Exploring Technology in a Wizard World

Joseph's mouth grew wider, but finally, he reacted, forcibly closed it, and prevented himself from being too rude. Only the look in his eyes revealed his true thoughts at this moment.

Honestly, he took out the crystal ball wanting to surprise Richard a bit, but who would have thought that ultimately, it wasn't Richard who was surprised, but him.

He had to admit, Richard's method was feasible. If promoted, it could significantly improve communication efficiency. Of course, this method is not perfect and has some drawbacks.

Looking at Richard, Joseph said, "Wizard Richard, your proposal is very good. If possible, I will suggest it to the organization's top levels. However, I think if the organization really adopts your method, it might take some time. After all, following your method, the entire way of communication will undergo a big change. If we use the symbols you mentioned to compile texts, everyone using the crystal ball will need specialized training, and the cost won't be small."

"All the costs paid will have high returns, won't they?" Richard said.

"I don't deny that," Joseph said. "But you also need to be aware of one thing, which is that the current communication method is already adequate for the organization. In the absence of thorny issues, there is some resistance to actively incurring high costs for improvement.

I don't mind, but you need to know, there are people who stubbornly believe that being adequate is enough, and they resolutely oppose all changes and transformations."

"Like?" Richard looked at Joseph smilingly.

"Heh," Joseph did not answer Richard's question but passed the crystal ball in his hand to Richard, changing the topic: "Alright, Wizard Richard, let's leave the matter of the crystal ball here.

Your proposal is excellent, but excellence is just one aspect; whether the organization can truly adopt it is another. If the organization adopts it, you'll naturally be rewarded. If not, don't be too disappointed. After all, the organization's purpose is to explore the ultimate truth. If we get overly caught up in little matters like the communication crystal ball, we might miss the bigger picture.

I won't continue to disturb you. After all, you have your business to take care of, and I need to deal with some troubles on the west side. If things go smoothly, I might visit you again on my way back to Delan, and we can talk then."

"Alright then, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Joseph stood up without much hesitation and walked towards the door.

Richard sent him out the door and watched him depart before turning back.

In the reception room, Richard paced a few steps, murmuring, "Is being adequate enough? Maybe, but for me, it's definitely not."

After speaking, Richard straightened his expression, stepped into the study in the stone building, and then entered Eden.

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Eden.

Richard entered here.

At this moment, Eden wasn't much different from before, merely with a few new buildings and pieces of equipment added.

"Tap, tap, tap…"

Richard walked straight to a room in the building cluster, pushed the door open, and then saw Pandora sleeping on the bed, unsurprisingly, rolling off onto the floor once again.

This situation began half a month ago and has become increasingly frequent lately.

He didn't know the reason; perhaps it's a precursor to Pandora's imminent awakening. He didn't have any better solutions; he could only pick her up once she fell off the bed each time.

He even tried laying cushions on the ground, letting Pandora sleep there. As a result, Pandora rolled and knocked open the door, rolling out of the room. He had to use the "Eye of Gaze's" viewing function to find and retrieve her from a corner nook outside.

He also tried adding rails to the bed. But as it turned out, no matter how sturdy the material, it couldn't withstand the pounding of the giant dragon girl in her sleep. The high-cost alloy materials ended up covered in cracks and bite marks within one afternoon, turning into a pile of debris by the next morning. And the culprit—giant dragon girl Pandora—was found sleeping soundly, using a severely twisted half piece of alloy block as a pillow, on a pile of crushed alloy debris.

Overall, after multiple failures, he could only let Pandora naturally continue sleeping on the bed, hoping she'd wake up soon.

He reached out, lifted Pandora from the floor, placed her back on the bed, looked at her for a few moments, confirmed she wouldn't roll off again anytime soon, shook his head, and left the room.

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"Tap, tap, tap…"

Eden, Mechanical Processing Sector, laboratory.

Creaking, Richard pushed the door open and strode to the workbench, placing the crystal ball Joseph just gave him on it.

Then he turned around, went to a shelf on the wall of the laboratory, found an unused space iron ring from a box in the middle layer, and returned to the workbench.

With a flick of the hand, a second crystal ball appeared and was placed on the workbench.

With another flick, a third crystal ball appeared and was placed on the workbench.

Again, with a flick, a fourth crystal ball appeared…

With the hand…

Richard repeated the action multiple times, laying out a long row of crystal balls on the workbench. Each crystal ball looked identical.

Most of these extra crystal balls were obtained on the East Coast. After getting the crystal balls, he thought about researching them, but the starting point was challenging, and since it wasn't too urgent, the priority remained low. So in the end, he only allocated a little time, resulting in very slow progress.

But now, with the "beginner's guide" provided by Joseph, he's ready to thoroughly investigate them, attempting to achieve a breakthrough shortly.

The reason for doing so is simple, as he said, he absolutely isn't someone satisfied with "adequate is enough", he is one who maximizes an item's benefits and extracts all possible uses.

"Let me see just how many things this crystal ball can extract," Richard said and got to work.

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"Click-click-click!"

The lamps on the workbench turned on one by one, illuminating every corner.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the number one experimental crystal ball was fixed on the stand.

"Phooo!"

Richard took a long breath, put on the microscopic glasses, and carefully observed the magic runes engraved on the crystal ball surface.

"Scribble-scribble…"

Richard's hand held a quill dipped in ink, sliding across paper, swiftly and elegantly outlining line after line, transcribing the magic runes observed.

"Swish, swish, swish…"

Sheet after sheet was filled because the magic runes on the crystal ball were extremely complex and numerous, so much so that the paper almost covered the research room floor.

After several hours, Richard finally exhaled a long breath, paused his action, ending the task.

However, for the entire research project, this was merely a beginning.

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After a short rest, Richard began organizing the magic runes on the papers, trying to integrate and understand them.

After that, based on the understood content, he engraved magic runes onto various materials, testing effects and figuring out mechanisms.

Later, using tools, he cut open the crystal ball to study its internal structure comprehensively, testing specific reactions, and adjusting all prior conclusions.

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