The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 754 - 0751: Communication Encoding (Second Update)
Chapter 754: Chapter 0751: Communication Encoding (Second Update)
Ach had not been conducting experiments related to the Message Transmission Magic Circle recently, so Liszt left Ach’s laboratory, intending to go to the Mage Tower to inquire if the magicians of the Magic Guild had come up with a solution.
But before he could make his inquiry, Chris had already arrived at Thorn Castle.
“Chris, why are you here so early today?”
Normally, Chris would come to Thorn Castle in the afternoon to assist Ach with magical experiments, and to ask some questions about magic. She now carried herself everywhere as Ach’s student, almost appearing eager to become a lapdog of the Archmage. Of course, being the lapdog of an Archmage is something any magician would relish.
“Your Highness, there has been some progress with the experimental project of the Magic Guild, and I was just about to report to Lord Acherloides,” Chris spoke with equal respect facing Liszt.
She was willing to become the lapdog of an Archmage, but she was just as eager to be the lapdog of a Dragon Knight—after all, in the Flame Territory, Archmages and Dragon Knights are all part of the same family, so there’s no need to fuss over whose lapdog one is.
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“Oh, what progress has been made on the experiment?”
“Regarding the Message Transmission Magic Circle you proposed, Your Highness, we have made preliminary progress. We’ve successfully created a magic circle that can trigger magical feedback over a long distance, but it’s still far from being able to transmit messages.”
Just as he thought to seek out a solution, it came knocking on his door.
Liszt, delighted at the news, said, “Tell me in detail… better yet, let’s discuss this in Ach’s laboratory, let’s go!”
Back in the laboratory, Chris carefully explained their experimental results. They had used a certain Magic Array which could trigger magical feedback—for example, if Fire Attribute Mana was released on the Magic Array, the corresponding distant Magic Array would activate Fire Attribute Mana, but the activation was erratic.
They were unable to use mana to form Serpent Script to facilitate the transfer of information.
If a symbol was formed with runes on one Magic Array, the other Magic Array would still only exhibit agitated mana, and would not arrange into the same characters.
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The magicians of the Magic Guild couldn’t solve this problem, so they prepared to present it to Ach.
However, Liszt’s eyes shone brightly. “Chris, does this Magic Array only correspond to the same type of mana? For example, Fire Attribute Mana only responds to Fire Attribute Mana, Water-Attribute Mana only to Water-Attribute Mana?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“If that’s the case, then the solution is simple!”
“Ah, Your Highness, is there a way to solve the issue of the characters not being transmittable?” Chris was incredibly surprised, knowing well that Liszt had a profound understanding of magical theory, but theory is quite different from practice, especially concerning problems related to magic array models.
Ach, too, looked on curiously at Liszt, unfazed.
In her mind, Liszt was the most learned scholar in the world, brimming with vast wisdom—most of her own knowledge was imparted by Liszt, and her ability to touch the Magic Web, to become an Archmage, was also due to Liszt’s instruction. If Liszt had chosen a career as a magician, he would surely have become an Archmage sooner or later.
Liszt smiled.
After pondering for a moment, he began slowly, “Actually, it’s quite simple. There are eight attributes of mana: Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Light, Ice, and Dark. Since each type of mana can only interact with its own kind, we can build an octal encoding system based on the eight attributes.”
“An octal encoding system?”
“Using Fire Attribute Mana to represent 0, Water-Attribute Mana to represent 1, and so on, up to Dark Attribute Mana representing 7. That way, we can increment by eight, and our language could be converted into this octal code, expressed through numbers 0-7.”
“Could it be expressed that way?” both Ach and Chris were a bit baffled.
Humans naturally use a decimal system because they have ten fingers on two hands, and counting to ten requires moving to the next digit. However, there are only eight mana attributes, so it is not possible to use a decimal system but must be converted to an octal one.
Of course.
