Chapter 2039: Probing the Illuminati

"Could there really be such an exaggerated prophecy spell?"

Xia Duo expressed great skepticism; one must know that the future is constantly changing, and the sources of these changes are infinitely numerous—perhaps just an unintentional act by someone, or perhaps a momentary feeling triggered by a scene.

It could even be a gust of wind or a piece of cloud.

In short, the moment a prophecy is made, the future has actually already changed. The initial source might be those prophets, but very quickly, the influence of this change will spread to the entire world.

The so-called "a butterfly flapping its wings at one end of the continent triggers a storm at the other"—in a system as vast and complex as reality, any tiny disturbance can cause the future to change.

How much more so for beings like prophets, who are destined to be able to change the future?

Even for the so-called "the general trend remains unchanged, while the minor trend can be altered," precise prophecies involving the interaction of multiple free wills are very difficult to achieve.

Therefore, Xia Duo was more inclined to believe that the Illuminati issues tasks based on some established standard, perhaps related to shaping specific historical nodes.

But recalling the tasks searched from Aleikesa's consciousness, Xia Duo could not for the life of him link them to any major events in the reality of the Main Plane.

Perhaps it was because the full picture had not been seen, or perhaps it was because the butterfly had only just flapped its wings and the storm had not yet arrived.

But regardless, continuing to let the Illuminati infiltrate the Northland, there might truly come a day when the situation becomes impossible to rectify.

"How on earth can one dig out the Illuminati?"

This question was not just on Xia Duo's mind now; Aleikesa had also racked his brains over it in the past, and had even tried it in practice, but unfortunately, Aleikesa had never succeeded.

The Illuminati had never even shown any reaction to this, as if to say—go ahead and look, if you find us, you win!

The fact that Aleikesa later believed so firmly in the Illuminati's assertions might not have been anything other than a form of giving up in despair.

But Xia Duo was not Aleikesa; he would not give up easily, especially since he had not yet had formal contact with the Illuminati!

He also wanted to experience the "think it and you shall see it" that Aleikesa had gone through! He felt that the Illuminati was likely monitoring Aleikesa's every move at all times, rather than being some unfathomably powerful prophecy spell.

Thinking of this, a rather eccentric idea suddenly emerged in Xia Duo's mind. He first left the Floating City, arrived at the sea cliff where the Mo Yi Midian was located, dispelled all spells for the Avoidance of Detection, and then said to the sea in the west:

"If the Illuminati can foresee this scene, then stand out and stop me; otherwise, I will destroy Siluwende next, and then Keman!"

After speaking, Xia Duo heard only the whistling of the sea breeze in his ears, yet not a single shadow of an Illuminati member! He did not know if the other party had already foreseen that he was just bluffing, or if they had not foreseen or monitored it at all.

Or perhaps it was because the Floating City was present, and they dared not come over.

"Sigh—"

Having failed to lure out anyone from the Illuminati, Xia Duo could not help but feel a bit disappointed; however, if the people from the Illuminati had appeared so easily, he would likely have been even more disappointed.

Of course, "disappointed" here only refers to disappointment in the level of the mastermind behind the scenes, not a wish that the other party had not come.

As long as the other party showed their face, the War Spell he had prepared at all times would definitely teach them a lesson; even if he could not capture them alive, their corpses or souls could still provide information.

"I just hope they truly didn't foresee it!"

Sighing once more, Xia Duo returned to the Floating City and continued to search for various key information in the torrent of Aleikesa's consciousness information.

Besides the Illuminati behind the Demon Descendant, the Midian was also an object of Xia Duo's focused attention.

Information related to the Midian's tasks had already been parsed quite a bit when searching for the Illuminati, but when searching specifically for the Midian, he found some more.

For example, more identity information of Demon Descendants; as long as a Demon Descendant had appeared in the Midian where Aleikesa was, Aleikesa, as a Guardian, had the Permission Level to obtain the other party's identity information.

Upon searching, it was shocking; just from what Aleikesa knew, there were a large number of Demon Descendants in the Northern Elf Kingdoms, distributed across all walks of life and social strata, almost as if they were about to sieve the entire Northland!

The only thing to be glad about was that in Aleikesa's memory, there had not yet appeared any human Demon Descendants; it was just unclear if there truly were none, or if Aleikesa's knowledge was insufficient.

Although he was very unwilling to admit it, Xia Duo still pessimistically believed that there was a high probability that there were already Demon Descendants among humans, perhaps in Netheril, or perhaps in the great human nations of the south.

The Illuminati wanted to completely subvert reality, not only by being an enemy to the various nations of the Northland, but also by being an enemy to every intelligent life on the Main Plane.

If the conspiracy were exposed, the major nations of the south might be able to put greater pressure on them.

But just as Xia Duo said when he threatened Aleikesa earlier, the Demon Descendants seemed to have a special fondness for the Northland, especially Siluwende; perhaps it involved certain specific historical nodes, otherwise they could have gone to the wild regions outside of civilization.

Such as the primeval jungles further south of the former lands of Ilisiri, or some desolate island on the Endless Sea; going to those places, no one would care what they did.

Thus, Xia Duo thought that perhaps he could apply some pressure on the Demon Descendants in the major southern nations. This was actually a convenient task, as he had already decided to start a "global tour" once his recent trifles were settled.

Calimshan in the south was a stop he must visit. By then, besides looking for traces of Demon Descendants there, he could indeed consider reporting the threat of the Demon Descendants to that side.

The Main Plane was not Xia Duo's Main Plane alone; others, other regions, and other nations had the right and the obligation to participate in the actions to eliminate the threat of the Demon Descendants.

Just thinking about it this way, the Illuminati seemed to feel even more powerful.

……

After processing Aleikesa's Consciousness Copy, even though Xia Duo was currently a Saint Form Avatar that did not need rest, he felt a deep sense of exhaustion.

And more serious than the mental exhaustion was the pollution from Aleikesa's consciousness information.

No matter how controllable the risks were, or how rich the relevant processing experience was, pollution was still pollution; until it was completely cleared, Xia Duo always kept a string taut in his heart.

He had already abandoned the projection at the Northland Alliance meeting; the proposal to establish a Demon Descendant intelligence analysis Research Lab had already been passed unanimously.

The threat of the Demon Descendants was political correctness in the Northland at this time, and combined with the fact that co-building a research lab was indeed conducive to resolving the threat of the Demon Descendants, its passing was already within Xia Duo's expectations.

But the subsequent discussion on how to handle the Shenyuan Zhidi at the Mo Yi Midian was very frustrating; Keman had already provided a Purification Plan, the kind that required the sacrifice of at least four high-level Mages and a massive amount of Divine Grace.

The various nations could never reach an agreement; Yierlan wanted Keman and the Northern Elf Kingdoms to take on more responsibility, while Keman hoped that other nations would also participate, especially Netheril, which could provide Priests to assist in Spellcasting, which could greatly reduce the cost of purification.

After Danzo learned the news of the Demon Descendants summoning the Abyss to descend, they also decisively expressed their willingness to participate in the purification; although this was a responsibility, it was also a manifestation of power.

But the problem was that the Dwarf Magic system was unique and difficult to reconcile with the Netheril and Elven Magic systems, and the various nations found it hard to directly refuse, so they kept bickering over various details.

In short, there were many problems. Xia Duo only heard half of it before he knew that it would likely be difficult to reach a definitive result in the short term, and coupled with his extreme mental exhaustion, he did not want to listen to such annoying matters anymore, so he simply abandoned the projection there.