Chapter 2801: Field Investigation, Time Line Deflection Degree

Just like the northwest of Yierlan, the northeast of Siluwende is also a mountain range; the Ruiwen River passes through here, flowing east to merge into the Narrow Sea from the surface port city of Asikeer in Danzo.

It flows west through Siluwende and Yierfahang, finally merging into the Xihai near Ailintar, the capital of Yierfahang; it is especially worth mentioning that the Ruiwen River basin also includes part of the territory of Yierlan.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Ruiwen River is the most primitive overland trade route in the Northland.

Therefore, although the area where Siluwende discovered the Mist this time is also in the mountains, because the Ruiwen River flows through it, news was delivered to the Northland Alliance by a caravan on the second day of the Mist's appearance.

When the avatar of Xia Duo and the Northland Alliance investigation team arrived at the northeastern mountains of Siluwende, the caravan that first discovered the Mist was also temporarily conscripted.

At the same time, due to the severity of the situation, the current official leader of Siluwende, General Kelusi, also arrived at the scene in person to make contact with Xia Duo and the other investigators, so as to obtain relevant information at the first opportunity.

Outside the Mist Region, inside the Temporary Camp.

Looking at the eerie Mist in the distance that blotted out the sky and surged like waves, Xia Duo could not help but feel a chill rise in his heart; he sighed to Dumu, who was accompanying him again as the leader of this investigation team:

"I fear Yierlan will miscalculate this time; this is no ordinary disaster, and I doubt they can handle it on their own."

At this time, Yierlan still had selfish motives that made Xia Duo very dissatisfied; they already knew that the Mist was very likely some kind of phenomenon triggered by the completion of a Time-Related Magic Ritual, and the area where the Mist was first discovered certainly had more research value.

Yet Yierlan consistently refused to let the Northland Alliance intervene in the investigation; it was fortunate that one was also discovered within the territory of Siluwende, otherwise this so-called Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory would likely have had to start with laboratory verification first.

But the appearance of this new Mist Region also meant that the Demon Descendant were one step closer to subverting the Time Line of the Main Plane; how could this not make one feel a sense of crisis!

Regarding Xia Duo's remarks, Dumu did not comment, only silently replying, "I hope this investigation can yield some results!"

"I hope so!"

Xia Duo is currently an external member of the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory; originally, he did not need to come in person to participate in the on-site investigation, but as someone who had already seen the Mist Region in a prophecy, he was also very interested in the Mist in reality.

Therefore, when he received the invitation to investigate, he did not refuse.

In the temporary investigation team he is currently in, there are seven members of the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory, including himself as an external member, and five squads of field personnel directly under the Northland Alliance—that is, the armed forces that normally conduct investigations and arrests outside.

In addition, there are several Adventurers and craftsmen temporarily recruited from Evereska and Siluwende; this temporary camp was opened up through the cooperation of the craftsmen and the Adventurers.

The site selection took into account the opinions of the Siluwende side; if the Mist Region is resolved in the future, this place will exist as a trade stronghold in the Ruiwen River basin.

Don't look at Xia Duo just staying in the camp doing nothing now; in fact, as a Spirit-Thought Network Information Collaborator, he is constantly processing investigation information from the front line.

After the general situation stabilizes in two days, he will also go to investigate on the spot; although he will not enter the Mist Region, he will also conduct some probes on the Mist Region to verify some of his conjectures.

As for the current investigation situation, it is mainly divided into two parts: one part is the description from the members of the caravan that first discovered the Mist Region, and the other part is the results of the on-site survey by the Northland Alliance investigators.

The former contains more or less exaggerated and fictional elements, but it also provided a certain psychological expectation for the actions of the Northland Alliance investigators.

It is just a pity that Time-Related Magic is too eerie; the two field personnel currently sent into the Mist Region have not returned, and those two field personnel were connected to the Spirit Thought Network at the time, so Xia Duo could be considered to have witnessed the inexplicable disappearance of those two Elves with his own eyes.

Without any warning, the connection was instantly severed after approaching a certain boundary of the Mist Region, but in the eyes of other investigators at the scene, those two Elf investigators walked a bit further inside after the Spirit Thought Network connection was severed before disappearing.

Especially the second one; because one Elf was already trapped inside, the second one was extra cautious, not only being required to exit immediately upon noticing the Spirit Thought Network connection was lost, but also having a guide rope tied to their body.

After Xia Duo discovered that the other party had severed the connection from the Spirit Thought Network, he immediately notified other investigators at the scene to pull the entrant out, but unfortunately, after the connection was severed, even if the investigators outside pulled the guide rope at the first opportunity, they could not pull back the second entrant.

They could feel the tension at the other end of the guide rope, but when they pulled, they discovered that what they pulled back was only a broken piece of rope.

Various phenomena indicate that the inside and outside of the Mist Region are like two worlds with vastly different time flow rates; currently, the investigation team has suspended entering the Mist to investigate and is putting more energy into detecting the environment around the Mist.

Of course, this is only a preliminary investigation; next, members of the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory will intervene to attempt to detect the Mist itself through various means, and Xia Duo will also take action at that stage.

……

Two days later, the first meeting of the Mist Investigation Team; attendees included Dumu from the Northland Alliance Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Laboratory and another Elf representative, while the rest were all members of the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory.

As a Spirit-Thought Network Information Collaborator, Xia Duo first shared the summary of the investigation over the past two days, "Currently, the scope of the Mist Region is relatively stable, and the various parameters of the environment outside the region are also within the normal range, but it is not completely without anomalies.

"First is the spatial coordinates; with the Mist Region as the center, the spatial coordinates within a radius of ten New Li nearby have shown varying degrees of deviation; although the coordinate deviation even at the place closest to the Mist Region has not yet reached the point of affecting teleportation, it is still worth being vigilant.

"Another thing is a new parameter derived from the concept of Time-Related Magic—Time Line Deflection Degree; this parameter in a sense points to the progress of the Demon Descendant in subverting the Time Line.

"Currently, the Time Line Deflection Degree in our meeting room has reached 1.2%; you must know that in Evereska, this parameter is only 0.009%!

"And in other regions, it does not exceed 0.01% at the highest; currently, our research on Time-Related Magic is shallow, and we cannot yet assert the specific meaning of these parameters.

"But judging from the comparison of parameters between the vicinity of the Mist Region and other regions, it is clear that the higher this Time Line Deflection Degree is, the more unfavorable it is for us.

"This is the basic situation known at present; next, please feel free to speak your minds."

After speaking, Xia Duo immersed himself in the Spirit Thought Network; he did not need to participate too much in the investigation discussion, he only needed to do his own essential work—that is, being a Spirit-Thought Network Information Collaborator.

What he is doing right now is trying to produce some charts and images that can intuitively express the current state near the Mist Region based on these existing environmental parameters and some specific detection parameters.