Lord of Arcane

Chapter 937
Lake Macht is in the maze.

Byron was flying in front, and Xia Duo was following behind. The two seemed to be actively looking for the source of the weird aquatic plants, but as they flew, Xia Duo realized something was wrong.

Master Byron moves forward for a while, goes backward for a while, goes up for a while, and goes down again for a while. If there is a clear goal, can the goal still be moved?

With doubts in his heart, Xia Duo inevitably hesitated in his actions. After the two of them changed directions once, he finally couldn't help asking Master Byron:

"Master, are you following the aquatic plants mentioned by Advisor Said?"

"Yes and no!"

Hearing Xia Duo's question, Byron simply slowed down, and said while flying: "I just discovered the special connection between these aquatic plants and the mysia in the process of trying to unlock the mysia!"

"Special connection?" Xia Duo didn't quite understand, the Mystic is full of water, and aquatic plants grow in the water, so what's so special about it.

"Think about it, how many murlocs are there here? And how many murlocs are there outside?" Byron asked rhetorically.

Of course, the murlocs here can't see the edge at a glance, Xia Duo didn't cast detection spells in the mythos, and he didn't know the number of murlocs in the water world in the mythos, only that there were many.

As for the outside—

"what--"

Xia Duo suddenly thought of it. He had calculated that at least ten murlocs appeared every second in the outside world, so even if there is a time acceleration effect in the mythos, enough food must be provided.

It is equivalent to automatically replenishing all the food needed by more than ten murlocs to grow up to adulthood in Mysuo every second.

It takes about 12 years for a normal murloc to grow into an adult. In this relatively special mythical environment, the time may be less, but the food demand is still high.

And he has seen murlocs mating in Mysuo besides eating and drinking. Although the only thing these murlocs ate was aquatic plants, they really needed to eat instead of relying on wind and dew to grow.

Xia Duo was very sure of this.

but--

The Mysuo here is centered around Lake Mechter, and it cannot be separated from the environmental constraints of Lake Mechter. Such a large food demand cannot be supplied by Lake Mechter alone.

Xia Duo guessed before that it might be special aquatic plants modified by druids. Before he and Byron came into the Mystery, the consultant Seid of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce had already confirmed that the growth ability of these aquatic plants had been strengthened!

But now Byron has mentioned the relationship between aquatic plants and mythos again, and even described it as special, so the relationship between these aquatic plants and mythos should not be the relationship between ordinary creatures and the environment!
At this time, Xia Duo had already realized that the growth of aquatic plants also needs energy, and it is obviously not enough to rely solely on the sunlight energy obtained from the small area of ​​Mecht Lake in the normal time flow of the outside world.

The only explanation is from the mythos.

So the special connection mentioned by Master Byron, does it refer to the relatively direct energy supply relationship between the two?

So, Xia Duo expressed his own judgment, Master Byron nodded slightly after hearing this, and announced the answer:

"There is indeed such a relationship, but it's not complete. It should be said that the existence of these aquatic plants is rooted in the essence of Myzhao. As long as Myzhao exists, these aquatic plants will grow infinitely!"

This kind of metaphysical conceptual existence involving existence and essence is not as perfect as the local mages of Netheril.

After all, the concept before time travel has been affecting him, but as he explores in the field of magic, he will naturally become more and more acceptable.

But now, listening to Master Byron's words, can these aquatic plants be derived out of thin air?
Xia Duo quickly asked: "Master, do you mean that even if we remove all the aquatic plants in the mythos, as long as we don't destroy the mythos, these aquatic plants will regenerate?"

"No, as long as we don't destroy the mythos, these aquatic plants cannot be completely removed. The faster we clean up, the faster the aquatic plants will multiply! Of course, if we can really remove all the aquatic plants here, it is equivalent to the lack of mythos. Part of the essence is tantamount to destroying the mythical lock!"

This kind of answer is much easier for Xia Duo to understand. It turns out that the water grassland is not created out of nothing, but manifested in the form of normal reproduction.

So--

"Where are the weird aquatic plants that Advisor Said mentioned?" Then, Xia Duo said, "Didn't the master say to find the source of those weird aquatic plants?"

"Young man, be patient!"

Master Byron joked casually, and continued: "Those aquatic plants that are independent and aggressive without combining with murlocs are not fundamentally different from the aquatic plants we see now.

"But the changes in it can enable us to understand the nature of this aquatic plant faster. Of course, this is what we need. Aren't we looking for it now?"

Just as he was about to continue talking, Byron suddenly changed his expression and sent a message to Xia Duo, "I found it! Follow me!"

When Xia Duo saw Master Byron's solemn expression, he probably guessed that what he had found was not just weird aquatic plants, but the source of normal aquatic plants turning into weird aquatic plants.

Of course, the so-called normal aquatic plants are only relative to the weird aquatic plants mentioned by Saide's consultant. In fact, the aquatic plants in Mecht Lake are not normal.

Normal aquatic plants, who will parasitize on creatures, can even slightly improve individual intelligence, and even form collective intelligence.

He had guessed that these aquatic plants might be some kind of nerve cord device, and now he was more sure of this guess.

Being able to connect with Mysuo means that there may be a control terminal, and the meaning revealed in it is too fascinating.

……

Following Master Byron again and again, he seemed to be approaching something that might point to the truth, or existence.

Suddenly, Master Byron stopped directly. Xia Duo, who was thinking, didn't react, and almost bumped into him. Fortunately, he stopped in time, so he didn't make a fool of himself.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"The situation has changed, I will send you out of the fan lock first!"

"..."

Xia Duo was stunned for a moment, what was the situation, but this time Master Byron obviously did not intend to explain anything, and did not give Xia Duo a chance to refuse, and directly cast a spell to teleport Xia Duo into a green light.

At the same time, the last words of the master came to my ears: "Fly in any direction, which is the direction we came in!"

At this moment, Xia Duo's mood can only be said to be like [-] alpacas galloping past. This feeling of being stopped abruptly is really uncomfortable.

He could already guess that Master Byron must have discovered something extraordinary, and he didn't want him to see it. Maybe it was good intentions, maybe it was greed, but it was always regrettable.

He sighed for a while, and at this time Xia Duo also noticed the special surrounding environment, which was a chaotic area like space.

Looking around, there is only a misty green glow, and nothing else.

According to Master Byron's prompt just now, Xia Duo randomly chose a direction to fly away.

(End of this chapter)