Chapter 2894: Conception of a Public Computing Power Pool

————It's a bit late, still about ten minutes or so~~

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On the way to the Xiu Xi Shi, Xia Duo and Dumu exchanged a few pleasantries. From the other party, he learned that over twenty volunteers from various countries had already arrived in Evereska, all of whom were at least senior Mages.

"How many High Mages have come?"

"The specific number is outside my Permission Level, but I saw those few from the last Meitelier incident; there should be at least five! Do you wish to go and meet them?"

"No, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet during the operation later."

Xia Duo had only experienced the Meitelier incident together with those Elf Mages; there was no other intersection between them, let alone any friendship. Most importantly, those Elves had clearly arrived but had not yet joined the Spirit Thought Network, which bothered him somewhat.

A moment later, the two arrived at the Xiu Xi Shi, which the Northland Alliance had prepared specifically for Xia Duo. Dumu left after escorting Xia Duo there, and Xia Duo looked over the furnishings in the Xiu Xi Shi alone.

It was not much different from an ordinary Xiu Xi Shi, except for an extra desk and a stack of documents neatly placed upon it. Seeing this, Xia Duo felt thoughtful and flipped through the documents; they were mostly background introductions for this operation.

This included the background of the Time-Involving Ritual and an introduction to the Timeline Fluctuation Positioning Technology. Seeing this, Xia Duo immediately realized that not everyone could likely see these documents.

Of course, they didn't directly address the humans, which was hard to talk about; clearly, they held a bias against humans. Xia Shao wouldn't indulge them either; if they didn't obey orders during the upcoming rehearsal, then Xia Shao certainly wouldn't have them.

"Those who haven't arrived don't need to come; just incorporate them into the computing group, just like the previous Dumu Wangluo. I assume everyone already understands the significance of this operation, so I won't say much more. We will proceed with the rehearsal now. I hope everyone can cast aside distracting thoughts and focus on the instructions. Do not have any hesitation, otherwise, I can only ask you to go to the computing group. Assemble!"

Research into the Order Force still needs more effort. Seeing that the Northland Alliance is about to speed up the development plan, my Credit Currency Identifier still hasn't had a breakthrough!

"All those who have passed confirmation are already here, but there may be more who pass confirmation later," one of the intelligence officers replied.

Almost instantly, the person who originally wanted to "lurk" became the object of attention, and because it was a Mind Link, the direction of such subconscious information was something Xia Shao could not ignore.

Xia Shao pondered for a moment, then withdrew most of his consciousness back to his main body. Regardless of the results on Tiao's side, he had now chosen to join and entered a standby state, but he couldn't just wait idly before the operation.

In fact, what neither of them said was that the Linker Tiao brought out had a Perception depth that was completely not inferior to this one, but those Elves could not be fully confirmed as trustworthy, so it could only be used as a pure computing resource pool.

While reading those materials, Xia Shao was also thinking about Tiao's reaction just now. It seemed he had strong opinions about announcing the Grey Peak Mountains development plan now, just not knowing if doing so could divert the attention of the Demon Descendants.

Indeed, some Elves guessed that it might be an operation targeting the Demon Descendants, but none hit the nail on the head; they didn't know about the existence of the Time-line Fluctuation Signal, and even less that the monitoring center had already detected a large number of signals.

The so-called "passed confirmation" actually meant passing the vetting to be trusted, but now at least one-third of the Elves in the operation group were High Mages, so saying "vetting" directly was too blunt.

However, Xia Shao rejected Ling Si's joining. It wasn't that he didn't trust Ling Si, but that one more person couldn't possibly cause a qualitative change in the status quo, and Netherese Mages were very sensitive to this kind of deep Mind Link.

But Xia Shao could still confirm this point through deeper Subconscious Information.

"Hello everyone!" Xia Shao greeted naturally.

"Intelligence officer, is the operation group composed only of these members? Are there any who haven't arrived?"

"I suppose there must be other plans proceeding in parallel!"

Xia Shao didn't mind because he could control the leakage of Subconscious Information to a large extent; if he couldn't, he would also be very resistant to this kind of technology.

Xia Shao originally wanted to "lurk" and observe for a while, but he was discovered by the network Manager and had his Permission Level transferred immediately. The Dumu Wangluo was essentially a Mind Link; a change in Permission Level was no small matter, and even less could it be ignored.

"This was brought to you by Ambassador Tiao. The volunteers who have been confirmed to participate in the operation after screening are all in here. You can rehearse with them regarding possible encounters during the operation. Additionally, there are several intelligence officers from the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab among them. At that time, field teams from the Demon Intelligence Room will assist you in completing the mission. As the commander of this operation, you also have the Permission Level to command them; those intelligence officers are your messengers."

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Of course, the most important thing was that the Northland Alliance had already sent two intelligence officers into the operation group's Dumu Wangluo. If they hadn't, Xia Shao might have really considered pulling Ling Si in.

Ling Si worked for the Northland Alliance and wouldn't be ignorant of the concept of Perception depth, so to avoid any estrangement between the two sides in the future, Xia Shao still didn't ask Ling Si to join the Dumu Wangluo.

"I understand."

Those who addressed Xia Shao as "Consultant" mostly held positions in the Northland Alliance; Xia Shao's status in the Northland Alliance was that of a Consultant for the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory;

Xia Shao nodded and took the newly delivered Dumu Network Linker, then waved the new Linker in his hand and asked Ling Si, "Are you in this?"

As for those who addressed Xia Shao as "Lord," they were mostly not employed by the Northland Alliance; "Lord" was one of Xia Shao's most important current identities.

"Good afternoon, Lord Xia Shao."

"This set of Linkers has a higher level of Perception depth. Currently, only the volunteers confirmed to participate in the operation and the communicators have been issued them. If Lord Xia Shao needs one, I can also apply for you to join."

Xia Shao confirmed it once first. Of course, he wouldn't punish without teaching, but rather strictly follow the procedure. Of course, no one would object to his face when he asked like this, and thus a temporary superior-subordinate relationship was established.

"Good afternoon, Consultant Xia Shao."

Just like that, Xia Shao devoted his consciousness to his main body to continue researching the Order Force while paying attention to the latest news on the volunteers' Dumu Wangluo. By around noon, Ling Si delivered some food and also brought a Dumu Network Linker, and instructed:

"This operation is under my command. Does anyone have any objections?"

In the Spirit Thought Network he had just joined from Tili'ao's side, most were completely unaware of the purpose of summoning them and were making all sorts of guesses.

There were also those who called him "Mage"; those basically had no prior intersection with Xia Shao and were just being polite, as that was the most common form of address.

After Ling Si left, Xia Shao successfully connected to the operation group's Dumu Wangluo. As soon as he entered, he found those Elf volunteers were discussing things heatedly!