Chapter 613: Heat Death Experiment
These three Legendary Wizards were students of the Sovereign of Thermodynamics, Betty. They soon met Betty’s Demi-god projection in Her Wizard Tower in the Celestial Realm.
“This should be an injection of external energy. Moreover, this phenomenon is accompanied by an entropy decrease. In other words, someone is systematically injecting energy into the world. I think there should be no one else capable of this besides Lord Ace.”
Betty’s projection lay lazily on Her bed. An extremely smooth mechanical sphere floated beside Her, extending a mechanical arm to offer a Flavor Bean to Betty.
“Watermelon flavored, and it’s a melon from Gorgon Island. The person who developed Flavor Beans is truly a genius. Do you guys want to try some?”
Betty’s magic robe was draped casually over Her, Her smooth and straight legs lying sideways, looking extremely charming. The students didn’t dare to look too much, bowing their heads and saying there was no need.
“Sigh, you guys really don’t know how to enjoy life, just like my true body. If you’re interested, you can carefully observe this energy injection. If my guess is right, it should be Lord Ace opening a massive number of high-dimensional rifts to convert into stars one by one.
“Observing and recording this situation can give you a more intuitive feel of the impact of high dimensions on low dimensions. Go on.”
Hearing Betty’s words, the three hurriedly took their leave.
In Betty’s sub-plane, Bayen and Warren came here at Her invitation.
This was a miraculous micro-universe with thirty stars. Over a dozen of these stars were completely enveloped by spherical metal, forming a unique structure.
“Welcome to my galaxy. These are some experiments on energy utilization. It can be considered a relatively good method, under the premise of not burning the stars. I hope to create a Legendary Immortal magical item based on the Second Law of Thermodynamics.”
Betty stepped on a streamlined silver metal object, hovering in mid-air, Her eyes burning bright.
“Not a Legendary Immortal magic?”
Bayen asked doubtfully.
Betty smiled bitterly and said to the two:
“A Legendary Immortal magic would probably require the Tenth Ring, which is temporarily difficult to achieve. But a magical item might be achievable. We need extremely high-precision Legendary Immortal magical machinery.
“This requires the use of spatial sealing, time acceleration, and super-performance computers. I need the help of you two!”
Hearing “super-performance computers,” Warren’s eyes lit up, and he said to Betty: “What kind of magical item do you want to manufacture? Traditional or precision technology type?”
Betty said: “I happen to want to discuss it together with you guys.”
Regarding heat death in isolated systems, Betty had a lot of experimental experience. Theoretically, as long as one could construct an absolutely isolated system, lure the enemy into this isolated system, and seal the system again, from that moment on, the opponent would enter an isolated environment completely conforming to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
But just this alone could not quickly achieve heat death. This was a slow process. Just like if the universe were an isolated system, it would sooner or later fall into heat death. But this “sooner or later” was simply too late.
The three discussed for a while. Bayen stroked his beard and said: “How boring it is to discuss in this void. Why not go to my Wizard Tower, prepare some food, and chat while eating?”
In the Celestial Realm, Bayen’s Wizard Tower.
The City of Academia had almost become a city of Wizard Towers. Any Mythical Wizard was qualified to establish a tower here. There were a total of over thirteen thousand Wizard Towers here, leading many wizards to call it the City of Many Towers.
At the very top of a Wizard Tower soaring into the clouds, on the top floor of Bayen’s Wizard Tower, the three of them were in a transparent room in the clouds, each holding a glass of Ale Wine. Warren took a sip and said: “Your Excellency Bayen’s wine is still as mellow as ever, possessing an extremely strong mana reverberation, like someone playing a soothing serenade right by the ear.”
Bayen laughed heartily and stroked his long beard: “This is the latest creation of my old friend Logan. The raw materials originated from the Ale region of Kaya, so it’s called Ale Wine. The natural environment on the surface is still the most comfortable.
“Your Excellency Betty, regarding the question you raised in the void, I have a somewhat immature idea. If we want to achieve a state where heat death and entropy increase approach infinity, the first thing is to have an isolated system. If you hope to use this to defeat ordinary deities or even Main Gods, then perhaps we can make this system larger and more powerful.”
Betty wasn’t quite used to drinking this wine. She switched to a bottle of orange juice and took a big gulp: “What do you mean by making it more powerful?”
