Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 238 - 158: The Cangjin Empire’s Unrest and Solving the Distance Problem (Part 2)
Chapter 238: Chapter 158: The Cangjin Empire’s Unrest and Solving the Distance Problem (Part 2)
“Hmm.” Sunan nodded indifferently, “I will find an opportunity to talk to him.”
If the scepter really wants to support the Cangjin Empire in starting a war, then there’s nothing else to say. A showdown on the battlefield it is.
Even if they both belong to the forest cabin, he wouldn’t hold back.
….
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the month of Frostfall.
The first snow finally descended.
White snowflakes covered the entire land as the cold wind howled.
Yet, in the Dragon Forest, it was as warm as ever, like spring, with a pleasant climate.
Thirteenth floor of the Dragon Remains Tower, Room No. 3 Breeding Chamber.
Though called a breeding chamber, it actually employed space folding technology, with a real area of about one square kilometer, being one of the only three large breeding chambers in the Dragon Remains Tower.
The entire breeding chamber had been transformed into a dim cavern environment.
Sunan was currently hovering beside a stalactite, watching the young dragon antelopes joyfully running in the vast cavern below.
Deciding to establish a dragon antelope ranch, Sunan promptly set out to implement it.
But setting up a ranch wasn’t as simple as just catching a herd of dragon antelopes.
Adult dragon antelopes have fixed temperaments and are extremely hard to tame, hence Sunan planned to start training them from a young age.
He directly captured a batch of newborn dragon antelopes from the wild, placing them in the breeding chamber to personally cultivate and tame. Once grown, they’d be released into the outside pastures.
After several months, the results were quite satisfactory.
The young dragon antelopes, continuously fed by the apprentices, though still somewhat wild and hard to tame, no longer resisted human proximity and touch as much.
Had these been adult dragon antelopes, achieving such progress in just a few months would be impossible.
“After two or three years of training, their wildness should be mostly eliminated. By then, they can be released into the outside pastures.”
Sunan left the breeding chamber and teleported to the workshop.
After a period of cultivation, his Spiritual Power met the standards to integrate a level 4 Demon Pattern Core.
His physique had long been enhanced to 55 points through consuming Dragon Blood Fruit, also meeting the standards.
Thereafter, Sunan immediately synthesized and integrated a level 4 Demon Pattern Core into his body.
As expected, the upgraded level 4 Demon Pattern Core’s power skyrocketed again.
When exerted fully, the metal spike storm formed by the Demon Pattern Core took less than half a minute to blast the Refined Gold Golem full of holes.
Note that this was a reinforced Refined Gold Golem, a genuine Tier Three Legendary Puppet, not the primitive version encountered at the entrance of Avegni’s laboratory.
“Faced with a Tier Two Legendary Puppet, it could probably be destroyed in one strike.”
In terms of defense, converted to defensive degree, it was roughly between 6500 to 7000, comparable to the combined defense of six to seven extreme guardians’ rings.
With such high defense, even Official Wizards would need to exert considerable effort to breach it.
For those below Official Wizards, unless he exhausted his Spiritual Power, it’s virtually impossible for anyone to breach it.
And the Spiritual Power consumption Sunan was most concerned about hardly increased.
“With my current Spiritual Power, I can sustain it for about four minutes.”
“In high-intensity combat, sustaining for three minutes shouldn’t be an issue.”
Notably, Sunan had already researched the last two substitute metals needed for refining Demon Pattern Cores.
In other words, he had virtually achieved Demon Pattern Core autonomy.
At any time, he could mass-produce Demon Pattern Cores if he wished.
Currently, his limitations, aside from costs, were his own Spirit and physique.
The integration requirements for a level 5 Demon Pattern Core are Spirit 58.65 and physique 71.24.
As for the level 6 Demon Pattern Core, Sunan estimated that it couldn’t be integrated until ascending to a Wizard.
That said, it’s still good news for Sunan.
Demon Pattern Cores aren’t just one of his cards now but also key to his future ascension to Wizard.
