Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

Chapter 279 Rune Technology Assists Space Carriers?

"It's more than just special!" Liu Chengen pointed to a huge metal block in the corner of the laboratory.

"See that?"

"That thing weighs 500 pounds, and normally you need a crane to move it."

He chuckled and "snap" inserted the palm-sized rune metal plate into the prepared metal groove.

The next second, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

Liu Chengen slid half a meter away with a gentle push using only one finger.

That huge metal block seemed to have lost all its weight!

Lin Mo: "!!!"

"Isn't that amazing?" Liu Chengen said smugly.

"This is a weight reduction rune!" Qian Zhenhua interjected, his face glowing.

"Just this small piece can almost make a 500-pound object disappear!"

Lin Mo had heard about the wonders of the dwarves' rune technology when he was making purchases, but he was still amazed when he actually saw the effects.

How did they manage to make something the size of a gold bar?

That's not scientific at all, is it?

"And this too!" Liu Chengen interrupted, picking up another rune plate and embedding it into a box.

The box slowly floated into the air.

Just like in space, you're floating in weightlessness!

"Lingering Rune! Allows objects up to ten pounds to ignore gravity!"

"And there's the Sharpness Rune!"

"It can increase the sharpness of ordinary steel knives by 50%!"

"Stabilizing Rune! Reduces the wear and tear on machinery by fifty percent!"

"What does this mean? It means the lifespan and reliability of all our engines will double!"

"The Resilience Rune! It can instantly increase the armor strength of our tanks and other armor by fifty percent!"

"How could we possibly lose this battle!"

The two academicians took turns showing Lin Mo their discoveries, their eyes gleaming with fervent enthusiasm.

Lin Mo was deeply moved, as if Wu Zetian had lost her husband—and lost her reason.

Finally, suppressing his excitement, he asked:

"Can we copy it?"

Upon hearing this, the fervor on Qian Zhenhua's face instantly froze.

He shook his head, looking somewhat dejected.

"no."

"We analyzed the materials; the material plate with the inscribed runes is a special metal mixed with mithril."

"And the 'pigment' of the runes is energy crystal ground into powder."

"We used the same materials to make a one-to-one replica, but what we made was just an ordinary metal plate with no effect whatsoever."

Liu Chengen added from the side:

"We suspect the problem lies in the 'magic'."

"We consulted them, and they said that when the dwarves inscribe the characters, they inject an energy that we cannot understand, which is magic."

"Without this process, runes are lifeless."

At this point, Liu Chengen suddenly changed the subject.

A pair of bright eyes stared at Lin Mo.

"By the way, Commander Lin, we've also made some progress regarding magic."

"So-called magic is essentially an application of mental power."

"The mental strength of the intelligent races on Terra is naturally several times stronger than that of us humans on Earth!"

"And those mages who can cast spells experience an exponential increase in mental power."

"We humans, currently limited by our racial talents, have not yet discovered a way to effectively increase our mental strength."

Liu Chengen rubbed his hands together, grinning like a strange uncle preparing to dissect a frog.

"So, don't leave yet, stay here and let me give you a proper test, hehe."

Lin Mo couldn't help but shiver as he looked at the other person's chuckling expression.

I recall the absurd scene when the other person first came to Terra and, upon seeing the griffin, wanted to reach out and taste the salty urine on the ground.

Fortunately, I discovered it early; otherwise, if this had gotten out, I might have ruined my reputation in my later years.

Liu Chengen, unaware of Lin Mo's thoughts, continued:

"We strongly suspect that your ability to learn magic is due to some unknown mutation that occurred to your mental power during your time travel!"

"Of course, whether your mental strength mutation was caused by time travel or by a sudden surge in mental strength, further research is needed."

Lin Mo: "!!!"

So that's how it is?

"Pshaw, so what if he understands it? He can't translate it into practical results. Don't listen to his nonsense!"

Qian Zhenhua shoved Liu Chengen aside and steered the conversation back on track.

"These runes—no, these rune technologies!—can be applied to virtually any field!"

"Especially in the aerospace field!"

It seemed as if stars were burning in Qian Zhenhua's eyes.

"Weight Reduction Rune! Levitation Rune! Stability Rune! Fortitude Rune!"

"All runes can be used on rockets!"

"Do you know what this means? Our transportation costs can be reduced by an order of magnitude!"

"We've even designed the spaceships we're building, making them bigger, stronger, and able to fly farther!"

He became more and more agitated as he spoke, and suddenly grabbed Lin Mo's arm.

"I have an idea!"

"A space carrier! A space carrier capable of taking off and landing freely within the atmosphere, and even venturing directly into space!"

Qian Zhenhua's voice trembled with excitement at his grand vision.

"However, to achieve this goal, these palm-sized rune plates are far from enough!"

"We need bigger!"

"Ideally, a giant rune that can cover the entire hull!"

"Go ask the dwarf!"

"Ask them if they can directly inscribe a unified, ultra-large rune array onto an object!"

"If we could, we..."

As Qian Zhenhua continued his incessant narration, Lin Mo's mind was blown away like Kennedy sitting in a convertible!

If only the aircraft carriers of Great Xia could take to the skies...

That scene must have been spectacular, just like Zhang Zuolin riding a train—absolutely awesome!

The UK and Japan must be so scared they'd wet their pants, right?

Moreover, the country's previous research on extraterrestrial space colonization spacecraft has made little progress.

Although room-temperature superconductors and Zhengjin metals are now available, nuclear fusion reactors have entered the stage of full-scale application.

However, the problem of more efficient fuels has not been solved in the short term and requires further research.

In other words, a spaceship cannot fly from Earth into space.

The only way to build a spaceship is to use countless rockets to go into outer space, just like when we built the space station.

Building a large ecological spaceship capable of housing many people is as difficult as Qin Shi Huang building the Great Wall or the Foolish Old Man Moving Mountains.

It can only be built bit by bit, through painstaking effort.

Now that we have weight reduction runes, something that originally weighed 10,000 tons can be reduced to only 10 tons by inscribing it with a huge version of the weight reduction rune.

Then there's no need for rockets; we can just use the engines of fighter jets to propel it!

Spaceships of the interstellar era have become a reality!

Moreover, Qian Zhenhua is right. If aircraft carriers can fly, then flying into outer space is not a pipe dream.

Aircraft carriers, soar into space!

It sounds like a dream!

After seeing this, what's the point of those countries in the UK arguing?

I guess they'll just lie flat on their backs and cry out, "Daddy, no! Hit me gently!"