Chapter 872: Computing
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Chapter 872: Computing
The success of the bio-computer pushed him and the researchers into a whole new area of development. The funny thing was that the computing power itself wasnt even the reason for this change. They had merely gained so much experience with creating insects to fulfill specific purposes that they continued to create new innovations in this area. In the past, Sage had created the Hoplites and the Dragoons for specific purposes. Before that hed only dabbled in making insects to use as weapons and utility tools, but this gave them more experience with creating Ancestral Memories and modifying the insects for highly specialized tasks. In the past he created the Torchfly, a modified firefly to act as a lantern for the city, but that only took a few Ancestral Memories to change their habits. The new insects they worked on were also insects taking the place of technology, like the Torchfly acted as a light, but they applied them to far different niches.
Magical Tools were extremely versatile. There were so many Array Symbols that there seemed to be endless variations and combinations. The methodology of their placement and combinations were similar to Formation Arrays, but not exactly the same. A formation used far more symbols as well as different lines and shapes between them to create a whole different system. Magical Tools on the other hand could use more and more complicated materials as well as multiple parts to combine effects. They were different, but both areas of study were very deep and complex, despite the common language of symbols there was great nuance between them. The same went for Alchemical Pills, as they actually had to connect the symbols together to form a tessellation pattern in the form of a sphere at their higher levels.
Why did this matter? Well, despite all the combinations of symbols, different effects required the use of corresponding materials. If there was a sort of effect that he didnt know the materials and symbols for there was a whole world of research and experimentation he would have to go into. Time wasnt really a problem for him, but there was the issue of materials. The research expenditures of high level Professionals were essentially limitless. Most large powers could only afford enough for a handful of their top craftspeople to do top level research. Those high tier materials were just that expensive. Sage had a pretty good supply of these high tier materials from his combat in the Depths, but given the time difference between the Inner and Outer World this amount was basically trivial. Instead of wasting resources to try and invent new Magical Tools they could instead create insects instead.
Things started to accelerate in the third tier as Qi could be expelled at a range in this tier and the Blastid that was mostly a tool suddenly became a weapon. At this level it was the size of a rifle and could still be attached to the arm or carried using its legs as grips. In the fourth tier it was large enough to be worn as a narrow backpack or cling to the shoulder so it could be used like a bazooka. At tier five it was the size of a literal cannon and was so large that it became very inconvenient to carry. Lastly, a tier six Blastid was the size of an SUV, at least theoretically.
They hadnt spent the resources to raise any tier six Blastids, even though they now knew how to. The Ancestral Memories of the Law of Amalgamation from the Cardinal Protoherring was a great boon to them as it only took a little trial and error to ensure that their Demonic Beasts would have the potential to reach tier six. That said, it was no simple feat as the Cardinal Protoherrings special Ancestral Memory was conditional. It was only awakened when a certain number of Protoherrings were grouped up over a long period before one of them would undergo a sort of mutation and receive the memory. They had to follow the same restrictions on the Blastid, only one of them out of every large batch would change and get this capability. The other reason they didnt grow any of the tier sixes was the expense and the lifespan of the Blastid.
Demonic Insects had far shorter lifespans than Demonic Beasts. They actually lived a similar length of time as Human Cultivators, but compared to normal insects this was an astoundingly long time. Since Blastids were meant to be tools, they were altered to burn up their own lifeforce in order to increase their power. The many different natures of Qi could act as different weapons or powerful tools, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. The number of possibilities when making use of Ancestral Memories and Qi Techniques felt limitless.
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Chapter 872: Computing
The success of the bio-computer pushed him and the researchers into a whole new area of development. The funny thing was that the computing power itself wasnt even the reason for this change. They had merely gained so much experience with creating insects to fulfill specific purposes that they continued to create new innovations in this area. In the past, Sage had created the Hoplites and the Dragoons for specific purposes. Before that hed only dabbled in making insects to use as weapons and utility tools, but this gave them more experience with creating Ancestral Memories and modifying the insects for highly specialized tasks. In the past he created the Torchfly, a modified firefly to act as a lantern for the city, but that only took a few Ancestral Memories to change their habits. The new insects they worked on were also insects taking the place of technology, like the Torchfly acted as a light, but they applied them to far different niches.
Magical Tools were extremely versatile. There were so many Array Symbols that there seemed to be endless variations and combinations. The methodology of their placement and combinations were similar to Formation Arrays, but not exactly the same. A formation used far more symbols as well as different lines and shapes between them to create a whole different system. Magical Tools on the other hand could use more and more complicated materials as well as multiple parts to combine effects. They were different, but both areas of study were very deep and complex, despite the common language of symbols there was great nuance between them. The same went for Alchemical Pills, as they actually had to connect the symbols together to form a tessellation pattern in the form of a sphere at their higher levels.
Why did this matter? Well, despite all the combinations of symbols, different effects required the use of corresponding materials. If there was a sort of effect that he didnt know the materials and symbols for there was a whole world of research and experimentation he would have to go into. Time wasnt really a problem for him, but there was the issue of materials. The research expenditures of high level Professionals were essentially limitless. Most large powers could only afford enough for a handful of their top craftspeople to do top level research. Those high tier materials were just that expensive. Sage had a pretty good supply of these high tier materials from his combat in the Depths, but given the time difference between the Inner and Outer World this amount was basically trivial. Instead of wasting resources to try and invent new Magical Tools they could instead create insects instead.
