Ren had thought that Viscount Roster and the Wild Mage would take shortcuts, skip things like steam engines, and directly develop fast trains—maybe even trains comparable to bullet trains. But he never expected them to make a quantum leap and develop a maglev train.

No!

He should say it was even more terrifying than maglev trains. Calling it a super maglev train or ultra-high-speed levitating train would be more appropriate, because this technology didn't have the drawbacks of the maglev he'd seen in his previous life. Instead, it had many advantages—for example, a more stable braking system.

Compared to Ren's shock, the Goddess of Magic and Betty's expressions didn't change much. You could even say they were somewhat puzzled. They couldn't quite understand why Ren was so excited. In their understanding, this train invention wasn't even as impressive as ray guns.

After a brief silence, Betty couldn't help speaking. "I feel like this invention... is pretty ordinary!"

"What if this system covered the entire continent? This is just a model—scale it up to the size of the train that appeared on my Ascension Day." Ren was somewhat excited. "If we could spread this across the entire continent, then the civilization of the entire continent would be pushed forward even further!!!"

The efficiency of industrial development often depends on how far humans can travel.

The emergence of the "ultra-high-speed maglev train" would greatly shorten travel time between cities, making long-distance travel much more convenient and faster. Take Roster territory as an example—right now, the freeman workers it absorbs are at most from a few territories near the capital. Getting people from the southern region to come work? That's a pipe dream!

Just the travel time alone would waste who knows how long, not to mention the dangers they might encounter along the way. No one would be crazy enough to do that!

With the "ultra-high-speed maglev train" tightly connecting various cities, it would completely integrate regions. Besides the flow of freemen, economic and cultural exchanges between cities would become much easier. At the same time, it would greatly improve logistics efficiency, reduce transportation costs, and even production and lifestyle methods would undergo huge changes...

To put it without exaggeration, the Magic Conductor industrial era could be called an era running on trains!

Listening to Ren's endless stream of words, the Goddess of Magic and Betty finally understood. Actually, the core was very simple: people would find it more convenient to go wherever they wanted. Magic Conductors produced in Roster territory could spread to any corner of the continent within days. Druid potions produced in the Elven Kingdom would be the same... Even raw materials like ore would be like this too.

Just as Ren was explaining the important role of this "ultra-high-speed maglev train," the Wild Mage and his crew still weren't satisfied. They expanded the test site again—a massive thousand-meter track appeared...

Watching the Wild Mage's experiment, Ren's expression turned serious. "I just don't know what the cost is like. If the cost is too high, who knows when we'll be able to popularize it..."

In his previous life, even regular railway conventional trains couldn't be built in many countries. Some countries that built them didn't have funds to maintain them. As for high-speed rail and bullet trains, not many countries in the world had them, let alone maglev trains.

"If I'm not mistaken, the main material for their rails, aside from the basic materials for making magic railguns, is just adding a stone called 'thunderstone.' In the dwarf nations, this stuff is everywhere... You could even say dwarves live inside 'thunderstone.'" When the Goddess of Magic was still a mortal, she'd traveled the entire continent—she'd been to almost everywhere. She instantly assessed the cost.

"Haha, interesting! If that's the case, doesn't that mean the cost of this 'ultra-high-speed levitating train' isn't a problem anymore? Or rather, the biggest problem is how to get kings and lords of various regions to agree to build it?" Ren couldn't help laughing out loud. "As for getting them to agree, that's way too simple!"

"Simple?!"

Probably only Ren could say something like that. Any other god wouldn't dare say it, let alone mortal beings.

Never mind why various territories and kings would give up part of their land to build these rails—just think about those nations that purely believe in one god and are extremely closed off. How could you get them to allow passage?

"If there wasn't a product popular and bestselling across the entire continent, it would naturally be impossible. But now, everywhere in the world, no matter the place or race, they all need Magic Conductors, they all need druid potions. And the higher someone's status and rank, the more they desire them." Ren said with a smile. "Since that's the case, we can build a rail system based on these products. Wouldn't that work?"

Ren's mind held too many plans, too many case studies that could help them popularize a relatively cheap "train" system worldwide. In his memory, any industrialized country, due to different social environments, would adopt different approaches to popularize railways, making them the most important transportation tool and freight route of their time.

Just now, he'd thought of keywords like United Fruit, railways, bananas, and Tropical Radio Telegraph Company. It seemed like that plan was worth referencing—establishing a railway network spanning many countries in nations with large private lands, while also developing a radio telegraph company in the process.

They could completely use the Golden Merchant Guild, Magic Conductors, and druid potions to establish an ultra-high-speed train system and Magic Power Network system, thoroughly connecting the entire continent together.

The Wild Mage's experiment continued.

1000-meter track completed in 50 seconds. Increase power. 1000-meter track completed in 30 seconds. Increase power. 1000-meter track completed in 10 seconds... Without changing any runes, at maximum speed, the 1000-meter track could be completed in 8 seconds. If it could run stably, that would be 450,000 meters per hour.

The Wild Mage's experiment didn't end. Same speed. 3000-meter track—stable. 5000-meter track—stable. 10,000-meter track—stable!

Strong wind environment—stable. Heavy rain environment—stable. Snowy weather—stable...

No matter what environment, no matter the distance, the levitation height and traveling speed had no problems whatsoever, no fluctuations at all. You could even say that as long as the track wasn't damaged, there wouldn't be any fluctuations. Everything exceeded Ren's expectations. He hadn't expected the first time they made it to have such stable results.

"Haha, no problems at all! Once we get out this time, we'll go find Viscount Roster right away!" Even the Wild Mage couldn't help laughing out loud. "Thank the God of Technology! Hahaha, this time we're really going to change the world! The path the God of Technology is leading us down is truly the most correct path!"

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