Chapter 76
How to Remove the Imprint of the Moon God's Will from the Lunar Torque
"To purge the will of a god from the power He wields—I must say, Wang Yan, you are an arrogant scholar."
After hearing Wang Yan's thoughts, Serene couldn't help but sigh.
Wang Yan's idea is roughly similar to borrowing money from a bank, and then erasing the connection between the bank and the money.
To put it simply, Wang Yan is planning to borrow money and not repay it.
This is undoubtedly illegal and an offense to the goddess of the new moon.
"It's just a drop in the ocean of lunar power He controls; it's nothing compared to what you did in the Golden City."
Wang Yan replied to Serene in an annoyed tone.
This guy usually seems so naive that he can argue with Arataki Ichito like an elementary school student, but when it comes to technical issues, the entire Senryo seems to have gained intelligence, becoming not only smart but also sharp-tongued.
"So do you have any ideas?" Serene didn't care that Wang Yan mentioned the "former Golden City," since it was all in the past and there was no point in dwelling on it.
Wang Yan was a little tired of standing, so he plopped down on the grass. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Willpower can only be worn down by another will. Therefore, the best way to clear the willpower out of the lunar torque is to use another controllable will to flush out the lunar torque."
Serene floated to his side and sat in his lap: "Another controllable will? You don't want to do it yourself, do you? Then I must remind you, although I don't know this new moon goddess, in my time, the moon goddess's status is higher than that of the angels, and even no lower than that of the four heavenly rulers."
The position in March is very high.
To give an example, if Phanes and the Nibelungs were on the same level...
Therefore, the one on par with the Four Shadows should be the Initial Three Months, who were granted the power to operate the world by the Nibelungen.
As for the Seven Dragon Kings? They're no match for the Four Shadows.
If Wang Yan were to rank them, it would be something like this: Phanes > Nibelungen > March Goddess = Four Shadows > Seven Dragon Kings at their peak > Seven Earthly Rulers with no hidden identities.
It's a bit messy, but everyone should be able to understand. After all, there are always some old guys who are too well hidden and hard to figure out.
"The goddess of the new moon is called Columbia. Although she was born from the frost moon, she gathered the power of the previous goddess of the third moon and became the goddess of the new moon. At the same time, the new moon is already inside Teyvat," Wang Yan explained to Serene.
"Then your plan will be even less likely to succeed. Without the isolation of the False Heaven, the Crescent Moon Goddess's control over the lunar power within Teyvat must be absolute." Serene wagged her little tail. "In other words, if you want to go yourself, you'll likely have a direct clash of wills with this Moon Goddess. Although you're great, there's no way you can win."
"Hmm... I wasn't planning on going myself." Wang Yan hugged Xianling with his arms around her, his eyes thoughtful. "I was thinking, could we borrow the power of the earth's veins?"
"Legion veins?" Serene's wagging tail paused, and she fell into thought. After a while, she spoke, "You mean, send the Moon's Force into the leggy veins, and then use the surging memories within the leggy veins to wash away the will within the Moon's Force?"
It's so easy talking to smart people. Wang Yan nodded: "Yes, my personal will is nothing to a New Moon God."
"But if we use the memories surging through the earth's veins to continuously wash away the lunar torque, we should be able to wash away the imprint of will inside, right?" Wang Yan said.
Serene nodded: "Theoretically, it is possible, but you should know that there are not only residual memories in the ley lines, but also powerful energy. In my opinion, if you do this, the will of the moon god in the lunar torque may not be washed away before the lunar torque itself is washed away by the energy of the ley lines."
"Hmm..."
Wang Yan fell into deep thought.
Serene makes a lot of sense.
It's hard to say about other worlds, but in Teyvat, willpower is definitely superior to energy.
When the lunar torque is introduced into the ley lines for erosion, the energy and memories of the ley lines will simultaneously impact the lunar torque itself and the imprint of will within it.
According to the formula that will > energy, the energy represented by the lunar torque force itself will definitely be eliminated before the will within the lunar torque force is completely washed away.
"Therefore, the lunar moment force must be protected, or the energy within a portion of the lunar moment force must be greater than the will."
Wang Yan pondered inwardly.
