Chapter 2992: Link Construction, Planes First

Pulitatisi suddenly brought up such a question, which caught Xia Duo somewhat off guard, but it also made him feel a trace of vigilance. Was the plane Netheril discovered the key or shortcut to connecting with the Holy Golden Dragon Empire?

Furthermore, Xia Duo and Huo En had not discussed this question; it was somewhat sensitive. The two had just been discussing the principles and framework of the cooperation proposal, and neither side had touched upon the details yet.

Instead, they planned to find a time to have a good talk, or even go a step further and disclose Pulitatisi's existence to other councilors, as this would make it easier to form a joint effort and prevent Pulitatisi from making contact with other councilors in private.

At the same time, this was the best way to share the costs. If not for the fear of uncontrollable risks, Xia Duo would actually prefer to pull the entire Northland Alliance into the cooperation.

"Regarding this question from Mage Pulitatisi, I think Councilor Huo En is more qualified to answer. Let him speak!"

The number of planes discovered by the Tower of Time so far, including semi-planes, did not exceed five; to be precise, there were only two—the 【Blue Crystal Plane】 and the 【Yellow Sand Semi-Plane】.

Of course, the natural planes Xia Duo had handled and controlled were more than just these, such as the damaged experimental plane purchased from the Seven Towers, which he had named 【Crimson】, currently used mainly for observing plane phenomena.

There was also the 【Kuangfeng Weimian】 obtained from the Mairide Family in the south, which he now used to raise wind elemental creatures.

Correspondingly, the 【Blue Crystal Plane】 was used by Xia Duo as a secret base for constructing a Floating City, while the 【Yellow Sand Semi-Plane】 had been sealed and preserved for the time being because it could no longer withstand the torture of several plane experiments.

After all, it was a rare natural plane; even a semi-plane that was closer to a stillborn was extremely precious.

It was conceivable that the number of non-habitable planes would not be very high either. Xia Duo speculated there were at most nine, because the 【Crimson Plane】 he had previously purchased from the Seven Towers was referred to as Experimental Plane No. 9 within the Seven Towers.

Xia Duo also knew of a few planes that were not named with numerical designations.

It was just that the Seven Towers had only recently made three planes independent, and it was not easy for other councilors to force them to do more. Plus, there were no victims appearing for other planes yet, and even the existence of the planes themselves was just a word from the Seven Towers; what could others do?

"Optimistically speaking, even if all one hundred of these planes could be used, it would not be enough to support the construction of a teleportation link, and the reality is that out of those one hundred, there might only be two or three that can actually be used."

Thinking this, the look in Xia Duo's eyes when he looked at Huo En inevitably held a bit more expectation. Pulitatisi might have reservations about the function of new planes, but as long as he firmly grasped the resource trends of the Main Plane and the construction progress of the teleportation link, there was no need to worry too much.

This was not a lie, it was just that Pulitatisi had concealed that a teleportation link with over five thousand plane nodes could directly teleport from one domain to another in one go.

Speaking of this, Huo En could finally no longer hide the burning heat in his eyes. He stared fixedly at Pulitatisi, "If your Excellency says so, you must be confident in discovering so many new planes in your lifetime, right?"

If one did not pursue a direct, one-time connection, the number of required plane nodes could be greatly reduced. The only drawback was that it would require multiple teleports to arrive.

"The Seven Towers began exploring planes five hundred years ago, at the beginning of the discovery of the Nether Scrolls, but as of now, the total number of planes we have discovered is no more than a hundred. I wonder if this number can support the construction of a teleportation link?"

"Councilor Huo En, your magic system and ours are different, and our development directions also differ. Plane exploration, which might be very difficult for you, is actually not too difficult for us."

10 is no more than a hundred, and 99 is also no more than a hundred. Huo En was being somewhat slippery by saying it like that, but if he wasn't lying, this actually exposed the number of planes the Seven Towers had. Even if they discovered a hundred, what could they do?

"Over five thousand planes... at the current efficiency of the Seven Towers in exploring and discovering new planes, it would take at least twenty thousand years to gather them all. If you add in the construction time, I'm afraid it would be even longer!"

That was simply not feasible. To say nothing else, at the very least, Netheril was not yet prepared for contact with other domains.

"Does building a teleportation link require that many plane nodes?" Huo En was somewhat incredulous, but inwardly he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If this teleportation link were too easy to build, wouldn't the Main Plane soon be in contact with other domains?

While Xia Duo was pondering, Huo En also revealed the number of planes discovered by the Seven Towers to Pulitatisi, not an exact number, but a relatively broad range—

Of course, for those especially precious habitable planes, the most likely choice was to increase the intensity of concealment. If there was really no other way, they would be announced only after being discovered.

Pulitatisi was also startled by the heat in Huo En's eyes, but the next moment he felt relieved. Wasn't this the typical look of a native craving civilization!

Regarding Huo En's suspicion, Pulitatisi did not explain much, but instead gave an even more exaggerated figure—

In addition to advanced bloodline technology and teleportation technology based on new principles, the other party also mastered more efficient plane technology. At this moment, Huo En wished he could swallow the other party whole!

But if a cooperation could be reached with Pulitatisi, the Seven Towers might choose to proactively disclose a portion of them to prevent those planes from being discovered during the cooperation and thus becoming public assets.

Compared to the number of planes contained in one domain, this was probably just a drop in the bucket!

Because the Arcanists who had disappeared in the past and those contestants who faked their deaths at the Snow Melting Competition did not all appear after the Tianshui Three Planes became independent!

But for someone desperately wanting to go home, what was such a drawback? Being able to go back was already good enough.

"Taking the teleportation link between my hometown and that Public Domain as an example, it used over five thousand planes as link nodes. If you count the process of early exploration, the number of planes required would be even greater."

Sure enough, after Huo En revealed that the number of planes was no more than a hundred, Pulitatisi shook his head in disappointment, "Although any plane that isn't too extreme can be used to build a teleportation link, if you want to connect to another domain through a teleportation link, the choice of plane nodes is actually very limited."

This meant that the natural planes Xia Duo possessed, all told, were only these five. Conversely, on the Seven Towers' side, the recently returned Tianshui Three Planes and the Green Field Plane, which had previously had disputes with the Elves, already made four, and they were all habitable planes.

Most importantly, this was just what the Seven Towers had displayed so far; there might be even more that hadn't been shown. To say nothing else, just regarding habitable planes, Xia Duo could be certain that the Seven Towers was hiding at least one more.