Chapter 2241: Universal Starter

————I overestimated myself; I only finished the first two chapters. I'll make up for this tomorrow~~

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Take Xia Duo himself, for instance; he never thought to compete with an excavator in strength, a car in speed, or a computer in processing power. Even now, after multiple Bloodline Awakenings, his strength, speed, and even his thinking have undergone a qualitative improvement compared to before, yet he has never thought of relying solely on his physical body to handle everything.

The sages of his homeland said long ago, "The gentleman is not different by nature, but is good at utilizing things." The reason humans are human is, to a large extent, because they know how to use tools.

Psionic Masters certainly have methods to use external objects to amplify their own power, but the source of power remains themselves. In Xia Duo's view, this is undoubtedly their greatest flaw.

Individual power is limited. If one cannot use external objects to obtain new sources of power, no matter how much internal power one has, there will come a time when it is exhausted, and at that moment, one will be at the mercy of others.

Overall, Xia Duo is very satisfied with his achievements over these two years in the Time Acceleration Zone. Although he cannot directly counter the Mental Image World, he can at least render the opponent's ineffective.

Now, the only thing he is somewhat dissatisfied with is that he still lacks a Psionic Master to cooperate with him for practical combat testing. Of course, even without one, it does not affect the practical application of the 【World Editor】 spell.

Verification is merely the final confirmation step; Xia Duo believes he has sufficient trust in his own research results.

……

Tower of Time, top-floor Study.

Xia Duo and Niya are sitting next to each other in front of the Projection Window. The Tower of Time has now been moved to the Floating City Public Zone, and the projection they are currently facing is the real-time scene outside the Tower of Time.

In the nearby Hengchun Square, a group of children is touring around under the guidance of a young boy, occasionally stopping for him to explain things. Seeing this scene, Xia Duo cannot help but smile knowingly.

If he guessed correctly, those should be the teachers and students of the Territory's enlightenment class. He seems to have some impression of the leading boy; he should have seen him during the last Job Rank Assessment he presided over before entering the Time Acceleration Zone.

According to the regulations of the Tower of Time, only those who obtain the Level 1 Mage rank are assigned various jobs; before obtaining the Level 1 Mage rank, everyone is an Apprentice.

It is conceivable that the boy on Hengchun Square outside looks very young, as if he is an Official Mage before even reaching adulthood, which would have been completely unimaginable in the past.

This is the magic of Modern Education!

"That little guy should be the youngest Official Mage since the Tower of Time was built, right?" Xia Duo said casually.

Hearing this, Niya couldn't help but hum, "Why don't you talk about me? I am the youngest Official Mage, okay!"

"How can Yinsiteduode compare to you? You must have already come into contact with Magic before you were 16, right? But him? Before he was 16, he might have still been helping his family with chores! If I remember correctly, he should only be 17 this year, right!"

In other words, Yinsiteduode only took one year to become an Official Mage. This speed of progress would be shocking if placed in the past.

Once Xia Duo said this, Niya immediately fell silent. However, what Xia Duo didn't say was that while Yinsiteduode's speed of progress is rare today, it is not particularly difficult to achieve.

As of now, the little guy is indeed the youngest among the Official Mages of the Tower of Time, but he is not necessarily the fastest to become an Official Mage; some people "enrolled" at an older age but progressed faster than him.

Moreover, Xia Duo also discovered a trend: as the teaching system of the Tower of Time's Academic Affairs Office becomes increasingly perfect, the originally formulated three-year training plan has become more and more outdated.

More and more Apprentices are able to complete all their scheduled studies within two years, and for those who cannot finish within two years, giving them another year might not necessarily help them complete it either.

Therefore, Xia Duo is already considering whether to shorten the term for Apprentices recruited in the future from the previous three years to two.

Come to think of it, the Apprentice stage before becoming an Official Mage was originally planned by Xia Duo as an enlightenment stage. Analogous to the school system of his homeland, it should count as the kindergarten and Primary School stages.

Official Mage—or more accurately, the Level 1 Mage rank up to Level 10—is classified as the Middle School stage. Advanced Arcanist is the college entrance exam; if you pass, you go to university, and Great Arcanist is graduate school.

If one fails to advance, one can choose to repeat a grade and continue testing, or choose to transfer to the vocational education stage, which is to continue rising from Level 10 Mage and follow the path of a Legendary Mage advancing to Great Arcanist.

Different from the academic path of an Arcanist, the Legendary Mage path is basically employment-oriented, engaging in professions related to Magic Application, such as Magic Technician, Magic Farmer (Druid), professional Warrior, and so on.

These professions basically no longer engage in specialized basic research work, but will develop deeply in their own professional fields under the guidance of relevant researchers. As long as one delves into their own professional field, becoming a Legendary is not a delusion.

In Xia Duo's plan, there will be no profession unrelated to Magic in the future. Even if one cannot perform Spellcasting, living in a society full of Magic Creation, it is impossible to be disconnected from Magic.

The so-called "Magic Civilianization" is essentially prepared for those who cannot perform Spellcasting. In the foreseeable future, Magic civilization will remain in a state where Spellcasters and non-Spellcasters coexist for a long time.

If one does not consider and prepare for this early, the more developed Magic becomes, the more it will divide these two groups that actually belong together.

"By the way, while I was away, is there any news from Jieyin?" Xia Duo nudged Niya with his shoulder and asked softly.

"Yes, he came to look for you a few times a while ago. When he couldn't find you, he told me."

Niya had an expression of "if you want to know, just ask me." Xia Duo certainly couldn't leave it unsatisfied and hurriedly asked: "What did he want with me? Is there any new progress in the research of the Activator?"

"How did you know?"

"It's a task I assigned him; how could I not know! Tell me quickly, what exactly is the new progress?"

"Alright, Jieyin actually wanted to tell you that he has developed a Universal Starter that can simultaneously handle usage scenarios outside of the Arcane Energy Field."

In fact, Niya doesn't care about any Activator at all; she cares more about Xia Duo's attitude. "By the way, Jieyin also sent a sample, which is a Magic Lamp. He said you would definitely like it very much when you see it."

"A Magic Lamp?"

"That's what he said, and I put it away without looking at it closely."

As she spoke, Niya had the Tower Spirit teleport over a fairly exquisite box. Xia Duo opened the box, and on the velvet cloth lining the inside lay a small gadget similar to a desk lamp from his homeland.

At the bottom is a base, in the middle is a thin rod, and on top is a structure with thin claws similar to a ring setting for a Gemstone, but inside this is not a Gemstone, but a colorless and transparent Crystal.

The entire lamp has no Magic Aura at all, and the craftsmanship is relatively crude; at first glance, it looks like something a clumsy craftsman practiced on.

But next to the lamp is a small cube that integrates all the Magic Aura inside the packaging box. It is this small cube that makes Xia Duo almost unable to look away.

Regarding this, he gave his praise without hesitation—

"What a genius concept! It is simply too exquisite!"