled. "But have you thought about how to detonate it?"
Gwen frowned. This was the problem he was thinking about.
The detonation array in the Gondor ancient crystal was the same as the common small magic circles. It was a magic circle that could not be self-charged. In other words, it needed an external source of magic as the "starting energy" to carry out the subsequent detonation. In the Gondor crystal, this energy was provided by the crystal itself. But in the "Art No. 1" in his idea, there was no such energy source.
The magic stored in Rebecca's crystal could not be extracted to participate in other magic reactions other than being used as an explosive. Therefore, the detonation array attached to Rebecca's crystal must use other magic as the "starting energy". So, where did this magic come from?
Using another energy storage crystal as the "starting battery"? Then, this would lose the meaning of "cheap".
Using a sorcerer's magic to activate the array? Then, this would lose the design goal of "making it usable for ordinary people".
"Just say it. I know you have something in mind just by looking at your eyes." Gwen glanced at Rebecca. The girl in front of him was not a person who could hide her thoughts. Even if he did not ask, she would probably blurt out her thoughts.
"Here's the thing." Rebecca did not keep Hao Ren in suspense. "I studied the detonation array and found that the magic required to activate it is actually quite small."
Gwen nodded. "Of course. After all, it's a self-detonation array when the crystal is about to fail. The energy required to activate it must have been optimized many times."
"Then I found out something," Rebecca continued. "The 'rune trigger' I invented, when it's closed, it produces an extra burst of magic power. It's very weak, but it does exist. "
"Wait a minute!" Gwen immediately interrupted Rebecca. He vaguely realized that he had caught a key question that had been ignored for a long time. "You said that the runic trigger will produce magic when it closes? Are you sure it's not the magic escaping from the magic net buried underground? "
"I've confirmed it several times. Because I've been very sensitive to magic since I was a child, I 'see' it very clearly." Rebecca nodded emphatically. "The runic trigger has an additional magic when it closes. And I also found that it's not just the runic trigger. As long as an originally complete rune group is disassembled and then closed again, there will be an 'instant magic' produced. This instant magic comes and goes quickly, in the blink of an eye. But if you want to detonate something, just a blink of an eye is enough."
Gawain immediately fell into deep thought, and only snapped out of it when Rebecca was about to die from nervousness. "Ah … Very good, very good. Then try to combine your rune trigger and the detonation circle according to your train of thought. Let's see how it works. You can ask Heti to help. Just say that it's my order. "
Rebecca immediately smiled. But before she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something. "Ah, by the way, ancestor, have you thought about the name of this explosive device?"
Gwen thought for a moment and replied solemnly, "Art."
Rebecca asked, "Eh? What does this have to do with art? "
Gwen looked serious. "It's called art."
Rebecca rolled her eyes and thought for a moment. She felt that the ancestor might have a deeper meaning, so she nodded happily. "Yes! Art! "
Rebecca left happily, but Gwen sat in the tent for a long time, unable to calm down.
He fiddled with a pen in his hand, turning it around unconsciously. When he came to his senses, he realized that he had written a line of words on the draft paper.
Magic power, what exactly is magic power?
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