The new tool made by Sui Xiong is roughly a freely adjustable metal frame. Place the ore inside the frame, adjust the frame to hold it, and then turn the knob to press the mithril probes in the upper and lower sections of the metal frame against the ore. superior. Next, as long as the magic crystal is used, a magic flow can be formed between the two probes. There is a magic array on the upper probe that is sensitive to magic power. It can emit light of different brightness according to the intensity of the magic flow. In this way, the brightness of the magic array can be used to determine whether the ore contains mithril and estimate the approximate concentration of mithril. content.
However, after actual testing, Sui Xiong found that this thing was not as useful as he thought. More than once, the magic flow could not be detected, but in fact the ore contained mithril.
He repeatedly studied and finally found that this was because the distribution of mithril in the ore was uneven. If the probe could not touch the mithril, the magic power would naturally not flow through the stone - of course, this would lead to the wrong answer. Test Results.
How to solve this problem
Sui Xiong's engineering skills were very poor, not even comparable to those of middle school students with strong hands-on skills, so he thought about it over and over again and found that he still couldn't come up with a solution to the problem.
He asked Morani, who smiled and shook his head: "Actually, someone has thought about your idea a long time ago. The key difficulty is here. The minerals are unevenly distributed in the ore, which seriously affects the ability of the ore to conduct magic power. Ability. For example, if a piece of ore is half silver and half stone, how should it be measured? No one has been able to solve this problem until now, so we can still only use artificial mineral processing. Fortunately, between mithril and silver, innate There is an obvious incompatibility between mithril and acquired mithril, otherwise it will be more difficult to select minerals.”
Only then did Sui Xiong realize that he was not the first smart person.
What you can think of, others can certainly think of. And the techniques he used did not exceed the level that the more powerful magicians in the world could achieve. In this case, why hasn't anyone else tried it before
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh deeply and became frustrated.
"Actually, this problem is not impossible to solve." Morani said, "It's just that... the solution is completely different from your idea."
"Different ideas?" Sui Xiong's eyes lit up and he asked curiously, "What's the difference?"
Morani did not tell him immediately, but smiled and let him think about it.
So Sui Xiong thought about it. He thought for a while and asked, "Did you smash the ore?"
"It's not easy to smash mithril into pieces." Morani shook his head.
Sui Xiong thought for a while and then asked: "What kind of medicine should the ore be dissolved in?"
"Pharmaceuticals that can dissolve mithril are too precious. Even if they can only dissolve stones but not mithril, considering the dosage, the gain outweighs the loss." Morani shook his head again.
Sui Xiong thought for a while and asked: "How many holes should be drilled in the ore?"
"Then what?" Morani asked.
Sui Xiong thought about it and found that it didn't seem to help. He sighed helplessly: "Well, it seems that I am not smart enough. What method was used to solve this problem?"
Morani laughed loudly, waved his hand, and a large ball of magic appeared out of thin air, condensing into a **-like shape about one foot in diameter. Then he picked up a fist-sized piece of mithril ore and threw it in.
"Under the infiltration of powerful magic power, silver will slowly transform into mithril. If there is already mithril around, the transformation efficiency will be faster. In this high-concentration magic environment, such a large piece of ore, It only takes about thirty years to completely transform it into mithril ore, so you don’t have to worry about it being silver ore anymore.”
Sui Xiong was dumbfounded. He never expected such a solution.
Can't easily tell the difference between silver ore and mithril ore? Then turn the silver ore into mithril ore.
Isn't this the famous "If you can't solve the problem, then eliminate it" idea!
He stayed for a long time, then suddenly remembered something and asked: "But in this case, how to distinguish between innate mithril and acquired mithril?"
Morani was silent for a while and asked: "Is there a lot of innate mithril?"
"Not much, very little."
"So, is it necessary to consider this issue?"
Sui Xiong suddenly realized.
If there is innate mithril, it is worth the trouble, because it is expensive enough.
But in fact, in most cases, ore selectors do not need to consider the issue of innate mithril at all - how can there be so much innate mithril in the world!
Sui Xiong himself had to dig deep before he could ponder such a meaningless question. It's like a chef apprentice. The teacher taught him the technique of braised pork and explained how to cook various common meats such as pork, beef, mutton, dog meat, chicken, duck, etc. Then he suddenly said, "Teacher, how to cook panda meat?"
If the teacher didn't beat him up on the spot, he must have been extremely well-behaved.
Thinking of this, Sui Xiong himself couldn't help but laugh.
After laughing, he put the matter aside for the time being, and just sent a message to the Minister of Mining, Leif Kavat, and the Chief Mage Satan, asking them to cooperate and establish the mithril transformation pool as soon as possible.
The mithril conversion pool itself can not only be used to convert silver ore into mithril ore, but can also be used as the most important facility for the magician organization - the magic pool.
The so-called magic pool refers to a facility that concentrates a large amount of magic power and then calls it freely when needed. For mages, it is a waste to not use the magic power that is naturally produced in normal times. If the magic power is stored and used at critical moments, it will be more efficient and beneficial whether it is used for research or combat.
For example, two magicians are fighting, and everyone uses up all their magic power. One of them took out a machete and said, "Oba also practiced knife skills back then." The other one had no power to tie a chicken, so he could only be hacked to death. At this time, he smiled slightly, took out the magic props for communication, dialed a number, and saw a flash of light. He immediately called on the magic power in the magic pool, restored his combat power, and killed the opponent to pieces with a single backhand spell...
This kind of situation really happened in the Mystic Tower Federation, more than once.
Among all the mage organizations in the world, the Mystic Tower Federation likes to build magic pools the most. Although this technology was not invented by them, it was developed in their hands. At present, every magic tower in the Mystic Tower Federation must have a magic pool, so within the range that the magic tower's enchantment can be extended or supported, the magicians of the Mystic Tower Federation have almost unlimited ability to continue fighting.
The Northwest Republic actually has a magic pool, which is built in the magic tower of the legendary necromancer Tuyan. Tuyan himself doesn't mind sharing this magic pool with everyone, but his magic pool is specially built for necromancy. No one else dares to use it except himself and a dozen of his disciples.
Chief Mage Satan has always planned to build a magic pool, but he has been delayed by various things and has never had time to build it. Now that Sui Xiong has given the order, he will finally put aside those other things and build the magic pool first.
I believe this will be of great benefit to the construction of the mage team in the Northwest Republic!