Chapter 446: Table's function
Sam didn't dwell on the patent thing by much. He has many other reports to deal with. Some of them really important and needs urgent attention.
One of them is the reports of the parks in the other empires. In more than twenty empires, the three major associations and the major powers combined to make this project happen. Compared to this, Sam's projects till now seemed extremely small.
Their construction is finished and all they need are some finishing touches and some time to research why the hell half of the formations are not working even after they built the whole park just like the blueprint said.
Meanwhile, the parks in the Kali empire and the other empires under the Beast faction are all in their final stages too. Even though their construction process is faster, they are still delayed because of the scarcity of manpower, and at the same time, Sam doesn't want them to finish faster.
If they did, it would be really troublesome. The rest of the major powers and the associations will not let it go if they felt that something is fishy. The partnership between him and the Beast faction is not something to be known by others at this moment. It is still a secret.
The reports about the Parks came from two places one of them is from Arman. He got some first-hand information from the thunder god temple about the inauguration, the troubles they are facing, and ongoing research of the parks.
As for the second one, it came from the Adrian empire. The teams he sent there are twenty and they are good enough to settle themselves in all the major cities, imperial capital and some semi-major cities with special situations.
Some of them might have to stay in the same cities. There are parks that are constructed in all major cities. Sam has got some information from them on how the construction is going, how much trouble they are facing, and how the situation is.
He is getting all the information he can. As for from Beast faction, it is almost impossible to get anything valuable from that.
After all, they are isolated from the rest of the organizations, at least in this case. But he heard that the beasts are being delivered according to the contract.
The beasts are being bred on the farm with the best of resources and this even became a chance for the students. There was already an announcement that once someone gets enough credits, they would be given a chance to select the beasts and try to form a contract with them.
And the Special offer is that Sam is going to increase the bloodline, of course, this is a secret for the rest of them.
After looking through all the reports, Sam felt like it is about time, he started his movements. The first move is that he needs to increase the efficiency of the defenses in the city.
And the table in the third floor is the best option for that.
Sam roamed around the city and started marking all the formations. Every formation was marked with a sapphire blue mark which is only visible when it was activated.
After that, he started marking all the weapons within the city. That includes the Cannons and mounted guns on the city walls, the prisms which he used to create the light beam attacks, the cannon which he used to shoot the missiles from the top of the building, and one of the trump cards, the glass sphere which is responsible for shooting that large laser, the light curtain every defensive system he controlled when Old One attacked was marked.
He went back to his room after this is over and took out the table in the third floor. Yes, the table in the third floor can be taken outside. But once it was taken out, it couldn't be moved from the spot. It has to stationary and could only be taken inside.
Otherwise, there is no use for that. And it occupies too much space.
The table is connected to Sam's spiritual consciousness and now that it is out, he doesn't need to channel the energy through the divine dimension which only accepts the energy coming from his own body.
That way, his mental strength wouldn't be as affected.
There is a large energy cell near the table and Sam placed his hand on that and another one towards the table as he channeled the energy.
The crystal surface glowed and slowly the hologram started to appear.
But this time, it is not small. It is literally the scale model of the whole city and some of its surroundings, the trees, bushes, even the people that are walking and working all over can be seen. If this is in place there is no need for him to have any other surveillance.
But there is a need for a constant supply of energy and it is not exactly small.
He has to invent a spiritual energy engine, which can flexibly and independently absorb the spiritual energy and supply it to the desired object. But thinking is easy, making it is extremely difficult.
Sam looked at the hologram and started touching the formations and other weapons which are marked. They can be seen on this due to the markings and he tried deactivating some formations and reactivating them.
If not for the fact that the cannons and the missiles are mostly mechanical and don't rely on formations for its core operation, he could control them too. Even now, he could control them, if he enchanted them with a spirit which would be in charge of activating the mechanical part.
After making sure that everything necessary is marked, he put the table back. This is something that would come in handy when he was defending the city.
With his current cultivation, the city is the limit and if he broke through further, maybe he can even cover the routes and a large forest area.
But it is not completely necessary at the moment. If everything is as smooth sailing as his plan to proceed, they wouldn't be able to come to the city.
For the next step, he would have to talk with his friends. Jack and Watt went to Arsin to get the info regarding the Usaine sect and their influence.
The four of them are in their private meeting room.
Watt is explaining the situation.
"The Arsin is a complete production house and the influence of the Usaine sect is more than what meets the eye.
The Arsin has so many mines but it is barely half the size of Orion but the mines are almost double in number.
And that is the only number of known and opened mines under the control of the artisan association and the imperial authority.
Unlike the thunder god temple which doesn't care much about who the emperor is as long as they paid the taxes, they have a tight leash over them. In fact, the imperial family is a family of a highly ranked Elder who is also a Transcendent stage cultivator in the Usaine sect.
His brother is the one who is the emperor of Arsin.
The Usaine sect recruits more members than the other major powers from the empires at the same time, they also involved in every affair. Simply put, all the high-ranking nobles are part of Usaine Sect.
It is just they are not exactly on par with the people in the sect itself and their potential is limited. So, they were sent there.
It would be hard to have any form of activities in Arsin, without alerting the sect."
Watt finished and Jack spoke.
"Actually, their influence spreads past the imperial authority, the second most influential people are the four associations in the empires, but they have infiltrated this as well.
Most of the high-ranking artisans, formation masters, and Inscription masters all from the sect. Even though they follow the association rules, their first priority is always the sect.
From what I heard the three associations actually took quite some effort to stop this from happening in earlier years. But things didn't go well for them.
But the Usaine sect is too shrewd, they waited for a few years, to train the artisans and other professionals within the empire under the disguise of weapon shops and such.
They started small, but they did train the people from the empire other than the sect itself. Their approach is similar to ours in this aspect.
They taught orphans with a passable talent and aptitude and made the infiltrate the associations slowly.
The result is more severe than what would have initially happened. There is actually a time, where the associations of the empires under the Usaine sect could have completely left independent.
But these things changed because of a war between Usaine sect and a Beast tribe. From then on, the associations are trying their best not to force the Usaine sect."
Sam nodded and asked.
"Where did you get this much information from?"
He didn't get it; fifteen days is not enough for this info if they only sneaked in and eavesdropped. They couldn't have kidnapped someone, right?
"Well, there is one thing that can let us have our way in the Arsin, in fact, any other empire under Usaine sect is the same and that is the food and wine. Wine for the most part.
Due to the excessive presence of mines and large barren lands, the main source is the beasts and the seafood. They have the best naval fleets of all the major powers.
They don't have proper wine though. They make wines out of limited things they have, they even use the blood of some beasts for some wine, but none of it tastes as good.
Most of the people are rough and depends on hard work. Due to the dictator-like ruling, everyone has to work in some kinds of mines once they are of a certain age. So, alcohol is like staple food there.
Our wine is best of the best compared to those and it gave us a lot of info even without us asking."