This was why, knowing the synthesis level of Demon Pattern Cores has a limit, he was still determined to research substitute metals.
After spending half a day in the workshop manufacturing a batch of Magic Pattern Armor, Sunan returned to the study.
Soon after he sat down, Carolina came to find him.
“Master.”
Carolina saluted gracefully.
Ever since pledging allegiance to Sunan, this human-faced lion noble had been consuming Dragon Blood Fruits and various enhancement potions. Her strength now exceeded Tier Two Legendary Level, even surpassing the previous City Lord of Ghost Lake City, Yusula.
“What’s the matter?” Sunan asked without looking up, eyes fixed on the book in his hand.
Carolina respectfully replied, “Master, the location for setting up the space portals has been selected.”
Sunan finally looked up, thought for a moment, then got up and walked out of the study.
“Lead the way.”
“Yes, Master.”
Inspired by the Dragon Forest Teleportation Array, Sunan intended to establish space portals between the city-states of Ghost Lake, Matu, and Auson, to connect them and save the hundred-kilometer treks each time they traveled.
The reason for not establishing a Teleportation Array was that he didn’t possess the corresponding teleportation technology.
Moreover, teleportation technology had always been an area only accessible to Wizards, and even if he, a Wizard Apprentice, had the technology, he couldn’t set up a Teleportation Array.
So, Sunan devised a clever workaround.
Similar to the connection between Base No. 1 and Base No. 2, space portals would be set up in each city-state, connecting to Dragon Forest as the transit point, thereby linking the three city-states.
This way, though real-time teleportation wasn’t achievable, it still achieved a half-Teleportation Array effect, drastically reducing distances.
After shuttling back and forth a few times, Sunan swiftly set up a space portal in each of the three city-states.
The opposite side of the portal connected to a separately partitioned clearing in Dragon Forest Zone 3, used solely as a transit point, inaccessible to other areas of Dragon Forest.
“With these three space portals, long journeys won’t be necessary anymore.”
After testing with a Stone Golem to ensure all three space portals functioned normally, Sunan nodded in satisfaction.
In the vast and sparsely populated underground world, city-states were far fewer than in the surface world, and the cities were spaced very far apart.
The complex terrain also limited the use of transportation tools like carriages; most of the time, they had to travel on foot or ride mounts.
This is how few national-level forces emerged in the underground world.
Besides, the diverse races of the underground, lacking efficient transportation and communication systems, limited information transfer and resource exchange efficiency between city-states, making it hard to form a coalition.
Now, with the Star Alliance’s space portals, distance was no longer an issue.
Besides solving long-distance travel, during wartime, these three space portals could provide prompt support.
In less than half an hour, a small Golem Legion could travel through the space portals from one city-state to another.
Moreover, they could go a step further, stationing a mobile Golem Legion at the transit point.
Should any city-state face war, they could immediately open the space portal for support, reducing response time.
No matter how thoroughly or meticulously the enemy planned, they’d never expect an additional army within the city-state.
After all, in the current Starlight Continent, no Wizard Apprentice would set up a Teleportation Array.
Apart from Sunan, who held Dragon Forest, no other power could provide such swift support!
Carolina could naturally grasp these insights as well.
From the moment Sunan suggested establishing the space portals, she realized the immense benefits this would bring to the Star Alliance.
With the space portals, the biggest hurdle in expanding the Star Alliance’s territory had been overcome!
Watching Sunan’s back, a trace of awe flashed in Carolina’s eyes.
Among the positions within the Star Alliance, hers was arguably one of the closest to Sunan.
Yet even so, she had never really comprehended Sunan.
The more she interacted, the more she sensed his unfathomable depth, consistently achieving seemingly unbelievable feats, puzzling those around him.
Whereas once she might have harbored some resentment and frustration at being subordinated, these feelings had long dissipated, replaced by sheer gratitude.
Following this man, she might witness the day the Star Alliance conquers the entire underground world.
