Chapter 644: Information Transmitter
The operating principle of the Information Transmitter is actually not difficult to understand; it is nothing more than fixing Arcane Factors, propelling them through specific Rune Arrays to transport them through metal pipes to the other end, and then through a square metal console, receiving the corresponding password symbols; when a signal is received here, the Light Attribute Crystal placed on the side will release Light Element particles, using light to remind the recipient that intelligence has been sent in.
The true technical difficulty lies in the fact that without understanding the magic of [Mimetic Particles], modern mages simply cannot perform such delicate operations; Their understanding of Arcane Factors remains at a shallow level, understanding them only as a necessary foundation for casting Arcane Magic, and cannot actually utilize them.
Charlotte explained this Information Transmitter softly, including the stability of its information transmission, the underlying logic of symbol delivery, and the most important aspect: immediacy.
With it, messages from the Empire’s borders to the Imperial City do not need urgent dispatches of eight hundred km, no need for human back-and-forth travel to form intelligence transport lines; one only needs to lightly click and touch with a finger on the control console, and the information to be sent will travel along the signal tube, rapidly transmitting to the recipient, with the time consumed taking less than a few minutes.
Compared to intelligence delivery that happens once every half a month, this rapid information exchange capability could even support Amalia in micro-managing the front lines from the Imperial Capital, of course, she has no need to do so; the Information Transmitter’s greatest use for her lies in knowing logistical needs at any time, and having a timely and accurate understanding of army casualties.
From certain perspectives, the Information Transmitter even strengthens Amalia’s management and surveillance of the various nobles, effectively weakening the institutional defect of the medieval feudal society where "heaven is high and the ruler is far away", and increases the royal power’s control over the land.
"In other words... as long as the information transport pipes are laid, information can be received and sent there through these piston buttons?"
Hearing the question from Duke Thomas, one of the Four Great Dukes, Charlotte nodded to affirm it.
"Correct."
"After possessing the Information Transmitter, what truly affects the rate of intelligence transport changes from humans to these special metal tubes engraved with magic runes."
Having said that, Charlotte walked to the square console near the door, turned slightly sideways, and slightly touched the piston buttons with her fingers; after selecting in front of everyone, she clicked the send switch second from the right on the far right side.
"The button on the far left is a dot, the next level is a line, and the three pistons at the back represent short pause, medium pause, and long pause in order."
"Just as I said earlier, Regent Astrid used dots and lines to compile a codebook to replace the complex and common script; we only need to translate according to the codebook to obtain the real information; as for these three pauses, they represent the pause between dots and dashes, the medium pause between each word, and the long pause between sentences in order."
"Now, may I trouble the noble Duke Thomas to go to the other side and press the piston on the far right, which is the button representing receiving."
Duke Thomas glanced at Charlotte upon hearing this, and under the gaze of the empress and the Regent, walked to the depths of the room, looked at the external Light Attribute Crystal that immediately began to glow once the woman pressed it just now, and pressed the switch according to Charlotte’s instructions.
The next second, the Arcane Factors already stored in the base of the console passed through the Rune Array, and under the control of the Wind Element Crystal, the ink stored at the bottom continuously engraved on the surface of the parchment, finally forming a cipher paper marked with various symbols.
Duke Thomas picked up the cipher paper, his brows tightly knit, recalling the order in which Charlotte pressed the pistons just now.
Line and Dot, not a single word wrong, all recorded on the cipher paper.
Showing the cipher paper to everyone, many nobles who did the same thing as Duke Thomas also confirmed this fact; this square metal console indeed possesses the ability to transmit information.
It’s just this speed... still open to consideration...
Charlotte also understood what they were thinking, actively yielding her position, her lotus root arms gently hugging her heavy and full curves, her tone soft as she said.
"Everyone can try it themselves; the exhibition has prepared enough ink and parchment, with only one person sending and one person receiving, one can calculate the time spent in this fraction of a moment."
The materials she selected were all low-loss, high-conduction alchemical ingredients, and the specific transmission Rune Array had also contained layer upon layer of optimization, absolutely meeting their original research purpose.
As soon as these words were spoken, many great nobles who understood the importance of timely information stepped forward one after another to try the experiment.
