739 The Future Is Brigh (1/2)
Without the blockage of air, it was even easier for a sorcerer to spread out their spiritual power. Therefore, the range of the force field of their spiritual power was dozens of times wider than on the ground. However, in such a huge range, Lucien and the other sorcerers couldn't feel anything except for a lone artificial planet that was operating in a fixed pattern. The whole environment was bleak and gloomy. That was exactly the feeling of the real universe beyond the atmosphere.
On such an orbit, Lucien, Douglas, Fernando, and Hellen were so small compared to the artificial planets, but they were filled with such intimidating air that they looked like small suns. They were the natural land, the hell of thunder, the universe inside the atom, and the illusion built with snow.
When a legendary sorcerer fully spread out their spiritual power, their half-solidified cognitive world would interfere with the reality together with their demiplane!
In such a quiet and gloomy environment, Lucien replied to Hellen's question with a smile, ”Because I prefer the Church to imitate us, chase us, and compete with us in the domain that we are good at, than to focus their attention on their theological studies, in which case they might find a way to fully apply 'Mountain Paradise' at some point.”
Hellen nodded her head. She was deep in thought. ”Therefore, you demonstrated the importance of artificial planets in order to distract the Church from their strong suit, so that they would compete with us in a domain that they know nothing at all but we are very good at?”
”That's right. Although they might be unable to unravel the mysteries of Mountain Paradise, we'd better avoid accidents as best as we can until we have overwhelming advantages.” Lucien nodded.
”Are you not worried that the situation would escalate quickly after the Church grasps the secrets of artificial planets? They play an important role. As strategic weapons, they have turned the common commanding heights into a planetary-level orbit control,” asked Douglas with a gentle smile.
”Commanding height” was not a difficult term for the Congress of Magic to understand. The City in the Sky was a product to command the height, except that nobody summarized it in such a way before.
Lucien said unhurriedly, ”It's true that artificial planets are very important, but we have only developed part of their possible usages. Until the power problem is addressed, they can only help with signal transmission, surveillance, and prospecting. They are not the key to victory. The most important of their usages is the signal transmission.
”For the Church, since image transmission circles have been widely established, the middle-level clerics can already achieve the effect that is similar to what artificial planets can present in the territory on the opposite side of the Storm Strait. In the places that are occupied by us and the North Church, they could in the past but not now. As for the live stream and other media, how could they let ordinary people enjoy that? For them, the less the people know, the better.
”What they value is the potential value behind the signal transmission of artificial planets. However, the parts that are currently usable can help them recover to the status before the battle of Rentato at best. For us, that is not too bad a change. Also, knowing the mechanisms and details of artificial planets so well, do we not have ways to restrain the artificial planets of the Church? Can we not hack them and steal the secret communications? That is the domain that we are familiar with and good at!”
Talking about that, Lucien suddenly remembered something. He smiled and said, ”To put it simply, we are dragging the enemy into the field that we are familiar with before we beat them with our abundant experience and profound studies.”
”Divine power is based on the power of Thanos and more convenient on the orbit. If they successfully duplicate artificial planets, their attack and defense will be much better than ours. Are you not afraid that they will surpass us?” Fernando had been looking awful ever since Lucien made fun of his ”uncontrollable reactor”.
Lucien chuckled. ”If the Church were another Congress that has its own arcana system, its own arcana credits, arcana points, etc. to encourage studies, its own hundreds of years of knowledge, its own profound studies in the macroscopic and microscopic domains, I wouldn't have proposed the suggestion at all.”
Of course, that was not absolute. If they had similar arcana foundations, such a ”planetary war” could also transform their battle into a competition of the overall economics. The bottom line was that they should compete with the enemy in whichever aspect they were better at, and not the opposite.
”As for right now, considering the foundations I said, I'm not worried at all that the Church will surpass us regarding artificial planets, not in ten years, not in a hundred years, and not in a thousand years,” Lucien added. ”Unless the Church starts to build its own arcana system. But in that case, there will be no irreconcilable conflicts between them and us when they stop relying on belief entirely. We can be combined.
”Their artificial planets may be more aggressive, but until 'Mountain Paradise' can really play a role, those planets cannot serve as orbit cannons to bombard the ground. Our nuclear reactors, on the other hand, will probably succeed in a year or two. After they are minimized, they will be as good as the artificial planets.”
”You are talking as if the Church can do nothing but wait for its death, and our future is nothing but bright.” Douglas chuckled.