Chapter 2348: New Discoveries Regarding the Power of Order

If Xia Duo were truly a Demon Descendant leader of high prestige, he would choose the latter path without hesitation, because he has the confidence to always control the development direction of the Demon Descendants; this is a challenge, but even more so an opportunity.

It is just that he is not a true Demon Descendant; he has his own plans and purposes for coming to the Projection Plane, and at least a thousand years of blind spots in control—if he were to choose the aggressive route, there is no guarantee that he would not face a full-scale invasion from the Abyss when he re-enters this Projection Plane.

Therefore, as far as his own heart is concerned, he would rather the Demon Descendants be honest and dutiful, just completing the plans he has specified, and not stir up any trouble.

Of course, these belong to the development tendencies of civilization, which are completely different from the research direction of the Demon Bloodline; the latter he will not express an opinion on casually so as to avoid leading the research astray, while the former he must emphasize heavily to prevent the civilization from slipping out of control.

Consequently, regarding Elder Aosi's sigh that contained a hidden plea for help, Xia Duo did not discuss specific experiments, but instead emphasized once again, "The research and Application of the Demon Bloodline must be handled with caution; one must perceive and prepare for potential accidents in advance."

Subsequently, Xia Duo mentioned the Laboratory's usage regulations and operational procedures again, focusing his criticism on Yinsitedaoge's paralyzed and careless mindset—though, of course, it is not easy to criticize an Elder.

In reality, criticizing Yinsitedaoge was also somewhat harsh, but if many problems are not taken seriously from the beginning, they will only become increasingly loose later on.

This is also one of the reasons why Xia Duo is uneasy about heading to the future—

The Order he has established is not yet stable!

If one wants a good harvest, from breeding to fertilization, which part does not require the investment of huge energy? A span of a thousand years can change too many things; Xia Duo must always ensure his own peace of mind before he leaves.

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Over these three months, Xia Duo has lived more fully than ever before; even in the Main Plane, he had never been this busy. Although he formed an auxiliary Executive team led by Elders, many matters still could not avoid his personal inquiry, or even his personal involvement.

The base is newly established, and everything from clothing, food, housing, and transportation is lacking; above these basic needs, Xia Duo organizes production according to specific requirements.

For example, the Research Institute needs paper, pens, ink, and other office supplies; the exploration team needs weapons, Amulets, armor, and other combat equipment.

Based on these specific needs, Xia Duo organized the construction of papermaking, forging, and other workshops; it felt like he was pioneering a Territory all over again.

But unlike the pioneering in the Main Plane, he now has more experience, and with a large number of Spellcasters who can help, this has saved a lot of time.

Otherwise, wanting to establish a base that is nearly self-sufficient in all aspects in just two or three months would simply be a fantasy.

Right now, what is most lacking here is not food (with Yinerfalang's help), but metal, especially Mithril; Xia Duo is currently planning to send an exploration team to contact the Dwarves.

In addition, the second joint exploration with Yinerfalang of the surrounding ruins also needs to be prepared with urgency; last time, due to insufficient preparation, both sides lost some exploration team members.

This should have been avoidable, but at this time, neither Yinerfalang nor the Demon Descendants had enough foundation or resources to arm a fully equipped exploration team.

Some large Magic Equipment can use David String materials, which not only saves resources but also performs better than those made with Mithril, but it would be too bulky to use this for small Magic Equipment.

It just so happens that most Elf cities are built with a Mythallar, and those city ruins are basically in a state of Magic Net chaos, which makes Magic Permanence equipment difficult to function stably there; one does not fear it being ineffective, but rather that it might have the opposite effect.

Besides this material-level predicament, if those nearly one hundred thousand Pure-blood Elves are not handled well, it will also be a huge trouble; fortunately, most Demon Descendants have now begun to study Netheril Magic and Magic Energy, and it is believed that they will be able to control their bloodline and restore their original Elf appearance after some time.

In this way, at least from the outside, Demon Descendants and Pure-blood Elves will look the same, and estrangement will not easily arise, but in the long run, a more proper method must still be devised.

Recently, Xia Duo has been discussing with several Elders about selecting a group among the Pure-blood Elves who have already borne children and have achieved certain results in the field of Netheril Magic to undergo the Transformation Ritual.

Although the Demon Descendants have a host of drawbacks, they also have one tangible benefit, and that is longevity; several Elders are the most obvious living signboards—two have lived for over two thousand years, and the rest are all over a thousand years old.

Furthermore, there is no need to resist the attraction of the Outer Planes; it is a completely normal natural lifespan.

Except for the Elders, none of the other Demon Descendants, nor any Demon Descendant that has appeared in history, has ever died of old age; and now, the Demon Descendants have the method to comb through and control their bloodline, so most drawbacks can be eradicated, and the few that remain for ordinary individuals can be completely ignored—so wouldn't only the benefits be left?

Of course, besides the benefits and harms directly related to the bloodline, there are also many indirectly related problems, the biggest of which is the exclusion from mainstream society.

However, this problem only has a relatively large impact in the initial stage; as Yinerfalang and the Demon Descendants develop and grow, they will become the mainstream themselves, and naturally, the situation of excluding oneself will not occur.

The reason for mentioning Yinerfalang is that the current Yinerfalang has already accepted the Netheril Magic System; without the interference of vested interests, the Netheril Magic System will thrive in Yinerfalang and become the mainstream.

This matter, like the Demon Descendants in traditional Elf society, is also a heretical existence, but a Magic system is not something that can be changed at will; not to mention the fast-track advantages of Netheril Magic itself, even the first-mover, power-holding Mage group within Yinerfalang could not easily betray the reliance upon which they were able to rise to power.

In a situation where external forces are strong, they can only go all the way with the Demon Descendants; by the time they can resist external forces, the Demon Descendant problem will likely not be a big problem anymore.

Although Xia Duo's start this time is worse than the last, in terms of development potential and expectations for future gains, it is far stronger than the last!

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Next is to continuously strengthen Order and make up for shortcomings; in this process, Xia Duo also discovered an anomaly between the Projection Plane and the Main Plane.

Normally, the difference between the Projection Plane and the Main Plane lies only in the different historical trajectories within the Plane; other natural laws are exactly the same.

But in reality, there are still differences, and Xia Duo discovered one this time—

The Projection Plane does not possess Order Force!

Since he wants to establish Order, he inevitably has to try to establish a cycle of Order Force, and through the Order Cycle, he can also discover the places where the Territory's Order is lacking more intuitively.

Yet, just by trying this, he discovered a certain truth about the Projection Plane: Order Force does not exist here.

From this, Xia Duo inferred that Order Force might be a high-level power capable of spanning across reality and illusion, to the extent that the essence of the Projection Plane is not qualified enough to simulate it.

This is actually not hard to understand; the fact that it can be used for Ascension to Godhood is magical enough.