Chapter 2620: Family Conversation, Technician Issues

After leaving the Detection Laboratory, Xia Duo went to the Tower of Time. Not seeing Niya in the Study on the top floor, he asked the Tower Spirit and only then learned that Niya was drinking tea with Aipusi in the Arcane Garden.

The season had now entered autumn, and affected by the abnormal climate, it had grown noticeably colder these past few days, with the sky overcast as if it could snow at any moment.

Under normal circumstances, it was almost impossible for it to snow before the Moon Festival, but now, with a full month and a bit left until the Moon Festival, signs of suspected snowfall had already appeared.

Xia Duo had only just returned from the ground a short while ago. When he arrived at the Arcane Garden, he guessed why Niya and her father had come here to drink tea; it was likely because the environment here felt like midsummer all year round.

"Niya, Aipusi, you two are so leisurely!"

Right in front of the warehouse at the entrance of the Arcane Garden, Xia Duo greeted Niya and Aipusi, then took out a low stool and sat down with a thud.

Seeing this, Niya rolled her eyes at Xia Duo, though she began pouring tea for him, while Aipusi said in confusion, "Xia Duo, why are you here? Just a moment ago, Niya said you might be busy in the laboratory for a long time!"

"It seems you two have been slacking off quite a bit here! I only told Niya I was going to the laboratory this morning, and now it's almost evening!"

"Ah? Has it been that long?"

The surprise in Aipusi's eyes did not seem feigned. He looked at his daughter and sighed, "It seems we father and daughter really haven't had a good chat in a while. I felt like we had only just sat down; I didn't expect time to pass so quickly."

Niya suddenly clapped her hands, held Xia Duo's arm, and said with a laugh, "Right, that's not it. 'The capable do more work'—Uncle Aipusi has probably heard that phrase until his ears grew calluses, but this is your first time hearing it, how boring!"

"You just know!"

It seems Aiboke had indeed absorbed many new thoughts and concepts during his time at the Tower of Time.

"I also feel like time passed too quickly." Niya silently added a little water to her father's teacup, then, as if suddenly remembering something, asked Xia Duo, "By the way, did you come specifically to find me for something urgent?"

Perhaps because her father's health had recovered well, or perhaps because the father and daughter were having a pleasant chat, Niya's state was clearly much more lively and cheerful than usual.

"It's nothing urgent, just calling you for dinner."

"Your current state is not suitable for a high-concentration Positive Energy environment. Later, I will lower the Positive Energy concentration in the Arcane Garden. If Niya asks, just say the Tower of Time is stopped at the Floating City and there is no need to worry about food, and that I am preparing to transform the Arcane Garden into a tea garden and am currently adjusting the environment."

Xia Duo and Niya looked at each other, ending the topic with great tacit understanding. Aiboke could say such things, but it was somewhat inappropriate for them, as the younger generation, to say too much.

Niya burst into laughter, "Didn't Uncle Aipusi tell you? Every time he wants to get someone else to do work, he always has that expression!"

"Do I?" Xia Duo put on an innocent expression.

"It's actually like that?"

"Fine!"

Seeing Niya like this, Xia Duo was actually even happier, and he began to joke, "It seems I'll have to change my approach next time I ask Aipusi to do something!"

……

"This—"

Aiboke himself should have realized this point; only that silly girl Niya was still kept in the dark.

Of course, Aiboke's body was indeed not suitable for staying in a high-concentration Positive Energy environment for long, but a lower concentration was beneficial for Aiboke's recovery.

Besides the adjustments to the Arcane Garden itself, Xia Duo also planned to craft an Amulet for Aiboke that could adjust the surrounding environmental parameters. Aiboke looked like he was recovering well, but in reality, he was very frail.

Xia Duo glanced at the smiling Aiboke and, not feeling the least bit embarrassed, went straight to the point, "Regarding the Communication Mythallar Node Magic Artifact you asked about earlier, I already have a lead. If there are no surprises, it will be resolved very soon."

"Xia Duo, since you mentioned that, I have a question. I have seen many things at the Tower of Time these days, among which the Magic Technician is what puzzles me the most. Now that there is automation, what is the significance of those people's existence?"

"No need to change, no need to change! The original phrase was very good!"

"And of course, it is to ask the lady to 'do more work' and help act as a foreman to hurry up and get the Void Warehouse done," Xia Duo continued.

After chatting for a few more moments, the three of them left the Arcane Garden together to dine at the Lord's Villa in Linshui Village. On the way, Xia Duo privately sent a Sending to Aiboke:

In fact, most of the current Magic Technicians in the Tower of Time were what Xia Duo called high-end technicians; in the future, they would need to develop in the direction of more professional engineers.

At dinner, Xia Duo discussed the idea of using Elemental Essence for automated production and also mentioned the reality that they might import a large amount of Elemental Essence from Calimshan in the future.

Besides the external weather, the Positive Energy environment might also be an important reason why Aiboke lingered in the Arcane Garden. After all, the body sends signals, and people naturally make choices, just like being hungry and needing to eat.

"Of course, in this process, a portion of high-end technicians will inevitably be phased out, so at the current stage, I will not push for automation; maintaining a large team of Magic Technicians is very necessary."

This was actually a plan he had from the very beginning, but he had been so busy lately that he hadn't considered things like tea gardens. Seeing Aiboke in the Arcane Garden today reminded him of it.

Regarding the doubts of Aiboke and Niya, Xia Duo spoke very vaguely, but unexpectedly, both understood. It was no surprise that Niya understood, as many of Xia Duo's blueprints had been discussed with her, but it was surprising that Aiboke understood.

This was not only the confusion of Aiboke, an old man who had just traveled from the past to the present, but Niya also cast a questioning look at Xia Duo after confirming the feasibility of automation.

Niya had known about the existence of the Spirit Amulet before, so she had some psychological expectation for Spirit Automation, but Aiboke had no psychological preparation at all.

In his past impressions, the production capacity of Magic Items in the Tower of Time was shockingly low; he had not expected that they could now be produced automatically, which truly exceeded his cognition.

"It must be more than just this one thing!" Niya suppressed her curiosity about the solution for the Node Magic Artifact and continued to press, "What else?"

Xia Duo paused for a moment. He thought of the relationship between industrial workers and industrial robots in his hometown, "Actually, they are not mutually exclusive. Automation will allow them to focus more on breakthroughs in the technical field."

"Magic Technicians were initially established for the standardized mass production of Magic Items, and they will certainly play an important role in the future. As for their relationship with automation—"

Just then, Aiboke also chimed in, "I think Aipusi is actually very happy in his heart when he hears such words!"

"Not honest, say it again! In the past, you always called by Sending."