Chapter 1285: Laboratory Obtained, Heading to the Library

"Yes."

Xia Duo nodded and asked again about the affiliation procedure.

Having received Xia Duo's affirmative reply, Luo Zi became even more excited and hurriedly explained:

"An Assistant Researcher's affiliation is very simple. I will first terminate the affiliation relationship with Researcher Buladuo, and then apply for yours. You just need to agree to it."

"Will there be any trouble with Researcher Buladuo?"

"No, you can rest assured about that. Although Researcher Buladuo is a student of a Vice Dean, there is more than one Vice Dean, and there is also the Dean watching from above! Furthermore, the Research Institute is not like the Judgment Division; there is no strict subordinate relationship here. Even if Buladuo does not agree to terminate the affiliation, as long as I am not currently on a project, I can unilaterally propose the termination. This is to prevent the waste of resources."

Speaking of this, Luo Zi could not help but sigh. From this perspective, Buladuo was actually not too excessive; he had seen many who were truly excessive.

Some Level 1 Researchers, in order to keep their Assistant Researchers from being idle or running away, would rather lower their own evaluations from above than stop starting one low-quality project after another to keep people tied down.

While Xia Duo and Luo Zi were talking, they had already walked to the Research Institute Management Center on the third basement level, where the Laboratory Permission Level certification is conducted.

The certification process is very simple: it is to leave a Magic Mark containing encrypted information, similar to real-name authentication or setting a password; the two are one and the same.

And the previous onboarding procedures were like ordinary non-real-name registration.

Many areas and many procedures within the Research Institute require verifying a Personal Magic Mark to pass, such as the upcoming task of agreeing to the affiliation of Assistant Researcher Luo Zi.

After Luo Zi applied to terminate his affiliation with the Buladuo Laboratory, he quickly received Buladuo's reply—he agreed, and there were no twists and turns during the process.

As for Xia Duo's side, after Luo Zi submitted the affiliation application, he also received the information from the Management Center almost simultaneously. When replying to agree, he only needed to include the previously left Magic Mark.

"Did you receive the reply?"

"I received it. I am now a member of the Maikade Laboratory. I will be counting on you from now on!"

Saying this, Luo Zi bowed earnestly to Xia Duo.

To this, Xia Duo very magnanimously stated: "I have just arrived at the Research Institute and am not very familiar with everything here. You can remind me at any time what needs to be done next."

"Sir, the first thing you need to do now is to choose a Laboratory. Some laboratories have severely aged facilities, and some have unstable energy supplies. You must not choose those, otherwise, you will waste your points repairing them for nothing. I am familiar with this third basement level and guarantee that I won't let you suffer any losses, Sir."

Having just become a subordinate, Luo Zi immediately entered his role. While taking Xia Duo to choose a Laboratory, he also introduced some basic situations of the third basement level to Xia Duo, such as—

A certain Laboratory once experienced a forbidden experiment, and the subsequent users all had poor outcomes;

Or, for example, a certain Level 1 Researcher had actually long met the conditions for promotion to Level 2 but had been suppressing it and not applying, just because they did not want to go to the Research Institute Headquarters.

From this, Xia Duo also learned that while the Research Institute Headquarters does conduct some more high-end research and has better research conditions, the political atmosphere there is also much thicker, and not everyone wants to go there.

Under Luo Zi's guidance, Xia Duo finally chose a brand-new Laboratory that had just been completed not long ago. It was not far from the Energy Center, so it would be easier to apply for increased energy flux for the Laboratory in the future, and related renovations would also be cheaper than in other places.

As for the subsequent additional experimental facilities, the price for this aspect has always been relatively stable in this base and is the same everywhere.

The only downside to this Laboratory is that it is quite far from Xia Duo's residence. In a situation where actual geographic coordinate teleportation cannot be displayed, unless the higher-ups equip him with a dedicated teleportation Mage, he must walk there.

As for flying, it is not prohibited, but the base is located underground, and the space above, below, to the left, and to the right of the roads is very limited, making it difficult to fly freely. In reality, it might not save much more time than walking.

However, as long as Xia Duo does not care about living conditions and is willing to spend points to have people deliver meals every day, living in the Laboratory is not an unbearable choice.

Although the current Xia Duo only holds the rank of "Assistant Researcher," his actual treatment and Permission Level are all in accordance with the standards of a "Level 1 Researcher."

Without any extra expenses, he could still afford these points.

After choosing the Laboratory, with no new projects, Xia Duo was completely free.

As for the two Level 1 research projects that Luo Zi was applying for, although they were under the name of the Laboratory, Xia Duo did not need to worry about them; he only needed to check them at the end and sign his name.

It is just that Xia Duo did not come here to enjoy a life of leisure, but to find a resurrection Spell. Of course, he could not let himself be truly idle.

After the Laboratory got on the right track, he began to plan to find the resurrection Spell, and he had already thought of his first target, which was—

The Research Institute Library!

Ordinary academies all have libraries; it is impossible for the Research Institute not to have one. In the days since entering the Research Institute, Xia Duo really had not found the time to ask Luo Zi where the Library was.

This noon, just as Luo Zi finished the experiment for the project "Practical Application and Research of Two Special Equivalent Transformations of the 'Sisi Ring' Structure in the Fifth Layer of the Weave in Spell Ascending Ring" and was preparing to have lunch, Xia Duo asked about the situation of the Research Institute Library.

To this, Luo Zi's answer was—

"Sir, the Research Institute does have a Library, but the Research Institute's Library is only open to Official Researchers. I haven't been to the Library yet! I can only tell you where the Library is, Sir. If you want to find any information there, I cannot guarantee that it will definitely be there or not."

"Can Level 1 Researchers view the books and materials inside without restriction?"

"Sir, I cannot answer this question either. You will know once you go there yourself, Sir."

Then, Luo Zi told Xia Duo the location of the Library and the shortest route from the Laboratory to the Library. Xia Duo kept his words in mind, but secretly complained that the Research Institute did not prepare things like maps for newcomers.

After lunch, Luo Zi continued his experiment, while Xia Duo followed Luo Zi's directions, passed through corridor after corridor, and arrived at the area where the Library was located.

Looking at the Library, which resembled an underground shopping mall, a glimmer of anticipation flashed in Xia Duo's eyes. If he could find information related to the resurrection Spell directly in the Library, that would be even better!

"I hope no accidents will happen!"