If it really could transmit intelligence over long distances at high speed, whether militarily or in daily life, the Valeria Empire would inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes.
Watching everyone come forward to try, Charlotte walked to Astrid’s side and waited quietly; in a short while, the results of several experiments appeared.
In this small room, the speed of information transport was so fast that the control console here had just pressed the button, and the receiving end on the opposite side received the information, with Wind Element particles clustering to control the ink to engrave on the paper surface.
"The speed for Arcane Factors to travel two to three meters is less than a nanosecond; even for intelligence transport of five hundred kilometers, it would take only a little over half an hour to deliver."
"I think everyone should understand what a convenient method of communication this is for the Empire."
If the distance were shortened to within the Imperial capital every message sent would be obtained by the recipient in less than a second.
By then, cooperative negotiations would not need to spend a lot of effort on determining the time and location, and noble ladies who stay at home every day would only need to twitch their fingers a few times to invite a few close friends to the mansion for two or three cups of afternoon tea.
Tristian keenly smelled a business opportunity, and asked Charlotte in a warm voice.
"Marquess Charlotte, the material used for the information-transmitting metal pipes seems to be Silverfire Iron?"
Silverfire Iron is a very rare magical ingredient in the Valeria Empire, and its annual output is not much; if it were used to make pipes laying them from the Imperial Capital to Liya Tower Fortress simply couldn’t be done to the extent Charlotte mentioned.
And an obvious point is, without the transport pipes, having only the console cannot complete long-distance high-speed transmission either.
Charlotte made a sound of agreement upon hearing this, guessing what Tristian was thinking, her lips parting slightly.
"Silverfire p Iron is the best conductive material, but unfortunately, the annual output is too low; if other materials are used, the transmission effect of Arcane Factors will be slightly inferior, but the overall difference is less than five milliseconds."
Short-distance transmission doesn’t show much difference, but long distances of several hundred kilometers will reveal the gap, changing from receiving in forty minutes to over an hour.
Tristian nodded thoughtfully after listening, and after a few seconds, spoke up.
"This may be presumptuous, but regarding the other materials mentioned by Marquess Charlotte, could you share one or two of them?"
If the Velmont family has sufficient inventory or high annual output, they can smoothly reach a deal.
Charlotte fell into a brief silence upon hearing this, and before she could speak, Astrid, who was better at business negotiations, naturally took over the conversation.
"Lord Tristian, do you want to discuss business with the Royal Family?"
This one sentence not only exposed Tristian’s purpose, but also reminded him that this technology would be firmly held in the palm of the hand of the royal power led by Amalia, and the related alternative materials were also secrets before he threw out more sincere conditions.
Facing this woman, the number one beauty of the Empire who was increasingly dazzling and whom he had once proposed to but was rejected, Tristian did not deny it, responding in a warm voice.
"If the price is right, we can certainly discuss cooperation."
Presumably, quite a few nobles would consider installing this set of equipment in their mansions, just like the urban pipeline system mentioned by Amalia earlier; nobles who possess a large number of servants actually don’t have a rigid need for these things.
After all, they can completely let servants do these things: drawing water and heating it, cleaning garbage, going to other nobles to deliver cooperation news, or invitations to drink afternoon tea.
The underlying commercial logic that truly guides their consumption is actually similar to selling luxury goods; the latter’s own value is not the only factor affecting the marked price, and nobles purchasing luxury goods are not necessarily because they really need to use them.
It is more to show off their power and wealth, to put it in human terms, it is face and style; and in the Valeria Empire, especially for nobles living in the Imperial Capital, everyone cares about this.
Then it is obvious that this kind of advanced, novel, and truly practical magical device will inevitably become a new type of luxury sought after by thousands of people.
If Astrid needed it, relying on their cooperative relationship established in the past and their relative trust in each other, the family could share a piece of the pie in it.
Hearing Tristian’s words, Astrid curled her lips into a smile, her tone low as she said.
"Very well, Lord Tristian."
"If there is a need, I will contact you."
It is denied that Astrid does currently lack some magical ingredients, but she doesn’t need to seek out the Velmont family yet, at least she cannot appear too eager.
