Chapter 964: Travels in an Exotic Land, The Bizarre Farmer

But what Xia Duo never expected was that just as he prepared to stand up and look in the direction the sound came from, the sound moving from far to near accelerated rapidly, reaching his side in almost an instant.

Fortunately, the source of this sound was not so close that it was right against Xia Duo's ear, but stopped at a distance of less than ten meters from him; otherwise, he might have teleported away again.

This time, being so close, Xia Duo clearly heard that familiar Netherese voice, which was repeating incessantly—

"Pioneer, pioneer!"

This voice was slightly impassioned, yet also slightly mechanical, a bit like a repeating machine with a stuck tape; additionally, Xia Duo could distinguish from these voices that there were four people speaking in total.

When he stood up slightly to look in the direction the sound came from, through the gaps in the waist-high wild grass, he once again saw a situation he had not expected—

Clearly, when he had just teleported over, he had seen very clearly that a large area around him was full of waist-high yellow-green wild grass; how, in just this short while, had it become a field of farmland three meters away!

And in the farmland, there were four farmers acting in unison, repeating "Pioneer, pioneer" while sowing seeds; judging solely by their attire, they were undoubtedly Netherese.

But that bizarre change in terrain could not be explained.

At this moment, Xia Duo no longer believed he was in the Kangqi Plain; although he, as a Pioneer, was pioneering new land in the Green Pearl Forest, he was not without knowledge of the Kangqi Plain.

The terrain here was indeed somewhat similar to the Kangqi Plain, only lacking the rampant Goblins, Trolls, Gnolls, and other wild beasts and creatures, but—

He had never heard of any place in the Kangqi Plain where the terrain had suddenly changed!

Moreover, this sudden change in terrain truly exceeded his cognition; it happened so naturally without any movement at all.

This once again made him doubt whether he was dreaming.

But this dream was so real, so real that he could not believe it was a dream; the Magic Items he had on his person had all disappeared, which naturally included the Crimson Shelter Robe he had been wearing.

One must know that he had been resting within a Semi-plane, someone else's territory; how could he have taken off his robe? He must have slept in his clothes.

The Focus Ring on his finger was much the same; even in the Tower of Time, he had no reason to take it off while sleeping, and now, he could clearly see a ring-shaped mark remaining where the ring had originally been on his finger.

If this were a dream, it would be too real!

And when Xia Duo took a steamed bun from his Personal Space and threw it onto the ground, he was even more certain that this was not a dream; what kind of dream could contain real matter?

If Personal Space could also be dreamed, then why couldn't the Magic Items he originally carried be dreamed?

Xia Duo flipped his hand, and a Fireball Ring—which he had once longed to obtain and, after crafting it with his own hands, had kept as a collection—was taken out from his Personal Space.

He put the ring on his finger and looked at it repeatedly; no unknown power appeared to take the ring away, and subsequently, he even activated the spell on the ring.

A scorching flame bead, not even the size of an ordinary person's pupil, appeared at a distance of one palm above the cross-section of the ring; if it were an ordinary person, it might have exploded in their hand.

And if it were an ordinary Spellcaster, they could guide this flame bead to fly toward a target at this moment, with no other result.

But for Xia Duo, while he did not yet fully understand the current situation, how could he attack at will or cause any commotion!

He easily dissipated this spell; this was just to test the Reality of the Magic Item, not to attack.

If he wanted to attack, there was absolutely no need to use Fireball.

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In the process of activating the Fireball Ring, Xia Duo clearly saw how the Magic Net Strings linked to the ring changed, and even how energy flowed in the environment of the Great Magic Net outside the ring.

If a dream could achieve this level, then he would truly accept it; he even hoped more that it was a dream!

In that case, when he still hadn't woken up by the next day, the people outside would discover he had a problem, and they would certainly go to find a Great Arcanist to rescue him.

After all, he was now considered the protagonist of the New Year Festival; missing him might lead to some unforeseen consequences.

Even if he were not the protagonist, if an Arcanist who was currently in the limelight had an accident in all the Semi-planes of the Seven Towers, the Seven Towers would also have to be held responsible.

But the problem now was that various phenomena indicated that this was very likely not a dream!

That was awkward!

This meant he was very likely abducted by some unknown entity; being able to abduct someone on the territory of the Seven Towers, and succeeding at that, meant it would not be so easy for the Seven Towers to find him.

The only thing worth rejoicing about now was that he was still safe; that unknown entity seemed to have just thrown him into an unknown location and then left him alone.

In that case, he might still be able to save himself.

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The bizarre change in terrain just now made Xia Duo understand that teleporting here might not be useful; he could only first see what kind of place this was before making other plans.

Thinking this way, Xia Duo no longer hid; anyway, it was already like this, and if an enemy could really appear, that would actually be a good thing, as he could then take all necessary measures without any psychological burden.

He stood up directly and walked toward the four Netherese farmers in the farmland not far away.

Only when he got close enough to see the details of those people's appearances did Xia Duo understand that those people were definitely not normal Netherese farmers.

How could normal people be completely indifferent when seeing someone approaching!

How could normal people have such mechanical movements, with the four of them looking exactly as if they were carved from the same mold!

If it weren't for the obvious differences in the appearances of these four, Xia Duo would have thought he had encountered clones; it was truly too bizarre.

And when he approached to within a stone's throw, almost able to smell the sweat on these people, these people still had no extra movements at all, nor did they look at Xia Duo once.

They were still sowing seeds while shouting the pioneering slogan.

Such a bizarre scene, even with Xia Duo possessing Magic power, still made him feel a chill in his heart; he stepped back slightly and said to the four: "Fellow countryman, where is this?"

Xia Duo was currently wearing a simple linen shirt, and his identity as a Mage could not be seen from his appearance alone; if he could get this close and ask for an answer, he didn't mind.

Could a Mage not be a farmer? That was not necessarily true; if he could go back, and if his plan went smoothly, Mage farmers would definitely appear in Daxia Territory.

Or to put it more decently, call them Agricultural Mages, or Agricultural Druids, or something like that; all would work.

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