Bayen looked at her and said in a low voice: “We can store a massive amount of Divine Power Essence crystals within it and use them together with controllable nuclear fusion as the energy source to maintain the isolated state of this isolated system.
“To imprison a deity, one must inevitably use energy more powerful than Theirs.
“Besides this, the essence of entropy increase is internal chaos and disorder within the system. We need to continuously exacerbate this process. No matter how the internal energy changes, we must turn it into unusable waste heat.
“For this link, perhaps we need to invite His Excellency Thales, an expert in the field of electromagnetism. He recently proposed the theory of informational entropy increase, generalizing the Second Law of Thermodynamics to the field of information. Moreover, he has done a lot of research on the conversion and utilization between energies. We need him very much.”
As he spoke, Bayen also glanced at Warren. Warren, understanding the unspoken implication, smiled and said: “No problem. I will go invite Thales, and by the way, I can invite his wife Blania along. Blania’s mathematical talent can help us solve many problems.”
Betty, holding her orange juice in a goblet, smiled and said: “Of course, the more the merrier.”
With the addition of Thales and Blania, the discussion and research work on the Heat Death Legendary Immortal magical item became increasingly clear.
“Ever since the birth of electromagnetism, we discovered that electromagnetic waves are very suitable for transmitting information. Not only that, through demonstration, we have proven that mana also possesses the characteristics of a wave. This is also the reason why mana can transmit information.
“Information was originally a fundamental concept in communication theory, referring to the elimination of signal uncertainty during the communication process.
“Later, this concept was generalized to general systems, and the amount of information was viewed as a measure of a system’s orderliness or degree of organization. If a system has a definite structure, it means it already contains a certain amount of information.
“This kind of information is called structural information, which can be used to represent the orderliness of the system; the greater the amount of structural information, the more orderly the system is.
“Therefore, information implies negative entropy or a decrease in entropy.”
Thales hid nothing, selflessly sharing his theoretical research.
Betty’s eyes lit up, and she lowered her voice: “If solely from the perspective of thermodynamics, we must create a massive amount of unusable waste heat energy, ultimately converting all useful energy—no matter what it is—into heat energy.
“This is a state going from order to disorder. And now, we can quantify this state using the amount of information.”
Blania also spoke up: “Leave the specific mathematical equation calculations to me. I will design the specific judgment program together with Teacher Warren.”
Ultimately, They finalized the concept. Based on Betty’s previous failed experiences, They designed a ring-shaped magical item. This magical item normally looked like an ordinary mithril bracelet, possessing the ability to create a closed, isolated system.
Secondly, sufficient space was also needed. The five Legendary Immortal Wizards unanimously agreed that at least an alternate-dimension-level space was required. Adhering to the principle of “overkill is underrated,” Betty simply calculated it based on a demi-plane. The technology for artificial demi-planes was all available in the Secret Treasury. Betty exchanged for the relevant magical arts, thus solving the space problem.
Using Super-Magic Star Sand produced in Ace’s galactic universe and mithril extracted from Astral Plane floating meteorites, They refined a massive amount of magical alloy. Then, under the design of Betty and Warren, They preliminarily established the framework.
This ring had a radius of about a hundred kilometers and a height of about three kilometers. Under the reflection of the sun, half of the entire ring reflected a bright silver color, very dazzling, while the other half was dark, submerged in the endless starry sky.
Betty floated beside it, nodding in satisfaction. As Immortal Legends, the five of Them walked on vacuum as if on flat ground.
“The framework has been completed. Let us first construct the artificial demi-plane together and endow the ring with the basic abilities to shrink and enlarge.”
The five acted together, like recreating a world, jointly constructing a hollow demi-plane, a demi-plane without an origin.
“Following the model of the World-Swallowing Worm is best. This kind of demi-plane has no origin for resource recycling and sequencing internally. Under pure accumulation, it actually conforms to the laws of heat death. Unknowingly, it walks onto the dead end of the Second Law of Thermodynamics.”
Betty observed for a cycle and said to the other four Legendary Immortal Wizards.
Bayen agreed, replying: “Such a space will do. We will further solidify this flawed demi-plane. Now we need to embed an information difference separation zone within it. Information represents an ordered structure. We will use invalid clutter to cover valid information as much as possible, suppressing the existential space of information in all aspects, which will more effectively promote the entropy increase of this system.”
