Chapter 2362: One Thousand Years Later

————Something came up and delayed me, I won't make it today, I'll make it up tomorrow~~

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After clarifying the predatory nature of traditional Elf society, Xia Duo's days became much easier; many things did not require him to urge them at all, as the Elders appeared completely impatient to get started.

In fact, if he hadn't slightly dampened their fire, those Elders who saw hope might have done something radical!

Currently, the population situation is looking excellent; starting from the birth of the first newborn, a steady stream of newborns and newly pregnant women has emerged.

The only regret is that currently only Pure-blood Elves are pregnant; before the natural reproduction issues brought about by their bloodline are resolved, not a single Demon Descendant Elf dares to actively conceive.

And when Xia Duo suggested to Elder Ma'aoshi that if the population continued to grow at this rate, the Demon Descendants would soon become a tiny minority, Ma'aoshi might have expressed the same concern previously.

But now, Ma'aoshi has shed his original Narrow Sea racial perspective and shifted his focus more toward class; not to mention that Demon Descendants are essentially Elves, even if they weren't, they would still be the bottom-tier Commoners who are exploited and plundered just like the Elves.

Xia Duo was surprised by how quickly Ma'aoshi had changed, and felt even more delighted by this old man's Wisdom and decisiveness.

……

Soon, another year passed. Too many things happened this year. On the eve of the final Mythallar construction—which was also the opportunity to travel to the future—Xia Duo actually felt a deep reluctance toward this era where everyone was of one mind.

But he knew his roots were in the Main Plane; one cannot stay in a Projection Plane for long. He repeatedly reminded himself that he had only entered the Projection Plane to explore and harvest, and did not need to consider anything else.

At night, Xia Duo lay on the roof, the stars and moon twinkling in the sky, and his heart was as restless as the stars and moon. While sorting through his memories deep in his consciousness, he clearly realized that this world had influenced him.

And he had developed feelings for this world and this group of Elves that were different from "NPCs." Two or three years was not a very long time compared to Xia Duo's past, and perhaps after experiencing more in the future, he would be able to take it in stride.

But for now, he did not want to view all of this entirely from the perspective of a bystander. After he made this decision, his self-Personality, which was backed up constantly, also incorporated this moment of reflection into his self-scope.

Of course, this did not mean he identified with the identity of "Maruen"; it was merely a lingering attachment to the new Homeland of the Demon Descendants that he had transformed with his own hands during the time he had entered the Projection Plane.

It was just like Daxia Territory in the Main Plane, but Daxia would endure forever, while the Chixin Tribe would only exist during the time he was there. At this moment, Xia Duo realized for the first time how sorrowful the intelligent beings in the Projection Plane were.

Although the internal experience was real, relative to the Reality of the outside world, it was an out-and-out simulation.

For a moment, Xia Duo could not help but feel a sense of confusion between the virtual and the real, even doubting whether there existed something outside the Main Plane that was more real relative to the Main Plane.

If he could, Xia Duo really wanted to stay in this Projection Plane forever, watching the Chixin Tribe grow and develop step by step with his own eyes, but unfortunately, everything has a choice in the end.

He ultimately chose the Main Plane.

However, he would no longer treat this exploration as a pure exploration, but rather like a long-lived father watching his child grow up bit by bit, grow old, and then silently pass away.

Many emotions welled up in his heart, finally turning into nothing but a long sigh.

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The next day, Xia Duo adjusted his emotions and checked the final Mythallar construction blueprints. After confirming they were correct, he sent a message to Aosi and Yinsitedaoge.

Thanks to his disguise over the past year or two, not a single Elder would believe their leader would be willing to commit suicide, so even for the final construction, no one came to watch.

After all, every Elder had a massive amount of work that could never be finished; even if they finished their own work, they could help others handle theirs, especially at the Research Institute, which was truly a bottomless pit.

At the operation site, Xia Duo followed the previous plan to perfect the Adaptive Mythallar as much as possible. But when his Saint Form approached its limit, he did not stop; instead, he continued to violently undergo Ascension, completely merging himself into the Mythallar, or rather, into the macro-structure of the Magic Net.

This was the first time Xia Duo had performed such an operation. He didn't even know if it would hinder his physical body, but he made this choice based on a vague intuition.

This was probably the most impulsive thing Xia Duo had done since he transmigrated.

After completely merging into the Mythallar and the Magic Net, Xia Duo felt his thinking and will had been elevated to an unprecedented level. This elevation was not a qualitative change in depth or breadth, but rather a quantitative change in intensity.

At this moment, he felt he was the Magic Net, he was Magic itself. As his thoughts unfolded, a large amount of inspiration was directly shaped into Reality by the Magic Net without needing conversion.

Specifically, on top of a relatively complete Mythallar plan modeled after the Floating City of the Main Plane, Xia Duo still had a series of follow-up upgrade ideas regarding the Adaptive Mythallar.

And at this moment, as long as he wanted to, those upgrade ideas quickly became Reality and were directly reflected in every detail of the current Mythallar.

However, doing this was not without a price. As Xia Duo's thoughts turned into the Reality (of the Projection Plane), his consciousness was also rapidly fading.

In this process, he also realized the danger. Even though the ability to change Reality had an incomparable attraction, he still retained a sliver of consciousness to constantly backtrack through his memories, ensuring his memories were not damaged.

"What a pity, I still have so many ideas that haven't been expressed!"

At the final moment, the Soul of "Maruen" had almost completely disappeared; only the bit of Reality that Xia Duo had projected from the Main Plane maintained the final Soul framework.

But at this time, Xia Duo had no choice but to withdraw, so he withdrew——

Everything happened without any warning, just like when he arrived.

Of course, it was impossible for it to be truly without warning. Within seconds of Xia Duo leaving, the Adaptive Mythallar sent the leader's last words, or rather, a revelation, to all holders of Advanced Permission levels——

"Five thousand years from now, there will be a crisis of the Dragon Madness Mythallar disintegrating. You must search for the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll and the Prophecy Inheritance in the east to prepare for future generations to save the world."

Five thousand years is an approximate number; it is actually closer to six thousand, corresponding to the time Node where Xia Duo was in the Main Plane. By that time, the Xilu had already experienced large-scale climate anomalies.

And it had already been confirmed to be related to the collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar. Perhaps it would not lead to a world-ending catastrophe, but leaving it alone was clearly even more irresponsible. When dealing with such things, it is better to worry about the sky falling than to be unprepared.

And if they were informed of this five thousand years in advance, Xia Duo was very much looking forward to seeing what kind of answer the Chixin Tribe could give him.

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Main Plane, Changan, Tower of Time, in the Projection Hall.

Xia Duo woke up leisurely, but at this moment he could not care about the rapid passage of his body's time or the huge contradiction between the two years of memories from the Projection Plane and the instant in the Main Plane.

Gathering a bit of spirit, he immediately called for the Tower Spirit to project again. When he saw the familiar "Yaoyue" scene again, Xia Duo could not help but let out a long sigh of relief.

"It seems Dewan's speculation was correct; that Projection Plane is indeed a Projection Plane with a long duration!"