Plane Connection

The principle behind making a Plane Altar was to assemble various psionic materials into a "Magic Signal Transmitter." In Lin Xiaowei's world, there were all kinds of materials with psionic effects—mithril, Magic Iron, Dragon Blood Ore, and so on.

But Earth's psionic energy concentration was low. At any rate, Li Yao had lived all these years without ever seeing any "magic materials."

Of course, that was no challenge for Lin Xiaowei, the little expert at courting death.

At its core, so-called magic materials were merely objects containing special energy. Even if Earth's psionic energy concentration was insufficient to nurture deposits like mithril mines, psionic energy still existed. Li Yao was now a Mage Apprentice, capable of sensing and guiding psionic energy, which made things easy... If there were no magic materials, then he would make them himself!

The raw materials would be all kinds of gemstones.

Gemstones were naturally compatible with psionic energy. Li Yao's experiments had already confirmed this, and the higher the quality of the gemstone, the greater its affinity! Lin Xiaowei said, "So work hard and whale away, young man!"

Li Yao stared at his phone so hard his eyes nearly popped out. "So are gemstones in your world wholesale goods, like rocks?!"

He had thoroughly studied the Plane Altar blueprint. A three-foot-square altar required nine layers of magic arrays, stacked one atop another. Never mind the various magic stones embedded throughout it—even the obsidian used as the foundation of the arrays was expensive, okay?

How much would this cost!?

What a waste of money!

Lin Xiaowei sent a smiling emoji. "I'm a mage. I burn money!"

Li Yao: "..."

Yes, mages were all pay-to-win players.

Unlike classes such as druids, paladins, and priests, mages drew all their power from honing themselves and exploring the world. The deeper their exploration of the world, the greater the power they wielded.

And exploration was carried out through experimentation.

Anyone who had done scientific research knew...

There was nothing in this world that burned money faster than experiments.

And many insanely expensive experiments might not even end with so much as a fart. Or they might go "Boom" and end with one enormous fart.

So Lin Xiaowei comforted him, "Don't worry. Once you burn enough money... you'll get used to it."

Li Yao: "..."

Lin Xiaowei said, "Don't be so stingy, young man. Open up your mind a little. The poorer people are, the more they pinch pennies and refuse to spend, and the poorer they become. Take a gamble, and a bicycle might turn into a motorcycle!"

Heh. Li Yao instinctively wanted to argue, but after thinking it over, he realized she actually made a lot of sense.

He had seen a similar argument on Weibo—a useless rich second-generation kid who only knew how to have fun. His parents had extensive connections and let him enjoy himself, build connections, and make friends. Later, whenever some opportunity to get rich came along, he would pull people in to invest and work on it together. He merely acted as the middleman. There were successes and failures, but within a few years, he had earned several million on his own. Meanwhile, an old researcher at a scientific institution had dedicated decades to research, only to retire with four or five hundred thousand saved.

The world had never been fair.

It had no logic and no reason.

Just like how he had cheated to win money in Macau. Though it was not a long-term solution, it had truly been his first pot of gold, and it had come remarkably easily.

Now, although he had to burn money, once this was done, as long as he could set up a production line, with the supplies and alchemy formulas Lin Xiaowei transmitted to him, starting a business and making a fortune would be no problem at all.

That was the logic of it.

But it still felt damn unpleasant.

Li Yao said, "I don't care. You owe me!"

Lin Xiaowei said, "Don't worry, I'll take responsibility." Smoking and smiling afterward.jpg.

Li Yao said, "I'll knock your skull open!"

Lin Xiaowei said, "Hahahahaha! Fine, fine, fine. I'm in a good mood. Once you wrap this up nicely, I'll transmit an Attack Spell to you—a Growth Spell improved by a Legendary Mage~~ Don't you really want it~~ Hmm~~ Baby~~ Come on, tell me, do you want it or not~~"

Li Yao said, "Oh."

Then he cut off the internet and logged out!

Spoiling her too much!

But he really wanted it...

The Plane Altar sounded incredibly impressive, but the production process was actually not complicated. The only difficult part was obtaining the gemstones. Fortunately, he had money now and did not need to handle everything personally. He went straight to a local jewelry store, negotiated with its manager, and paid a deposit of three hundred thousand. The various gemstones Li Yao needed were secured.

There was no clichéd plot about pretending to be weak before revealing his strength, or showing off and slapping faces.

The jewelry store staff were incredibly professional, okay!

Whether you could afford it or not, they would have you pay the deposit first. Once the money was in place, everything else was easy to discuss!

This left Li Yao deeply disappointed. As expected, all those scenes in urban novels were lies! Though there was one novel where one car salesperson played the bad cop and another played the good cop to improve their closing rate. That sort of tactic was probably fairly common... Tsk, city life was full of schemes.

A week after he paid the deposit, the jewelry store shipped the gemstones Li Yao needed to the designated location. Delivery was free, and the jewelry store manager personally came to confirm the final payment—3.2 million vanished just like that! Li Yao rented a warehouse in the far outskirts of the county town, bought some machinery, and began his work...

These gemstones were divided into four categories:

The "round diamond," representing solid matter and symbolized by earth.

