If Giles Tower really obtains a stable source of plane crystals by destroying small elemental planes, then Xia Duo dares to conclude that even if the plane exploration technology is better than his, it is not much better.
What he is most worried about is that the other party obtains the plane crystals by destroying the real plane (small). Only then can there be a technological gap between him and him in plane exploration.
Because there are very few real planes - compared to the elemental planes, although from the perspective of the entire universe, the absolute number may not be the case, but this also requires detection technology to be improved to a higher level.
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The current plane exploration array of the Tower of Time is far from being able to efficiently discover new planes.
Once the recent batch of new apprentices are settled, Xia Duo plans to allocate manpower to establish a specialized plane exploration center. This should be the first "official" research institution after the reform of the Tower of Time.
Those independent research laboratories are not official. They only receive funds from the Tower of Time. They must conduct relevant research when they need to cooperate with the Tower of Time. At other times, they are free to do whatever they want.
It's just that if those private projects want to receive financial support, they must give a reasonable explanation - usually it is profitable or pioneering. If not, then they can only complete it at their own expense.
The official research institution means that it will only conduct research required by the Tower of Time, but will provide almost unlimited financial support. Regardless of whether there are results or not, the basic salary and benefits of the relevant personnel will not be less, and they will get more if they produce results.
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Unlike those independent research laboratories that are responsible for their own profits and losses, they may go bankrupt collectively if a project is not completed.
Of course, unlimited funds do not mean that they can be used at will. There will still be no shortage of approval and review processes, but Xia Duo will pay more attention to them and any situation will be handled as soon as possible.
This plane exploration center can be regarded as an attempt by Xia Duo. It was also because more and more high-level mages appeared recently that he came up with this idea. In the past, he would never have thought about it.
If the Plane Exploration Center can continue to operate normally, he will consider releasing the quota for inheritance rituals, increasing the staffing of the Plane Exploration Center, or establishing other specialized research institutions.
If all goes well, the real rise of the Tower of Time will not be far away!
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In the study, Shado and Niya chatted for a long time. In addition to the Midsummer Celebration two months later, they also talked about the Tower of Time and the future development of the territory. Of course, the two finally talked about the two ongoing Mystery Lock projects.
When Xia Duo mentioned the possibility of combining Lingsi Network and Mystery Lock, Niya couldn't help but complain: "If you continue to increase the demand like this, I may not be able to complete the communication Mystery Lock next year or the year after!"
"I know I know!"
Seeing that Niya was showing signs of violence, Xia Duo quickly reassured her, "Let's complete the communication mystery lock first, and then consider other things. However, we can reserve the relevant interfaces now, and it will be easier to update the mystery lock by then."
"I knew it!" Niya glared at Xia Duo fiercely, but nodded helplessly, "Just this once, don't let it happen again, I won't listen to anything!"
"Don't worry, there won't be a next time." Xia Duo immediately gave his assurance.
But this guarantee is just like the excuse he uses every time he orders Aibo. Although he guarantees it, as long as he says it next time, Niya herself will not be able to help but add demands to herself.
However, it is true that the communication lock cannot be delayed. This kind of thing has a certain technical threshold, but there is no absolute technological difference. It needs to seize the market as soon as possible. Those who come first can eat the meat, and those who come later may not even be able to make soup.
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Various platforms similar to those launched in Xia Duo's hometown will eventually lead to a monopoly. In other words, the platform naturally possesses monopoly attributes.
Communication Mysuo is undoubtedly such a platform. In the future, Lingsi Network and even warehousing and transshipment functions can be integrated into it, creating a magical version of the Internet.
This is not just a platform, this is infrastructure!
If the elves were the first to do this, Xia Duo might regret it to death. Similarly, once the communication mystery lock shows its unparalleled potential, the elven countries will inevitably be greedy, and it is impossible to predict what kind of response or countermeasures they will take.
But what is certain is that it is definitely not a good thing.
But that is all after the communication mystery lock has developed to a certain extent. If it is just a communication mystery lock, it will not arouse great vigilance from the elves, because the fairy mystery lock itself has communication functions, but it is just incidental.
I believe that by then, the Tower of Time will be able to deal with all external crises.
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That night, Xia Duo received a message from Iolum. This year's snow melting competition was extremely exciting. Of course, it wasn't just the competition itself that included more contestants from several countries, but——
Seven Towers launched their floating city today, which they called "New Sevington". This year's snow melting competition was held at the New Sevington Arena.
In fact, this news is not new, Xia Duo had heard about it half a month ago, but it was just a rumor at that time, but now it has become a reality.
However, what he really cares about is not that the Seven Towers created the floating city, but that the way the Seven Towers created the floating city was not to transform and reshape common materials like he did, but to intercept a certain mountain in the Strait Mountains that separates the east and west of the Narrow Sea.
A section of the mountain peak.
New Sevington was built on that section after inversion!
This matter should not be Xia Duo's concern, but the problem is that he is also involved in Mythra's research, and now that Mythra's technology has begun to spread, the Seven Towers are definitely not the only ones who want to build a floating city!
And there will be more as time goes by!
How many mountains are there in Netheril or even the entire main plane? Shado has not counted them, but it is limited, and it is conceivable that intercepting the mountain peaks is for convenience. Is there anything more convenient than starting with yourself?
Xia Duo is not like the students in the future territory who go out to travel and see bare mountain tops. No, it is not bare, but there are no mountain tops. The enlightenment education of this territory does not match.
Do you want to tell them that the peaks in Nese have been used to make floating cities?
In other words, the mountain's natural resources, which are difficult to recover, were all consumed at once for such a bad reason?
This is simply outrageous!
Furthermore, the number of peaks in Nese is really limited. Future Mythra owners who want to create floating cities will have to look outside the country. Isn’t this a natural source of conflict?
The most terrifying thing is - because of this, Netheril is likely to push the dwarves who are friendly with all races into the opposite direction.
If you want to cut off a section of a mountain peak that can be used to build a city, you may have the opportunity to touch the dwarf territory in the mountain. The section taken from the mountain peak may be smaller now, because the scale of the city in the current era is not large.
But who knows the future?
Even just the mentality of comparison may make the size of the city or just the intercepted mountains bigger and bigger.
There is no guarantee that someone will not have a whim and cut off a mountain by its roots. This would not only be a waste of resources, but also cause huge damage to the geological structure.
Xia Duo couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling when he thought about Master Nese becoming someone that everyone would shout about in the future.
This bad sign must be stopped as soon as possible!