Chapter 550: Chapter 489: Two-Dimensional Materials, Superconductor Graphene!_2
Lynn extended his hand, and a sword blade measuring several meters long, continuously glowing with magic luminescence, appeared in his grasp.
This was none other than the High-frequency Vibration Particle Blade used earlier to confront Saintess Cynthia!
“Slash!” Lynn showed no mercy, utilizing his maximum strength as he chopped down directly.
The particle blade, vibrating hundreds of thousands of times per second, could cut at the atomic level. Its formidable power was evident as it effortlessly sliced through the Divine Protection that Cynthia had erected around herself and even severed her arm with one strike!
The mighty particle blade soon collided with the shield made of a hexagonal lattice structure.
To grasp the concept of two thousand nanometers, it is merely equivalent to two ten-thousandths of a centimeter—so small that it could take a while to locate even under a microscope. However, this shield, a thousand times thinner than paper, managed to withstand the powerful slash!
At the microscopic level, the thickness of the graphene was only torn about one-fifth of the way through.
“Very good!” Lynn nodded in utmost satisfaction, knowing full well that he had not held back at all just now.
Not to mention, this was not even the graphene shield’s strongest defensive state.
Because this material possesses another significant feature—its conductivity!
And it is one of the best conductors!
For example, one of the Federation’s electromagnetic technologies involves using graphene for its high energy storage and conductivity properties to form a powerful electromagnetic field on the surface of starships, shielding them from cosmic rays.
Lynn believed that if he could manufacture a sufficiently thick graphene shield, coupled with an Electromagnetic Barrier for magnetic defense, it should be possible to reduce the impact of a close-range nuclear explosion to a level just bearable by a legendary wizard.
However, his previous experiments with the legendary spell “True Domain” had nearly exhausted his spiritual power and magic power. Considering the need to respond to unexpected situations, Lynn did not continue his magical research and practice but instead returned directly to Fire Oil City.
With the war approaching, the entire city was enveloped in a tense atmosphere; the trains thundered incessantly, constantly transporting materials and personnel from all over the kingdom to Fire Oil City.
Patrol guards armed with fire guns were visible everywhere on the streets, and even Lynn was checked several times on his way to and entering the meeting room.
This was clearly due to the council becoming vigilant following Cynthia’s previous disguised infiltration, which caused their level of preparedness to skyrocket.
Lynn did not insist on special privileges due to his status and cooperated fully with the inspections, his mind, however, was preoccupied with the upcoming war preparations.
Now, aside from how to conquer the Holy City and deal with the false god, the most critical and challenging issue they faced was management.
The empire was simply too vast. Although they had selected many grassroots management personnel within the kingdom through civil service examinations, it was still far from sufficient.
As for the progress of the war, Lynn was very confident. After more than a year of preparations, the council was no longer in the dire state of lacking people and resources as when they first emerged from Wizard Land to capture the capital.
The newly trained fire gun troop alone had already exceeded seventy thousand men, and together with a portion of the kingdom’s army they had incorporated, they had over one hundred and fifty thousand men at their disposal.
This was far beyond what the kingdom could withstand!
The implementation of large-scale mechanized farming and the introduction of synthetic starch technology had virtually relieved the kingdom’s subjects of basic food shortages. They might not have quality meals, but at least they could eat their fill.
The number of civilians eager to enlist was countless, and if desired, they could increase the army’s numbers to well over three hundred thousand at any moment.
However, what Lynn desired was a well-trained, disciplined professional army, not a bunch of cannon fodder and rogue bandits with no military discipline.
Once he entered the meeting room, Lynn immediately had someone summon Vittorio, who was engaged in Array research and modification, to discuss the reserves of tritium and deuterium fuel, and, most crucially, when the next promotion ceremony could commence at the earliest.
“It would likely be in about three days,” Vittorio pondered as he spoke.
Promoting a legendary wizard required an enormous amount of energy; last time it took hundreds of wizards skilled in Thunder Magic to dry up half of Lake Hub just to gather enough energy.
There was also the issue of magic power; all the council’s reserves of magic stones were used for their two promotions. In order to quickly gather the necessary magic stones for promotion, Vittorio had sent the idle Great Wizards to the magic stone mines to dig ten days ago.
For this, he faced quite a bit of criticism; few Great Wizards were willing to do such monotonous and strenuous work.
But there were no better options. The hardness of the magic stones was high, and several mining drills had already been damaged. Before any improvements in mining methods, the Great Wizards’ cutting magic was still more useful.
“Right, I heard from Aurora that during your promotion, you didn’t add extra fuel, yet the nuclear fusion reactor was operational again, even bursting forth with more powerful energy?” Vittorio suddenly asked.
“Yes, you could think of it as a second nuclear fusion,” Lynn explained the main principle as succinctly as possible.
Vittorio’s eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, “If that’s the case, would it be possible to achieve a third, or even fourth, nuclear fusion?”
Fusion of tritium and deuterium results in helium, and the fusion of helium leads to carbon. Logically, since carbon is the sixth element on the periodic table, it should be possible to continue with further fusion.
If that were achievable, then they needn’t work so hard to extract heavy hydrogen from water, and a single collection of fuel could promote several legendary wizards.
“Is it that easy?” Lynn rolled his eyes.
Managing two nuclear fusions in the reactor was already lucky. Carbon fusion was exceedingly demanding, only occurring within the cores of heavier stars, well beyond their power to achieve.
After Lynn’s explanation, Vittorio had to abandon this wonderful idea and instead, he dragged Lynn to start working on improving Alchemy.
After promoting to legendary status, the increase in power inspired Vittorio with many new ideas. The “Sky Vaulting” and “Doomsday – Atomic Breath” spell models Lynn had given him broadened his horizons even further.
These two legendary magics might indeed be performed through alchemical means.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye. As Lynn practiced magic and discussed spell reformulation with Vittorio, preparations for war also progressed in an orderly fashion.
Every day at nine in the morning, war machines would take off on time to fly over the Empire’s cities to drop leaflets, in coordination with spies within the Empire, conducting anti-theological science outreach.
Thousands of armored vehicles equipped with machine guns had already entered Fire Oil City, airships and warplanes had been refueled, and over one hundred thousand well-trained regular troops were ready, waiting for the final moment to arrive.
And that moment came soon; Harrov and Aurora’s promotions went more smoothly than Lynn had anticipated. Both had been stuck at the Great Wizard Realm for over a hundred years, with ample accumulation, and even utilized some mysterious method to break through the computing power limits of that realm.
With the experience provided by Lynn and Vittorio, both promotions went smoothly without much danger.
Finally stepping out of the fusion furnace, Harrov, not even having had the chance to relish the power and beauty of transcending life’s levels, called for a new round of wizard council meetings.
With the support of nearly ninety percent of the one hundred and fifty-three council members, the council quickly declared the official commencement of the war to end the Church’s rule and disintegrate the Empire!
At the same time, news came from within the Empire that tens of thousands of troops assembled by the Church at the border had launched their attack simultaneously.
“Very good, excellent, they even dare to strike head-on!” Harrov was quite surprised.
But this time, there was no need to defend the city, even if the false god himself led the troops, they would not fear.
“Then let us march to the Holy City and crush them all!” Lynn declared resolutely.