Chapter 1187 (1/2)
Chapter 1187: 371. Technical Challenge_2
“I need to think of a good excuse for Professor Erica to loan me her energy conversion array, otherwise she might connect the stars that appear in the future with me,” Noland Lee reflected.
In deep thought, Noland silently uttered, “Enter the Silent Yard.”
Consciousness ascended, passing through the darkness and into the stars shrouded in purple mist.
In the blink of an eye, Noland found himself in the sub-dimensional plane managed by Professor Erica.
Looking around, his gaze swept over the indigo forest, turning thoughtful.
During his time with the Assassin Angel, he had inquired about the core of the plane behind “Silent Maiden.”
The Assassin Angel could not answer this question, only positing several guesses, none of which were certain.
This was normal.
Even the renowned Supreme Star Palace, in comparison to the ancient history of the universe, was but a drop in the ocean.
There are many plane cores wandering through the universe, and the Assassin Angel only knew those who had come into contact with the Supreme Star Palace, not all of them.
However, who the core behind “Silent Maiden” was no longer the focus. The Assassin Angel didn’t care, so naturally, Noland didn’t either.
There would always be a chance to find out in the future.
Noland put aside his doubts for now and walked toward Professor Erica’s study room.
About an hour later, Noland’s consciousness left the Silent Yard and returned to Island 33.
He opened his eyes in the chair, took pen and paper and began sketching, making calculations, all the while pondering:
“Professor Erica agreed to loan me fifteen Level 3 energy conversion arrays. Conservatively estimated, these fifteen arrays can convert over 360,000 points of soul energy per day, providing me with a thousand times the total amount of soul energy in magic energy.
“The conversion rate of 360,000 points of soul energy per day sounds fast, but it’s just an output of 3.6 billion points of magic energy per day, which is still a drop in the bucket compared to the three hundred billion points needed to build the sub-dimensional plane.”
Noland scratched his head.
The advantage of the conversion array is that it saves the wizard’s energy points, without the need for manual spellcasting.
Yet, this conversion efficiency is lower than if he were to convert the soul energy manually…
But right now, what Noland lacked was not soul energy, but time!
He needed to use the time to make Mechanos and couldn’t afford to waste it on energy conversion work that could be delegated to arrays.
“It seems there’s no other way. I still need to use ‘Mold Energy Art’ and create a spell similar to ‘Elemental Reactor Summoning Technique.’ That’s the only way to ensure efficiency without wasting soul energy.”
Noland stroked his chin and decided to head underground to toil and break through the technical difficulties at hand.
Just then, Denise Green brought him a plate of cut fruit to his study room.
Denise set the plate on the table and glanced at the documents before Noland, speaking while she chewed on a piece of fruit:
“Do you want me to ask Professor Lamp for help? Professor Lamp has a lot of energy conversion arrays she doesn’t use.”
Noland was taken aback:
“Unused conversion arrays? Is Professor Lamp that wealthy?”
Denise leaned in, sitting next to Noland, and said with a laugh:
“It’s not that she’s wealthy, it’s just that she often gets invited to join teams exploring magic relics. The wizards in such teams lack neither soul energy nor money. They trade with magic materials and energy conversion arrays as bargaining chips or as remuneration for tasks. Over time, participating in many exploration teams, Professor Lamp has accumulated many arrays. But we are Resurrection Witches and don’t use non-rebirth magic power, so those regulated arrays just pile up there.”
After hearing this, Noland contemplated, realizing that the logic made sense.
Resurrection Witches essentially have no offensive capabilities and can only serve as support during explorations.
Whether in the games of his previous world or in this world now, roles like ‘nanny’ typically come with a ‘safety net’ or what one might call ‘subsidies.’
From what Denise said, in high-end wizard expeditions, it was customary to give energy conversion arrays to the ‘nanny’ as a subsidy…
Noland’s eyes brightened slightly. Given Professor Lamp’s expertise as a ‘nanny,’ she would definitely have many conversion arrays at her side.
Borrowing arrays from her might indeed work!
Noland and Denise discussed, and he had her help negotiate with Professor Lamp.
Whether it was spending money, offering soul energy, or rebirth magic power, Noland was willing to accept.
Denise walked away lightly on her feet, heading to her own study room to contact the professor.
Noland went underground to fiddle with spells and make Mechanos.