This annoyed Serene. Why did you suddenly stop talking?
The little creature struggled for a moment, then flew out of Wang Yan's arms and nudged his head hard: "Why aren't you saying anything? What's on your mind? Tell me!"
Wang Yan snapped out of his daze, pressed the little fairy back down, and then shared his thoughts with her.
"Protect the lunar torque? Or strengthen the energy?" Serene also fell into thought.
After a moment, she spoke: "The Lunar Force and the imprint of the Moon God's will within it are one. If you protect the Lunar Force, you will inevitably protect the inner will. If you want to protect only one of them, you must have the ability to separate them."
It was a bit convoluted, but Wang Yan understood and nodded: "So you mean we should choose the second method?"
"Yes, the essence of the Moon's Force is the power of the Light Realm. If a neutral power of the Light Realm can be found to enhance it, the Moon's Force can be strengthened. At the same time, because the later power of the Light Realm does not belong to the power of the New Moon Goddess, it will not carry her will."
"In this way, we can strengthen the lunar moment force while diluting the imprint of will within it."
"If we send the enhanced lunar torque into the earth's veins to erode them, we might be able to obtain lunar torque without the will of the moon god."
As she spoke, Serene wagged her tail again: "However, it's very difficult. Not to mention that the Light Realm Power itself has been differentiated by His order and formed the elemental power we have today, the Light Realm Power itself also has powerful attributes, such as source water and source fire."
"Finding neutral light energy is almost impossible."
After listening to Serene's speech, Wang Yan's expression became somewhat strange.
"You mean... the neutral power of light?"
"Yes, a neutral force of light that can be accepted by the lunar force."
After a pause, Serene said, "Just now, I saw phlogiston in your domain. That's the light boundary power of the source fire. That won't work."
"So how do you think I acquired the Light Sphere Power of the Source Fire in Nordkalai?"
As he spoke, Wang Yan stood up, and the little fairy fell off him, only to float back up again quickly: "What do you mean?"
"Just you wait and see."
Wang Yan's fingertips twitched slightly, and the "Seventy-Two Cyclone Runes" appeared, with intricate spatial runes weaving in the air like flowing water.
Element resonant cavity, space prism...
As Wang Yan became more familiar with the elemental domain, these steps had been omitted or hidden when he expanded his domain. Now, in order to show Serene, Wang Yan reproduced them again.
The seven-colored elemental force was injected into the elemental resonant cavity, and after being strengthened dozens of times, it was injected into the suspended spatial prism. Ripples appeared on the surface of the transparent prism, and a wisp of soft white light overflowed from it.
A light boundary force without attribute offset was created.
Serene's celestial body trembled slightly: "You can actually reverse elemental power into light force! This is blasphemy!"
"We'll talk about blasphemy later. I didn't develop this technology. Just tell me, can this kind of light force be used?" Wang Yan asked Serene, holding the reversed light force in his hand.
Serene circled him once, observing the neutral light force in Wang Yan's hand: "Theoretically feasible!"
Wang Yan nodded.
The Lunar Force itself is Columbia's lunar power, the power of the moon, and its essence still belongs to a branch of the Light Sphere Force.
The neutral light boundary can act as a 'solvent,' diluting the concentration of her will like adding water to thick ink. As long as the amount is sufficient, it can weaken the imprint of her will!
As long as the balance between energy and will shifts towards energy, Wang Yan's Earth Pulse Brush Plan becomes possible.
"However, you must be careful that the amount of neutral light boundary force is precise. Too little will not dilute it, and too much may disrupt the structure of the lunar moment force itself..." Serene reminded her.
Wang Yan frowned: "Too little won't work, and too much won't work either? That can't be right. I know some things. Columbia used the light force reversed by this elemental amplification device before. She could completely convert this power into lunar moment force for use."
"Because she is the moon goddess, she is the source of the lunar force. After absorbing the power of the light realm, she can convert it into lunar force by using herself as the converter."
"Do you have that power? Although you can wield the power of the Moon, with your rank and authority, you are completely incapable of doing such a thing, so you can only take it slowly."
Serene got down to business, showing no mercy to Wang Yan: "By the way, what's the situation with that Flower Goddess?"
