Arcane Lord

So, the second round of explanations began.

This time, in addition to explaining the principles of steam engines and the design ideas of steam cars, Hero also highlighted the possible applications of steam engines in other fields, such as steam hammers for blacksmithing, steam mills for mills, etc.

Perhaps because they heard something new, fewer people left this time than last time.

But what about the third round?

Hero felt that he had nothing new to say, so he could only repeat the content of the second round, which caused almost most of the mid-level and above mages to leave the field.

Only the apprentices mostly didn't move much. After all, this was a rare opportunity. The more the official mages ignored it, the more they had to pay attention to it.

In today's Tower of Time, there is not much separation of information between formal mages and apprentices, and many teachers even use their experiences in the mage stage to motivate apprentices.

Most apprentices know that becoming an official mage in the Tower of Time is just the beginning. If you want to progress, you need to continue to attend classes. If you want to make money, you need to join various research laboratories or become a magic technician.

They know very well what personal laboratories, resource quotas, inheritance rituals, and Lingsi network permissions mean. This is the biggest help for their continuous progress after becoming official mages.

Even the official mage is extremely excited, let alone these apprentices!

…

Hiro's three rounds of explanations were completed, and Sha Duo also completed the manufacture of a large number of steam vehicles. For intermediate wizards and above, he directly issued one to each person, and there were not many people anyway.

The rest are for an average of ten people per car. The capacity of the steam car is not large, but it can still accommodate five or six people. If it is ten people per car, each person can play at least several times before the game officially starts.

When the game officially starts, each group will be assigned one according to the team formation.

In fact, the three days before the start of the competition are not only time for the contestants to learn about steam engines and steam cars, but also time for them to form a team.

After the competition begins, they only have ten days for design and manufacturing. The last day is the demonstration, and of course the real decisive moment.

…

Three days passed quickly, and all the contestants had formed teams. Almost no one participated alone, and almost all of them ranged from two-person teams to ten-person teams.

Although all members of the winning team of the competition will be rewarded, no one will bring someone who cannot provide help to the competition for no reason.

Therefore, in terms of the entire competition, although the ten-person team is the smallest, it does have the highest expectation of winning. The simplest point is that the more people there are, the faster the design modification and testing of the new car will be. At the same time, there will be more ideas with more people.

Correspondingly, a team of two is pure self-confidence, and the number of such teams is also very small.

Boli, Peter, and Hero had a slight first-mover advantage, but in the past three days, they had become deeply aware of the meager advantage they had, so they naturally formed a team of ten.

…

Study room on the top floor of the Tower of Time, in front of the projection window.

Shado, Niya, Saville, and Aibo sat around the tea table discussing topics related to the design of the puzzle lock, and the projection window displayed real-time scenes of various blocks in the residential area temporarily opened in the floating city——

Some are assembling steam locomotives, some are already driving the cars on the streets, and more are scratching their heads at the prototypes given out at the start of the competition.

In addition to the teams participating in the motorcycle design competition, there are also Mulan people standing outside the streets and squares, watching from a distance.

At present, Xia Duo has no plans to release the Mulan people to the ground territory. The reason is that no Mulan people can pass the naturalization assessment, language, laws, living habits and so on.

But even if he passes the assessment, he will still consider it carefully to avoid bringing the trouble of God's presence to the territory. He will observe it for a while now.

However, both the members of the Tower of Time and the people in the territory are aware of the existence of this group of Mulan people. Now the language teachers and code preachers of the Mulan people were selected and sent by Leiden from the territory.

"Niya, where is the progress of the communication puzzle lock?"

"The third test has been completed, and there are no problems in the design principle. Now it is time to fill in the details, continue to improve, and test various problems that may be encountered in the actual use stage."

"So, we will be able to use a brand new communication device soon?"

"Probably, how can I be absolutely sure about this kind of thing! I can only say that if everything goes well, it should be available next year."

"next year?"

Hearing this time, Xia Duo lamented that time flies so fast, and also lamented that the research on mystery locks is not easy. Although Niya is the only one who has long-term research on the communication mystery lock project, he also participates in it from time to time. He consciously plays no more role than ten people. Less arcanist.

But even so, it still took several years, and it has not yet seen the full light of day!

Niya said that only if everything goes well will it be possible to complete it next year. If it doesn't go well, wouldn't it mean that it might not be used the year after next?

Fortunately, there are no scenarios where communication mystery locks are necessary for the time being, so you can take your time step by step, but no matter what, this kind of research that has an important strategic position in the future still needs more attention.

The same goes for the Creation Mystery Lock. Although it is a new project that was just started not long ago, its application prospects and even strategic role are no less than the Communication Mystery Lock, or even greater!

"Aibo, you have been working harder lately. Those tests should be completed as soon as possible."

I mentioned just a few, but in reality there was an endless stream. Chateau and Saville mainly carried out theoretical designs, and for every new idea, they would subdivide it into executable test experiments.

Sometimes they would test it themselves, but more often than not they would assign it to Ai Burke, and then use Ai Bock's test results to continue experiments and design.

It is basically a cyclical process. For now, the bottleneck in the progress of this project lies in Ai Burke, who alone as an arcanist is simply too busy.

As for other high-level mages, it's not that they can't be used, but it's still a bit disappointing. Xia Duo doesn't trust the test results of those people. If this data is wrong, a lot of previous work may have to be overturned.

"By the way, when will Depak be ready to advance?"

"Probably in the past two days, I feel that he has adjusted well."

"That's good, let me know when the time comes."

In fact, no matter whether Depak can successfully advance this time, Xia Duo is relatively happy. Needless to say, he can just catch the strong man.

Even if it fails, Depak is an old mage with relatively rich experience and knowledge who can join the project. After all, after failing to advance, he needs to practice before he can make the next attempt. During this period, it belongs to Xia Duo.

In fact, what Depak needs most now is not advanced experience or advanced knowledge that he has not learned, but a stable mentality. Xia Duo has already asked Aibo to reassure him about this.

He believed that Depak's advancement would be successful this time, and this was what he wanted to see most.