The people from Jia Xiu's laboratory were gathered at Jia Xiu's place once more, to witness "a great discovery capable of changing the course of future development—or an invention, if you preferred."
The wording was rather exaggerated.
Everyone was exceedingly curious about what Jia Xiu had actually come up with.
After all, even finding a way to kill the Devil Race or turning Justina into a true god had not been described in such grand terms. Besides, it was hard to imagine what a pile of insects and stones from other planes could possibly be combined into.
"Mentor, what exactly did the boss make?"
Mia asked curiously.
Margaret was the only one who had participated in Jia Xiu's latest development work, though she had only helped prepare materials.
"Uh... how should I put this? It's hard to describe."
Margaret looked troubled.
"Basically, in short, it's... a somewhat unusual and novel adder."
"An adder?!"
The moment Mia heard that name, her heart skipped a beat.
Oh no. That name sounded like something that was here to steal her job. It might only do addition for now, but if it already had addition, could subtraction, multiplication, division, and all sorts of other operations be far behind?
She had had a bad feeling before. Now she found that it truly was very bad.
All at once, she deeply empathized with those workers who banded together to burn magic-powered weaving machines in factories.
Sure enough, you never felt anything until the blade fell on your own head.
At that moment, Jia Xiu's laboratory had been tidied up for once. The messy equipment, parts, documents, and files had all been shifted to the sides, leaving an empty space in the middle. It had even been surrounded by a circle of red cloth, though no one