Chapter 1967: End-of-World Light

However, for Xia Duo, all the above restrictions are practically non-existent, because he has a Floating City, and a Floating City is something that can move; if a Wide-Area Prohibition cannot reach it, he will simply pilot the Floating City over.

And most crucially, there is no need to worry about enemy attacks; the Floating City itself is the best barrier, or rather, by the time it reaches the point of pursuit, how much energy would the enemy have left to counterattack?

In fact, in Xia Duo's view, a Strategic Weapon fixed in one place cannot be considered a true Strategic Weapon, just like back in his hometown, land-based strategic missiles are certainly not as intimidating as strategic nuclear submarines.

The former is trapped in one place, and unless it remains hidden, it is difficult to possess strategic counterattack capabilities and can only be used for a one-off strike, while submarines, which strike and then change locations, are impossible to guard against and are the real, tangible threat.

The Floating City is somewhat similar to a submarine, but it is not exactly the same thing, because the Floating City possesses quite strong defensive capabilities, equivalent to a submarine that can both launch nuclear missiles and defend against them, and even comes with the functionality of a home base.

Unless one is an enemy of the entire world, as long as one possesses one, one can basically stand firm in the Northland, and even the entire Main Plane.

Xia Duo looks forward to this immensely.

……

Two days later.

Everything was ready, and Xia Duo carefully passed through the Portal and stepped onto this crimson land; although it was an avatar, this avatar was not easily obtained, and for the time being, he did not want to give it up.

A field investigation was far more shocking than the sensations brought by Scrying; this plane, whose primitive state might be similar to the Main Plane, was now shrouded in crimson, truly a scene of the end of the world.

Xia Duo looked up at the sky, and that strangely shaped, massive crack in the clouds was still clearly visible; from his current perspective, the crack resembled a giant vertical eye, and the Element Turbulence shooting within it formed a vortex for a moment, like the pupil of this giant vertical eye.

But then, chaos and disorder regained dominance, making the giant eye resemble an Abyss.

As for the source of this plane's crimson color, the plane itself is actually not this color; Xia Duo had already taken samples back for inspection two days ago, and the soil and rocks were not fundamentally different from those of the Main Plane.

Even the color had not changed much.

It was only because the sky was emitting red light that the earth was completely dyed red; as for where the red light in the sky came from, this was actually still related to that massive crack.

But as for the exact Principles, Xia Duo had not yet figured it out; based on the current observations, detected conditions, and the Knowledge of planes he possessed, he could only preliminarily judge that it might be related to the destruction of the plane's own structure.

This light could perhaps truly be called the "End-of-World Light".

……

After two days of observation and testing, Xia Duo had already selected a test site on a relatively flat hill far away from the crack.

Looking from the angle of the test site, the crack in the sky was at an angle of roughly thirty degrees from directly overhead, and its shape was similar to a flower.

In the past two days, thanks to the avatar's characteristic of not needing to eat, drink, or rest, besides working on things like reviewing the Iolum Research Notes, repeatedly confirming the conditions of the plane itself, and determining the test procedure, Xia Duo had also prepared a portable Suspension Field Generation Base in advance.

The one from the Blue Crystal Plane could not be dismantled and used here because the Magic Net environment was different, unless an adapter was added to the Field Generation Base, but that base was of a permanent type, basically ruling out the possibility of adding peripherals.

Rebuilding a portable one was also to facilitate other experiments that might require a Mythallar in the future, and for this, he specifically reserved multiple open interfaces to allow for timely adjustments in different Magic Net environments.

……

On top of the hill.

Xia Duo first used an Arcane Force Field spell to level the ground, exposing the weathered and disintegrated broken mountain rock; this was actually already the norm for this plane, and he had investigated multiple locations without finding any completely intact large rocks.

However, this was sufficient; he then used an Evocation spell to burn a relatively flat and even smooth glazed mirror surface onto the ground.

Subsequently, Xia Duo took the portable Field Generation Base out from his Personal Space, installed it on the ground, and after a simple calibration, started the device.

As the Levitation Field was generated, a hint of joy clearly appeared in Xia Duo's eyes; the first step had been completed, could the rest be far behind!

Next was the Mythallar Adapter; the moment the cubic frame composed of fine, deep blue lines appeared, Xia Duo clearly felt an abnormal vibration in the surrounding Magic Net that was different from the Blue Crystal Plane.

This discovery made him unable to help but feel a tightness in his heart; he was at the final step, so he hoped nothing would go wrong!

Xia Duo re-checked the Field Generation Base and the Mythallar Adapter and found no problems, but he did discover a problem with the Magic Net.

In the past two days, he had repeatedly checked the conditions of the Crimson Plane, which of course included the Magic Net, but his checks were mostly conducted via Spellcasting, following a series of basic indicators; if they passed, it meant this plane could be used for experiments.

But the inspection items had overlooked the pressure limit of the Magic Net, or rather, Xia Duo subconsciously assumed that the Magic Net of the Crimson Plane was the same as the Magic Net of other planes, possessing sufficient self-repair capabilities.

But the facts were not so.

The Magic Nets of different worlds inherently have different repair capabilities, and even the Magic Net of the same plane will have differences in self-repair capabilities at different times and in different locations.

This was something Xia Duo had long been clear about, but until now, besides the Mythallar Ruins and the advancement sites of Arcanists, he had never encountered a situation where the Magic Net could not repair itself.

Yet right now, it seemed he had encountered one.

The self-repair capability of the Magic Net in this plane was a large margin worse than that of the Blue Crystal Plane, perhaps due to the synchronous damage caused by the disintegration of the Plane Root.

This led to a consequence—low-frequency Spellcasting might have no effect, but a high-density Magic Net connection device like the Mythallar Adapter might cause some unnecessary fluctuations.

If the adapter was already like this, then what kind of scene would it be after the Mythallar itself appeared?

Would it explode? Or would it be unable to start?

Xia Duo did not want to take the risk, but he had done so much preparatory work that he was unwilling to suddenly give up; after hesitating repeatedly, he decided to try a hypothesis he had long held in advance.

In any case, it was an avatar now; even if it were lost, it would just be a matter of creating a new one. Although it was a bit troublesome, it was not impossible to overcome, and perhaps if he did it often enough and became skilled, it wouldn't be troublesome at all!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo made up his mind and immediately returned to the Tower of Time; as for the Field Generation Base and the Mythallar Adapter, they were left behind in the Crimson Plane.

Although the Magic Net had some abnormal vibrations, at the current stage, it was still within the normal range; if the adapter really did have some problems, Xia Duo would actually be even happier, because it would mean he had discovered a new situation in the Crimson Plane.