Chapter 3452: Hidden Mysteries

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Xia Duo actually has a certain amount of research in this area. For example, the Tower of Time previously had an influence that could exist simultaneously in the Main Plane, the Ether Plane, and the Shadow Plane, so naturally, it was necessary to establish protective measures in all three planes at the same time.

Previously, when Lord Hawk sent people to Nan Jing to cause trouble, it was because they ignored the protection of the Shadow Plane that Xia Duo found an opportunity to capture that Arcanist in one fell swoop and detain him in the Tower of Time, buying time for his subsequent growth.

But in the past, Xia Duo mostly conducted protection in planes that are nearly parallel to the Material Plane, such as the Ether Plane, the Astral Plane, and the Shadow Plane; that is, when establishing protective measures, he would involve these three planes simultaneously.

In particular, he designed many countermeasures against the behavior of using these three planes as transit points to bypass protective measures.

It is just that judging from Wuta's discovery today, it seems that the Elemental Plane also has great potential, or more accurately, the Inner Plane existing within matter may also become a loophole in protection.

It is just that he is not an Elemental Creature after all, and even though he possesses bloodline related to wind and water, he has never encountered a scene like today's.

Taking a Mage Tower as an example, almost the vast majority of Mage Towers obtain water through Spells rather than channeling river water into the Mage Tower; the same goes for air, as the air inside and outside the Mage Tower is not connected.

Therefore, he had never considered using wind or water for infiltration, but now, it seems possible to bypass most of the protective mechanisms of the Material Plane from the Inner Plane.

To say nothing else, at least the extraordinary Perception ability in the Earth Element Domain that Wuta is currently displaying, as well as the Illuminati disguise that is easily seen through by this ability, are enough to reflect the application potential of this direction.

For a moment, Xia Duo even wanted to invite Wuta to join the Tower of Time to specialize in research related to the Inner Plane, but for now, serious matters are more important. Anyway, Wuta is in Calimshan and won't run away, so it won't be too late to invite him after the war.

Moreover, he also needs to think carefully about what kind of conditions the Tower of Time should offer to attract Wuta to join. As a Calimshan Scholar, Wuta should not be lacking in various research resources.

The only breakthrough is likely the fact that the other party has already become an Elemental Creature.

Although Calimshan Magic has developed into a true general-purpose Arcane Magic, it was developed from Bloodline Magic after all, so I am afraid it is inevitable that there will be some neglect in research related to the Earth Element Domain.

Now, although the major Arcane Magic Systems of the Main Plane already possess the characteristics of a general-purpose magic system, there is still a considerable distance to go before reaching the scientific system of Xia Duo's hometown.

The most obvious point is that magic research in the Main Plane focuses more on applied research, with very little investment in basic research, or no investment at all; those basic research results are often by-products of applied research.

According to Xia Duo's understanding, currently only the Tower of Time has invested a large amount of resources in basic research. For example, the Plane Exploration Center was indeed established initially just to discover new planes.

But later, under the guidance of Xia Duo's philosophy, it gradually turned into an exploration of the essence of planes and the Ether Interlayer, and discovering new planes became a secondary goal instead.

This is, of course, because the Seventon Council has already cooperated with the gold dragon Pulitatisi to discover many new planes and has shared them with all councilors, but if the goal was to discover new planes, this goal has already been achieved.

There should be no need to continue investing a large amount of manpower and material resources afterward, even if it is to explore different technical routes for discovering new planes, one should not invest so much.

But Xia Duo still invested, and even the most precious human resources at the moment—High Mages who have accepted the Inheritance Ritual—were assigned in several batches one after another. If it were any other Mage Tower organization, they would definitely not be as generous as he is.

Providing full support can be said to be a huge attraction for someone who wants to engage in a research field, but if Wuta's heart is not in research, then it might be a waste of effort.

This is also one of the reasons why Xia Duo did not invite him immediately. It is best to wait until after the war to ask Talafu or the Mairide Family about Wuta and the situation of Wuta's family, so as to understand the other party's needs and prescribe the right medicine.

As for the present, it is better to find a way to bypass the Illuminati's disguise and enter the interior of the Liexi to see if he can find the Underdark passage, and subsequently find the core ritual of the Illuminati.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo asked Wuta: "Is there any way to bypass the disguise here and get inside?"

"Yes, the mages who disguised this place think that the underground Liexi is just a geological gap; they actually think too poorly of it. This bit of disguise cannot stop me at all."

Wuta immediately gave an affirmative answer and also suggested that Xia Duo simply bypass this place and take another path, and it would not touch the disguise or Warning Magic here at all.

"Is that so!"

Xia Duo considered it and agreed with Wuta's suggestion. After all, Wuta is the expert when it comes to the earth and stone domain, and he has always respected the opinions of experts.

"Then I will trouble you, Master Wuta."

With the help of Talafu's relay, Xia Duo quickly communicated the details with Wuta, and then the two of them bypassed this area one after the other and escaped further downward.

In the process of going down, Wuta was also introducing information about the underground Liexi to Xia Duo: "Many underground Liexi are the extended influence of the Underdark. Small ones become underground Liexi, while large ones may extend to the Surface and become Underdark passages.

"I have studied many Underdark Liexi and passages in the south, and they have one thing in common: they are very difficult to destroy. Even if the surface geological Liexi is destroyed, the root influence of the Underdark does not disappear, but will transfer and then gradually generate other Liexi or passages.

"Of course, such a transfer is not always like this; it still has to do with its corresponding Underdark. Some Underdark passages that go straight to the Surface may disappear forever after being destroyed once, but some underground Liexi can transfer and regenerate as many times as they are destroyed; it is hard to have a fixed number."

So that's how it is. Xia Duo only knew before that the formation of Underdark passages was very strange; sometimes they had clearly been destroyed, but later new ones could still be found in the vicinity.

This phenomenon is difficult to explain. Could it be that the mages who destroyed the Underdark passages back then were deliberately slacking off? That is obviously unlikely, especially for a country like Cormanthor that extremely hates and fears the Drow.

If they could destroy the Underdark passage once and for all, they would never have any slacking behavior.

Of course, even so, one cannot simply assume that the Underdark passage discovered in the Dragonspine Mountains a few years ago was the product of the transfer of the underground passage from the Drow War that caused heavy losses to the countries of the Listar Forest before the Cormanthor Birth.