Chapter 2382: Recommending the Inspiration Headband

Students of the Myth Lock Design major need to integrate the aforementioned content during the process of designing, deploying, analyzing, and researching Basic Equation Mythallars.

It is not required to be highly profound, but at least one must have a relatively comprehensive overall understanding of this system, after which one will delve deeper step by step until graduating from university and entering various research institutions.

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However, before officially entering the stage of Mythallar design study, Xia Duo still had some private matters to handle, namely Maruente's wife and daughter; this had reached a point where it could no longer be ignored.

Just after the one-year period had passed, Maruente's wife, Beth, brought their daughter, Anna, to Chixin University once again. Xia Duo understood that blindly resisting would only cause things to head in an uncontrollable direction.

Thus, on the third day after the class gathering, Xia Duo received the mother and daughter in the same small courtyard. As their eyes met, Xia Duo only felt his scalp tingle. He tried hard to step into Maruente's perspective and asked softly:

"How have you been lately?"

"Do you still know how to care about us? Anna is about to take the college entrance exam, and you are still like a stranger, completely ignoring us!"

"Anna? The college entrance exam?"

Xia Duo looked at the "daughter" beside him in surprise. Endless joy and guilt surged from Maruente's memories, which made his gaze soften even more.

"Anna, have you decided whether to go to university or a vocational college?"

"Dad, I want to get into Chixin University!"

"What?!"

This time, Xia Duo was no longer feigning surprise by stepping into Maruente's memories, but was truly shocked from the bottom of his own heart. Anna actually intended to pursue a path of research!

He was not only surprised by Anna's talent, but even more worried about his upcoming university life. With such a little one by his side, he was truly afraid that he would slip up one day.

"Aren't you happy that Anna is applying to Chixin University?" Beth nudged Xia Duo's arm and said with displeasure.

Xia Duo subconsciously dodged, then felt that such an action seemed a bit different, so he hurriedly changed the subject, "How could I not be happy! It's just that it feels a bit strange—father and daughter are about to become classmates!"

He still felt that he could not handle this kind of scene. He even suspected that Beth had already begun to doubt him, though it was too bizarre for him to be replaced by the consciousness of the Main Plane; however, suspecting that Maruente had a change of heart was entirely possible.

"Beth, you understand the current situation. My studies recently are very intense. I don't want to miss such an opportunity; I want to devote as much energy as possible to my studies."

"You—"

Tears welled up in Beth's eyes, but she gritted her teeth and agreed, "We've lived like this for twenty years already; it's nothing more than enduring another fifteen. But you cannot stop answering my Sending, and when our daughter comes over, you must take good care of her!"

"Rest assured, I will."

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After sending off Beth and her daughter, Xia Duo truly felt exhausted; he hadn't felt this uncomfortable even after a year of intensive, grueling cramming.

The sense of immersion in this Projection was too strong, and the interpersonal relationships were more complex than in previous projections, especially with a wife and daughter who were difficult to shake off.

For a moment, Xia Duo didn't know whether to call it lucky or unfortunate.

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Fortunately, having made an agreement with Beth, there was no need to worry about her coming to the School again. Afterward, instead of waiting for Beth to send him a Sending every week, Xia Duo took the initiative to initiate communication.

But what he spoke of was not trivial family matters or romantic sentiments, but a non-stop report of his learning progress over the past month. This was both a way to brush off Beth and a way for him to review his own weekly learning gains.

It counted as a weekly summary, but such communication clearly could not satisfy Beth's emotional needs for Maruente. After a few times, Xia Duo clearly felt Beth's annoyance accumulating, though this was also what he hoped for.

But subsequent developments began to exceed Xia Duo's expectations. At first, Beth did indeed show annoyance, but until one day, after Xia Duo finished reporting his weekly summary, Beth actually offered a few comments.

Although she didn't hit the mark, it revealed one piece of information—Beth had begun to self-study content related to Mythallars in order to communicate with her husband.

This shocked Xia Duo once again. He sighed at Beth's feelings for Maruente, but he was helpless and could only drag it out day by day.

At the same time, this emotional burden also made him accelerate his learning progress time and again. He needed to obtain Researcher qualifications as soon as possible, then gain the original Advanced Permission Level for Mythallars to plunder the 1,500 years of accumulated Wisdom of the Red Heart Alliance.

Once he finished this, he could safely return to the Main Plane, and this body he had temporarily borrowed could be returned to its original owner.

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Mythallar Design Class 4 classroom.

This day, after Mentor Tuto finished his lecture and was preparing to leave, Xia Duo, who had been preparing for a long time, hurriedly stopped him, "Mentor Tuto, I have made some small gadgets recently and would like to ask for your guidance."

As he spoke, Xia Duo took out two Crystal Headbands from the courtyard warehouse linked to his storage ring and handed one to Tuto.

Tuto took the headband, examined it carefully, and said somewhat uncertainly: "Is this some kind of independent Magic Artifact that applies Mind Magic? It seems to be able to monitor the user's consciousness fluctuations?"

"It is not monitoring, but a Mind Link involving shallow consciousness. I call it the 【Inspiration Headband】."

During the previous projection, due to the fear that the interval between the two projections would be too long, rashly popularizing the Inspiration Headband might cause the not-yet-matured magic civilization to collapse overnight due to overly prominent flaws.

Therefore, after much consideration, Xia Duo ultimately did not bring out the Inspiration Headband. As for now, he needed to use the Inspiration Headband to improve his learning efficiency and enrich his research resume.

That was why he brought this thing out. However, the situation now was still different from the past. In the past, he could make all the decisions, but now, an independent Magic Artifact involving consciousness needed to undergo multiple reviews, and whether it could eventually be passed remained an unknown.

As for promoting its application, that was even more troublesome.

This thing was only effective the more people used it. Of course, Xia Duo only hoped that it would pass the review as soon as possible so he could use it in Class 4.

Theoretically, it was indeed better the more people used it, but the quality of the students in Class 4 was far higher than that of the members of the Tower of Time in the Main Plane. Even if there were only twenty or so, the actual effect would definitely not be worse than using it in the Main Plane.

If it could be promoted within Chixin University, that would be an even bigger gain.

Besides the Mythallar major, Xia Duo could also quickly master relevant knowledge from other majors, and if it could be promoted throughout the entire Red Heart Alliance, that would be simply unimaginable.

However, the risks of a universal link were too concentrated. Xia Duo speculated that even if the Inspiration Headband were promoted and applied, it would most likely be done in the form of multiple interconnected networks, with multiple layers of relays set up.

With his current Permission Level in the Red Heart Alliance, he would most likely be unable to access the Wisdom of the entire population.

But regardless, as long as the Inspiration Headband could pass the review, Xia Duo would consider it a gain; it was merely a question of how much he gained.

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After briefly introducing the design Principles and application prospects of the Inspiration Headband, Xia Duo looked at Tuto with some trepidation: "Mentor, what do you think of this?"