Without the obstruction of air, the sorcerers' spiritual power could spread out more easily and less attenuated. Therefore, the range of their spiritual power was dozens of times larger than that of the ground. However, in such a vast range, Lucien and the rest of them could only sense that an artificial planet was running alone in a regular pattern. The whole environment was vast and lonely. That was the most intuitive feeling of the real universe beyond the atmosphere.
In such an orbit, Lucien, Douglas, Fernando, and Hellen, who floated around the artificial planet, were so insignificant, but they were full of the air that could not be ignored. They seemed to be small suns, a natural realm, a hell of thunder, a universe inside atoms, and an illusion made of ice and snow.
When the legendary sorcerers fully unfolded their spiritual power, their half-solidified cognitive world would interfere with reality together with their demiplane!
In such a quiet and desolate environment, Lucien answered Hellen's question with a smile, "Because I hope that the Church will imitate us, catch up with us, and compete with us in the fields that we are good at, instead of focusing their attention on the so-called theology studies. Once they focus on that, chances are that they will find a way to apply 'Mountain Paradise' comprehensively."
Deep in thought, Hellen nodded her head. "So, you demonstrated the important role of the artificial planet in order to distract the Church from what they are good at and compete with us in the fields that they are not good at but we know very well?"
"Yes. Although they may not be able to figure out the mysteries of Mountain Paradise, it will be best to avoid any accidents if possible before we have overwhelming advantages." Lucien nodded his head.
"Are you not worried that the situation will deteriorate quickly after the Church grasps the secrets of the artificial planet? It has a very important role. It is one of the strategic weapons that you often talk about. It turns the general air control into the orbit control of a planet. "Douglas asked kindly with a smile.
"Air control" was not hard to understand for the Congress of Magic. The City in the Sky was a product of air control in itself. It was just that it had not been summarized into a concept.
Lucien said calmly, "Artificial planets are indeed very useful, but the parts that we have developed and can use are still very small. Before we solve the energy problem, it can only play a supporting role in signal transmission, monitoring, and mapping the terrain. It is not the key to victory. The most important part is signal transmission."
"For the Church, due to the widespread deployment of teleportation portals, the middle-rank clerics on the other side of the Storm Strait can basically achieve the same effect as using artificial planets. In the areas occupied by us and the North Church, they could have done so, but now they can't. As for the livestreams and other forms, how can they let ordinary people enjoy them? For them, the less ordinary people know, the better. "
"What they value is the potential value of the artificial planets, but the parts that can be used right now can only restore them to the situation before the Battle of Renstadt. For us, it is not a particularly bad change. Also, with our thorough understanding of the mechanisms and details of the artificial planets, can we not restrict the Church's artificial planets and 'hack' them to steal their secrets? This is a field that we are familiar with and good at! "
As he spoke, Lucien suddenly thought of something. He smiled and said, "To put it simply, we will drag the enemy into the field that we are familiar with and defeat them with our abundant experience and in-depth studies."
"Divine power is based on the power of 'Thanos', which is more convenient than ours in the orbit. If they imitate the artificial planets, they will have better attack and defense abilities than us. Are you not scared that they will surpass us?" Fernando, who was standing next to him, had been pulling a long face since Lucien made fun of his "runaway reactor".
Lucien chuckled. "If the Church is another Congress that has its own arcana system, arcana credits and arcana points that encourage research, the accumulation of hundreds of years of arcana and magic knowledge, and the in-depth studies in many fields such as macroscopic and microscopic, I wouldn't make such a suggestion."
Of course, it was not absolute. When the basics of arcana were similar, it was also possible to transform the competition into a competition of economics in the way of "star wars". All in all, they would compete with the enemy in whichever aspect they were stronger in, not the other way around.
"As for right now, with the above 'foundations', I'm not worried that the Church can surpass us in the artificial planets at all. It's impossible in ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand years." Lucien added, "Unless the Church begins to establish its own arcana system. In such a way, they will no longer be completely dependent on faith, and they, who are also studying arcana, will have no irreconcilable contradiction with us and can be integrated."
