Chapter 3119: Suicide and the Third Party

About half an hour later, the topic between the two sides finally turned to Ailan. It was Jielinisi who brought it up first; Xia Duo had thought the other party would be able to hold back from asking, but how could it be possible to not inquire about such a matter at all?

Xia Duo's development plan for Ailan was public, the conflict with the Yelram Ambassador was also basically public knowledge to some people, and the recent shift in Yelram's attitude was the same.

This indicated that Xia Duo and Yelram had reached an agreement on some issues involving Ailan, most likely the development plan Xia Duo had proposed not long ago.

And Keman was also very interested in this plan.

Or rather, it is difficult for a great power not to be interested in a plan that can leave a lasting influence on a small country, especially under the current Alliance system where direct territorial expansion has become a delusion, and the expansion of influence is the mainstream.

As for Keman's participation, Xia Duo naturally welcomed it; this would not only balance the power comparison between him and Yelram within Ailan, but also drag Keman onto the ship to jointly deal with the Illuminati.

Just as he was preparing to introduce the Ailan development plan to Jielinisi in detail, a report from Ailin suddenly came through the Mind Link—

"We have already found the target with the Gale Squad! It's in the Chenxing Community, they are two humans, but they are both already dead!"

What?!

Upon receiving this news, Xia Duo felt a surge of joy in his heart. Feeling somewhat urgent, he couldn't help but rise from his seat, and Jielinisi also asked curiously:

"Can the cause of death not be determined?" Xia Shao asked again.

"For the time being, we haven't found any traces of a third party. It might require you, Consultant, to check again. As for the background of that manor, Zhamu has already asked the community steward. The other party has never seen those two people before, and the steward did not disclose the information registered with the community, but clearly stated it is related to those two people."

Xia Shao crossed his arms with one hand and held his chin with the other, lost in thought about the various details mentioned by Ailan. If there were no surprises, this elderly man, suspected to be the Psionic Master Aokesi, should have sought death voluntarily.

Jiewainisi certainly would not join a Mind Link without protective measures, so the conversation ended there. Both sides rode their respective golden stag mounts, which were unique to Yelram, and galloped along the city's exclusive streets.

Those Psionic Mages were able to sneak into the Chenxing Community; it is likely they had the assistance of local Elves. As far as Xia Shao knew, residences in Yelram were almost never sold to foreigners, especially non-Elves.

After a moment, they circled half of Saibohu and arrived at the Chenxing Community mentioned by Ailan. This community was also built by the lake; one could imagine that this was another high-end community similar to the Lieyang Community.

If they didn't even have a Psionic Artifact, then it was even more likely that those two people were pushed out to die.

"From the many details discovered so far, we have preliminarily judged that the deceased are two Psionic Mages, but the strange thing is that we did not find any Psionic Artifacts on them."

"We found letters and documents in another room. Based on the text, they should involve the Elves and the southern Zhamu Dasi. We have already organized the parts that were not encrypted. Do you want to see them now, Consultant?"

"Consultant, you have arrived."

He looked around the room where the bodies were found. It was not hidden; it even faced the Saibohu outside. The middle-aged man's body lay on the ground facing upward, with blood seeping from his nose and mouth.

Ailan did not respond to this, turning instead to introduce other details of the preliminary investigation—

And that old man's body still maintained the same sitting posture as when he was alive. If it weren't for confirming that he was indeed dead, one might even think at first glance that the other party was just closing their eyes to rest!

"Not for now. It won't be too late to look after we bring them back to the Alliance Headquarters."

Hearing this, Xia Shao felt a chill in his heart, but he still pretended to be completely ignorant and replied: "Of course this is my first time coming to Yelram, but the guidance from the Arrow Rain Squad is very comprehensive. If Mage Jiewainisi is willing to connect to our Mind Link, you could also become as familiar as I am."

Of course, considering that both of them were Psionic Mages, perhaps they were like Xia Shao when he came last time, forging identities or even directly controlling local Elves to complete various check-in procedures.

"Right. Why don't we go to the Arrow Rain Squad first to take a look, and we can continue our detailed discussion later?"

"What do you mean by 'died too cleanly'?"

Very soon, Xia Shao saw the targets of this trip in a quiet manor—two corpses, one old and one middle-aged, both male.

During this time, Jiewainisi did not say a word, presumably also thinking about which local Elves might be involved with Psionic Mages.

"Is that so!"

What Xia Shao performed was the "Huishuo Councilor" among the Scrying spells. Of course, it was not backtracking time; time traces are very easy to erase. What he really wanted to trace was the movement of all elements, including the air, in the target area over a period of time in the past.

"That works, I also really want to know what exactly was discovered over there! Let's go over together and take a look!"

……

……

In reality, it might be more than that. The other party most likely left a backup plan, sending the last remaining Echo of their thoughts back to the Artifact, the Mental Image World!

Subsequently, the group immediately set off for the Chenxing Community mentioned by Ailan. On the way, Jiewainisi asked somewhat distractedly—

……

Mages of the Main Plane are often too reliant on the Avoidance of Detection spell, thinking that as long as they block scrying, they won't leave traces. In fact, that is not the case; everything that exists will leave traces.

"It means that no traces were left behind, not even residual consciousness. Normally, even if one dies of old age, there will be some residual consciousness, and some souls can even linger for quite a long time. But this person not only has no residual consciousness, but even the traces of the soul are completely absent. Additionally, there are no wounds inside or outside his body, and even when we arrived, he still had a faint heartbeat."

"Hmm, where are the bodies? Take me there."

"No Psionic Artifacts found?"

Xia Shao immediately frowned. Just now, seeing that there were no Psionic Artifacts on the bodies, he thought they had been temporarily collected by the members of the Ailan squad; he didn't expect there to be none at all!

After observing personally for a while, Xia Shao called Ailan to his side and asked: "Besides you, were there any traces of a third party discovered? Have you checked the background of this manor?"

"Is the investigation not yielding results?"

Subsequently, Xia Shao checked personally. Considering that some traces might not have a second chance after one inspection, he invited Jiewainisi to witness from the side, and Jiewainisi did not refuse.

"According to the situation at the scene, we preliminarily judged that the middle-aged man might have died from his consciousness suffering a strong impact, leading to a mental collapse, while the elderly man died too cleanly; it's hard to say!"

The answer should be revealed very soon.

At the community entrance, Xia Shao saw Ailan waiting there alone. However, he did not exchange pleasantries with the other party and immediately demanded that he be taken to see the bodies.

"So you mean they snuck in? Is the security of the Chenxing Community that poor?" Xia Shao couldn't help but complain.

It just depends on the angle from which one starts the investigation.

Because Yelram itself is a holy land for tourism and childbirth, just receiving Yelram Elves is already a bit overwhelming; how could they possibly make exceptions for foreigners?

"Has Consultant Xia Shao been to Yelram before? How come you seem even more familiar with the environment here than I, a Saibohu Elf?"