Chapter 695 Bricks, qualified products of the production line
Compared with other ordinary magic items, spell books are not much different in essence. They are both a form of fixed spells. The only difference is that spell books are more complicated.
During the design process of the spell book, Xia Duo felt as if he was engaged in industrial design. Combining multiple spell effects into a small spell book really gave him a lot of room for imagination and made him more confident.
The future era of magic industry will surely arrive as scheduled!
However, for now, Xia Duo mainly relies on hand-made spell books. Although he uses many auxiliary means during the production process to try to avoid the influence of human factors, it still cannot reach the level of automatic production.
As for the specific manufacturing process of the spell book, it is a bit lackluster, and it is not much different from the same manufacturing process as ordinary magic items.
However, due to the complexity of the spell book system, at the practical level, it needs to be encapsulated for the first time before connecting to the magic network, and the error tolerance rate is smaller than that of making ordinary magic items.
Fortunately, Chateau has already simulated the manufacturing process countless times in his mind, and used auxiliary means such as fixed-size brackets, auxiliary lines, and secondary confirmation to eliminate the influence of human factors as much as possible.
Therefore, although the assembly process before the first packaging was a bit cumbersome and lasted for three days, strictly speaking, the process was not interrupted and it can be said to be completed in one go!
At this time, the spell book has begun to take shape. It is an object that is completely blue and has sharp edges and corners, similar to a brick. If you do not consider the processes that have not yet been carried out, this is just a brick!
Of course, it can also be said that this is a metal book that cannot be opened!
This is actually the case when Feld's spell book has not been verified for use, except that Feld's spell book looks like stone, while Chateau's spell book looks like metal.
This is due to the different packaging materials used in the two.
Feld's spell book uses a variety of packaging materials, the most commonly used of which is a special gem material, which can play a certain role in maintaining the energy core of the spell book.
However, the energy core of Xia Duo's spell book is arcane crystals, so naturally there is no need to consider too many maintenance issues. Arcana crystals are much stronger than ordinary five-color gems.
As always, he chose a solid metal like adamantine for encapsulation. If one day he encounters special circumstances and the magic fails, this adamantine spellbook can also be used as a shield, bricks and other temporary equipment.
"I hope there won't be such a day!"
Xia Duo prayed silently in his heart.
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After completing the first encapsulation, Xia Duo left Niya's laboratory with the semi-finished spell book. The subsequent processes did not require the use of alchemy circles or spells to calm the field, and could be completed outside.
And this also greatly facilitated Xia Duo's activities. At least he didn't have to be restricted to the laboratory, and he was a little worried even when he slept.
After that, as long as you have free time, you can find a place where no one is around and continue processing.
Coming out of the laboratory is the circular corridor on the sixth floor of the Tower of Time. He didn't walk far before arriving at the door of his residence. Just as he was about to go in, Xia Duo suddenly remembered that he had ordered Tilak to arrange the trial production of a new communication device a few days ago.
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So I took a few more steps and arrived at Tilak's research room.
As soon as he entered the door, Shaduo almost bumped into Tilak who was about to go out. He stretched out his hand and pulled him to prevent Tilak from falling down:
"Where are you going in such a hurry?"
"Ah - it's Xia Duo!"
Only then did Tilak see clearly who the person was and said quickly, "There was news from the workshop just now that the first qualified product has been made. I was about to go over to check it out!"
"Oh? So fast!"
Xia Duo was also a little surprised. After all, it was a trial production of mass production. The emergence of the first qualified product meant that Tilak and the others had achieved certain results in terms of process, technology and inspection.
"Let's go, I'll take you there!"
After hearing the good news, Sha Duo couldn't bear the time of being on the elevator platform and slowly heading to the public floor. He immediately summoned the tower spirit to teleport him and Tilak to the public floor.
"Where is the trial production workshop? Hurry up and lead the way!"
"Oh! Right now!"
Tilak, who had just recovered from the teleportation, briefly identified the direction, then immediately chose a direction and trotted over.
Xia Duo, on the other hand, had looming clouds and mist appearing all over him. With a little step, he flew out with him. During the flight, Xia Duo couldn't help but think, "It's not bad to fly in the clouds and mist."
Soon, the two of them arrived one after another outside an inconspicuous-looking workroom, with only a Nese number mark "021" on the door.
Looking at this unremarkable room number, Shado actually felt like he was witnessing history. If nothing else, this workshop No. 021 was the starting point of Netheril's magic industry.
Entering the workshop, Shado was immediately attracted by the lively scene inside. Although Tilak's understanding might be a little biased, Shado still found something familiar in it——
Assembly lines, work stations, skilled workers, and "engineers" who patrol back and forth to guide and correct errors!
Somehow, Xia Duo felt that this painting style matched surprisingly well with the Mage Tower. Isn't this workshop just a miniature production workshop?
There are as many production workshops as there are workshops!
For a moment, Xia Duo was in a trance. He seemed to see all the workers and equipment in the Tower of Time workshop working at full capacity, and batches of magic items were packed and sent out.
"Shado!"
Tilak's voice interrupted Shado's fantasy. He glanced at Tilak, and then followed Tilak to the edge of the workshop, the end of the "Y"-shaped assembly line.
Dean, Sammy and other official mages are here to inspect the trial-produced communication instruments, connect them to the magic network, and conduct final tests.
They were so focused that there were two more people in the room, and they were still unaware of it. It wasn't until Shado and Tilak came to them that they realized the two of them belatedly.
"Shado, Tilak, you are here! You came just in time. We have just made a finished product and it passed the preliminary test!" Dean said excitedly.
He really couldn't imagine that several apprentices actually made magic items. Although formal mages were still needed to connect the magic network, the role played by the apprentices was definitely not small.
Looking at the crystal ball that was almost thrust into his hand, Xia Duo was also very excited. Since it was encapsulated first and then connected to the magic network, this kind of encapsulation could only play a role in encapsulation on the material level.
At the magical level, it is not encapsulated at all. At least in this crystal ball-shaped communication instrument, the mithril components are vaguely visible.
Of course, opaque materials can also be used for encapsulation, but the vagueness of the mithril components is not entirely related to the encapsulation material. In the magic vision, the magic aura of this communication instrument is also somewhat unstable.
However, this is in line with Sha Duo's idea. If it is made too well, it won't wear out. I don't know if this quality was deliberately designed by Tilak after he finally understood his intention.
But no matter what, Xia Duo was very satisfied.
"Very good! All formal mages involved in production will have their performance doubled this week. As for the apprentices -"
Looking at the seven or eight eagerly awaiting apprentices on the production line, Sha Duo ignored Tilak who kept winking at him, and also gave him a lot of benefits:
"Each person will be rewarded 50 gold coins, provided by me personally!"