Chapter 3028: CPU Strategy, Inspecting the Warehouse

Afterward, Poson checked his own state, confirming he had not been influenced by Mind Magic, or rather, that Yisiluoda had employed a more sophisticated form of Mind Magic that did not manifest as a specific Spell, but rather as psychological intervention and Guidance.

However, Poson was not prepared to go back on his word; on one hand, the Darkness Society was likely still monitoring him, leaving him no room to renege, and on the other hand, this matter itself did not violate his principles.

Yisiluoda requested that he use his status as an official Mage to transport a batch of supplies across the border into Ailan territory; he would not even need to hand them over to anyone, just deliver the supplies to a certain location.

According to Yisiluoda, these supplies were intended to support the restorationist forces within Ailan, claiming that Ailan's independence was not the will of the people in the Ailan region, but was instead manipulated by Yierlan.

This was the prevailing narrative within Siluwende.

Even taking a step back, even if the Ailan of the past had indeed opposed the previous rulers, now that the resistance organization had come to power, surely the people there would not still be thinking of independence?

One must know that the original resistance organization possessed extremely high prestige among the common people; otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to grow bit by bit under the dual suppression of Yierlan and the Siluwende high command. (This also utilized the distrust between Yierlan and the Siluwende high command; the former did not want to see a stable Siluwende, while the latter wanted to harbor bandits to maintain their own importance.)

Therefore, after Ailan's independence, Siluwende had been constantly attempting to make contact with the restorationist forces within Ailan, wanting to bring the Ailan region back to Siluwende.

Poson had arrived here during the pre-war reconstruction of Terminos; he had watched bit by bit as Terminos turned into the fortress it was today, and during this period, he had indeed seen Yierlande constantly sending intelligence personnel into the Ailan region.

It was just that what he hadn't expected was that what Siluwende could not achieve, the Darkness Society had managed to do; although Poson also had suspicions in his heart, this matter did not go against his principles, and he simply could not refuse.

Even items with a user's private magical seal could be inspected through more sophisticated decryption techniques.

But if the Darkness Society had truly used the Tower of Time Void Warehouse, it was impossible for them to leave behind the user's identity information, and checking the user's identity information would be meaningless.

The Tower of Time Void Warehouse focused primarily on cheap, conventional storage space.

And looking at the details of the mission, transporting a batch of supplies across the border and delivering them to a location within Ailan seemed to have nothing special about it, but once it was linked to Ailan, alarm bells rang loudly in Xia Shao's mind.

"It shouldn't be that coincidental, right!"

Poson only needed to bring the key to the designated location within Ailan and then retrieve the supplies.

On the other side, after waiting for many days, Xia Shao finally saw what he wanted to see; having experienced the process of Poson and Yisiluoda meeting again almost from a first-person perspective, he finally confirmed that the Darkness Society indeed had a conspiracy.

What if there was a time bomb inside?

It was only independent in name, merely cutting off Yisuluo's intention to directly convert it into its own territory.

As for the cost, since it was sold to the public, it was naturally borne by the purchaser.

Xia Shao did not dwell on this question for too long; in any case, he had already decided that when Poson took action, he must find a way to make the Darkness Society's goal go bankrupt.

As for the restorationist forces, perhaps the ordinary Elves living in the Ailan region today might still harbor such thoughts, but the high-level officials—it was almost impossible, and the further things developed, the more impossible it became.

A famous Semi-plane.

For a moment, Xia Shao thought of many things, but he always felt he couldn't grasp the key, so he decided to wait and see for the time being and wait until the day Poson took action.

If this world developed normally, Ailan actually had a chance to be truly independent; although small, it did exist.

But in Xia Shao's view, necessary security measures should be standard operating procedure for warehouse operators; taking bank safety deposit boxes as an example, one couldn't just let any person walk in and store a box, right?

The Tower of Time's Void Warehouse also had Stasis Space, but the price was similar to the Stasis Space of Elven Void Warehouses, and the vast majority of the Tower of Time's Void Warehouse clients were small and medium-sized chambers of commerce; if they wanted to rent Stasis Space, they wouldn't choose the Tower of Time.

Even if Ailan's future rulers had no connection to the Darkness Society, it was impossible for them to abandon that status and choose to become an inconspicuous border region of Yierlande.

Xia Shao's current approach perfectly confirmed the Netherese Mage's concerns: privacy could not be guaranteed, and the warehouse's creator could view all items in the warehouse at will.

Furthermore, what kind of supplies a batch of supplies actually were also left too much room for imagination.

Not to mention, Ailan's independence had already been recognized by the Northland Alliance and it was a Formal Member of the Northland Alliance; this status itself was extremely valuable.

No one was willing to easily hand over the power in their hands.

According to Yisiluoda, the specific mission time had not yet been determined; when it was determined, Poson would be notified.

Of course, the Ailan in reality might be involved in the Darkness Society's conspiracy, and perhaps there really was an opportunity for it to return to Yierlande, but Xia Shao believed that this opportunity was absolutely not something the Darkness Society would subjectively be willing to provide.

One must know that the Ailan of the past was occupied by Yisuluo, and the subsequent independence matters were entirely handled by Yisuluo; even now, Ailan was still under the actual control of Yisuluo.

……

As for things like funding Ailan's restorationist forces, such nonsense could only deceive an Elite Mage like Poson who was not in the sights of the high-level officials, but Xia Shao was very clear that there were no such restorationist forces within Ailan.

……

One could only start from the actual supplies inside the warehouse.

As for the batch of supplies that Poson needed to transport, he didn't need to carry them personally; at that time, Yisiluoda would give Poson a connection key for a Void Warehouse.

Therefore, Yisiluoda's statement was nine times out of ten just a pretext used to persuade Poson to accept the mission, and his true thoughts were unknown.

Thinking this way, Xia Shao's consciousness immediately returned to his main body, and then he notified Niya to enter the Semi-plane where the Void Warehouse was located together.

If it weren't like that, if it were true independence, then Yisuluo would never have agreed to such a request in the first place; even with the Alliance's intervention, it was impossible to let a victorious nation spit out the meat it had already eaten.

He could only try his best to convince himself, otherwise, it would be looking for trouble.

Xia Shao could think of at least two risks involved: one was that Poson, as a Mage with an official Yierlande background—even if only a logistics Mage—would have no way to explain himself if discovered smuggling into the country by Yisuluo or Ailan, and it might even become the fuse for a new war.

A flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and the figures of Xia Shao and Niya appeared out of thin air in an empty space; actually, according to normal procedures, Xia Shao should have checked the Void Warehouse user's identity first.

……

Being able to spit out a portion was already not bad.

"Is it ultimately to stir up the situation in the Northland and then act during the chaos, or is this batch of supplies a necessary component of some big move the Darkness Society is about to make?"

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, Xia Shao suddenly thought that his own family operated a Void Warehouse! Could it be—

"It's a pity I don't know which Void Warehouse the Darkness Society is using; otherwise, if I knew what the supplies were, I would have more room for decision-making."

Secondly, the supplies Yisiluoda asked Poson to transport were a greater risk because it was uncertain what they were.

Void Warehouses also had such concerns, but for personal use, it generally didn't need to be so strict, while for sales to the public (storage services), one could build higher-end Stasis Space, so even if there really were "time bombs" put inside, there would be no fear.