Although the shape of the weapon in Nokia's hand was very strange, in Histisa's impression, the only thing that could shoot spells was a magic ring or a wand, and this was definitely not a magic scroll.
"No, please continue to watch."
Nokia shook his head. His finger flicked the back of the magic pistol and switched to a magic card. After pulling the trigger, a series of Arcane Missiles whistled and hit another target.
"Arcane Missiles?" Histisa looked surprised. "A magic wand with dual spell effects?"
Generally speaking, a magic wand only had one spell effect, and it also needed a long time to recharge before it could be used repeatedly. A magic wand with dual spell effects was not too rare, but it was definitely not common. Moreover, if magic gems were used, the recharging time would also be long, but the advantage was that the target area was wider, so the strategic significance was greater.
Nokia shook his head. "There's more."
Then he demonstrated several other spell effects, such as Pyroblast, Frost Nova, Flash, Haste, and so on …
After the final demonstration, Nokia said with a smile, "This is a weapon developed by Mr. Twain. It's called the Magic Pistol. In our plan, this is a standard short to medium range tactical weapon for individual soldiers. What do you think?"
What do you think?
Histisa looked at Tang En in shock. "Are you going to conquer the world first?"
Although Tang En's task was to save the world, he could conquer the world first. With this weapon, would he still have to worry about the lack of combat power of the army?
Even if there were a large number of mages in the enemy's army, they would not be able to withstand one magic pistol each!
Didn't you see that even dwarves could use this weapon?
This also meant that even ordinary people who did not know magic could master this weapon!
"If it's necessary, I don't mind doing that."
Tang En seemed to be joking, but Histisa did not think he was joking at all.
The messengers of the gods would never joke about this kind of thing.
"So, your task is to make the magic array this size? And to ensure the effect of the spell and not let the magic overflow? "
When the two magic metal cards of different sizes were placed in front of her, Histisa saw the difference. The smaller one was obviously more delicate, and the larger one seemed to be made with a rather immature method. Although it could be used, its performance was obviously not as good as the smaller card.
Histisa frowned and asked, "Didn't you already do it? Why do you still want to research this technology? "
"It's different."
Tang En patiently explained, "I can make it myself, but on the industrial level, it's meaningless if it can't be mass produced. After all, I can't just sit here and do this all the time, right?"
"Industrial level?"
"It's the standardized production of large batches on the assembly line."
Tang En sighed. He had to explain Ellington's industrial concept and current situation to the people of Einsteinberg. Although Eustisa could be compared with Angus in alchemy, she had no knowledge of industrial production theory at all.
After finally understanding the concepts mentioned by Tang En, Histisa was a little embarrassed. "I thought you were only talking about making this kind of miniature magic array by hand, but in the end, you don't want to make it by hand. I'm afraid I can't help you."
At first, Histisa's understanding was to make it by hand one by one, so that it could be adjusted at will, no matter how big or small it was. But Tang En's purpose was clearly to achieve mass production without alchemy.
This was very troublesome.
An idea suddenly flashed through Tang En's mind. "No, wait, maybe..."
Mass production … Handmade … Alchemy … Einsteinberg's artificial soul … Hohnheim's human body made into … a puppet …
Tang En's eyes suddenly widened. He had the feeling of "looking for him thousands of times in the crowd, and suddenly looking back, he found him in the dim light".
What did Histisa say when she introduced the artificial soul before?
A blank artificial soul, as long as it was demonstrated once, it could be completely recorded and perfectly reproduced?
What was this?
This was copying and pasting, damn it!
The problem of mass production could not be solved from the technological level, but the problem could be solved from the industrial level!
As long as enough artificial intelligence … cough, artificial soul puppets were produced, and the steps of making miniature magic arrays were recorded, weren't they precise 3D printers?
Not to mention miniature magic arrays, even the assembly process of armored tanks, as long as it was recorded, they could be assembled step by step!
As long as the design was good enough, they could become the modified version of Prandal's industrial robots!
"I have an idea!"
Tang En suddenly said. "If the magic array is only reduced to the cross-section of a bullet, the combination of artificial souls and alchemy puppets can achieve mass production. But if it's smaller, I'm afraid it won't work. It requires new drawing methods and carrying materials, and a lot of time to research and discover."
"The cross-section of a bullet is enough, right?"
Nokia pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, even assault rifles can use a large number of special bullets, and the lethality will be even stronger."
