Chapter 2058: Long-term Tasks, Division of Labor and Cooperation

But after Xia Duo finished speaking, before Saixili could open her mouth, Niya had already sent a Sending to him, saying that he was too harsh on Saixili, to which Xia Duo could only respond with a bitter smile.

It was Saixili, on the contrary, who seemed to have understood Xia Duo's advice; her expression changed several times, and she only said, "I understand, I will go do my work," before quickly leaving the conference room.

At this moment, only Xia Duo and Niya remained in the room, the two of them staring at each other, neither willing to speak first. Finally, Niya couldn't help it, rolled her eyes at Xia Duo, and said crossly:

"Can't you be a bit more tactful when you speak? Saixili is my good sister; how am I supposed to handle this when you talk to her like that!"

"It is precisely because she is your sister that I spoke to her like that; I wouldn't offer such a reminder to just anyone!"

"You—" Niya couldn't help but be exasperated.

Seeing this, Xia Duo hurriedly comforted her, "Actually, what I meant was, let her choose the Inheritance Ritual first; later, when the Learning Machine comes out, could it possibly be missing her share?"

"The way you say that makes it sound like I'm being unreasonable."

But despite saying that, Niya's tone had already softened, "You just mentioned material coordination, budget management, and fiscal planning; are there books on these aspects?"

"Do you take me for omnipotent! Of course there aren't! Even if there were, they would be very superficial, mostly just conceptual descriptions."

Xia Duo had long been prepared and took several thin notebooks out of his Personal Space, handing them to Niya; they mainly contained basic things regarding economics, currency, and statistics.

Most of those originated from things he had seen or courses he had taken before he traveled here, which he had summarized into books after using Memory Retrospection and removing some sensitive information.

"These are everything I know; as for the rest, the Tower of Time or the Territory will conduct relevant research. I just hope Saixili doesn't fall behind!"

After Xia Duo finished speaking, he nudged the arm of Niya, who was flipping through the books, "How about it? I've been decent enough, haven't I!"

"Mm."

Niya closed the book, and when she looked at Xia Duo again, her eyes were filled with gratitude, "Thank you. Actually, I know you wouldn't abandon anyone willing to keep up, but I just can't help worrying about Saixili. If it weren't for her company when we were little, I really don't know if I could have grown up like this."

"I understand."

Xia Duo held one of Niya's hands, pressing it firmly against his chest, and said resolutely: "No matter how things were before, from now on you have me!"

"Mm." Niya responded heavily, snuggling up to Xia Duo's side, and remained silent for a long time.

Actually, Xia Duo enjoyed this harmonious and peaceful atmosphere, but there were many things to do before the trip, and many matters needed to be prepared in advance, so when Niya's breathing became barely audible, Xia Duo nudged her arm again:

"Don't fall asleep, there is still serious business we haven't discussed!"

Reminded by Xia Duo, Niya's ears immediately flushed with a faint red glow, and she lowered her head, asking Xia Duo in a low voice: "What matter is so urgent?"

"It's not particularly urgent, but it is particularly important, so it needs to be planned in advance."

As he spoke, Xia Duo tried to manipulate a cluster of Magic Net Strings nearby to form a specific shape. Although Niya hadn't been paying close attention, as an Arcanist, this bit of Spellcasting movement was almost instinctively perceived by her.

"Are you talking about the Communication Mythallar?" Niya said in surprise, "I only recently made a slight breakthrough in Node communication; there is still a long way to go before a complete Mythallar!"

"That's why I said it's not particularly urgent; I'm just reminding you that this matter is extremely important for the future. You need to prepare a perfect plan for the breakthrough; if you need anything, you can come to me at any time."

"I will!"

Niya nodded heavily, and once again regained the demeanor of a Senior Arcanist, "By the way, what are you going to do?"

"Mainly Plane Exploration, though the consumption of time and energy for this is reflected more in the long cycle span rather than tense work day by day."

What Xia Duo meant by saying this was that he would be relatively free next, with enough time and energy to solve Niya's troubles.

As far as the current Tower of Time is concerned, Plane Exploration is roughly equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack. Even if Xia Duo can make some optimizations or even breakthroughs in data processing, it is essentially just improving efficiency, not a breakthrough in the exploration technology itself.

As for breakthroughs in the technology itself, one still has to look to the Seven Towers, especially Giles Tower. However, Sikumu at Giles Tower is hostile to Niya and also hostile to Xia Duo; the difficulty of obtaining technical assistance from Giles Tower can be imagined.

As for independent research, it is actually within Xia Duo's plan. The Plane Exploration he mentioned, when reduced to actual tasks, is merely arranging for people to use the Plane Exploration Array to obtain data periodically, while he needs to analyze and process it every so often.

This is a long-term task, similar to the sky survey project on Earth; doing it doesn't guarantee finding anything, but if it isn't done, one will never be able to discover anything.

In this regard, Xia Duo has not set a specific goal for himself; he is already prepared for there to be no discoveries for the first ten years, treating it as accumulating data.

When technology advances in the future, looking back to analyze the current data, it is not impossible to find the large Habitable Plane he wants, and this is actually experience gained from the sky survey project on Earth.

In addition to Plane Exploration, Xia Duo will undoubtedly study the essence of the Plane. This is both to make full use of his Personal Space, and its related results can also be applied to Plane Exploration.

If successful, it would be a typical case of basic research guiding an Application breakthrough!

In short, Xia Duo will place the main direction of his research on the Plane Domain, while others such as War Spell updates, Floating City maintenance, and even Territory management will have to temporarily take a back seat.

Of course, taking a back seat does not mean that Xia Duo does not value them; it is just that, relatively speaking, these tasks do not require too much time and energy.

Xia Duo always remembers that what he wants to create is a civilization, not a supreme powerhouse. Individual energy is limited, and division of labor and cooperation is the mainstream of the future.

Like War Spells, Xia Duo almost only provided some Elf War Magic Artifact samples, and everything else was created by Iolum. Although he has always suspected that Iolum held something back from him (the means to protect against Annihilation Light), setting aside those unverified suspicions, Iolum has already given him tremendous help.

If not for Iolum, Xia Duo would definitely have to research War Spells himself. Even ignoring the possibility of failure, if it were one hundred percent successful, the time required would certainly not be short.

Just think about the current Adaptive Mythallar of the Floating City; besides Xia Duo, there was an Elf High Mage proficient in Myth Lock Design, as well as an auxiliary team consisting of eight High Mages, twelve Elite Mages, and one hundred and sixty-eight Elite Mages, and it took nearly half a year to complete.

War Spells might not be as complex as a Mythallar, but if Xia Duo does it alone, no matter how high his efficiency is, it is limited!