Chapter 292 - 231: The Paralyzed Sir and the Tiefling Nanny

Chapter 292: Chapter 231: The Paralyzed Sir and the Tiefling Nanny

Zog Group, headquarters.

A regular meeting was in progress in the largest conference room on the top floor.

The Zog Group’s important figures, the Dragon Object, and Elf Items were all present.

Usually, not so many members attended the regular meeting. Today was different. After making contact with the Devils, there would be a lot to do.

Before assigning new tasks, progress reports were required for all ongoing projects.

This was especially true for the Magic Language and Magic Energy Machine projects. As soon as they were completed, the entire Divine Remains Network, its related components, and all production lines would have to be upgraded in turn—a massive undertaking.

"The first version of the Magic Language is basically complete," Saint El began. "It’s been handed over to your Illusionists to restructure the Visible Inscription Workshop."

Strictly speaking, the elders of the Mage Guild were not employees of the Zog Group. They were partners, dedicating themselves to a noble cause in pursuit of higher magical ideals.

They were only responsible for developing the Magic Language; it was still uncertain if they would handle future updates.

Out of respect for them and in the spirit of the internet, the Magic Language would be released as an open-source project in the future, free for anyone to use.

More users meant more people to improve it. Perhaps in the future, things like Magic Language++ or Magic Language# would even appear.

"Furin?" Zog asked.

The developers for the Visible Inscription Workshop were all Illusionists, so Furin had always been the chief R&D engineer.

"The restructuring is expected to take another two months. Once it’s done, we will prioritize creating an operating system and a universal game engine," Furin replied.

Zog had been dreaming of a universal game engine for a long time. It would completely decouple game development from Casting ability, allowing anyone to become a game developer. This would free up a large number of Illusionists.

"Oh, right. When you do the restructuring, remember to write good user documentation."

Documentation is just an instruction manual. As long as you have the patience to read it carefully, you can learn to use pretty much any software.

"Of course I’ll remember."

"Who’s writing the documentation?"

"Me, obviously. Who else would it be?" Furin replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Er, that young man who writes Magic tutorials online... Lori, right? Get in touch with him," Zog ordered, turning to Elsa.

"Once the Inscription Workshop’s restructuring is done, teach Lori how to use it, and then have him write the documentation."

"What do you mean? Is my documentation not good enough?"

"No, no, no. Your documentation is *too* good. It’s only suitable for exceptional Mages, but most Mages aren’t that exceptional. We need to cater to that group."

The main purpose of documentation is to be understood. Zog had no doubt that for most people to understand the documentation Furin wrote, they would need another manual just for her documentation.

"What about the Magic Energy Machine?" Zog asked Professor Moore.

This piece of super-advanced, black-box technology that converted mechanical energy to Magic Energy was destined to kick down the door to a new industrial revolution.

"The prototype has been built and tested on the toy production line. We’re currently designing the plan for mass production. It should take another 40 to 50 days."

Professor Moore replied, flipping through his notebook.

Zog nodded. "Dr. Fabric, what’s the status of the Magic Energy city construction plan you’re collaborating on with Zor Jian?"

Zog’s goal was simple: once the Magic Energy Machine was in production, he wanted to connect every household to a Magic Energy supply, just like a power grid.

This system would definitely require a lot of testing, and testing meant problems would arise. It would likely involve constant demolition and reconstruction, which would be difficult to manage in an already established city.

The best solution was to build a brand-new city from scratch, incorporating the Magic Energy system into the initial plans. This would make it easier to experiment and develop a mature model that could then be applied to other cities.

Conveniently, with the new matter of the Devil’s Transfer City, establishing a city of Zog’s own had become even more necessary.

"Right now, we have a few potential sites."

Dr. Fabric took out a map, on which several villages and towns were prominently marked.

The requirements Zog had laid out were simple: it had to be near the Northern Domain, which was the production base for raw materials, making transportation convenient.

It also had to be further south than the rest of the Northern Domain, be on the coast so a port could be built, and that port couldn’t freeze over in winter.

Sea transport would sooner or later become the primary channel for shipping. You couldn’t build a major commercial city without a port.

Dr. Fabric had been very thorough in his site selection; all the marked villages and towns met these criteria.

"Is there any difference between these places?" Zog’s analysis paralysis was kicking in.

"Not much difference, really," Dr. Fabric replied. "Their populations are similar, the inhabitants are predominantly Human, and there are Magical Beasts nearby, though they shouldn’t pose much trouble for us."

"Uh, should I just pick one at random?" Zog thought. ’Isn’t that a bit rash for something like this?’

"If I had to choose, I wouldn’t recommend this Deep Water Village."

"Why not?"

"This village is the poorest of the lot. The nearby land is no good for growing crops, so the villagers mostly live by fishing."

"So the other villages have good land?"

"Yes."

"Then we’ll take Deep Water Village." Zog took out a pen and drew a circle on the edge of the Northern Domain.

It couldn’t be helped. It was too wasteful to build houses on good land. Agriculture might have a low output value, but its importance was paramount.

You can tolerate not having internet access, but you’ll actually die if you don’t eat.

And so, the future’s largest city in northern Sutton, the settlement on the Continent with the highest proportion of Devil and Tiefling residents, the forefront of techno-magical research—Deepwater City—was chosen just like that.