"Their artificial planets may boast high attack power, but until they can really carry out the role of 'Mountain Paradise', they cannot play the role of orbital bombardment. Our nuclear fission reactor, on the other hand, will probably succeed in one or two years. After it is miniaturized, it will be as good as theirs."
"You make it sound like the Church can only wait to die. Our future is bright." Douglas chuckled.
Lucien chuckled. "The future is bright, but the road is tortuous. As a matter of fact, Mr. President, you must've had the same opinion as me in that regard, except that you didn't mention it in detail. For example, all the papers on arcana studies have been published publicly, and the Church and all the countries can read them as long as they are interested. As for magic, there are only the principles and ideas, and the specific structures can only be accessed and exchanged with the corresponding permissions. They seem to be able to understand arcana and catch up with us, but they will never be able to do so. "
"I didn't think too much at the beginning. I made the system purely with the ideas that they couldn't understand at all." Douglas mocked himself very honestly. "In my opinion, without their own studies and explorations, it is useless to read the papers directly. Therefore, most of the clerics and experts of various countries can't learn anything from our public arcana papers. However, I didn't know that the pope was Viken and that he still had the vigorous attitude of learning."
Hellen, who was listening next to them, suddenly said, "Evans, you deployed 'uncontrollable reactors' on every artificial planet at great cost just so that the Church can't get them easily?"
"Yes. The easier it is to get them, the less they will cherish it. They will be suspicious of our real purpose. Therefore, we have to let them go through difficulties and pay a high price. Only such an acquisition will make them willing to spend more time imitating and modifying." Lucien shook his head, as if he had expected better. "Who knew that they would have no fighting spirit at all? I was hoping that they would trade the life of a saint cardinal for the secrets of the artificial planets."
Douglas also sighed. "Then, we have to find a way to give the Church another 'chance' …"
He seemed to be in agreement with Lucien's idea too.
"How can we guarantee that the Church will be willing to risk acquiring the artificial planets and that they will devote their time to imitating and modifying them?"
"If they don't capture the artificial planets and study their secrets, they will watch us carry out the full functions of the artificial planets and control the orbits and planets until they are eliminated by time. However, it will take a long time, and there will be many changes. If they compete with us in this field, things will fall into the orbit that we are familiar with." Lucien replied solemnly.
Douglas smiled again. "The future is indeed bright. No matter what the Church chooses, it cannot avoid failure. This is the choice of time. However …"
He suddenly sighed. Lucien did the same. Exhaling a mouthful of nonexistent gas in the airless universe, he remarked almost at the same time.
"Demigods."
Yes. Without the demigods who grasped the mysteries of immortality, why would the Congress bother to plot against the Church? They would've been developing with all their might and trying to destroy the Church as soon as possible!
"So, the path is full of twists and turns. Chances are that the Congress will be destroyed by a few demigods at some point. Chances are that some of us will be killed by the demigods forever before we see victory." Lucien said solemnly but fearlessly.
Looking at the vast cosmos, Douglas said, "Although it is important to break into the demigod level, the development of the Congress must focus on arcana studies and the application of magic in any case, because our path to becoming a demigod must and can only be built on them."
Fernando and Hellen nodded at the same time, agreeing with Douglas's point of view.
"Alright, what kind of plan should we make?" Douglas looked at Lucien and asked for his opinion.
Thinking for a moment, Lucien said, "Perhaps we can fish out the hidden problems within the Congress with the plan. Before the South Church evacuated from the four countries on the strait and the north coastline, there were a lot of spies of the Church in the Congress. Later, the situation took a turn for the better and the spies were basically eliminated. However, after Viken secretly revealed the mysteries of demigods, I suspect that someone in the Congress has a tacit understanding with the Church. "
Some of the idioms had been "invented" by Lucien in "Arcana Voice" a long time ago. It was not difficult for Fernando and the rest of them to understand them. On the other hand, Hellen and Brook had joined Douglas, Fernando, Hathaway, and Lucien's studies on the path to becoming a demigod and the mysteries of immortality.
"Very good." Fernando gnashed his teeth at such spies and almost wanted to baptize them with a storm.
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