Chapter 2175: New Changes

Yilise'er did not directly predict what the future of the Northland Alliance would be like; instead, starting from the simple aspirations of the Northland populace, he pointed out that violent means had no future, and that the most violent means currently were not in the hands of Cormanthor.

Although Elf society had severe class solidification, the populace was not mere grass to be slaughtered at will; otherwise, whether it was domestic political rivals or international exchanges, short-sighted superiors would receive unexpected "surprises."

Regardless of what the reality was, one could not openly shout slogans like "the lower classes are like grass," but rather the opposite; declaring that power came from the people was the way to long-term rule.

In this regard, Illefarn did the best, and Cormanthor the worst, but Cormanthor was now changing, only the other superiors who ruled this country alongside Yilise'er had mostly not yet adapted to such changes.

At this moment, even though Yilise'er explained repeatedly, there were still supporters who expressed confusion, but the wheels of history rolled forward—those who complied would prosper, and those who resisted would perish; in the end, Yilise'er could only give the other party a regretful look in his heart.

"If there are no other objections, then it is decided. Jialanuode, you must head to Evereska as soon as possible to express Cormanthor's determination and stance to the various countries of the Northland."

"Yes."

Mage Leader Jialanuode did not offer any refusal; being able to become the second-generation holder of the 【Sword of Artistry】, one of the three divine swords, he had received too much support from Yilise'er.

And correspondingly, the entire Jialanuode family were Yilise'er's most steadfast supporters.

Sending a divine sword holder on this trip was, in a sense, already a manifestation of Cormanthor's determination.

"Then, what kind of attitude should I adopt toward that Lord Xia Duo?" Jialanuode asked again.

Yilise'er had almost no hesitation as he spoke his thoughts: "Do not appear too close, but do not appear too distant either; you must gauge the measure of this yourself, and I believe you can handle all of this well."

Even the Mage Leader was somewhat stunned by such remarks, but looking at the Crown King's trusting gaze, he pondered for a moment and replied: "I know what to do."

"That is good; do not have any misgivings. Remember, Cormanthor is the heaven-ordained ruler!"

While the Elf World was tensely discussing the issue of defining territorial borders, Xia Duo, who was at the center of the vortex, seemed like a man with no cares; having just dismissed Bulundesi, who had chased him from Netheril to inquire about the status, he had already begun helping Niya test the Tongxing Mishuo Jiedian Magic Artifact.

Any reaction from the outside world was within his expectations; regardless of what the final result was, the fact that the Northland Alliance was gradually moving toward formalization was already irreversible.

And this was precisely where Xia Duo's greatest interest lay; he did not need anything else, he only needed a stable external environment to allow an advanced, yet temporarily nascent, magical civilization to grow safely.

As for what came after, he had the confidence to deal with all external crises.

Niya's Communication Mythallar was also paved for this purpose, but he could not control the attitude of the Northland countries; helping Niya test the Node Magic Artifact was already the most meaningful thing he could do in Evereska.

At this time, inside the Zhuangyuan Miyishi arranged by Laruian, Xia Duo placed twelve unstandardized nodes on the ground at random; according to the envisioned plan, these Node Magic Artifacts actually existed as clients for the Communication Mythallar in the future.

When customers purchased these mobile Mythallar nodes, which would be called "New Communication Magic Artifacts" in the future, they were certainly looking for convenience or safety; they couldn't only be used in a specific area!

That would be a "landline phone," which could not be called convenient or safe at all; the Distributed Node design existed for "mobile phones."

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What Xia Duo was testing now was the number of nodes that could maintain a basic Mythallar form and the span between them; these twelve Node Magic Artifacts he brought from Nan Jing already accounted for one-third of the total number of nodes Niya had completed.

Of course, they did not possess communication functions now; they only existed to verify the link status between the nodes and the Mythallar, and even during the experiment, Xia Duo needed to communicate with Niya in advance.

"Currently, only ten of the twelve nodes on your side are online; check if there is any interference in the surroundings, or if link coupling has occurred between the nodes."

Niya's crisp and capable voice reached Xia Duo's ears through another Communication Magic Tool; Xia Duo checked slightly and first ruled out interference in the Zhuangyuan Miyishi, then began to check each Node Magic Artifact.

But before he could find any abnormal situation, Niya sent a message again: "What did you just do? Another node went offline?"

"I didn't do anything! Are you sure a node went offline?"

"Of course I'm sure. Currently, I hold more than two-thirds of the nodes of the entire test Mythallar; I know the status on your side very well. What exactly is going on over there?"

"..."

Xia Duo did not ask why Niya knew the status on this side yet could not make an effective judgment; that was because the Communication Mythallar was not designed to monitor users, and coupled with the hasty preparation for this test, Niya had only completed the most basic functional design and hadn't even had time to number each Node Magic Artifact.

And on Xia Duo's side, because he held too few nodes, and the test Mythallar itself was too crude—so crude that he couldn't even control it.

Complex systems have loopholes, but in a simple system, once the Permission Level is determined, the difficulty of finding a loophole is even higher than the difficulty of overturning it directly!

After thinking about it, Xia Duo decided to remind Niya: "You can't do it like this. Any test needs to clarify the goal first; you are mixing everything together so vaguely that you can't even distinguish specific nodes, so what are you testing?"

After Xia Duo finished speaking, there was silence on the Communication Magic Tool side for a while, then she asked: "Then what should I do?"

"First, number every node according to the link status of the nodes, and then test them one by one."

"Mm."

Subsequently, with Xia Duo's cooperation, Niya quickly completed the numbering of all test nodes, but this was only temporary; once multiple nodes went offline, the numbering would immediately become invalid.

When someone is watching during a test, it is of course possible to determine which is which, but in actual use, that would be very difficult; yet even so, one could not add too obvious default characteristics to the nodes.

Therefore, this required enough testing before being officially put into use to ensure there would be no major problems.

However, the more cumbersome the early research and development process of the Communication Mythallar was and the higher the cost, the happier Xia Duo actually felt, because this meant the threshold for similar competitors was also high.

Moreover, unlike other conventional Mythallars where actual users were very few, the target user base for the Communication Mythallar was extremely high; it was completely a state of high-concurrency usage.

This belonged to a brand-new direction of Mythallar development, or rather, an extreme direction; if there were not enough users accompanying the testing and improvement, it would be almost impossible for latecomers to form effective competitiveness.

In other words, as long as Xia Duo monopolized enough users of this type of Mythallar, he could cut off the development of other competitors in this direction.

Of course, this was the general situation; if the other party spared no cost, then it could still be done.