She remembered Wang Yan saying that her [Moonlit Night] power came from the Flower Goddess.
In Serene's memory, there was no such thing as a demon god.
"The goddess of flowers is both an angel and a demon..."
Wang Yan explained the origins of the Flower Goddess to Serene, and also mentioned the origins of the Demon God.
"The primordial fragments that created the demon god... Hmm, it seems that the great battle wasn't so easy for Him after all." There was even a hint of a smile in Serene's tone.
Perhaps, for a survivor of the angels like Serene, hearing that the Great King was not doing well brought her peace of mind.
The same principle applies to situations involving ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends.
If you're doing better and better after we broke up, doesn't that mean I was wrong?
"So, in that case, your power of the Moon actually comes from the heavens, and it's different from that of the New Moon Goddess." Serene was only happy for a moment before quickly getting back into professional mode.
"What do you mean?" Wang Yan had a guess in mind, but still asked.
Serene: "The authority of the heavens is partly foreign and partly seized, while the power of the moon actually comes from the Nibelung king."
Serene: "If you trace upwards along the power system, your power will go back to the heavens, while the other party's power will go back to that Dragon King."
Wang Yan frowned: "Will there be any problems?"
"Hmm...I don't know." Serene shook her head.
"have no idea?"
"Of course I don't know. I'm just an angel. Whether it's the heavens or the Nibelungen, they are beings far beyond me. How could I possibly know the division of their powers? However, for now, even if there are any problems, they won't affect you because you are too weak."
Serene mocked Wang Yan.
"So, the theory of purifying lunar torque has been established, and the next step is experimentation, right?" Wang Yan also skipped over this topic and brought it back.
Serene nodded her little head: "Yes, you need to prepare a concentrated amount of lunar moment force energy first, and then add the light boundary force you reversed into it."
"Then, we need to find a way to send the mixed lunar torque into the earth's veins for erosion."
"Finally, the lunar moment force after erosion was extracted and observed."
The experimental procedure is never anything particularly difficult. As long as the theory is sound and sufficient materials and equipment are prepared, the procedure can be followed step by step.
However, many times, some researchers are unwilling to even repeat experiments step by step, which is a bit difficult to manage.
"Alright, let's go back to Frostmoon Workshop first and find someone to help us purchase some lunar torque charging components." Wang Yan dispersed the surrounding elemental resonant cavities and spatial prisms.
Since the goal is to purify lunar torque, the most important raw material is naturally lunar torque.
Although Wang Yan can control the lunar torque, given the concentration of lunar torque around him, even with full control, the amount of lunar torque he can condense will not be much.
In this situation, it is best to use the lunar torque that has already been condensed by someone else.
Conveniently, this is Nordkalai, where lunar torque mechanisms are everywhere, so lunar torque charging components, which power these mechanisms, are also very common.
In addition to the normal torque charging element, there is also a portable one. However, the portable one is relatively rare and is only used in emergency situations.
Serene didn't care what materials Wang Yan was preparing. She exited her scientist mode, flew to Wang Yan's shoulder, sat down, and started rubbing against him again.
Returning to Frostmoon Village, head straight to the construction site on the back mountain.
There were many stag deer quietly moving around the construction site, either foraging with their heads down or standing and watching, without approaching or disturbing the people working.
This area was originally supposed to be their territory, but now that it's been occupied, they don't seem very angry.
It was clear that Lauma had given prior notice, ensuring that they maintained a tacit understanding with the construction site to avoid interfering with each other.
On the construction site, a figure that stands out from the crowd is working; it is Araki Ichito.
What would normally require two or three Frostmoon Children to carry together, a single bucket of heavy stones can now be easily lifted with one hand, and even three or four stones can be carried nimbly back and forth between the pile and the foundation.
The Frostmoon Children around him all wore expressions of admiration.
He is strong and hardworking, and is worthy of respect among the Frostmoon Children.
One person can do the work of several people, which makes things a little easier for them.
Without disturbing Yi Dou's work, Wang Yan found Mirsky on the outskirts of the construction site.
"Good afternoon, Mirsky, I need to ask you something," Wang Yan greeted him.