Things started to accelerate in the third tier as Qi could be expelled at a range in this tier and the Blastid that was mostly a tool suddenly became a weapon. At this level it was the size of a rifle and could still be attached to the arm or carried using its legs as grips. In the fourth tier it was large enough to be worn as a narrow backpack or cling to the shoulder so it could be used like a bazooka. At tier five it was the size of a literal cannon and was so large that it became very inconvenient to carry. Lastly, a tier six Blastid was the size of an SUV, at least theoretically.
They hadnt spent the resources to raise any tier six Blastids, even though they now knew how to. The Ancestral Memories of the Law of Amalgamation from the Cardinal Protoherring was a great boon to them as it only took a little trial and error to ensure that their Demonic Beasts would have the potential to reach tier six. That said, it was no simple feat as the Cardinal Protoherrings special Ancestral Memory was conditional. It was only awakened when a certain number of Protoherrings were grouped up over a long period before one of them would undergo a sort of mutation and receive the memory. They had to follow the same restrictions on the Blastid, only one of them out of every large batch would change and get this capability. The other reason they didnt grow any of the tier sixes was the expense and the lifespan of the Blastid.
Demonic Insects had far shorter lifespans than Demonic Beasts. They actually lived a similar length of time as Human Cultivators, but compared to normal insects this was an astoundingly long time. Since Blastids were meant to be tools, they were altered to burn up their own lifeforce in order to increase their power. The many different natures of Qi could act as different weapons or powerful tools, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. The number of possibilities when making use of Ancestral Memories and Qi Techniques felt limitless.
Chapter 872: ComputingThe success of the bio-computer pushed him and the researchers into a whole new area of development. The funny thing was that the computing power itself wasnt even the reason for this change. They had merely gained so much experience with creating insects to fulfill specific purposes that they continued to create new innovations in this area. In the past, Sage had created the Hoplites and the Dragoons for specific purposes. Before that hed only dabbled in making insects to use as weapons and utility tools, but this gave them more experience with creating Ancestral Memories and modifying the insects for highly specialized tasks. In the past he created the Torchfly, a modified firefly to act as a lantern for the city, but that only took a few Ancestral Memories to change their habits. The new insects they worked on were also insects taking the place of technology, like the Torchfly acted as a light, but they applied them to far different niches. Magical Tools were extremely versatile. There were so many Array Symbols that there seemed to be endless variations and combinations. The methodology of their placement and combinations were similar to Formation Arrays, but not exactly the same. A formation used far more symbols as well as different lines and shapes between them to create a whole different system. Magical Tools on the other hand could use more and more complicated materials as well as multiple parts to combine effects. They were different, but both areas of study were very deep and complex, despite the common language of symbols there was great nuance between them. The same went for Alchemical Pills, as they actually had to connect the symbols together to form a tessellation pattern in the form of a sphere at their higher levels. Why did this matter? Well, despite all the combinations of symbols, different effects required the use of corresponding materials. If there was a sort of effect that he didnt know the materials and symbols for there was a whole world of research and experimentation he would have to go into. Time wasnt really a problem for him, but there was the issue of materials. The research expenditures of high level Professionals were essentially limitless. Most large powers could only afford enough for a handful of their top craftspeople to do top level research. Those high tier materials were just that expensive. Sage had a pretty good supply of these high tier materials from his combat in the Depths, but given the time difference between the Inner and Outer World this amount was basically trivial. Instead of wasting resources to try and invent new Magical Tools they could instead create insects instead. Things started to accelerate in the third tier as Qi could be expelled at a range in this tier and the Blastid that was mostly a tool suddenly became a weapon. At this level it was the size of a rifle and could still be attached to the arm or carried using its legs as grips. In the fourth tier it was large enough to be worn as a narrow backpack or cling to the shoulder so it could be used like a bazooka. At tier five it was the size of a literal cannon and was so large that it became very inconvenient to carry. Lastly, a tier six Blastid was the size of an SUV, at least theoretically. They hadnt spent the resources to raise any tier six Blastids, even though they now knew how to. The Ancestral Memories of the Law of Amalgamation from the Cardinal Protoherring was a great boon to them as it only took a little trial and error to ensure that their Demonic Beasts would have the potential to reach tier six. That said, it was no simple feat as the Cardinal Protoherrings special Ancestral Memory was conditional. It was only awakened when a certain number of Protoherrings were grouped up over a long period before one of them would undergo a sort of mutation and receive the memory. They had to follow the same restrictions on the Blastid, only one of them out of every large batch would change and get this capability. The other reason they didnt grow any of the tier sixes was the expense and the lifespan of the Blastid. Demonic Insects had far shorter lifespans than Demonic Beasts. They actually lived a similar length of time as Human Cultivators, but compared to normal insects this was an astoundingly long time. Since Blastids were meant to be tools, they were altered to burn up their own lifeforce in order to increase their power. The many different natures of Qi could act as different weapons or powerful tools, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. The number of possibilities when making use of Ancestral Memories and Qi Techniques felt limitless.
