Chapter 1556: Precise Measurement, Purification

Negative energy can also be handled with similar methods; it is not strictly necessary to invite an Astral Mage or a specialized Priest to build a Sacred Dwelling, as the Seven Towers do in the 【Annihilation Plane】.

After all, this plane is still in its "infancy" and is far from being "decrepit." A small amount of negative energy might just be a remnant from the plane's birth; as long as it is purified or dispelled, it will not naturally regenerate.

……

Due to constant erosion by the vacuum and negative energy, the back of Murloc Island is very flat; the only unsightly thing is that nearly half of the island is composed of murloc remains.

Connected with the negative energy in the vacuum, it is constantly detaching from its original fleshly form and turning into something like a rotten swamp.

Xia Duo carefully inspected it and discovered that if the water side were not filled with faint positive energy, these nearly endless murloc remains would likely have mutated long ago.

It is hard to say whether the ancestors of these murlocs were lucky or truly clever enough to foresee all of this.

The murloc problem can be set aside for now; Xia Duo quickly took out a special Magic Item from his Personal Space that came from Iolum—

【Fate Trajectory】!

Although it is difficult to unleash the true precognitive function of this Psionic Creation without the Holy Power of the Magic Goddess, it can produce more precise results than manual methods when used to detect the Magic Net environment.

Because the 【Mythallar】 device needs to be installed, and the Magic Net environment here differs significantly from the Main Plane, the current state of the Magic Net must be accurately measured before a specialized external adapter component can be crafted to allow the 【Mythallar】 to operate normally here.

Otherwise, even if it could be taken out, it would be unusable.

As the 【Fate Trajectory】 was activated, circles of delicate Mithril Wire, resembling the hairspring of a watch but never intersecting, began to vibrate continuously and started to adjust their state spontaneously.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo was lost in thought; this is a rare special Magic Item capable of self-adapting to the Magic Net states of different planes.

Of course, the so-called self-adaptation of this 【Fate Trajectory】 is not true self-adaptation, because its original Scrying function has been restricted.

The current seemingly self-adaptive performance is more for Xia Duo to use it to determine the state of the current plane.

If he were to use a different Magic Item, it might also work, but it would not be as accurate as this Magic Item specialized in Scrying.

This is like an ammeter without a scale on Earth; without a scale, there is no accurate result, but the user can re-add the scale by using known circuits and known changes.

Although there is a suspicion of circular reasoning, in actual operation, it is more like an iterative update, similar to using a low-precision machine tool to produce a high-precision machine tool.

As long as the measurement precision is high enough, one can eventually get the desired answer.

Clearly, the current 【Fate Trajectory】 is a measuring tool with high precision but no actual scale.

Xia Duo first used the Magic Net state of the positive energy water side of the Blue Crystal Plane as an adjustment scheme to shape the Spell here, while simultaneously measuring with the 【Fate Trajectory】.

Through the determined Change of Change, he quickly obtained the precise state of the Magic Net environment on the vacuum side, which deviated slightly from the water side, mainly manifesting in the shift of positive and negative energy.

This contradicts Xia Duo's previous conclusion that the negative energy in the vacuum originated from the birth of the plane; in reality, this negative energy is very likely coming from the plane itself.

This also means that the Blue Crystal Plane is not a normal Material Plane, but a sick Material Plane.

At the same time, this also significantly increased the difficulty of Xia Duo's subsequent plane modification.

If it were just negative energy left over from the birth of the plane, it would not regenerate after being purified or dispelled, but now the negative energy here is very likely to be generated continuously.

Then the purification would be endless.

Xia Duo is not sure if there is a difference in the modification of normal planes and Semi-planes; Semi-planes can indeed reshape the Plane Root through plane infection, but normal planes may not necessarily be able to.

As for reshaping directly from the Plane Root, Xia Duo does not have that confidence for the time being; he has not even figured out Semi-planes yet, so he will not come to harm the Blue Crystal Plane.

……

After obtaining the precise Magic Net state of the vacuum side, Xia Duo did not immediately start making the adapter component for the 【Mythallar】, but came to the sky above the island and flew continuously toward the depths of the vacuum.

Only when Murloc Island in his field of vision became the size of a fist did Xia Duo stop, and then he cast a Spell to open a channel connecting to the Positive Energy Plane.

In an instant, endless radiance poured out from the channel, spreading continuously in all directions.

"Wow—"

Xia Duo let out a comfortable cry; if it were an ordinary person, they would likely not be able to withstand the impact of positive energy of this intensity, but for him, it was like taking a wonderful hot bath.

The grievances and unhappiness just suffered in the negative energy environment were swept away, and even his mood became sunny and cheerful.

About half an hour later, the channel gradually became unable to resist the Magic Net's tendency to restore itself autonomously and began to shrink inward, while the positive energy gushing out from the channel also became gentle.

It was not until the channel shrank to the size of a bowl that it suddenly collapsed, erupting with a final burst of radiance.

After that, Xia Duo did not cast any more Spells; individual power is limited after all, and now, let alone completely solving the problem of negative energy inflow, even the negative energy already existing in the vacuum had not been completely purified.

Following the perception of the process of positive energy pouring out just now, Xia Duo discovered that only the negative energy within a spherical space centered on the positive energy channel and with a radius reaching the island below had been completely cleared.

Moreover, this area was still filled with a rich aura of positive energy, but the normal Magic Net environment on the vacuum side does not support the continuous existence of positive energy in a free state.

Under the Guidance and combing of the Magic Net, he estimated that the positive energy here would dissipate completely in at most an hour or so, at which point the negative energy in other parts of the vacuum would re-occupy this area.

"Sigh—"

Xia Duo knew that his efforts this time were almost in vain; next, in addition to the adapter component for the 【Mythallar】 device, he also needed to create a special installation environment.

Originally, in a normal environment, the 【Mythallar】 device only needs to be in a zero-gravity environment, but now it must have a positive energy environment to resist the continuous erosion of negative energy, otherwise it might need to be "returned to the factory for a major overhaul" before long.

……

Returning to the Tower of Time.

Xia Duo was about to go back to make the adapter component for the 【Mythallar】 device, but he did not expect to be blocked by Niya in the Preparation Teleportation Hall.

"What did you go to the Blue Crystal Plane for?" Niya asked curiously.

"I am preparing to modify the Blue Crystal Plane to use as our secret base."

"Modify the Blue Crystal Plane?" Hearing this, Niya immediately lost half her interest, but still asked, "Do you need my help?"

"I do, let's talk about the specifics tonight; I'll go prepare some things first."

"Mm."