Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 170 An Anonymous Paper

Alayeh, the magic tower in the sky.

In a room located on the middle floor of the floating magic tower, in front of three "magic brain" instruments neatly placed on a long table, sat three high-level spellcasters, all wearing dark standard wizard robes with three silver decorative stripes embroidered on the cuffs.

They were personally appointed by the chief of the Federation, the legendary wizard Kemo Salas, to join the mysterious Magic Web Spellcaster Forum and be responsible for organizing and uploading the Federation's internal documents to the "Online Magic Encyclopedia".

This work needs to be carried out continuously for a long time. Even if the three of them can use the improved version of the Mage's Hand to replace the most boring typing part, just organizing the various precious documents that are constantly sent to them every day has exhausted all their energy and time except for eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and daily meditation.

Of course, these three obviously also have the typical appearance characteristics of research-oriented spellcasters who work in the Federation all year round - slightly sparse hair on the top of their heads.

"Larry, how much of the documentation delivered today is left to be entered?"

The spellcaster in charge of reviewing the documents stared at the documents in his hand without even looking up. "Another batch will be delivered soon, so hurry up..."

The wizard named Larry stood up, stretched himself, and prepared to walk to the sofa to relax, and asked the waiter to bring a cup of black tea.

"Rodney, Hunter, are you two really not going to come over and have a cup of tea and take a break?"

The spellcaster named Hunter had the most severe hair loss among the three of them, and was also the most diligent in reviewing and entering the documentation.

He did not respond to his colleague's invitation, but insisted on reviewing and organizing the last piece of document in his hand, and then personally logged into the spellcaster forum, typing word by word to include it completely in the magic encyclopedia.

Because this paper came from his mentor, the legendary wizard Soren Dawson, one of the three chiefs of the Federation.

Hunter carefully completed the paper from his mentor, and then subconsciously flipped through all the documents he uploaded this morning, a total of twenty articles.

Wait! Twenty articles... No, why is there an extra one?
He rubbed his eyes, read it again, and counted the numbers while muttering to himself.

There is indeed one extra article!
"Larry, Rodney! Something's wrong! A new paper suddenly appeared in the forum's magic encyclopedia!"

Larry, who was already half-lying on the sofa sipping his tea, curled his lips and said casually, "Maybe you are dazzled... or maybe you entered an extra copy. Don't be so surprised."

Rodney echoed, "We're all assigned a fixed twenty documents every day. How could there be extra? Did you count yesterday's quota towards today's workload?"

Hunter shook his head firmly and denied it decisively, "Absolutely impossible. I'm different from you. After entering the data for the day, I always enter a separate bibliography as a counting separator..."

"Found it! This unexpected paper!" he suddenly shouted, startling his two colleagues nearby. "No wonder I felt something was wrong with the title and signature of this document. I had no idea what it was!"

"A research report on the similarities between the demonic bloodline strengthening potion... and the church's bloodline awakening ritual?"

Hunter was stunned by the bizarre title of the paper. What kind of bizarre research direction was this? Demonic strengthening potions... Church bloodline awakening rituals? Similarity research?
As a high-level research spellcaster within the Federation, Hunter himself had successfully published several constructive papers, either alone or in collaboration with others. One of his papers had even been selected for publication in the Federation's Bulletin, receiving widespread acclaim. He knew better than anyone that when publishing research findings in the form of a paper, the research direction must combine both theory and empirical evidence, and not rely solely on conjecture or unfounded speculation. Otherwise, the paper would fail even the initial review by the Academic Research Department and would be rejected, often accompanied by a sarcastic comment.

After all, most spellcasters are mortals with emotions, greed and jealousy, as well as stubbornness and narrow-mindedness. It is certainly gratifying to be able to publish papers of extraordinary value independently, but fighting criticism and directly overturning the research results of others brings them more psychological satisfaction.

Hearing that an unknown paper had suddenly appeared on the forum, Hunter's two colleagues were immediately excited and hurried to his magic brain instrument. "Is there really a new paper? Let's open it and take a look! Could it be that some forum member is trying to use the Spellcaster Forum as a shortcut to get their paper published through the backdoor?"

Hunter opened the article and didn't plan to read the content in detail. Instead, he scrolled to the bottom of the article to check the author's signature.

"Kel'Thuzad? Is this a forum member's code name, or is it the real name registered with the Federation?"

Larry beckoned an assistant over and coldly instructed, "Go to the Affairs Department and check if there's a Mr. Kel'Thuzad among the Union's registered spellcasters. Just look up the list of high-level spellcasters..."

Hunter raised his hand and released the manipulating hand. Three illusory flexible arms, each holding an ink-soaked quill, began to quickly copy the paper onto the white paper.

"Hmph, an anonymous member of the Spellcaster Forum secretly slipped a copy of his research paper into the Federation's document database through the forum. That's a pretty good idea for taking a shortcut..." Larry sneered disdainfully, clearly expressing his dissatisfaction with this behavior.

If an orthodox spellcaster wants to publish a paper through the Federation, he or she needs to go through three levels of review and evaluation.

First, the paper must be sent to the Academic Research Department and queued for preliminary review, which is also the most time-consuming stage.

After passing the preliminary review, the paper will be assigned to the intermediate review committee responsible for the school of magic according to its research direction. The twelve reviewers will take turns to review it, and it will be submitted to the department for final review only after more than half of the votes are cast.

If all twelve reviewers vote in favor, it means that the paper is extremely groundbreaking or has great research value. It will then be submitted to the three heads of the federation for the final evaluation.

Only papers that receive positive reviews from the chief are eligible to be published in the Federation Bulletin and enjoy praise and honors from the magic world.

After the three high-level spellcasters waited for the manipulator's hand to copy down the paper, they each picked up a copy and walked aside to begin reading.

The room returned to silence for a moment, with only the brief rustling of pages being heard.

"Pure magical energy exists in three different forms in the real world—liquid, gaseous, and solid..."

"Natural magic stone represents the solid state, the magic net energy absorbed through meditation represents the gaseous state (mimicry), and the magic energy converted by the demon clan's specially crafted blood-summoning instrument exists in liquid form..."

"The demons collect spirit ore, convert it into liquid form through instruments, and then directly inject it to strengthen their flesh and blood. Through... experiments, it can be definitively demonstrated... that pure magic energy can be directly applied to the demons' bodies, enhancing their various physical abilities."

"The Church of Light's Bloodline Knight Awakening Potion also utilizes magical biological materials rich in pure magic energy, strengthening the flesh and blood and improving the physical fitness of those who take it... In essence, it's very similar to the demonic method of directly injecting pure magic energy into the body..."

(End of this chapter)