Chapter 2922: Virtual Balance Transfer

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Right now, five Council Members have expressed their positions in succession; this is taking sides, but it is also a form of coercion, forcing others to make a choice as soon as possible. Five Council Members are already enough to lead a large group of High Mages to establish a private Spirit Thought Network.

The most critical point is that Xia Duo—the source of the Spirit Thought Network—is among them. Others might have already obtained the relevant Spells from the Northland Alliance, but human nature being what it is, it is inevitable that they worry Xia Duo might be holding something back.

The Council Members might not have realized this consideration at first, but with Keluosi's statement, they cannot help but think a bit more, or rather, think more thoroughly.

"I will join as well!"*2

Kelifu and Magena expressed their positions one after another. Kelifu might be doing so because he is currently building a Floating City and wants to gain some experience from Xia Duo, while Magena is mostly following Kelifu's choice.

The successive statements of these two pushed the momentum of Xia Duo and Lander even higher. In the virtual venue constructed by the Remote Conference System, the Council Members had varied expressions, but without exception, they were all considering it carefully.

"I will join as well, but my people are still in the Tianshui Plane for the time being. It may have to wait until the Main Plane's spring thaw is complete and initial development is finished before they can all join the Public Computing Resource Pool project."

The one speaking now is a Council Member from the Tianshui Plane. Compared to the previous few, he directly pointed out that what they are joining now is the Public Computing Resource Pool, whether it is established in the name of the Council or jointly established by several Council Members privately.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo stood out decisively, taking the initiative to retract his edge, "Everyone has responded very strongly to the suggestion put forward by Council Member Kelifu, but the establishment of a small Spirit Thought Network cannot be completed in a day or two."

For a moment, Badijiaer felt incomparably tormented. He had never wished for the Remote Conference System to suddenly fail as much as he did now, but the reality was that this Remote Conference System provided by the Tower of Time was perhaps as firm as Xia Duo's determination.

It was just that Kelifu, that guy, had not communicated in advance at all, suddenly bringing this matter out into the open, and with the echoing support of Xia Duo and Iolum, the nature of this matter changed instantly.

But doing so also pushed the Tower of Time to the forefront. Right now, what Xia Duo and Iolum are actually doing is trying to bypass the Tower of Time and the Council to go it alone on the Public Computing Resource Pool project, and they even dragged Kelifu into it.

It is not that they want to rely on Xia Duo or the Great Xia Territory, but their first Mythallar is still under construction, and they need Xia Duo to provide them with materials!

One cannot just let the Tower of Time think they are easy to bully just because one has conceded a little!

Therefore, Xia Duo would rather take the initiative to cool things down. As for using the Gateway Magic Tool and the Translation Device as excuses, that is the truth on one hand, and on the other, it is, of course, a not-so-subtle threat.

Pinning the source of the topic on Kelifu is inevitable; otherwise, the other seven towers of the Tower of Time would be left hanging in the air. No matter what, this matter cannot bypass the Tower of Time, not only because Badijiaer holds a veto (though that might not necessarily be useful, as the Speaker cannot control private exchanges between Council Members).

It is just like the regular exchange meetings inside the Tower of Time on the Netheril Main Plane.

This is also very easy to understand. In the past, the Tianshui Three Planes existed as a preserve for the Tower of Time. No one had thought of letting them become independent beforehand, so there was naturally no need for much caution in the exchanges between their own people.

Or to put it another way, the conservatism that has prevailed on the Netheril Main Plane for the past hundred years has not taken root in the Tianshui Three Planes; in fact, the Tianshui Three Planes still maintain a higher frequency of Magic exchanges.

"This topic was not originally on today's agenda. Everyone's consideration might not be thorough. How about we adjourn first, let everyone go back and think it over properly, and discuss it again tomorrow."

On the other side, watching the rapidly deteriorating situation, Xia Duo felt a sense of loss of control. There are many Council Members, and it is inevitable that there will be differences in philosophy and different positions, but splitting the Council is not what he wants to see.

Just now, Xia Duo said that if the Council agreed to establish a Public Computing Resource Pool, he would be the first to respond, and later Kelifu also expressed his position immediately. Neither of them directly pointed out that they wanted to establish a private computing resource pool.

Since they want to establish a Public Computing Resource Pool for the Netherese Mage group, they naturally cannot let go of those high-quality Mages from the Tower of Time.

And after the first Tianshui Plane Council Member expressed his position, the Council Members from the Tianshui Three Planes expressed their positions one after another. This is actually not hard to understand; this matter is inherently very beneficial to them.

This kind of trend made Badijiaer, as the Speaker, secretly think it was bad.

With the step Xia Duo had actively provided, Badijiaer decisively accepted it and quickly ended today's meeting. Next, it should not be difficult to see the division within the Netherese Mage group.

"Even if the Northland Alliance passes it first, it will have to wait until I have perfected the Gateway Magic Tool and the Translation Device before construction can begin.

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It was just that as more and more people responded, and everyone in the Tower of Time, except for Kelifu, was wearing a cold face without exception, the situation did indeed have a trend of being a little out of control.

It would be abnormal if they didn't join!

The problem lies with Iolum. He also responded to Xia Duo's statement, but he proposed the idea of us few parties establishing a computing resource pool separately.

He originally had a plan to build a Public Computing Resource Pool within the Tower of Time. The entire Netheril scope might be difficult to negotiate, but it is relatively easy to negotiate within the Tower of Time.

Striking at the authority of the Council is also not what he wants to see. He still hopes to lead Netheril through the Seventon Council in the future!

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Consequently, the Council Members who expressed their positions later were no longer responding to Xia Duo's statement, nor were they joining the Council's Public Computing Resource Pool, but were responding to Iolum's call, wanting to establish a private computing resource pool.

As for joining, he had already shown such obvious resistance just now; even if he were to join, it would be impossible to express it on the spot in an occasion like today.

It is also because the Tower of Time possesses the highest-quality Mage group within the current Netheril range, and even after the independence of the Tianshui Three Planes, this point has not changed.

After disconnecting the remote conference link, Xia Duo continued to head to the Order Force Laboratory.

He couldn't stop it even if he wanted to; he could only let the situation develop, even to this current state of everyone taking sides. To say he didn't regret it at all would be impossible.

Of course, besides retaining more of a classical style, another important reason is that the Council Members of the Tianshui Three Planes have no roots on the Main Plane, and the vast majority have not even developed any Territory.

Without core conflicts of interest, what reason is there not to join such a multi-party win-win good thing?

As for the so-called risk of privacy leakage, the Tianshui Three Planes, which have long been in a closed state, actually retain more of the classical style of early Netheril.