Chapter 2596: Civilian Heater

Jieyin's laboratory was built on a vacant lot next to his home. For families who had already been granted land, this area was still considered part of the residential zone and was not counted toward the 10 New Mu per person.

In this era of vast land and sparse population, Xia Duo was still quite generous regarding land usage.

This was not the first time Xia Duo had come to Jieyin's laboratory, but every time he visited, he would lament the poor conditions; it was just an unremarkable wooden shack, which in other households would typically be used as a storage room.

Yet Jieyin used it for magic research. Although this research at most only involved the first layer of the Magic Net, for a new Mage, such an environment was truly too poor.

Xia Duo had previously asked Jieyin about this issue, and Jieyin's answer was that his current work required frequent contact with the residents of the Territory, living in the Tower of Time was not very convenient, and he also hoped to be closer to his family.

Later, Xia Duo had Laidun fund the construction of basic laboratories for every Magic Affairs Officer in the name of the Territory, and this matter was temporarily put to rest.

But clearly, Jieyin ultimately chose to build the laboratory near his home—no, more accurately, he built it inside his home.

"Jieyin, I've come to see you."

Xia Duo called out outside the warehouse-like laboratory. The next moment, clanging sounds came from inside, and immediately after, a soot-covered youth stumbled to open the door, hurriedly performed a salute, and then looked at Xia Duo with slight embarrassment:

"Teacher, why have you come?"

"It doesn't matter if you wait a little longer, but as for him, he needs to put more effort into laboratory management. The laboratories of Magic Affairs Officers must also be managed with reference to the Tower of Time's laboratories, and potential hazards must be minimized. Don't forget, that isn't just his home next door."

"Just outside your laboratory, tidy up, and invite your teacher in immediately."

Under Magic Vision, Xia Duo could clearly see the magic radiance produced by the flow of energy. Of course, if a shielding design had been implemented, it might not have been visible.

The Tower of Time's laboratory management regulations stipulate that every formal laboratory must be equipped with dedicated management personnel, whether one person or several, primarily responsible for the storage of laboratory materials, organizing equipment after experiments, recording the experimental process, and so on.

After a good while, Jieyin ran back out, his expression quite embarrassed, "Teacher, I am truly sorry. The laboratory is usually neglected, keeping you waiting for so long."

Jieyin's laboratory was truly too sparse; it only had one General Laboratory and one Ku Fang, with nothing else. Such a sparse environment made even Xia Duo feel a bit sad.

Therefore, it needs to act as a core radiation source, continuously emitting radiation outward to ensure the necessary perceived temperature within a certain range.

However, for a mere Civilian Magic Artifact heater, the cost of shielding the Magic Aura might be higher than the heating function itself, which is truly not worth the loss. Even if encrypted, for such a simple function, encryption is also extremely complex.

After entering the laboratory, it was the double-room design familiar to Xia Duo, with the inner room used as a Ku Fang, and the outer room being the main experimental area.

Now that it was activated, Xia Duo could naturally know how this iron-box-shaped heater was designed. Although Jieyin had already completed the mass-production design, the one before him should still be the initial prototype and had not undergone encryption design.

Jieyin only had himself here, which was undoubtedly a violation of the Tower of Time's laboratory management regulations, not to mention that the clanging inside did not look like a qualified setup.

"Demonstrate it."

This is because during the process of fire element radiation, the Magic Net will continuously guide and absorb these wandering fire elements, not letting them stay in the normal space for too long.

At present, the most needed thing is popularization; cost is the primary consideration. Only after it is popularized to a certain extent can one talk about other things.

Being told this by his teacher, Jieyin subconsciously wanted to retort that his research would not have any problems, but then he remembered that he had indeed violated the laboratory management regulations, and his family members were all ordinary people. Even if his research risk was low, it was hard to say that no accidents would occur to hurt his family.

"Teacher, please look. This is the Civilian Magic Artifact heater I designed! The principles involved are similar to a magic stove, but instead of converting fire elements into flames, it radiates them directly in the form of elements, which can provide the heating needs for a room."

However, considering that Jieyin's research was indeed low-risk, Xia Duo only mentioned it and did not pursue it further.

Regarding the "certain range" here, Jieyin designed it for one room. After Xia Duo's actual experience, it was a radius of less than three meters, enough for an ordinary family to use.

Thinking this way, Jieyin could not help but droop his head, "Teacher's criticism is correct! In two days, I will move the laboratory and recruit two more assistants to help me manage the laboratory."

But compared to the most basic laboratory of the Tower of Time, it still lacked a Spell Laboratory, a Reception Room, a Xiu Xi Shi, and the almost indispensable Wei Sheng Jian.

"Assistants are necessary, but there is no need to move the laboratory. As long as the laboratory management regulations are strictly enforced, even if an accident occurs, it will not affect the outside of the laboratory."

"Yes."

The closer one is to the heater, the stronger the radiation, and the higher the temperature the user can feel!

Along with the Magic Aura, there were also faint elemental fluctuations; this was the key to heating—fire elements, continuously spreading outward from the core Magic Array in the form of radiation.

Mentioning his new work, the embarrassment in Jieyin's eyes instantly disappeared, but thinking of his messy laboratory, he hurriedly asked Xia Duo to stop for a moment, and he ran back to tidy up with a clatter.

"I came specifically to see you. The Civilian Magic Artifact heater has already completed its mass-production design, where is it? Let me see."

In other words, a laboratory needs at least two people, with one person's primary responsibility being management.

Generally speaking, these management personnel act as assistants to the laboratory head, though there are also cases where the head manages it personally, but that is only when the number of people in the laboratory is less than two.

As he spoke, Jieyin turned on the switch on the back of the iron box. Almost instantly, the iron-box-shaped heater erupted with a burst of powerful Magic Aura, and then the radiance stabilized at a level between a Trick and a 1st Circle Spell.

Just then, Jieyin had already dragged a square iron box from one end of the laboratory bench to the side near Xia Duo, while excitedly introducing it:

Because elemental radiation can penetrate walls of ordinary thickness, as long as the heater is placed against a wall, the actual effect might be slightly reduced, but it can fully provide heating for multiple rooms. Because it is complex, the cost naturally goes up, which does not fit the tone of Civilian Magic Artifacts; at least for now, it is not suitable for overly expensive Magic Artifacts to appear.

Currently, the standard for Civilian Magic Artifacts in the Great Xia Territory uses the Activator scheme. Before actual activation, one can only observe the state of the Activator; only after activation can the overall function be observed.

On this point, even Xia Duo, without Spellcasting, could not hope to penetrate the outer iron shell to see the functional design inside.