Chapter 315: The Floating City

Chapter 315: The Floating City

Driven by curiosity, Su Nan brought the Divine Body Golem into the Elemental Plane for a practical combat test.

The results did not disappoint him. Even with only using five or six-tenths of his strength, the Divine Body Golem in Divine Mode was able to fight him back and forth without falling behind.

Since his ascension to the True Spirit Sorcerer, Su Nan had been diligently familiarizing himself with the power of the law and researching its applications.

For instance, the Gravity Black Hole that he couldn't control before can now be easily unleashed.

Even though the levels of the two laws were not particularly high, the fact that he could control two laws at the same time meant that his combat strength had already surpassed most Mastery-level True Spirit Sorcerers.

The fact that the Divine Body Golem could fight a Su Nan using five or six-tenths of his strength was a testament to its power.

"There's still room for improvement in the Divine Body Golem. We can further enhance it by incorporating the flesh and blood of more magical creatures for upgrades."

With the Synthesis Cube in hand, Su Nan was confident that he could strengthen the Divine Body Golem to at least the level of a single-law Manipulation-rank True Spirit Sorcerer.

After the practical test, Su Nan was satisfied and recalled the Divine Body Golem.

In his spatial ring, he also had another Divine Body Golem crafted from the Moon Goddess' Divine Corpse, which was slightly less powerful than the one made from the Spider Queen's Divine Corpse, but it still reached the Fourth Rank.

"I need to give them names."

Su Nan pondered for a moment before making a decision.

"Let's call them Moon and Spider."

"With these two Divine Body Golems, we've compensated for a large part of the Star Alliance's weakness in top-tier combat strength."

Su Nan was very pleased.

The key was that these two Divine Body Golems could be carried with him, and in the future, if he were to go to some dangerous places, he could bring one or even both of them, providing a trump card when needed.

Thinking about trump cards, Su Nan fell into deep thought again.

After his ascension to the True Spirit Sorcerer, his combat system had undergone earth-shattering changes.

The trump card methods he had before, such as the Alchemy Engravings, Talent Abilities, and Witchcraft, were basically outdated and could only serve as supplements to his combat system, no longer being able to act as trump cards.

The only thing left with some use was the Rule Gemstone.

"But the Rule Gemstone also needs to be improved, further synthesized and upgraded to enhance its power."

Thinking about the Rule Gemstone, Su Nan suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

The essence of the Rule Gemstone was to seal the power of the law that exceeded one's controllable and usable level into a gemstone through special means, and then release it to fight the enemy during battles.

In essence, it was using a medium to utilize a higher-level law power.

However, this method of use was particularly rough, and one could only cause damage to the enemy through momentary bursts, wasting most of the law power in the process.

But if one could find a way to use the high-level law power in a more stable manner or even omit the medium and directly control the high-level law power, wouldn't that allow for fighting beyond one's rank?

Su Nan's eyes gradually lit up, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was worth a try.

He could already use the Synthesis Cube to synthesize high-level law power, as long as he could solve the problem of storing and using this law power.

Once successful, he would have a trump card for fighting beyond his rank!

"Another task to complete."

Su Nan took a light breath and turned to tear open a spatial rift, leaving the Elemental Plane.

Back at the Starlight Wizard Tower, Leze had just sent someone to deliver the list of materials needed for the construction of the Floating City.

The list detailed the various materials required for building the Floating City, a vast and comprehensive collection.

Su Nan took the list and carefully examined it.

The strategic value of the Floating City was equivalent to a super-large-scale space fortress that could accommodate more than 100,000 people and had a complete ecological system, allowing it to drift in the universe for thousands of years.

Its strategic name was the Super Large Strategic Defense Integrated Fortress, theoretically capable of facing off against the Divine Kingdom of the Deities.

A Floating City that couldn't face off against the Divine Kingdom was not a true Floating City.

For this reason, the amount of materials needed to build such a Floating City was extremely vast.

Not only were there numerous types of materials, but some of them were required in astronomical quantities.

Take Enchanted Steel and Stone as examples.

These two were the basic materials needed for constructing the Floating City, used to build the main body.

