Chapter 2364: The Three Major Camps and Observations at the Research Institute

"The path of governance is truly endless!"

After searching through the relevant memories, Xia Duo could not help but sigh; he put himself in their shoes and discovered that he could not even touch the edge of governance.

Of course, the position of leader of the Chixin Tribe had always been kept vacant. His sudden "suicide" back then had caused a great shock to the Chuzhi Executive Council, and the Mythallar he left behind had also played a huge role in the subsequent struggles against other nations.

Therefore, the Chixin Tribe had not selected another leader since, nominally keeping it for the first leader, Maruen.

This practice also influenced their ally, Yinerfalang. The current Yinerfalang did not produce a representative of the Upper Family—a Crown King—as seen in the Main Plane; instead, like the Chixin Tribe, they only had an Executive Council, and did not even have a nominal stay.

In the political concepts of the old system, this was undoubtedly rebellious, which was also the main reason why only the Chixin Tribe and the Yinerfalang Alliance remained after 1,500 years.

Because the two sides were incompatible with the old system due to the popularization of Magic, the Demon Bloodline, and various new concepts, the current Xilu was roughly divided into three major camps—

The first was the 【Chixin-Yinerfalang Alliance】, which had only two members: the Chixin Tribe left behind by Xia Duo's previous Projection, and Yinerfalang.

The second was the Evereska Alliance, which had four members, including the Chixin Alliance's close neighbor Sluwen, Akaola and Jielunsita located in the Listar Forest, and Aotelaisi, which corresponded to the Nether Territory of the Main Plane.

The reason it was called the Evereska Alliance was because of the special status of Evereska, which was the place where many countries in Xilu were founded and became independent.

At the same time, the Evereska Council confirmed the establishment of this alliance. In the current era, Evereska was not an independent country; there were no ordinary residents there, as it had become the Headquarters directly under the Alliance.

The third was the neutral faction between the first two alliances. Strictly speaking, this was not actually an alliance; they were just distinguished by the fact that they had not joined the first two.

This included Wuweilun and Saibohomu in the Listar Forest, as well as Saladesi, another country corresponding to the Nether Territory of the Main Plane.

The main characteristic that distinguished the Chixin Alliance from the other two major camps was that it followed the mass line, while the Evereska Alliance was an improved version of the traditional Elf Upper Family republican system, because the existence of the Chixin Alliance had improved the treatment of the lower classes.

As for the neutral faction between the two, it was much more awkward. On one hand, they adhered to the tradition of Five Races Equality and Prosperity, but on the other hand, they did not give up the monopoly rule of the upper class; in essence, it was still the same set as the Evereska Alliance, just more moderate.

Regarding the neutral faction, the Chixin Alliance's attitude was to win them over and reform them, but the Evereska Alliance's attitude was extremely hostile, with a feeling that "heretics are more hateful than infidels."

The relationship between the Evereska Alliance and the Chixin Alliance was even more complex. On one hand, both sides understood that their contradictions could not be reconciled, but because neither could destroy the other, they could barely maintain normal interactions while coexisting.

If one looked only at the surface relationship, the Chixin Alliance seemed more like the neutral faction, appearing to get along well with both of the other two major camps.

Because they were viewed with hostility by Evereska, Wuweilun, Saibohomu, and Saladesi needed to rely on the Chixin Alliance to maintain their superficial independence and neutrality.

But in recent years, as the strength of the Chixin Alliance continued to grow, the Evereska Alliance's attitude toward countries like Wuweilun began to soften, and the attitude of countries like Wuweilun toward the Chixin Alliance also became subtle.

The entire Northland of Xilu seemed to be heading toward another war of balance.

Xia Duo pondered, and before he knew it, he had walked to the entrance of the Capital University. After verifying his identity information again, a staff member led him into a detached office building inside the school.

The Negative Energy Research Institute was located here, but the main body of the Laboratory was built within a Semi-plane. Passing through a Portal, Xia Duo verified his identity all the way, changed three staff members, and finally arrived at a room with snow-white walls on all four sides.

"Student Maruente, please wait patiently in the Xiu Xi Shi. Do not walk around at will. The Negative Energy Downgrade experiment you applied for will take place within three hours, at which time a staff member from the Research Institute will provide Guidance."

Good heavens, he had arrived early!

Xia Duo walked into the room, and the surrounding scene changed rapidly. The originally snow-white walls began to transform into a quiet bamboo forest, and at this moment, wisps of cool breeze blew in.

Walking a few more steps, a pavilion appeared before Xia Duo, with a tea table and chairs inside. After Xia Duo sat down, he discovered that apart from the tea table and chairs, the pavilion and bamboo forest were all fake, merely realistic Illusions.

He even saw a controller on the tea table that could change the scene of this Xiu Xi Shi. He tried using it; the scenes included different seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, as well as different locations such as underwater, high mountains, and Bingyuan.

Xia Duo adjusted it repeatedly and finally selected a mountain peak scene facing a sea of clouds. The sun shone brightly overhead, but this light was not a fake Illusion; like the cool breeze from before, it was a manifestation of elements.

Compared to such highly customized personal scenes, the constant temperature environment of the Tower of Time was somewhat lagging behind. Of course, it was better to have a constant temperature in the experimental area, but customization in the residential area showed more advantages.

However, such scene changes seemed simple, but they were quite extraordinary to implement. At least with Xia Duo's current knowledge, even with a Mythallar, it was not suitable to carry out such a transformation.

Unless there was more efficient technology, or more accurately, a complex Spell capable of arranging such varied scenes.

Thinking about it, it really was quite a project!

Through this small Xiu Xi Shi, Xia Duo saw the development of Magic in the Chixin Tribe over 1,500 years.

And not only that, but previously at the station and on the way to the Capital to the Negative Energy Research Institute, he had tried to obtain the Permission Level he had reserved earlier to no avail, which made him understand that in 1,500 years of development, anything was possible.

The Advanced Permission Level he had secretly set up before still existed, but the current Chixin Tribe Mythallar, or rather the Alliance Mishuo, was a vast system that encompassed everything and linked all things; he could not touch the Original Permission at all now.

He needed a fulcrum to retrieve his previous Permission Level. In layman's terms, he needed to first obtain a certain Permission Level within the system; according to his speculation, as long as he entered the Research Institute, he would have a chance.

Of the five major Sequences of the Alliance, only the Research Sequence roughly followed the Permission Level design Xia Duo had left behind initially; the other Sequences were mostly perfected later, and were also redesigned when connecting to the Mythallar.

If he took the route of other Sequences, there was a high probability he would not be able to touch the Original Permission.

He even felt that even if he entered the Research Sequence and touched the Original Permission, he might not necessarily be able to retrieve his previous Permission Level; after all, 1,500 years was a long time, and there were too many variables.

Now he could only try his best; at the very least, entering the Research Sequence would be easier to harvest the fruits of these 1,500 years of development than other Sequences.