Chapter 2048: Construction Plan

Netheril, Nan Jing.

Plane-internal teleportation; the Floating City does not need to lift the 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 on spatial shifting. With just one medium-range teleport, Xia Duo crossed more than half of the Northland and returned to his own Territory—er, the sky above it.

Although one does not worry when debts are many, considering that the internal situation in Netheril might become somewhat unstable, Xia Duo still parked the Floating City at a relatively high altitude to avoid the frequently triggered Supermagic Events causing trouble in the Northland Alliance as well.

But regardless, the sudden appearance of an obviously unnatural object in the sky still caused quite a stir. Just as Xia Duo returned to the Tower of Time and was talking to Niya, a briefing from Laidun regarding the aerial object in the Territory was transmitted over.

Upon learning of this, Niya joked with Xia Duo, "You should have landed the Floating City next to the Territory so Laidun could see the territorial emblem on it clearly."

"No need. I'll head back to Linshui Village in a while, and I'll tell Laidun about the Floating City then."

In truth, it wasn't just about worrying over the Supermagic Treaty or it being unnecessary; if the Floating City's altitude were too low, it would pose a huge challenge to the Floating City's own Flight Control System, unless Xia Duo were willing to shut down the redundant systems that ensure flight safety.

Otherwise, the lower it goes, the higher the overall maintenance costs will be.

"By the way, I also plan to build a Portal in Code Plaza that leads directly to the Floating City later. The residents can go over to play whenever they have time."

"What's there to play with? It's all bare walls over there right now."

Niya was right, but that was from the perspective of someone who had already been there or even stayed on the Floating City for a long time. As for the residents, let alone having been to the Floating City, they probably hadn't even thought about it.

Going to take a look—even if it were just a trip over and an immediate return—would be enough to open up a brand-new horizon for them.

Wanting to surpass the Elves cannot be achieved just by talking about it; it must be done through concrete actions, one goal at a time. The residents might never truly grasp the significance of boarding the Floating City, but the change in their mindset will naturally manifest in every aspect of their future learning, life, and work.

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After finishing telling Niya about what he had seen and heard during this trip and enjoying some intimacy for a while longer, Xia Duo finally proposed the upcoming travel plan for the Floating City.

"Do you remember what I said I would do once the Floating City was built?"

"What will you do once the Floating City is built?"

Niya didn't react at first, looking at Xia Duo with confused eyes, but then, as if she had thought of something, she rushed forward in pleasant surprise and hugged Xia Duo:

"You mean going on a trip?!"

"Yes."

Xia Duo nodded, his gaze firmly piercing through the Tower of Time and looking into the distance, "From now on, neither the situation in the Northland nor the troubles within Netheril can stop our pace of travel."

Niya was very happy at first, but hearing Xia Duo say this, she couldn't help but feel a little worried, "But is it really okay to just leave the Territory behind like this?"

"Who said I was leaving the Territory behind? Didn't I just say I was going to build a new Portal in Code Plaza that leads directly to the Floating City? You don't think that Portal is just for the residents, do you!"

"Oh, so that's it!" A happy smile appeared on Niya's face once again.

"Yes, and not only will we not leave the Territory behind, in fact, the focus of the Territory and the Tower of Time's work will be on the Floating City from now on. Don't find it annoying when the time comes."

Travel and the construction of the Floating City do not actually conflict; they can be carried out simultaneously.

Regarding the Territory, the main task is to build the Planting Area of the Floating City, while for the Tower of Time, it is to continue perfecting the basic (Magic) facilities of the Floating City.

The former is mainly to prepare for the more frequent climate anomalies to come. Previously, when in Sluwen, Xia Duo had already asked Badijiaer and knew that the Seven Towers had not yet found the cause of the climate anomalies.

Xia Duo had previously provided the idea of big data analysis, but there is too much observation data from the past hundred years; to finish analyzing it, one would have to wait at least until next year.

And even if it were finished, it wouldn't necessarily solve the actual climate anomaly problem.

Xia Duo speculated that this was related to the collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar. Unless the Mythallar Control Center from back then is found, even if Xia Duo possesses 91 Dragon Madness Secret Scrolls, it would be difficult to carry out repair work.

His upcoming world tour, besides fulfilling a past dream of traveling, also carried the idea of searching for the Dragon Madness Mythallar Control Center.

Even if the Control Center were eventually found, repairing or dismantling the Mythallar would not be a simple task, and before that, the impact of the climate anomalies might have already affected the world more than once.

Activating the Floating City's Planting Area is to provide food security for the residents. Not long ago, the Inner Land suffered a poor harvest due to climate anomalies, which in fact led to a significant number of "refugees."

Added to the number of people promised by the Seven Towers before, the total population of Daxia Territory is now nearly 150,000! This doesn't even count the 50,000 people in Weier Territory; if those were included, one could barely say "hundreds of thousands"!

Although there is still a considerable gap from the data he envisioned, feeding these nearly 150,000 people relying solely on an emerging territory still in the process of development is truly difficult to sustain.

If it weren't for the Arcane Garden of the Tower of Time and the Arcane Garden of the newly built No. 1 Spire providing a large amount of food, Daxia Territory might have already collapsed.

But just this year, nearly 100,000 new residents poured in all at once (Buluode's 50,000 + Seven Towers' 50,000), and the Arcane Garden couldn't hold up either. If new food sources are not opened up, I am afraid that unbearable things will inevitably happen then.

Activating the Floating City's Planting Area is imperative; Xia Duo has long had a plan for this.

However, right now, he is discussing the upcoming travel plan with Niya, and he only mentioned the arrangements for the Territory and the Tower of Time without going into depth.

"Then which places will we go to on this trip?" Niya asked.

"I've thought of a few, such as Calimshan in the south. Back then, that Envoy from the Mairide Family in Evereska invited me to visit, and I agreed. I didn't dare to go before, but now with the Floating City, there is naturally no need to worry too much."

In front of Niya, Xia Duo did not hide his true thoughts from back then, and then he continued: "And there's the Puppet Kingdom in the east. I learned about that country through Elven texts before, and now that I'm going on a trip, I've listed it as one of the targets."

Afterwards, Xia Duo mentioned several more places he wanted to go, and then asked Niya: "What about you? Are there any places you want to go?"

"Me?"

Although she was very interested in going on a trip, when really asked about places she specifically wanted to go, Niya was a bit lost. She thought for half a day: "I have always been curious about Cormanthor, but because the relationship between the Territory and Cormanthor is not good, I have never been able to go over and take a look. If I could go take a look, that would be great."

"Cormanthor? Sure, perhaps our first stop can be to go to Cormanthor for a visit. Anything else?"