Chapter 2381: Different Directions of Magic Application

One year later.

Xia Duo had finally managed to fill in the gaps in his basic magic knowledge; what remained could no longer be bridged in a short time, requiring him to grow slowly through continuous study and practice in the future.

On this day, another weekly lecture concluded. After Instructor Tuto finished assigning homework and left as usual, Xia Duo and the other twenty-five students stayed behind for their customary after-class exchange.

Toward the end of the discussion, Xia Duo told his classmates, "Starting next week, we can pick up the pace!"

"Really? That's great!" The students were all happy for Xia Duo and excited about the upcoming acceleration in progress.

As for whether what Xia Duo said was true, they did not doubt it in the slightest. Xia Duo's performance over the past year had been plain for all to see; not only did he never fall behind in the normal study and practice schedule, but he also frequently excelled in the content of both previous and subsequent lessons.

Now that they had heard it from Xia Duo himself—that he had finished filling in the previous foundations—they were truly happy from the bottom of their hearts.

"I'm sorry for holding everyone up for so long. Today, I'll cook for everyone myself and treat you to something good."

"Maruente, you can cook? Please, just don't let it be that military food from the Military Camp!" A student named Ma Er laughed with a strange expression.

He had an older brother who had once served, and he had even brought back some of the Army's food; that experience was something he still couldn't forget to this day.

Other students who knew something about the Army's food also expressed their concerns one after another.

But Xia Duo smiled and said to everyone, "Don't worry. I'm inviting you all to eat, not holding a grudge against you. Having eaten that stuff for twenty years, I know the Army's food better than anyone, and I never want to eat it again in this lifetime."

Most of the food in the Red Heart Alliance Army was produced by specialized food processing plants, and for the sake of easy storage and portability, great concessions were made in terms of taste.

Furthermore, in addition to regular food rations, all soldiers were taught a spell to temporarily process meat and plants into food, which was basically a low-quality version of the rationed food.

Maruente's memory contained many painful recollections of Army food that he couldn't bear to look back on; Xia Duo didn't even want to recall them, so how could he possibly use them to treat his classmates!

Under Xia Duo's repeated assurances, the twenty-four students marched grandly from the teaching building to the small, independent courtyard Xia Duo had rented inside Chixin University.

Usually, this courtyard seemed quite large, but with dozens of people packed in at once, it appeared slightly cramped.

Consequently, the gathering had to be held in the courtyard outside, which was still quite spacious. In the past, this would have been almost a tradition for the Elf, but in this day and age, it was somewhat impolite.

But after all, they were classmates with a relationship that was neither too close nor too distant, and there was a strange, unconstrained feeling to it.

Since officially enrolling, Xia Duo had spent most of his time in the Library, so he was still somewhat unfamiliar with some of the facilities in the courtyard's kitchen. While waiting for the "online-ordered" ingredients to arrive, he seized the time to familiarize himself with them.

"This should be an Oven, right? Hmm, not bad, it is an Oven!"

The lack of an instruction manual meant that the operation of these facilities should fall under the category of common sense, and common sense was generally not too difficult to understand or operate.

Xia Duo tried a few simple things and recognized the kitchen appliances like the Oven, stove, and Refrigerator, and found how to use them. The rest of the cookware and tableware were not much different from those in the Main Plane Elf kitchens, just more convenient to use.

After more than a year of experience, Xia Duo discovered that the Red Heart Alliance had embarked on a path of Magic Application development that was completely different from Netheril in the Main Plane.

Magic Application in Netheril was primarily based on Magic Item, while here, it carried a distinct Elf character, relying mainly on the Mythallar to load relevant applications.

In other words, the Magic Item, Magic Facility, and magic buildings seen everywhere here were almost all linked to the Mythallar, and could even be controlled through the Mythallar.

As for independent Magic Item, Xia Duo searched through all of Maruente's memories and found they were mostly used in the Army; elsewhere, they were not exactly non-existent, but very rare.

Xia Duo actually identified with this direction of development. In the Main Plane, his Floating City had already begun similar construction, with all equipment and facilities "networked" for easy management.

And outside the Mythallar and the Territory, he had also thought about how to forcibly network independent Magic Item; this was not something that could be solved by simple prohibition.

Even the Red Heart Alliance in the current era had not completely eliminated the existence of independent Magic Item, so it was unlikely that the Main Plane could eliminate them either.

Therefore, what he needed to do more was to draw on the management experience here and apply it to the Main Plane.

While pondering and familiarizing himself with everything in the kitchen, the delivery person arrived before long and delivered all the ingredients needed for the gathering.

At this time, several students, seemingly worried about Xia Duo's operation, squeezed into the already small kitchen and only retreated after seeing Xia Duo skillfully handle the ingredients and operate the kitchen appliances.

Xia Duo's culinary skills were not brilliant, but to classmates accustomed to traditional Elf food, it had a unique flavor, much like the feeling Xia Duo had when eating exotic food back in his hometown.

Some might not be used to it, but that unique sense of difference was enough to cover up such discomfort. Every student in Mythallar Design Class 4, except for Xia Duo, had received a complete modern Red Heart aesthetic education.

In terms of perceiving beauty, they would not overlook the unique differences and exotic flair contained within just because they were not accustomed to it.

Or rather, perhaps only in the Red Heart Alliance of this Projection Plane could someone truly understand the beauty of Xia Duo's gourmet food, which lay not only in the taste but also in the beauty of Eastern philosophy that transcended the food itself.

The gathering was enjoyed by both host and guests, but after the gathering, it was back to studies. After a year, Mythallar Design Class 4 had completed the study and practice progress for two semesters—

Namely, Semi-plane Connection and Practical Base Layout.

Now that the environment in all aspects was ready, starting from the third semester, they would officially enter the Mythallar Design stage. Some classes with faster progress had already started this stage in advance.

But because Class 4's progress was slightly slower in the beginning, they now needed to hurry to catch up.

The goal for the current third semester was—the realization and control of the Basic Equation Mythallar.

If it were just this goal literally, it wouldn't even require being in the Maze Lock Design Major; for most tenth-grade university students who hadn't chosen a major, it wouldn't be too difficult.

But for students of the Maze Lock Design Major, they needed to understand the Principles behind it, as well as the most important part: control. Especially the latter, which could be said to be the origin of the entire Mythallar system.

This included content from multiple sub-fields such as communication between Mythallar, control, Permission Level, and Ziliaoku.