The emperor's oral decree had come out of the blue, and Sorin's first reaction was that he didn't want to go.
He was the sort who liked staying holed up by himself to conduct research, ignoring everything else.
Aside from research, he couldn't do anything else either. What could possibly require him to go?
With that thought in mind, Sorin arrived at the imperial palace—and immediately changed his tune.
Looking at the entire chest piled high with blueprints, Sorin nearly couldn't hold back his "Ho ho ho" cackle.
These were all blueprints handed down from the Old Civilization Era!
The blueprints had originally belonged to the royal family of Copper Furnace Fortress. He had only seen part of them and had never looked through the whole collection.
At that moment, Zhuang Mengdie, Sorin, and Qin Fen had all gathered in the side hall, their eyes shining as they stared at the blueprints.
Zhou Xu didn't waste any words and simply stated...
"Your task today is to select the blueprints that can be developed at the current stage."
With that, Zhou Xu didn't disturb them any further. After having the attendants prepare some tea for them, he closed the side hall's doors and went off to handle his own affairs. He had been fairly busy lately as well.
When Karl had come by earlier, he had learned that Zhou Xu needed Source Crystals, so he had directly transported an entire chestful from Copper Furnace Fortress.
This allowed Zhou Xu to fully begin developing the Miniature Communication Magic Cube. For now, this work couldn't be handed to anyone else.
Looking across all of Great Zhou, he was currently the only one capable of researching enchanted inscriptions.
Of course, over the years, he had also been having Zhuang Mengdie practice Meditation and had