Chapter 2735: Scheduling the Direction of the Third Phase of Inheritance

Xia Duo deliberated for a moment and decided to participate in this Speaker meeting after all; there was a difference between hearing things second-hand and witnessing them personally. Moreover, he wanted to understand the specific situation at the earliest opportunity, as he might make different decisions because of it.

He quickly tidied up the Laboratory, then found Niya. The two sat before the Projection Window in the Study, chatting while waiting for the meeting to begin.

"How is the Mythallar project progressing lately? Do you need me to add more manpower for you?"

"Progress is relatively slow, but there is no need for additional manpower for the time being." Niya brushed her hair aside casually, then rested her hand on Xia Duo's leg, speaking in a relaxed tone.

Her current research was still basically in the theoretical stage. Based on the completed 1.0 Communication Mythallar, she was attempting to develop a further new version. Even if experimental verification were needed in the future, it would not require extra experimental personnel.

Of course, if someone capable of actually participating in the research were given to her, she would be happy to accept, but the core strength of the Tower of Time was currently very scarce, let alone true experts capable of participating in Mythallar research.

So, Niya saying this was actually a helpless move; who wouldn't want to have a formidable team of their own!

"Manpower is still needed. The third phase of Inheritance is already being arranged, and this time I plan to train a group of people specifically to engage in the field of Mythallar research."

Considering the importance of the Mythallar, this was almost an inevitable choice for Xia Duo, though he had originally planned to train Mythallar researchers in later phases of the Inheritance Ritual.

The delay now was mostly for Niya's sake, and of course, because other projects already had foundations laid; much of the preliminary work could already be carried out. The problem of insufficient personnel could be supplemented slowly; it did not necessarily have to be completed all at once.

In this meeting hall scene, the two appeared to be in the same room, but in reality, both were merely background boards for each other. Of course, with Badijiaer's Permission Level, he could contact him unilaterally.

"Alright!"

Originally, he had also planned to use a portion of the third-phase Inheritance personnel to start new projects. Now that Niya needed them, it didn't really matter if his own were pushed back slightly.

When he saw Niya's figure beside him in the meeting hall constructed by the projection, Xia Duo couldn't help but ask: "Didn't we agree you would come later? Why are you here now?"

The projection illusion provided by the Remote Conference System was not a different space; Xia Duo's body was actually still sitting in the Study. However, he could fully understand why Niya said that. Since she was in, she was in; she would have had to come for the meeting anyway.

He let Niya look around as she pleased, while he observed the Speakers who had already connected. Aside from him and Niya, only those few people from the First Tower had arrived; the rest were likely waiting to enter at the very last moment before the meeting started.

Accepting was not annexation, but rather accepting the other party as a member of the Nai Se Yi Er circle of interests. Similar to Akaola, they were called "partners," but in reality, they were vassals—it just sounded better when spoken of externally.

Although Irusk was only a major power that had just established its national system, its voting rights were real, not empty. In the past, Irusk relied on Farangruier, and their votes basically followed Farangruier's lead.

Many projects would not show results in a short time, such as the moon exploration project, which required long-term investment to potentially yield results. Xia Duo was now more inclined to spread out more projects and then slowly fill in the personnel later.

"I was a bit bored by myself, so I just followed you in."

It could be said that as long as Nai Se Yi Er had even the slightest long-term plan, they would not ignore a country like Irusk, which was also led by humans.

Currently, Farangruier and Nai Se Yi Er were still allies, and the two sides had not yet shown obvious disagreements on various affairs in the Northland, but the future might not necessarily remain that way.

The Inheritance Ritual could basically be seen as a luxury version of higher education. Although it might potentially damage the growth ceiling of the inheritors, it was indeed very difficult for Xia Duo to refuse using such a method.

This system was provided by the Tower of Time itself. The scene constructed by the illusion looked real, but if one looked closely, there were still many flaws. Xia Duo didn't mind the scene and directly sent a communication request to Badijiaer.

After all, they were two different countries, and their races were not even the same; their interest demands could not possibly be completely consistent. If the two sides had disagreements in the future, the side with more say would naturally have more advantages.

Before long, a notification came from Seventon saying that the Remote Conference could now be connected, so Xia Duo activated the Magic Artifact and joined the Remote Conference.

The Mythallar talent trained could also be used by himself; there was no situation where if one person used them, another could not. He also had projects related to Mythallars.

Xia Duo roughly understood Badijiaer's thinking: he neither wanted to refuse Irusk's overtures nor did he want to cause Farangruier's dissatisfaction—a typical case of "wanting both."

"To Speaker Xia Duo, I won't speak those polite platitudes. Irusk does indeed have the intention to lean towards Nai Se Yi Er, and the First Tower is also inclined to accept them after deliberation. This matter itself is very beneficial to Nai Se Yi Er, because it will increase our say in the Northland Alliance. The only thing to consider is Farangruier's attitude."

As for what Badijiaer said about increasing Nai Se Yi Er's say in the Northland Alliance, that was actually easy to understand. Various decisions of the Northland Alliance required voting by all countries, and major powers had veto power.

Because it was his own product, Xia Duo was very at ease with it. He observed Badijiaer and found that a trace of fatigue was revealed in the other's seemingly relaxed expression; it looked like the other party had been quite busy lately.

The Red Heart Alliance had not been resolved by the time Xia Duo left, so as long as there was an opportunity, Xia Duo had to consider planning; otherwise, if he really waited until the day he needed to use it to consider research, it would be too late.

This was probably what is called "a generation's sacrifice" in the process of civilization development.

Having chatted with Niya about his future development plans for the Tower of Time's Mythallar field, the trace of urgency that had been faintly flowing in Xia Duo's heart was finally released.

Since the meeting was about to begin, Xia Duo did not beat around the bush and asked straight to the point: "Speaker Badijiaer, what is going on with Irusk as mentioned in the previous notification? Does the First Tower have any inside information?"

Thus, this required him—someone who understood Elf society very well and had dealt with Elves many times—to step out.

Very quickly, Xia Duo's communication request was granted. The distance between the two shortened rapidly, and at the same time, the surrounding scene became blurred. Xia Duo knew this was the private communication scene that came with the Remote Conference System.

For example, the dynamic updating of the Mythallar—this was a huge difficulty that any Mythallar wanting to grow big and strong in the future could not bypass.