Chapter 1676: Hey, Siri

But regardless, the Dragon Madness Mythallar and the King-Slaying Star were always a sharp sword hanging over Xia Duo's head; this didn't need anyone to deliberately trigger it, and it might just fall at any moment.

It was just that for the past year, Xia Duo had been tied up by all sorts of matters, and he truly had no energy to explore the Projection Plane.

After all, the Projection Plane was far too random, whether it was the projection identity or the Time Line; even though he had gained quite a bit in his previous few attempts, he still couldn't guarantee that he would necessarily have good results next.

Perhaps when the construction of the Floating City entered the right track, he would set aside time to head to the Projection Plane to collect the 【Dragon Madness Secret Scroll】 and see if he could resolve that massive threat.

Although Xia Duo wasn't some saintly person who would take all responsibility upon himself, in all honesty, he did trust himself more than the humans or Elves of the current era.

Furthermore, he had long regarded the Main Plane as the private reserve for the future magical civilization he was creating, so naturally, he did not want a world-ending crisis to exist here.

Regardless of whether he had the ability to resolve it, or whether it needed to be resolved, collecting the 【Dragon Madness Secret Scroll】 first would never be wrong.

……

The meeting with Bulundesi did not last long, mainly because both sides had a pile of things to be busy with; after finishing the official business and chatting a little, Bulundesi bid farewell and left.

Xia Duo then brought the 【Enlightenment Scroll】 to the Spell Laboratory; he did not want to use the Magic Scroll provided by the Seven Towers to create a Tower Spirit, but rather wanted to first analyze the 【Enlightenment Spell】 and then cast the spell himself.

The Seven Towers did not mind the purchasers of Enlightenment Scrolls cracking the scrolls, because to create a long-term existing Tower Spirit, one needed to use Spirit Quality—generally referring to the Twisted Phantom Core from the Ether Plane.

As long as one controlled the Spirit Quality resources, one would never fear that others wouldn't come to send money.

Because of the previous Ether Chongdie incident of the Arcane Union, Xia Duo had harvested quite a few Twisted Phantom Cores; although it wasn't certain they could be used to create the spirit of a Floating City, they were perfectly fine for a Tower Spirit.

And now, he was prepared to first test the effect of the Enlightenment Scroll.

Since the Seven Towers had specifically sent the scroll over, it meant that it could be purchased freely in the future, and they didn't care about the consumption of a few copies for testing; even the Spirit Quality could likely be bought, though the price might not be too cheap.

Opening the Scroll Case, ten scrolls lay quietly inside, along with one Twisted Phantom Core. Xia Duo first put away the Twisted Phantom Core, and only then took out one scroll.

This scroll lived up to the name of a scroll; it was a rolled-up piece of Parchment, wrapped around the middle with a silk ribbon. However, Xia Duo knew very clearly that a proper scroll did not have a tendency to bend or flatten out.

This silk ribbon was more like a decoration; he pulled the ribbon away, and the scroll did not naturally unfurl. It was only after he used his hand that it stretched out and maintained a final, flat state.

Xia Duo first observed the bright silver patterns on the surface of the scroll. At first glance, these Arcane Geometry figures had no discernible pattern, clearly having been encrypted.

If one were to directly convert them into Spellcasting elements, one would almost one hundred percent not obtain the 【Enlightenment Spell】.

This required cracking, but for the first time, Xia Duo only wanted to see the effect of this spell first. Although the scroll had been encrypted, based on experience, it was not hard for him to judge that this spell was not as complex as he had anticipated.

In other words, Xia Duo expressed strong skepticism toward using such a relatively simple spell to create a Tower Spirit similar to a sentient being.

But no matter how skeptical he was, he still had to try it first; after all, the Seven Towers truly had no reason to use a fake Enlightenment Scroll to deceive him!

So, what should he enlighten for the first attempt?

"Hey, Siri?"

Xia Duo chuckled, unfastened the Second Generation Communication Magic Device produced by the Tower of Time from his waist, and placed it on the laboratory bench.

Just as he was about to trigger the scroll, he suddenly stopped, as if he had suddenly thought of something. He first cast a Floating Spell on the Communication Magic Tool, making it hover above the laboratory bench, and only then triggered the Enlightenment Scroll.

Xia Duo hadn't forgotten that this scroll could be used to enlighten a Mage Tower. He had no experience with the first use, and he wasn't sure if it would enlighten the laboratory bench along with it, or if it would have an adverse effect on the Tower Spirit of the Tower of Time.

However, after the scroll was triggered, Xia Duo realized he had worried too much. As the spell took effect, he felt his consciousness turn into a pool of flowing water, overflowing from his mind.

And in fact, in his Perception, a cluster of white spiritual light was spreading from his body, and according to the direction of his will, it quickly wrapped around the Second Generation Communication Magic Device in front of him and permeated into it.

This process was a bit like 【Identify】, and Xia Duo strongly suspected that these two spells possessed no small amount of similarity.

Next, the spell continued, but no strange phenomena occurred. After the spiritual light faded, the Communication Magic Tool was still the same Communication Magic Tool as before; it seemed there were no changes.

Xia Duo casually picked up the hovering Communication Magic Tool and observed it carefully in his hand. This look really did reveal something to him.

As the designer of the Communication Magic Tool, Xia Duo was not exactly intimately familiar with every detail of this kind of tool, but at least there were almost no omissions.

Before and after the spellcasting, the Magic Net Strings gathered by this Communication Magic Tool actually had twelve additional open Magic Net Strings!

Moreover, these twelve open Magic Net Strings actually all had a certain Resonance relationship with him, as if connected yet not, as if broken yet not.

So, was this a success?

"Sending to Niya, tell her to come here for a moment!" Xia Duo suddenly spoke up.

This voice was clear and loud, and it echoed faintly in the Laboratory. At the same time, the Communication Magic Tool suddenly flashed with spiritual light and actually triggered automatically.

The segment of voice Xia Duo had just spoken, "come here for a moment," was intercepted and sent to Niya through the Sending spell that came with the Communication Magic Tool.

"This—"

Xia Duo frequently used the Tower Spirit of the Tower of Time and was no longer a stranger to this current situation. This Communication Magic Tool clearly already possessed some of the characteristics of a Tower Spirit.

At the very least, it was already able to understand what he said and automatically trigger the Magic Item.

But how did "it" understand?

Just from a segment of voice?

No, that shouldn't be it. Perhaps the Tower Spirit of the Tower of Time could understand sound, but this little thing in front of him should have no channel to perceive sound, let alone understand it.

The next moment, a crisp ringing sound echoed in the Laboratory.

Although Niya had the highest Permission Level within the Tower of Time, she did not barge directly into the Laboratory that Xia Duo was currently using.

Xia Duo opened the door for Niya. As soon as she entered, Niya first looked around curiously, then spoke: "Why did you suddenly look for me?"

"Uh—I have a few questions I want to ask you."

"What questions?"

"About Tower Spirits; what do you think a Tower Spirit is? Can you perceive its existence?"