A planar gate entrance?

Locke carefully observed that spatial vortex. It was indeed not a dimensional door or a gate leading to a demiplane.

Although Locke had never been to other planes, he had learned from some journals and literature that First Circle stage wizards didn't have the ability to independently traverse the Great Void and leave the protection of the [World's Principles].

Therefore, at the First Circle stage, if one truly wanted to conduct planar exploration, basically they wouldn't ride void warships and invade head-on, but rather excavate and search for planes that had some coupling relationship with the wizard world.

So-called coupling referred to two objects producing a connection for some reason without making contact. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

In this world, there were countless planes located in the Great Void.

And the spatial distance of the Great Void was incomparably vast. The normal distance between two planes was extremely far. Even within this stellar system, who knew how much time it would take to reach other planes.

But even so, heaven still gave the wizard world a way to contact other planes before mastering long-distance void navigation.

That was [Elemental Particle Entanglement]!

That is, some elements of the wizard world, at an unknown distance of how many light-years away, produced elemental particle coupling with a distant plane, thus creating the special phenomenon of a planar gate.

Through this planar gate, one could enter other planes.

Like passing through a black hole to enter another world, traversing vast void distances.

Planes like the Dragon Bone Plane and the Twell Plane controlled by the Land of Six Towers both produced [Elemental Particle Entanglement] with the wizard world, generating planar gates, and thus were invaded by the wizard world.

Their true physical distance in the Great Void might be who knows how many tens of thousands of light-years away from the wizard world, extremely distant.

For First Circle wizards, the void was truly too dangerous, so generally even when conducting planar exploration, they only explored through planar gates.

Locke gazed at the planar gate before him. Clearly, behind this planar gate must be a plane located in the distant void, who knows how many tens of thousands of light-years away.

The physical distance of this plane was already so far as to be inconceivable.

And because of the miracle of natural might, because of elemental particle entanglement, a planar gate had actually opened here, allowing them to pass through this gate and enter that plane.

But why would Grand Wizard Sulla's soul disappear in this place?

Locke said, "Then should we go in?"

"Alicia, I haven't had experience entering planar gates before. What about you?"

Alicia shook her head. "I also lack experience. I've only been to the Twell Plane once before."

"But fortunately, these worlds that have produced elemental particle entanglement with our world, generally speaking, their world rules won't differ too greatly from our world's rules. Because only worlds with similar elements can produce elemental particle entanglement phenomena. So entering such worlds is much safer than entering those outer planes and subsidiary planes of our home planar cluster."

"For example, the Fire Elemental Plane of our home planar cluster, although only 0.5 light-years away from us, has no land to speak of in that plane. There's only flame there, and flame compressed into liquid or even solid material states. Its temperature is so high that as soon as we step on it, we'd be burned to nothing."

Alicia said, "Conversely, those worlds entered through planar gates are basically all very safe because they have great similarity to our world. There's a high probability they're also life planes. This is also why our wizard civilization could safely explore other worlds in its early stages."

"Because any plane that has produced a planar gate won't be too dangerous. But even so, it's still quite dangerous."

"We can't casually walk into it."

Locke nodded slightly. First Circle stage wizards not choosing to directly explore planes in the void also had this reason.

There was also the cost-effectiveness reason.

Because in the void, the number of planes with life was far less than the number of planes without life, and planes with life had a probability of possessing high-value resources that far exceeded lifeless planes.

So searching for planar gates was actually simpler and more efficient than aimlessly searching in the void.

Alicia took out from her astral ring ten potion bottles flashing with starlight inside. "This is Homeland Potion. Some material from the prime material plane has been refined into it by potion masters. After taking it, even if I'm in another world, I'll still be wrapped in the World's Principles of the wizard great world."

"Entering other worlds has three main aspects of danger."

"First, possible hostility from natives."

"Second, that world's principles' level of acceptance of us. There have been wizards who, without any protection, entered other worlds, and as a result their bodies were rejected by that world and immediately turned to dust by the wind manifested by the world's power."

"We are children of our world, not children of other worlds. Life is so precious to a world, like its own children. But we children, to other worlds, are no longer precious gifts but detestable brats."

"Different worlds have different levels of external rejection. Generally speaking, worlds with higher similarity to our world are safer and won't directly reject us. Worlds with low similarity to our world are more dangerous and will directly reject us."

"The third danger is the local environment after passing through the World's Principles' adaptation crisis. The gas and water environments might be different from our world. But this is actually easier for wizards to solve."

Alicia also took out two sets of special black rubber protective suits from her astral ring. "These are exploration suits crafted by First Circle alchemists. They have multiple special materials. After putting them on, they'll automatically become invisible, as if not worn."

"But they'll continuously protect our bodies, preventing us from directly contacting that world."

"So conducting planar exploration requires consuming massive resources, because just the protection issue of entering requires spending a lot of money and needs experience."

Alicia bit her lip. She hesitated and looked at Locke. "Locke, even using special protective suits and Homeland Potion, our behavior of entering a strange plane is still full of danger."

"Of course, currently this kind of protective operation is already quite perfect in conventional planar exploration procedures. But we still have to take risks. Will you take risks with me? Even if I go alone, that would be fine."

Alicia said guiltily. She quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at Locke's eyes, afraid that Locke would really say he would wait outside the planar gate and let Alicia enter alone first.

Locke glanced at Alicia, finding it extremely strange. After thinking, he could understand Alicia's thinking.

After all, the family wizards of the Land of Six Towers were all sons of wealth who never took risks.

Unlike struggling wizards from the southeastern quadrant like himself. For him, wanting to obtain knowledge and make magical progress, how could he not take any risks at all?

From his current perspective, Alicia had experience entering planar gates for exploration. One experience was still experience. She also had massive safety guarantees in hand. After all, she was the acting clan leader of the Plutarch family. She couldn't disregard her own safety.

So he had nothing to hesitate about.

Locke said in a deep voice, "Strictly speaking, behind this planar gate there may be Wizard Sulla's soul, so entering it to explore is also fulfilling my duty. Moreover, you gave me three major projects with total funding of over one million five hundred thousand magic stones, plus a large number of employees whose wages I don't have to pay. Honestly, you've already maxed out my research resources."

"According to wizards' principle of equivalent exchange, I should also help you."

"However, let's establish some ground rules first. Although this plane looks like it's very likely the Plutarch family's private property, whatever I obtain from entering it this time, I have the right to possess. And you need to help me convince Grand Wizard Sulla to let me freely enter this plane for exploration in the future."

Alicia smiled. Aside from the last matter, everything else was easy as pie for her. And the last matter actually wasn't difficult either.

Given Grand Wizard Sulla's doting on her.

Alicia said, "Good, there's no problem with any of this. Dear Locke, let's prepare. We'll enter this plane."

"Because we don't know what might happen, any event is possible during planar traversal, so we need to adapt to circumstances."

Locke nodded. "No problem. Among us two, only you have planar exploration experience, so I can temporarily follow your lead."

Alicia glanced at Locke, her face slightly flushed. Follow her lead in everything?