Chapter 1461: Time Passing, Material Breakthrough

Of course, considering that the Moonshadow Family had also signed a Sacred Contract with him, Xia Duo did not believe the possibility of him being truly influenced by that kind of unknown Magic was very high.

But even so, he was not prepared to investigate this matter further; the Moonshadow Family regarded this matter very seriously, even going so far as to make concessions to him, a human. If he were to continue pestering them, there might be unforeseen consequences.

As for whether the secrets behind this matter would be detrimental to him, Xia Duo was not certain, but he believed that everything always has an omen.

Especially in a Magic world where Scrying Spells are prevalent, as long as one keeps an eye on the Moonshadow Family, there is no need to fear any conspiracies they might hatch.

And if it were an open scheme, that would matter even less; as long as he is given the time and space to develop, he believes that sooner or later he will be able to sweep away everything (open schemes).

……

After returning to Seventon, Xia Duo did not tell anyone about this matter, treating it as if it had never happened at all, though for his own part, he firmly kept the Moonshadow Family in his heart.

Two days later, all the High Mages mentioned by Iolum arrived at the Arcane Union, and the "Daiwei String Property Research Project Team" led by Xia Duo and Luowei was officially established.

Subsequently, the Arcane Fire Devices, which Bogesi, Aersong, and Gawani were responsible for building, were also completed one after another; these three devices were several plans improved based on the results of the first full-machine experiment.

The first full-machine experiment discovered nearly twenty problems in total; some belonged to design issues, and some belonged to engineering issues.

And in subsequent full-machine experiments, design issues could be solved collectively, but engineering issues mostly required repeated testing again and again to be properly resolved.

In addition to the three newly completed devices, the Daiwei String Component automatic preparation machines in the other four Seven Laboratories were also waiting to be started at any time.

Ultimately, Iolum did not use all seven devices to conduct experiments simultaneously, but instead left half of them to be used for correcting the results of the first three experiments.

If seven devices were to operate simultaneously, the efficiency would not necessarily be higher than it is now.

……

Mid-November.

The underground war was calm and uneventful, with both sides constantly consuming their respective war potential, to the point that this war seemed exceptionally peaceful by the time news reached the Surface.

Xia Duo had not heard news about the underground war for several days; whether it was the casualties and battle results of both sides, or news of the Netherese active on the battlefield, everything had become somewhat quiet.

Two days ago, there was a breakthrough in the Arcane Fire Device laboratory, or more accurately, there was a breakthrough in the "Daiwei String Property Research Project Team" led by Xia Duo.

Although it was not a major breakthrough, it was merely summarizing a more stable projection method of Magic Net Strings onto Arcane Energy through a large number of experiments, allowing the stability of the new version of the Daiwei String to be improved by at least one grade compared to before.

Because there was a breakthrough in materials, the original Daiwei String Component automatic preparation machines in the Seven Laboratories were somewhat unsuitable and needed to be modified in order to produce the latest version of the Daiwei String.

Inside the laboratory.

Xia Duo was supervising and directing the High Mages who had come over from Yiaole Mu Ling to conduct experiments, while secretly pondering the improvement plan for the device based on the new material.

Thinking of the key points, he could not help but sigh, because with the new material, the experiment for the four Arcane Fire Devices scheduled for this afternoon was already of little significance.

The problems regarding design Principles had basically been resolved after many experiments, but engineering problems followed the materials.

With the materials changed, much of the previous work either became meaningless or had to be scrapped and started over.

And if the materials were updated again later, such steps would have to be repeated.

Of course, one could also choose a certain version of the Daiwei String as a benchmark and first create a practical Arcane Fire Device before discussing other things, such as efficiency, power, and so on.

But the key was that the current Daiwei String could only be considered a defective product; Iolum, seeing that a Daiwei String with more stable properties had appeared, insisted on changing to the new material even though he was eager to see a practical Arcane Fire Device appear.

This shows how poor this kind of material is, but from another perspective, it also explains the broad and huge development prospects of this special material, the Daiwei String.

……

Just as Xia Duo was multitasking and busy with work, Luowei suddenly walked in from outside, "Xia Duo, the experiment has been moved up; the teacher asked me to notify you."

"Why was it moved up?" Xia Duo asked in confusion, "Wasn't the plan scheduled for this afternoon?"

"I know that; the original plan was indeed for the afternoon, but the teacher simplified the inspection process, shortening the preparation time, so it can start in the morning."

Xia Duo was thoughtful, "So that's how it is; I understand. You go ahead first, I will arrange things here and be over immediately."

"Alright, then I'll head over first."

After saying this, Luowei left in a hurry.

And after Xia Duo arranged the work for the Daiwei String material project team, he also left in a hurry.

……

For four Arcane Fire Devices with old-version materials, even if four people were checking them simultaneously, it would take at least several hours, unless Xia Duo, Buluode, or Iolum were checking them personally.

If it were at the very beginning, it wouldn't have mattered, but now all three had their own additional tasks to manage and were very busy; for example, Xia Duo had taken on the research task for the Daiwei String material.

Buluode was assigned the simulation test task for the Daiwei String components corresponding to the local Element Units of the device.

As for Iolum, he was even busier, as situations from all aspects had to be summarized to him, plus the Arcane Union would have things for him to deal with from time to time, making him the busiest one.

Xia Duo felt that Iolum's simplification of the preparation stage inspection process this time was highly likely because, with the new material, he did not care much about the devices made with the old material.

……

After arriving at Laboratory No. 4, which had been specially renovated for the Arcane Fire Device experiment.

Xia Duo discovered that he was not the latest one to arrive; the latest should be Buluode, who was still nowhere to be seen. Taking advantage of the fact that not everyone had arrived, Iolum briefly arranged the subsequent experimental process and everyone's tasks—

Mainly recording the status details during the device's operation and collecting Arcane Energy.

Even without the arrangement, everyone, having had at least three experiments' worth of experience, knew very well what they should do; in fact, repeating it was just waiting for Buluode.

By the time all tasks were assigned, Buluode had also arrived, not walking in through the laboratory door, but teleporting directly to the periphery of the experimental area.

"Sorry, I had a situation on my end and arrived late."

"What situation? Is it serious?" Iolum asked with concern.

"Not serious; more accurately, it should be good news!"

Speaking of the project he was in charge of, Buluode was in high spirits; he first nodded slightly to Xia Duo before explaining:

"The support-type element—energy transfer Element Unit—previously identified as a design issue, numbered Daiwei String No. 5043, performed stably after switching to the new material, even far exceeding expectations!"