Even a basic Floating City would have an area of no less than ten square kilometers, and one can imagine how much Enchanted Steel and Stone would be required.

According to Su Nan's plan, the Floating City he wanted to build would have an area of around twenty square kilometers.

The consumption of Enchanted Steel and Stone would only be greater.

Enchanted Steel was fine, as the Star Alliance currently controlled a plane with abundant iron ore, which could be directly mined, smelted, and then enchanted and strengthened by the sorcerers under his command.

The challenge was in collecting the stone materials, especially Obsidian and Carrara Marble.

Obsidian is a commonly used material among wizards. When reinforced with spells, it becomes extremely hard, making it suitable for constructing walls, buildings, or even creating golems.

When Su Nan was about to begin construction on the floating city, the entire foundation was to be laid with obsidian.

As for Carrara Marble, it is the finest and purest type of marble.

This marble has very few impurities, is white as jade, and has a solid yet fine texture. It is an excellent material for conducting magical energy and can be used to build the energy transmission network of the floating city.

It is worth mentioning that the Meteor City in the deep sea was built using obsidian and white jade. Its foundation and most of its structures were made from these materials.

Later, Su Nan dismantled the entire Meteor City, and the materials obtained from it are still lying in the warehouse, waiting to be used in the construction of the floating city. However, compared to the floating city, Meteor City was on a smaller scale.

The materials obtained from dismantling it could only fill a small portion of the required amount, leaving a significant gap.

In addition to enchanted steel and stone as the basic materials, the construction of the floating city also requires a large amount of rare metals, crystals, and other precious materials.

For example, the amount of mithril needed is astonishing.

Facilities such as the floating ring, anti-gravity devices, and elemental drive devices all require mithril.

A rough calculation shows that the production of mithril on the Starlight Continent for a hundred years is far from enough to meet the demand.

After quickly scanning through the list and confirming that nothing was missing, Su Nan issued the order to collect resources and then headed to the top of the Wizard Tower.

"Number One, display the floating city design."

[Command received.]



A three-dimensional model slowly appeared before their eyes.

This was the floating city structure designed by Su Nan, which took several months to create.

Similar to the Wizard Tower, the floating city's structure can be roughly divided into three parts: energy supply, spatial planning, and combat equipment.

The energy supply can be further categorized into the Elemental Furnace, Energy Transmission Network, and Floating Device.

The Elemental Furnace, being one of the core facilities of the entire floating city, is also its lifeline. It provides energy to the entire city, sustaining daily operations and combat consumption.

The Elemental Furnace is usually located at the very center of the floating city, together with the Central Crystal.

As for the Energy Transmission Network, it can be considered an ultra-large-scale Crystal Trace.

By using Carrara Marble to lay out a vast energy transmission pipeline throughout the floating city, including the foundation and surface structures, a massive transmission network is formed, allowing the energy output from the Elemental Furnace to reach any corner of the floating city in an instant.

This is the function of the Energy Transmission Network!

Even from a literal description, one can see that it is a massive project.

The Floating Device's role is to enable the floating city to float and fly.

It is similar to the floating ring of the Wizard Tower but on a larger scale, with a more complex composition, consisting of hundreds of floating rings and numerous anti-gravity devices.

The second part of the floating city, in terms of spatial planning, is also similar to the Wizard Tower, but the number and scale of facilities are several levels higher.

Additionally, there will be some new facilities.

For example, the Ecological Park, Central Plaza, Central Tower, Floating Tower Docking Area, and Magic-Proof Prison, among others.

The Ecological Park is a super-large breeding ground, similar to the Dragon Forest.

The third and final part of the floating city is the combat equipment, which is generally composed of three parts.

The first part is the Golem Legion.

Typically, the number of golems within a floating city is not small, and they are usually no less than ten thousand.

Moreover, their levels are at least legendary.

Like clay, stone, and flesh golems, the basic labor force is not suitable for combat sequences in Floating Cities.

At most, they are used as general labor.

Within the Floating City, even powerful constructs like Shadow Steel and Diamond Golems are considered mid-tier combat sequences.

The Supreme Golem is generally part of the advanced combat sequence.

