Chapter 2523: Launching the Computer Project

As the Divine Miracle receded, the additional New Covenant signing ceremony added to this Holy Day Celebration came to an end; although the Divine Miracle was somewhat unexpected, the relevant procedures had been determined long ago.

What followed was revelry, but that had nothing to do with Xia Duo; feeling out of sorts at the moment, he insisted on leaving despite the entreaties of Badijiaer and the others.

Niya did not stay either; with the celebration proceedings reaching this point, there was nothing for the two of them to do for the rest of the day, and Xia Duo had originally planned to return in the afternoon, so this was merely leaving a moment early.

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After returning to Nan Jing, Xia Duo and Niya made an appearance at the Savile Town Central Plaza, which could be considered not having been absent from their own Territory's celebration activities.

The renovated Central Plaza was more than twice as large as it was under normal circumstances; of course, this was only the size displayed now, and if not for maintaining the festive atmosphere, it could actually be made even larger.

Furthermore, there were Mages from the Tower of Time on-site to regulate it; whenever there were special performances requiring space or Midsummer Recruitment integrated into the celebration proceedings, additional space would be added to accommodate these activities.

When Xia Duo and Niya arrived, they happened to see a brand-new area being "released" from within the crowd, and then, under the host's direction, adult residents eager to try came to the center of the new area to begin accepting the recruitment assessment.

Just like the Snow Melting Recruitment in the first half of the year, those adults who passed the Midsummer Recruitment were also granted an "Access Letter" that did not actually allow them to enter the Tower of Time immediately.

At the current stage, Xia Duo still prepared to start by cultivating children; if not for the sudden incident of the Tianshui Three Planes, perhaps he would have selectively accepted adults for enrollment next year.

But now that there were new residents from the Tianshui Three Planes, he certainly had to accept the school-age children among these people first, and before enrollment, they still needed to undergo a naturalization assessment.

By the time everything was settled, it would be nearly the year after next; however, even if new residents joined by then, Xia Duo would still consider recruiting adults for enrollment.

After all, in another year, the number of new Mages in the Tower of Time would certainly reach an exaggerated level, as the apprentices from the previous three-year term had grown up one after another.

Looking ahead, although from a long-term perspective and from an overall perspective, the Territory and the Tower of Time were still in a state of development, as far as the cultivation of new Mages was concerned, it had now reached a state where it could be continuously harvested.

The apprentice expansion policy after the Tower of Time's reform had been going on for several years now, and it could be said that a preliminarily mature education system had been established.

Only when those who came out of the Tower of Time's normal teaching system reached the level of High Mage (which was actually Arcanist) would this education system be considered truly mature.

Subsequent professional education would then be a matter of course.

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After watching a Midsummer Recruitment trial, Xia Duo returned to the Tower of Time with Niya; the celebration outside was still continuing, but neither of them cared about this bit of rest time, instead quickly throwing themselves into their respective work.

Niya was currently familiarizing herself with every detail of the new version of the Communication Mythallar, waiting only for the Midsummer Festival to end to begin construction, while Xia Duo had started a new phase of research projects.

Having returned from "studying abroad" at the Red Heart Alliance, he now had too many projects he could do, but he was still more inclined toward the field of Planes, which the Red Heart Alliance researched less.

And before researching the Plane Domain, Xia Duo prepared to get the Magic Computer out first; after all, sharpening the knife would not delay the work of chopping wood, and the Magic Computer could be used not only in the research of the Plane Domain but also in any other field involving calculation.

Here, "calculation" was not limited to numerical calculation but also included the combinatorial calculus of Spell Elements.

This was based on the underlying elemental characteristics of the Magic Computer and was very different from the classical computers on Earth, being more similar to a quantum computer utilizing quantum properties.

Although Xia Duo did not yet have a concrete plan for any Magic Computer, he had thought about the relevant ideas for a long time, only failing to conduct further research due to the lack of an experimental environment.

Now that the vast majority of conditions were met, it was time to start the Magic Computer project.

Speaking of which, when he was at the Red Heart Alliance, Xia Duo had once submitted design ideas related to the Magic Computer to the Technical Committee, but the reply he received was that it had low value, which left him depressed for a long time.

The Technical Committee's reply that it had low value meant that he could only research it on his own and could not receive support from the Alliance officially, whether it was personnel, funding, or an experimental environment.

Unless he could produce a mature design at the time and prove its application potential, a few ideas alone were far from enough to attract the attention of the Technical Committee.

One had to know that the Red Heart Alliance had already stepped into a modern society of Magic development; from the perspective of the Main Plane, the number of Great Arcanists alone was conservatively estimated to be in the millions, and the Spellcasters below them were even more numerous.

It could be said that almost every moment, Alliance members would submit research ideas for new fields and new directions to the Technical Committee; some ideas had high feasibility and very good application prospects, but some might just be something an Elf thought of on a whim, which they themselves were not even sure about!

If every idea were supported, the Alliance would not need to develop; it would just be busy with these wishful-thinking projects.

Generally speaking, one needed to achieve certain results before the Alliance would provide support, just like the Spirit Thought Network that Xia Duo submitted back then, which had been verified through competition; most crucially, Xia Duo registered it in the form of a patent at the time, rather than just applying for support.

Later, the patent was approved, and the support came down; this was the advantage of a confirmed technology.

Of course, the Red Heart Alliance did not require every new idea to have results before giving support, but the Technical Committee had to impose such restrictions because it faced the general public.

Professional research institutions did not need this; as long as they submitted research applications for a certain field or direction, it was easier for them to obtain official support from the Alliance than for private individuals.

Moreover, the main work of many research institutions was to accept official Alliance funding to conduct various basic or purely exploratory research; these studies often had no breakthrough results for decades or even a century, but they were still conducted.

It was just a pity that Xia Duo's weight in the Red Heart Alliance was not heavy enough at the time; although he had achieved accomplishments that surpassed most of his peers, he was still far inferior to the real masters, otherwise, it would have been possible to get official support just by making up a project.

Besides not having preliminary results, another reason why Xia Duo's design ideas were not recognized was even more realistic—the Red Heart Alliance at that time did not have much demand for computing power.

For things that could not be seen to have a use, even if they were touted to the skies, no one would be willing to invest real money to research them.

If the design idea Xia Duo proposed at the time had been about automatic experimental machines, then it might have been possible to get official support.

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Because in the Red Heart Alliance at that time, the shortcoming of Magic development was that experimental verification could not keep up with theoretical progress; if there were something that could automatically conduct experimental verification, the Red Heart Alliance would be willing to make it happen even if it meant smashing pots and selling iron.

Unfortunately, there was none.