Chapter 3070: Launching an Investigation, Unexpected Clues

————It will be a bit later~~

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There is no banquet in the world that does not come to an end. After the flight competition, Xia Duo prepared to return to the Main Plane. This time, Xintuosi did not try to persuade him to stay; after all, he had already stayed for a few extra days, and if he stayed any longer, would he have to make the Kingdom of Radiance his permanent residence?

"I don't know when we will meet again after this. Remember to practice the Arcane Maze more. When the time comes, I will check your progress. As for me, I will also practice flight techniques frequently after returning to the Main Plane, and I will participate in the Grand City-Ring Slam again then."

Xia Duo gave his instructions and promises, then left the Golden Dragon City District without looking back. Next was the Holy City, then the Kingdom of Radiance, and finally, under a crooked tree in the Boundless Wilderness, he exerted himself, and his soul returned to his original body.

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Tower of Time, Xiu Xi Shi.

Xia Duo slowly opened his eyes. The experience in the Kingdom of Radiance was still vivid, yet his body felt involuntarily weak. It seemed that the soul leaving the body could not be sustained for long, though his current physique had, to a certain extent, shed material limitations.

He first used his Bloodline Ability to merge with the world, dispelling his fatigued form. Then, with a single thought, wind and clouds surged in the void of the Xiu Xi Shi, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

His body then naturally manifested once more from these phenomena of heaven and earth, feeling full of energy.

The representative of Siluwende did not dare to be so reckless, but they expressed their dissatisfaction through various channels, accusing Xia Shao of interfering in their internal affairs both openly and covertly.

Although Xia Shao very much wanted to push all the bad things onto the Darkness Society, the possibility that this was done by the Darkness Society was really not very high; it was similar to the logic of the various countries playing tricks.

Besides the matter of Lingsi, Yierlan also reported a matter together with Hewaisita, a researcher at the Ailan Network Research Center, regarding the abnormal service life of the Public Computing Power Pool Gateway Magic Tool.

As for the Sending, although only three days had passed, the number of messages received over these three days was not small at all; instead, they had become increasingly frequent because they could not reach him.

Neither of these things was good news for the Darkness Society.

Of course, doing so was not without a price, only Xia Duo himself did not understand where the price lay. He only used it occasionally to avoid being unable to recover at a truly critical moment and becoming completely integrated into the void.

But he immediately denied this thought. The various countries certainly wanted to scrape more profit from the Computing Power Pool, but it wouldn't be so lacking in technical content. Even if the Gateway Magic Tool really had some design flaws, that was a matter for the Alliance and the Tower of Time.

Xia Shao read them one by one and gave replies one by one. These were still normal communication exchanges. Previously, Xia Shao's consciousness was often in his avatar in Evereska, so everyone at the Tower of Time was used to not seeing him for a few days.

Although Xia Shao very much wanted to push all the bad things onto the Darkness Society, the possibility that this was done by the Darkness Society was really not very high; it was similar to the logic of the various countries playing tricks.

Besides, if someone really played tricks, once it was discovered, it wouldn't be a matter of whether they could get money or not, but a problem of someone inevitably having to take responsibility for it.

Xia Shao read the messages from Niya, Saville, and others inside the Tower of Time first. Apart from Niya's extra concern as a wife, the others were mostly about the recent situation of the Tower of Time and the Territory.

In addition, there was the recent work plan of the Academy Five-Person Committee, and so on.

It was a pity that Xia Shao had not been there for these few days, so the representative Charles could only return in frustration, but he let out word that he wanted Xia Shao to give him a satisfactory explanation.

After recovering his energy, Xia Shao first checked the messages received by the Communication Magic Tool during his absence, and incidentally glanced at the Magic Moment Spell Imprint used for timing above.

In the end, it would still depend on him to solve it; the various countries might not necessarily be able to gain any benefits.

The Ailan Network Research Center initially thought that the increase in the total number of Computing Power Pool users had caused the consciousness information traffic to increase, leading to a significant reduction in the service life of the Gateway Magic Tool.

His assistant there, Yierlan, mentioned in a message that the cooperation between the Tower of Time and Lingsi had triggered dissatisfaction from both Charles and Siluwende. The representative of the Darkness Society had even gone to the Ailan Network Research Center and Yunfeng Manor more than once to block him.

However, after analyzing the sub-networks to which those abnormally worn-out Gateway Magic Tools belonged, the Research Center overturned that speculation. Through actual testing, the increase in the total number of users did indeed increase the burden on the sub-network Gateway Magic Tools.

Of course, it did not exclude the possibility that the Darkness Society was playing tricks in the dark, because the cooperation between Xia Shao and Lingsi had almost attracted the attention of the entire Northland to that tiny place of Lingsi.

As for the other party in this matter, the Lingsi side did not turn hostile and deny the person, publicly acknowledging that the cooperation between the Plenipotentiary Ambassador Tuomeidisi and Xia Shao was valid, but such an approach also caused the already tense situation to show signs of intensification.

But what Yierlan and Hewaisita reported now was that messages were coming in from various countries one after another, saying that many of the Gateway Magic Tools that had been replaced recently had shown abnormal wear and tear.

Although Xia Shao very much wanted to push all the bad things onto the Darkness Society, the possibility that this was done by the Darkness Society was really not very high; it was similar to the logic of the various countries playing tricks.

Originally, according to Xia Shao's estimation, the Gateway Magic Tools supporting the Computing Power Pool needed to be replaced about once a month, and the first month of the Computing Power Pool's official operation was indeed the case.

If someone from the outside really played tricks, it would be very easy to find out. Once found out, either the Darkness Society would expose more clues, or the various countries would increase their investigation and search efforts into the Darkness Society.

Upon first hearing of this situation, Xia Shao could not help but frown. When he first saw the messages from Yierlan and the others, his first reaction was that the various countries were trying to find ways to get money again.

But the increase in this burden was limited; in essence, it was still spread across the entire network. The greatest traffic for the Gateway Magic Tool still came from the maximum of one hundred users in its affiliated sub-network.

Like Xia Shao's five secretaries, who had to report various information collected or summarized to him at a fixed time and place every day, while Saville was showing off the progress of the Plane Exploration Center to him while urging for more manpower.

Neither of these things was good news for the Darkness Society.

Therefore, Xia Shao was more inclined to believe that this was a purely accidental event, or it was possible that he had overlooked something when designing the Dharma Network Magical Artifact, leaving behind such a significant flaw.

If someone from the outside really played tricks, it would be very easy to find out. Once found out, either the Darkness Society would expose more clues, or the various countries would increase their investigation and search efforts into the Darkness Society.

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But on the side of Evereska, as the person in charge of an agency under the Northland Alliance, even if there had been an explanation beforehand, disappearing for three days all of a sudden was enough to cause some chaos.

Seeing that only three days had passed, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It didn't matter if little time had passed in the Main Plane; he was only afraid that a particularly long time had passed on the Main Plane side, which would have been contrary to his original intention.

If someone from the outside really played tricks, it would be very easy to find out. Once found out, either the Darkness Society would expose more clues, or the various countries would increase their investigation and search efforts into the Darkness Society.

Neither of these things was good news for the Darkness Society.