Chapter 2370: Interview Challenges

Examining the latest high school magic textbooks of the Chixin Tribe, Xia Duo marveled at the great power of fifteen hundred years of time, while also feeling gratified that the first generation of Elders had well implemented the philosophy he had left behind—allowing every individual to develop fully.

So many years had passed, and the magic of the Chixin Tribe was no longer the crude form he had initially left behind; yes, crude, for although he had left behind almost all the content of Netheril Magic from the Main Plane without reservation, these fifteen hundred years of development were enough to expand it to an unprecedented degree.

Currently, the Chixin Tribe mainly divides magic into four major subjects: Principles, Law and Theorem, Equation, and Application; this classification method has already departed from the traditional Main Plane classification of Creation, Alteration, and Mental.

The vast majority of the Netheril Magic knowledge Xia Duo left behind during his previous descent can be categorized under the subject of Law and Theorem, and the essence of this subject, in layman's terms, is discovering patterns through phenomena and then continuing to deduce more patterns in depth.

All known and unknown spells can be categorized as Law and Theorem, even including Equation Spells; the reason they are separated is largely because Equation Spells are the culmination of a series of specific rules.

As for Principles, it is easy to understand: any truth in magic that cannot be explained for the time being is a Principle, similar to axioms in mathematics—things that are self-evident.

As for Application, after subtracting the above three major subjects from magic, what remains is Application.

Currently, the arrangement in the Chixin Tribe is that the enlightenment stage involves exposure to simple spells to stimulate interest, while the junior high school stage involves learning various applications of magic, mainly referring to the production of Magic Items.

By high school, students begin to encounter Equation Spells, or rather, Equation Spells are the content that needs to be focused on during this stage.

Of course, these are just simple judgments made by Xia Duo; in reality, from primary school to high school, at every stage, students here will come into contact with knowledge regarding Principles, Law and Theorem, etc., though it is relatively shallow, and the School does not explain it in detail.

It is just meant to broaden their horizons.

It is not until the university stage that they begin to systematically learn the Equations, Laws and Theorems, and even Principles of magic, accumulating a foundation for further exploration in the future.

The Projection Avatar Xia Duo is currently using, Maruente, only attended a vocational school; vocational study is completely different from university, as it basically only focuses on the level of application, and after graduation, one generally becomes a worker, a Magic Technician.

And if one went to a vocational school not directly related to magic, after graduation, one generally could only engage in related work, such as artistic creation, business management, and so on.

If one wants to change jobs, one generally has to study a new vocational course; in this regard, vocational schools are different from universities, as there is no threshold for vocational enrollment—any individual in the Red Heart Alliance, at any time, can go to study a vocational course as long as they have graduated from high school.

It is not that no one goes to study vocational courses after graduating from university; in fact, many do, because university teaching at the application level is generally limited to the experiments required for the relevant major, and it is a very normal thing for students to go to vocational colleges to take supplementary courses for better development.

Or, if one does not want to engage in the research field after graduating from university, then it is even more necessary to go to a vocational college for supplementary courses, otherwise, it is not easy to find employment.

In this era, if one does not have a job within the five sequences of research, production, arts, combat, or organization, one will be looked down upon and basically equated to a waste.

Of course, no matter the era, there will always be some "slackers"; generally speaking, these people will choose to engage in the field of artistic creation, and currently, this is the only field where there is no pressure, allowing them to slack off as they please.

But precisely because of this pressure-free lying flat, countless great works are born; after all, living in such an era, with the neighboring Evereska Alliance for comparison, it is extremely rare to truly lie flat without any burden.

Currently, the Elves in the Chixin Alliance engaged in the field of artistic creation are either those who have the heart to try the path of the Executive, or those who are relaxing occasionally while working in other fields.

In Maruente's impression, it seems there has never been an Elf who engaged in the field of artistic creation from the start and did it for their whole life.

After all, it is inspiration-based work, and Elves are normal biological beings; it is impossible to be in a state of bursting inspiration at all times, and once the state passes, the vast majority of Elves cannot convince themselves to just wait around without doing something practical for the Tribe or the Alliance.

Such a society, such an era, is undoubtedly the object of Xia Duo's yearning; if he had come to such a society and such an era when he first transmigrated, he would rather stay here for a lifetime, even if he knew it was illusory, he would not regret it.

But now, he has the opportunity to personally create such a society and such an era on the Main Plane, and here, with a huge gap of fifteen hundred years, it is difficult for him to convince himself to stay.

……

Soon, three days passed.

Over these three days, apart from eating, drinking, and other necessities, Xia Duo spent all his time in the Library of Chixin University; the high school curriculum here was much more profound than he had anticipated, and even with his current self relearning it, he felt considerable pressure.

Not to mention, with only three short days, he could basically only skim through it, hoping that the upcoming Interview would not test some application problems that were also difficult for him now.

If they test more essay questions, then relying on his super memory, there is a high probability he will still be able to muddle through.

Therefore, Xia Duo decided that regardless of whether he could be admitted to Chixin University or not, he was prepared to take some good supplementary lessons at the university here.

And the things he learned here could be used entirely without change for the cultivation of the members of the Tower of Time, or even used in the next Projection Plane exploration.

By repeatedly brushing progress like this, he would have a full opportunity to explore magic to an unprecedented realm.

As of now, he is already very, very satisfied; the only regret is that the Chixin Tribe seems to have very limited exploration in the realm beyond the Great Arcanist.

Of course, with the current development of the Chixin Tribe in the field of magic, it can be said that they have completely surpassed the Great Arcanist, but it is more of an expansion in breadth and depth, while the level has not yet been surpassed.

To describe it in gaming terms, the Great Arcanists of the Main Plane are roughly level 20 to 30, while the Great Arcanists of the Chixin Tribe can reach level 50 or above.

But no matter how much higher, even if it reaches several hundred levels, it is still a Great Arcanist; this essence has not changed, and this also made Xia Duo realize how high and distant the God Realm truly is.

Of course, it is also possible that Maruente's knowledge is limited; in reality, the Chixin Alliance may have already begun some frontier research close to godhood, and these will need to wait until Xia Duo obtains the high-level Permission Level of the Alliance Mishuo to confirm.

However, Xia Duo believes that with the current development state of the Chixin Alliance, there is a high probability that some of the frontier research he expects exists; the only worry is that if those research institutes are not connected to the Alliance Mishuo, then it will be full of difficulties for him to obtain them.