Chapter 930: Amateur Approaches, Entering the Mythallar

This was likely the only experimental process of an Arcanist other than himself that Xia Duo had seen to date; even with Niya, unless the two were collaborating on a project, they would not interfere with each other.

As for other Arcanists, Xia Duo had not even seen Aiboke's, let alone the experimental process of a Senior Arcanist.

He opened his eyes wide, as if that would allow him to see all of Saide's movements and details clearly. Of course, this was not necessary, and Xia Duo realized his gaze was too intense, but he really wanted to see how the native Arcanists of Netheril usually went about their business.

If he relied entirely on his own imagination, many of his future plans might deviate significantly from reality, thereby causing his target results to be poles apart from the actual outcomes.

Xia Duo did not quite understand the principles of Saide's experiment, but he was very sensitive to the various details during the experimental process, such as the fact that Saide never used any measuring tools or measuring spells.

Furthermore, there were no specific preservation steps for the water plant samples extracted from the Composite Corpse; they were simply taken and used in a very plain manner.

As for the testing process, Xia Duo observed that the other party used a variety of stimulation methods, some physical (specific materials) and some magical, but they were basically done on a whim, without a relatively standard procedure.

As for comparative experiments, naturally, there were none, or perhaps only Saide himself knew, as he took samples five times throughout the process, yet every single experimental procedure was completely different.

This left Xia Duo, a transmigrator who had done quite a few biology experiments back in high school, feeling very puzzled; perhaps this was just a characteristic of the magic world!

Of course, it was more likely that—this was just an amateur approach!

Having seen Saide's experimental process, he roughly knew what he could talk about when interacting with these native Arcanists in the future.

……

Finally, after a dazzling series of operations, Saide finished the preliminary examination and explained to everyone: "These water plants are not exactly the same as the ones discovered in Maihete Lake half a year ago, but I can be certain that their source is the same!"

If Saide's judgment was correct, then the Murloc Tide incident and the Murloc runaway incident from half a year ago were absolutely the work of the same force!

Zhenna's expression darkened. She trusted Saide's judgment, and although she had had suspicions before, she still could not help but feel angry when she actually found evidence.

Planning it half a year ago, and then doing it again after the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce had investigated and ruled it out—if this wasn't a deliberate provocation, what was it?

"Then what is the actual function of these water plants now?" Zhenna continued to ask.

"Apologies, President, my ability is limited. I can only determine that the growth ability of these water plants has been greatly enhanced. Additionally, like the previous water plants, they have no active attack tendency, and perhaps they can weakly enhance the Wisdom of the parasitic host."

Saide's words made everyone frown again, while Xia Duo noticed the respect in Saide's tone toward President Zhenna—the respect of a Senior Arcanist—so this President Zhenna—

Xia Duo did not continue to ponder, because Master Bailun proposed once again to go to Maihete Lake to inspect it personally, and even invited him and Niya to go together!

How could Xia Duo dare to agree to this!

Saide, a Senior Arcanist, had almost gotten trapped inside; even Bailun, a Great Arcanist, might not necessarily be able to escape with one hundred percent certainty.

It was not that Xia Duo did not trust Bailun, but that he had no reason to risk his own life, especially when it was a situation where he could go or not go.

However, Xia Duo hesitated for a moment, but Niya agreed immediately. At this moment, after the long period of the Restoration Baptism, Saide's recovery, Zhenna's Inquiry, and Saide's experiment, the Mind Link between the two had long since disconnected.

Niya's agreement was truly caught Xia Duo off guard; he had no time to react before Niya had already agreed.

This left Xia Duo in a difficult position where agreeing was not right and not agreeing was not right. In a flash, his mind raced at high speed.

When Bailun looked at him, he immediately replied: "It is better for me to go with the Master. Under the current circumstances, Niya, as a Lord, really should not disappear for a long time. I hope the Master can understand."

As for himself, it did not matter. Daxia Territory was south of Savile Territory, and currently, the Murlocs were all blocked in Savile Territory; Daxia Territory might not even know about the situation here yet!

Of course, Xia Duo had another consideration, which was also his main factor: safety. Possessing a Personal Space, he was certainly more capable of saving his own life than Niya.

At the same time, with fewer targets, the margin for error would be higher.

"That was my oversight!" Bailun laughed and praised, "Young people are indeed more thoughtful! I believe that with the cooperation of Lord Xia Duo, we will surely be able to thwart the enemy's conspiracy!"

After speaking, he restrained his smile, looked at Zhenna, and said solemnly: "President Zhenna, you stay outside to support us!"

"Understood!"

"Then let's set off!"

Soon, Xia Duo, Bailun, and Zhenna arrived near Maihete Lake together. As for Saide, he remained in Savile Town to help clean up the Murlocs, which could also be considered a small rest after his "serious illness."

……

Before entering the green light, Bailun expanded his Arcane Fire and reminded Xia Duo: "Lord Xia Duo, do not stay more than 5 meters away from me, otherwise it will be very troublesome!"

"Understood, Master Bailun!"

In fact, upon seeing Bailun expand his Arcane Fire in advance, Xia Duo had roughly guessed Bailun's purpose: to use his own Micro Magic Net to forcibly replace the external Magic Net, which could reduce the influence of the special Magic Net environment within the Mythallar.

And five meters was probably the safe distance that Bailun could control with greater certainty, although in reality, the maximum range of the Arcane Fire expansion was far more than five meters.

Xia Duo's own Arcane Fire alone could expand to a maximum range of over ten meters, not to mention a more powerful Great Arcanist.

Xia Duo guessed that in the later stages, the maximum expansion range of Arcane Fire might increase geometrically, but if it were truly expanded to the maximum range, it would actually be exposing one's own weaknesses to the enemy to the greatest extent.

From this perspective, the almost completely open external Great Magic Net environment was simply too powerful!

This was actually an important basis for why Xia Duo believed the Magic Goddess was not the Magic Net itself. If the Magic Goddess were the Magic Net itself, then She would be too powerful!

By the same token, the Lord of Radiance might not necessarily be the sun itself; perhaps He was just an incarnation of the sun, or like the Eastern Emperor Taiyi described in some primordial novels, born from the sun!

Of course, this might also be because Xia Duo's horizons were too narrow, but for now, he still preferred to believe in his own speculation; after all, gods and such were too far away from him.

……

From outside the green light to inside the green light, Xia Duo had a feeling of passing through a Portal, but in Magic Vision, it was completely different.

It was as if the green light did not exist at all, and the interior and the exterior were completely the same continuous space. He just followed behind Master Bailun and walked straight in!

Of course, there were still great differences between the interior and the exterior, but it was difficult to see them in Magic Vision.

At the very least, there was no water outside, while inside it was all water. As soon as Xia Duo entered, he was completely surrounded by the water body, and his Bloodline Power triggered automatically, giving him the ability to move freely in the water.

Simply put, it was an effect similar to "Underwater Breathing + Advanced Swimming Skill."

As for Master Bailun, Xia Duo did not see him cast any spells, yet he was also able to produce an effect similar to underwater breathing, though he was not as convenient in his movements as a Bloodline User related to water like himself.

However, what the body could not do, magic could; it was just a matter of a 【Levitation】 or 【Flight】 spell, which was not a difficulty at all for Bailun.