Chapter 2036: Demon-born Intelligence Analysis Research Lab

Floating City, Hengchun Square.

Xia Duo sorted and arranged the various supplies confiscated from the Demon-born Secret Base in a corner of the square, most of which were books, Spell scrolls, and Inspiration Light Potions, along with a small amount of materials and secret treasures.

After the recent search, Xia Duo determined that although this Demon-born Secret Base was very similar in its main structure to the one he had encountered before, there were significant differences in its functional design.

The previous Demon-born Secret Base was likely intended primarily for the production of Inspiration Light Potions, while the Demon-born Secret Base discovered today should be something akin to an Arcane Association.

Demon-born Mages usually need to hide their identities and may face significant psychological pressure, so they occasionally need to come here to relax and be themselves, but only senior Mages and above can have permanent, independent private rooms here.

Additionally, this Demon-born Secret Base also serves the function of issuing tasks and distributing rewards, similar to the nature of an Adventure Bar.

The supplies confiscated this time mostly came from the base's warehouse, primarily consisting of Spell scrolls, Inspiration Light Potions, Magic materials, and a very small number of precious treasures.

As for the books, they actually came from those private rooms, and most of those books had nothing to do with Magic, being merely poetry, novels, newspapers, and magazines for daily leisure.

Of course, besides what Xia Duo confiscated, the Demon-born Secret Base itself also contained a wealth of information; for instance, the previous Demon-born Secret Base had an altar used for producing Inspiration Light Potions.

The Demon-born Secret Base discovered today also had two special facilities: one was a Teleportation Array with extremely subtle activity, and the other was a highly sophisticated facility suspected of being some kind of Avoidance of Detection.

Of course, these were only Xia Duo's preliminary judgments; once the Northland Alliance's detailed investigation report came out, the true purpose of the various facilities within this secret base would be known.

Returning to the supplies themselves that were confiscated to the Floating City, Xia Duo did not intend to keep them for himself, but to say he had no thoughts on them would be impossible.

"Mage Tailun, how do you intend to handle these things?"

"How to handle them?"

At this moment, Tailun was also pondering this question, and upon hearing Xia Duo ask, he took the opportunity to inquire: "Does Lord Xia Duo have any suggestions?"

His attitude was very amicable, not only because Yierlan and Netheril were still considered allies at present, but also because various accidents had occurred during this operation.

It was thanks to Xia Duo's Floating City that they succeeded; otherwise, the great demon that Luke had transformed into would have been very difficult to deal with, not to mention the expansion of the Shenyuan Zhidi, which Yierlan, being closest to this secret base, would certainly have had to bear the brunt of.

"I do have a small suggestion."

"Please speak, Lord Xia Duo."

"Didn't the various countries reach a consensus on establishing a Demon-born Information Sharing Platform before? I believe that given the severity of the current Demon-born problem, information sharing alone is far from enough. We could establish an analysis research lab composed of intelligence personnel from each country, specifically to analyze and study the Demon-born intelligence already mastered by the Alliance."

Xia Duo then pointed to the neatly arranged confiscated supplies on the ground and said: "These things could be sent to the analysis research lab for relevant personnel to analyze and study, and used to guide the various countries' policies regarding the Demon-born."

"I think that's fine; Yierlan shouldn't object, but Keman and Yierlan—their internal problems are very serious! If there are people from their side in the research lab, how can we be at ease?"

Tailun once again expressed his dissatisfaction and even worry regarding Keman and Yierlan without reservation; if Demon-born were to infiltrate a research lab studying the Demon-born, and even use the conclusions derived by the Demon-born to deal with the Demon-born...

The mere thought of such a possibility made one shudder.

To this, Xia Duo stated: "The secrecy of the Demon-born lies in the lack of precautions; if there are precautions in advance, then they don't possess much secrecy."

This is actually quite obvious; the simplest approach, conducting a nationwide blood test, would easily screen out hidden Demon-born elements.

It is just that such a method is very impractical, but for the Demon-born information analysis research lab as a key department, it is not difficult to have members undergo regular reviews.

In fact, upon hearing the conversation between Xia Duo and Tailun, the Consultant Suweilisi of Keman immediately found an opportunity to interject and proposed this suggestion.

Clearly, he did not wish for Keman to be isolated from the Northland Alliance's cooperation on the Demon-born.

It was not just Suweilisi; even Kesita of Yierlan immediately indicated that Yierlan was willing to support the establishment of the Demon-born information analysis research lab.

"We in Yierlan also agree!"

In fact, when it comes to the influence of these high-level Elf Mages on their respective national policies, Suweilisi, as a close Consultant to the Yilisier Mianwang, must certainly be ranked first.

Kesita could be ranked second, but at present, the Yierlan Mianwang had just been besieged by domestic opposition due to military failure, and Kesita, as part of the Mianwang's faction, was actually in a less than ideal situation.

As for Tailun, he would be ranked third.

Yierlan had long since completed its centralization reform, the system was stable, and the actual power of the Mianwang had been greatly reduced, let alone Tailun under the Mianwang, who could hardly interfere in decision-making.

But precisely because the system was stable, the relevant decision-making direction was easy to judge, especially for high-level Mages like Tailun who had long been in the system.

His judgment on this matter (referring to establishing the research lab) was that it was beneficial to Yierlan and also conducive to clearing out the Demon-born as soon as possible; although the details still needed to be deliberated, the Advisory Group would likely agree on the general direction.

Moreover, Tailun was currently expressing more of a personal viewpoint; his conversation with Xia Duo just now was also more focused on discussion, and they themselves had no decision-making power, whereas Suweilisi and Kesita were impatient to represent their countries.

It was as if they were afraid of being abandoned by the Northland Alliance.

Soon, the Northland Alliance held another formal meeting.

Xia Duo was also invited to this meeting, but he declined; in order to obtain the meeting content as soon as possible, he used a Projection Spell to listen in.

As for his main body (actually a Saint Form Avatar), he was busy checking the operation of the Floating City's various systems—especially regarding War Spells.

Although this time was indeed a bit early and there were still some days until the scheduled maintenance date for the Floating City, in the early stages, the patterns regarding daily and combat wear and tear were still being explored; only after more relevant data was collected in the future could a maintenance program that balanced efficiency and resources be planned.

Being diligent now and collecting more data would make things easier in the future.

Of course, checking the Floating City itself was not a difficult challenge for Xia Duo; it was more tedious, boring, and required a large amount of time.

The truly challenging task was still analyzing Aleikesa's Consciousness Copy.