Chapter 2579: Plane Collapse Experiment

Using a Plane Crystal that resembled a White Crystal as the Condensation Nucleus, there was still no sign of a chaotic trend after several hours of plane evolution; however, Xia Duo did not intend to wait too long, as it was only an experiment, and verifying the feasibility was enough.

As for the state of the condensed Plane Crystal, that could be studied slowly later, or left for others to study.

As for now, Xia Duo had already impatiently begun to compress the Semi-plane whose Plane Barrier had not yet taken shape, which was completely different from the previous few compression processes.

During previous compressions, even the slightest disturbance from external forces would cause the evolving Semi-plane to collapse instantly, but now with a Plane Crystal of matching affinity as the Condensation Nucleus, the ability of the Semi-plane prototype in this state to resist external interference was significantly improved.

Although not by much, it was enough to allow this prototype Semi-plane to collapse inward with the Plane Crystal as its core; because the plane evolution had not yet reached the stage where matter appeared, the entire collapse process did not even leak much Elemental Energy.

Only a tiny portion of elements that did not match the Plane Crystal's affinity were released.

If the Plane Root and the Plane Crystal's affinity were perfectly consistent, not even a shred of Elemental Energy would be leaked!

And now, although there was only a tiny bit of affinity mismatch between the Semi-plane prototype and the Plane Crystal, as the plane collapsed, that tiny affinity difference was gradually magnifying.

Or more specifically, although that portion of the Semi-plane components that did not match the Plane Crystal was released in the form of Elemental Energy, it could not be released completely; the internal accumulated disharmony gathered more and more, eventually causing the collapse process to break down.

It must be that for a smaller-volume Semi-plane, that process would be even more obvious.

Perhaps during the destruction of an abnormal plane, matter could collapse in small amounts into Plane Crystals, but for artificial craftsmanship, using matter to undergo collapse is truly not worth the loss.

……

In the later stages of plane evolution, a large amount of Elemental Energy would be used to evolve matter, and matter would not dissolve into Plane Crystals during the collapse process, or rather, very little would, because a large amount of matter would remain after the experiment ended.

Prioritize using Plane Crystals confirmed to be artificial, and keep those born naturally for now to see if there are any breakthroughs in research on them later; even if there are no breakthroughs, it is just a difference in the order of use, and it doesn't even require extra expenditure.

……

Next, he attempted two more times in succession: a Semi-plane prototype collapse experiment where the affinity differed from the Condensation Nucleus, and a collapse experiment where the Semi-plane prototype was allowed to evolve as much as possible with an affinity consistent with the Condensation Nucleus.

Perhaps taking a break had an effect; although he could not find a way to secretly unravel the spatial folds, Xia Duo did have some ideas on how to enter the hidden Folded Space.

Xia Duo had already thought of how to enter, and could even scout in advance before entering! It was impossible to achieve the theoretical scenario of fully utilizing Elemental Energy during the pre-matter stage of collapse.

As for the former, let alone collapsing, the Plane Root could not even take shape due to interference, let alone any further plane evolution.

For now, being able to reach this step was enough, and the rest could be studied slowly in the future.

But there were also non-normal means; for example, if two Plane Crystals had perfectly consistent affinities—this is not to say it is completely impossible among naturally born Plane Crystals, but the probability is definitely not much higher than being struck by lightning on a sunny day.

From this perspective, the value of natural Plane Crystals might far exceed that of artificial Plane Crystals, it's just that this value is not yet known; at least Xia Duo did not know where the difference in value between the two lay.

There were also Plane Crystals that came from Weide, but this matter was also after the Tower of Time publicly sold Plane Crystals, so this must also be held in doubt.

Because there were too few samples preserved in the past, Xia Duo's research on Plane Crystals was not extensive; he could only roughly judge that this new Plane Crystal and the one initially used as the Condensation Nucleus could both be used as the source for the Perception Field of the Plane Exploration Array.

All that remained in place was a Plane Crystal in the style of a White Crystal that was a small circle larger than before!

Subsequently, just like the previous experiments without a Condensation Nucleus, the remaining part of the Semi-plane collapsed entirely, turning into violent Element Turbulence in the experimental area, and was then quickly channeled into the Magic Net.

As for the latter experiment, the Semi-plane evolution tending toward completion would make the final dissolved new Plane Crystal increase more than the initial state, but—

Now he felt very fortunate about his past decision, because that Plane Crystal from the Elf was very likely naturally born, rather than man-made (or Elf-made).

Teleportation is not only performed within the same plane, but can also be performed cross-plane; this kind of hidden Folded Space is actually closer to an Other Plane.

But considering that naturally born Plane Crystals are almost impossible to replicate, Xia Duo still hurriedly took out all the existing Plane Crystals in the Tower of Time to check them.

In fact, to reach a destination, there is not only the method of shifting through normal continuous space, but also the method of breaking through space directly in a non-continuous way!

This seems to be an unsolvable problem: how to enter the interior of a Folded Space by unraveling the "knot" that constrains it? But actually, if one enters by unraveling the "knot," that is just shifting and entering within continuous space.

In a sense, Plane Crystals obtained from plane destruction should have some essential difference compared to artificial Plane Crystals, it is just that they haven't been utilized yet, so it hasn't been discovered.

The earliest purple gemstone-like Plane Crystal with star-like spots inside, because it had commemorative significance for Niya (exchanged for her father's life), Xia Duo replaced it immediately after finding a substitute.

Therefore, it can be assumed that Plane Crystals with perfectly consistent affinities come from artificial craftsmanship!

Yet even with two types of Plane Crystals—those roughly determined to be artificial and those roughly determined to be natural—to compare, Xia Duo still could not find any difference other than Element Affinity.

But it is not necessary to actually perform Cross-Plane Teleportation; using intra-plane teleportation can reach it, it just requires a little trick!

As for the Plane Crystals obtained later, most of them were purchased through the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce from various Mage Tower organizations in the Inner Land, and those Mage Tower organizations' Plane Crystals could basically be determined to be mass-produced goods bought from the Tower of Time.

In common terms, that is—teleportation!

As for this one of Xia Duo's, the collapse process only became unstable when the entire Elemental Energy of the Semi-plane prototype had collapsed by nearly half.

But whether or not there were naturally born ones mixed in, Xia Duo was not sure.

"For now, I can only convince myself with their scarcity!"

Xia Duo checked repeatedly many times, but was never able to distinguish which Plane Crystals were naturally born and which were artificial through normal Identification means.