Title: Image explanation for vol. 2 ch.25
For this explanation, let's consider the whole white area to be the surroundings.
The area inside the large black rectangle is the range for Peter's area of effect skill for this example.
Peter is in the middle, working at the server for his skill.
The tiny blue dots are mana molecules or atoms.
The green rectangles are targets for the skill.
The blue lines connecting peter with each target is a linear data structure link: Probably a double linked list structure.
It used each mana atom/molecule as a node to create a string between them.
This is a mana molecule/atom for instance: ||previous |info | soul signature| next address||
something like:
Peter <-> ||previous |info | soul signature| next address|| <-> ||previous |info | soul signature| next address|| <-> ............... <->||previous |info | soul signature| next address|| <-> Target
The black lines connecting Peter and all the targets with each other is a non linear data structure link: Probably a graph link structure.
The reason why both are used is because, it can happen sometimes that a direct link might break due to inference and during that scenario, the nearest path to the target among the non linear data link can be used as a substitute until the direct link is established again.