Chapter 579: Warning Talisman, Product Deterioration
Dean's narration calmed down Shado a little, it turned out that the apprentice had already come into contact with the two pegases, and according to Nia's instructions, the two pegases could move freely in the Arcane Garden, but the food was more than the wheat in the field.
And since the wheat in the Arcane Garden is almost ripe every week, some apprentices deliberately preserve Pegasus's favorite food, the juicy wheat seedlings when they are first tasseled, so they were able to get close to Pegasus, whose name was originally passed down by those two apprentices.
According to the apprentices, each of the two pegases had a magical object on them that allowed them to understand human speech and also allow them to communicate their thoughts to humans.
Hearing this, Xia Duo immediately thought of the translation spell that he had been asking for so much, but now, of course, he knew that the translation spell of [Fluent Language] in a game like that was difficult to achieve.
If you really have one for both mounts, that price is a bit big.
Chardo guessed that it might be another workaround, such as a psychic spell or a druid spell.
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At present, Xia Duo has seen his own Pegasus with his own eyes, which can be regarded as satisfying his previous eagerness, and it happened that he met Dean and them in the Arcane Garden again, and he was still more concerned about the situation in the Tirac Research Laboratory than Pegasus, so he asked:
"Has there been any progress in the lab during this time?"
When they heard this, they looked at each other, and Dean came forward to answer: "If you don't ask again, I thought you had forgotten!" The research room is progressing very well, the [Alert Talisman] you mentioned earlier, we have successfully developed it, and we are now researching the enhanced talisman, as for the general technical standards, I think it should be able to summarize it through the research process of these several strengthening talismans. ”
"Good!" Xia Duo praised without hesitation.
He didn't expect that after only a few months of not paying attention here, this group of people gave him a surprise, he remembered that the last time he went to the Tirac laboratory, they had just developed a [long-lasting reflector] that could last for three days.
Although that mirror has commercial value, it is still a certain distance from Xia Duo's expectations, but I didn't expect that just a few months have passed, and they can even summarize the general technology, I have to say, it is too surprising.
The original Tirac laboratory was just a conjecture from Tirac's own conjecture, and later, after Xia Duo's support, he turned to technology development that was biased towards application, even if he didn't count the current results, the previous [long-lasting reflector] was worth his investment.
Xia Duo couldn't wait to ask: "Tell me about the situation of the [Alert Talisman], how much does it cost to manufacture, and how does it work?" How long is the expected service life? ”
"The manufacturing cost is not high, the cost of comprehensive materials, the depreciation of the alchemy array, and the labor of the spellcaster are about 200 gold coins, of course, this does not include the cost of research." Dean replied.
"What about the effect?"
"As long as it is stimulated, the alert field can continue to exist, but it can only be centered on the [Alert Talisman], once the talisman leaves, the alert field will gradually weaken, and it will disappear after it is weak to a certain extent."
Then, Dean didn't wait for Xia Duo to continue asking, and took the initiative to talk about the service life of the [Alert Talisman], "As for the service life, we have done experiments in the Green Bead Forest, and we haven't been able to calculate the specific service life yet, in short, it's very long." ”
"It's not good!" Xia Duo said suddenly.
"Huh?!"
Dean was puzzled, "Our [Alert Amulet] is definitely better than what is sold outside, how can it be bad!" ”
It's just because it's so good!
If this thing is really a forever legacy, then how can Xia Duo make money? No matter how expensive it is, there will always be a saturation day, and it must have a service life to facilitate continuous shipment.
Xia Duo explained his theory a little, and Dean and the others suddenly looked at him differently, but at the same time, their faces seemed to be excited to discover a new continent, and they seemed to be a little eager to try!
Only Eldridge put forward a different opinion, "If we artificially set the service life, will it affect the use of the [Caution Talisman], and then affect the word of mouth?" This aspect needs to be carefully examined. ”
"Well, what you're saying makes a lot of sense, and it really needs to be studied carefully." Chado agreed.
Reducing the service life is not to reduce it as soon as you want to, especially for a product with a long service life that cannot be tested, maybe a drop will affect the use effect.
"If you study this again, you can refer to the settings of some common magic items on the market."
Having said that, Xia Duo knew that there was no consistent and stable output of magic items on the market, more as a personal hobby, or as an occasional way to make money.
There are basically no artificial measures to reduce the quality and lifespan of such magic items, but because the number is small, it has always been maintained at a high price.
But in the long run, with the continuous improvement of technology and the overall increase in quantity, the price of magic items is constantly decreasing.
Xia Duo predicted that he was now approaching a certain tipping point, and as far as he knew, there were many mage towers that were improving production methods to reduce costs, and as for whether there was a technological breakthrough such as the Tirak Research Laboratory, he had not heard of it yet.
But it also has to be taken into account, and there may really be a price war in the future.
As for the service life, when there are linked magic items in the future, it must be more than him who can think of reducing the service life in order to maintain stable output and income.
Limiting the service life will become the common interest of almost all manufacturers, especially the limited service life is often associated with lower costs, which is simply a big killer.
The legendary "bad money drives out good money" is nothing more than that.
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In addition to these, Xia Duo also has to consider the factor of stability, in terms of the production of magic items, even magic scrolls, it is difficult for mages to keep producing in order to meet a certain production target.
Unless it's the kind of mage who has been completely reduced to a tool man, or the price offered is too high for the mages to refuse.
It is precisely because of this that Xia Duo proposed to let the technology and craftsmanship sink in the place where the Tirac laboratory was established, so that ordinary people can complete the links that can be completed by ordinary people as much as possible, and the links that can be completed by apprentices should be completed by apprentices as much as possible.
Mages only do what they can do, which not only simplifies their work, but also makes it easier to form a common production standard, which is convenient for popularization, and is also conducive to ordinary people to climb up.
If you want to form a magical civilization in the future, you will definitely be inseparable from the ordinary people who account for the majority of the population, and providing them with more channels for rising can almost be regarded as the foundation for the long-term stable development of magical civilization.
"The Great Age of Genes"
Now that most mages are not aware of the importance of ordinary people, Xia Duo has considered it in advance, which can be regarded as a big advantage.