Chapter 2827: Increased Investment, Exploration Begins

The advancement of Arcane Magic is a major subject; although Xia Duo is very expectant of the results of the moon exploration project, he will not place all his hopes on it.

This is merely a sub-subject, a sub-project.

What Xia Duo places more expectations on is actually the new discoveries in Equation Spells; perhaps through this, he can probe into the deeper essence of spells and the Magic Net, which might just be God's Domain.

It is just that the discovery of new theorems and new laws cannot necessarily be deduced from those discovered previously, but are more often things outside the previously discovered systems.

At least for now, Xia Duo has not discovered any meta-theorem in this magic world that can "derive the ten thousand from the one," but rather that the truth system of this world is jointly constituted by a number of mutually irrelevant laws.

Therefore, in this magic world, exploration likewise has no end.

Of course, in the future, this cognition of Xia Duo's may also change with certain new discoveries, but at least for now, he still insists on the worldview he has verified himself.

In this sense, pursuing the advancement of Arcane Magic does not actually have much special significance; it is merely a node that must be passed through in the development process of Arcane Magic.

As long as one continuously explores and continuously researches, perhaps one day this node will be completed naturally.

……

Tower of Time, Plane Exploration Center.

Saville and Xia Duo and the others only spoke for a moment before returning to stare at the preparations of the others in the Operation Room; seeing this, Xia Duo, Niya, and the others also paused their conversation.

For a time, this Operation Room actually quieted down, with only the sound of Saville's footsteps walking back and forth to be heard.

A moment later, a Researcher suddenly spoke, breaking the silence in the Operation Room: "Mage Boli (Saville's alias, actually the name of Niya's grandfather), it is about time; the sun has gone to rest."

"Understood."

Saville responded while turning his body, but he did not move immediately, instead continuing to stare at a set of data fed back by the Plane Exploration Array within the Operation Room.

After five or six seconds, he finally moved his gaze away from that set of data, then walked in front of Xia Duo and said solemnly: "It is about to begin; are you truly ready?"

"Of course, I have been looking forward to this day for a long time!"

Xia Duo knew what Saville meant; perhaps he was worried about involving Niya in this event that might be judged as blasphemy, but with the whole family here, how could Niya truly stay out of it!

Furthermore, according to Xia Duo's understanding of the Lord of Radiance and the Moon Goddess, the current behavior is still far from reaching blasphemy; at most, it is skating on the edge.

If one does not even dare to perform the current indirect detection, then when the day of landing on the moon truly arrives, would one not have to commit suicide to apologize?

At this moment, Niya also seemed to realize something; she tightly held Xia Duo's arm and gave her most firm answer: "I am ready too."

"Since everyone is ready, then let us begin."

Saville did not ask Aiboke again, but directly issued instructions to the Researchers in the Operation Room, "Confirm the target's trajectory, confirm the target's position."

"Confirmed!" three voices answered simultaneously.

"Confirm the detection area—"

"Detection area confirmed."

"Calculate the projection trajectory—"

"Calculation complete."

"Set the starting position to three, first projection!"

"Yes."

There are three levels for the starting position of the Perception Field projection: the first is starting from the ground and then going upward level by level until reaching the predetermined detection position; the second is starting from the extreme high altitude of the Main Plane; and the third is starting from the edge of the Plane.

Saville chose three directly, which had a bit of a "bayonets drawn" meaning to it, because the next step would be to project the Detection Field into the 【You Wu Zhong Jian Dai】 between the Main Plane and the Ether Interlayer, which is what is commonly referred to as the Plane Barrier.

"Record the parameters." Saville issued the instruction again.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Saville did not stop to check the detection data, but continued to perform the next projection; after all, the Plane Exploration Center had already performed detections within the Plane Barrier many times, and the data collected was already sufficient.

It was the detection of "Between Existence and Non-existence" that was limited, because it required the use of the Plane Exploration Array, which actually meant consuming the important strategic resource of Plane Crystal.

Xia Duo is indeed capable of manufacturing Plane Crystal now, but the cost is also very high.

First, one must manufacture a Semi-plane, which requires investing a large amount of Arcane Crystal and not a short amount of time. Second, the annihilation of a Semi-plane in "Between Existence and Non-existence" does not guarantee a one-hundred-percent acquisition of Plane Crystal.

If all costs are calculated together, it is not much cheaper than buying ready-made ones from the Seven Towers, but this is a Plane Crystal manufacturing technology completely mastered by the Tower of Time.

Currently, regarding the use of the Exploration Array at the Plane Exploration Center, the use for discovering new planes is almost unrestrained, because this relates to the final retreat under the extinction disaster of the Main Plane.

Xia Duo is not yet at the point of saving money on this, but discovering new planes mainly involves exploring the Ether Interlayer, so exploration of "Between Existence and Non-existence" has inevitably decreased.

However, he has already made plans to build a new Plane Exploration Array in Yongle City, but due to the Middle School Course for the new Mages of the Tower of Time recently, much of the work has been temporarily shelved.

Once the new Mages of the Tower of Time adapt to the new course and re-balance their work, study, and life, work can continue there.

In addition, there is the construction of more 【World Incubator】s for manufacturing Semi-planes; this was originally something Xia Duo was going to do himself, but due to various affairs, it has also been temporarily shelved.

He plans to wait until the Plane Exploration Array in Yongle City resumes work before building the 【World Incubator】s, which will still be in time.

……

"Record the parameters." Saville continued to issue instructions.

However, this time, after receiving an affirmative answer, he did not immediately request the next projection, but instead waved to Xia Duo and the others behind him, calling out: "Come and look at this data."

"Mm."

Xia Duo had long intended to build protection measures similar to a Plane Barrier for the Floating City, so that the Floating City could enter "Between Existence and Non-existence" or even the Ether Interlayer to navigate.

Of course, if it could be realized, it could only operate near the Main Plane for the time being, because the movement of a Semi-plane or a quasi-Semi-plane relies on the traction between itself and the Main Plane.

It is similar to standing on a boat and using a long pole to either pull or push the shore to make the boat move, but if one expects to cross a river by such means, that is truly unrealistic.

One needs to find a true means of Ether navigation.

……

Arriving at the operation console, the Researchers had already displayed the data fed back by the Perception Field detection in the form of a Projection, making it convenient to view and record.

Viewing is, of course, for Saville, the commander, and visitors like Xia Duo to come and look, while recording is for the convenience of specialized recorders to use spells to transcribe it onto paper.

Currently, the Plane Exploration Center of the Tower of Time is not advanced to the level of "paperless office"; perhaps one could connect the feedback information to some device and then automatically record it on paper, or record it in the form of images on other media, such as a Crystal.

But neither of these two methods can achieve the form of digital storage like a computer, so there is no essential difference in recording there; on the contrary, it is more convenient to repeatedly view it on paper.