Chapter 2312: Mythallar Progress

Thus, the second round of the explanation began.

This time, in addition to explaining the Principles of the Steam Engine and the design concepts for the Steam Car, Xiluo also emphasized the potential applications of the Steam Engine in other fields, such as Steam Hammers for blacksmithing, steam mills for flour mills, and so on.

Perhaps because they heard something new, fewer people left this time than the last.

But what about the third round?

Xiluo felt he could no longer come up with anything new to say, so he could only repeat the content of the second round, which caused almost all Mages above Intermediate Rank to leave.

Only the Apprentices mostly didn't move; after all, this was a rare opportunity, and the more the Official Mages ignored it, the more they had to value it.

In the current Tower of Time, there isn't much of a barrier to information between Official Mages and Apprentices; many Teachers even use their own experiences from their Mage stages to motivate the Apprentices.

Most Apprentices know that becoming an Official Mage in the Tower of Time is just a beginning; to progress, one still needs to continue attending study classes, and to earn money, one needs to join various Research Labs or become a Magic Technician.

And they know all too well what personal Laboratories, resource quotas, Inheritance Rituals, and Spirit Thought Network Permission Levels mean—these are the greatest aids for their continuous progress after becoming Official Mages.

Even the Official Mages were incredibly tempted, let alone these Apprentices!

Xiluo finished his three rounds of explanations, and Xia Duo had also completed the manufacturing of a large number of Steam Cars; for those at Intermediate Rank and above, he distributed one to each person directly, as there weren't many of them anyway.

The rest were allocated one for every ten people; the Steam Car doesn't have much capacity, but it can fit five or six people, and with one for every ten people, everyone could at least play with it several times before the competition officially started.

Once the competition officially begins, they will be assigned one for each group based on their team formation.

In fact, these three days before the competition starts are not only for the contestants to understand the Steam Engine and Steam Car, but also time left for them to form teams.

After the competition begins, there will only be ten days for them to design and manufacture, and the final day will be the demonstration, which is, of course, the true moment of decision.

Soon, three days flashed by, and all contestants had finished forming teams; almost no one participated alone, and there were groups ranging from two to ten people.

Although all members of the winning team in the competition receive rewards, no one would bring someone who cannot provide help to the competition for no reason.

Therefore, as far as the entire competition is concerned, although ten-person teams are the fewest, their expectation of winning is indeed the highest; the simplest point is—the more people there are, the faster the new car design, modification, and testing will be, and at the same time, more people mean more ideas.

Correspondingly, those in groups of two are purely confident; the number of such teams is also extremely small.

Boli, Pide, and Xiluo had a slight first-mover advantage, but over the past three days, they had deeply realized how meager this advantage was, so they very naturally formed a ten-person team.

The top-floor Study of the Tower of Time, in front of the Projection Window.

Xia Duo, Niya, Saville, and Aiboke sat around a tea table discussing topics related to Myth Lock Design, while the Projection Window displayed real-time scenes of various blocks in the temporarily activated residential area of the Floating City—

There were those assembling Steam Locomotives, those already driving cars on the streets, and more who were scratching their heads at the sample cars distributed when the competition started.

Besides the teams participating in the Locomotive Design Competition, there were also Mulan standing outside the streets and squares, watching from afar.

Currently, Xia Duo has no intention of moving the Mulan to the Territory on the ground; the reason for the time being is that no Mulan has passed the naturalization assessment, regarding language, decrees, living habits, and the like.

But even if they pass the assessment, he will still consider it carefully to avoid bringing the trouble of God Arrival to the Territory; for now, he will observe for a period of time first.

However, regarding the existence of this group of Mulan, both the members of the Tower of Time and the residents of the Territory are aware; currently, the Mulan language teachers and legal code lecturers were selected and sent over by Laidun from the Territory.

"Niya, how is the progress on the Communication Mythallar?"

"The third test has been completed. There are no more problems with the design Principles. Now it's about filling in the details, continuing to perfect it, and testing various problems that might be encountered in the actual usage stage."

"So, we will soon be able to use the brand-new Communication Magic Tool?"

"I suppose so. How could I possibly have absolute certainty about such things! I can only say that if everything goes smoothly, we should be able to use it next year."

"Next year?"

Hearing this time, Xia Duo felt both that time was passing quickly and that Myth Lock research was not easy; although Niya was the only one researching the Communication Mythallar project long-term, he also participated in it from time to time, and he felt that the role he played was no less than ten Arcanists.

But even so, it still took several years, and even then, there was no sign of the full dawn yet!

Niya said it was only possible to complete it next year if everything went smoothly; if things didn't go smoothly, wouldn't it be that it might not even be usable the year after?

Fortunately, there are no scenarios that absolutely require the use of the Communication Mythallar for the time being, so it can be done step by step, but regardless, this kind of research, which has an important strategic position in the future, still needs more attention.

The same goes for the Creation Mythallar; although it is a new project that only started not long ago, its application prospects and even strategic role are no less than the Communication Mythallar, perhaps even greater!

"Aiboke, work a bit harder recently; complete those tests as soon as possible."

He said "a few," but in reality, they were continuous; Xia Duo and Saville mainly performed the theoretical design, and for every new idea, they would break it down into executable test experiments.

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Sometimes they would test it themselves, but more often it was assigned to Aiboke, and then they would use Aiboke's test results to continue experimenting and designing.

Basically, it is a constantly cycling process; as of now, the bottleneck in the progress of this project lies with Aiboke, as he is the only Arcanist and simply cannot handle it all.

As for other High Mages, it's not that they can't be used, but it's still lacking; Xia Duo doesn't quite trust the test results of those people. If one piece of data is wrong, a lot of previous work might have to be scrapped and redone.

"By the way, is Depake ready for when he will advance?"

"It should be in these two days; I feel his state is adjusted quite well."

"That's good, notify me when the time comes."

In fact, regardless of whether Depake can successfully advance this time, Xia Duo is relatively happy; if the advancement is successful, it goes without saying, he will just be drafted.

And even if he fails, Depake is also an old Mage with relatively rich experience and knowledge who can join the project; after all, after a failed advancement, one needs to recuperate before making the next attempt, and this period is Xia Duo's time.

Actually, what Depake needs most right now is not advancement experience or unlearned advanced Knowledge, but a stable state of mind; Xia Duo had Aiboke give the other party a reassurance pill long ago.

He believes that Depake will be able to succeed in this advancement nine times out of ten, and this is also what he most hopes to see.