Chapter 1971: Creation, Exploration

Fortunately, this super-weapon, which can be called epoch-making, is in his own hands. Even if he cannot find effective defensive means to confront it head-on in the future, Xia Duo, as the master of this sharp weapon of attack, will still possess sufficient initiative.

Additionally, during multiple tests, he also discovered another function of the 【Annihilation Light】: when causing extreme, short-term entropy increase to matter or even space itself, it exposes more mysteries of matter and space.

In other words, he can use the 【Annihilation Light】 continuously to study the essence of matter and space (planes) in depth, which is undoubtedly a huge help for his upcoming research plans.

Xia Duo next plans to continue his research on the Plane Domain, which was temporarily suspended due to various unexpected events. Although this plan had to be interrupted for some time, the plan after restarting possesses research conditions far exceeding those before.

Not to mention the Floating City, which can travel to different planes for on-site exploration, the newly acquired 【Annihilation Light】 can also assist him in quickly unlocking the mysteries of matter and space.

If one also counts the High Mage talent attracted after the Floating City's debut, then perhaps his research will achieve results even faster than planned!

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Returning to the test itself, after repeated experiments, Xia Duo finally had to admit that the 【Annihilation Light】 still has a lot of room for improvement; at least for now, it is difficult to precisely control its power.

Especially when operating at lower power, the energy is more pronounced. Even if the controller intends to hit the target, the energy dissipated after the target area is "annihilated" will still affect friendly units that may be nearby.

"As expected, it still needs to be used in conjunction with 【Wide-Area Prohibition】!" Xia Duo could not help but sigh.

But if that is the case, he alone cannot control these types of War Spells well. This problem is indeed unsolvable in the short term; no matter what means he uses to assist in control, it ultimately cannot compare to a skilled, full-staff state.

Fortunately, the upcoming itinerary is not a situation requiring high-intensity combat, but rather focuses more on demonstrating deterrent power.

Now, Xia Duo has a rough understanding of the power of the 【Annihilation Light】. He believes that even low-power 【Annihilation Light】 is enough to form a deterrent.

The 【Annihilation Light】 developed by Iolum has much better effects than the Elf original War Spells; if it were really unveiled, the Elves probably wouldn't even recognize it.

After all, the same phenomenon can correspond to many completely different implementation methods, let alone different phenomena. Perhaps they will be suspicious, but with solid deterrence in hand, Xia Duo doesn't care at all.

Because he knows very well that even if the three War Spells he currently possesses had nothing to do with the Elves, the Elves would still be suspicious and dissatisfied; this is human nature.

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The only thing Xia Duo felt a bit regretful about during this field test was not being able to let the 【Annihilation Light】 run at full power. It wasn't that it couldn't be done, but that the Crimson Plane simply couldn't withstand such a toss.

This was already a plane on the verge of death, and the essence of 【Annihilation Light】 is extreme entropy increase. The two meeting is truly adding fuel to the fire and making a bad situation worse, causing the plane that still had a chance of being saved to fall rapidly.

But as long as this weapon exists, there will definitely be opportunities to use it. Even if not used in war, Xia Duo can find an opportunity to conduct an experiment similar to the nuclear explosions of his hometown in the Main Plane, used to manifest stronger deterrence.

Besides that, Xia Duo does not intend to use it too much, and he will actively promote an "Annihilation Non-Proliferation Treaty" within the Northland Alliance and even the entire Main Plane.

This is both to ensure the safety of the Main Plane, currently the largest known Habitable Plane, and to guard against a super-weapon race among the countries of the Main Plane.

Although it cannot be absolutely avoided, as long as he uses it less and cautiously on his side, it can somewhat lower the heat of the arms race.

And correspondingly, to cope with the worst possible results, in the foreseeable future, Plane Exploration will become an important long-term strategy insisted upon by the Tower of Time.

If the gradual collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar prompted Xia Duo to want to find a Habitable Plane as a final retreat as soon as possible, then now there is one more reason.

If a large Habitable Plane can be discovered, even if the Main Plane is smashed by a "global nuclear war," there will be a final retreat. Otherwise, living in this Main Plane, which is full of crises and could explode at any time, is truly a bit terrifying.

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Next, Xia Duo began to equip the War Spells onto the Floating City and found ways to connect them to the Mythallar so that he could control them more conveniently.

However, forcibly combining products that were not originally of the same system will cause the precision of the War Spells to decrease. If one wants to improve accuracy, it requires repeated experiments for calibration.

However, in the short term, the War Spells themselves are not that precise, and since Xia Duo had long decided to use 【Annihilation Light】 in conjunction with 【Wide-Area Prohibition】, this slight decrease in precision makes little difference to him.

Furthermore, the main purpose of Xia Duo's trip this time is not directly related to the War Spells; he just wants to find a suitable opportunity to bring the Floating City to the Main Plane.

In order to reduce the various probes that may be encountered in the future, the first appearance should ideally demonstrate sufficient deterrent power. This deterrent power can come from the War Spells or from the Floating City itself.

If the Floating City itself is deterrent enough, Xia Duo does not want to expose the War Spells additionally. This thing must have sufficient gains the first time it is used.

Similar to the appearance of the Floating City this time, the gain is the pivotal influence in the Northland, as well as the Floating City itself.

After all, if this thing were kept in an Other Plane and never taken out to be used, what difference would that make from not having it!

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The assembly work had no difficulty; after all, even the field test had already been conducted. The only slightly difficult part was connecting to the Mythallar, but this could not stump Xia Duo, and the advancement work proceeded steadily.

Just as Xia Duo was busy with the final War Spell connection work, Bulundesi came to the Tower of Time again, with the purpose of inviting Xia Duo to Seventon to attend a tea party organized by the Seven Towers.

Niya received Bulundesi on Xia Duo's behalf, but she had long received instructions from Xia Duo—try to stall for time, stalling until Xia Duo returned from the Blue Crystal Plane.

Therefore, Niya always casually evaded Bulundesi's requests to see Xia Duo or to have messages passed on, and frequently had Aiboke persuade the other party to drink tea.

If it were in the past, Niya would really be reluctant to take out this "Bonu No. 1," which is second only to the original leaf quality, to entertain guests. But not long ago, when she saw that patch of thriving tea trees in the Arcane Garden, she suddenly became broad-minded.

Now in the Tower of Time's Arcane Garden, there are not only Bonu Tea Trees, but also other tea trees with various flavors and effects that are not inferior to Bonu Tea.

Just waiting for those tea trees to grow up, there will be no need to import or even smuggle them from the Elves at high prices anymore.