Chapter 346 - 247: Arrangements for the Sun and Moon Divine Positions; The Magical Civilization’s Tech Tree! A Multi-Racial Elder System?
Chapter 346: Chapter 247: Arrangements for the Sun and Moon Divine Positions; The Magical Civilization’s Tech Tree! A Multi-Racial Elder System?
"The resources of an entire First Level City were poured into her."
"But in the future, once university is over and she no longer has the school’s support, where else will she get resources?"
"Her family of Weak Divine Beings won’t be enough."
"Her ancestor, who is also a Weak Divine Being, certainly won’t be enough!"
"Only you can provide for her!"
To this day, Zhang Yi still remembered the tone in his grandfather’s voice.
"During this process, you must make her realize that you are her greatest support."
"Therefore, before she has made sufficient contributions to you, you shouldn’t give her too much."
"Until then, the monthly resources her family is contracted to give her are sufficient."
This conversation with his grandfather, Zhang Shumo, was a wake-up call for Zhang Yi.
It made him decide to postpone giving the Moon Divine Position to Lin Aoxue.
The earliest she would receive it would be after he finished the University Alliance Training Camp and returned to Golden City.
As for the Sun Divine Position...
’I need to bestow this Divine Position as soon as possible!’ Zhang Yi thought.
However, unlike the Moon Divine Position, for which there was only one candidate, choosing which Clan member should receive the Sun Divine Position proved to be a difficult decision for Zhang Yi.
The Clan member who received the Sun Divine Position would be unable to fight on the battlefield or handle administrative affairs for a long time,
as they would need a considerable period to attempt to master it.
Thus, the choice of candidate became quite a headache for Zhang Yi.
However, before the third round of the Yanhuang Federation’s assessment at the University Alliance Training Camp officially began,
Zhang Yi was certain he would bestow the Sun Divine Position to enhance the combat power of the Clans in his Divine Realm.
Pushing aside his thoughts about the Divine Positions in his Divine Realm,
Zhang Yi’s consciousness returned to the Magical Cannon 2.0.
The Dwarf Heroic Clan member Copperbeard Furnace held the titles of Master Forger, Master Rune Blacksmith, and Master of Divine Artifact Forging, and possessed numerous top-tier Skills and Talents. Through his combined efforts with the Goblin Great Sage Norton,
they had successfully upgraded the Magical Cannon in just over ninety days, solving a series of issues such as power conversion and range, and pushing it to the current limits of the Divine Realm.
The brand-new Magical Cannon 2.0 was complete!
The Magical Cannon 2.0 still used Magic Crystals as its power source,
but the efficiency of the Magic Runes in converting Magic Crystals into attacks had been greatly improved.
The Magic Power loss rate was only 8%.
Moreover, based on the Magic Runes engraved on its body,
the Magical Cannon 2.0 would have three different attack modes!
The first was solid-shot mode.
This converted Magic Power into kinetic force, and the cannon’s destructive power depended on the type of shell loaded into its barrel.
The second was the magic ray mode, similar to what the previous Magical Cannon fired.
It converted Attributeless Magical Crystals into magic rays of various attributes via Magic Runes,
such as the most commonly used Fire Attribute and Ice Attribute magic rays.
The former had immense attack power, capable of melting through shields,
while the latter could freeze enemies in place, making it the best method of attack against large foes!
As for the third attack mode, it was the Magic Bomb.
The Magic Runes converted the Magic Power supplied by Magic Crystals into a bomb made of pure magic.
The power of each shot was comparable to a Sixth Level Spell.
Although it didn’t quite reach the power of a High Level Spell,
as long as there were enough Magical Cannons, it was equivalent to Zhang Yi possessing countless Middle Level Elf Mage Corps!
As for its range, the Magical Cannon 2.0 now had a maximum range of 8 kilometers
and an effective range of 5 kilometers.
This was 16 times the range of an Elf Sniper!
Furthermore, with the completion of the Magical Cannon 2.0 research and development project,
the Dwarf Flintlock Gun project officially began to move forward!
After participating in the Magical Cannon 2.0 project
and gaining a relatively deep understanding of Magical Civilization,
and given that his own skills were in no way inferior to those of Goblin Great Sage Norton,
the Dwarf Flintlock Gun project was taken over by the Dwarf Heroic Clan member, Copperbeard Furnace.
