Chapter 2647: The Moon Exploration Project

A small semi-plane, plus a ready-made laboratory, constitutes the standard configuration for a portable laboratory; however, it should be noted that when summoning the laboratory, there is no need to overlap the entire semi-plane with the Main Plane.

Instead, one only needs to overlap the part where the laboratory is located with the Main Plane. Jieyi is currently unable to complete such an operation, so Xia Duo has made it a foolproof operation for him.

In this way, Jieyi only needs to find an entrance in the Main Plane that is slightly larger than the laboratory door to summon the laboratory, without needing to consider how large the space inside that entrance is.

Plane overlap is not necessarily a 1:1 overlap; one can also overlap an entire semi-plane onto a tiny space. The venue for the Snow Melting Competition a few years ago was designed this way.

Considering the demolition in Linshui Village, the temporary residence for Jieyi's family cannot be very large, and even their future formal new home might not be as large as a Second-level Laboratory. This design of overlapping the laboratory onto a tiny space in the Main Plane is very necessary.

Once summoned, it is like a secret base hidden in the void.

Xia Duo is still looking forward to the expression on Jieyi's face when he receives this gift. Nowadays, the Tower of Time's semi-planes can basically produce steadily; besides Void Warehouses and portable buildings, more semi-plane products can be developed in the future.

Ultimately, he made the portable laboratory he would give to Jieyi in the shape of a necklace, considering that a ring gathering too many Magic Net Strings might interfere with daily experiments.

Of course, in the actual production process, Xia Duo has already utilized the Synchronization Mechanism as much as possible to eliminate the interference of the Magic Item itself on the wearer. As long as Jieyi keeps the necklace on his person, he can minimize the adverse effects.

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As for Xia Duo himself, he crafted a badge shape for his portable villa, which he can usually throw into his Personal Space and take out to summon the villa when needed.

And because the portable villa actually exists within a semi-plane, as long as one masters the semi-plane coordinates and the summoning address, one can summon it by casting spells independently even without the badge that serves as a Connector.

However, form is still very important, and when necessary, the badge can also be handed over to the Government Hall; after all, the number of times Xia Duo has actually been to that villa is far less than Laidun and the others.

Laidun sends people to the Lord's Villa to deliver Document copies almost every day, and the daily meetings of the Chief Officials of various departments in the Territory are also held in the conference room on the first floor of the villa.

After the new Government Hall is built, various meetings will begin to be held in the Government Hall, and the villa will become more private. Of course, no matter how private it becomes, it is still a symbol of the Lord, and Document copies must still be sent regularly.

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The process of making portable buildings is itself an in-depth exploration of the Plane Domain, such as Spatial Positioning, Spatial Linkage, etc., although it cannot play a decisive role in new Plane Exploration for the time being.

But Xia Duo believes that these accumulations will surely bring him unexpected returns one day in the future.

If nothing else, as long as all the secrets of the semi-plane are figured out, one can actually try to create a normal plane. At that time, it will not be him searching for a Habitable Plane, but he can directly create a Habitable Plane himself.

Furthermore, even if creating a Habitable Plane is unsuccessful, as long as the research in the Plane Domain is deep enough, one can manufacture vehicles capable of sailing in the Ether Interlayer through artificial Plane Barriers.

Discovering new planes through actual navigation.

Of course, in this process, because there is a sufficient understanding of the Plane Mechanism, the discovery efficiency will also be higher than it is now.

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After finishing the portable laboratory and the portable villa, Xia Duo had a new idea; he wanted to try to create something new.

Through this specific project, he aims to conduct a more in-depth exploration of the formation and internal operating mechanisms of planes, and at the same time, try to summarize the influence characteristics of plane existence on the spacetime state of the Ether Interlayer.

The former is conducive to manufacturing vehicles capable of sailing in the Ether Interlayer, while the latter directly plays a decisive role in the exploration efficiency of the Exploration Array.

However, before the formal experiment, Xia Duo found Saville. Under the other's puzzled gaze, he only asked one sentence, "Are you still interested in the moon?"

This was not asked casually; the Moon Festival that just passed, besides being used by the Netherese to sacrifice to ancestors, was in a sense also a sacrifice to the Moon God, because this day is the day when the moon is roundest and largest in the whole year.

And Saville was originally banished to another world because he probed the Moon God during the Moon God Celebration Ceremony on this very day, triggering a taboo and being banished from the Main Plane.

And now, hearing Xia Duo suddenly mention whether he was still interested in the moon on the very day after the Moon Festival, Saville's heart skipped a beat instinctively, but his former passion had not been extinguished by nearly a hundred years of banishment.

After being stunned for a moment, he grinned and bared his snow-white teeth without hesitation, as if a hungry wolf had finally revealed its fangs, and said in a low tone:

"I am very interested!"

This is no longer as simple as a Spellcaster exploring God's Domain; in a sense, it even contains a certain element of personal vendetta.

Seeing that Saville was still willing to touch this domain, Xia Duo stated his intention, "I am preparing to launch a brand-new exploration plan—Searching for the Moon."

"As the name implies, it is to find the entity of the moon or the mechanism of its formation. Are you willing to join?"

This plan seems to be searching for the moon, but in fact, it is also exploring the formation mechanism of the stars in the heavens. This world is clearly not the 【Star-Planet-Satellite】 model of the Earth Universe.

Where is the moon? And where is the sun?

Xia Duo does not want to touch the latter for the time being, but for the former, even if the legend of the Moon God is that she is the daughter of the Lord of Radiance, her Divine Miracles are very, very few, and none of them can be confirmed as true or false.

Take Saville's banishment as an example; according to Saville's own description, he actually went to another world suddenly in the process of probing the Moon God Celebration Ceremony.

Whether it is a transmigration similar to that of Easterners, or some powerful existence did not want him to know a certain secret, is actually in doubt.

Because Saville did not receive any warning, and if some powerful existence did not want Saville to know a certain secret, silencing him would actually be more practical.

After all, Saville's behavior already had the suspicion of blasphemy; wouldn't it be easier to kill him directly in the name of the Moon God?

Of course, this does not mean that the Moon God is fake; the existence of this being should be real and true. After all, Netheril had long ago had people perceive the Holy Power of the Moon God, and it had been revealed in the war against the Orcs a long time ago.

This should be considered the only Divine Miracle clearly confirmed as true, but usually, it is not considered that the manifestation of Holy Power is a Divine Miracle; Holy Power does not necessarily come from a god, and the Holy Power between different gods can also be faked.

Only when a miracle appears that mortals cannot reproduce and can only be created by a god, or when one feels divine might, can it be regarded as the appearance of a Divine Miracle.

But in these two situations, the former is almost no different from a Divine Miracle to ordinary people when it comes to the many tricks of Advanced Rank Spellcasters, while the latter is very dependent on subjective feelings; unless one experiences it personally, no matter how much others say, one will still be suspicious.