Chapter 1216: Soul Exploded, Muchuan Arrives

Xia Duo has traveled to this magical world for over ten years, including the time spent in the Projection Plane, but his Personal Space remains extremely mysterious to him.

It exists within his consciousness in a very bizarre state, and to this day, Xia Duo cannot understand the way it exists.

The main reason Xia Duo chose the Plane Domain as his primary research direction was to fully study and utilize this Personal Space.

Now that the Personal Space seems to have undergone another change while in the Astral Plane, Xia Duo feels incredibly excited; a change means one more direction for research.

Of course, as for this moment, he is still not very willing to actually summon it out; who knows if he would be able to put it back after summoning it.

If he couldn't put it back, wouldn't that be a huge loss?

Xia Duo hesitated repeatedly, but in the end, he did not summon the Personal Space here; he could come to the Astral Plane at any time, so it would not be too late to come again after he understood the Personal Space better.

Afterward, Xia Duo moved his mind, and the Personal Space immediately separated from the Astral Plane, and the charred corpse of the hunter instantly fell into the Personal Space.

Just as Xia Duo felt a secret sense of relief, thinking that no accidents would occur, a sudden change took place inside the Personal Space.

An intangible and formless mysterious existence suddenly flew out from the charred corpse, exploding a micro-plane within the Personal Space, but it vanished into annihilation in an instant.

At the same time, the Personal Space suddenly expanded.

Xia Duo made a rough estimate that it had expanded by about 10 cubic meters this time; of course, his Personal Space already had a full 1000 cubic meters, so this slight expansion did not seem obvious and was not of much use.

But such a scene reminded him of his previous experience of expanding his Personal Space with an Ancient Sarukh Statue in the Territory!

The 1000-plus cubic meters his Personal Space has now were mostly expanded through the Sarukh Statue, with less expanded using Arcane Crystals.

After all, the current Xia Duo is far from being extravagant enough to use a large amount of Arcane Crystals to expand his Personal Space.

But what similarities could this charred corpse have with the Sarukh Statue?

The moment this question arose, Xia Duo had an answer in his heart!

In fact, when he first tested the Sarukh Statue, he suspected that the statue might be an ancient time-traveler who preserved themselves through petrification, waiting for a future resurrection.

It is just a pity that the petrification time was too long, so much so that even a Senior Arcanist like Xia Duo could not undo their petrification.

But this also meant that their souls were very likely still present within the statues, just in a special state.

And at this moment, the charred hunter corpse Xia Duo collected, because it was in the Astral Plane, time could not function well, similar to the stagnation of the passage of time.

When Xia Duo first arrived at the Astral Plane, his mental state continued to decline because he tried to cast spells in the Astral Plane; if this were in the Main Plane, it could be recovered by pausing spellcasting and taking a short rest.

But in the Astral Plane, once his state dropped, it could not be recovered naturally through time; it could only be recovered through changes, such as Magic or sleep.

Xia Duo speculated that this charred corpse was very likely not dead either, but in a state of extreme deterioration; to use a game analogy, it was like the final 0-point health bar being locked by the Astral Plane.

If someone were to provide rescue, it might still be possible to save it. (This is certain; even if truly dead, resurrection is possible~)

And in the Personal Space, which does not possess the special environment of the Astral Plane, the final 0-point health lock could not hold, and naturally, it died as dead as could be.

Then its similarity to the Sarukh Statue was very obvious—

Both are dead objects carrying souls!

The Personal Space can absorb souls to expand the space!

Although Xia Duo does not have absolute evidence for this, it is the most likely speculation he can make at present!

As for subsequent verification, it is also very simple; Niya has a 【Soul-Binding Gem】 in her hand, and as long as the Soul-Binding Spell within it is parsed, souls can be collected for experiments.

It is just that the parsing and cracking of a Magic Item are almost always at the cost of damaging the original object, and Xia Duo is not yet sure if doing so is worth it.

Additionally, there is the consideration of the taboo of collecting souls.

Although this is not absolutely prohibited like mass-producing undead creatures, it is quite taboo; after all, all gods have guarantees regarding the afterlife.

Especially the Lord of Death, who has no special designation at all, only saying that mortal things must return to the Underworld after death; this is a power belonging to Him, and if one accidentally offends Him, that is truly seeking one's own death.

This is not quite the same as resurrection; after all, no matter how one is resurrected, one can hardly escape death in the end, so it barely counts as enriching the connotation of death.

But collecting souls is only outputting and not inputting; who would want their power to be constantly provoked?

It is as if an outside lord came to Daxia Territory to poach people; let alone whether they could poach people, just this behavior itself is something Xia Duo finds hard to accept.

Extending from oneself to the gods, interfering with the operation of death, there is no guarantee one won't receive a Divine Punishment.

In fact, Xia Duo is a bit worried now, but up to now, he has not received any questioning from any Death Priest, so perhaps it is not that serious.

If it is a reckoning after death, then just try not to die, or find a backer before dying; perhaps one can live in peace.

But regardless, Xia Duo has decided to find a Senior Arcanist who is a Death Priest to consult properly on the ins and outs of this, so as to avoid being dragged by the God of Death to "fry in a pan" once the Resurrection Department is built!

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After putting away the charred hunter corpse, Xia Duo also retrieved the greatsword that the other party had lost; this sword was silver overall, which is the best camouflage in this boundless silver void.

However, these hunters do not seem to rely on sneak attacks, but rather fight head-on in a very warlike manner, so this camouflage is as good as nothing.

Thinking of head-on combat, Xia Duo immediately searched the surroundings, but found nothing unusual; the reinforcements he previously speculated might exist for the hunters seemed as if they did not exist at all.

According to his agreement with Suo En and Kelifu, if things were resolved here, he still needed to go there to support, or one could say to rendezvous.

Following the traces from when he came, Xia Duo set off again; mental resistance similar to wind resistance began to pile up in front of him, constantly hindering his continuous acceleration.

However, just as he was halfway there, almost able to perceive the mental storm at a distance, a much more intense wave suddenly surged behind him.

This wave was so huge that it was more than a notch larger than the commotion Suo En made when creating the plane.

If the plane Suo En created was an ordinary submarine in the "ocean" of the Astral Plane, then the intensity of the wave behind Xia Duo at this moment was like the monstrous surge brought about by a large Muchuan rising from the bottom of the water.