Chapter 2406: Probing the Original Permissions

————I really can't finish this in time, I'll make up for it tomorrow~~

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Regarding Xia Duo's decision, Mentor Tuto personally supported it, but he also reminded Xia Duo, "Other classmates have also invested a great deal of time and energy into this project. Have you thought about how you will convince them?"

Not everyone is willing to consider things solely based on profit, or rather, the Mythallar Node project itself also contains immense benefits, it's just that this portion of benefits cannot be easily obtained.

To adjust the direction of the Independent Project Fund, Xia Duo not only needs to convince himself, but he also needs to provide a reasonable explanation to all other project members who have put in effort for it.

Merely saying that it will make the path to promotion to Official Researcher bumpy is not enough to convince everyone else; however, once these words are spoken, it will create a rift within the team.

Xia Duo must come up with a better reason.

At this moment, being asked by Mentor Tuto, he truly looked a bit stumped, unable to squeeze out a single word. Seeing this, Mentor Tuto couldn't help but sigh softly, then said:

"I will tell them about this matter! As for you, since you aren't doing this project for the time being, what new project do you plan to switch to?"

"I haven't decided on the specifics yet, but I want to do some projects that can be completed in a short time and show visible benefits. There are still a few years left until graduation, so I plan to gather the remaining Research Sequence Points for the other classmates as soon as possible."

"By the way, what does he plan to do for the new project?"

Graduation season.

"Those offering direct admission are definitely going, but I've heard that the research institutions offering direct admission are mostly quite a trap; they likely want to use your status as Official Researchers to make a fuss and attract more graduates to join."

During this period, we also experienced a more intense Maze Defense Competition and, under Xia Shao's leadership, achieved results similar to the previous batch.

Currently, the points required to promote to Official Researcher within the Research Sequence are still 500 points, but Xia Duo has already heard rumors that starting from the two batches after his, the point threshold for promoting to Researcher will require 700 points.

"Aimi'er is right! I also received invitations for direct admission from several places. I did a simple investigation and found that they aren't even primarily researching Mythallars. Just think, we graduated in Myth Lock Design; going to such a research institution would be such a trap!" But regardless, for Xia Shao, this competition was more about the feeling of participating; as for the points, once the promotion requirements were met, he didn't care about them at all.

"Then we can only close the project. Without the School's support, we can't even conduct normal experiments. However, this project isn't without any hope; we should do other projects first, and then continue to invest the saved resources and funds into this project."

Then, he selected some popular, quick-result Myth Lock Design projects involving engineering and process improvements, and he decided to do those for the next few years.

When Aotuomu and the others talked to Xia Shao about this, their words were full of dissatisfaction with the School's short-sightedness, but because it was brought up by Mentor Tuto, who always supported their projects, they did not doubt the truth of the matter.

If we can't gather them all, we should try our best to get close, so that we can save time on promotion after graduation.

Although the current rumor is that the promotion threshold will only be raised for the two batches after Xia Shao, his own batch has indeed benefited from the Spirit Thought Network. Currently, the policies above are still uncertain, so we must make some preparations in advance.

Support from the Technical Committee means there is a future, and being popular means there are a large number of researchers studying it, providing more references for direction selection. As for Myth Lock Design, it is my major; if I don't choose this domain, the School won't approve it at all.

If a project has no profit, there is no doubt that the School's investment goes down the drain, but if the project can generate profit, the School can also share in some of it.

"Then that's the only way!" Aotuomu said with much regret.

Xia Shao does not have the ability to directly influence policy. What he can do now is to try his best to lead the classmates in the class to do more projects; if they can gather 700 points, that would be best.

"Maruente, the School might not support us anymore. What should we do now?"

After a long talk, Xia Shao's team finally decided to end the Mythallar Node project on hand as soon as possible. There were no twists regarding the subsequent new project; Xia Shao's proposal was unanimously approved by everyone.

"I received invitations from ten research institutions, two of which are for direct admission."

In the previous batch, relying on the Spirit Thought Network as a sharp tool, they squeezed into the middle tier in one go, but there was a lot of fluff in those results; after all, one knows best how much strength one truly has.

After making the choice, Xia Shao immediately returned to the Library. After checking some materials, he became more certain of this idea, but he hadn't told his classmates yet, waiting instead for Mentor Tuto's notification.

"I also received ten, but four are for direct admission."

Researchers can mobilize a large amount of research resources, and the Red Heart Alliance's research resources are limited after all. It is impossible to open this floodgate for the time being; it must be combined with the speed of development to formulate reasonable promotion conditions.

Even if the competition were arranged at their peak state near graduation, it would be difficult to get first place.

After leaving Mentor Tuto's place, Xia Shao strolled around the campus for a while and, through the Mythallar, checked the list of projects supported by the Alliance Technical Committee over the past ten years.

The entire Class 7 gathered again at Xia Shao's courtyard, but this time they didn't talk about projects or Magic, but instead talked about future plans.

Two days later, Xia Shao received notification from Mentor Tuto saying that he didn't need to discuss closing the project with other classmates. Only then did Xia Shao feel relieved. After talking with other classmates, he learned that Mentor Tuto had acted as the villain for a while, using the School's name to suppress the project Class 7 was currently working on.

In the following years, until near graduation, the students of Class 7 had been executing Xia Shao's arrangements, doing popular, quick-result projects on one hand, while squeezing out funds and resources to continue researching the Mythallar Node.

Come to think of it, this should also be a part of Primary School education, letting prospective graduates experience post-graduation research life in advance.

"Do some quick-result ones so that the School's investment has some return; only then can they continue to support us."

University students doing independent projects before graduation already have point bonuses. If the promotion threshold isn't raised, I'm afraid that in the future, anyone who graduates from university could become a Researcher.

The reason it rose by 200 points also has to do with him; the emergence of the Spirit Thought Network allowed university students' Universal Knowledge and professional courses to be advanced, leaving more time for independent projects.

Or rather, this portion of profit shared from student projects is an important component of the School's Independent Project Fund.

And when the second Maze Defense Competition took place, the Spirit Thought Network had already been popularized in all major universities, and the only slight advantage Xia Shao's class had was wiped out, so their performance naturally returned to their most realistic level.