Thales also said: “I will be responsible for the reverse construction of information flow, and can help Lady Betty construct the mechanical energy loss model. Let us work hard together.”
With the five Legendary Immortal Wizards acting together, the construction was even more rapid. Warren manufactured and migrated a super-performance electronic computer, Blania wrote algorithms, and Betty provided directional guidance and supervised the zoning of the hollow demi-plane.
Half a month later, the ring, densely covered with Level 5 runes, high-precision magical equipment, and the electronic computer, was completed. The interior was divided into fifty small isolated systems, and the Heat Death Isolated System was basically completed.
“There’s no problem with this system. Actually, as long as it’s an isolated system, it satisfies the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Everything we’ve done is just going along with development and intensifying this process. But even so, this process is too lengthy. According to the data we personally tested, if we want to annihilate a Ninth Ring Legendary Immortal Wizard like us through entropy increase, it would take at least three thousand years!”
Betty said somewhat dejectedly.
“Without a doubt, this ring of ours needs improvement. There is less than a month before the otherworldly invasion. If our ring cannot reach a level practical for combat, I fear Lord Ace will not agree to let us use it to meet the enemy.”
Bayen said with some worry.
“Let’s continue improving it first. Don’t worry too much. We still have time magic. Lord Ace has a time magic developed based on relativity: One Glance, Ten Thousand Years.”
Blania pushed up her glasses, comforting everyone.
“But I heard that magic is a Tenth Ring magic, claiming to be able to make ten thousand years pass in a day.
“But the energy required for this magic is too massive. I heard that accelerating one day to ten thousand years requires consuming pure super-mana equivalent to a hundred thousand stars.
“Moreover, even ten thousand years doesn’t have much impact on existences Level 4 and above, so Lord Ace only uses this magic to assist in experiments.”
Betty voiced her concerns.
“Tenth Ring magic definitely has the possibility of being degraded. If it really comes down to it, we can ask Lord Ace for help. The premise is that this magical research of ours is worth helping. As it is now, sealing a deity for three thousand years before they can be annihilated into pure heat energy—it’ll simply be too late to do any good.
“With that effort, we might as well just use Sunset Afterglow to nuke the opponent directly.”
Thales sighed and said.
Heat Death magic was such a promising yet unsolvable magic, but it happened to have various impracticalities. This made Thales somewhat dejected as well.
After all, the magical item They painstakingly made was not as convenient and reliable as the ready-made Ninth Ring magic “Miniature Sunset Afterglow,” a nuclear fission spell. This was truly frustrating.
“Developing a Legendary Immortal magical item is actually also developing a composite Legendary Immortal spell. It certainly isn’t a process achieved overnight. What we need to do now is optimize, optimize, and optimize again. We probably won’t make it in time for this enemy invasion, but this magical item of ours might have other uses.”
Betty said to everyone with a smile.
“What uses?”
The other four said in unison.
Betty looked at Them and said in a low voice: “Our Ring of Heat Death indeed cannot quickly kill the enemy, but this spell is an almost permanent cage. It can be said to be the most cost-effective crowd-control magic at the Ninth Ring stage.
“We can completely change our line of thought. The development of the magical item will continue, but simultaneously, we will also develop corresponding Ninth Ring imprisonment-type spells, converting a portion of the technology into combat power first.”
In the following time, They focused Their energy on the development of imprisonment and crowd-control type Ninth Ring Legendary Immortal spells. Very quickly, They developed an imprisonment magic that had limitations but was also extremely powerful: the Heat Death Cage.
“Heat Death Cage? A free Ninth Ring magic scroll!”
There was still a week before the invading enemies from the True Name World arrived. Lucilu and thirty-nine other wizards, along with twenty-plus sub-planes, were already prepared. They were currently looking with strange expressions at the magic scrolls gifted by the veteran Legendary Immortal Wizard Betty.
Unlike ordinary scrolls, this scroll could not directly activate magic; it required coordination. Four wizards holding different colored scrolls simultaneously activating this scroll, with each person injecting a standard amount of super-mana—about one-thousandth of a star’s volume—could activate a Legendary Immortal magic that ordinary deities could absolutely never break through: the Heat Death Cage.
