Chapter 1051: Chaos God Speculation, Ascension Race

Since there is Order Force, then it is very likely that there is also Chaos Power. If the collision between Prime Force and Order Force can give birth to Divine Fire, then what about a collision with Chaos Power?

Could it be that Divine Fire might also be born, or some other similar existence?

And as for Faith Power, it is not necessarily only positive; do fear and hatred count?

As the saying goes, creation is always harder than destruction; order requires a great deal of time and energy to establish, but isn't causing destruction just a matter of a moment? Especially for an Ascended God who possesses powerful strength.

Xia Duo envisioned such an Ascension to Godhood path—

Continuously creating slaughter and spreading fear, the final achievement could be the "Chaos Fear God" or the "Chaos Slaughter God."

Xia Duo can think of these, and others who have obtained the Ascension Ritual data might also think of them. As long as one person appears who wants to take a shortcut and puts it into practice, it will inevitably trigger great chaos. (It may not be that they truly want to take a shortcut; it is possible they are just forced by the situation, such as an enemy sending news that their Ascension Ritual is progressing smoothly.)

And chaos might in turn increase the success rate of such an Ascended God.

When that time comes, bad money drives out good, and the Ascension Race turns into a contest of who can sink lower; that would be a tragedy, with order completely collapsing and chaos dominating everything.

Even if such an extreme situation does not occur, will there not be conflicts between the various participants of the Ascension Race in the process of establishing order?

Xia Duo still remembers that in the background of that game on Earth, there was the concept of "Divine Office," for example, the Princess's "Expansion and Protection" counts as a type of "Divine Office."

Generally speaking, one Divine Office will only correspond to one god; if there are multiple gods, then there is no doubt it is destined to be a life-or-death struggle.

In the real magic world, Xia Duo is not yet clear if "Divine Office" exists, but for one type of Order Force, there can clearly only be one Controller.

Of course, inclusion and differentiation are also possible, but would those who have already become gods be willing to have their authority divided by latecomers?

Even if both sides have not yet become gods, if their paths are the same, or even just similar, would they not have the thought of eliminating their competitors?

This is completely different from the Magic Path; the Magic Path is about everyone progressing together, and even those conservatives enjoy such benefits.

Between Mages, or rather Arcanists, there may be competition in some aspects, or even hatred, but that is more of a dispute over interests; on the grand theme of the Magic Path, everyone is not in a competitive relationship.

But the appearance of the Ascension Ritual will turn everyone qualified to perform the ritual into a potential competitor.

Ascension Race, that really is not a wrong description at all!

Of course, the situation might also develop in a good direction, such as all Great Arcanists agreeing in advance on who establishes what order and becomes what god, dividing it up first, and then each developing without interfering with the other.

Xia Duo feels that the current Netheril is very likely to be able to do this; after all, the Netheril of the past was still orderly, and the Great Arcanists were also relatively rational and relatively restrained.

They did not cause any unmanageable incidents within the country.

The most serious thing Xia Duo knows of is nothing more than last year, when Great Arcanist Braun went to block the door of Great Arcanist Weide's Mage Tower, but now, hasn't the matter been resolved?

At least Braun is no longer blocking the door now.

But such a good side still harbors dangers; for example, if a future new Great Arcanist finds there is no suitable new order for them to establish, will they then have to challenge the old order?

Also, if those pioneers who successfully ascended to godhood become conservative and resist change because they do not want the order that serves as the foundation of their Divine Power to be shaken, will they cause Netheril to maintain the status quo until the end of time?

Even going so far as to suppress the development of magic just to maintain their own high and mighty position?

That kind of solidified era of "Gods ruling the world, suppressing all variables," in Xia Duo's view, might not even be as good as having a few more Chaos Gods from the start!

In the Laboratory, Xia Duo thought over and over, and in the end, still felt that the appearance of the Ascension Ritual is more harmful than beneficial for the current Netheril.

For the magic civilization he wants to create and develop, it is also more harmful than beneficial.

Of course, all of this is just his personal speculation based on the Ascension Ritual data; how the future will actually develop can only be verified by time.

And what he wants to know most right now is to what extent gods can interfere with the Mortal Plane.

Or to be more specific—how strong the power of the Princess's avatar in the Nether Palace is, whether she can act at will, whether her true body can enter the Main Plane, and so on.

However, it is very difficult to ask the Princess about these things directly; at the very least, these questions are not things that someone with Xia Duo's relationship can casually inquire about.

Even for Niya, it is not appropriate to ask these questions.

Perhaps Master Bailun could; as the teacher whom the Princess deeply respected during her mortal period, Master Bailun is perhaps the most suitable person in this world to ask the Princess those questions.

But unfortunately, Xia Duo's relationship with Master Bailun has not yet reached the level of closeness where he can ask him to do such a thing.

"Sigh—"

Xia Duo let out a long sigh, and then dispelled the various Protective Spells he had just set up in the Laboratory. Without the nearly complete isolation of the protective measures, he immediately received a message.

On the Communication Magic Tool.

If it were a general Communication Spell, if the target were in an isolated state, then the communication would definitely fail, but 【Magic Net Background Communication】 is different.

It utilizes Magic Net Background Fluctuation for communication; in essence, it is a type of global broadcast. If there is no target, or the target is in an isolated state, it will simply persist.

Only when the target appears will this special Magic Net Background Fluctuation immediately "collapse" and be received by the target; after that, even if one wanted to eavesdrop, it would be very difficult to achieve.

Perhaps in the future, when related technology reaches a certain level, one could trace the communication content by detecting the echo residue in the Magic Net Background Fluctuation, but right now, it is simply impossible.

Coupled with the encryption of the Communication Magic Tool, even if one could detect the echo residue in the future, one might not be able to crack the communication content.

But direct communication is different; direct Spellcasting requires the Spellcaster to encrypt it themselves. If some people try to save trouble and do not encrypt, then it is truly possible to be eavesdropped upon.

Especially for a communication method like 【Magic Net Background Communication】 which is nearly a global broadcast, if it is not encrypted, the possibility of being eavesdropped upon is even greater than with a general Communication Spell.

Of course, Magic Net Background Communication in the Main Plane has not appeared for long, so there shouldn't be many people who have mastered eavesdropping technology, even Xia Duo does not master it.

He did not find eavesdropping technology for this type of spell in 【Projection Plane: Arcane Empire】, and he did not study it in depth later.

Niya, on the other hand, having set her research direction in the field of communication, might invent such technology in the future.

The one sending the message to Xia Duo was Luodite. Before the Princess's Ascension Ceremony, he had invited Xia Duo to explore the Age of Discovery ruins near Zhenisi, but was refused by Xia Duo.

Later, Luodite settled for the next best thing, only asking for Xia Duo's 【Mind Link】 to assist during the exploration; he did not even need Xia Duo to go to Zhenisi to cooperate with the exploration nearby. He would take people to Nan Jing, finish the link, and then head to the ruins.

This communication was Luodite's advance notice that he wanted to visit the Tower of Time, and he requested the Access Key for the Tower of Time's Teleportation Array.

"Does he know I've come to Seventon, or does he not?"

However, it didn't matter. Xia Duo arranged to meet Luodite at the Arcane Union, and then left this private Laboratory that had already become his exclusive space.