Chapter 1006: Incarnating as an Elf

As far as the current situation is concerned, if one wishes to conduct a journey to a Projection Plane, the role of the Plane Exploration Array remains irreplaceable.

Although Xia Duo had already discovered mental information clusters in the Astral Plane that satisfied the characteristics of multiple Projection Planes, he could not guarantee what the result would be if he moved directly toward them.

Perhaps the consciousness he projected into the Astral Plane would interact with that information cluster and enter directly; perhaps a massive amount of mental information would impact his consciousness in a short time, causing his Personality to thin and his self to dissipate.

For the sake of insurance, it is best to enter through the Plane Exploration Array.

Of course, Xia Duo also harbored the intention of using the Plane Exploration Array to repeatedly verify whether that information cluster was indeed a Projection Plane.

When his consciousness returned to his physical body, he could not spare the time to speak with Dewan at all, because every minute and every second wasted now could potentially lead to him ultimately failing to catch the Projection Plane.

Fortunately, the Plane Exploration Array had already locked onto that area previously; all Xia Duo had to do now was narrow the range again and drive the Exploration Array to re-compare.

And as for these operations, he had already sorted through them all while his consciousness was still in the Astral Plane; performing them now could be described as smooth and flowing, with every second counting.

In fact, he soon received a reminder from the Tower Spirit—

"Agent Xia Duo, Yuanhao Shijian has appeared. Initiate transfer?"

This was a reminder Xia Duo had pre-set; if he had not set it in advance, the Tower Spirit would only record it. For a Sub-plane, it would not matter, as the Ether Interlayer is relatively stable, and once the coordinates are obtained, one can go there at any time in the future.

But the environment of the Astral Plane is chaotic and changeable; even from the perspective within the Astral Plane, a Projection Plane might disappear at any moment; and if viewed from the perspective of the Main Plane, it might only exist for a few seconds.

The Projection Planes Xia Duo had encountered in the past existed for at most a few dozen seconds (in the Main Plane), so wanting to "grind the dungeon" repeatedly is almost impossible.

Unless one organizes multiple people to explore together, and even then, there is the issue of time-point arrival; in an exploration that begins with a joint projection, one may not necessarily arrive at the same location, or even the same time, when entering the Projection Plane.

It would not be surprising if there were a span of hundreds or thousands of years between them.

Regarding the 【Projection Plane: Arcane Empire】 that Xia Duo had visited before, he had suspected that the so-called "Great Sage" was a visitor from the Main Plane, but even now he is not sure which Mage Tower organized it.

To achieve a relatively stable sequential projection, first, on a technical level, one must possess such technology; second, one must have enough Spellcasters who can be driven and are capable of playing the role of the Great Sage.

Finally, there is the issue of probability; it is almost impossible to explore a Projection Plane once and then organize people to explore it again. Basically, once it is discovered, one must organize personnel immediately.

Xia Duo encountered a relatively successful case like the 【Projection Plane: Arcane Empire】 on his first try, but for the organization that might exist behind the "Great Sage," this might be a special case accumulated from countless failed cases.

It is conceivable that such high-frequency exploration would consume a great deal of 【Plane Crystal】, and therefore one can basically infer—

The organization that might exist behind the Great Sage likely possesses a relatively stable channel for obtaining 【Plane Crystal】, or a relatively sufficient reserve of 【Plane Crystal】.

Xia Duo speculated that it might be the Seven Towers, but he had no evidence, and this also contradicted the fact he currently understood that the Seven Towers valued Sub-planes more.

As for what is actually going on, it is hard to guess based on imagination alone; one can only wait to discover it slowly in the future, which is also the charming aspect of the unknown.

……

Transferred to the Projection Hall, the projection program immediately began to start, and a beam of invisible light drifted down from the large ball of light above the Projection Hall.

It arrived in a flash, shining upon Xia Duo, and went deep inside until it touched his Soul.

It was as if a thin film had been wiped from the surface of his Soul, bringing out another beam of invisible light; subsequently, his consciousness shuttled upward at high speed along with that beam of invisible light.

It was a bit like the scene of a spaceship Yaoyue in science fiction movies on Earth; the entire world was stretched extremely long in his Perception, and in just an instant, his consciousness Yaoyue-ed into that magnificent, vast silver void.

And "behind" him, an endless Silver Thread connected to the "path" he had come from.

Or rather, at this moment, his consciousness extended from his physical body, constantly lengthening, manifesting as a Silver Thread in this mental void.

After a brief pause, one end of the Silver Thread seemed to have found its true target and immediately began the next round of Yaoyue.

If it were in the past, Xia Duo might have "awakened" in the Projection Plane the very next moment.

But now, he habitually perceived the pure mental world around him; although there was no support from Magic Arrays related to auxiliary Perception, this only meant his Perception was slightly weaker.

He could still "see"!

In the process of finally locking onto the Projection Plane and entering, Xia Duo felt as if his consciousness were being soaked in a pool of warm water, and the information of both sides began to blend continuously.

Such an experience had never happened in the past.

Of course, such an experience was also extremely short, and soon he felt comfortable enough to "fall asleep"; when he woke up again, he was already in a small room filled with a fresh scent.

Xia Duo looked around at the environment; the natural wood-colored walls were covered with patterns of flowers and vines, which, upon closer inspection, looked more like some kind of mysterious Fuwu containing the essence of Magic.

He was sitting at a desk at this moment, seemingly having just taken a nap and having just awakened, with obvious pressure marks on his hand.

As Xia Duo continued to observe the room, he finally knew the environment he was in—a guest room in the Elven Court!

And the object he had projected into this time was actually an Elf again!

If one counts the Drow as well, this was already his fourth time projecting into an Elf.

"Could it be that I have a fate with Elves?" Xia Duo thought, not without suspicion.

A normal Netherese Mage would not be like him; out of a total of six projections, four were Elves; this probability was truly a bit high.

However, even if he had a fate with them, Xia Duo would not let that shake his identification with his human identity.

……

Soon, this guest room in the Elven Court could no longer trigger more memories of the avatar for Xia Duo.

However, he found a small decorative mirror in the room, and with the help of the mirror, he saw the image of the Elf he had incarnated into, and because of this, he thought of "his" name—

Laier Akalama!

And after thinking of the name, more related information emerged from his memory: the Elven Kingdom Jielunsita, the heir of the Sun Wing Family, the final prophecy of the Crown King, and a tremendous opportunity!

After "recalling" this information, Xia Duo could not help but have his breathing quicken; it could be said that if everything went smoothly, the harvest from this Projection Plane journey would far exceed the sum of his past five harvests!

How could this not make him emotionally excited!