"Alright."
Tia shrugged, pulling the microscope towards her and looked it over, then raised her head in confusion and asked, "How do you use this thing?"
"First, place something here, and then..." Lor patiently explained once more.
"Huh?!"
Following Lor's instructions, Tia placed a piece of parchment under the microscope, and was greeted by intricate structures and textures.
"Truly amazing."
After expressing her admiration, she attempted to move her finger under the lens, only to see darkness. Seeing this, she looked up at Lor in confusion.
"Don't use your finger, you can't see anything that way," Lor shook his head and explained:
"This microscope can only observe transparent objects. If you were to place a slice of skin, then you could see clearly."
"Alright, I roughly understand its use now."
Tia didn't actually scrape off a piece of skin but instead looked at Lor seriously and said:
"I must admit, this is a great device, particularly useful for Bloodline Wizards below the second ring."
"I'll submit this... does it have a name?"
"I named it the Microscope," Lor replied.
"Alright, I'll submit the information of this microscope to the council's magic artifact data center for review by the reviewing wizards."
Tia said, "Once the evaluation is complete and contribution points are issued, I will inform you to come and collect them."
"Okay, thank you," Lor nodded.
"You're welcome, great genius. You're welcome to come again next time," Tia laughed.
Unlike the previous teasing, this time she genuinely acknowledged Lor's genius title.
She had nearly grasped the microscope's principle within the short time she had engaged with it.
It seemed simple, with the Elemental Power merely serving as an illumination function.
But those who couldn't think of it would never think of it.
After bidding farewell to Tia, Lor returned to his dorm with Kateya, only to find Wizard Fley standing at the dorm's entrance.
"Mentor."
"Wizard Fley."
Both of them greeted immediately.
"Hmm."
Fley nodded, taking out a green card from his Space Ring, and approached Lor, saying:
"The duplicate check result of yesterday's Flame Wall optimization model is out. Your optimization model has a 65% overlap with the council's library model."
"The base reward for 35% apprentice-level optimization innovation is 350 contribution points, doubling for Multi-Element Faction optimization support, making it 700 contribution points."
"Take out your contribution card, and I'll transfer the points."
"Yes, Wizard Fley," Lor restrained his excitement, taking out his contribution card and connecting it.
He had only used 15 charging points to optimize the Flame Wall model back then, yet now received a reward of 700 contribution points.
The exchange ratio between contribution points and Magic Crystals is 1 to 1, and that between Magic Crystals and charging points is 1 to 10, equating to 7000 charging points.
Unusable, completely unusable!
"Nearly 500-fold return rate; the first batch of internal test players of 'Light of Truth' really enjoyed it, no wonder that, without exception, the weakest among them became Fourth Ring Wizards," Lor mused internally.
After transferring the contribution points, Fley didn't linger any longer and promptly vanished.
Lor then entered the study with Kateya, starting to seriously construct the Sea of Consciousness Microscope Model.
With Kateya's help in researching materials and handling miscellaneous tasks, Lor's construction speed increased significantly.
The originally estimated one month was reduced by at least a third.
If faced with a problem, he could still ask Agular for guidance under the pretext of the microscope, further reducing some time.
...
Ten days later.
Lor put the final touch on the parchment and gently exhaled.
"Kateya, find an apprentice to try constructing this model," he said.
He sat behind the desk, visibly exhausted, yet there was an unmistakable hint of excitement on his face.
In ten days, he personally created the first step towards becoming a Spatial Mage, the Microscope Model.
The sense of achievement was indescribable.
"Alright, I'm on it," Kateya nodded, similarly excited, and hurriedly left Lor's dorm.
She too shared some credit in the creation of this witchcraft model.
"Hope everything goes smoothly," Lor silently wished as he watched Kateya leave.
He then stood up, gathering all the discarded parchment strewn in the study, and carefully placed them in a small box in his bedroom.
In that small box, besides the drafts, were 513 Magic Crystals, representing a significant portion of his assets.
During these ten days, the contribution points for the microscope also came in.
Not much, just 500, counted as additional gains.
"Once I get the laboratory application, I can convert all these Magic Crystals into charging points," Lor mused while touching the box, "Then, I'll enhance the Fireball Technique and Rock Wall Technique a bit to see how much return I can get."
Actually, he wasn't optimistic about the return rate of the Fireball Technique and Rock Wall Technique.
Because single-element Elemental Mages had long developed to the extreme, their witchcraft had naturally also been optimized almost completely.
The room for optimization left for Lor was definitely minimal.
To truly earn contribution points, he still needed to focus on Earth and Fire Dual Elements Witchcraft.
Unfortunately, he couldn't delete his account now, and there were only so many witchcraft positions available.
Besides cultivating the basic attack, defense, and escape witchcraft, everything had to be prepared for becoming a Spatial Mage, leaving little room for earning contribution points.
"Actually, there's no rush; once I become a Spatial Mage in the future, how could I lack charging points?" Lor closed the box, shaking his head with a smile.
Without further thought, he sat cross-legged on the bed, beginning to meditate, striving to recover some energy before Kateya returned with someone.
Two hours later.
There was a knock at the door from outside the dormitory, and Lor awoke from his meditation, getting up to open the door.
Outside, besides Kateya, there was a young boy, looking around twelve or thirteen, but a head shorter than Lor.
After all, having added 2 points to his physique, his body had undergone unnoticed improvements.
"Lor, this is Burke, willing to sell a Witchcraft Position," Kateya said, slightly helpless, "The price is 300 contribution points, already the lowest among those willing to sell privately."
Selling a Witchcraft Position to a laboratory would earn 200 contribution points.
Privately selling, the price naturally increased.
Seeing that the person buying his Witchcraft Position was only a first-level apprentice, yet even a third-level apprentice was showing such respect, Burke couldn't help but feel surprised.
But he didn't say anything; as long as he got enough contribution points, it didn't matter who he sold the Witchcraft Position to.
"Alright," Lor nodded, leading them to the study, handing a contract to the boy, "Sign this, and I'll give you 300 contribution points."
"Okay."
Burke picked up the parchment, glanced over it, found no issues, and decisively signed the contract, then produced a white crystal card.
Lor also took out his crystal card, tapped it three times, and connected it with the boy's card, "It's transferred."
Burke checked the balance on the crystal card, ensured there were no issues, and immediately asked, "What witchcraft should I cultivate?"
"This witchcraft," Lor took another piece of parchment from the desk, which naturally recorded the Microscope Witchcraft Model.
"Alright, I need an hour."
Burke nodded, taking the parchment, glanced around, and finally went over to the desk, sitting in the chair where Kateya usually rested, and began to memorize the witchcraft rune model on the parchment.
Lor, meanwhile, sat behind the desk, eyes slightly closed, unconsciously stroking his chin with his fingers.
Even with his determination, he couldn't help but feel a bit nervous at this moment.
This was, after all, the result of his ten days of hard work, plus the cost of 300 contribution points.
If it failed, the effort might not be completely in vain, but half would be wasted.