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Chapter 66: Base Completion
Time flew by, and it was now the month of Thunder (April).
The weather gradually became hot, and the heat in the air made people feel restless.
However, Su Nan was quite invigorated.
This was because the base’s fundamental construction was finally finished!
The moment he received the news, he immediately rushed back to the base, ready to proceed with the final step – laying the magic energy transmission pipelines!
If the ley line node is the heart of the base, then the magic energy transmission pipeline is the base’s ‘blood vessels’.
The materials used to make magic energy transmission pipelines were diverse. After careful consideration, Su Nan decided to use crystals.
Crystals were the cheapest, had the best performance, and were the easiest magic energy transmission materials to manufacture artificially.
Magic energy transmission pipelines made with a large number of artificial magic energy crystals were also known as ‘Crystal Scars’.
However, even though crystals were not expensive, the base’s vast area meant that a lot of magic energy transmission pipelines needed to be laid, so the final cost was still not low.
To date, Su Nan had already invested over 10,000 gold coins in base construction.
This was almost equivalent to Shining Light Territory’s entire year’s income.
To make up for it, he had been frantically making potions and selling them to the Fire Fox Trading Company almost every day for the past two months. On top of that, the territory subsidized a portion, which finally allowed him to gather the funds.
As a result, his ‘Potion Making’ skill was now just short of 1,000 proficiency points from reaching level 4.
“This is just the beginning. The subsequent construction of the magic plant garden will also cost a lot of money.”
Su Nan sighed inwardly.
It wasn’t difficult for a Wizard to make money, but they spent it just as extravagantly, like water flowing through a river.
Melting one crystal after another, turning them into extremely fine threads, then using the ‘Master’s Hand’ to precisely control them, drawing lines on the ground, walls, and ceilings, accurate to the micron level.
Su Nan worked tirelessly for two whole days before finally finishing the entire base’s Crystal Scars.
As for the huge crystal that served as the central energy core, he set it in the very center of the base, placing it in a separate room, named the Energy Core Chamber.
“Start energizing!”
Standing in the center of the room, Su Nan extended his hand to touch the central energy core, chanting an incantation.
A faint purple light emerged instantly from the surface of the giant crystal, immediately extending outward along the crystal veins.
In Su Nan’s perception, intense energy fluctuations were spreading out in all directions, with his current room as the center.
Before long, the entire base was enveloped in the dense energy fluctuations.
“It’s done!”
A happy smile spread across Su Nan’s face.
Now, the base was truly completed.
Next, he just needed to perfect the details of each area.
Su Nan took out the base’s design blueprint from the Magic Cube and looked at the areas divided on it.
Meditation Area, Magic Training Area, Experiment Area, Living Area, Potion Making Area, Warehouse…
Su Nan had even set aside a Confinement Area, located next to the Experiment Area, which he planned to use to imprison some experimental beasts in the future. �
If there were any enemies who came willingly, he could consider imprisoning them here too.
These areas were all ‘ordinary areas’ and were relatively easy to arrange. He could just borrow some manpower from Kei to take care of them.
Only the Magic Plant Garden, Workshop, and Puppet Factory needed his personal attention.
“The two magic crystal forging furnaces have already been built. We just need to move them into the Workshop and Puppet Factory.”
“As for the Magic Plant Garden, I need to quickly set up the energy gathering magic array and then start planting the first batch of magic plants.”
Su Nan had already decided what to plant for the first batch of magic plants.
Silver Moon Flower was a must.
The raw material for his current Super Ability Potion was the Silver Moon Flower.
This was the most indispensable material right now!
Moreover, if he were to train apprentices on a large scale in the future, he would definitely need a lot of Silver Moon Flower to make Lower-Grade Revitalization Potions and Revitalization Potions.
It was more cost-effective to plant them himself instead of constantly purchasing them from the Fire Fox Trading Company.
Furthermore, he could improve the Silver Moon Flower, cultivate better varieties, and facilitate the production of higher-level potions in the future.
For the second type of magic plant, Su Nan chose the Red Vein Fruit.
This was a relatively common magic plant, which could slightly enhance physical strength if consumed long-term.
However, its effect could only be considered mediocre. If consumed consistently for a year or two, it could increase physical strength by 1 to 2 points. It took a long time to take effect and only had an impact on those below Knight level.
Therefore, the Red Vein Fruit was not expensive, even lower than the Silver Moon Flower.
Su Nan intended to fuse Dragon’s Blood into the Red Vein Fruit and see if he could cultivate a more powerful magic plant.
Considering the planting and growth cycle of fruit, this would be a long process.
However, with the Magic Cube, Su Nan was confident about success.
“For daily maintenance tasks, just let the Clay Golems handle them.”
“Let’s make 10 more Clay Golems, making a total of 20. That should be enough to handle the daily maintenance of the entire base.”
“For guarding, we can use Stone Golems.”
In Su Nan’s plan, apart from the future apprentices he would train, the base would not have any other humans residing there.
The daily maintenance and security of the entire base would be handled entirely by Golems.
“It’s a pity that there are no Tower Spirits to control them. Otherwise, the operation of the entire base could be automated.”
Tower Spirits are the most advanced artificial intelligence.
They are the managers of Wizard Towers, responsible for the integrated operation of the Wizard Tower, including functions such as integrated terminal computing, data recording, battle command, and experimental assistant.
A single Tower Spirit would be more than enough to handle the automated operation of the entire base.
Unfortunately, the lowest level Tower Spirit requires legendary Soul Crystals to be created. It’s impossible to count on them at this stage.
“50 Stone Golems, coupled with magic alarms, would be enough to make the base’s defense impregnable.”
Over the past few months, Su Nan had successively mastered three more First-Ring spells.
They were ‘Weakening Ray’, ‘Burning Hand’, and ‘Magic Alarm’.
There was nothing much to say about the first two attack spells, but ‘Magic Alarm’ was a very practical auxiliary spell.
This spell’s effect was to designate a specific area. When any unmarked creature enters or touches this area, it would trigger an alarm.
The form of the alarm could be a mental signal or a sound.
The former would only be transmitted silently to the caster or the creature specified by the caster.
The latter would emit a sound audible to human ears, clearly heard by all creatures within the alert area.
Su Nan intended to set up a permanent magic alarm within the base.
This way, with Stone Golems in the open and magic alarms in secret, the defense network would be complete.
Even a legendary Knight wouldn’t be able to sneak into the base silently.
“It’s best to create one more Steel Golem as the final guard of the base.”
“With a legendary Knight-level Steel Golem in place, the base’s security will be even more foolproof!”
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