In less than a month of Divine Realm time,
the Dwarf Flintlock Gun that had been captured from Yu Qihang in the previous divine war
was perfectly replicated on a one-to-one scale by Copperbeard Furnace.
However, Copperbeard Furnace was not satisfied with the performance of the replicated version.
Thus, the Dwarf Flintlock Gun project was still ongoing.
Copperbeard Furnace was determined to develop a version that would satisfy himself,
and also satisfy the great God of Nature!
After the two tasks the God of Nature had given to Goblin Great Sage Norton were preliminarily completed,
Norton finally had enough time to write the textbooks for the Magical Civilization.
So, after Goblin Great Sage Norton finished writing the first edition of the Magical Civilization textbooks,
Zhang Yi was finally able to view the development path of the Magical Civilization,
gaining the ability to light up its tech tree and guide or accelerate development in specific areas!
Zhang Yi opened the Magical Civilization interface.
An interface with a style that blended technology and magic appeared in his consciousness.
In the center of the interface, a virtual seed composed of countless points of light and lines was constantly growing into a towering tree.
This was the tech tree of the Magical Civilization!
From Zhang Yi’s perspective,
although the Magical Civilization’s tech tree was massive, six main branches were clearly visible.
These six main branches were [Basic Resources], [Military Expansion], [Technology Culture], [Political Position], [Religion], and [Social Economy]!
As Zhang Yi’s consciousness focused on the magnificent tech tree of the Magical Civilization, the six main branches were clear to see.
Each main branch split into many smaller branches.
The ones that were shining represented technologies Zhang Yi had already mastered;
the dull, colorless ones were technologies his Clans in the Divine Realm had yet to master or develop!
Out of curiosity, Zhang Yi first selected the main branch for [Basic Resources].
Then, from the few illuminated nodes on the [Basic Resources] branch,
he chose an already-lit branch node to inspect.
[Basic Resources] — Mining and Agriculture (Level 1): Completely dependent on the Clans. The mining and agriculture industries, which rely on Clan manpower using tools, are still in a backward state of manual labor.
After reading that branch description,
Zhang Yi selected another node on the [Basic Resources] branch to view.
[Basic Resources] — Use of Magic Power (Level 2): In addition to having Clans with the talent for magic absorb and use Magic Power, it can also be converted to other attributes and used as a power source, preliminarily reaching a Second Level of Magic Power application.
After reviewing these two branch nodes, Zhang Yi had an epiphany.
Then, Zhang Yi selected the [Military Expansion] main branch and chose an illuminated branch to inspect.
[Military Expansion] — Fortifications (Level 2): Compared to primitive static defenses like stone walls and moats, dynamic defenses have begun to develop.
[Military Expansion] — Offensive Structures (Level 2): The Magical Cannon 2.0 has preliminarily achieved the conversion of Magic Power into destructive force.
After looking at the branches from these two main categories,
Zhang Yi gained a deeper understanding of his Magical Civilization’s tech tree.
The illuminated branches of his Magical Civilization’s tech tree were currently all at Level 1 and Level 2.
None had yet broken through to Level 3.
An illuminated branch meant that a technology in a specific area had met certain criteria.
As long as one technology within that branch reached the required level,
the Magical Civilization’s tech tree would default to showing the entire branch as illuminated.
’But that makes sense,’ he thought.
’In a key area, a single technological breakthrough can trigger an entire industrial upgrade.’
’Breakthroughs in key areas are the true source of technological progress!’
Understanding the Magical Civilization tech tree’s definition of technology for both lit and unlit branches,
Zhang Yi now had a clear idea of the development path ahead.
However, although his Magical Civilization had yet to illuminate a Level 3 technology branch,
Zhang Yi was still very interested and looked at the illuminated branches on the other main trunks.
[Political Position] — Multi-Racial Elder System (Level 2): Having moved beyond primitive slavery, the civilization is in a state where multiple races coexist, with their Leaders making decisions through joint deliberation in a council of elders.
Seeing the Magical Civilization’s evaluation of his Divine Realm’s [Political Position],
Zhang Yi thought for a moment, then nodded, and then shook his head.
Although he didn’t quite agree with it, while he was thinking, Zhang Yi inadvertently discovered that there was a line of even smaller text beneath each branch!
Zhang Yi clicked on the small line of text under [Political Position].