Chapter 686: Test Experiment for the Spellbook's New Permission System

For a time, Xia Duo had new ideas regarding the design of the Spellbook's new Permission System and the Central Link; countless inspirations came rolling in, and "thoughts flowing like a spring" was not enough to describe it. Of course, all of this was thanks to the fact that Xia Duo had worked in software development before crossing over, which allowed him to be like a fish in water in the field of spell design after arriving here.

If he hadn't crossed over, he never would have imagined that magic could actually be linked to programming; at first, he even thought that magic was all about Meditation, then absorbing magic power, and comparing who had more!

Only after crossing over did he realize that magic was just a form of science in this world with a local advantage, only the research field was more focused on Application.

After all, magic naturally possesses application characteristics.

……

It wasn't until the tea by his hand had gone cold that Xia Duo realized he had been immersed for a long time. Unknowingly, the new Permission System for the Spellbook had been designed, and the next step was to verify it through experiments! As for the Central Link, as long as the new Permission System passed verification, it would be a matter of minutes.

On the way to Niya's Laboratory, Xia Duo suddenly felt that he might need to recruit a few Apprentices; it wasn't to exploit them, but he truly needed someone to help out.

This could improve efficiency quite a bit.

In order to verify the new Permission System for the Spellbook he designed, Xia Duo needed to conduct spell experiments, but the experiments he designed required the use of some special instruments.

And these special instruments could only be produced quickly and perfectly with the help of an Alchemy Array.

His current residence only had a Spell Suppression Field built in, and no Alchemy Array. Whenever he had needs, he would usually run to the workshop, but this time he needed to use the Spell Suppression Field and the Alchemy Array almost simultaneously.

Running back and forth was a bit inconvenient.

In fact, besides Niya, many Mages in the Tower of Time had both a Spell Laboratory and a General Laboratory with an Alchemy Array built into their private residences.

Only Xia Duo was still living in the residence assigned by the Tower of Time when he had just become an Official Mage.

On one hand, this was because his promotion speed was too fast for the Tower of Time to arrange, and on the other hand, Xia Duo himself felt there was no great necessity.

Before, he thought he could go to the Public Level, but now, going to Niya's residence to borrow one would be fine, wouldn't it! ……

Niya's residence was not far from Xia Duo's, or rather, all Official Mages' residences were in the six-story space of the Tower of Time; the only differences were the location, as well as the internal structure and configuration.

When Xia Duo arrived, Niya was not there, and he didn't think much of it. Anyway, he now had the permission to enter this place at will, so he headed straight for the Laboratory.

The first thing he had to do was to manufacture some special instruments to assist in Spellcasting. Verifying the Spellbook's Permission System was a very complex spell experiment; without auxiliary instruments, he could not complete such an experiment alone.

This was also the inconvenience of not having an assistant; if he had an assistant, and the assistant's Spellcasting level was sufficient, there would be no need for any auxiliary Spellcasting instruments at all.

He could just experiment directly.

Of course, even with an assistant, when it came to such private research as the Spellbook, he would still be uneasy and would not want an assistant to participate.

"Do it yourself, and you'll have plenty of food and clothing!"

While comforting himself, Xia Duo had already skillfully activated the Alchemy Array and started making them.

With the auxiliary lines drawn and the 【Alchemy Hand】 released, he worked almost with his eyes closed. Before long, several specific Mithril Components appeared on the Alchemy Bench.

Next, Xia Duo assembled them one by one, and then installed Five-Colored Gems into some reserved slots; a complex Mithril structure with a very unrefined shape appeared.

However, this thing was only used for this experiment; Xia Duo didn't consider appearance factors at all, just doing whatever was convenient.

……

Inside the Spell Suppression Field of the Spell Laboratory.

Xia Duo felt the incomparably familiar environment around him. From being an Apprentice until now, he had come into contact with it countless times. Entering here again, he really felt an inexplicable sense of nostalgia.

The 【Xia Duo Spellbook New Permission System Verification Experiment】 officially started! Xia Duo first linked the pre-prepared auxiliary Spellcasting instruments to the Magic Net, and only then began the verification of the new Permission System. The first step was always a feasibility test.

If even the first step couldn't be passed, there was no need to continue.

Although Xia Duo was theoretically very confident that his design couldn't fail, he still treated it like an unfamiliar test, starting the experiment seriously and rigorously.

——Energy flow normal! ——Permission communication normal! ——Each representative component operating normally! ——Permission feedback normal! ……

After a series of tests, Xia Duo stopped and began to dismantle the auxiliary Spellcasting instruments by hand. Fortunately, it was inside the Spell Suppression Field; otherwise, such violent dismantling might have triggered some kind of magic reaction!

Returning to the Alchemy Array, Xia Duo casually threw the dismantled Mithril Components back into the Alchemy Array that hadn't been turned off yet.

Waiting for them to melt, he continued to draw auxiliary lines and reshaped them through the 【Alchemy Hand】. Although Elemental Transmutation was inevitable during previous use and the purity of the Mithril would be reduced, the experiment he designed had already taken these factors into account.

Reuse is truly beautiful!

If it weren't for the fact that Xia Duo couldn't perform 【Element Extraction】 alone yet, he would have wanted to collect all the scrapped Mithril in the Tower of Time and refine it again.

Fortunately, while strategic metals like Mithril were a problem for the country of Netheril, they were not a huge problem for an individual like Xia Duo; he had too many ways to obtain Mithril.

Even without the Arcane Union's quota, he could buy it from the Elves at a high price, or even dig up ruins. The Mythallar Ruins outside the Tower of Time hadn't been cleared yet!

With a little tidying up, one could obtain a batch of Mithril of decent quality.

However, no matter how much an individual could obtain, it was limited and wouldn't be of much help to Netheril's overall demand.

It was still necessary to possess one's own Mithril Refining Technology and the qualification for public use.

Xia Duo already possessed Mithril Refining Technology himself; he believed that with so many people in Netheril, there would always be others who could possess it, more or less!

This question flashed through Xia Duo's mind, and he soon continued to devote himself to the experiment.

……

The new auxiliary Spellcasting instruments were soon completed. Afterward, as usual, he assembled them, installed the Five-Colored Gems, and then linked them to the Magic Net. Only after all this was done could it be considered ready.

After the feasibility test passed, it could theoretically be put into use, but Xia Duo, who had software development experience on Earth, knew that there was at least one "bug-finding" step missing.

What he was doing now was the experiment to "find bugs" for this new Permission System.

(End of chapter)