To Jia Xiu's surprise, among all the teams that had yet to arrive, the first to reach Larven was actually the mining team whose "madness" even the chairman had specifically emphasized.
As for the other teams, Master Dain said he still had some matters to handle and would probably be finished in a week or two. Once he was done, he would come over. He specifically told Jia Xiu to remember to give him a small remedial class, afraid he would not understand it. Building a golem computer had already nearly fried his brain, and now they were tackling something even more complicated.
For the sake of the Dwarf master's pride, he absolutely could not let others see that he was the dumbest one—especially after learning there was an Elf Druid here.
Being able to gather Elves and Dwarves into one group meant Jia Xiu had achieved an extremely rare feat. Fortunately, neither Master Dain nor Sister Gillianis was an especially traditional Dwarf or Elf. Both races had ultra-conservative factions that were genuinely on the verge of fighting the moment they laid eyes on each other. As for the team developing magical gel, they had responded enthusiastically as well, but they were not in Larven and needed time to relocate. They were moving with their entire families. The team was overjoyed that the Association had taken an interest in their research.
Their previous situation could only be called incredibly unlucky. They had invested vast amounts of time and funding, and in the end, their results had theoretically been completed, but unfortunately had never been put to use. Apparently, the younger members of the team had already prepared to switch careers, leave the research world, and work in alchemy factories, seizing the right moment to enter the factory. To Jia Xiu—or