Chapter 443: New Discovery in the Blue Crystal Plane

He had always used these few clay tablets as ballast at the bottom of his storage, and only remembered them when traces of Trolls were discovered in the Territory once again; yet, apart from some simple Arcane Geometry diagrams and completely incomprehensible unknown characters, they were just very ordinary clay tablets.

Perhaps it was precisely because they were clay tablets that they could be preserved for so long, surviving the erosion of the long river of time, to tell later discoverers that in the distant past, there seemed to have been a civilization that once gave birth to Magic, and even conducted research into it.

But the history of the Main Plane is truly too distant; at least Xia Duo, from the Tower of Time, and even after several trips to the Projection Plane, had not discovered any characters similar to those on the tablets.

This suggests that this thing either comes from an Other Plane or from a prehistoric era so remote that only these broken clay shards remain to this day.

Although he knew that the vicinity of that Troll cave last time might be where the ancient ruins were located, judging from these clay tablets, the treasure found might just be more clay tablets, and correspondingly, he would have to expend a large amount of manpower and material resources.

For the time being, Xia Duo did not have much interest in this kind of academic archaeology; if it were treasure-hunting archaeology, that would be another matter, like the Mythallar Ruins, where at least one could find some Mithril, Gemstones, or the like.

After flipping these clay tablets over and over to examine them several times, Xia Duo put them back into his Personal Space. It could be expected that he would not take them out again in the short term.

……

Ever since mastering 【Teleportation】, in the field of Magic, Xia Duo was now single-mindedly preparing for his advancement, no longer needing to consider any other factors.

And also because of 【Teleportation】, it became much more convenient for him to travel back and forth between the Tower of Time and Linshui Village; he no longer needed to accumulate a pile of questions before he could return to the Tower of Time to use the Spell Laboratory for experiments and verification.

Now, he could go back whenever he wanted, and after finishing, pass through the Portal to Savile Town, then one Teleportation would return him to Linshui Village.

This day, Xia Duo had just returned to the Tower of Time, and before he could head to the Spell Laboratory to conduct experiments, Aiboke's message arrived first—

"Xia Duo, come quickly! There's a new discovery in the Blue Crystal Plane!"

Xia Duo's footsteps stopped immediately; the so-called "Blue Crystal Plane" was actually that Sub-plane discovered by the Tower of Time's Plane Exploration Array on the night of the Moon Festival last year, and because the other side of the Portal was entirely filled with clear, sky-blue glowing water, it was named the "Blue Crystal Plane".

Later, Niya sent back the relevant data for the spell 【Plane Attunement】, and after Xia Duo learned it, he had also visited the Blue Crystal Plane a few times, but always with the intention of relaxing, because the clear, sky-like shimmering water environment there was truly too healing and too relaxing.

As for Aiboke, before Niya sent back 【Plane Attunement】, he often conducted research in the Blue Crystal Plane, and after learning 【Plane Attunement】, he would stay in the Blue Crystal Plane for several days at a time even more frequently.

Xia Duo was also very curious about what the new discovery he mentioned was, because in Xia Duo's view, the Blue Crystal Plane was just like that—all water; could it be used for fish farming?

But there were no Mages who had formed a division of labor for fish farming yet; would he have to specifically divert people from the Tower of Time, which didn't have many people to begin with, to raise fish? Furthermore, the fish in the Main Plane were already inexhaustible, so thinking about raising fish in an Other Plane was unrealistic just to think about.

The influence of the environment was truly too great; if this Plane were a Plane similar to the Main Plane, he would be preparing to stuff people inside to farm by now.

"Forget it, don't think about these things, let's see what Aiboke actually discovered."

Without delay, Xia Duo signaled the Tower Spirit to teleport him to the Plane Exploration Layer's Preparation Teleportation Hall, and Aiboke was already waiting there. Seeing Xia Duo arrive, an undisguised, smug smile immediately appeared on his face: "Xia Duo, guess what I discovered in the Blue Crystal Plane?"

Xia Duo rarely saw Aiboke like this, guessing in his heart what kind of discovery could make him this happy, but he said:

"What did you discover? Could it be that you discovered a continent?"

Xia Duo was just saying it casually; he actually didn't consider this possibility at all. The Plane Exploration Array's judgment was clear and unmistakable: Water Elements occupied absolute dominance, so how could a large landmass appear? If that were truly the case, the four elements should at least be relatively balanced, rather than Water Element dominant.

Besides, it wasn't that Xia Duo hadn't considered the possibility that the other side of the Portal was the seabed, but after actual verification, there were no obvious gravity characteristics on the other side; that is to say, even if a lump of Iron were thrown into the water there, it would only float and would not fall in any one direction.

With this situation, could a landmass even exist?

Additionally, the water in the Blue Crystal Plane was fresh water, and although Xia Duo had "flown" in one direction, he never discovered a "sea surface," although there was the reason that he did not stay in the Blue Crystal Plane for long, but this could also explain a certain point.

It was just that what Xia Duo didn't expect was that he had mentioned it so casually, and Aiboke actually didn't refute it, but instead nodded. In an instant, Xia Duo was stunned, then overjoyed; if a large landmass were truly discovered, then the current value of this Blue Crystal Plane would be completely different from before!

"You really discovered a continent?" Xia Duo looked at Aiboke solemnly, hoping to get a positive answer.

"A bit smaller than a continent, it's a large island."

"……"

"A large island is also good!"

Although it was still a bit short of a continent, compared to having nothing, it was still countless times better, so Xia Duo didn't quibble over this gap and hurriedly asked: "I also searched, but never discovered it. Where did you find the large island? How big is the island? Can the land be cultivated? Are there natives on it?"

To this series of questions from Xia Duo, if someone else had asked, Aiboke might not have paid any attention at all, but if it were Xia Duo—the junior in his eyes—he was still very willing to show off a bit:

"I used Teleportation to explore the boundaries in the Blue Crystal Plane, and after one Teleportation, I happened to discover a large island."

"Wait! You just said you used Teleportation in the Blue Crystal Plane?" Xia Duo revealed an expression of surprise.

He himself also knew Teleportation, and after he learned Teleportation, he had specifically come to the Blue Crystal Plane once, only he discovered that 【Teleportation】 had significant limitations in the Blue Crystal Plane, among which it was particularly obvious that when mobilizing elemental powers other than the Water Element, he felt strong resistance from the Magic Net.

(End of chapter)