Chapter 1908: The Final Experiment

As the saying goes, plans are never as fast as changes.

Xia Duo had previously focused too much on the transaction itself and underestimated the impact this transaction would generate; it was only just now, after the transaction was completed, that he realized he could no longer remain in the Elf Court.

The essence of the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll is information; once the transaction begins, for one of the parties, the number of secret scrolls they possess effectively doubles.

So, as the more powerful party in the transaction, would Jielunsita use this advantage to further expand its lead?

And would the other nations, fearing that Jielunsita might collect all the Dragon Madness Secret Scrolls, conduct their own transactions and isolate Jielunsita?

Clearly, the answers to these questions would, in all likelihood, be affirmative.

As the greatest variable in this race to collect the Dragon Madness Secret Scrolls, Xia Duo naturally became the center of attention for all nations; if Jielunsita had a conscience, perhaps they would provide him with shelter.

But it was more likely they would simply eliminate him, and while the other nations might not eliminate him immediately, they would certainly all be coming for the double portion of secret scrolls he possessed.

Therefore, having come to this realization, Xia Duo decided to quit while he was ahead; as for that Mage Dali from the south, he could only say it was a pity.

……

Facts proved that Xia Duo's decision was correct; he had just left the Elf Court when he discovered several trackers, and if he had been any later, he might have been trapped and killed in the Elf Court.

Although he could return to the Main Plane at any time, there were at least two things in Evereska that still needed to be wrapped up!

One was the Mythallar construction, and the other was the research on Arcane Infusion transformation.

The former only required a visit to take a look, and whether he participated or not, he could gain "construction experience" that could be repeatedly studied in the future; as for the latter, the most important complete infusion transformation experiment had yet to be done!

Ever since Yisite joined the Laboratory, Xia Duo's research progress had been very rapid, and the experiments on light and medium doses of Arcane Infusion transformation for Elf volunteers had even been completed.

Finally, all that remained was the complete infusion transformation experiment, with the subject being Mila, who had previously survived the Magic Energy Infection transformation; although Mila had developed a second Personality during that disaster, at least she still had consciousness.

Based on the previous Arcane Infusion transformation experiments, it was inferred that Mila should be able to withstand the complete Arcane Infusion transformation, and even if it failed, there would be no danger to her life; the situation would not be worse than it was now.

And once successful, she would be the first Arcane Elf, and future research might lead to a more stable Transformation Ritual, while also serving as the starting point for the Bloodline Sequencing Project.

For Xia Duo, as long as Mila could become an Arcane Elf and exist stably, it would, to a certain extent, prove that humans would also have the opportunity to obtain an arcane form.

Or rather, a more universal arcane bloodline!

And this, in turn, could serve as a bargaining chip for his deep participation in the Jilan Tower Bloodline Sequencing, or become an important cornerstone for the overall improvement of his subjects' Magic talent. (With an arcane bloodline, one could directly skip the threshold for Spellcasting.)

……

Despite having multiple trackers behind him, how could a high-level Mage be caught so easily? Xia Duo shook off the trackers without much effort, and after simply cleaning up various traces, he directly dispelled his avatar.

Of course, he also knew that he could not hide his true identity forever, but holding out until the Evereska Mythallar was built was not a problem.

As for what happened after that, he would leave it to the real Xilin to handle; in any case, he was going to leave.

……

Recreating an avatar to return to Evereska, Xia Duo was discovered by Ougesi as soon as he arrived; currently, the dismantling work of the Old Mythallar in Evereska was nearing its end.

Without the protection of the Mythallar, Evereska had entered a state of full martial law; although he had expected this, Xia Duo still had to lament that the efficiency of the Council of Elders was simply not like that of Elves.

After returning to the manor, Saijisi came uninvited; he first presented a jar of original leaf tea, and then, after stammering for a long time, he finally spoke under Xia Duo's questioning:

"Sorry, Asuosi! Saian tried every method but failed to collect the Saint Nuodeer Mother Tree tea seeds from Wuweilun; knowing you were back, he was too embarrassed to come see you."

"It doesn't matter; how could such a strategic treasure be easily obtained by an outsider? I was just mentioning it casually at the time, so don't take it to heart."

Although Xia Duo had expectations of Saian, he really hadn't placed his hopes on him; he planned to take a trip to Wuweilun before leaving, and whether he used a Nether Scroll or a Dragon Madness Secret Scroll, trying wouldn't cost him anything.

Regarding Xia Duo's open-mindedness, Saijisi still felt a bit guilty and quickly added: "Although there are no Mother Tree tea seeds, Saian has collected some excellent tea seeds of those eastern teas you mentioned before."

"That's not bad; thank Saian for me."

"No, this is what he should do; I will have him send the tea seeds over later."

"There's no need for that!"

Xia Duo shook his head to refuse, but Saijisi's attitude was very firm; in the end, neither could convince the other, and Xia Duo could only let it be.

Afterwards, Saijisi brought up the real business, regarding the dismantling work of the Old Mythallar over the past few days; the plan Xia Duo and he had made previously performed quite perfectly, but there were also quite a few accidents, all of which were properly resolved under the control of the Council of Elders.

He came this time mainly to inform Xia Duo about the accidents during the dismantling process of the Old Mythallar and how they were handled, which could be considered feedback on the previous plan.

……

After Saijisi left, Yisite immediately popped up, as if waiting specifically for Saijisi to leave; upon seeing Xia Duo, he started complaining:

"Asuosi, you're finally back; the Laboratory's Arcane Crystal is used up, and if you hadn't come back, I would have been ready to search the whole world for you!"

"The Arcane Crystal is used up?"

Xia Duo was stunned for a moment and subconsciously asked: "Did you conduct experiments on Mila?"

"No, no."

Yisite quickly denied it, "I just increased the dosage of the infection source for the other volunteers and did a few more experiments."

"……"

Only then did Xia Duo breathe a sigh of relief; he was truly worried that Yisite would experiment on Mila without authorization, as Yisite had shown a fanatical attitude toward volunteer experiments several times before.

It was only because Xia Duo had always controlled the Arcane Crystal needed for the experiments; otherwise, if he had let the other party act freely, who knew what might have happened!

He had been out for the past few days, unable to reach, and if Yisite had really made up his mind to act on Mila, he might not have been able to make it back in time.

"What were the results of the experiments?" Xia Duo asked.

"Very ideal, completely in line with expectations!"

Once the topic turned to experiments, Yisite immediately became excited, starting to tell Xia Duo about the process and results of the experiments while dragging Xia Duo to personally inspect the volunteers who participated in the experiments.