Moving up the hierarchy, the ultimate combat sequence of the Floating City is usually reserved for Arcane Guardians, Mana Armored Constructs, Mithril Sages, and other Legendary Constructs.

These legendary constructs generally possess combat capabilities surpassing those of a typical third-rank Crystallized Sorcerer. They are almost equivalent to a third-rank Crystallized Sorcerer who has mastered the rules and is only a step away from condensing a True Spirit. They are slightly inferior to the Divine Body Golem and are usually used to deal with Deities.

For this reason, these high-level alchemical constructs are extremely expensive to build due to their size limitations.

A typical Floating City has only a handful of legendary constructs.

Only when facing extremely powerful enemies will a Floating City activate its ultimate combat sequence and dispatch legendary constructs.

Su Nan already had some ideas about which legendary construct to use as the combat sequence for his Floating City, but he still needed to conduct further research to finalize his decision.

The second part of the combat equipment is the Super Large Energy Defense Barrier and the Maze Defense System.

The former is similar to the maze protection energy field of the Wizard Tower, but on a larger scale and with stronger defenses.

The latter is an integrated super-large offensive and defensive device.

The Maze can be considered one of the wizards' highest achievements, and it has always been their ultimate means of defense against enemies.

In the simplest terms, the Maze is a super-large spell matrix system that combines attack, defense, strategic strikes, and more into one.

However, early mazes were primarily focused on defense, and it was based on this that the lower-tier maze protection energy field was researched as the defensive device for the Wizard Tower.

Later, in the prolonged battle against Deities, wizards gradually developed the Maze Defense System in pursuit of stronger defenses.

As one of the highest achievements of the Wizard civilization, and the Maze is the only defense system capable of withstanding a full-power strike from a Level 7 Deity.

The third part of the Floating City is its long-range strike capabilities, including various Incantation Cannon Towers, Plasma Cannons, and Pulse Cannons.

However, these cannons are only considered conventional long-range strike capabilities within the Floating City.

The true firepower of the Floating City lies in its strategic ultra-long-range strike capabilities, the most representative of which is the Mana Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon.

The Mana Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon is a type of phase weapon, scientifically known as an Elemental Particle Beam Directed Energy Strategic Weapon.

This weapon has immense power, with extremely high firing speed and accuracy. It is a strategic weapon developed with Deities as the hypothetical enemy.

A single shot can severely wound a weak Deity! The only drawback is that these strategic weapons require an enormous energy supply.

Apart from the Elemental Furnace as the energy core of the Floating City, there are essentially no True Spirit Sorcerers capable of supporting the energy consumption of such weapons on their own.

Previously, during the Blood Abyss incident, Su Nan witnessed the use of the Mana Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon by the Celestial Tower. He already had a certain understanding of the astonishing destructive power of this strategic weapon.

In his own Floating City, he also decided to install the Mana Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon.

Apart from the three major parts of energy supply, spatial planning, and combat equipment, there is one more aspect that cannot be overlooked.

That is the Tower Spirit Commander!

For a Wizard Tower of moderate size, a Tower Spirit can be used to manage the integrated operation of the tower.

However, for a larger and more complex Floating City, the computational capabilities of a Tower Spirit are insufficient. A more advanced Tower Spirit Commander must be used as the intelligent core for the operation of the Floating City.

The Tower Spirit Commander is a type of legendary construct, possessing operational capabilities far beyond that of an ordinary Tower Spirit. They are responsible for the integrated operation of the Floating City, including terminal computation, data recording, combat command, experimental assistance, and more. At their strongest, they can directly scan and analyze data within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

With the energy supply of the Floating City, a plane roughly the size of the Starlight Continent could complete the basic surface scan in about ten days to half a month.

Gazing at the full-scale model of the Floating City before him, Su Nan let out a long sigh.

Even building a regular human-inhabited city from scratch takes at least half a year, let alone a magic city that can face off against a Divine Kingdom.

Moreover, he was not satisfied with building just a regular Floating City; many facilities would need to be enhanced.

Under these circumstances, the construction of the Floating City would undoubtedly take significantly more time.

"A long and arduous journey awaits."

(End of Chapter)

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