Chapter 2582: Art Festival Warm-up

————I probably won't finish writing this today, I'll make up for it tomorrow while slacking off~

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Traveling through a Plane Barrier is essentially the process of traveling through the You Wu Zhong Jian Dai. If this can be achieved, in the future, one could even pilot a Floating City directly into the Ether Interlayer to conduct exploration similar to interstellar voyages.

In the past, when Xia Duo spoke of the sea of stars, he was well aware that this magical world did not actually contain planets; the so-called sea of stars was more of a spirit, or a figure of speech.

But now he has discovered that the sea of stars is not just a spirit, but can become reality. Once one can enter the Ether Interlayer, there will be one more way to discover new Planes beyond the Plane Exploration Array.

It is not through remote analysis of space-time state data, but by personally traveling to the vicinity of every new Plane, and one could even enter a Plane directly from outside the Plane, just like landing on a planet!

Xia Duo never imagined that just a few magical traces left by ancient Elves could bring him so much inspiration. If the Feres Fortress were opened, who knows what could be discovered!

At the thought of this, Xia Duo became even more motivated, wishing he could immediately enter the Feres Fortress and pack up everything inside to bring back.

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But two days later, Xia Duo discovered with dismay that traveling through the Plane Barrier—that is, the You Wu Zhong Jian Dai—is almost impossible to achieve. If the Ether Interlayer is the ground state of space-time, then the Plane Barrier is roughly the layer above that ground state.

The smaller the Plane's mass, the more erratic its movement in the Ether Interlayer will be. That is also one of the root causes why new Planes cannot be explored and discovered; if it is constantly changing in a regular way, it is simply not something that needs to be explored or summarized, one can just rely on luck.

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What I need to do is use the Main Plane as a medium to conduct teleportation. Of course, after this, I need to first conduct Scrying on the teleportation target. Although doing so is more difficult than creating a Semi-plane vehicle, it is not something that can be done easily.

It's just that this force is not a force that can be intuitively felt in the conventional sense, but a more hidden obstacle, somewhat similar to the speed of light limit in the Earth's universe.

And Xia Shao himself, just looking at the surface, has become idle again.

But that does not mean it is completely impossible to conduct teleportation activities using the Main Plane as a medium; the Main Plane is just more special than other Planes, it is just larger in mass.

It is also because he has experienced it personally that Xia Shao is even clearer about how difficult it is to navigate freely in this area; even when close to the Plane itself, one cannot move just because one wants to.

For so many years in the past, why have most Teleportation Spells used the Ether Plane or the Astral Plane as a medium? On one hand, it is indeed because the Spellcaster exists within the Main Plane and needs to cross the space of the Main Plane.

But there is a problem here: usually, moving a Semi-plane within the Main Plane actually utilizes the interaction between the Main Plane and the Semi-plane.

Thinking this way, Xia Shao has already begun to plan: first build a Semi-plane, and while waiting for the Semi-plane to take shape, it can just be used to design the experimental environment and experimental equipment.

Of course, this is with the goal of navigating in the Ether Interlayer; if it is just to enter the Plane Barrier, that is not a difficult task.

On the other hand, it is the reason for the Main Plane itself. A large Material Plane is a natural reference point. If other Planes are used as reference points, additional variables for the reference point need to be added when designing Spells or even performing Spellcasting. Actually, he could use the Blue Crystal Plane to conduct experiments, where there is already a New Floating City as an aid, but that is, after all, a very precious Normal Plane. If it were accidentally "brushed" and damaged by the Main Plane, there would be nowhere to seek justice.

Xia Duo had entered the Plane Barrier many times before, and even during the time he stayed in the Dongji Wasteland, many Tower of Time Apprentices had played at the edge of the Plane; throwing companions into the Plane Barrier was a game the Apprentices loved most.

If one were to enter the range of the Plane Barrier completely, one might never be able to return; at least Xia Duo has not yet thought of any way to move freely inside.

It looks like there are no obstacles, but in reality, obstacles are everywhere.

Then, using this "brushing" process, observe the Main Plane, specifically observing the state of the Main Plane's Plane Barrier, and further observing the situation inside the space corresponding to the Folded Space.

No matter how far one moves forward, relative to the Plane itself, it is as if one has not moved at all. Throwing a person into the Plane Barrier actually results in that person still sticking to the surface of the Plane itself, and the body is usually actually within the Plane.

After all, the Spellcaster is in the Main Plane, the Main Plane is fixed and does not move, while other Planes are almost constantly in motion. Even for anchors like Semi-planes, they mostly move within a certain range according to a certain pattern, rather than being truly motionless.

The entrant can move, but if one wants to move, one will personally experience what is called "Near-at-Hand World's End"!

It is still far from the point where it can accommodate normal matter.

Of course, these are all irrelevant to Xia Shao's current needs. He does not need a perfect vehicle that can move within the range of the Plane Barrier; in fact, he might not need to enter the Plane Barrier at all.

The transition between the Plane itself and the Ether Interlayer is not sudden, but a smooth transition from existence to non-existence. In other words, on the side closer to the Ether Interlayer, matter is harder to exist.

Moreover, Xia Shao does not really need to conduct teleportation using the Main Plane as a medium; he only needs to achieve the first half: using the Main Plane as a medium to "brush" the "outline" of the Main Plane against another Plane.

And on the side closer to the Plane itself, matter can still exist normally.

This experiment cannot be conducted in the Main Plane; after all, it is "using the Main Plane as a medium," so Xia Shao chooses to build a new small Semi-plane for the experiment.

In other words, even if one can control the movement of a Semi-plane, this kind of movement can only be conducted near the Main Plane, unless there are many large Planes in the future path of the Semi-plane's voyage that can be used to borrow force.

It is just that the design process can be conducted in the consciousness with the help of a smart brain, and since the manufacturing process for Semi-planes has long been mature, if it is not a newly designed Plane Root, it can be completely entrusted to the 【Plane Incubator】 for hosting.

Once the Semi-plane takes shape, it can be put into use immediately.

All I need to do is utilize the connectivity of the Plane Barrier and just pass through it, similar to the utilization of the Ether Plane when conducting teleportation using the Ether Plane as a medium.

First, conduct the experiment with a small Semi-plane. If there are no problems, then go to the Blue Crystal Plane to conduct the experiment, and incidentally, one can also conduct the third-phase construction of the New Floating City.

Of course, wanting to truly enter the Plane Barrier is not that easy. It is somewhat similar to a balloon sinking; entering the range of nothingness will naturally produce a reaction force similar to "buoyancy."

How exactly to move in the Plane Barrier or even the Ether Interlayer? The only method Xia Shao has thought of for now is: using a Semi-plane as a vehicle to move.

If there is none, or if the distance exceeds the range of influence, then this method of movement is not applicable.