It took some effort to activate the Explorative Soul ability, but the fact that it was possible to activate it, confirmed that Timothy did a great job with the replicas that he made! In order for the ability to be activated, they would need to enter a hibernating state, and this was difficult for species who could not hibernate naturally!
Aqus Goblins, as a species, did not hibernate, and since the team had assumed the form of Aqus Goblins, they had to spend a few hours just to snap into the hibernating state! They had to pour mana into the ability, constantly, as to enthrall it to cooperate.
It worked eventually, but each member of the team spent at least a couple hundred thousand mana points in the process! It took quite some effort to get where they wanted to be, but at least it worked.