Pittman's words made Gao Wen stop again.

"The other half you said is..."

Pitman held his somewhat messy beard, and the innocent old man rarely had a serious face: "So far, all magic devices can only achieve 'instant release' spells. There is no way to use spiritual guidance spells like the hand of shaping, right?"

Gao Wen instantly understood the other party's meaning and opened his eyes slightly widened due to the possible development prospects of neural cord technology.

Magic technology is flawed or limited, and this limitation exists from the beginning.

The "spells" in this world can be roughly divided into two types. One is instant release. As long as the caster completes the spell model or sets up the rune array in advance, then only energy is needed, and the spells can be released immediately. There is no need for more human participation in fireball techniques, ice arrows, repulsive tricks and other instantly effective spells belong to this category, while the other is the "spiritual guidance category". As the name suggests, its operation requires humans to continuously maintain and control it with their mental power. Such as the hand of energy shaping, and various mental spells belong to this category.

Obviously, the magic technology at this stage can only realize the first situation by arranging a specific rune array, storing the spell model in the machine in advance, and then pressing a button to release a spell. This is the essence of most magic devices.

This is also the only way Gao Wen can think of using his "earth way of thinking" to achieve universal magic.

However, there are more than one spell in this world. For those spells that require spiritual guidance, magic technology seems to be very difficult to control a complex and changeable spell in real time by pressing the button. Although Jenny has been trying to use rune arrays to control the energy-shaping hand to achieve various operations, and in this process, she is looking for a breakthrough for the "spiritual guidance" spell, the clumsy, slow, and frequently error-produced prototype system does not see any practical value at present, and there is no hope of making a breakthrough in the expected future.

In addition, due to this limitation, some current magic devices have encountered great constraints during the research and development process. For example, the "suggestion scene" stored inside the just-completed immersion nerve cockpit is used to make users differentiate between the real world and the illusion must be edited by the mage. Technical personnel from ordinary people cannot intervene at all, which is obviously inconsistent with Gao Wen's research and development ideas.

"The original intention of the Eternal Sleepers to entrust all things to the end of death to develop neural cord technology was to expand the corps, so that those who are not Eternal Sleeping Priests, such as converts merchants, small nobles, and even pagan priests can access their dreams and receive transformation of the teachings of darkness. Although their starting point is dark, the goal they want to achieve is very close to our idea: to allow people who do not have some extraordinary talent to achieve extraordinary power with the help of tools."

Pitman said slowly, after so many years of separation from the Dark Sect, the knowledge deeply imprinted in his memory was gradually emerging, and these dark knowledge slowly blended with the miracle in the magic city in front of him, and his thoughts were becoming clearer.

"The nerve cable connects the human brain and runes together. In this process, it replaces the human 'mental sensing' process. Then we might as well expand our thinking: if ordinary people who cannot sense magic are connected to the nerve cable, can they indirectly control the magic? If we use some auxiliary energy devices, spellcasting mechanisms, auxiliary machinery to this device, then... is there any difference between an ordinary person who connects the nerve cable and a full set of external equipment and a real mage?"

The breakthrough of spiritual guidance spells has been found.

It is actually outside of magic technology, in the cultist's technology tree.

"There is a difference..." Looking at the old druid in front of him, Gao Wen suddenly laughed, "A real mage may have to be trained for several years to advance to the first level, and still have enough luck, talent and money. A 'artificial mage' connected to the nerve rope will be promoted to the first level... I am afraid that it only needs to change to a large magic capacitor."

Pittman spread his hands: "It will take time to develop a new model of magic capacitors."

"That's right, but as long as it is developed, it can be used immediately on hundreds of thousands or even millions of people..."

Amber, who stood behind the two, looked at Gao Wen and Pitman. The half-elf suddenly became sleepy since the two of them started discussing technical issues, but she still understood what the two elderly people were discussing. When she heard the last few sentences, the half-elf finally couldn't help it: "Oh my god... are you serious about this?"

"Any technology that challenges conventionality gives people a feeling before it is implemented is a fantasy," Gao Wen said with a smile, "but 'conventional'... isn't it just used to break it."

Then he turned to Pitman and said solemnly: "I think this idea is very feasible. You can try it out in the druid field. But one thing should be noted: we are not sleepers, nor are we the end of the world."

"I understand what you mean," Pittman lowered his head deeply, "please rest assured that I am not now and will not be like this in the future."

...

Everything seemed to be back on track, the continent was still developing according to its original trajectory, the nobles were still singular, the countries were still fighting openly and secretly, the civil war continued to war, and the development continued to develop, the abnormal situation of the giant sun and the magnificent wall once caused some panic, but these panic gradually subsided as the barrier recovered. On the surface, everything in this world was as usual.

But for those who always pay attention to the wasteland, the aftermath caused by the changes in the magnificent wall is still continuing.

In the eastern part of Ansu, deep in the underground palace.

