I, transformed into a vampire girl, sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Chapter 47: The Ending Battle and the Coming New Era

"United Daily News, April 14, 653: Our valiant 4nd Vanguard Division of the Amerlane Army has approached the Ruhr stronghold of the rebel Grant. As of the time of this report, our army has confirmed that 5.43 enemy soldiers have been killed and 2.2 have been captured. We have also captured several key enemy towns, including Saxony and the Great Mill District. For this, our valiant Vanguard Army has paid a heavy price with the sacrifice of 193 men. In addition, 1033 glorious soldiers have been transferred to the Vanguard Army Field Hospital for treatment."

Alice put down the newspaper. The war was progressing smoothly, and if things continued this way, they would soon be able to end Grant's rule. Alice opened the map. Grant actually controlled a large area of ​​land, including Saxony in the Great Mill region and the Ruhr in the lower Rhine.

Whether by coincidence or not, one of these two regions possesses fertile land, while the other, the Ruhr, boasts a large population and a complete industrial and agricultural sector. However, unlike in the previous life, the Rhine River flows through a land called Saxony, not a river called the Elbe.

"It's just a coincidence."

Alice picked up the pencil, which was made by the Trian Office Supplies Factory, and Alice herself designed a trademark for it: "Civilization".

After all, writing brings about the inheritance and development of civilization, and the factories that manufacture writing instruments are indeed manufacturing civilization.

"The Ruhr region... Ah, are there any coal mines there? Let me see..."

"No, there aren't that many coal mines there. There are plenty of magic crystals and oil. I'm sorry, Princess Alice, please forgive my uninvited visit."

The newcomer was a young girl, Anna, Alicia's friend. Alice's memories of her were limited to the words "magical industry."

"Oh, your name is... Anna?"

“Yes, Your Highness, I have some good news to report to you. By the way, little Vera wanted me to give this to you.”

Anna took a brown file bag out of her bag. It was similar to the paper file bag Alice remembered used to store files, except that it was sealed with sealing wax.

"Oh, that's great, thank you Anna... Please have a seat."

Anna sat down and carefully took out a small item from her bag, which Alice immediately saw.

"This is......"

"This is a magic lamp..."

The magic lamp, unlike the early light bulbs, Alice examined it closely. Its shape resembled a modern LED light, rather than an early incandescent bulb. Just look at its shape: a wooden casing with a metal ring fastened to the lamp head, holding the glass disc in place.

The interior has a peculiar structure, with a cut colored crystal occupying the central ring, and a four-pointed star at the very center of the crystal.

"Please demonstrate for me, Miss Anna."

Alice immediately became serious. She saw Anna take a strange device out of her bag, a peculiar box with several metal rings embedded in it and a transparent line extending out, connecting the box to a strange plug.

Yes, plugs. Alice clearly saw two protruding metal pieces.

"This is the power supply box, this is the wire, and this is the plug?"

Alice pointed to these structures, and Anna nodded, emphasizing to Alice, "I've looked at the materials you brought, and the structures of the electrical equipment particularly caught my attention. They're so similar to the way magic crystal energy is conducted..."

"Therefore, I referenced the structure of electrical equipment. You may not know this, but the Magic Crystal Research Association has been exploring how to conduct the magic power of magic crystals to artificial inscriptions, instead of only through the human body. I found your answer in your materials."

"Ground wire?"

“That’s right. Magic is similar to electricity. I must explain to you that the magic crystal energy release circuit we are currently using has a major flaw: secondary energy release.”

The so-called secondary pulse occurs when, after the magic crystal releases energy, if the circuit is closed and not introduced into the human body, the magic crystal will release high-energy magic power instantly. This magic power will directly burn out the circuit or detonate the magic crystal.

"But after referring to the principle of the ground wire, I found that if I put it into the ground or the house, the circuit will not burn out."

However, Alice's focus was not on the so-called ground line; she stared intently at the transparent so-called wire.

"What is this thing made of?"

“Your Highness Alice, these are magic wires made from deactivated magic crystals.”

Alice stared at the thin wire; she could clearly see two layers. Suddenly, she became excited. According to the principle of total internal reflection, if this thing matched her expectations, then—

Isn't this fiber optic cable??

“Anna, the outside and inside of this wire…”

"Ah, Your Highness, the magical energy wires we've produced are missing..."

"No, no, no, Anna, you don't understand. This is what we need... Do you have any magical device that can create a thin beam of light?"

Now that we have optical fibers, what about lasers...?

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, we don't have..."

Alice shook her head. A laser and fiber optic cable fell from the sky, and then she was quickly ushered into the information age. How could she have such a dream? But there was no doubt that this thing must be useful. She watched Anna assemble the lamp and connect the wires to the floor. As the fiber was filled with magical light, the magic lamp lit up, and she seemed to see hope again.

"Light signal! How far can this magical conduit travel?"

"Um, no one has tried it, but theoretically there are no limitations?"

Alice poked her hand. Unrestricted information—energy transfer? This was truly a windfall!

As for this lamp? If I'm not mistaken, it's an LED lamp that existed in the steam age. At least for now, magic theory and physical theory don't intersect, which means they were able to use safety lamps in mines and laboratories much earlier!

"Miss Anna, won't this thing ignite anything?"

"Miss Alice, this inscription will not cause the luminescent body to emit any heat. The luminescent body uses my second-generation low-energy magic crystal structure luminescent body!"

That's right, this is the safety light! Alice watched as Anna disassembled the lamp holder, took out a round metal plate inside, and then pulled out the lamp fixture surrounded by metal rings and magic fibers.

Alice did not take the lamp she was offered. Instead, she saw the round metal plate with intricate circuitry and magical fibers embedded in the grooves.

"Ah, this is an inscribed fragment."

"You call this an inscription? This is clearly a circuit board! The substrate is made of metal?"

"The substrate is made of copper that has been smelted using magic and mixed with glass..."

Metal circuit board? Alice thought about it and it made sense. After all, this was a magical structure, not an electrical one. But this was already a precursor to early information technology, which meant they had skipped vacuum tubes and transistors and gone straight to integrated circuits.

It's a shame their factory is still using steam technology...

The advent of safety lights has prevented safety accidents caused by the use of open flames for lighting, and has greatly improved the safety of mines and industrial laboratories.

“Miss Anna, I am immediately appointing you as the director of the Magic Department and authorizing you to establish the National Magic Industry Department. Wait a moment, I will write up an appointment letter right away. Also, go find Vera later, I need you to look at these theories.”

Alice handwrote a form that included theories of electricity, information, and large-scale integrated circuits. Now that this rudimentary form existed, it needed to be nurtured. She was afraid that the knowledge would rot and decay in a computer.