Chapter 1742: Reconstructing Inertia, New Project

The process of linking the Flight Control System to the Magic Net went very smoothly, and there were no accidents when connecting the Mythallar, which left Xia Duo, who had prepared himself for unexpected events, feeling inexplicably disappointed.

Next was the activation.

Since they were in the Blue Crystal Plane, some elements of the Magic Net were missing, so even if everything was prepared, it was impossible to start it normally as one would in the Main Plane.

It had to be started off-net, either partially or fully; Xia Duo chose the latter, as he was still somewhat worried that incompatibility with the Other Plane might lead to accidents.

The activation process itself was not complicated and was carried out in the Control Room, though the Flight Control System's Control Room was located in the Control Layer adjacent to the Main Energy Center and was close to the Mythallar Control Room on the periphery of the Main Energy Center.

Since a console convenient for interaction had not yet been built, Xia Duo started the Flight Control System entirely through the connection status of various interfaces; for him, the designer, it was a familiar process.

If it had been Niya, it probably wouldn't have been as easy as starting the Mythallar just now.

After a slight vibration, Xia Duo immediately felt the presence of gravity; before the Flight Control System was activated, there had only been the extremely weak gravity inherent to the Blue Crystal Plane itself, which was almost imperceptible.

But now, Niya had "fallen" onto the floor of the Control Room, while Xia Duo, due to his Bloodline Ability of 【Cloud-Treading】, still floated in mid-air despite feeling the gravity.

"Niya, stand steady, I am going to control the Floating City to move."

"Mm, you may begin, I am ready."

Knowing that Xia Duo intended to perform some tests, Niya did not fly up directly, but instead cast 【Iron Body】 on herself and then gripped the door frame of the Control Room entrance firmly.

Seeing that Niya was ready, Xia Duo cautiously initiated the Haste; the next moment, the Floating City vibrated slightly, but that was all, and a look of confusion appeared on Niya's face:

"Has it started moving?"

"It has already begun!"

Xia Duo also felt somewhat surprised, so he landed on the ground and continued to Haste; this time, the Floating City did not even vibrate, and at the same time, he did not feel the slightest bit of acceleration on himself.

In Xia Duo's anticipation, the people inside the Floating City and the Floating City itself were not a single entity; once the Floating City began to accelerate, the people inside would remain in place due to inertia, effectively receiving a force in the opposite direction of the Floating City's acceleration.

But the actual situation was—he did not feel any reaction force, nor did he feel the existence of acceleration.

This was somewhat counter-intuitive; clearly, the Floating City was accelerating forward, and if he and the Floating City were a single entity, it stood to reason that he would feel himself accelerating, and if they were not a single entity, he would fall behind due to inertia.

Yet neither situation occurred; he felt as if he were on the ground of the Main Plane, completely unable to feel any acceleration or external force, only the support force from the ground.

Looking at Niya's expression, she seemed to have experienced the same situation.

"The inertia we should have been able to feel might have been completely offset by the Gravity Field reconstructed by the Floating City," Niya proposed this conjecture.

Force Field spells are essentially special fields that reconstruct inertia and various forces; once covered by the Gravity Field, the inertia that should have existed was reconstructed.

Xia Duo agreed with Niya's conjecture; he had not delved into the details of this aspect before, and now it seemed it could be considered a happy accident.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo tentatively ran a few steps inside the Control Room; he could feel the inertial effects when his body stopped and started abruptly.

It seemed that only the inertial effect generated by the acceleration of the Floating City had disappeared, while inertia itself had not vanished.

Or rather, the reconstructed inertial relationship remained consistent with the Surface of the Main Plane, regardless of the movement state of the field itself.

After some thought, Xia Duo decided to put this question aside for now, as it could be assigned as a specialized research topic for the Mages of the Tower of Time in the future.

He had more important things to do now.

After stopping the Floating City and shutting down the Flight Control System, Xia Duo returned to the Tower of Time with Niya, who was somewhat reluctant to leave.

"Next, I am going to start designing the Floating City Mythallar, and I hope you can participate in it together."

"So soon!"

Niya was startled and hurriedly asked: "Have you finished designing the subsequent systems for the Floating City?"

"Not yet, but most of them are finished, and I have decided to advance the construction of the Mythallar!"

"Why?" Niya asked subconsciously.

But she immediately realized the reason; it was probably because of the special environment of the Blue Crystal Plane. If there were a Mythallar, the Flight Control System wouldn't have to be shut down immediately after being started today.

Subsequent multi-system collaborative testing might be needed, and it would be too inconvenient without a Mythallar.

At this moment, Niya couldn't help but complain about the Magic Restriction Treaty; if not for the Magic Restriction Treaty, the Floating City could have been built in the Main Plane, and the Mythallar could have been built later.

And she would have had enough time to learn the Knowledge related to the Mythallar, so as to keep up with Xia Duo's train of thought, instead of being in a situation where Xia Duo was ready to design the Mythallar while she was not prepared.

"Can you wait a few more days for me?" Niya said pitifully.

"It must start by the beginning of next month at the latest."

Xia Duo gave the deadline directly, but he knew Niya's mind very well, so he comforted her: "Don't worry, before we start the design, I will tutor you, and I will definitely be able to let you participate."

In fact, Xia Duo had been working on the Floating City project for quite some time; although the Mythallar design had not officially begun, the relevant concepts had long since accumulated to more than just a little.

Even without Niya, he could complete the design alone; the reason he wanted to bring Niya along was mainly to provide her with a practical opportunity so that she could gain more experience to design the Communication Mythallar.

In the following days, Xia Duo spent his mornings explaining the Everspring Barrier Book brought back from Evereska to Niya, and his afternoons continuing the construction of the Floating City.

The construction at this stage was the "Floating City Main Body Construction and Repair and Maintenance System," or simply "Maintenance System"; the engineering design part had long been completed, so at this stage, they just needed to compile the construction manual and follow it.

Because Niya had to hurry to catch up on courses related to the Mythallar, she only came to help during her breaks and occasionally asked Xia Duo to answer some questions.

Besides the "Maintenance System," Xia Duo also started a construction project for a Mythallar device; however, after having two Mythallars, a third one was not that urgent.

It was mainly something Xia Duo used to adjust his mood while building the "Maintenance System"; as for when this project would be completed, even Xia Duo himself did not have a specific schedule, and it would truly be completed based on his mood.