The "Padparadscha Sapphire," representing active energy and symbolized by flame.

The "Antarcticite," representing enduring time and symbolized by flowing water.

The "alexandrite," representing space in all four directions and symbolized by a long wind.

With obsidian as the base, each layer of the magic array was adorned with twelve Four Aspects Gems, for a total of nine layers and 432 gemstones consumed. At the center of the altar were twelve high-quality diamonds... Their purity made them the best transmission source.

After half a month of staying up day and night, Li Yao finally completed the Plane Altar! It had been miserable work!

"Recharging" these gemstones with magic all day was exhausting.

Hugging these gemstones every day... Li Yao's eyes were nearly dazzled. If gemstones could turn into girls, that would be great... Though with that hardness... Hmm, what man could possibly tame one? And once gemstones became girls, you might not even be able to afford a figurine of your wife! But those big shots who could afford gemstone figurines **** could definitely handle it! Looking at the Plane Altar piled up from gemstones, Li Yao let out a long breath of stale air...

If any woman saw this thing, she would probably go crazy.

Women were Evil Dragons. They liked glittering, dazzling stones.

Now, Li Yao was going to use this pile of jewels—stones enough to drive women mad—to set off fireworks.

He took out his phone and sent Lin Xiaowei a message. "I'm spending over three million to set off fireworks for you. Happy birthday."

Today was Lin Xiaowei's birthday.

That was also why Li Yao had stayed up day and night, rushing to finish it today.

Far away in another world, Lin Xiaowei suddenly felt her eyes heat up. So today was her birthday on Earth... Although time flowed similarly in this world and on Earth, crossing worlds did not mean moving parallel through the timelines. She had arrived at an earlier point in this world's timeline, so when she reconnected with Earth, only a dozen or so days had passed over there.

Thankfully, only a dozen or so days had passed!

She had not been forgotten. The people who cherished her were still there! And she had never forgotten them, not even for a moment! So she would definitely return to Earth.

She would give those she missed day and night a huge, deep embrace!

And that was why she was willing to take the risk of using the Magic Tower to anchor Earth's Realm Coordinates!

She replied, "Thank you."

Li Yao smiled and injected spiritual power into the Plane Altar, igniting the fluctuation signal transmitter within the magic array!

Whoosh!

The Plane Altar instantly lit up with dazzling radiance. Four-colored spiritual light flashed wildly at a particular frequency, like a revolving lantern, filling the shabby warehouse with the atmosphere of a tacky nightclub... Li Yao's eyes were nearly blinded! The mage who designed this thing had definitely been a clubbing mage! Far away in another world, Lin Xiaowei immediately activated the Magic Tower's fluctuation detection device. After inputting the specific frequency, the detection crystal inside the Mage Tower began flashing madly. Vast amounts of spiritual light burst forth, radiating into the boundless multiverse... searching for that specific frequency.

Lin Xiaowei's Spirit Sense was connected to the Mage Tower's central crystal. As the detection waves radiated into the distance, her spiritual power was rapidly depleted...

Her face quickly turned pale. The pain of having her spiritual power squeezed dry felt like countless awls stabbing into her brain!

It hurt so much! Yet she would not give up. Whenever her spiritual power was about to run dry, she drank a Mana Potion. When the potions ran out, she drew upon the soul energy stored inside her phone!

At last, the fluctuations transmitted by the Plane Altar were received by the Magic Tower's detection device! Lin Xiaowei perked up and rapidly operated the Mage Tower's control center with both hands. "Plane coordinates anchored, accuracy within ten meters... Confirmed! Cross-plane material transmission beginning... Energy expenditure disregarded... Confirmed!... Confirmed! Transmission!"

Lin Xiaowei bent over in pain, completing the operation at the brink of collapse!

Spiritual light flashed explosively as the supplies prepared long ago were sent out through the plane transmission array...

"Cease plane fluctuation detection. Cut off the Magic Association's access to the control center operation records! Save the exploration records..." Lin Xiaowei endured the splitting headache and continued operating the control center. As she worked, she circulated her meditation technique to restore her spiritual power. This had been too risky; even her soul had suffered some damage. She should probably see her teacher afterward and make sure no lasting effects remained. Once her headache eased somewhat, she used the Memory Spell to engrave that string of coordinate information deep into her mind, then finally deleted it! "All right, it's fine now."

After clearing away all traces, Lin Xiaowei let out a long breath and quietly slipped out of the Magic Tower's core control room.

Not long after Lin Xiaowei left, a Space Gate unfolded inside the core control room. A man dressed in lavish robes, with his beard and hair groomed impeccably, stepped out. He casually waved a hand, and a screen made of spiritual light appeared before him. Looking at the data displayed on it, he revealed an amused smile. "Oh? New Realm Coordinates? Interesting."

Tonight's breeze was gentle, the moonlight was beautiful, and I missed you very much. It's fine if you leave, but please leave behind a bookmark and recommendation so I can look forward to seeing you again tomorrow.

Thanks to Su Lin Muxue and Yuan Qiqing for recommending this book to your reading lists. Thank you~