Chapter 2667: Joint Design, Na Wei Er Kong Gang

The train of thought was already there; what remained was the specific design. In this regard, Xia Duo was not prepared to do it personally, or rather, he felt that he alone could not complete such a design.

Therefore, he prepared to invite a group of artists from the various countries of the Northland Alliance to participate in the design together, though he did not know how many artists would be willing to participate.

Just as was discussed at the end of the Daxia Territory Cultural and Arts Festival, whether art is ultimately for the elite or the masses, artists from the various Northland countries all had their own views.

Unfortunately, elite art is currently still the mainstream in the Northland Alliance, and a fusion style could be said to be an innovation, or it could be said to be catering to the masses.

Xia Duo did not have much confidence in how many artists would ultimately accept the invitation, but if he did not do it, there would certainly be none.

For the previous Daxia Territory Cultural and Arts Festival, didn't he just invite a group of Akaola artists with a "let's try it and see" attitude? As it turned out, Elves really did come.

And now, Xia Duo was not preparing to create some peerless masterpiece; he just wanted to throw out a concept and get things started, in hopes of being able to attract more Elves or artists or practitioners of other races to join.

The so-called "throwing a brick to attract jade"—in order to see that piece of jade, he was willing to be the brick.

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Having decided on the next plan, Xia Duo was just preparing to go to the Academy District to take a look on-site, but halfway there, he received a Sending from Dumu—

The investigation team was about to set off, heading to Yierlan via the Portal at Cloudtop Tower.

Consequently, Xia Duo immediately summoned a Flying Disk from Cloudtop Tower and got off the "disk" at the docking terrace on the outer perimeter of the level where the Permanent Teleportation Portal to Yierlan was located.

Dumu was already waiting there. As one of the Supervisors of the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab, he was also one of the team leaders for this investigation.

After Xia Duo arrived at Cloudtop Tower, Dumu led the way while introducing, "Currently, this investigation team has a total of sixteen members, coming from Netheril, Ilphark, Danzo, Cormanthor, and Evereska respectively.

"Besides Lord Xia Duo, we also have a Senior Arcanist from Morien Tower, Sikaote, whose research focus is the same as the previously missing Misailaitiao: both are in historical trace Scrying.

"He still has some private matters in the country that have not been dealt with; he will set off directly from Seventon to Yierlan later and will not transit through Evereska."

Besides the investigators from Netheril, Dumu also introduced some basic background information on the other investigators to Xia Duo, which were mostly public information.

However, based on this public information alone, Xia Duo could see that the lineup for this investigation team was powerful; it could be said that apart from himself, every one of them was a senior researcher in the field of Scrying or divination.

And although he himself was not a senior researcher, he had the experience of studying abroad in the Red Heart Alliance, and he believed he would not be inferior to the other investigators.

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Soon, the two passed through the Portal and arrived at Taiweimansa, which was no longer unfamiliar to Xia Duo, though every time he came, he was amazed by this special city in the trees.

The Northland Alliance had already arranged the reception work here, and Eaerlann Elves had also come forward, but the expressions on the faces of these Eaerlann Elves were not very good.

It seemed they already knew the content of this investigation in advance, not only the recently occurred disappearance of the Arrow Wind Squad but also the disappearance incident that had already been investigated previously.

The investigation into the incident that just occurred was reasonable and logical, but having to repeat the investigation into the one that had already been investigated was, in the eyes of these Eaerlann Elves, simply an insult to Yierlan.

Therefore, none of them had a pleasant look on their faces.

"Next, we will head to Na Wei Er Kong Gang, where we will take a Magic Ship to the location where the Arrow Wind Squad last reported before losing contact."

Xia Duo and Dumu passed through one Portal after another within the city, and Dumu also introduced one of the destinations of this trip to him: Na Wei Er Kong Gang was the largest Airport in Taiweimansa.

Of course, Magic Ships were not that common in the Elf Kingdom either; the so-called "largest" was actually more in comparison to those private airports, as Taiweimansa actually only had two public airports.

One was Na Wei Er Kong Gang, which was responsible for domestic routes, and the other was Anna Kong Gang, which was responsible for international routes.

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Before long, Xia Duo saw Na Wei Er Kong Gang built on a thick branch. At this moment, a Magic Ship was slowly setting sail, gradually accelerating toward the south.

Seeing the direction the Magic Ship was flying, Xia Duo seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly confirmed with Dumu, "The location where the Arrow Wind Squad last transmitted before losing contact is in the south; could that—"

"It shouldn't be. Taiweimansa's own position within the territory of Yierlan is relatively far north, and most of their domestic routes fly south."

Furthermore, in order to dispel Xia Duo's doubts, Dumu explained further: "In fact, when we learned that the Arrow Wind Squad had an accident, we immediately dispatched personnel to conduct a preliminary investigation; this is the fixed procedure of the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab.

"If Yierlan wanted to tamper with things, it might have been at that time node; it shouldn't be the case at other times. We can focus on investigating that time node later."

"I understand." Xia Duo nodded, and then they chatted about other topics.

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While they were talking, the two had already entered Na Wei Er Kong Gang. Here, Xia Duo saw the other investigators: two Dwarves, one was a team leader, and there was one investigator.

All the others were Elves; looking around, it was all long ears. Of course, this airport was an airport within the Elf country, so there were naturally many Elves present.

As for Sikaote, whom Dumu mentioned would arrive directly at Taiweimansa from Seventon, he had not appeared yet.

Under the introduction of the three team leaders, the twelve investigators who had already arrived got to know each other. Among them, the four who drew Xia Duo's attention were high-level Mages from Ilphark and Cormanthor.

They were all figures who had not been famous before, yet they had revealed themselves for this matter.

Of course, "not famous" here only meant they were not known by the status of high-level Mages; they themselves specialized in a certain field and were still quite famous within that field.

However, many people, including Xia Duo, would not specifically pay attention to researchers in a certain field; after all, the human and Elf Magic Systems were different, and communication would also be very troublesome.

Although truth is singular, under different Magic Systems, the expression might be completely different, and it was not necessarily possible to convert perfectly.

Therefore, whether it was Netherese Mages or Elf Mages, communication within the same system was the first choice.

But it was not the only choice. If there was an opportunity to communicate, one could still gain something; who would think their gains were too few?

Not to mention, Netheril still had quite a few people who had not given up on Elven Magic to this day, and some higher-level researchers needed to draw inspiration from Elven Magic even more.

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