Chapter 3120: Aokesi's Memory

————Still a little bit more, about another half hour~~

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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, and the conflict with the Yelram Ambassador was also basically public knowledge to some people, as was the recent shift in Yelram's attitude.

This indicated that Xia Duo and the Yelram side 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.

Regarding Keman's participation, Xia Duo naturally welcomed it; this could not only balance the power comparison between him and Yelram within Ailan, but also drag Keman onto the boat to deal with the Illuminati together.

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!"

Afterwards, Xia Duo personally inspected them. Considering that some traces might not have a second chance after one inspection, he invited Jielinisi to witness from the side, and Jielinisi did not refuse.

Then the group set off immediately, heading to the Chenxing Community mentioned by Ailan. On the way, Jielinisi asked somewhat distractedly——

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

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

"It's just that there are no traces left behind, not even residual consciousness. Generally speaking, even if one dies of old age, there will be some residual consciousness, and some even have their Soul linger for quite a long time. But this person not only has no residual consciousness, but even traces of the Soul are completely absent. Additionally, there are no wounds inside or outside his body, and even when we arrived, there was still a faint heartbeat."

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

During this period, Jielinisi did not say a word, presumably also thinking about which local Elves were involved with Psionic Mages.

"Not for now, it won't be too late to look after bringing them back to the Alliance Headquarters."

Those Psionic Mages could sneak into the Chenxing Community; they must have had the assistance of local Elves. As far as Xia Duo knew, residences in Yelram were almost never sold to foreigners, especially non-Elves.

Without even a Magic Artifact, it was even more likely that these two people were pushed out to die.

"Consultant, you have arrived."

Xia Duo frowned immediately. Just now, seeing that there were no Magic Artifacts on the corpses, he thought they had been temporarily collected by the members of the Ailan squad; he hadn't expected that there really weren't any!

Ailan did not respond to this, but instead introduced other details of the preliminary investigation——

Because Yelram itself was a holy land for tourism and reproduction, just receiving the Elves was already a bit overwhelming, so how could they make an exception for foreigners?

"Is that so!"

In a moment, they circled more than half of Saibohu and arrived at the Chenxing Community mentioned by Ailan. This community was also built by the lake; it was conceivable that this was another high-end community similar to the Lieyang Community.

What Xia Duo cast 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 the past period of time.

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

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

The answer should be revealed very soon.

"No Psionic Artifacts found?"

Receiving this news, Xia Duo felt a surge of joy in his heart. A bit impatient, he couldn't help but stand up from his seat, and Jielinisi also asked curiously:

Jielinisi naturally would not join a Mind Link without protective measures, so the topic ended there. Both sides rode their own golden stag mounts unique to Yelram and galloped along the city's exclusive streets.

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

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

Xia Duo hugged his arms with one hand and rested his chin on the other, thinking thoughtfully about the various details mentioned by Ailan. If nothing went wrong, this elderly man, suspected to be the Lingneng Ambassador Aokesi, should have sought death voluntarily.

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

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

At the community entrance, Xia Duo saw Ailan waiting there alone, but he didn't exchange pleasantries with the other party and immediately asked to be taken to see the corpses.

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

What?!

"We found letters and documents in another room. From the text, it should involve Elves and the southern Zhamu Dasi. We have already organized the unencrypted parts. Does the Consultant want to see them now?"

"Can the cause of death be determined?" Xia Duo asked again.

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"There are no traces of a third party discovered for the time being; it might require you, Consultant, to check again. As for the background of this manor, Antuosi has already asked the community butler. The other party had never seen these two before, and the butler did not disclose the information registered in the community, but clearly stated it had nothing to do with these two."

"Right. Shall we go to the Arrow Rain Squad first and talk in detail later?"

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

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"Is it that the investigation has results?"

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

In reality, it was likely more than that; the other party most likely left a backup plan, sending the final residual Echo of their thoughts back to the Artifact, the Mental Image World!

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

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