Chapter 2400: Adjusting the Plan and Resubmitting the Project Application

Regarding this project, it was not that Mentor Tuto could not provide much help as he himself claimed, but rather that Xia Duo's experimental progress in the first phase was too fast; even so, before the project began, Mentor Tuto had provided quite a few constructive suggestions.

As for using personal connections to help him look up relevant materials at other academies, this actually already exceeded the teaching obligations of a typical mentor.

Although the Red Heart Alliance had a common ideal and was united as one, the teaching styles of different mentors could not be exactly the same, and there would always be some differences.

Some mentors would care for students in every aspect like a nanny, some would be nearly hands-off, and some would be somewhere in between.

It cannot be said which type is most suitable for a student's growth, but what Xia Duo could feel was that Mentor Tuto was absolutely a competent and good teacher, and his ability was very strong.

Moreover, the university major course stage was basically small-class teaching, with one mentor corresponding to only twenty or thirty students, which could fully achieve individualized instruction, using the most suitable teaching method according to the specific situation of the students.

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After Mentor Tuto left, Xia Duo and his classmates shared Professor Weiya's book, "Material Node Design for Basic Equation Mythallar."

After finishing the book, the team members had a clearer understanding of the subsequent project advancement, and Aotuomu even bluntly said:

"Perhaps we were too concerned with the results before; we should have started from the Basic Equation Mythallar from the beginning. To find universal laws, we indeed need more fundamental research. On this point, Professor Weiya has already made a good start for us."

Other classmates also expressed similar opinions one after another.

These classmates did not know about Xia Duo's subsequent plan to build a Floating Fortress, but from a research perspective, doing fundamental research was indeed a very good choice.

And Xia Duo also discovered that this actually did not conflict with the plan to build a Floating Fortress; his original intention for wanting to build a Floating Fortress was also to use the research resources here to strengthen the power of the Main Plane.

But this power did not necessarily have to be embodied in a concrete and real Floating City.

As long as a universal Mythallar conversion law could be found, the existing Modern Mythallar here in the Red Heart Alliance could very conveniently be converted into a Mythallar with material nodes.

Isn't this much better than just perfecting one Floating City?

The only thing that needed to be considered might be that the cycle of fundamental research is too long and might not necessarily yield results, but these things had to be done eventually; even when he returned to the Main Plane, he would still have to do them.

Unless he was willing to give up the construction of content related to the Floating Fortress and instead completely replicate the Red Heart Alliance.

This was obviously not possible; the Movement Mythallar must be developed because it relates to power fulcrums that can be projected outside the territory, similar to aircraft carriers on Earth.

Not having an aircraft carrier might not affect the normal development of the civilization itself, but when dealing with some external events, whether one has it or not is very critical.

Xia Duo was certainly unwilling to give up the Movement Mythallar; not only did he have to actively develop it, but he also had to unify it with the Mythallar without material nodes, so that limited research resources would not be dispersed into two different fields.

Since it had to be researched regardless, it was certainly better to prioritize research here in the Red Heart Alliance. When he returned to the Main Plane, he would have to face the embarrassing situation of the Tower of Time having only a pittance of resources, and the conditions in all aspects would be far inferior to those here.

After thinking everything through, Xia Duo immediately adjusted the subsequent plan again, deciding not to treat the Mythallar material node project as a transition, but to focus on developing and researching it.

As for the Arcane Fire Component of the Mythallar, this was indeed important, but in terms of strategic status, it was actually not as important as the universal conversion law of the Mythallar.

Anyway, he already had the data for the old version of the Arcane Fire Component, so it would not be too late to study it slowly in the future. Furthermore, when he obtained the Advanced Permission Level for the Alliance Mythallar, he might even be able to obtain it directly.

On the contrary, for the Mythallar conversion law, which even the Red Heart Alliance did not know, even if he obtained the permission, he would not suddenly know it.

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After making a decision in his heart, Xia Duo then began to worry about his wallet. To conduct long-term fundamental research, relying solely on his meager patent income was obviously not enough; he still had to find a way to sponge off the academy's funding.

In this case, the subsequent Floating Fortress project would not need to be actually completed; he could write it directly into the Mythallar material node research project, as long as he could explain the necessity of the Movement Mythallar.

Even if it were a gamble, the academy would at least gamble on him once.

As long as there was funding, everything would not be a problem; he could even hire professional Consultants from other academies and research institutions. And if he could attract the attention of the Alliance's high-level officials, perhaps even more resources would be allocated for research.

Although by then he might not necessarily be able to lead the progress of the project, as long as he participated in it, whether he led it or not was actually not important. Letting the Alliance handle it would actually make him feel more at ease!

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Two days later, Xia Duo prepared an independent project application again. At the beginning, the application did not directly write the reason for the application, but started from the situation in the Northland and the subtle relationship between the Red Heart Alliance and the Evereska Alliance.

To put it nicely, it was called strategic sunshine; to put it bluntly, it was actually peddling anxiety, but this was indeed a great mountain looming over the head of the Red Heart Alliance.

The mutual destruction threat from the Evereska Alliance made the Red Heart Alliance not dare to relax for a moment, and the previous Maze Defense Competition was prepared for this reason.

And in Xia Duo's application, he did not say that the Movement Mythallar could serve as a power projection fulcrum outside the territory, but focused on expounding the universal conversion law of the Mythallar, which was also beneficial to the research of the Traditional Mythallar.

The subtext was actually that by researching this kind of universal conversion law, the currently very difficult-to-solve Dragon Madness Mythallar problem could be transformed into a Modern Mythallar problem that the Red Heart Alliance was more adept at.

Once the Dragon Madness Mythallar was solved, then any Evereska Alliance could be broken with a wave of the hand, and there would not even be a need to mobilize too much power.

When the Red Heart Alliance and the Chixin Tribe were first established, they were determined to liberate all bottom-tier Elves, allowing every Elf to be treated equally and to develop fully. If it were not for being bound by the Dragon Madness Mythallar, the Evereska Alliance would have long ceased to exist.

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Before formally submitting the application, Xia Duo showed the application to Mentor Tuto first. After reading it, Mentor Tuto directly gave an answer that it could pass.

"I don't think there will be any problems with the academy side; just wait for the notification with peace of mind. In addition, I think it is necessary to submit this project to the Alliance Technical Committee. I won't help you with this; you go yourself."

"Having embarked on the path of research, you will definitely deal with the Technical Committee frequently in the future; just treat it as adapting in advance. By the way, I almost forgot that you had already come into contact with the Technical Committee when you invented the Inspiration Headband; that is even better."

For a project application, no matter which side it is on, physical materials are not necessarily required. Mentor Tuto decided to deliver the materials personally to highlight the solemnity on the academy side.

But for the Technical Committee side, there was no need for Xia Duo to deliver the materials personally; he could just submit them directly in the Mythallar. He was actually not unfamiliar with this set of procedures.

Of course, what was needed there was not a complete project application, but merely a project filing. General projects do not need to be filed there; only projects considered to have significant value need to be.

The "considered" here is not limited to being considered by the Technical Committee, but the initiator of the project can go to file it if they think so themselves, but if it can also be recognized by the Technical Committee at the same time, there will be funding support.

The specific amount will be combined with the identity and qualifications of the project initiator, as well as the importance of the project itself. Generally speaking, it will not be less than what the academy gives.