Chapter 790: Video Conference, New Statues

As for the final experimental result, Xia Duo had gained a new ability, though he did not feel particularly happy about it; after all, this ability was somewhat lackluster.

Of course, having it was better than not having it.

Xia Duo quickly brushed this aside in his mind; he still had serious business to attend to!

As before, he first cast a Scrying spell to project his Perception Field into the villa's meeting room, and then, with the help of the Scrying spell's Perception Field, he released a simple Projection.

It was an image of himself!

Following that, he cast a Sending spell to contact Priest Laidun and had him notify the supervisors of each department in the Territory to come for a meeting, while he himself remained there, making minor adjustments to the details of the Projection.

To put it simply, a simple Projection was just a light-and-shadow image, the content of which could be provided directly by memories in his consciousness; Xia Duo's memory was, of course, incomparably accurate, but this was just like taking a photo with a mobile phone on Earth.

No matter how realistic it was, there would still be plenty of people who chose to use beauty filters, or rather, it was precisely because it was too realistic that beauty filters came into existence.

Xia Duo was naturally very confident in his appearance, but slight flaws were inevitable.

The changes to his appearance from his Bloodline Awakening were more in his temperament, rather than him becoming a completely different person the moment he awakened.

That would be too exaggerated, and it would also have a negative impact on cognition psychologically.

……

By the time Xia Duo finished "beautifying" himself, Laidun and the supervisors of the various departments of the Territory had arrived one after another, but they were all stunned when they saw Xia Duo's Projection.

Even Yatewude, a former Druid who had stayed in Seventon and seen the world, was somewhat surprised.

A simple Projection could not reach the level of being indistinguishable from the real thing; as long as one wasn't blind, it was easy to tell that this was just a fixed, static light-and-shadow image.

"My Lord, this is—" There was some confusion and vigilance in Laidun's eyes.

Seeing this, Xia Duo used the form of 【Ghost Sound】 to transmit his voice: "I have some things to attend to at the Tower of Time and cannot get away for the moment, so I am meeting with you in this form. There may be such situations in the future, so you must adapt to it in advance!"

"Yes!" everyone replied.

At this moment, Xia Duo's perception was synchronized to the Perception Field, which was equivalent to him being there in person; although he had to rely on spells to manifest his image and voice, he would not miss a single thing that should be seen or heard.

Consequently, he continued: "Has there been anything unusual in the Territory recently? How is the preparation for the wooden houses for the new residents coming along? How far has the excavation of the ruins progressed?"

Laidun glanced at the others and stood up to answer: "My Lord, everything in the Territory is currently normal. The wooden houses are being produced at an accelerated pace, and if there are no accidents, the new residents this month will be assigned their own houses. As for the ruins—"

Speaking of this, Laidun paused, "I haven't paid much attention to the ruins; it's better to let Jiabasi answer for you, my Lord!"

The Projection could not nod, and Xia Duo had no intention of controlling a static image to nod, so he gave an indication with his voice: "Very well!"

Then Jiabasi stood up. This former veteran Adventurer had by now completely adapted to his identity as a Territory supervisor. He first bowed, then answered solemnly:

"My Lord, the excavation work of the ruins in the southeast direction is currently nearing completion. A total of 2 scale-armor statues have been discovered, along with 28 complete clay tablets inscribed with text symbols, and several other broken ancient items."

There were actually two statues?!

Xia Duo felt a surge of joy in his heart. These scale-armor statues unearthed from the ruins were, to date, the only things he had discovered besides Arcane Crystals that could expand his Personal Space.

Xia Duo did not yet know where the true value of the Personal Space lay, but judging from the few known functions, it was already worth his every effort to expand it.

Not to mention the storage function—that was just a basic operation—and it was safer than putting things in a Dimensional Bag. He could almost say without exaggeration that things placed in his Personal Space were absolutely insured!

Besides storage, there was the ability to transform virtual items in a Projection Plane into real items when traveling through a Projection Plane!

This was powerful!

This meant that as long as Xia Duo could obtain a 【Nether Scroll】 in a Projection Plane, even if only for an instant, he could immediately return and bring it back to the Main Plane, turning the virtual into reality.

It was just a pity that the use of this function came at the cost of shrinking the Personal Space!

He hadn't known about this at the time and had brought back a 【Blade of Veto】, and to this day, his Personal Space had not recovered to its original size.

If his Personal Space were large enough, wouldn't that mean he could obtain whatever he wanted from the Projection Plane!

Theoretically, as long as something existed in the Main Plane, it could exist in the Projection Plane, and even things that did not exist in the Main Plane could exist in the Projection Plane.

After all, the Projection Plane was a projection of some possibility of the Main Plane; everything was possible!

It wouldn't even be strange to create an Artifact!

Of course, one of the prerequisites for obtaining it was that the Personal Space had to be large enough!

Since the Personal Space was so important, how could Xia Duo not be happy to hear that the Territory had discovered two more statues that could expand the Personal Space!

This meant he was one step closer to being able to extract treasures from the Projection Plane at will!

Subsequently, Xia Duo asked with concern, "The exploration personnel didn't encounter any accidents, did they?"

Hearing this, Jiabasi's expression was quite wistful. Last time, he truly hadn't expected that a ruin buried deep underground for endless years would still contain Magic; this was something he had never encountered in his decades of adventuring.

However, having learned from the last lesson, he had made many preparations in advance this time to ensure that the ruins could be excavated safely. He said:

"No accidents! This time we caught a few wild deer in advance and drove them to touch the statues. Once the statues triggered the Petrification Magic once, we could move them without issue."

"Can both statues trigger Petrification Magic?" Xia Duo asked again.

"Yes," Jiabasi replied.

"Very good!"

Regardless of what connection this final Petrification Magic had with the mysterious existence within the statues, at the very least, this time the statues had almost perfectly replicated the situation from last time.

In other words, if there were no accidents, these two statues should be able to expand his Personal Space!

……

After understanding some of the recent developments in the Territory, he also learned that the Territory had a proper handling plan for the more than 2,000 new residents who were about to arrive.

At this point, Xia Duo prepared to end the meeting. Primarily, his current Projection and voice were established on the Perception Field of the Scrying spell, and the Scrying spell would eventually reach its limit and was about to end.

And he did not intend to do it again. He told everyone that he was about to go on a long journey and that they could go to the Tower of Time for help if they had any issues.

He then canceled the Projection.

Although random Magic still appeared from time to time in the Mythallar Ruins, making it difficult for ordinary people to pass, Laidun was not an ordinary person. Possessing Holy Power, it was not difficult for him to pass through the Mythallar Ruins and reach the Tower of Time in the center of the ruins.

Xia Duo was not worried that he would be unable to reach the Tower of Time.