After returning from Briggs Fortress's "vacation", Ian re-invested in the boring and crazy magic research.
"Morgana, create a new sub-project: [Chain Magic Array]."
"As you command, Master."
In the virtual laboratory, Ian began to try a new architecture.
"If a single rune is a 'word' and a single magic circle is a 'sentence', then what I have to do now is to write an 'article'."
He drew dozens of magic circles with different functions in the air - fireball, acceleration, tracking, blasting, shield penetration...
He then wrapped all these small arrays in a huge outer ring and established complex energy link channels between them.
It's like assembling independent integrated circuit modules into a CPU with complex functions.
"This is--Composite Forbidden Spell."
Dimensional Testing Ground, Desert Simulation Zone.
Ian stood in the yellow sand, opposite a baseball transmitter that had been enhanced by magic.
"Are you ready?"
"Always be prepared." Morgana's voice was filled with a hint of expectation.
"Launch!"
Bang!
A baseball whistled at a speed that broke the sound barrier, and the air smelled burnt due to friction.
Just when the baseball was about to hit Ian's nose, a light flashed in his eyes.
[Time and Space Stasis·Chain Activation]
A huge composite magic array instantly unfolded in front of him, with dozens of small arrays inside meshing and rotating precisely like gears.
Buzz--
The world is quiet.
The supersonic baseball hovered abruptly one centimeter from the tip of Ian's nose, like a bug sealed in amber. The air around it still maintained the shape of a shock wave, and even distorted light could be seen.
"Successful." Ian smiled, "Instead of relying on Gate of Truth, I can also simulate the effect of Time Stop through the array combination of 'Time Rune' and 'Spatial Lock'."
But this smile only lasted less than a second.
The next moment, Ian's face changed suddenly, his whole body twitched violently, and he fell straight on the sand, foaming at the mouth.
Magic overdraft.
This instant consumption of Composite Forbidden Spell was so huge that it almost drained his Magic Core.
After convulsing for half a minute, Ian finally regained his strength and gasped for air.
"Morgana! Why didn't you remind me about the magic power consumption issue? Also, why did it take thirty seconds to inject me with the magic power recovery agent?!" Ian got up from the sand and glared at Void.
"Oh, Master, I forgot."
Morgana in the form of House-elf appeared with erratic eyes and a guilty conscience. "And the system has been a bit stuck recently and the response has been delayed."
"Forgot? Caton?"
Ian laughed angrily. As a computing power comparable to that of a god, Tower Spirit actually got stuck?
"I think you did it on purpose? Because I won't let you sign this new project?"
Morgana, whose thoughts were revealed, immediately pursed his lips and looked at Ian with tears in his eyes. "Master, you can't do this... this is the fruit of my labor..."
"This is a matter of principle." Ian refused coldly, "And, as a punishment, go and copy the sentence 'I must respect the master' for me a hundred thousand times. Immediately, immediately."
"Woooooooo..."
Morgana cried and disappeared. She controlled an alchemy doll and began to copy it hard in the dark room.
After dealing with Tower Spirit's minor emotions, Ian turned his attention to another field - enchantment.
He walked into the forge and picked up an ordinary steel sword.
"The previous enchantment was to carve incantations on the surface of the sword. Not only was it time-consuming and laborious, but once the sword was damaged, the enchantment would be ineffective."
"But now, with Arcane Runes..."
Ian did not move the knife on the sword. He activated the microscopic operating table and enlarged the viewing angle to the microscopic level.
In his vision, the steel sword was no longer a smooth metal, but a lattice structure composed of countless iron atoms.
"Since there are gaps between atoms, why can't arrays be carved there?"
Ian controlled the nano-scale precision Divine Power tentacles, and drew a [Flame Rune] that was shrunk hundreds of millions of times in the gap between atoms.
He then "anchored" the rune to an iron atom.
Buzz!
A miracle happened.
The originally ordinary iron atom suddenly became active, as if it had been given some kind of "fire attribute" concept.
Immediately afterwards, Ian used the principle of [Chain Array] and used this atom as a node to instantly copy trillions of micro-runes, covering the entire lattice network inside the sword body.
"Activate."
Phew--!
Ian just waved the sword lightly, not even injecting much magic power.
A terrifying tornado of flames erupted from the sword, instantly engulfing the test dummy in front of it.
What's even more frightening is that the flame did not go out. It attached to the remains of the dummy and continued to burn for a full five minutes until the target was completely reduced to ashes.
"This is...Concept Enchantment."
Ian looked at the sword in his hand, Blink's eyes were filled with ecstasy.
Through Microscopic Inscription, he gave this sword the conceptual characteristic of "burning". This flame is no longer an ordinary physical burning, but an "eternal fire" that is close to the rule level.
In order to verify the conjecture, he made another "Sword of Wind".
This time, he engraved [Wind Blade Rune] in the atomic gap.
As a result, this ordinary iron sword could easily cut through the tungsten alloy armor that was much harder than it, and the cut was as smooth as a mirror. It gained the concept of "sharpness".
"This is an epoch-making discovery."
Ian stroked the sword, "Microscopic Inscription Technique will completely change Arcane Empire's weapon refining system. Every bullet and every piece of armor in the future can be Divine Artifact."
"And..."
Ian's eyes became profound.
"What if it was inscribed inside the nucleus? What if the concept of 'explosion' or 'fission' was written directly into the underlying layer of matter?"
That would be the normalization of alchemical nuclear weapons.