Chapter 2061: Plane Formation: The First Farm

Watching, Xia Duo felt the last trace of mental exhaustion caused by spellcasting fatigue vanish without a trace. Watching the birth process of such a newborn semi-plane from nothingness to existence, he felt as if he had undergone a spiritual baptism.

As time gradually passed, the element filling also gradually drew to a close, and by this time, the initial form of the semi-plane had gradually become clear.

Compared to the previous state of elemental torrents, it could now be considered an independent little world!

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes and experienced it himself, who would believe that such a gradually forming little world was initially nothing more than a few unremarkable elemental torrents!

By this time, the plane root had turned invisible, or rather, it had become the semi-plane itself.

Xia Duo opened his eyes wide, looking at the complete outline of the newly born semi-plane before him. Having had several previous creation experiences, he knew that the plane barrier had formed and the plane evolution had reached its end.

Not knowing what kind of psychology it was, perhaps a habit left over from those previous failed creation experiences, he reached out his hand to try and touch the outline of this newborn semi-plane, but the result was obvious—

Just like before, the semi-plane before his eyes was like a dreamlike bubble, completely impossible to touch.

Of course, from the perspective of proper magic, the semi-plane at this time had already begun to slide into the ether interlayer and did not belong to the same dimension as the ether plane.

This was just like how Xia Duo could not touch things in the material plane while in the ether plane.

Once the semi-plane outline was completely hidden, it meant the semi-plane had completely formed, and the creation work was successfully completed!

It was just that, having experienced such a scene where the plane was within reach once again, Xia Duo still could not suppress a thought that he had had before—

Could there be an unimaginably great existence outside the main plane looking at the main plane from a transcendent perspective?

Or, is it possible that the main plane was also created by "someone"?

Although, given the scale of the main plane, the possibility of it not being naturally born was very low, but Xia Duo, having personally experienced creation, could never ignore that bit of possibility!

"How I wish to create a world with the scale of the main plane!"

This goal was so grand that, in the past, Xia Duo might not have even dared to think about it, but now, having personally created a stable semi-plane capable of long-term survival, Xia Duo decided to set this as his long-term goal in the field of creation.

If he really couldn't find a naturally formed large habitable plane in the future, creating one himself would be a last resort.

Thinking this, Xia Duo suddenly gave a start; the semi-plane that had just shown its outline before his eyes suddenly disappeared. Seeing this scene, he knew it was done!

The first farm for the floating city planting area was ready!

The rest was standard procedure: positioning and then anchoring it with the Tower of Time, waiting to "install" it onto the floating city later.

Next, Xia Duo did not immediately return to the floating city to "install" the first farm, but prepared to press on and get the second, third, and even more farms created.

He sent a message to Niya to briefly explain the situation, then hesitated before adding: "Could you help me make an appointment with Saville, invite him to visit the floating city, and then handle the semi-plane synchronization while you're at it?"

Although it was a voice communication, Xia Duo could almost imagine Niya's expression; it was likely another look of disbelief—"You're ordering people around again!"

Like Aiboke, because she looked at Niya as if she were her own daughter, Xia Duo would use Niya to order her around to his heart's content.

And Saville, although not very close to Niya, was after all Niya's great-grandfather, and he still felt guilty toward Niya's father and grandfather, so having Niya go was much more useful than Xia Duo going himself.

If Xia Duo went himself, this kind of favor could easily turn into a transaction; it was better to let Niya go and seek help from the perspective of family affection.

Although it seemed like Xia Duo owed Saville a favor, in reality, it strengthened the connection between the two sides and brought their relationship closer. If he let such a natural ally slip away, he would truly deserve to be struck by lightning.

Niya perhaps sensed this too; although she complained, she agreed quite readily in the end.

Having settled Niya, Xia Duo felt at ease working overtime. It wasn't until three days later that he really couldn't keep going. Even with 【Mechanical Mind】, his conscious mind was not being obscured; it just didn't affect his spellcasting.

Everything he thought and felt was still being experienced by himself.

So, after the third semi-plane was formed, Xia Duo decisively gave up the idea of creating more semi-planes. Three were enough for now; he would talk about more when he needed them next time.

However, he had already decided to add the creation machine to his upcoming research plan. Besides the convenience of stocking up on semi-planes, it was also an essential material for future plane research.

The 【Crimson Plane】 was of course the best research material, but there was only one 【Crimson Plane】. If he needed to conduct some destructive experiments, self-made semi-planes were the best substitutes.

He could also use the main plane, but in the early stages, Xia Duo certainly couldn't joke around with the main plane. If there were a deviation, and the Demon Descendants didn't destroy the world, the Drow didn't destroy the world, and the Dragon Madness Mythallar didn't destroy the world, but the main plane was destroyed by his experiment instead, how ridiculous that would be!

Additionally, Xia Duo wanted to conduct plane exploration, and the exploration array was the main tool. However, the Tower of Time currently only had one plane crystal, which was the one currently being used by the exploration array.

If he wanted to collect a large amount of data, he would definitely have to use it at high intensity, so this one plane crystal was clearly not enough.

Although Xia Duo could choose to purchase from the Seven Towers—the Seven Towers had previously opened plane crystal purchases to Great Arcanists—buying from others was never a long-term solution.

If he ever had a falling out with the Seven Towers and they stopped selling, wouldn't he be left dumbfounded?

So Xia Duo chose to create plane crystals by destroying self-made semi-planes. Although plane crystals could only be born from the destruction of normal planes and the possibility for semi-planes was extremely low, there weren't that many normal planes to go around.

Xia Duo strongly suspected that the Seven Towers used semi-planes to manufacture plane crystals; otherwise, there was no way to explain their ability to produce them stably. If they were really using normal planes, then their ability to discover planes would be too terrifying.

He was more willing to believe that they used semi-planes to manufacture them. Even if the probability was low, as long as the quantity was high enough, there would eventually be a harvest, and the output would be stable.

Therefore, regardless of the purpose, researching the creation machine was imperative.

Whether he could obtain important materials for plane research and whether he could break the Seven Towers' monopoly on the important development resource of plane crystals depended on the upcoming research!

Returning to the main plane, Xia Duo met Saville in the Floating City Research Zone, who was watching the Tower of Time mages working on infrastructure. At first, Xia Duo felt a bit embarrassed, but then he realized: thick-skinned gets to eat, thin-skinned goes hungry.

So he stepped forward generously to strike up a conversation: "Saville, long time no see!"

"Indeed, long time no see! It's rare to have peace and quiet for so long, and the moment you return, you come to find me for work!"

No joy or anger could be seen on Saville's face, but Xia Duo heard that the other party wasn't angry, and there even seemed to be a sense of long-awaited expectation.

"Haha, who told you to be Niya's great-grandfather! When family has something to do, they must find family to help first!" Xia Duo said with a smile.

"Alright, speak, what exactly is the matter?"

"Didn't Niya tell you? Semi-plane synchronization. Because it's needed urgently, I could only ask you, Saville, for help."

"At least it's not asking me to go ask the teacher for a semi-plane!"

Saville seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and explained: "When Niya came to me, she only said it was related to a semi-plane. I thought it was like last time!"

"No, no!" Xia Duo said repeatedly, "The teacher already gave me the creation blueprint, how could I go and trouble the old man again!"

"That's good, haha!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, then left the research zone together.