Chapter 2685: Collaborative Computing Network, Twenty-Minute Ultimatum

I do not know how much time has passed, but the number of people connecting to the Spirit Thought Network has stopped increasing, finally settling at 8,472. This number did not surprise Xia Duo very much.

After all, Metelier is a major city in the south of Yierlan, with a permanent population of nearly one million. Looking at the figure of 8,472 alone, the proportion of Spellcasters in Metelier is less than one percent.

This is clearly inconsistent with the facts. Although Elf society has rigid class structures, the proportion of Spellcasters is still quite high; it is just that the higher the level, the fewer the number.

And those who can appear in the Spirit Thought Network are at least Official Mages. This number far exceeds that of Daxia Territory, which also shows the powerful development potential of Yierlan.

But population is not something that can be conjured out of thin air, so the path Xia Duo chose—leading Netheril with Daxia Territory, and leading the Northland Alliance with Netheril—was a choice based on reality.

Of course, in this process, he will not abandon the population policy of Daxia Territory. This is the cornerstone of everything and must never be ignored.

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At present, more than eight thousand Spellcasters are connected to the Spirit Thought Network. While they are all Official Mages, they are of uneven quality. Most can only serve as basic providers of subconscious computing power and cannot take on the role of more important computing Nodes.

But regardless, a preliminarily usable Collaborative Computing network has been built this way. The "computing" here does not just refer to calculations between Spell Elements, but more to sharing the computing power demands of Xia Duo's subconscious thinking.

For a problem, if Xia Duo were to figure it out entirely on his own, then all thinking regarding the elements related to that problem would have to be carried out within his own subconscious.

Only by obtaining the original blueprint is it possible to formulate a prevention plan and take actual action after Pawaisi completes the ritual.

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Aside from this life-and-death crisis, what other opportunity would there be to incorporate so many Yierlan into the Xia Territory Network? And in a state of deep Perception, at that.

Every second wasted on Tulintai's side now is effectively wasting the survival chances of the innocent citizens of Meteier City.

The Intellect Brain Prototype that Xia Shao is currently using is essentially a cluster of his Consciousness Copies. By trimming his thought patterns, he has formed an auxiliary tool that focuses more on pure calculation.

If the original blueprint cannot be obtained, then Xia Shao would need to organize personnel to start cracking it from scratch. This would consume immense computing power; even with the efficiency of the more than eight thousand Mages currently processing in collaboration, it is not certain that it could be completed within a short hour.

If this is not utilized, he will nineteen-to-twenty regret it afterward. Thinking about it from another angle, this is actually equivalent to the reward for saving Meteier.

Therefore, knowing that the investigation team could withdraw at any time, even though he was very unwilling, Badijiaer still forcibly controlled his emotions and urged Feilifa again and again.

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This kind of Intellect Brain Prototype, no matter how many Consciousness Copies are added, will not increase the total Knowledge base by even a tiny bit, because the essence of this Knowledge base is Xia Shao's memory.

So he also asked Badijiaer to tell Feilifa that if the Mythallar blueprint is not provided within twenty minutes, then he will take the investigation team members and withdraw early.

It is actually equivalent to a larger-scale Intellect Brain, but one point that makes it more powerful than an Intellect Brain is that these individual Nodes have their own unique consciousness characteristics.

Outside Meteier City.

It is actually Feilifa, the Consultant sent by the Crown King of Spellcasters to handle the emergency in Meteier.

Regarding this, Feilifa's answer has always been, "The Crown King cannot decide this matter alone; the Council is discussing it, and there will be a result very soon!"

The final twenty minutes is of course not alarmist, because analyzing the Mythallar blueprint and seizing the Mythallar Permission after modification all require time. Xia Shao does not want to be stuck at the very last second to succeed in the prevention.

In other words, problems involving inspiration can also be decomposed and handed over to this Collaborative Computing network for processing.

"You still have twenty minutes left to discuss. Once the time is up, this incident will be completely irreversible. This is also the last time I will come to ask; once the time is up, I will also leave this place."

The analysis of the ritual spell has already entered the right track and will soon yield results, but regarding the original Mythallar blueprint of Meteier, there has been no response from Feilifa's side.

But these unknown elements are not necessarily unknown to those eight thousand local Mages. This is also an important reason why the Xia Territory Network is far superior to the Intellect Brain Prototype, as it is equivalent to expanding the Knowledge base.

In the Tulintai network, Xia Shao separated most of his consciousness to organize and coordinate the eight thousand-plus Elf Mages to analyze the spells recorded in the Ritual Book, but he still kept a small part of his consciousness at his main body to contact Badijiaer.

The entire ritual spell contains a large number of problems. Relying on Xia Shao alone to analyze it is too inefficient. He split the various problems as much as possible, then set corresponding computing Nodes based on the level of knowledge provided by each Mage when they connected to the Xia Territory Network, thereby performing collaborative computing.

If it were completely decomposed, it would inevitably contain a large number of repetitive and complex element judgments, and this is just one problem.

The aura emitted by the blue sky curtain is becoming increasingly terrifying. Feilifa's party has already retreated to at least ten kilometers outside the sky curtain. Of course, a certain number of observers are still left within the sky curtain covering the entire area of Meteier so that they can learn of the changes there at the first opportunity.

But this time, Badijiaer did not say any long-winded speech, but directly threw out the final ultimatum given by Xia Shao—

But this matter also involves Demon Descendants. From what Xia Shao learned, if the Demon Descendants are allowed to succeed this time, it will have a very bad impact. On one hand, it will embolden the arrogance of the Demon Descendants, and on the other hand, it is the impact of the ritual itself.

Besides, Xia Shao cannot fully understand this ritual spell. It is not just a matter of time; the many elements involved in this spell itself exceed his cognition.

Besides, one can also choose to peek at the privacy of those connecting to the Xia Territory Network, whether it is related to Magic or not. After all, there are at least four high-level Mages, hundreds of Elites, and veteran Mages in this network now!

Badijiaer has already sought out Feilifa for the fifth time to ask about the decision from Taiweimansa. If it were according to his own heart's desire, no matter how many Elves died, it would not make him feel the slightest stir.

"Badijiaer, urge the Spellcasters' side again. If there is an original Mythallar blueprint for Meteier, I have an eighty to ninety percent certainty of stopping this disaster. If there isn't, then the nearly one million innocent Spellcaster citizens in this city might lose their lives because of this. There are only twenty minutes left now; beyond this time, even if the original blueprint is provided, it might not be in time!"

After giving the final ultimatum, Xia Shao threw himself back into the analysis of the ritual spell. If the Tulintai side ultimately decides not to provide the Mythallar blueprint, then this is the final twenty minutes.

If the analysis of the ritual spell is completed, then the remaining time naturally cannot be wasted. Xia Shao himself also has a great many projects that need to be analyzed with the help of the Xia Territory Network!