Chapter 382: Barbie and the Teleportation Experiment

Soon, half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, the various affairs of Linshui Village were proceeding busily and in an orderly fashion, and the work on the Elemental Channel was also nearing its end. Compared to the Elemental Channel side, where seven Arcanists were helping to cast spells to clear away tree roots, rocks, and the like, it was not easy to open up farmland here in Linshui Village.

During this time, Xia Duo had not returned to the Tower of Time. He witnessed firsthand the vastly different efficiencies between Linshui Village and the Elemental Channel, which made him realize even more the grand vision of universal Magic practice.

If he only wanted to live a stable life, he had already achieved that. Considering that Niya had become a student of the Princess, even if he gave up the development of the Territory at this moment and buried himself in the Tower of Time without coming out, the Princess would most likely not punish him.

And inside the Tower of Time, there was food and drink, as well as various conditions for researching Magic; it could be said to be quite comfortable.

But as a young man from the 21st century, Xia Duo naturally would not be satisfied with his own stability; he had higher pursuits—

In the short term, to turn the environment around him into one that matched his own philosophy; in the long term, he wanted to change this world and leave his own unique mark upon it.

Having passed the initial days of panic and anxiety and mastered the power of Magic, Xia Duo's inner self had also undergone great changes; he now had the strength and the opportunity to make a change.

Today was the day he had scheduled for the overall experiment of 【Short-range Teleportation】. Although the conditions outside were not as perfect as those in the Tower of Time, there was a saying back home: "Hardship and suffering lead to success."

Not to mention the benefits gained from Focus Training, he had even transcended the common sense that generally held that favorable conditions were necessary for research.

Here, because there was no Spell Laboratory that could be used at will, Xia Duo had to understand every single element of the spell thoroughly before he dared to conduct simple experiments after breaking it down.

In this process, besides giving him a more profound understanding of the Principles of Magic, the tempering of his Spellcasting skills was also far beyond what it would be in a comfortable and safe Spell Laboratory.

This was somewhat akin to the idea that "practical combat is superior to theory."

Of course, the drawbacks were also very obvious. Many temporarily generated conjectures or relatively dangerous operations could not be performed outside, which could be seen from the full notebook of "Pending Experiments" that Xia Duo kept.

Then there was the issue of time. If he were inside the Tower of Time and devoted himself entirely to research, Xia Duo felt that a week would probably be enough for him to conduct the preliminary overall experiment.

Subsequent practice would also be safer if conducted in a Spell Laboratory.

It could only be said that there were pros and cons to everything. Today, Xia Duo was preparing to return to the Tower of Time; he had been feeling somewhat anxious lately due to the lack of information regarding the Projection Plane.

In fact, it was precisely because he had experienced the Projection Plane that Xia Duo did not care about this slight extension of time; as long as he could enter the Projection Plane again, everything could be made up for.

Of course, this was essentially moving the time from the back to the front to use all at once, similar to Time Acceleration. His lifespan was already being consumed, but Xia Duo felt it was worth it.

Without a doubt, no matter how long his future lifespan might be, it was meaningless to him right now; it was better to take it and use it first.

Just as he was preparing to activate his Time Tower Badge to teleport back, a burst of noise suddenly came from outside the small tent—dog barking and human laughter mixed together, forcibly intruding into Xia Duo's ears. So, he temporarily stopped what he was doing and went outside.

From afar, he saw several soldiers gathered on the east side, as if watching some excitement; the dog barking was coming from the crowd.

Xia Duo was very familiar with these people. He walked over and shouted, "Ximeng! What are you arguing about!"

A big man and a bald man quickly squeezed out of the crowd. The two looked at Xia Duo with some embarrassment, took a few steps forward to salute, and then explained: "My Lord, we just returned, and Mote's little pet was bitten to death by Barbie."

By this time, the crowd had already cleared a path. In the center was a hunting dog, a pile of scattered bones, and a piece of rope.

Xia Duo roughly guessed what had happened and could not help but sigh inwardly. Over the past half month, he had let Ximeng take Mote out to "level up," but after several attempts, the most successful one was just making the newly born Goblin Undead walk a few dozen meters.

And now—

If it couldn't even beat a dog, could it still do work? Xia Duo was very skeptical, but the necessary comfort still had to be given: "Keep trying, but the hunting dog also needs more training."

This dog was not a Langasi Liequan, but one bought from the Savile Territory and handed over to the Langasi to train. It had been quite normal before, but this time, perhaps stimulated by the aura of the Undead, it had rushed up and bitten to death the skeleton Goblin that Mote had worked so hard to bring back.

This was indeed a bit ridiculous.

After letting the crowd disperse, Xia Duo went to find Priest Laidun and told him that he would be returning to the Tower of Time before activating his Time Tower Badge.

Except for the Tower Spirit, no one knew that Xia Duo had returned quietly, and as soon as he returned, he dived into the Spell Laboratory.

The 4th-Circle Spell 【Short-range Teleportation】 was composed of nearly a hundred basic elements, but Xia Duo already knew them by heart; he only lacked the overall experiment, and this was the moment when he was in his best state.

The adaptive Spell Laboratory did not need to be set in advance; it would automatically match the spell level of the Spellcaster conducting the experiment and then provide the most appropriate spell suppression effect the moment the spell went out of control.

Because of this, even in the Spell Laboratory, there was still a small probability of loss of control.

Xia Duo was well aware of this, so he set the suppression effect to the 6th-Circle Spell level in advance, and then proceeded to experiment boldly.

Although he was confident in his memory, Xia Duo still used 【Levitation】 to suspend his Spell Notes to the side for verification at any time.

In a state of focus, Xia Duo gazed at the incredibly quiet Magic Net String in the Spell Laboratory. His state of mind seemed to have calmed down a lot. His will condensed the Magic Net String before him, and he executed the process he had simulated countless times in his heart in order.

Guide energy, determine position, determine target, Plane link, teleport!

The complex structure, originally composed of Magic Net Strings and full of the beauty of order, suddenly scattered around Xia Duo, subsequently triggering a completely different chaotic spell effect.

This gave Xia Duo a start.

But—

Being in the Spell Laboratory, those effects were all dissipated as soon as they appeared. Paired with the 【Crimson Shelter Robe】 he was wearing, which had its own Protection, Xia Duo was completely unharmed.

However, the failure of the first overall experiment still caught him somewhat off guard.

Before the experiment, he could be said to be full of confidence, believing that he would succeed on the first try. This stemmed not only from his confidence in himself but also from his confidence in Magic.

But now—

Xia Duo recalled the entire process of the spellcasting and compared it with his Spell Notes, reviewing the whole thing. He believed that there were no operational errors, so why didn't it work!

Xia Duo was completely baffled by this.

Putting down the notes, he experimented again, but this time it still did not succeed.

"Where exactly did the problem go wrong?"

Xia Duo was unwilling from the bottom of his heart to start the calculations from the beginning, because that would negate his efforts over the past half month and would also overturn his confidence in Magic.

But not solving a problem when it appeared was not his style.

So, he suppressed his irritation and began to review from the beginning. In the end, it was proven that the results of his efforts over the past half month were correct. Thus, excluding all impossibilities, what remained was—

Was the Spellbook itself wrong? Or was the current experimental environment itself incorrect?

Xia Duo was lost in thought.