Chapter 1677: Virtual Spirit Test

In fact, Niya had already said quite a bit about what kind of existence a Tower Spirit was in the past, and Xia Duo remembered it all, but he was never able to understand Niya's perception of the Tower Spirit.

Take himself, for example; if he wanted to use a Tower Spirit, he needed to be within the perceivable range of the Tower of Time and use Sending or voice to contact the Tower Spirit, but Niya did not need to; she only needed to "think" about it.

Literally, it just meant simply thinking about it.

Regarding the various peculiarities of the Tower Spirit, Xia Duo had also made many guesses, but most of them were eventually verified to be wrong, and a few did not even have the chance to be verified.

Since he had just tried to call Niya over using the "Communication Artifact Spirit," Xia Duo wanted to hear Niya's thoughts again.

To this, Niya's answer was still much the same as in the past, "How should I put it? Actually, I don't know what a Tower Spirit is either, but I can clearly feel its existence, just like my own hands and feet.

"Of course, saying it like that isn't accurate; it should be like my perception of my hands and feet—the Tower of Time is more like my hands and feet.

"It's just that I don't have much feeling for this special new organ itself, just like I cannot directly perceive the internal conditions of my body."

After speaking, Niya asked Xia Duo a question in return, "Why did you suddenly think of asking me this question? Could it be that you have already used an Enlightenment Scroll?"

She was the one who told Xia Duo the news of Bulundesi's arrival just now, and when Xia Duo met with Bulundesi, she was "watching" from the Study, so she naturally knew of the existence of the Enlightenment Scroll.

"Yes, I have already used it."

Xia Duo raised the Communication Magic Tool in his hand and said to Niya, "I used it on this. The Sending I just sent you wasn't done by me, but by it!"

"You actually used an Enlightenment Scroll on a Communication Magic Tool?!" Niya widened her mouth, seemingly unable to believe it.

But the fact was right in front of her; Xia Duo could not have lied to her about such a thing, so what was the problem now?

Niya asked hurriedly, "How is the effect? Could it be that you can't perceive the existence of the Communication Magic Tool now?"

"Yes, I cannot perceive it."

However, Xia Duo also said that he had observed that the Communication Magic Tool and his own body had produced a new Resonance relationship, but this Resonance relationship could not allow him to directly perceive the existence of the Communication Magic Tool.

As for the "Communication Artifact Spirit," there wasn't even a shadow of it; it was impossible to achieve the clear perception that Niya spoke of.

"Where do you think the problem lies?" Niya asked.

"I'm not sure. Perhaps the Communication Magic Tool is too small to produce a spirit with enough sense of presence, or it could be because I didn't use Spirit Quality."

Xia Duo was actually more inclined toward the latter of these two possibilities.

As for the former, he had basically determined that this Spell itself was not complicated; in other words, no matter how large or complex an existence one enlightened, the effect of the "spirit" produced should be about the same.

Only regarding Spirit Quality was Xia Duo unable to judge.

Iolum said that the Twisted Phantom Core—that is, Spirit Quality—could serve as a carrier for a Tower Spirit, so does that mean the "Communication Artifact Spirit" he created now is not yet a truly existing thing?

This also fits the situation where "a Tower Spirit cannot exist for long without Spirit Quality."

"Then are you planning to continue experimenting with Spirit Quality?"

Niya's words reminded Xia Duo; he indeed needed to understand the essence of a Tower Spirit, otherwise he really wouldn't feel at ease applying it to the Floating City.

Thus, experimenting with Spirit Quality became an inevitable choice.

"Let's try it; otherwise, I won't be at ease."

However, Spirit Quality was precious after all; even if Xia Duo had harvested some in the Ether Overlap Region before, he could not afford to use it casually.

Thinking this, Xia Duo opened his mind slightly and reinforced a thought in his heart, "Send a message to Niya, let her give me a Gold Coin!"

Niya had come suddenly just now, and he still had many tests regarding the "Communication Artifact Spirit" that he hadn't had time to conduct, but it wasn't too late now.

Before actually using Spirit Quality, he needed to make full use of this virtual "Communication Artifact Spirit" he had now.

And just after Xia Duo sent out the deliberately woven thought, the Communication Magic Tool flashed with spiritual light and actually started up spontaneously again!

This scene fell into Xia Duo's eyes, and he could at least determine that even if he couldn't perceive the "Communication Artifact Spirit" now, they still maintained some kind of mysterious connection.

Its manifestation might be the Resonance between the two parties using the Magic Net String as a medium, but its deeper layer would certainly not be that simple.

The next moment, Niya took a small money bag from the Dimensional Bag she carried with her, then took out a shiny Mingshui Gold Coin, shook it in front of Xia Duo, and asked:

"Why do you want a Gold Coin? Is this a new test?"

"Mm."

Xia Duo nodded, then placed the Communication Magic Tool on the Laboratory table to the side and said to Niya, "I'm going out for a moment. Later, I will send you some numbers via Sending; when I come back, you tell me which numbers they were."

Niya glanced at the Communication Magic Tool to the side, as if she had thought of something, and immediately agreed, "Okay, go ahead!"

Seeing that Niya had already entered the state, Xia Duo walked out of the Laboratory; the "going out" he just mentioned indeed included going outside the Laboratory.

After getting outside, Xia Duo immediately used his consciousness to command the Communication Magic Tool to send the number "1" to Niya, and after he closed the Laboratory door, he sent the number "2."

Next, he began to continuously move away from the Laboratory; every certain distance, he would have the Communication Magic Tool send a new number to Niya, until he was out of the Tower of Time.

After arriving outside, Xia Duo was still the same as before, having the Communication Magic Tool send a message every time he left a certain distance, only compared to being inside the Tower of Time, the distance intervals outside were larger and increased progressively.

Finally, Xia Duo arrived at the foot of the Wolf God Mountain and gave the final command for the Communication Magic Tool to transmit the number "99," then stopped; this distance was about enough, and going any further wouldn't have much meaning.

Upon returning to the Laboratory, Xia Duo immediately asked Niya: "Which numbers did you receive just now?"

"From 1 to 99, these 99 numbers."

"Were there any omissions in the middle?" Xia Duo confirmed once again.

And after receiving Niya's affirmative answer, he could basically determine that his connection with the Communication Magic Tool should be the same as Niya's connection with the Tower of Time; simply put, as long as they were on the same Plane, they would always maintain a connection.

Although he could not perceive the existence of the other party, this connection was real and true; in fact, when he heard Niya say the number "99," he had basically confirmed this point.

Next, Xia Duo was not prepared to do other tests; after confirming that the Communication Magic Tool indeed had a connection with him, any more tests would merely be testing the Communication Magic Tool itself.

Only the final duration of the "Communication Artifact Spirit" was something he needed to confirm; it wouldn't do if "cannot last" was all something the Seven Towers made up to trick people into buying Spirit Quality—that would be pointless.