Chapter 305: Helping Out, Awakening

"You—"

For some reason, Niya suddenly felt very aggrieved; the Tower of Time currently required a significant amount of energy just to maintain its existence within the Mythallar Ruins.

Added to this was the consumption of various essential facilities within the Tower of Time, such as the Spell Laboratory, Arcane Garden, Elevator, various Protection and restriction measures, and a fixed Portal used to connect to Savile Town.

The daily energy surplus was far less than it had been in the past, and she herself was reluctant to use much of it; she hadn't expected Xia Duo to be so unmindful of conservation, insisting on wasting energy.

At this rate, who knew how long it would take to accumulate enough energy reserves for a full-scale teleportation!

Looking at Niya's tearful appearance, a sense of pity arose in the depths of Xia Duo's heart; after all, she was his wife, so he stopped playing dumb and acting innocent as he had just moments before, his tone becoming much softer and more sincere:

"Niya, I know the difficulties the Mage Tower is facing now. I will be careful in the future. Earlier, I saw someone checking the Magic Array in the First Floor Hall; is there anything I can do?"

"You—" Niya's gaze wavered for a moment, as if she felt a glimmer of reliance, but then she shook her head, though the words of refusal ultimately did not pass her lips.

"Follow me!"

She reached out and grabbed Xia Duo's wrist, a white light flashed, and the two disappeared from the room they were in.

……

As the scene shifted, Xia Duo found himself in a completely dark space; if not for Niya's hand still gripping his, he would have thought he had been locked in a dark room.

"Look here—"

Following Niya's voice, the space in front of them went from dark to bright, gradually revealing a three-dimensional pattern composed of countless complex, yet not cluttered, lines filled with an aesthetic of order.

Whenever Xia Duo focused his gaze on a certain location, it would gradually magnify, displaying even more precise patterns.

Most of the lines making up the pattern were blue, some thick and some thin, but a considerable portion had turned into an unsettling red; seeing this, a bad thought immediately surfaced in Xia Duo's mind.

At this moment, Niya spoke again, "This is the Magic Array design blueprint of the Tower of Time, or you could say it is the current status map of the Tower of Time. Blue represents normal, while red represents abnormal. The Tower of Time is in urgent need of repair."

As expected! Xia Duo looked at Niya; the red and blue light of the projection did not reflect on her face, but Xia Duo clearly saw the anxious and frustrated expression on her face.

Just as Xia Duo was about to speak, the projection in front of them suddenly changed, shifting to a scene of the four elements and the Positive and Negative Energy Pool circulating within the Magic Array design blueprint.

The core of energy storage and exchange lay in the Element Pool at the center of the Tower of Time, as well as the energy pools at the top and underground.

At this time, the energy reserves of the four Element Pools and the Positive and Negative Energy Pool were in a state slightly better than dried up, yet far from being called sufficient.

Fortunately, their own state was still quite good, with almost no red lines representing abnormal states nearby.

"You see, this is the current state of the Tower of Time." Niya's tone was somewhat flat.

But Xia Duo could feel the turbulence beneath that flatness; he was duty-bound to improve the current situation of the Tower of Time, so he once again offered to help, "I understand. If there is anything you need me to do, just say the word."

"As long as you don't waste energy at will, that's enough. If you really want to help, finish learning the 'Basic Creation' first!"

Basic Creation? As soon as Xia Duo heard it, he knew what it was; it was a set of books in the Library that taught how to manufacture Magic Items.

Xia Duo had either lacked the Permission Level before, or when he had the permission, he didn't have the time, so he had never looked at them. However, after becoming an Intermediate Mage, he felt his time was much more abundant.

Perhaps, learning a trade was also a good choice!

"I will go learn it. Now—"

While speaking, Xia Duo returned to his residence, but Niya did not follow him over, and words like "Send me back" were choked in his throat.

Knowing the current state of the Tower of Time, Xia Duo felt a sense of urgency; Niya had no reason to lie to him, which meant the current state of the Tower of Time might really be quite dire.

If nothing else, the mere lack of energy reserves was extremely dangerous; he knew that the Mythallar Ruins were constantly attracting outside Arcanists!

If some reckless person came to stir up trouble, even if they could be suppressed in the end, if their weaknesses were exposed, it would be even more dangerous!

Who knew if someone would take advantage of the situation!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo could not sit still and immediately ran to the Library to borrow books. However, he did not change his previous plans much, only increasing the time spent studying Basic Creation.

Although Xia Duo looked very anxious, it was more of a mental anxiety; after all, the Tower of Time was his own property, so how could he not be anxious?

But in reality, as a novice who had just become an Intermediate Mage, the role he could play was actually very small; it was almost as Niya said, just not wasting energy was already a contribution.

Of course, Xia Duo wanted to do more, but for now, he was in a state of having the will but lacking the power.

……

Late at night, Xia Duo rubbed his slightly swollen brow and closed the "Savile's Magic Array Notes" he had borrowed from the Library in the afternoon; this was one of the books in the "Basic Creation" set.

The difficulty was even higher than "Intermediate Arcane Geometry"; Xia Duo felt that some prerequisite basic content was missing, and he would have to go to the Library to look for it tomorrow!

After washing up, Xia Duo climbed onto the soft and comfortable large bed, reached out to touch the empty side, couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating laugh, and then stopped dwelling on those trivial thoughts, quickly entering dreamland.

In his sleep, Xia Duo once again arrived at that magical dream he had entered several times before when awakening his bloodline; his consciousness was very clear, and he knew his bloodline had awakened again!

There had already been signs last time, and if nothing went wrong this time, he would very likely awaken 【Wind Control】!

Just like last time, when he clearly realized his existence this time, he had already transformed into a mountain stream, and with the flow of the stream, his consciousness gradually spread out.

Starting from the source of the Kunlun Mountains, passing through mountain ranges, plateaus, canyons, jungles, and plains, he flowed all the way into the East Sea!

If he had such a powerful consciousness in reality, he might be able to trace the source all the way up from the Wolfburg River near Savile Town and control all the water veins within the entire Nether Territory.

But this was just a dream.

And in the dream, Xia Duo could do far more than that; when the Yangtze River he had transformed into flowed into the East Sea, his consciousness and form began to rise from the surface of the sea into the sky!

His breathing turned into storms, his trembling turned into thunder; he felt he had become the master of the weather, with storms and thunder accompanying him, one thought raising clouds, one thought bringing rain.

The content of this dream was far more than any time in the past; after the thunder and rain, Xia Duo's consciousness already filled the space between heaven and earth.

A portion fell with the raindrops, merging into rivers, and a portion drifted across the land of Shenzhou with the big and small winds.

The next moment, the dream returned to the starting point; he once again became a drop of water among the Kunlun Mountains, and then gradually grew and developed again, his consciousness filling heaven and earth.

Thus, it cycled continuously.

I don't know how much time passed, but Xia Duo woke up.