Liszt then suggested, “Actually, the octal system is still too complicated, as the four attributes of mana: Lightning, Light, Ice, and Dark are very rare, and many common magicians don’t practice these attributes. I personally think it would be more practical to use a binary coding system.”
The two continued to be confused, “Binary?”
“Represent 0 with Fire Attribute Magic Power and 1 with Water Attribute Magic Power, and you can smoothly express… For example, 1 in binary is a stream of Water Attribute Magic Power, 2 is a stream of Water Attribute and a stream of Fire Attribute Magic Power, 3 is two streams of Water Attribute Magic Power, 4 is a stream of Water Attribute, two streams of Fire Attribute Magic Power…”
After listening to Li Si Te’s tongue-twisting explanation, Chris remained bewildered, completely clueless.
But Ach was entranced and quickly understood, “So, as long as you continuously combine 0s and 1s, you can express any information?”
“Yes.”
“Brother, it seems like Ach has already understood. As long as you manipulate the runes of the magic circle, you can quickly transfer magic power feedback. This way, you don’t need to match the activity of magic power on both sides of the magic circle, just ensure the correct order of attribute feedback.”
“That’s right, it’s exactly like that… I’ve already told you the specific coding method. Now, Ach, it’s up to you to lead the way in creating the binary encoded Serpent Script… Start with simple, commonly used text codes. As long as it works, that’s good enough for me. I plan to install it on the Adventure Fleet. Then let the magicians of the Magic Guild take their time to encode.”
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While Ach was busy with the magicians of the Magic Guild digesting octal and binary codes, Liszt was also in deep thought.
A sudden inspiration struck him.
If a magic circle could express binary, and go a step further, could it transform into a calculator, or even evolve into a computer? Perhaps due to material limitations, it wouldn’t be possible to popularize a magic power-driven home computer, but it couldn’t hurt to make a supercomputer.
“Is such a possibility real?”
Maybe not, or maybe it was.
However, even if it were possible to create a computer, the difficulty would be immense. There were too many theories involved, especially the logic of certain hardware, which couldn’t be figured out in a short time. Even if magicians are intelligent, facing a brand new system all of a sudden would still be confusing.
“If I have the time, I can discuss this idea with Ach, and the rest is up to whether the magicians are willing to delve into it. I don’t have time to mess with computers anyway.”
Having experienced the thrill of dragon riding, Liszt was already irrevocably immersed in the sense of power. Industrial revolutions, technological revolutions – he didn’t value them that highly anymore. Living in such a fantastical world and uncovering the secrets of the entire world was far more interesting than developing technology.
The Smoke Mission during the festival was a perfect expression of his desires.
“The world is vast and filled with wonders yet to be experienced, both the ocean and the land await your exploration.”
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The festival passed.
He had said goodbye to Marquis Merlin and his family, as well as the Marquis of Bull Tail and his family.
Even Lady Penelope and Li Vera had left Thorn Castle; they hadn’t been back to their own castles for a long time, and they had too many accumulated matters to attend to.
The bustling and lively atmosphere of Thorn Castle suddenly became quiet and deserted.
However, Liszt did not show any signs of melancholy about “no banquet under the heavens lasts forever”, because he still had more pressing matters to handle.
Mary Dawnbreak had returned from the Eagle Kingdom and brought news about the Sub-dragon Phoenix of Flame Mountain.
There was indeed a Flame Mountain in a wild region of the Eagle Kingdom, and locals had indeed heard of the Sub-dragon Phoenix. They also saw Nobles leading the Knight Order to Flame Mountain to capture the Sub-dragon Phoenix, but the decimated Knight Order returned without success. They didn’t find the Phoenix but were nearly wiped out by the magical beasts in the forest instead.
“Ach, make a coded Message Transmission Magic Circle as soon as possible, and we’ll test the limit distance of the message transmission magic circle and the signal strength of long-distance transmissions on the road.”
“Okay.”
