Chapter 792: Active Control, Incident No. 1

Furthermore, compared to the Main Plane or any other plane, there is absolutely no trace of the Magic Net within the Personal Space; one could say this place is a magical desert.

Of course, Xia Duo had long known about this.

If he were to truly use it as a shelter, even if food and air were sufficient, he could not hide here for too long.

If it were too long, once the Arcane Fire burned out, even if he survived after going back out, he would likely be left crying without tears.

In an instant, he made the decision to store Arcane Crystals in his Personal Space, but was the expansion of the Personal Space upon absorbing Arcane Crystals automatic, or could it be controlled?

Xia Duo did not manufacture Arcane Crystals inside the Personal Space; instead, he returned to the Main Plane first, and only then began to work.

Placing a tiny, rice-grain-sized Arcane Crystal into his Personal Space, he controlled the Personal Space entirely with his consciousness, just as if he were controlling his own limbs, preventing it from absorbing this Arcane Crystal that was not yet enough to increase the space by much.

"It really is feasible!"

That bit of Arcane Crystal, though like a grain of rice, would have vanished instantly had it been absorbed, but now, it existed safely within the Personal Space.

This was another type of provision for his shelter!

Regarding this, Xia Duo felt very gratified.

The Personal Space exists within the consciousness, just like limbs grown on his body, and can be controlled at will.

But just like limbs, if one does not try, one will never know where the limits of control lie.

Some people might only instinctively run their whole lives, while others can continuously break through limits through training, becoming "flying men" in the eyes of countless others.

Now, only after trying it himself did Xia Duo realize that the Personal Space's absorption of Arcane Crystals was not uncontrollable; rather, he had simply never thought to control it before.

Of course, it is also possible that the new form of his soul has strengthened his ability to control the Personal Space, but regardless, he can indeed control the Personal Space not to absorb Arcane Crystals now!

This is enough!

However, he must also conduct more experiments in other aspects; perhaps he can discover more abilities that he previously ignored.

Having transmigrated for once, how could he not properly develop this Golden Finger!

Just as Xia Duo was thinking about how to conduct more experiments on the Personal Space, the Tower Spirit suddenly sent a notification—

"Agent Xia Duo, Special Permission Holder Laidun has arrived outside the Tower of Time and issued a request for an audience!"

"Laidun?"

Xia Duo was somewhat puzzled. What was Laidun here for? Could it be that he still wanted to confirm in person whether the person in the Territory just now was really him, rather than someone impersonating him?

Though he thought this, Xia Duo still had the Tower Spirit let the person in. Afterward, he teleported directly to the First Floor Hall; entering the interior from outside the Tower of Time would always result in appearing in the First Floor Hall.

Just as he arrived at the hall, Xia Duo saw Laidun, whose face was pale and brows were tightly locked. He couldn't help but feel amused; good fellow, one more person had experienced the gate of the Tower of Time.

That feeling of being submerged by deep-sea water was not pleasant, but the current Xia Duo knew that it was actually a defensive mechanism similar to filtration.

It prevented outsiders from bringing bad things from the outside into the Mage Tower.

Although the Tower Spirit can monitor the entire Tower of Time, it is not omnipotent; it has fixed reaction mechanisms, and only when coordinated with the rules of the Tower of Time can it be effective.

If one gets stuck within the rules and intends to cause trouble, the Tower Spirit is helpless, at least until it receives orders from someone with Permission Level.

Come to think of it, the Portal currently leading from the Tower of Time to Savile Town is a glaring loophole, but because the Tower of Time cannot move yet and must maintain contact with Savile Town, it is allowed to exist.

……

Seeing Laidun, Xia Duo asked first: "Why have you come? Is there nothing wrong in the Territory?"

"My Lord, I have come to present the routine meeting minutes of the various department supervisors of the Territory for your review."

As he spoke, Laidun held out a stack of Documents with both hands and respectfully handed them to Xia Duo.

Xia Duo took them, flipped through them casually, and understood the situation. He handed the meeting minutes back to Laidun and said: "I know. You have done well!

"Furthermore, from now on, when there is a routine meeting in the Territory, notify me using the No. 6 Communication Scroll. If I do not reply, it means I will not attend; if I do reply, I might attend in the form of a Projection like today. Do you understand?"

Hearing the last sentence, Laidun seemed to suddenly heave a sigh of relief and loudly replied, "Yes!"

Seeing this, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel both amused and annoyed. This guy really did suspect that the person in the Territory just now wasn't him. Did this guy not use Divine Magic to confirm it?

Xia Duo recalled, and it seemed he really hadn't. In front of the Lord, Laidun probably didn't dare to use Divine Magic that bordered on interrogation. However, Xia Duo also thought of a possibility: what if someone really were impersonating him?

Relying solely on simple Divine Magic confirmation is not enough; it is best to have strict verification procedures, otherwise, if someone could deceive Divine Magic, they might even turn the real Xia Duo into a fake.

That would be interesting.

However, after thinking about it, Xia Duo ultimately did not mention this matter to Laidun. After all, if the procedures allowed subordinates to verify the authenticity of their sovereign, it would almost negate the meaning of the sovereign's existence.

It would lower the Lord's authority to the extreme!

Although Xia Duo has the ideal of "letting everyone receive full development," his awareness has not reached that level yet; after all, the development of things is always gradual.

Perhaps in the future he will become one of the ordinary people, but for now, he will not give up the power in his hands.

Or rather, the situation does not allow him to give it up.

If he dared to advocate that a Lord is unnecessary, it is estimated that not only the Seven Towers Council would not tolerate him, but the entire Netheril would not tolerate him either.

Even if some radical Spellcasters do not wish for a Lord to squat over their heads, in essence, they want to become the new Lord.

They do not oppose the system of having a Lord itself.

"Sure enough, at the current stage, power is the symbol of status!"

……

After sending Laidun away, Xia Duo returned to Niya's Study and sat quietly by the window. At this time, it was already approaching dusk, and what the window displayed was the scene of the western sky outside the Tower of Time—

Patches of red clouds, like fish scales, were densely arranged across the sky.

Xia Duo squinted his eyes to admire the rare sunset scenery outside the window, his thoughts flying. After a long while, he let out a long sigh, turned off the Projection, and began to reconnect the train of thought in his mind that had just been interrupted by the Tower Spirit.

Besides matters related to the Personal Space, he also thought that perhaps he could develop a Spell specifically for remote Projection, rather than the previous method that required multiple Spells to be used in conjunction.

If it weren't for his decent proficiency in Spellcasting, he might not have lasted until the end of the meeting.

Moreover, remote Projection can not only be used for meetings, but it is also not impossible to use for combat. Of course, what Xia Duo thought of most was coordinating it with the Personal Space to collect items.

Isn't this the legendary "full-map pickup"!

……

Just as Xia Duo thought of the wonderful application, the Tower Spirit's reminder interrupted his train of thought again—

"Agent Xia Duo, Event No. 1 has appeared. Shall we initiate transport?"

The so-called "Event No. 1" refers to the discovery of a Projection Plane; ever since he became an Advanced Arcanist, he had disabled this notification.

However, after discovering the Memory Retrospection ability some time ago, he re-enabled this notification, thinking he would go to the Projection Plane to collect Magic Knowledge, as it wouldn't take much time anyway.

A human scanner is not just a figure of speech.