Chapter 1070: Mysterious Mist, Ether Overlap

Passing through the Portal, the blurry image that could previously only be seen on the Portal's surface suddenly became much clearer, though not entirely clear; it was still as if a thin veil had been draped over one's eyes.

The Mist that was seen on the other side of the Portal earlier was precisely this thin veil; as far as the eye could see, there were hazy light mists of red, green, yellow, and blue-purple formed by the blending of multiple colors.

Yet, such light mist was like a forest in the early morning, a neon scene formed by sunlight spilling through the gaps in the leaves and being dispersed by the thin mist in the woods.

Although it was colorful, it did not affect actual vision; if one deliberately stared at a certain spot, one might not even notice the influence of these hazy light mists.

This situation reminded Xia Duo of Cloud Qi, only that compared to the strong presence of the thin mist here, which was almost impossible to ignore, Cloud Qi was more ethereal; one could not see it with just a little attention, and could only catch a glimpse of its appearance occasionally by chance.

Xia Duo's Cloud Qi Vision was able to check the state of Cloud Qi at any time, and was not affected by that ethereal characteristic.

As for the hazy light mist in the ruins here, he had not observed it on the spot, and merely through the sensory information shared in real-time by Luodite and the others in the Mind Link, he could not make a very accurate judgment.

As far as the current situation goes, these thin mists were more like a natural phenomenon, similar to normal wind, rain, and other conditions, and the root cause behind them was far from reaching the level of the Magic Net.

However, this phenomenon was clearly different from natural phenomena in the normal environment of the Main Plane, which could only indicate that the Plane environment here was abnormal.

Judging from the fact that the Mind Link was not affected, the ruins were not in an Other Plane; perhaps the current Plane environment was just subjected to some kind of interference, forming a mutation.

Xia Duo had previously speculated that these ruins might be the product of a failed Semi-plane experiment, and now it seemed that was indeed possible.

—"No need to rush into the Mage Tower yet; observe the surrounding environment yourselves, focusing on the state of the Magic Net!"

Xia Duo issued the command in the Mind Link, and then Luodite and the others followed suit; almost simultaneously, more information about the Mist Region on the outskirts of the ruins flooded into the Mind Link.

At this moment, the location where Luodite and the others were was actually already in the middle of the Mist, and not far away was a tower-shaped building with obvious damage to its exterior.

Further away, and behind Luodite and the others relative to the Mage Tower, the further the distance, the thicker those colorful hazy light mists would become, and the stronger their presence would be, but their brightness would gradually dim.

All the way to an infinite distance, it turned into a pale Giant Screen that occasionally shimmered with seven-colored light; this Giant Screen covered the sky and sun, seemingly wrapping the entire ruins within it.

According to the information provided by Luodite, if one were to enter the ruins step by step from the outside without teleporting, the first thing discovered would be a forest shrouded in the hazy light mist they were seeing nearby.

In other words, that pale Giant Screen was actually the different result of the hazy light mist observed by observers at different distances.

Up close, it was a hazy light mist with low presence that did not affect vision, but in the distance, it turned into a pale Giant Screen with a strong presence that obscured the line of sight.

And from what Luodite said earlier, that this place was treated as a place of exile by a Langas Tribe, it meant that there was an invisible barrier between the Mist Region and the outside world that seemed non-existent but actually had huge influence.

Once one entered the Mist, even if only by one step, one might face the risk of getting lost.

……

As for how the Relic Hunters under Luodite could repeatedly enter and exit this place without the risk of getting lost, after analyzing the information on the Magic Net state of the Mist Region shared by Luodite and the others in the Mind Link, Xia Duo guessed a thing or two.

In fact, the fact that Luodite and the others were able to enter here through the Portal earlier had already revealed this point.

The Mist Region, which was the outer area of the ruins, was not an independent space separated from the Main Plane; this place was the Main Plane.

It was just that after analysis, Xia Duo discovered that the Magic Net Strings in this area had functional deficiencies when it came to elements related to the Ether Plane.

Although Luodite and the others observed and measured the current state of the Magic Net without directly involving elements related to the Ether Plane, they provided a considerable number of element feedback samples.

Through the equivalent conversion of the Magic Net Strings, by directing these element feedback samples toward elements related to the Ether Plane, it was easy to obtain information related to the Ether Plane.

In fact, it was not just the Ether Plane; Xia Duo also verified the relationship between this place and the Inner Plane. Unknowingly, Luodite and the others had actually measured the coordinates of the current area for him.

It was just that they themselves were still unaware of it.

Of course, Luodite might not have had any intention of hiding the location of the ruins at all.

As for what this area had to do with the Ether Plane, it was actually very simple: it was very likely that this place had completely overlapped with the Ether Plane.

In other words, this place was both the Main Plane and the Ether Plane.

……

Limited by not having gone there in person, this conclusion was only indirectly inferred by him through analyzing the Magic Net state observed and measured by Luodite and the others, as well as some Spell element feedback results.

Xia Duo was quite certain of the correctness of this conclusion, but he did not rule out the possibility of accidents; to reach a conclusion that was as accurate as possible, further verification was needed.

Although he could indeed command Luodite and the others to cast spells to verify it now through the Mind Link, how precious was the Knowledge of the Plane Domain; how could it be shown to them so easily!

One must know that even Xia Duo himself had not been able to obtain much Knowledge related to the Plane Domain from Giles Tower or even the Arcane Union.

Most of his current understanding of the Plane Domain came from Projection Planes, especially the most recent Projection Plane of the 【Cormanthor Birth】.

The lifelong experience and learning of many high-level Elf Mages in the 【Sword of Ruling】 were almost all-encompassing, giving him an unprecedented opportunity to recharge.

If he had not obtained the 【Sword of Ruling】, then even if Xia Duo became a Senior Arcanist, he would inevitably have to trade with, or even compromise with, the Seven Towers because of the Knowledge related to the Plane Domain—the future research direction he had chosen.

How could it be as easy as it was now!

Of course, there was another path, which was to read the 【Nether Scroll】 and then conduct research on his own, but to be honest, Xia Duo had also read the Nether Scroll; the preciousness of the Nether Scroll was actually reflected more in the fact that it recorded a large number of different Magic systems, which could be used for researchers to refer to and draw inferences from.

As for specific Knowledge, from his current perspective, it was somewhat superficial; of course, this might also be because the part he read at the time was relatively superficial, and there were more profound parts later.

But in any case, Knowledge related to the Plane was very precious, and Xia Duo could not pay for it when there had not been any gains from the exploration of the ruins yet.

Furthermore, he had already made a preliminary judgment, and further verification felt somewhat not worth the loss.