Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 382 - 229: A Surveillance Network Covering the Entire Continent (2)

"I see." Sunan nodded knowingly, "How much can it be amplified?"

"If there are around two hundred sub-star nuclei, it can be amplified at least tenfold."

"Tenfold? A monitoring area within three thousand kilometers?" Sunan shook his head, "Not enough, this range isn’t even enough to cover the Southeast Region."

With a mix of frustration and amusement, Lize said, "Don’t be so greedy. Do you want to cover the entire Starlight Continent?"

To her surprise, Sunan actually nodded.

"That would be best."

Seeing that Sunan wasn’t joking, Lize furrowed her brows and said, "The resonance amplification effect of sub-star nuclei isn’t limitless. Beyond two hundred, the amplification effect decreases sharply, with a maximum at about twelve times. Beyond this, even if you add more sub-star nuclei, you can’t improve their effect by even a shred."

"What if, instead of increasing the quantity, we improve the quality?"

Lize paused, then reacted and frowned, "Sub-star nuclei are already mature magical items, developed by the Starfall Association with immense effort and enhanced by countless wizards. To improve further on this basis would require more time and effort than you can imagine."

Sunan persisted with his view: "You don’t need to worry about that. Just answer my question: if we improve the effect of the sub-star nuclei, can we expand the monitoring range?"

Lize hesitated for a moment and said, "It still depends on the actual situation, but theoretically, there shouldn’t be a problem."

"That’s good enough."

A slight smile appeared at the corner of Sunan’s mouth.

Not that it matters, but when it comes to enhancing the effect of a single item, all the wizards of the Starfall Association combined can’t match him with his magic cube.

"Give me the design diagram of the sub-star nuclei, and I’ll improve them to be more effective as soon as possible."

Seeing Sunan’s confident demeanor, Lize couldn’t help but feel a little curious.

But she knew Sunan wasn’t the type to speak recklessly or act impulsively. If he’s saying this, he must be at least seventy to eighty percent confident.

Lize was very curious to see if Sunan would succeed.

She took a parchment and, using the Mage Hand, controlled a magical pen to draw and write on it. It took over two hours to replicate the design diagram.

Sunan glanced at the design diagram and asked, "What about the diagram for the star nucleus?"

Lize shook her head, "That’s the highest core secret of the Starfall Association, known only to council members."

Sunan was slightly disappointed and took the design diagram straight to the laboratory to begin manufacturing sub-star nuclei.

Upon reaching the lab, Sunan spread the design diagram directly on the workbench.

"Tower Spirit No. 2, scan the sub-star nucleus design diagram."

[Command received, scanning...scan complete.]

"Gather materials."

[Command received, a total of 138 types of materials, with 133 gathered from storage. Five are not in inventory; search for similar materials?]

"Search."

[Searching...search complete, the materials most similar in nature are Red Split Iron, Silver Line Insect Crystal...]

Tower Spirit No. 2 was Sunan’s second crafted Tower Spirit, dedicated to experimental assistance.

Its core abilities are a spirit library and data analysis capabilities.

The former represents a powerful recording ability, logging all the books Sunan currently owns, as well as every experiment and all knowledge.

To enhance Tower Spirit No. 2’s knowledge base, Sunan even had Lize input all her knowledge into its ’spirit library.’

The latter represents the computational and data simulation abilities of Tower Spirit No. 2.

The two are complementary.

The greater the knowledge reserve, the stronger the data analysis ability of Tower Spirit No. 2.

Using Tower Spirit No. 2 as an experimental assistant saves a considerable amount of time and effort in computation and derivation.

With the assistance of Tower Spirit No. 2, Sunan took two months to develop five types of substitutes, then began manufacturing the sub-star nuclei.

The sub-star nuclei aren’t particularly complex magical items, at least not for Sunan with a Level 5 "Magic Item Manufacture" skill; they posed little challenge.

Soon, two sub-star nuclei were created.

Sunan immediately proceeded to synthesize them.

The results did not disappoint; the synthesized sub-star nuclei were indeed more effective.

Eventually, Sunan used five sub-star nuclei to synthesize a brand-new sub-star nucleus.

When he placed the enhanced sub-star nucleus before Lize, her usually cool and composed face seldom displayed a mix of disbelief and astonishment.

"You actually managed to improve it?"

Upon thorough inspection, confirming that the sub-star nucleus effect had truly been comprehensively enhanced, Lize looked at Sunan with unconcealed amazement.

She could never have imagined that Sunan would indeed complete the improvement, and in just over a month.

It was simply incredible!

What does this say about the wizards of the Starfall Association?

Compared to Sunan, the Starfall Association’s previous improvements to the sub-star nuclei seemed child’s play!

"Do you think this level of improvement is enough, or should we continue to enhance the effect?"

Sunan’s words interrupted Lize’s contemplation, and a slight twitch appeared at her mouth.

Can it be improved further?

After a moment of silence, Lize said, "I need to conduct a practical test to find out."

Sunan immediately waved his hand to arrange it.

The Eye of the Star, positioned at Starlight Academy, was moved to the Wizard Tower’s laboratory that very day.

After conducting a series of tests and confirming that the sub-star nucleus still had room for further enhancement, Sunan continued with synthesis and strengthening.

With each enhancement, a test was conducted.

Finally, the number of synthesized enhanced sub-star nuclei was controlled to eight.

The sub-star nuclei synthesized in this quantity reached the closest maximum effect; any further enhancement would lead to the core star nucleus being insufficiently effective.

The result would diminish the overall effect.

"A detection range of over seven thousand kilometers should be enough to cover the Southeast Region. Now, are you satisfied?" Lize glanced at Sunan, "Or do you really want to cover the entire continent?"

Sunan pondered silently.

Though this result wasn’t inadequate, it still felt slightly lacking.

If possible, Sunan still hoped to cover the entire continent, as it would be immensely valuable for monitoring the invasion of foreign wizards after the eventual elemental resurgence.

However, to achieve this, either the effect of the star nucleus must be strengthened, or a second star nucleus must be manufactured.

To Sunan, these two methods are essentially one and the same.

Unless he can synthesize a star nucleus using sub-star nuclei, he would not achieve his goal.

But Sunan had previously experimented, and found that using sub-star nuclei cannot synthesize a star nucleus.

The sub-star nuclei lack the ability of the star nucleus to sense energy fluctuations, which means it’s impossible to synthesize a real star nucleus no matter how many sub-star nuclei are used.

Conversely, if the sub-star nuclei have even a trace of that ability, he could use the magic cube to synthesize something akin to a star nucleus.

"The sub-star nuclei can resonate with the star nucleus, proving that they are somewhat similar in nature. Therefore, improving the sub-star nuclei to give them a slight ability to sense energy particles might still be possible."

Having made a decision, Sunan shared his idea with Lize.

Of course, he didn’t mention the synthesis, only spoke of enhancing the sub-star nuclei to give them a faint energy-sensing capability.

"Theoretically, it’s feasible, but what’s the point of doing this?"

Lize was puzzled.

"The sub-star nuclei are in a supplementary position within this sensing network. Even if they have a slight sensing ability, it won’t significantly boost the overall effect and will still not achieve your goal of covering the continent."

Sunan smiled and said, "I have my plans; you just need to assist me with the research experiments."

Lize is also richly experienced in manufacturing sub-star nuclei, and with her helping, the enhancement experiments would proceed much more smoothly.

Staring at Sunan for a while, Lize pouted and let out a soft snort.

"So secretive."

Although she complained, she ultimately agreed.