Chapter 2560: Sea Cliff Investigation, Aipusi's Arrangements

However, that was only the case when everything in the Main Plane was normal. At present, the Main Plane is facing the crisis of the Dragon Madness Mythallar collapsing, and precursors like climate anomalies have already appeared. Now, seeing the Arctic snow line receding southward, Xia Duo feels somewhat terrified.

The causality cannot be verified for the time being, but at least there is a correlation: the snow line receding southward—winter arriving early—winter extending; these are all things genuinely happening in reality.

But what Xia Duo cannot figure out is, what is the deal with the alternating cold and heat in the climate mentioned in the prophecy?

Cold can be explained by the leakage of the Dragon Madness Mythallar's power or the southward recession of the Arctic snow line, as there are already precedents. But what about the heat? Could it be the influence brought by the Mist Event?

Or perhaps, the power leakage when the Dragon Madness Mythallar collapses is not limited to just "cold"—this counts as a relatively reasonable conjecture.

But combined with the Mist Event in the prophecy and the southward recession of the Arctic snow line happening in reality, Xia Duo feels it still requires further investigation.

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At present, although land has been discovered under the ice, this is indeed a significant breakthrough, but as long as the Dragon Madness Mythallar Control Center is not found, it cannot be considered a true complete success.

The so-called "traveling a hundred miles, ninety is only half" means exactly this; there is still a need to continue searching and continue discovering.

Next, Xia Duo did not take the median value again, but searched for the edge of the land from the place where he first discovered land, moving north and south, or in other words, searching for the seaside where the control center recorded in the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll is located.

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Of course, Leonard and Edwian have not yet established their own Independent Research Labs, and whether they are willing to return to Saville's tutelage is another matter; Xia Duo merely provided a condition for the original teacher and students to reunite.

Xia Duo told Niya his thoughts, and Niya expressed understanding, "You will talk to Father. Actually, over these days, Father has seen the development status of the two places and is quite in agreement with the situation of the Great Xia Territory."

Normally, the conditions of the laboratories currently being used by Leonard, Edwian, and others are inferior to a Level 3 Laboratory.

Xia Duo suspects that such a large ice sheet should still contain some small spaces, or even be connected to the Surface, but he wants to search for the Dragon Madness Mythallar Control Center and has not explored inland or into the ocean, but only operated on the edge of the continent.

At that time, a new laboratory will still be allocated to Saville.

Besides the status of Lord of Epps Territory, the Mage Tower organization of the Tower of Time is also no longer suitable for Saville to lead; this point is also beyond doubt.

"The rebels are singing loudly!"

And apart from these two points, Xia Duo has no other requirements for Saville. Regarding Xia Duo's suggestion, Niya did not disagree; the reason she came to ask Xia Duo was also because she harbored worries in this regard.

Normally, the seaside is not suitable for building structures; the beach is muddy and soft, and even with Magic, it is not very suitable. Since there are easier ways, why go to the extra trouble?

"After experiencing this, Saville can just focus wholeheartedly on Magic research. In the future, there might be a chance to become a Great Arcanist. There is no need to trouble him with the trivial matters of the Territory!"

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Five days later, Xia Duo received a Sending from Niya, saying that Saville had already accepted the Restoration Ritual in the Temple of Epps Town. Niya sent the message to ask about the future arrangements for Saville.

Inside, there were also fish and algae present.

As for the Mage Tower, that is unnecessary. With the existence of the Floating City, there is no need for Magic Facilities to be cramped inside a small Mage Tower.

At present, the Great Xia Territory and Epps Territory are pushing for the integration of the two places. At such a critical moment, it is not suitable for Saville to be the Lord again.

The writer of the secret scroll compared the sea surface to dragon blood. Xia Duo guesses the observation time might have been dusk, with the sea surface reflecting the sunset, and the sound of the waves like dragon scales breaking. It should not be realistic, but at least it shows the sound of the waves was very loud.

"That's about it. If problems are discovered later, we'll talk about them then. By the way, for Saville's former students, except for Saixili, the others should be transferred to that Level 3 Laboratory for now. If they get along well, we'll arrange it like that in the future."

Only on his route of action could he discover things. If they were not there, he could not discover them even if he wanted to.

"If the talk goes smoothly, I will let Father come out and actively cooperate with Aipusi to push for the integration of the two places. This might even be an opportunity!"

The writer of the secret scroll once quoted a poem to describe the shocking scene when first visiting that Hidden Fortress—

Or, Saville could also use the Level 3 Laboratory to buy into the stake, and his own status as a high-level Mage is also a good bargaining chip. It just depends on his acceptance of the new era and new system during this period.

As for personal equipment, since Saville had previously handled things as if he were definitely going to die, Xia Duo also received some inheritance, but the vast majority was given to Niya.

Even if they cannot reach an agreement in the end, at least there is the former teacher-student bond. In the general environment of the Tower of Time, they will not tear each other apart.

For another example, it could be a saltwater lake formed when the estuary at the edge of the continent froze early. Although it has shrunk significantly due to the pressure of the ice layer above, it is still quite impressive.

Therefore, in the process of searching, Xia Duo is more inclined toward cliff terrain. Although the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll does not explicitly mention that the control center is built on a cliff, it does mention a detail.

In the following few days, Xia Duo continuously explored the Arctic edge of the continent. During this period, he discovered more sub-ice ecology, such as a small space formed by the accumulation of geothermal heat at the base of a certain mountain range, where there were even fish and plants present.

Now, what Xia Duo is most worried about is Aipusi's side. Previously, the integration of the territories progressed smoothly, but now that Saville has appeared, will the old people of the former Epps Territory feel that an opportunity has come again and oppose the new policy?

"Looking down at the sea surface, the waves are surging;

Thinking of this, Xia Duo feels it is necessary to let Niya and Saville talk about this aspect, otherwise, when Saville is coerced by his old subordinates to become a spokesperson for the old era, it will inevitably hurt their feelings.

Now that Saville has revived, returning the inheritance is out of the question. Some of the things Xia Duo obtained have already been consumed or dismantled by him; he cannot return them even if he wanted to.

Now that they have spoken openly, both of them breathed a sigh of relief simultaneously.

Limited by time, Xia Duo could not delve deeper, but from what he saw, there were no land animals in that small space, perhaps some small insects, which also shows the miracle of life.

From this point of view, the possibility of the Hidden Fortress being built on a sea cliff is somewhat greater than it being built on a beach!

Only some of the more private things Niya had can be returned. In addition, Xia Duo is also preparing to craft some personal Protection equipment for Saville.

With Niya saying so, Xia Duo is relieved. However, he did not immediately turn his main consciousness back to the Arctic, but controlled his main body to come to the Plane Exploration Center of the Tower of Time.

Afterwards, Xia Duo proposed to temporarily allocate the Level 3 Laboratory built earlier to Saville. The reason for saying it is temporary is mainly because Chang'an City will sooner or later move to the New Floating City.

From now on, this place will not only explore the Ether Interlayer and the Astral Plane, but also add the exploration of the Shadow Plane, attempting to discover traces of the existence of the Eastern World. "Dragon blood spilling, dragon scales breaking."