I Build a Floating City in the Apocalypse – Chapter 171

Chapter 171

“As expected, that’s how it is.”

After conducting several experiments and eliminating as many interference factors as possible, Fang Bai arrived at the same conclusion.

“The Field is affected during movement. The source of this influence, for the time being, might be the elemental power in the environment, or it could be from the earth beneath our feet.”

“The Field of a Spell Node is too small. Even if it moves, the impact on it is extremely minimal, so small that it’s almost unobservable. The same applies to Spell Structures; they are too small and also fall within the unobservable range. Only when it reaches the scale of a Spell Model can the changes in the Field during movement be barely observed. However, even then, this change is still very, very small, so insignificant that even if it occurs, it won’t affect the operation of the Spell Model. But at the architecture level, it has a real impact.”

Fang Bai pondered slightly. When it was small, there was no impact, but as the size increased, the impact also grew until it affected the actual operation.

“It’s like building a spaceship. When the spaceship is small, you can build it however you want. But when it gets bigger, you have to consider the influence of gravity. If it gets even bigger, it might be impossible to build on Earth, and it wouldn’t be able to take off or land on Earth either. Although it might not be caused by the same reason, it’s somewhat similar.”

“When the architecture’s size expands to a certain extent, it won’t just be affected by the outside world during formation, it might even become impossible to form, right?”

“The possibility is very high!” Fang Bai thought.

“Spell Architecture belongs to the fourth level. I don’t know if there are fifth or sixth levels. If they exist, then this kind of interference might be a key factor, even a decisive factor, affecting their formation!”

“I can conduct targeted research on this aspect when I have time and prepare in advance. But there’s no rush. The current architecture won’t be affected as long as I don’t move it.”

A sudden flash of inspiration struck Fang Bai.

“Floating cities carry architecture but can move. Could it be because they’ve overcome this difficulty, shielded the interference, and movement doesn’t affect the architecture on the Floating City at all?”

Fang Bai’s heart stirred slightly. He simply jotted this point down in his notebook and then refocused his attention on the Spell Architecture.

This principle might be very important in the future, but right now, Fang Bai had just come into contact with Spell Architecture, and as long as the Spell Architecture didn’t move, it wouldn’t be affected. So, this principle could be put aside for a bit.

Currently, there was a severe shortage of manpower, and there were many research projects, many of them important. Fang Bai could only take it slow, one by one.

Soon, twenty-one Spell Models formed above Fang Bai.

Fang Bai initially used the previous architecture method.

This architecture method had previously successfully condensed a fireball the size of a small car underground.

However, Fang Bai was now using the exact same relative distance and relative angle, but the architecture that had just been successful now directly collapsed.

“The Field formed here is different from the Field formed just now. The Fields formed in different places are all different. Does Spell Architecture lack universality? But the Spell Architecture I obtained from the ruins didn’t have this problem. Oh well, with my level, I asked a silly question.”

Fang Bai used his Mental Power to perceive the Field of the Spell Model, adjusting it bit by bit.

Fang Bai had already understood the principle and mastered the internal spell logic of Fireball, so this wasn’t a problem for him at all.

After forming the Spell Architecture, Fang Bai dispersed the fireball and then moved about ten meters to condense the fireball architecture again.

Failure!

“It’s different even with a ten-meter difference?”

“Then it seems that this architecture doesn’t have universality. Only the internal logic and the perception of the Field can be adjusted on the spot. In other words, there’s no shortcut of rote memorization to master the architecture.”

Fang Bai shook his head slightly. This didn’t affect him in any way, but it was a blow to some mages who relied on rote memorization to cast spells.

Or, in other words, it was a blow to mages who didn’t focus on research and made no difference to research-oriented mages like Fang Bai.

After Fang Bai changed locations several times to confirm this point, he returned to his original position.

Twenty-one Spell Models appeared, the Spell Architecture formed, and the huge fireball reappeared.

The air around the fireball distorted slightly, and the weeds on the ground gradually withered and curled up.

Fang Bai felt his hair gradually drying out and immediately cast a Water Shield Spell.

Otherwise, his thick black hair would suffer.

With the Water Shield Spell in place, Fang Bai looked up at the fireball. With a thought, the fiery red fireball gradually began to shrink.

During the shrinking process, Fang Bai felt the pressure within the fireball gradually increase, the temperature condense, and even the color of the fireball gradually deepen.

With Fang Bai’s compression, the originally fiery red fireball gradually turned dark red, then gradually turned light blue.

With continued compression, the fireball was only the size of a washbasin, and it had completely turned dark blue. The air around it distorted the light, and the weeds on the ground continuously withered. After withering to the extreme, they suddenly burst into flames.

At this point, it had basically reached its limit. Although Fang Bai still wanted to compress it with all his might, no matter how much he compressed it, it only shrank a little bit.

And this tiny bit of shrinkage would quickly make the fireball become active, agitated, and unstable, as if it was about to explode at any moment.

Although this was just a projection, Fang Bai still felt a trace of trepidation.

After maintaining the washbasin-sized fireball for a moment, Fang Bai’s thoughts moved, and the dark blue fireball rapidly shot towards the low mountain in front of him.

The moment the fireball touched the low mountain…

Boom!

The expanding flames instantly engulfed the low mountain, and the deafening sound startled the entire Yi Hao Village.

While others were in shock and uncertainty, the Mage Apprentices who were building the city wall were even more stunned.

They instantly turned their heads towards the direction of the fireball explosion.

They sensed the surging elemental fluctuations!

These elemental fluctuations shocked them.

And at this moment, Fang Bai’s voice directly resounded in everyone’s minds.

“Spell experiment, don’t worry.”

Fang Bai’s voice disappeared. When everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, they finally confirmed that they weren’t hallucinating.

This instantly triggered curiosity and discussion among hundreds of villagers and hundreds of survivors.

Both the intense explosion just now and Fang Bai’s ability to transmit sound across space, speaking directly into their minds, surprised everyone.

Fang Bai, who originally had little presence, once again made an appearance in front of everyone through such means, strengthening his presence.

And he once again deepened the impression in the minds of many Mage Apprentices, making them feel the gap once more.

Fang Bai, on the other hand, looked at the low mountain where the flames and dust were slowly dissipating…