“You only need to lure the enemy within a radius of one hundred kilometers, and activate the scrolls outside this radius but within two hundred kilometers, to create a Heat Death demi-plane. Its crystal wall is extremely sturdy, and it is a Heat Death demi-plane with four nested layers of isolated systems.
“These four layers are all completely isolated systems. The four Legendary Immortal Wizards who activate the magic will act as energy sources, transmitting energy to maintain the existence of the four layers of isolated systems and suppress internal resistance, making it continuously tend towards disorder.”
Listening to Betty’s explanation, the wizards were all very interested. The theoretical foundation of this magic was the Second Law of Thermodynamics, a law that was simply despair-inducing.
Lucilu asked excitedly: “How many ordinary deities of the same level can four Legendary Immortal Wizards suppress at most? How long will it take to turn the opponent into pure heat energy?”
Betty’s pretty face showed some embarrassment, her voice slightly sharp: “In fact, this magic does not rely on heat death to eliminate the enemy. Four Legendary Immortal Wizards can theoretically suppress and imprison at least two hundred ordinary deities. But if relying solely on heat death, the enemy would probably take thirty thousand years to turn into pure heat energy.
“If you can capture Their Fruit of Immortality, theoretically it can be annihilated together, ceasing to exist.”
Lucilu frowned and said: “Seal them for thirty thousand years to completely eliminate a deity? In a certain sense, it indeed achieved something the Legendary Immortal Wizards themselves could not do, but doesn’t this take too long? The energy required to be consumed must also be extremely massive, right?”
Bayen walked over, coughed lightly, and said to the participating wizards: “This is the newly developed imprisonment magic, which also has a lethal effect. But in actual combat, we cannot possibly use this as the primary means of lethality. In fact, there are four layers to the isolated system. We can completely open the outermost layer, release dozens of Miniature Sunset Afterglows into it, and subsequently open and close the isolated systems sequentially.
“As long as the spell models of these Sunset Afterglows have a few rune structures slightly modified, they can undergo delayed detonation. We can easily defeat all enemies.”
The newly advanced wizards participating in the battle gradually understood Bayen’s line of thought. This was indeed an extremely effective method, as long as they could catch all the enemies in one fell swoop.
“Then what we need to do is not fight head-on, but lure the enemy in deep. But the enemy might not necessarily arrive in their true bodies; They might stay within their sub-planes. Every sub-plane itself is a powerful combat unit.”
A Legendary Immortal Wizard asked.
Bayen nodded: “That is indeed the case, so this spell is only a backup option. Our main combat method is still groups of four, divided into ten groups for defensive counterattacks, striving to destroy the opponent’s true body in one strike, or break their sub-plane.
“If the opponent brings their Fruit of Immortality, then we absolutely must secure the intact Fruit of Immortality.”
…
On the other side, the Angel of Holy Light, leading the Named Ones and Pseudonymous Ones of the True Name World, had already been flying at sub-light speed for nearly a year. They finally saw the Wizard World, and also saw the twenty-plus sub-planes outside the Wizard World.
“Respected Vice-Regent of Paradise, Sixteen-Winged Archangel, Your Highness Holy Light. We have seen the full picture of the Wizard World through the mirror surface. The other party seems to have birthed twenty wizards capable of matching Named Ones in just a short year. It is truly inconceivable.”
An eight-winged angel, a Pseudonymous One, respectfully reported to Him.
Holy Light nodded, His expression solemn.
“I didn’t expect that without delaying for a moment, the other party actually birthed twenty wizards similar to Named Ones in just a short year. They are simply a grave threat. Fortunately, I didn’t delay time, and fortunately, the Named Ones I brought should be enough. Out of caution, I should still convene all Named Ones for a meeting.”
Thirty-four Named Ones stood in front of the Divine Feather Mirror, their expressions unhappy, yet also somewhat sobered.
One Named One actually laughed heartily: “We are truly lucky, not delaying for a moment, and bringing enough Named Ones. If we really delayed for a few years, I fear this Wizard World would be hard to suppress again. Since we began our Astral Plane plundering, this is the first time we’ve encountered such a lower-layer world. What a pity!”
His expression was savage, not looking pitying at all. His tongue licked His lips, killing intent revealing itself in His eyes.
(Chapter finished)
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