Chapter 2721: Secretary Candidates, Refining in Progress

After leaving the laboratory, Xia Duo did not go to rest immediately; instead, he first went to check on the tutoring situation for the second batch of Quasi-high-level Mages, and then went to the Progress Society to obtain a list of recommended secretaries.

However, Xia Duo did not intend to make the recruitment of secretaries public before the Winter Solstice Festival. For the time being, only those few people on the Five-Member Committee of the Progress Society knew about this, and the recommendation list was also created by them.

Opening the list, there were only four people in total, along with their detailed resumes. These four people were all from the Savile Territory and joined the Tower of Time after the Tower of Time reformed and expanded its recruitment.

Their academic grades were only in the middle range, but their scores in moral education classes were nearly perfect.

The former indicated that their natural talent was limited; with the same teaching materials and the same cultivation methods, they remained in the middle range. Not to mention whether they could pursue a research path in the future, at the very least, if there were other more outstanding people available, the Tower of Time would not necessarily choose them.

Perhaps they could become civilian researchers, but for now, the Five-Member Committee of the Progress Society believed that these four people would have a more promising future if they came to be secretaries for Xia Duo and followed an administrative path.

Xia Duo did not think the administrative path was more promising, but since they had been recommended, he would not refuse to consider them. Moreover, the choice was mutual; this was merely a recommendation from the Five-Member Committee. Even if he agreed, he would first ask those four people for their own thoughts.

These individuals all had nearly perfect scores in moral education, which showed that they had a relatively high acceptance of their status as ordinary people and were able to actively participate in various types of labor alongside ordinary people.

Xia Duo still valued this point; he did not want to spend huge amounts of energy and resources to cultivate a group of people who looked down on others and were out of touch with reality.

Besides having nearly perfect scores in moral education, those four people also had no internship experience in the Academic Affairs Office. Of course, that was what was written on their resumes, but Xia Shao actually knew the real situation.

On the afternoon of the seventh day, after resting and recharging for a night and half a day, Xia Shao prepared to attempt the continuous "Refining" of the Identity Token from the Eastern World. I considered the location for the refining and decided to keep it inside the laboratory.

Of course, a more practical approach would be to perfect the institutional construction of the Tower of Time, using systems to regulate order rather than having one person control everything.

……

The Northland Alliance has established a specialized research institution to study magic involving the time line!

Of course, for the latter, it served more as a psychological comfort; in reality, even if something unexpected truly happened, it might be completely impossible to prevent.

Moreover, compared to the spellcasting process, as long as one grasps the core principles, it is easy to find gaps in spellcasting to take a short rest; there is no need to maintain a focused state without stopping for a moment.

The so-called "Refining" is actually thinking related to the Order Force in one's mind; more specifically, it is constantly repeating the same thought—

At this moment, there was suddenly one more reason for him to give up, and Xia Shao's spirit deflated, making him unable to persist any longer.

However, although these four people passed the Job Rank Assessment very early, their subsequent development was not very smooth. They first joined an Independent Research Lab, but later, unable to adapt to the environment there, they turned to join the Academic Affairs Office, and were now full-time teachers in the Academic Affairs Office.

If there are no surprises, these few people will be the secretaries he takes on next.

From this, it can also be seen that although Demon Descendants have infiltrated the various countries of the Northland deeply, it has not yet reached the point of tacit understanding or near-publicization, and the various countries' resolve to strike against Demon Descendants is still very firm.

It is even possible that it was the plan to subvert the time line that stimulated the top brass of various countries, making them determined to act.

But when he had been continuously refining for nearly three hours, he clearly felt that his energy was failing. Although the continuous beeping of the Detection Instrument was still ongoing, the frequency was lower than it had been at the beginning.

The process of Xia Shao's continuous refining was no easier than spellcasting or any physical activity. Three hours of continuous refining was equivalent to three hours of continuous spellcasting; it is very difficult for an ordinary Mage to maintain such a long duration of focused state.

This can no longer be called a threat; the enemy's blade is already pressed against the neck and has even cut a small opening. If this is still not taken seriously, then dying is only what one deserves!

Xia Shao had already anticipated the matters mentioned in these two messages, but the fact that they came so quickly still made him feel somewhat surprised. He had originally thought that due to the interference of Demon Descendant infiltrators, it would be very difficult to reach a consensus on such a new institution involving key technology against Demon Descendants. He did not expect that after only a few days, there would be results.

At the same time, one must try to drive the Order Force to attempt to make contact with the Jade Tablet, and these two types of existence are more like they are in completely different dimensions; under normal circumstances, there is absolutely no reaction at all.

Make the Order Force establish a connection with the Jade Tablet!

Just like that, three hours passed. The Jade Tablet did not show any qualitative change. Just when Xia Shao felt he could hardly continue, the Communication Magic Tool hanging at his waist suddenly "rang."

As long as the system is reasonable and order is formed, even if there are only four secretaries, it will be enough to handle all future affairs.

After reading the detailed resumes of these four people, Xia Shao had already made a decision in his heart, waiting only for after the Winter Solstice Festival to find someone to ask for their opinions.

Previously, it was said that Demon Descendants wanted to subvert the time line, but that was mostly from the memories of Demon Descendants and lacked empirical evidence. However, not long ago, during the Metier Incident, Xia Shao disrupted a Ritual Spell involving the time line, and now no one can play the ostrich anymore.

As time passed bit by bit, the Detection Instrument in the laboratory would sound a "beep" every once in a while, which let Xia Shao know that the refining was proceeding as expected and had not deviated from the plan.

But the uniqueness of the Jade Tablet itself provided such a possibility.

This is a risk that must be borne when exploring the unknown. All Xia Shao can do is to lower this risk as much as possible, but that absolutely does not mean the risk does not exist or that it can be completely exempted.

Upon seeing the content of the messages, he did not regret it, because the messages came from two parties: one was the Seventon Council, and the other was the Northland Alliance. Both messages mentioned the same thing—

Having preliminarily set the secretary list, Xia Shao then went back to rest.

This was partly to facilitate the Detection Instrument to remind him that "Refining is in progress," and partly to prevent any accidents with this Identity Token that he could not see through at all.

……

And in the message, they extended an invitation for him to join, saying that if he had the willingness to resist the Demon Descendants and save the Main Plane, he could head to Evereska within ten days after the Winter Solstice Festival to undergo an entry check. If he passed, he could join this new institution named 【Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory】.

For the time being, Quasi-high-level Mages are still being cultivated, and the quotas for the third batch of Inheritance Rituals have not yet been decided. Four secretaries are enough to use. When there are more things to do in the future, it is not impossible to add more secretaries.

Fortunately, new Mages in the Tower of Time are emerging continuously now, and those who choose the teaching profession are not in the minority; otherwise, Xia Shao would not be willing to pull away these four teachers who still have good teaching quality to be his secretaries.

Therefore, basically, Apprentices who have had early teaching experience have mostly passed the Job Rank Assessment early, and the four people recommended by the Progress Society's Five-Member Committee this time are no exception.

But during the refining process, because he was worried that interrupting his thoughts would lead to the failure of the refining, Xia Shao had to maintain a continuous state of focus. In this situation, driving the Order Force was already closer to a subconscious behavior.

During the initial expansion of the Tower of Time, there was an extreme shortage of teachers, so many Apprentices had the opportunity to become teachers just by being slightly proficient. Although doing so would be more tiring, the teaching process was also a process of learning and summarizing for them.

Being able to disturb him in this situation, the sender was clearly not an ordinary person. Before entering the laboratory, he had already set up a do-not-disturb mode; only messages from a few people would alert him.