Chapter 796: Empty Bubble World, Temporarily Settled

Xia Duo was nearly driven to a nervous breakdown by this neurotic, perverted Drow, but by now he had understood the true strength of the Drow before him.

Beyond being a high-level Mage similar to a Great Arcanist, she was also a Priest of the Matriarch of Creation, wielding powerful Holy Power.

As for why she was not a Priest of the God of Jiusu, whose sermon she had just preached, it was because the God of Jiusu currently displayed no Divine Miracle and remained only within the scriptures.

This was also the reason Xia Duo believed that as long as he stayed in this Projection Plane, he would be able to touch the secrets of the gods: a Priest of the Matriarch of Creation, yet preaching for the God of Jiusu.

If there were no secrets hidden within this, how could it possibly make sense!

……

Following behind Maluxisi and watching her graceful figure, Xia Duo could not help but feel ripples in his heart.

In the eyes of a normal Drow, Maluxisi was likely a striking beauty; after all, the environment here was entirely dark, and in Darkvision, the difference between white skin and black skin was not significant.

However, Xia Duo had seen Drow in a normal, well-lit environment, and he truly could not appreciate that pitch-black skin.

Looking at her back now, he could only sigh that it was a pity.

Of course, even if she were an Elf, Xia Duo would not want to have any intimate contact with her; setting aside the factor of Niya, he was not so desperate as to have any relations with a lunatic.

Yes, in Xia Duo's eyes, this person was a lunatic—gentle one moment, cold the next, plus those perverted hobbies; what else could she be if not a lunatic?

……

Passing through a rock cavern, Xia Duo left the cave where the altar plaza had been and arrived at another, smaller cave, which connected to multiple passageways.

Maluxisi chose one quite casually, and since "Brandon" had no impression of this place, Xia Duo had no choice but to follow behind her, walking at a steady, unhurried pace.

In the process, however, he triggered quite a few of Brandon's memories.

In "his" memory, the Sangqi Family, the Kelaorui Family where Maluxisi resided, and many more families lived in a very vast underground cavern.

Every family controlled more or fewer passages leading to other caves; some of those passages were in family territories, while others were in the Public Zone.

As for those caves, the small ones could serve as storage rooms, while the large ones were comparable to this massive cave named "Aozuobeien" where the Sangqi and Kelaorui families were located.

There were forests, rivers, and even mountain ranges!

This could not help but remind Xia Duo of the novel "Mountain" by a science fiction author he had liked very much before he transmigrated; his memory of this novel was not blurred and could be traced back by him quite clearly.

That was also an underground world, and the civilization was called the "Bubble Civilization"—as the name implied, they lived in underground caves similar to Empty Bubbles.

They discovered a law called "Space Conservation," which meant that moving rock and soil from one place to another could change the shape of the Empty Bubble, but the total space remained constant.

This led to a strict ban on digging holes without permission, and now

Xia Duo saw with his own eyes these underground Empty Bubbles that were extremely similar to those described in the novel, as well as the civilization—let's call it a civilization—within the bubbles, and a thought immediately arose in his heart—

Have the creatures of the Underdark discovered Space Conservation? Is there a ban here against digging holes without permission?

Xia Duo had been to the Water World (Blue Crystal Plane), but this was his first time encountering this kind of underground world, and he had countless questions in his heart, urgently wanting to find the answers.

……

Walking through the final stretch of the passage, Xia Duo followed Maluxisi into a room that clearly showed traces of civilization. Maluxisi did not stop her pace, and Xia Duo only had time for a hurried glance before he had to rush to keep up.

His physical weakness made it so he could barely keep up; he highly suspected that Maluxisi was deliberately messing with him—otherwise, teleporting would be so much more convenient, why bother walking!

Whoosh—

Fortunately, after leaving this room, they were inside a normal building. These buildings did not have much external decoration, focusing more on utility.

But the few decorations that did exist clearly carried the characteristics of Elf architecture, only they had undergone various alienations: such as tender branches sprouting thorns, unicorns being devoured by venomous snakes, and Elves growing spider lower bodies.

It made one feel irritable at a single glance.

Perhaps this was what was called Drow culture.

Xia Duo suspected that after staying in such an environment for a long time, even a normal person would likely have their temperament drastically altered.

……

As the two progressed, the decorations on the buildings began to increase, and they also began to become more exquisite.

Soon, Maluxisi stopped in a courtyard and pointed to a door for Xia Duo, "For this period, you will live here first. Before long, we will possess a magnificent palace in the very center of Aozuobeien!"

Xia Duo was noncommittal; he no longer had the extra strength to speak, and even his thinking had become somewhat sluggish.

However, Maluxisi did not care about his physical state. After calling over a female Drow, she continued, "She is my housekeeper. She will be responsible for your daily meals, and all you need to do is obey her orders!"

"……" Xia Duo could not help but roll his eyes.

And this housekeeper was not at all polite, immediately issuing her first order, "Brandon, remember my name, I am called Naili!"

She then tossed a bell to Xia Duo and said, "Ring the bell if you need something, but I suggest you don't disturb me for trivial matters! I am busy!"

Xia Duo's body was weak, and his hand trembled, nearly failing to catch it. However, this small bell was actually a Magic Item; the moment he got it in his hand, he rang it—*ding-a-ling-ling*.

Then, under Naili's murderous glare, he said weakly, "Give me something to eat!"

Maluxisi had not left yet, and of course, even if she had, Xia Duo would not dare to take food from his Personal Space at will; he still hadn't figured out the Magic Mark she had left on him!

If this thing had real-time monitoring, wouldn't he be walking straight into a trap by taking things from his Personal Space!

One must know that other than the bell Naili just gave him, he did not have a single Magic Item on him; if Maluxisi saw him conjuring food out of thin air,

wouldn't she "slice" him up!

"Naili, prepare food for him!"

"Yes!"

Once Maluxisi spoke, Naili immediately changed her demeanor, becoming incredibly obedient, and trotted away.

……

After Naili left, Maluxisi left behind the words "I'll find you later" and also departed the courtyard. Only then did Xia Duo let out a long sigh of relief.

For the time being, he was considered settled; it just depended on how to proceed next.

He leaned against the railing of the courtyard corridor and sat down. At this moment, Maluxisi had already left, and the greatest pressure was gone; he finally had the heart to consider more plans.