Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Chapter 464: The Skeleton of the Empire

The so-called "Well of Eternity" plan is to restart research on nuclear energy.

After all, if you want to explore the sea of ​​stars, it is definitely not reliable to rely solely on magic. Magic is very convenient, but the current magic is all a legacy of the golden age. No one knows how much fusion energy is left, whether the magic stone will undergo any mutations in the future, and whether the magic will become less and less.

Nuclear energy is not a perpetual energy source, not to mention that magic stone is the product of the combination of wave and nuclear energy. If the empire wants to develop, it must vigorously mine magic stone. Obviously, magic stone is limited, and the obelisk can only provide a semi-perpetual cycle, and it also requires manpower maintenance. Sooner or later, the energy will be exhausted.

Under such circumstances, it is quite necessary to restart nuclear energy research. This is not only for the stable development of mankind, but also the first step for mankind to step into the sea of ​​stars.

But even with all the incredible materials and magic to help us, it is still difficult to recreate the fusion device of the golden age.

Linde would take time out every day to soak in the coolant and communicate with 550C to ensure that the Well of Eternity project could proceed smoothly in its initial stages.

There is no way to make a miracle happen this time, and the Well of Eternity is an extremely long project. Even though Lind is still young, there is no guarantee that he will be able to see any results in his lifetime.

However, things that cannot be accomplished by one generation will be handed over to the next generation. If the next generation still cannot complete them, they will be handed over to the next generation. Now all places are vigorously developing education. As long as the education system arranged by Lind and 550C can be maintained, sooner or later, the Well of Eternity will be completed.

Of course, the premise is that it is not like what 550C thought, that during the period of sleep, humans will have some big trouble and destroy themselves, but Lind still chose to believe in humans.

A new batch of fleets returning from Sauron has already docked. In addition to the gold and silver from Sauron's continent, they also brought a large amount of magic stones, which made many adventurers working in the port shine.

Magic can be said to be the blood of the newborn empire, and magic stones are the skeleton that supports the empire. Even though there are obelisks now that can achieve semi-perpetual motion of magic, the price of magic stones is still high. A piece of magic stone can even directly help a family get rid of poverty.

According to the returning crew, a large number of manpower is needed to help because the efficiency of mining magic stones on the Sauron continent is low, and magic stones may also exist in other places on the Sauron continent.

Whether joining the Empire to help with mining, or going to a more distant place to become a solo gold digger, it could be an opportunity to get rich, which makes many adventurers eager to try.

Of course, if such an opportunity really exists, the first people to get it should be the original gold diggers of the Sauron continent. Now many gold diggers are providing scattered magic stones to Sean in exchange for rewards and better equipment and weapons.

This is mainly to get more people to go to the Sauron continent to help increase the population of Sean's territory. It's not that there is no money to be made in the Sauron continent, it's just not as easy as the crew said.

However, Lind was more concerned about the report brought back by Sidney. The Black Sail Engine had confirmed Sidney's theory. Although the Sea of ​​Impermanence was chaotic and disordered, it was still possible to use magic to perform some operations compared to the sky where magic power was thin and chaotic.

If the Empire has the ability, it can completely connect the Empire and the Sauron Continent by building base stations step by step through ships and islands.

It has to be said that Sidney's proposal is very ambitious, but Sidney also said that it is not appropriate to do so now. After all, according to current technology, the communication distance on the Sea of ​​Impermanence is much shorter than that on the mainland. If the two continents are really to be connected, the cost will reach a very terrifying number.

So Sidney recommended waiting until the technology was mature before starting construction.

"Any news on Sean?"

Reina, who was already pregnant, leaned towards Linde, and the two sat in the same seat. Although the due date was very close, Reina was not nervous at all, but became even more clingy.

"Well, Sean's attack over there is going very smoothly. He has already captured an important vein of magic stone. The next fleet can bring him more production equipment."

Lind pulled out the report Sean had written and continued, "There's also a queen in Castile who proposed to Sean. This mineral vein was given to him by the queen, but Sean didn't agree right away."

Reina picked up Eltor's information and said with a frown, "This queen has ulterior motives."

Although she couldn't tell what was wrong with Elto, Lena just felt that he was a little weird, or had ulterior motives.

Reina is still a little naive like before, but that is only limited by her vision and experience. On some key issues, Reina often shows extraordinary intuition.

"That's right. She wanted to rely on the empire's weapons and technology to help consolidate her territory. She was just borrowing the empire's power to bully others. The magic stone mine originally did not belong to her alone, but nominally it became a gift from her to Sean. It was like getting something for nothing."

Lena tilted her head, seemingly not understanding Lind's explanation, and just asked, "Sean won't agree, right?"

"Of course not. It's better to say that Elto didn't expect Sean to agree at the beginning. If he really agreed, she would be in a dilemma."

However, seeing that Rena looked worried that her brother had been deceived by a bad woman, Lind still added: "But I will still remind him. Don't worry, if anything really happens, Sean will contact us through the goddess."

Among the intelligence brought back this time, in addition to the situations of Sean and Sidney, what Lind cared about most was the report written by the eldest son of the Laurent family.

The countries on the continent of Soran are more divided than Lind had imagined. It seems that the information provided by the Grey Robes was not entirely correct. However, in the eyes of high-level professionals such as the Grey Robes and those nobles, everyone is still in a seemingly unbreakable alliance to fight against the Avars.

But the people below had no concept of the country. Once the Avars lost their threat, the lower-class people who had not established a unified country and national consciousness would fall into confusion, especially when the nobles and royal family of Castile were still actively splitting.

Lind may have thought too much at the beginning. Perhaps he didn't need Rosalind as a foundation at all. If Sean had gone there directly at the beginning, the result would have been the same. But no matter what, at least as long as Rosalind was there, she could provide a lot of legitimacy for Sean and the empire.

Whether it is to break through the fog and reach other areas in the future, or to really explore the sea of ​​stars, the power of the Sauron continent is necessary, and this continent must be under the control of the empire.