Upon seeing Wang Yan, Mirsky was very enthusiastic: "Good afternoon, please speak freely, Scholar Wang Yan. I will never refuse to help you with anything I can."
"When you design lunar torque machinery, you must all use lunar torque charging elements, right?" Wang Yan asked.
Mirsky nodded: "Of course, the lunar torque mechanism cannot operate without the charging element."
"Where did you purchase your charging components?" Wang Yan asked.
Why ask Mirsky instead of Dolly?
The reason is simple: the Moon Torque charging element is locally produced in Nordkalai, and if you ask Dolly, you'll definitely be charged a higher price. Besides, Dolly isn't around right now.
"We usually purchase from the Voynich Chamber of Commerce, but if you have connections, you can also purchase from Dingling Kuanglang Egg Roll Workshop," Milsky said. "The former is a bit more expensive, while the latter has a slower delivery speed, but the quality is better and the price is cheaper."
"Do you have any channels? I need to purchase a large number of Moon Torque Charging Components," Wang Yan said.
Mirsky hesitated for a moment: "The laboratory I designed for you is equipped with a lunar torque energy integration pool. If you're not in a hurry, you can wait until the laboratory is built and collect lunar torque yourself."
Some research institutions in Nordkale have their own lunar torque collection capabilities.
For example, Dingling Kuanglang Egg Roll Workshop, Lunar Moment Force Experiment Bureau, and other institutions.
I heard that Wang Yan's laboratory will be left to the Son of Frostmoon, so Mirsky designed it in a positive light. On the one hand, it can be used by Wang Yan, and on the other hand, it can be left to the Son of Frostmoon so that the Son of Frostmoon will not need to expand it again.
"Hmm...it's quite urgent, and the quantity needed is very large," Wang Yan said.
Mirsky nodded, offering no further advice: "I sourced all my goods from the Voynich Merchant Guild in Nasha Town, but in Frostmoon City, I need to find Corrod first and ask him to help connect me with merchants from outside..."
Upon hearing this, Wang Yan felt somewhat helpless.
The environment here in Frostmoon Child is good, but the business environment is really terrible.
For ordinary materials, perhaps we can find them in the Frostmoon Child's warehouse.
However, technological products like the Moon Torque Mechanism are truly unavailable for purchase here.
"Alright, I'll figure something out myself."
The most cost-effective way is for Wang Yan to fly directly to Naxia Town, order goods from the Voynich Merchant Guild, and then have Dolly deliver the goods over.
However, Wang Yan did not intend to do so, as flying back and forth would waste a lot of time.
"What method are you thinking of?"
Lauma's voice came from behind.
Wang Yan turned around and saw Lauma leading several priests, carrying several baskets of fruit as they walked over.
"Try to buy some torque-powered charging components," Wang Yan replied, then asked curiously, "Are you delivering fruit to the workers?"
Lauma shook her head: "Of course not. The workers are given fruit with their meals. This is for the Frosty Deer."
As they were talking, a herd of deer wandering in the distance approached.
The lead stag called out "yoyo" to Lauma.
"No need to thank us. We've disturbed your lives, so it's only right that we compensate you," Lauma said with a smile to the leader of the Frosty Deer, then gestured to the priest behind her to deliver the fruit to the deer herd.
The leader of the horned deer called out twice more and then followed the priest into the herd.
The deer were very graceful; they didn't fight over the fruit, but each picked up a piece and ate it.
Lauma then looked at Wang Yan: "Speaking of which, I've always wanted the Vonichy Merchant Guild to open a branch in Frostmoon City, so that it would be more convenient for everyone to buy things."
"Then why wasn't it carried out?" Wang Yan asked.
"Previously, it was because some of the tribespeople couldn't accept outsiders settling in Frostmoon Village," Lauma explained. "Now it's a matter of price."
"I spoke with the people from the Voynich Merchant Guild. If we're going to open a shop in Frostmoon Pavilion, then the prices of many things will need to go up because transportation is difficult."
Wang Yan nodded: "That's true. Just getting across that body of water is a big problem."
"Yes, so I plan to lead people to start building roads, at least one road that can facilitate trade."