Arcane Lord

At noon that day, Xia Duo and Niya had lunch as usual at the lord's villa in Linshui Village. Halfway through the meal, the two of them stopped their chopsticks almost coincidentally and looked at each other:

"The projection plane was discovered!"*2

"Well, I'll go back first. You can come back after eating!"

Time waits for no one. After Sha Duo finished speaking, he immediately teleported back to the Tower of Time, and then teleported to the plane exploration layer one after another. In this case, of course Niya would not stay in Linshui Village, but followed her and stayed with her. Around Xia Duo.

When Sha Duo started the astral projection, he softly said "Be careful", but Sha Duo had no time to reply. His spiritual consciousness was suddenly sucked into the light ball above the projection hall.

First there was a very short pause, followed by an extremely rapid jump. Xia Duo had experienced this process many times before.

But I have to say that each time it left a very profound impact on him, including this time——

It's like the jump flight in science fiction movies on Earth, except that in the movie it's the spaceship that jumps, but at this moment it's his consciousness that Shado jumps over!

On earth, consciousness is usually described as the reflection of the human mind on the objective material world. It is the sum of various psychological processes such as feeling and thinking.

In other words, consciousness is just a metaphysical concept, not something concrete.

But in the magical world, there are always various experiences that can make people deeply feel that the consciousness is real and the soul is real.

At this moment, his consciousness was like a stretched noodle, which was continuously stretched during the leap, until a silver void appeared in front of him.

Magnificent and extensive.

But then, the silver void disappeared. In a daze, Xia Duo felt countless soft lights appearing around him. Although these lights were not irritating, they still gave people a relaxing and pleasant feeling.

But such a scene could not help but remind him of his previous experience in the [Projection Plane·Dark Area]——

There was also light around him when he entered the projection plane. At that time, he transformed into a drow who was extremely afraid of light. To him, the light was like being cut into pieces by a thousand knives.

That experience left a deep impression on him, even a "shadow". This time entering the projection plane and encountering countless rays of light again, Xia Duo had some bad premonitions in his heart.

Letting go of his perception, Xia Duo wanted to see what the environment around him was like, and what race he had become this time.

But after several times of perception, there were still only countless lights around him. As for himself, he felt that the race he incarnated this time was very different from before, at least he couldn't sense his own body yet.

Or maybe he sensed it, but this body couldn't be controlled by him, as if it was imprisoned by some kind of force.

"how so?"

Xia Duo fell into deep confusion at this time. Although he did not feel any discomfort in terms of "body sense", this feeling of being unable to control himself and his environment made him feel particularly uneasy.

"what is going on?"

Although confused and uneasy, Xia Duo still did not give up and was still trying to perceive himself. There was one thing he was sure of, and that was——

Since it can be projected, no matter how special the body is, it is possible for it to be controlled by him.

Although there are many coincidences and randomness when entering the projection plane, there are generally certain rules to follow. It is similar to throwing a glass ball at a flat bottom. It may not necessarily stop somewhere exactly, but there must be a pit where it stops. of.

This pit can be regarded as the compatibility between the consciousness of the projected traveler and the individual in the projection plane. Some pits are of suitable size, some are slightly larger, and some are slightly smaller.

But after all, there is a degree of compatibility, understanding, and control.

Of course, having said that, Xia Duo also set a deadline for himself. If he could not successfully control the body of his incarnation and gain the ability to cast spells within a month, he would leave.

Being trapped in this body is not conducive to his exploration of the plane, let alone designing a mysterious lock. One month is the limit he can accept. He doesn't want to waste any more. It is better to go back and do it again.

If he's lucky, this projection plane can support him to project a few more times. Even if he's not lucky, there is still the last option of the Austrian Law Alliance. Anyway, he can't waste time here.

…

Because the body is unfamiliar, although there is perception, it is incomplete. Xia Duo has a very vague concept of time and only calculates the time perceived in his heart.

Almost two days later, of course, the actual time may be shorter. On this day, Xia Duo was a little irritably thinking about whether to return to the main plane early.

Although he has made some gains in the past two days, for example, the body he is now incarnating does not need to eat and does not feel weak.

There is also the light outside, there will be periodic changes in light and dark, etc.

But these did not help him much in controlling this body. On the contrary, during the long period of confinement, his patience was worn away very quickly. In just two days, he felt that he could no longer hold on.

You can imagine what a month of suffering would be like.

"Should we return early?"

There is no doubt that once such a tempting idea arises, it will not disappear easily. Xia Duo's heart continues to waver until he "hears" an Elvish voice that can be called the sound of nature——

"Elder Xilin, the pruning and maintenance work has been arranged for tomorrow afternoon. Does the elder have any other instructions?"

"Elder Xilin" and "pruning and maintenance", as soon as these two concepts came out, Sha Duo immediately "unlocked" part of the memory of this body. It turned out that "he" was the elder of the Salvin Tree Council!

The so-called "pruning and maintenance" is naturally not the trimming of hair and nails that ordinary people understand, but the dead branches and leaves of Xilin, a special elder.

Yes, the body of Sha Duo's incarnation this time turned out to be a tree, or to be more precise, a tree man!

He had been racking his brains for a long time before, but he never thought of it. After all, in the main plane, although the existence of tree people is not a secret, the sense of existence is low enough, even to the point where people can't even imagine it. .

Xia Duo did not answer the elf's inquiry. On the one hand, he had not yet been able to control this body and did not know how to reply. On the other hand, he did not want to communicate with the outside world before he had a general understanding of Xilin's memory.

Anyway, I am a tree now, so it is normal not to reply.

Sure enough, when Xia Duo didn't respond at all, the other party still gave the reply "I know, I will arrange for your gardening team to come over tomorrow."

After the elf's voice completely disappeared, Xia Duo's irritability accumulated in the past two days also disappeared. At this moment, he seemed to have just discovered a novel toy and was groping around.