Chapter 2623: Intervening in the Weather, Chain Reactions

Time quickly arrived at November, and the sky appeared even gloomier. Although it had not yet snowed or rained, this weather with dark clouds pressing down made people feel exceptionally stifled.

Therefore, upon receiving Laidun's third report regarding the weather outside, Xia Duo finally walked out of the Laboratory and came to the ground.

As of now, almost everyone realized a fact: this year's winter would likely arrive early again. Laidun's report mentioned that the residents, worried about the early arrival of winter and the intensification of the cold, were already effectively impacting the various affairs of the Territory.

In Code Plaza, Xia Duo looked up at the sky, not withdrawing his gaze for a long time. He had been in the Laboratory during this period and truly had not personally experienced the scene of the dark clouds becoming denser and lower day by day.

But seeing it now, he could understand the residents' worries. From a sensory perspective alone, the dark clouds in the sky were so close that it felt as if one could touch them by reaching out, and even in broad daylight, it felt like the evening after the sun had set.

Only pale, faint light struggled to penetrate through the gaps in the clouds, yet it still failed to truly break through, merely tracing the outlines of the dark clouds more clearly.

Correspondingly, such a scene also brought a deeper sense of fear to the public.

Even for Xia Duo, this was the first time he had seen such a scene. Subsequently, he cast a Spell to investigate the wider range outside the Territory; from south to north, the cloud layer was becoming increasingly thick.

In the far north, near the Arctic, it had already begun to snow. I am afraid that in less than half a month, the snowfall area will cover the south of the Narrow Sea, which is effectively the core region of Netheril.

Perhaps in a month, the snowfall will also end in Nan Jing; in fact, it is already earlier than last year, and of course, it might be even more delayed.

After the dark clouds in that area were annihilated, the dark clouds from other places were pushed over by air convection.

Niya also expressed her concern about this, "If the true situation is reported to all regions, many people might blame you for the losses caused by future snowfall or a harsh winter."

"It is not that easy; it only looks like it has been solved on the surface. This state will likely last for a period of time, so hurry and go soothe the residents!"

It is no longer a matter of whether Xia Shao wants to stop; he could stop, but once he stops, it will spread to the Inner Land in the north.

"Is it that serious? There has never been a case of snowfall in November in previous years!"

Moreover, such a critical war facility is not suitable for using an Arcane String. Mithril's energy conduction efficiency is not as good as an Arcane String, but in this situation, what is needed most is not efficiency, but reliability; this is the advantage of steady-state materials.

"My Lord, has the problem of the dark clouds been solved?"

Returning to the Floating City, Xia Shao called Niya, Saville, Aipusi, and Aiboke over and confessed to everyone: "Everyone, I may have done a stupid thing—"

Aipusi had not been resurrected for long. Currently, he mostly came into contact with the various novel things in the Tower of Time and the Territory. Regarding climate change, he only had a concept of it and did not have much personal experience.

This is a change that can be seen with the naked eye; the impact Aiboke spoke of is exactly this!

But through those elemental anomalies, people on the ground below could already see the silhouette of the sun. Seeing this, a look of excitement appeared on Laidun's face, and he hurriedly asked Xia Shao:

This was indeed a consideration; Xia Shao had also thought about it before, but the impact of continuously using 【Annihilation Light】 was not small, making it difficult for him to choose.

Perhaps if he intervened here, it might cause even more serious consequences elsewhere.

But now, although Xia Shao did not make the climate abnormality more serious, he had truly changed the climate cycle, causing the snowfall that might have taken half a month to a month to appear to arrive early.

Upon hearing this, Laidun's expression turned solemn, and he replied: "Yes!"

Furthermore, the Territory's workshops were still working overtime to process winter supplies for some lords in the Sweet Water Three Planes. If it were to suddenly rain or snow, outdoor activities would almost come to a standstill, which would inevitably affect the efficiency of the workshops.

However, in the current situation, not intervening would not work either. It is not about what would happen if winter were delayed, but that the scene of dark clouds lasting for nearly three months was truly affecting the psychological state of the residents.

"In the current situation, continuing to annihilate the cloud layer on our side does not really have much significance. I am prepared to ask the Council to notify the lords of the Inner Land to be well-prepared for rain and snow."

The climate abnormalities of the previous two years were either thought to be natural phenomena at the time, or later discovered to be related to the Dragon Madness Mythallar; there was no direct person responsible. Although it caused serious consequences, they gritted their teeth and accepted it.

After all, what else could they do but accept it?

Arriving at the Government Hall, Xia Shao called Laidun out and had him look up at the sky. At this moment, the sky was filled with colorful flowing light; these were the elemental anomalies triggered by the Element Turbulence caused by the annihilation of the cloud layer.

It is just like being beheaded; stretching the neck is one blade, and retracting it is also one blade. But if the blade is slow to fall, that is truly a torment.

Xia Shao was busy for more than half an hour, but the dark clouds above the Territory had not been completely cleared away, and it even triggered a chain reaction, because the more that was annihilated, the stronger the convection, and the more dark clouds were pushed over.

As long as enough is annihilated in the vertical direction, there is no need to worry about stimulating the cloud layer to suddenly rain or snow. As for the horizontal direction, there is inevitably some impact, but the greater impact is—

Although the Territory had currently made sufficient preparations for the early snowfall, if there were more time to prepare, wouldn't it be even more composed when dealing with it?

Then, he told everyone his recent actions in detail, and then, amidst the stunned gazes of the crowd, he stated his thoughts:

After pondering for a moment, Xia Shao felt it was necessary to intervene proactively. In fact, he really disliked intervening in complex, macroscopic systems like the weather; after all, even on Earth, the weather system had not been completely understood.

Fortunately, it was not he who was casting the Spell personally, but the Floating City's War Spell that was doing it. However, using the same War Spell for such a long time and so frequently would inevitably affect the service life of the War Spell Core Artifact.

Xia Shao now truly felt like he was riding a tiger and could not get off. He had just been worried that active intervention might trigger a chain reaction, but he did not expect the chain reaction to slap him in the face directly!

At this time, Aiboke interjected, "Last year, it started snowing around December, which was already quite early compared to previous years! If it is even earlier this year, the impact will not be small!"

After all, the cloud layer above Nan Jing was already extremely thick at this moment, and the slightest stimulation might cause rain or snow.

Thinking of this, Xia Shao began to drive the Floating City to lower its altitude, from the extremely high altitude where there were no clouds for ten thousand miles to above the dark, oppressive cloud layer below, and then he used the War Spell 【Annihilation Light】 to conduct a large-scale annihilation and clearing of the dark clouds above the Territory.