Nokia thought that shrinking the size of the magic array to that extent was enough. If it continued to shrink the size, not only would it greatly limit the magic power flowing in the magic channel, but the magic array would also be more unstable, and the power of the magic array would be further weakened. Then, a small magic array would be completely meaningless.
Influenced by the inertia of the people on Earth, Tang En always wanted to develop the magic modification project in the direction of bigger and stronger, and on the other hand, in the direction of smaller and more refined. The expansion of the industrial scale and the large-scale product would bring more powerful effects, and the miniaturization of the product would bring more precise energy consumption control, more precise technological structure, and more complex functional design. Both had their advantages and disadvantages, and it was difficult to determine the winner.
At first, he thought that if the magic array was reduced to the micrometer or nanometer scale, and tens of millions of magic arrays were engraved on a card the size of a fingernail, wouldn't it give birth to a Prandal version of "large-scale integrated circuit"?
But after being reminded by Nokia, he came to realize that even if he achieved that scale of fine processing, it would be meaningless, because — it would be useless.
Magic arrays were different from transistors. They did not need a large number of individuals to form a matrix to achieve a specific function. The meaning of a magic array was to release a certain kind of magic. The fine magic array might bring a new development route for Prandal, but it obviously had nothing to do with Tang En's current goal.
"Yes, I'm thinking too much."
Tang En nodded with a smile. "We can make a preliminary attempt."
Histisa tilted her head and asked, "How are you going to try?"
"Make an alchemy puppet, fill it with blank artificial souls, and instill it with memory of a specific function."
"A humanoid alchemy puppet is quite troublesome to make …"
"No, you misunderstood."
Tang En interrupted her. "We don't need human-shaped alchemy puppets. Not only are human-shaped alchemy puppets troublesome to maintain, many of their structures are also useless for industrial robots... Er, I mean industrial puppets."
"Then it will be very fast."
"That would be best. The shape of the puppet is also very easy to understand. The best shape to achieve a specific function is the best choice."
"What do you mean?"
"For example, if a weapon needs to be pierced, the best shape is a gun."
A strange smile appeared on Twain's face. "And for an alchemy puppet with a miniature magic array, the best external structure is naturally two movable arms. One is used to fix the substrate, and the other is used to carve."
Nokia raised her hand. "If that's the case, can the puppet's arms also be modified? The production capacity is still very low if we just carve them one by one. But if we can control many carving knives at the same time, or if we can do something similar to the previous engraving and stamping design, we can mass produce them. "
"I have an idea about this, but it's still not mature. We can discuss it …"
Tang En smiled and took out the design of the production line he had drawn a long time ago. In the modified production line he had designed, only the front and back areas of the production line had workers. The processing area in the middle was completely carried out by alchemy puppets. The conveyor belt would transport the samples according to the process, and each type of alchemy puppet was only responsible for one step …
It looked familiar, didn't it?
That's right, it was a modified version of the unmanned production line on Earth. It was just that the industrial robots on Earth had been turned into alchemy puppets that used magic power.
Although their accuracy might not reach the level of robots, alchemy puppets also had advantages that robots couldn't compare to. The core advantage of artificial souls made alchemy puppets closer to intelligent robots. A blank and expandable model allowed alchemy puppets to have unlimited development possibilities. Combined with a specific external design, they could achieve functions far beyond one's imagination.
In fact, after being imbued with artificial souls, alchemy puppets could be regarded as a special "lifeform" because they could control every part of their bodies. This meant that they could display 100% of their functions.
Think about it, as long as a Gundam frame was built and enough mana channels were laid, artificial souls could really make them move!
So in a sense, artificial souls were simply a bug-like black technology.
Next, Tang En, Histisa, Brian, Nokia, and the others sat together to discuss the mass-production technology of miniature magic arrays. Regarding the production of alchemy puppets and the optimization of artificial souls, Tang En put forward a lot of ideas based on his knowledge on Earth. While greatly surprising Histisa, it also greatly broadened her thinking space. Many rigid ideas became a lot more flexible.
He was worthy of being called the emissary of the gods.
Histisa sighed. "I really don't know how you came up with these ideas … Some of them are simply outrageous, but very reasonable."
Brian casually said, "In other words, he has a lot of holes in his brain. There are holes in everything from the neck up. "
The atmosphere suddenly froze.
Tang En suddenly laughed.
Then Brian cried.
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