Chapter 1884: Migration, Half a Year Later

With a crowd of high-level Mages present, the Magic Net riot within the Wild Vine Valley experimental base was quickly quelled.

Saijisi wiped a forehead that had no sweat on it, and in front of Xia Duo, once again proposed to Ougesi and the other Elders that they join the Mythallar project.

"Ougesi, I know you; you aren't actually that busy on a normal day. If there really were an emergency, I believe our other companions wouldn't stand idly by."

"Dalun, I know you too. You go find Yimeiruier to drink every time you have a free moment. Saian is really something—he knows you're this lazy, yet he never says a word."

"And there's Yimeiruier—"

Saijisi counted off the free time his many companions usually had. Adding in the issued declaration of independence, Andelie, who was in charge of administration, and Saian, who was in charge of trade, should have been the busiest recently; the rest of the Elders were more or less much more leisurely than before.

At this moment, Xia Duo also perfected Saijisi's suggestion, "If you want the Mythallar to be born at the fastest speed, it is best for you to join the project team in groups of three, and the rest can rotate."

"Rotation is good! I like it!"

Originally, Saijisi had only thought of pulling a few companions into the Mythallar project team to prop up the basic research project; he hadn't expected Asuosi to suggest rotation. Why hadn't he thought of that!

This way, the two project teams could operate continuously without a moment's pause. Besides the high-level Mages being able to rotate, the senior Mages and Elite Mages also needed to rotate.

Perhaps it was time to obtain more support from the family!

……

The members of the independent alliance all hoped to complete the construction of the New Mythallar as soon as possible. Now that there was a need for them to play a role, they naturally would not refuse.

Soon, Saijisi reached an agreement with Ougesi and the other Elders on the rotation arrangement, and even mentioned transferring more Mages from the family to support the Mythallar project.

With Saijisi taking the lead, the other Elders who had already made their identities public also expressed their support. In fact, this was also an inevitable result.

The current situation was already clear; the independence of Evereska was almost a foregone conclusion. Although the Mythallar had not yet been built, they could gradually begin migrating their families.

This group of high-level Mages might have come together initially because of pure ideals, but now it was the season for harvest. Talking about ideals did not mean they didn't need to eat; migrating earlier naturally meant reaping benefits earlier.

……

Just like that, time quickly arrived half a year later.

The Mythallar project progressed smoothly. Both the application group and the basic research group achieved gratifying results. In particular, the results of the two project teams could promote each other, which made the actual research progress quite a bit faster than Xia Duo had anticipated.

The New Mythallar was certain to be completed, and at the same time, the Myth Lock Design manual based on the adaptive framework would not be much later. Such efficiency made Xia Duo unable to help but develop the thought of wanting more.

Previously, he valued specific Mythallar applications rather than basic research because he worried that basic research would be time-consuming and that staying longer wouldn't necessarily yield any results.

But now, although the project had not yet truly been completed, Xia Duo had already seen hope. He was willing to stay in this Projection Plane for a few more days to wait for the results from the Mythallar basic research group.

Because of this, over the past half year, Xia Duo's mood had become increasingly cheerful.

Of course, it would be even better if the research on Magic Energy Infection could be just as smooth. Over the past half year, Xia Duo had already performed purification treatment on Mila and successfully restored her to a normal Wood Elf form.

Except for her consciousness still being a bit fragmented, there were almost no sequelae.

But the other mutated individuals were not so lucky. One by one, their consciousnesses all dissipated. Even though Xia Duo later improved the purification plan of 【Longevity Technique-Disintegrate Magic Energy】, making the purification of the body no longer fail, the recovery of their consciousness still remained stagnant.

In the end, all he obtained were shells without consciousness. Although they could still breathe, eat, and digest for a short time, not a single one of them lived for more than a month.

Their bodily functions gradually degenerated, and they eventually passed away, leaving their families with nothing more than a relatively decent corpse; that was all.

By now, Xia Duo had almost completely given up on research related to purification of mutations, turning instead to study the process of Magic Energy Infection and Arcane Infusion.

For the time being, the only experimental subject was Mila.

The current Mila had been taken in by Xia Duo as a student. The blackened personality that split off from Mila was very intelligent, bordering on cunning, and was extremely sensitive to Magic.

The most critical point was that Xia Duo discovered a relatively weak and stable Demon Descendant bloodline in Mila. In other words, the current Mila had become a Demon Descendant Elf.

It was just that compared to a normal Demon Descendant, there were absolutely no demonic characteristics on Mila. Under Xia Duo's guidance and care, Mila had already begun to attempt to transform Magic Energy.

If she could succeed, perhaps it would bring Xia Duo a brand-new understanding of the Magic Energy Magic System.

As for the research on Arcane Infusion, Xia Duo conducted it under the name of continuing to purify Magic Energy pollution. Mila's second personality was indeed intelligent, but the Knowledge she came into contact with was strictly controlled by Xia Duo.

In the future, Xia Duo might completely let her go, but for now, he still needed Mila to cooperate with his research.

In nearly half a year of (nighttime leisure) research, Xia Duo confirmed that Arcane Energy also had an infection effect, but he always stopped at the surface during every experiment and did not know much about the specific effects of Arcane Infusion.

After all, Mila was now considered his student; he did not intend to harm the other party, and with such a relatively special sample, it was really not appropriate to use her for any destructive experiments.

Compared with Magic Energy, the aggressiveness of Arcane Energy was lower. Using Arcane Energy to infect the sample's body would not cause the sample to mutate. Of course, this might also be related to the low intensity of Xia Duo's infection.

But he was already experimenting with Arcane Energy in quantities close to the Magic Energy in Sailuo's Transformation Ritual. As for the result, he didn't know whether to call it good or bad; other than gaining a certain natural resistance to elemental Spells, Mila had no other changes.

A brand-new Arcane Energy bloodline or anything of the sort was, naturally, out of the question.

Xia Duo speculated that as a man-made energy that was very balanced in all aspects, Arcane Energy, having gained its versatility, also had to accept its relative mediocrity.

Although it could not stimulate a bloodline, it could improve resistance to elemental Spells, which was already a qualitative breakthrough compared to the Netherese Mage's use of Arcane Energy in the Main Plane.

Additionally, according to Mila's account, unlike the pain during Magic Energy Infection and transformation, the process of the Transformation Ritual using Arcane Infusion was very peaceful, almost without sensation.

Xia Duo speculated that it might be related to it not changing the bloodline or changing the bloodline very little. The human body, including the Elf's body, could be completely viewed as an extremely precise special instrument. If modified slowly, the instrument might still function normally.

But if a large object were suddenly inserted into the instrument, or if certain or even key parts were suddenly altered, the instrument would likely crash, or even collapse.

From this perspective, Arcane Energy could be called "mediocre," but in fact, using "neutral and peaceful" to describe it might be more appropriate.