Chapter 1113: Compensation, and Those Who Follow the Way Prosper

The first thing that came to Xia Duo's mind was laser engraving or a CNC lathe; as long as the engineering blueprints for the sculpture were prepared in advance, a computer could automatically direct the laser emitter or cutting head to perform the "carving."

As long as the engineering blueprints were well-made and the processing equipment had high precision, the finished sculpture would be in no way inferior to a version crafted by hand by an artisan.

Similar to this is 3D printing, though 3D printing directly constructs the target body, unlike carving, which is a subtractive process.

But the concept remains the same: both involve pre-made engineering blueprints, and then automatically transforming those blueprints into a concrete physical object through some form of processing equipment.

So, could he create the blueprints himself?

Of course he could!

In fact, the miniature model of the Code Sculpture that Xia Duo made last night could be considered an engineering blueprint for a large-scale sculpture—a special kind of engineering blueprint!

It was just that how to apply this special type of engineering blueprint to a large-scale sculpture still required careful deliberation.

Just as Xia Duo wanted to think further about how to realize a magic-version "CNC lathe," he suddenly felt Niya's body move irregularly.

Xia Duo opened his eyes and turned his head, meeting Niya's shy, evasive gaze from within the crook of his arm. Xia Duo tightened the arm still pillowed under Niya's neck and teased, "Waking up so late, you've delayed me from doing many things!"

Upon hearing this, Niya suddenly raised her head and glared at Xia Duo: "It's all your fault for insisting on staying up so late last night!"

She simply forgot that the two of them were currently embracing while nearly naked. As she raised her head like this, all the scenery was laid bare before Xia Duo. Under such circumstances, only a eunuch could hold back, and Xia Duo was clearly not a eunuch:

"I don't care about that; you have to compensate me anyway!"

"You—"

Niya was just about to speak, but her words were blocked by Xia Duo, and thus a rather enthusiastic morning exercise unfolded quite naturally.

After lunch, Xia Duo finally remembered that Aiboke was still alone at the Mythallar Ruins, huffing and puffing away at repairing the Magic Net, and he couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.

Fortunately, Xia Duo had only previously said he would repair the Magic Net with Aiboke after returning from Seventon, without setting a specific time, so now Xia Duo could be considered as having arrived to fulfill his promise.

The Mythallar Ruins outside the Tower of Time had existed for too long. Now that Daxia Territory was going to build the Code Plaza, hold the land-granting ceremony, and the Apprentices sent to the Tower of Time to learn Magic were also returning home, it would be too inappropriate for these ruins to continue existing.

On the east side of the Tower of Time, inside the temporary structure left behind by several Arcanists of the former Hand of Secrecy, Xia Duo met Aiboke, who was eating lunch.

"Uncle Aiboke, is the food in Daxia Territory to your liking?"

"It's passable."

That was what he said, but the action of Aiboke's hand continuously picking up food didn't show the slightest pause. Xia Duo didn't point it out, instead sitting down opposite Aiboke and bringing up the real business:

"Starting from today, I will also join in the Magic Net repair. I plan to have this place completely repaired before the end of this month."

"In such a rush?"

Aiboke, who had been continuously picking up food, stopped at this moment. He stared blankly at Xia Duo, and seeing that Xia Duo had no intention of taking back what he had just said, Aiboke nodded solemnly and said, "I understand."

"Uncle Aiboke, no need to be so serious. Since I said it would be finished this month, I certainly have the confidence. You just continue repairing as usual, and leave the rest to me!"

Although Xia Duo had taught Aiboke the Elves' method for dealing with Mythallar Ruins, when it came to familiarity with Elven Magic and understanding the essence of the Magic Net, he was a cut above Aiboke.

If he didn't have this confidence, how could he have scheduled the land-granting ceremony for next month!

Afterwards, Xia Duo chatted with Aiboke for a while about the current state of the unrepaired Magic Net in the Mythallar Ruins, and then, without waiting for Aiboke to finish his meal, he left the temporary structure.

When an Arcanist repairs the Magic Net, if they don't use pure Elven Magic, they generally have to deploy Arcane Fire. With two Arcanists deploying Arcane Fire at close range simultaneously, regardless of whether Xia Duo himself was worried, he had to consider Aiboke's feelings.

Since Aiboke was on the east side of the Tower of Time, Xia Duo went to the west side of the Tower of Time. After setting up Protection magic, he began to check the current state of the Magic Net in the area where he was located.

If an inexperienced Arcanist came to repair the Magic Net, all they could probably do was deploy Arcane Fire, and then use the Arcane Fire to compensate for or link the broken or twisted Magic Net Strings of the current Magic Net, truly using time to repair it.

An Arcanist with a bit more skill would observe the direction and fluctuations of the Magic Net Strings to perform targeted repairs, which could achieve twice the result with half the effort.

As for Elven Magic, not to mention whether the spell itself is advanced or not, the very concept is completely different from the path of an Arcanist.

Perhaps this is fundamentally reversed from the process of setting up a Mythallar; the repair method of Elven Magic requires starting from the macroscopic perspective of the Magic Net to straighten out the macroscopic Magic Net structure.

This would be more effective than simply repairing the Magic Net Strings at a microscopic level!

And Xia Duo, who had mastered this method, undoubtedly wanted both the microscopic and macroscopic; combining the two would be even more efficient!

This was also the reason why the workload that originally required eight Arcanists to continue repairing for nearly a year could be completed by him and Aiboke in just one or two months.

More advanced technology naturally brings higher efficiency.

Entering the macroscopic perspective of the Magic Net, Xia Duo first saw the performance of the Magic Net environment in the Mythallar Ruins area within the macroscopic Magic Net structure; it was a huge structure that was twisted, entangled, and bore obvious traces of artificial modification.

Although the Mythallar in this area had been completely destroyed, one could still see residual tissues that had not been completely wiped out in the macroscopic Magic Net structure.

This was somewhat similar to uninstalling an Application in a computer, yet still having some residual files left behind.

And some of these residual files were very easy to deal with and could be deleted with a simple command; but some were very stubborn, and even if they were deleted, they would automatically reappear.

Fortunately, these Mythallar Ruins did not have such stubborn remnants. Since the repairs began, most traces of artificial modification had been erased by the repair work, and there were no signs of them recovering.

Casually finding a "loose thread" waiting to be repaired, Xia Duo began to look for the microscopic Magic Net String corresponding to this macroscopic thread.

"Yes, no, yes, no—"

While deploying Arcane Fire, Xia Duo used his own Micro Magic Net to link the microscopic Magic Net String corresponding to the macroscopic Magic Net thread waiting to be repaired.

Under the repair of more advanced technology, these Magic Net Strings, almost the instant they linked with the Micro Magic Net deployed by Xia Duo's own Arcane Fire, began to return to their respective places and automatically generate extended structures.

This feeling was like two magnets being forced together with South Pole against South Pole and Arctic against Arctic; once someone gave them a light flick, they instantly rotated half a turn, and the South Pole and Arctic touched.

It was also like a reservoir opening its floodgates, and the water flow naturally flowing downstream.

By complying with this rule, or rather, providing specific conditions to comply with this rule, the rest of the work was all handled by the rule itself.

This was also the true reason behind the high efficiency.