The alternatives Charlotte chose were a mixture of Lead Condensation Wood and Moon Glory Iron; the latter has a relatively high output in Duke Thomas’s territory, so they can discuss cooperation directly, while the former might need to be purchased from the Velmont family.
The premise is that they need to do a major project, such as laying out a communication line from north to south and from west to east.
Seeing that Astrid didn’t seem to be in a hurry, Tristian couldn’t figure out for a moment whether this Regent really lacked materials or not, so he had to continue watching the on-site experiments regarding the Information Transmitter.
"Currently, a single metal pipe only supports one-way transmission, and is not suitable for multiple consoles connected to the same pipeline for synchronized transport." Charlotte explained in a gentle tone.
Doing so would cause Arcane Factors to become chaotic, thereby making the transmitted messages inaccurate, resulting in errors or omissions.
"However, related research is already underway; given time, we will overcome the difficulty of one-way transmission, and achieve batch packaging of information, making it converge like a stream when transmitting, and separate clearly like oil and water when separating."
Just like the day she showcased the Fearless, Charlotte habitually painted a big pie, and some nobles were quite interested after listening, actively asking questions.
"So now, can this Information Transmitter be applied to daily life?"
"Of course, unlike magic weapons which inevitably possess lethality, the Element Crystals used are merely the light that displays successful reception of intelligence and the wind that drives the ink to form symbols."
Speaking of this, Charlotte continued smoothly.
"If interested, one can apply to Regent Astrid to set up an Information Transmitter in one’s own mansion, shortening the distance between each other."
It is foreseeable that on a certain day in the future, the entire Valeria Empire will become smaller under the influence of this technology.
Hearing Charlotte’s words, the questioner nodded slightly, also silently thinking about the considerations of the signal pipes.
For a moment, even the magic weapons placed outside, which originally made everyone feel very novel, briefly lost their color, and all the guests’ attention gathered on the Information Transmitter before their eyes.
Even the stupidest person knows what these two iron boxes represent; the value of just one of them alone is perhaps higher than all the magic weapons in the Isabath Magic Academy exhibition combined hall.
"Truly... an unbelievable invention."
"The Kingdom of Velys is probably still busy dealing with internal strife, and has no idea what is happening on the other side of the continent."
"Marquise Fred, do you want to consider installing an Information Transmitter in the mansion? It saves the daily travel of carriages and horses, and also facilitates the children to communicate more."
Listening to the discussions around her, Theresa narrowed her eyes slightly and asked in Dragon Language.
"Astrid... this Information Transmitter uses the magic of fixed Arcane Factors..."
"It is very similar to the means Marquess Charlotte uses to open space arrays."
Due to the existence of sound-transmitting magic, and the use of Dragon Language, with this double insurance, Theresa could ensure that her conversation with Astrid would not be discovered by outsiders.
"Mm, and so?" Astrid gently parted her lips, responding to Theresa in the same Dragon Language.
"Marquess Charlotte just said that the core technology was provided by Astrid."
"Before, when I asked her about the way to open the space array, she was also vague..."
"In fact, the important figure who achieved all this is Astrid, right."
Somewhat slow in politics and life, but surprisingly sensitive in terms of magic perception, hearing this blue dragon’s question, Astrid responded in a warm voice.
"Your inference is correct."
But Astrid couldn’t tell Theresa about understanding Elders speech.
Such an important secret is known only to a few intimate people who have had bed-sharing relations with her.
Theresa also knew that asking further might cross the line, so she forcefully suppressed her curiosity, her blue pupils looking at Astrid as if she wanted to see her completely exposed.
Beautiful and mysterious, with quite a few tricks up her sleeve, this Empire Regent is truly unfathomable to a dragon.
Seeing Theresa staring at her, Astrid promptly changed the topic.
"Theresa, having seen so many magic devices, do you have any insights?"
Theresa fluttered her eyelashes a few times upon hearing this, but did not avert her gaze.
In the eyes of a giant dragon, compared to these magic weapons which can only be considered trivial play, Theresa is more interested in daily-use magic devices.
"Can Astrid make a slightly larger Magic Heating Stove?" Theresa asked."
...
Is this asking her to open up the dragon market?
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