Chapter 3031: Suspicious Customer Information

Customer ID: 000645

Name: Aimeidiya

Chamber of Commerce: Rus Chamber of Commerce

Purchased Service Type: Stasis Space Warehouse *1

Renewal Duration: One year and two months (May, 840 Netheril Calendar - July, 841 Netheril Calendar)

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Seeing this record, Xia Duo immediately fell into deep thought. Several points in this information touched his sensitive nerves; the first was the name of the chamber of commerce!

Rus Chamber of Commerce—in Elvish, "Rus" means "flash" or "glimmer," which could perhaps be seen as a branch or extension of the Illuminati.

If it were only a matter of the name, Xia Duo would not be so sensitive. After all, solar elements are truly abundant in the Elf World. Although Elves do not worship the Lord of Radiance, the Gold Elves call themselves Sun Children.

The so-called "Gold" is more of a deliberate translation by the Netherese to avoid the taboo of the Lord of Radiance, while also catering to the appearance of the Gold Elves; the original meaning of Gold Elf in Elvish is simply Sun Elf.

Names similar to flash, light, sun, radiance, brilliance, and even corona or solar wheel are simply too common in the Elf World; almost all of them can be linked to the Gold Elves.

As for the Moon Elves, they are naturally related to the moon. However, when the Elves first came into contact with humans, the faith in the Lord of Radiance had only just emerged, and the faith in the Moon God had not yet been born, so naturally, there were no taboos.

Additionally, Moon Elves are the type of Elf that best fits human aesthetics, with skin as fair as moonlight; calling them Moon Elves actually perfectly matches their original meaning in Elvish.

But nowadays, the word "light" has been tarnished by the Illuminati, to the point where Xia Duo has become sensitive to any element related to light or the sun when he sees it in the Elf World.

Besides the chamber of commerce name, the renewal duration also touched upon his sensitive period. First, the purchase and renewal time was May, 840 Netheril Calendar. When was that? It was when the comprehensive testing began in the various countries of the Northland.

It is entirely plausible that the Illuminati decided to take a final desperate risk at this time.

Of course, if it were only this purchase time, Xia Duo might be biased in thinking this way, but combined with the purchase duration of one year and two months, it is very different.

What kind of person would make a purchase with an odd number of months?

If an ordinary person just wanted to try it out, they could completely buy one month first to test the waters before considering whether to renew. But this Aimeidiya from the Shiguang Chamber of Commerce renewed for over a year on the first purchase.

If one says he does not trust the Time Tower Void Warehouse Chamber of Commerce, he renewed for so long on his first try; if one says he trusts it, he only renewed for this long.

Neither side makes sense.

More crucially, the time node when the Stasis Space Warehouse ordered by Aimeidiya expires—July, 841 Netheril Calendar—is next July.

This date originally had nothing special about it; if one had to say something, it is merely the Midsummer Festival at the end of the month. After all, it is in the future; who can predict the future so accurately now?

Xia Duo indeed cannot accurately predict the real future, but what if he only saw one possibility of the future?

Previously, he had conducted many Prophecy Rituals to deal with the Illuminati. To assist in the prophecies, he even set up Cloud Pattern Announcements in many places in the Northland. Even so, he could not assert what the future would be.

But a few times, he did see future Cloud Pattern Announcements and obtained clear and specific major events regarding the Mist Event and the intensification of climate anomalies.

Some have already happened, and some have not.

Among them, regarding "July, 841 Netheril Calendar," Xia Duo predicted several times that a major change would occur in the Northland at this time node—

The collapse of the Mythallars of the various Elf nations!

Including major nations like Yierlan and Keman, almost every time he predicted it, there were at least two major nations involved, and it was not a general local Mythallar accident, but a large-scale, overall collapse.

Previously, because changes in reality caused the predicted future to change, Xia Duo thought that nothing would happen in "July, 841 Netheril Calendar."

But now it seems that perhaps it was the changes in reality that led to the major change in "July, 841."

Combined with his current guess that the Illuminati might be taking a final desperate risk, perhaps the key node of the Illuminati's plan is next July!

Of course, the premise is that this Aimeidiya, who ordered the Stasis Space Warehouse and stored Excited State Magic Artifacts, is a real member of the Illuminati or is controlled by the Illuminati.

Now these are all just his guesses without 100% evidence. As for the Excited State Magic Artifact, he can only see the Magic Net levels and operating laws involved, but this is useless; if it is only a partial piece, it is difficult to deduce the full picture.

Based solely on the spell components represented by this Excited State Magic Artifact, Xia Duo could design spells with completely opposite actual functions himself; it is impossible to use this to prove that the other party is from the Illuminati.

But if it is only used for suspicion, the doubts exposed by the other party are enough for Xia Duo to identify them as the Illuminati.

Merely identifying them privately will not have any impact. Even if the other party is truly the Illuminati, Xia Duo will not immediately do anything to them to avoid alerting the enemy.

If they are not, then there is even less impact. Although they are suspected by Xia Duo now, they have actually left an impression. If there is any cooperation suitable for them in the future, Xia Duo might even prioritize them!

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"Alright, let's go, there's nothing unusual!"

After reading the customer information, Xia Duo called for Niya to leave, but Niya stared at Xia Duo's eyes with a suspicious look, murmuring, "No, no, you must be hiding something from me!"

Xia Duo was about to explain, but Niya waved her hand and said seemingly nonchalantly: "Forget it, I know that if it concerns me, you definitely wouldn't deliberately hide it from me. Since it doesn't concern me, then I won't ask."

"Whew—"

Xia Duo let out a long sigh of relief, but he did not expect Niya to show a cunning expression again, "I really didn't guess wrong."

But afterwards, Niya did not continue to pursue the matter. Only then did Xia Duo truly relax. It was not that he was unwilling to tell Niya these things, but that once anything is known by more than one person, it is no longer a secret.

Currently, his suspicion of the Illuminati members' identities and his suspicion of the Illuminati's recent plans only exist in his own mind; this is his greatest advantage over the Illuminati.

Revealing it to a second person would carry the risk of exposure. After all, the opponents are a group of top-tier prophets; no one can determine how high their means are.

There is no harm in being cautious.

As for the Illuminati already knowing his suspicions, there is nothing to be done about that. This is reality, not entertainment; would one stop playing just because the cards are on the table?

Regardless, preparing for the enemy with the worst-case scenario has always been Xia Duo's principle.

The so-called grand, earth-shattering battle itself is not what Xia Duo values.

A hometown proverb says—those who are good at fighting have no great achievements; it means that by considering everything thoroughly before the battle and placing oneself in an invincible position, it looks like one is fighting a battle with the wind at one's back, relaxed and comfortable, and anyone could do it.

But the various preparations before the battle are not something just anyone can complete.