The rustling sound of the roots rubbing against the stone slabs echoed in the deep and dark underground palace. The magic crystal stone lamp was embedded in the ancient stone walls. The light emitted created interlaced light and dark areas in this dim palace. Belltila passed through this corridor that she was already extremely familiar with and came to the place where the ministers held a meeting.

There were long tables and seats in the spacious underground hall. The light of the magic crystal lamps sprinkled from the roof, illuminating the faces attending the meeting. Some of them turned toward the entrance. A prefect could not help frowning after seeing Belltila: "You are late again, Master Belltila."

"As long as you haven't discussed anything useful, I'm not late to be there at any time," Belltila responded implicitly and sat down at his own position at the long table. "Or... have you discussed something useful?"

This woman has always spoken like this, and the ministers at the scene have long been accustomed to it. The elf twins Philna and Lerna, who were sitting opposite the long table, were laughing in unison: "Ha, that's really not. If you don't come again, maybe we all will start discussing dinner."

"We can discuss it later, but now we should pay attention to the wasteland first," Belltila shook her head. "The Grand Priest saw the revelation from the Book of Ultimate. Our Sun... is indeed a problem. The power it releases is stirring up the magical environment of the whole world, and this will greatly speed up the collapse of that barrier."

The ministers whispered, and during the brief discussion, someone looked up at Belltila: "We have speculated about this before. The key to the problem now is how big the impact of the sun is, how long can the wall of Gondor wasteland last? If everything is to be advanced... then how much will it be ahead?"

"It's a pity that the Ultimate Book did not give an answer. It was just a man-made fake after all," Belltila shook her head, "and we don't know the specific technical details of the barrier created by the elves."

A tall and thin middle-aged man looked at the elf Gemini at the scene: "We have two elves here..."

"What a pity, we don't understand shield technology," the Gemini Elf laughed, "but we can at least be sure of one thing that our Queen will take action. Maybe she sent to warn countries that the teams to repair the barriers have already set out at this time."

After Belltila finished speaking, he coughed softly and stood up: "No matter what action the elves will do, we must be prepared to consider taking into account the abnormal movements in the wasteland in advance, we must consider going forward."

Someone exclaimed in a low voice: "This is already the situation?"

"This is the will of the Grand Tutor," Belltila looked in the direction of the voice. "The answer given by the Ultimate Book is not optimistic, and we don't have time to prepare slowly."

One person sitting at the end of the long table stood up: "If the plan is to be advanced, we must contact our fellow villagers on the other side of the wall..."

"Due to the failure of the communication system of the Magnificent Wall, our connection with the wasteland has been interrupted," said a middle-aged man wearing a black robe and half-faced mutated like a tree bark. "The elves will definitely update the communication channel during the process of repairing the barrier. Our 'dark bridge' will completely fail. Now we must restore the connection with our compatriots in the wasteland as soon as possible to grasp the situation inside the wall."

"I have sent someone to contact the Eternal Sleepers. Their mental projection technology is expected to break through the barrier," said Belltila. "Also, Master Heaton, how is the biomass collection progress?"

Tall and thin, with a sinister face, Master Heaton raised his head: "There is still a gap in the situation in the southern border is an unexpected situation."

"...We thought the war in the South would take at least several years, but we didn't expect that Gowen Cecil directly defeated all the noble coalition forces," another priest shook his head, "and he also promoted cremation and purification rituals on a large scale in the South. On that land, there were pitifully few sources of biomass available."

"Don't complain about these useless things," Belltila interrupted the other party, "There are so many pseudo-god bodies that are almost completed, and the lack of biomass... After next spring, the Kingdom Army and the Eastern Army will naturally make up for us."

The meeting is over.

One by one, the figures in the throne of the priest stood up and left the hall. The huge space soon became quiet. Belltila stayed in place without leaving. Apart from her, the only one who left the elves was the pair of elves.

"Beltira, you've been in a state of turmoil lately," said the elf Gemini, who came to the female prefect. The smiling sisters smiled like the same person inside and outside the mirror, and said, "Do you want us to 't heal' you?"

"I'm not so pitiful," Belltila rejected the two indifferently, "but you, as elves, really don't care about the fate of the Silver Empire after the barrier collapses?"

"Haha," Gemini laughed crisply. In the silver bell-like laughter, they turned and left, leaving only a sentence floating into Belltila's ears, "Don't you care about Tifeng's fate? Ms. Augustus..."

Belltila quietly watched the figure of the elf Gemini leaving. She let out an extremely slight sigh, then sat in her position, raised her head and looked up at the ancient stone roof above.

"August... I haven't heard it in a long time."

On the mottled and ancient roof, the magic crystal lamps are still bright. Around the magic crystal lamps, the newly inlaid metal plates are neatly arranged, extending to the top of the nearby pillars. The runes on the metal plates are slightly shining in the dark, as if they are breathing.
Chapter completed!