Chapter 2892: High Efficiency and Speed, Distracting Attention

"How exactly does the Alliance plan to proceed?" Xia Duo asked.

This question was not exactly confidential, so Tili'ao replied casually: "If no major changes occur, the Northland Alliance will next establish a specialized 'Gray Peak Mountains Resource Management Committee' responsible for coordinating the resource development of the Gray Peak Mountains. We are talking about the Mithril Mine now, but in reality, mithril is only a part of it; there are many other resources."

"After this Gray Peak Mountains Resource Committee is established, it will conduct bidding for mineral development. Unfortunately, our Netheril mining industry is not well-developed, and I fear a significant portion of the development projects will be monopolized by dwarf nations like Danzo."

"Even for the later stages of mithril smelting and purification, although we have already achieved technological breakthroughs, it will be difficult to catch up with the Elves and Dwarves in the short term. In this regard, I fear it will be hard for us humans to intervene."

"Fortunately, we have already secured a seat on the committee that is about to be established. As long as we perform our supervision well, the actual share we deserve will not be lacking. It is just that private chambers of commerce and workshops will find it difficult to participate, missing out on an opportunity for development."

Regarding this current situation, Tili'ao was not without regret, but neither he nor the Seven Towers were prepared to forcibly squeeze Netheril chambers of commerce and workshops into the Gray Peak Mountains development project.

After all, the fact that technology is lagging is a reality, and ensuring the development of the Gray Peak Mountains is the priority. If they were to forcibly push for some technologically backward chambers of commerce and workshops, the end result would only be more loss than gain.

After listening to Tili'ao's account, it seemed the Northland Alliance already had a preliminary draft plan for the opening of the Gray Peak Mountains. Xia Duo could not help but be curious, "Assuming there were no such incident, when would the Alliance have established this Resource Management Committee?"

"According to the original schedule, the Resource Management Committee would be established in early July, then bidding information would be released to all countries. Bidding information would be reviewed in mid-July, and workers would have to be on-site to start work before the end of July."

Now that the plan had changed, Tiao did not mind revealing the original schedule. In fact, even before this incident, if Xia Duo had wanted to understand the specific schedule, he would have had channels to do so; Tiao would not make things difficult for Xia Duo over such a small matter.

"Actual work to begin within a month—this efficiency is truly something one is not used to!" Xia Duo exclaimed.

The Gray Peak Mountains are actually quite good!

Perhaps they can realize that the Order Force is not false, but what the real Order Force is actually like and what attributes it has, that is unknown.

From Yunfeng Manor to the Alliance Headquarters, the distance was not far, but Xia Duo intended to inquire about the Alliance's movements from Tiao, so he deliberately chose to walk.

"Indeed! Suddenly summoning volunteers above the level of Senior Mage, no matter how sufficient the reason, it seems inadequate. Plus, with the Demon Descendants probing now, there is indeed a need to find some other excuses to divert the attention of the Demon Descendants."

Hearing Xia Duo say this, Tiao paused his steps, then immediately followed, his eyes becoming somewhat anxious. He said to Xia Duo in a hurried tone:

Even humans might not necessarily have such efficiency, let alone the fact that those responsible for the specific development matters this time are mostly long-lived races like Elves and Dwarves.

Xia Duo had long since crossed the threshold of Yuan Shi Zhi Li, and his further applications of the Order Force were also being perfected. Wanting to conquer the Credit Currency Identifier was, in fact, just a matter of the final step.

Perhaps today, perhaps tomorrow, at the latest it would not exceed a year, he would certainly be able to research the Faith currency identifier.

However, the Order Force is, after all, a brand-new field of research; the initial room for progress is the largest, and it is the easiest to make breakthroughs.

And if they followed the Northland Alliance's original plan, I fear that within a month or two, Xia Duo would be able to use the mithril ore from the Gray Peak Mountains, and that is even considering the high difficulty of mithril smelting and purification.

Arriving at the Alliance Headquarters, Intelligence Supervisor Dumu was already waiting at the entrance. In fact, given Xia Duo's status, there was no need for Dumu to personally receive him, but not long ago, Xia Duo provided support for the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab's operations on the Langas Plain.

It is not to say that long-lived races lack efficiency, but their concept of time is different from short-lived races. They occasionally appear inefficient, but in reality, once they encounter a situation like the current one, if they want efficiency, they can certainly produce it.

If it were gold or silver, perhaps it would be faster.

And this also brought a certain sense of urgency to Xia Duo. At the Tower of Time, he and Aiboke were working on a breakthrough for the Credit Currency Identifier based on the Order Force, which had not yet been achieved!

When the two walked down from the second-level Xuan Kong Budao, the nearby Alliance Headquarters building complex was already right before their eyes. Walking to this point, Xia Duo suddenly thought—

"The Elven nations' mobilization of volunteers will surely not be small; will the Demon Descendants notice? I think the Alliance needs to immediately announce the Gray Peak Mountains development plan to find a more reasonable excuse for this mobilization action, and at the same time, draw the attention of the Demon Descendants to the development plan."

Of course, on the other hand, it is also because they have obtained the Evereska Mythallar permission that the Seven Small Kingdoms have a relatively high tolerance for the various behaviors of Evereska, which includes the act of attempting to win over other small countries to establish a small-country alliance.

Of course, this does not mean Xia Duo supports this kind of behavior, it just means that this behavior has a certain rationality. The best solution is actually to build a new headquarters in an ownerless neutral area.

Envy is, of course, because he does not have teleportation permission, and the sigh is because he laments that Evereska cannot even protect its own Mythallar permission. Unauthorized persons (in Evereska) teleporting at will in the city is effectively equivalent to sovereignty being infringed upon.

Still have to find a way to accelerate research!

"Lord Xia Duo, apologies, I must take my leave first. I will discuss this matter with other representatives as soon as possible. After you arrive at the Headquarters, there will be someone specifically to take you to the Xiu Xi Shi, and I will come to visit you later."

And there will be more support later, so Dumu coming personally does not seem abrupt.

Although Evereska is also trying to find ways to recover the lost Mythallar permission, it is foreseeable that as long as the Northland Alliance Headquarters does not move out of Evereska, they will likely be unable to recover the Mythallar permission.

But that is just a thought. Research on the Order Force can benefit very little from the Spirit Thought Network; this is mainly because, except for the Order Lord, others are almost unable to operate the Order Force. In fact, currently, the vast majority of Mages on the Main Plane do not even know of the existence of the Order Force.

Or perhaps, wait until the future when Xia Duo leads the Alliance's affairs, and donate a Floating City as the Alliance Headquarters.

After speaking, Tiao teleported away directly. Seeing this scene, Xia Duo could not help but feel a bit envious, and also a bit of a sigh.

How could the representatives of other countries in the Alliance dare to feel at ease working locally?

On the issue of Evereska Mythallar permission, the seven countries are in the wrong, but even Xia Duo has to admit that unless a new headquarters is built, otherwise, if there is no local Mythallar permission, how can the safety of the Alliance Headquarters be guaranteed?