Chapter 582

The small talk within the Arcane Garden continued for a while longer, then Dien, Sami, and the others prepared to leave; Xia Duo arranged to visit the Tilake Research Lab in two days to see their research results, after which he headed directly to the location of the two Pegasus.

Thinking of what Dien had mentioned earlier about Pegasus liking to eat freshly sprouted wheat seedlings, and seeing that the wheat in the Arcane Garden had already turned yellow and no tender seedlings could be found for the moment, Xia Duo took out a bottle of Elf Fruit Wine; it was home-brewed anyway, so feeding it to his own horses wouldn't be a loss.

In the orchard, Xia Duo held an open-mouthed wooden bowl containing more than half a bowl of Elf Fruit Wine and slowly approached the two white Pegasus; the unfamiliar human and the sweet, familiar scent of the Elf Fruit Wine made the two Pegasus want to leave, yet they couldn't help but turn their heads back repeatedly.

This posture made Xia Duo find it somewhat amusing, so he extended the wooden bowl far out in front of him and tempted them, "Yabo, Pamela, I am your master, I have no ill intent, come, taste the flavor of home!"

However, his words were not understood by the two horses; instead, they shifted their hooves uneasily, and their wings spread out, as if they would take flight immediately if anything went wrong.

The Pegasus's behavior confirmed to Xia Duo that the magic collars on them did not possess language translation functions, and the faint radiance of Divine Magic on them fully proved this point.

Recalling a rumor he had heard in the 【Projection Plane】 that Pegasus could understand simple language, Xia Duo guessed that these two big guys might be accustomed to Elvish, so he repeated his previous words in Elvish.

This time there was indeed a reaction; although Elvish was more complex than Netherese, having heard it since they were young, it might truly be more familiar to them than the completely incomprehensible Netherese.

Xia Duo tentatively took a step forward, and the two big guys did not leave, but instead folded their wings and turned their heads over, as if they wanted to come over for a drink, yet seemed somewhat hesitant.

"Come, drink!"

Suddenly, Xia Duo thought of something and hurriedly put the Pioneer Scepter in his hand into his Personal Space; this time he felt a trace of faint Holy Power aura approaching him, and immediately after, a childish voice sounded in his heart:

"Are you really our master?"

Ha! They really could speak; Xia Duo immediately gave an affirmative answer, and then this childish voice sounded again, "I am Pamela."

At the same time, another voice also appeared in Xia Duo's heart, "I am Yabo."

"Pamela, Yabo, come taste the flavor of home!"

This time the two big guys were no longer reserved; they stretched their heads to the edge of the bowl and licked it one after another, licking the wine in the bowl clean in a few moments, after which they both stared at Xia Duo with large, watery eyes and asked in unison:

"Is there more?"

Of course there was, but Xia Duo did not satisfy them all at once; instead, he put away the wooden bowl and told them, "There will be more if you are obedient in the future; if you are not, there will be none."

"We will be obedient!"

"..."

Xia Duo didn't know why he always felt they were a bit too smart, but carefully recalling his experience in the 【Projection Plane】, he wasn't entirely certain.

In the 【Projection Plane: Maiyuelita Sukanweisa City】, he had only seen other Elves riding Pegasus passing by from a distance; he had never ridden one himself, nor had he even had close contact with one, only hearing other Elves mention them occasionally.

It was because Pegasus were always used as mounts that he inferred their Wisdom was not high, at least not comparable to unicorns, and no Elf would treat a unicorn as a mount unless the unicorn itself was willing to let the Elf "hitch a ride."

But now, judging from the performance of Pamela and Yabo, the level of Wisdom of the Pegasus was quite high; at least in Xia Duo's view, this level of Wisdom could already be called a "Wisdom life."

Perhaps it was just because they had no other special abilities besides flying that they were reduced to mounts.

Of course, it was also possible that it was some kind of artificial modification that gave birth to this Wisdom species unsuitable for developing civilization; Xia Duo held reservations about this for the time being, as there was currently not even a rumor, let alone relevant evidence.

But he still believed that primitive Wisdom gradually developed, grew, and matured, and the carrier of Wisdom would also develop into a form suitable for development during this process.

The form of a Pegasus was truly too unsuitable for development; it neither had the innate ability to Control Magic like a unicorn, nor did it have a pair of limbs liberated for making tools like a centaur; it was simply hard to imagine how they would develop.

In a word, the form of a Pegasus did not match their Wisdom.

Of course, this might also be the limitation of Xia Duo's knowledge and imagination; perhaps there really was a form suitable for the development of a Wisdom species like the Pegasus, but Xia Duo truly did not know, nor could he imagine it.

Perhaps it was simply that the premise of Xia Duo's judgment was wrong; the Pegasus did not possess true Wisdom, but rather it was the Divine Magic that allowed them to communicate with him that led him to make such a judgment.

What the Reality was exactly still required a series of tests, but Xia Duo did not have the time to study them for now, so he would just keep them as pets; anyway, the Arcane Garden was quite spacious, with plenty of food and a group of followers, so he wasn't mistreating them.

After stroking the broad and smooth backs of Yabo and Pamela and feeding them each an apple, Xia Duo took away one collar and then left the Arcane Garden.

"Tower Spirit, report the situation of Plane Exploration; have there been any new discoveries during my absence?"

"Agent Xia Duo, one new Projection Plane discovered, has dissipated; one new Semi-plane discovered, has been recorded."

"A Semi-plane?"

As his chosen future research direction, how could Xia Duo not know about Semi-planes? Generally speaking, those that can grow autonomously are Planes (Sub-planes are just relatively small compared to the Main Plane), and those that cannot grow autonomously are Semi-planes.

Under normal circumstances, the final fate of a Semi-plane that has not been discovered by anyone is destruction, but compared to the Plane Crystal that can be born from the destruction of a Plane, there wouldn't even be a hair left from the destruction of a Semi-plane.

When it really reaches that situation, even matter cannot exist, leaving only chaotic Elemental Energy.

Even for a Semi-plane destined for destruction, its existence duration is extremely long compared to humans, and once discovered and maintained by someone, it is not impossible to transform it into a growable Plane.

And conversely, the destruction of a Plane may also separate into several Semi-planes.

Of course, this is only the current speculation of Netherese Mages; let alone theory, even relevant records do not exist, as it involves Plane destruction or Plane transformation, and even if there were records, they would certainly be hidden tightly.

It is already very difficult to have some ambiguous and even completely contradictory speculations spread out.

If it weren't for the sake of researching and utilizing the Personal Space, Xia Duo would never have chosen such a niche discipline as his main research direction, but he believed that as long as some results were achieved in the Plane Domain, they would have great value.

After all, this involves the essence of the world.

Now that the Tower of Time has discovered a Semi-plane, it is just like someone handing a pillow when one is sleepy, but just thinking about Aiboke having been undergoing training as a Plane Scholar, was this Semi-plane discovered by him?

Thus, Xia Duo asked the Tower Spirit to retrieve the detailed records of the discovery of the Semi-plane and the subsequent events.

"It wasn't him?"