Chapter 1296: Lifespan Extension, Luo Zi's Advancement

Next, Xia Duo repeatedly and continuously activated the 【Force Shield】 chip, attempting to determine the chip's maximum service life, but until Luo Zi came to find him, he had not discovered the slightest abnormality in the chip.

The higher the purity of the Mithril wire, the higher the Magic Energy flux, and at the same time, the less prone it is to Elemental Transmutation reactions, but correspondingly—

If the Mithril wire is thinner, the Magic Energy flux is lower, and at the same time, it is more prone to Elemental Transmutation reactions.

And Elemental Transmutation reactions reduce the purity of the Mithril wire, causing the Magic Energy flux to drop; once it reaches a certain level, it leads to the failure of the energy circuit.

Which is the "maximum service life" in the usual sense.

The Mithril wire used in the 【Force Shield】 chip that Xia Duo trial-produced was extremely thin, so thin that it could not be produced directly, but had to be completed by etching in the substrate and then injecting Mithril liquid.

According to his initial judgment, as long as it was activated more than ten times, the probability of obvious abnormalities would increase to a level that could not be ignored.

But now, he had activated it no less than thirty times, yet there was no abnormality at all.

This meant that Xia Duo's judgment regarding the properties of Mithril was mistaken; once the purity reaches a certain level, perhaps more magical characteristics appear.

Or, the tiny bit of untested Mithril particles from before had a much higher purity than expected, making the final service life even more durable.

If it is a mutation in the properties of Mithril, it means that there is no need for near-infinite purity Mithril to satisfy the future development of the chip industry;

And if it is that the purity of the previous Mithril material was higher than expected, it also shows that 【Element Extraction】 is more efficient when refining high-purity Mithril.

This means that the future consumption of Mithril materials by the chip industry will be much less than expected.

Whichever of these two possibilities it is, for Xia Duo, it counts as a rare piece of good news.

Verifying it is also easy; one only needs to repeat the steps of preparing the materials from before, and then test its purity and Magic Energy flux.

However, for now, Xia Duo is not prepared to do so. On one hand, the laboratory's Mithril reserves are no longer sufficient to support him in conducting a high-consumption experiment; on the other hand, Luo Zi is still waiting for him!

Regarding the reason Luo Zi is looking for him, Xia Duo has a rough idea in his heart. If nothing goes wrong, it should be that Luo Zi's Level 1 project regarding the "Sisi Ring" structure is complete, and he wants his signature and evaluation.

……

In the Xiu Xi Shi.

Xia Duo casually took the research project summary report that Luo Zi handed over cautiously, and upon opening it, a thick academic style rushed toward him.

From the topic selection and intent to the analysis and experiments, and finally the conclusion, the entire report was neatly structured with appropriate detail, and even included citations and experimental consumption at the end.

The full name of Luo Zi's research project is "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."

The so-called "Sisi Ring" refers to a set of Spell Element units discovered and named by the Great Arcanist Sisi, which is essentially a specific combination of Magic Net Strings in the Fifth Layer of the Weave.

But in the past, the Empire Remnants' research on the Sisi Ring was already very detailed; it was not easy for Luo Zi to bring forth the new, so he could only start from its several special equivalent transformations.

It barely counts as a specialized research project focusing on experiments that predecessors had not studied.

Of course, there is no doubt about setting this as a Level 1 project.

And for Xia Duo, the so-called "Sisi Ring" structure was actually discovered in the Main Plane long ago, and he was very familiar with it.

The design blueprint of the Tower of Time's "Ascension/Descending" backup Magic Array system included the "Sisi Ring" structure; when Xia Duo first came into contact with this, he hadn't even become a High Mage yet!

Looking at this report now, there is always a feeling of returning to the past.

After reading this report carefully twice and confirming that there were no overly serious flaws, Xia Duo picked up his pen and signed the name "Maikade" on the cover of the report, and left the Magic Mark previously stored in the Research Institute Management Center.

Of course, he also did not forget to give Luo Zi an "Excellent" evaluation.

Seeing the big "Excellent" mark on the project report, Luo Zi grinned excitedly, smiling like a three-year-old child. He clutched the report tightly to his chest and said excitedly:

"My lord, thank you so much. With this evaluation, once I advance to become an Arcanist, I can immediately apply for the Level 1 Researcher rank."

"This is what you deserve."

That is what was said, and the fact is indeed so, but Luo Zi was still very grateful to "Maikade." If he were still at the Brado Laboratory, this final "Above Average" evaluation might have been dragged out for several more years!

"Send the report to the Management Center! This is the first project the laboratory has applied to establish; there should be no suspense about it passing. I will congratulate you in advance here, Researcher Luo Zi!"

"Mm!"

Luo Zi nodded, responded heavily, then took excited steps, trotted all the way out of the Xiu Xi Shi, and continued running outside the Laboratory.

……

A moment later, Xia Duo received a Sending from Luo Zi, in which Luo Zi mentioned that the project report had been passed by the Management Center and thanked Xia Duo again.

Two days later, Luo Zi invited Xia Duo to observe his advancement. Xia Duo felt quite surprised by this; he had originally thought that Luo Zi's promise to open the advancement process for him to observe was just casual talk, but he did not expect it to be realized now.

However, he did not refuse.

Although he himself had long been clear about the process of advancing to an Arcanist, whether in the Main Plane or the Projection Plane, he had never observed anyone else's advancement!

Perhaps this observation might yield some unexpected gains!

……

In the long, narrow corridor.

Xia Duo and Luo Zi were walking side by side, but the direction of this advance made Xia Duo's heart stir, and he asked subconsciously: "Are you going to the second basement level for your advancement this time?"

"Yes, I received a notice from the Management Center arranging for me to go to Laboratory 001 on the second basement level for advancement."

"Laboratory 001 on the second basement level?"

This laboratory number could not help but make Xia Duo associate it with the 003 Laboratory of Vice Dean Samuel from before; could it be that he was going to the Dean's laboratory?

He threw this question to Luo Zi, but did not expect Luo Zi to give an unexpected answer: "Laboratory 002 is the Dean's laboratory; 001 is prepared for advancing to Arcanist, and other researchers all advance there."

When it comes to understanding the Research Institute, Xia Duo could not catch up to Luo Zi even with a horse; since Luo Zi said so, he basically assumed that was the case.

Being able to reserve Laboratory 001 for advancement rather than for the Dean of the Research Institute somewhat shows the importance placed on High Mages advancing to Arcanists by those above.