Chapter 3130: Attitudes of Various Countries

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"Consultant Xia Duo, your idea is too unrealistic. Even if you successfully obtained an Artifact from the south, it would be a Psionic Artifact, which wouldn't be of much help in exploring the fusion of Arcane and Psionic."

The implication behind Kalishi's words was that he wanted support for his New Artifact Project, to forge a new Artifact that fuses Arcane and Psionic.

However, the more Kalishi acted this way, the more Xia Duo felt the other party was hiding an ulterior secret, because Kalishi had clearly mentioned before that one of the costs of forging the Artifact was his own sacrifice.

Yet now, all of Kalishi's behavior made Xia Duo feel that the other party did not want to die. Even if the death of a Psionic Master was not the end, the other party gave him the feeling of having a very strong anticipation for the future he was creating.

This kind of anticipation was not the kind that could be entrusted to future generations, but an anticipation that he must see with his own eyes.

The concept of life and death was expressed very contradictorily in Kalishi.

Therefore, Xia Duo still expressed his refusal. After all, he had just put forward his own view, "Why can't you entrust Zhamu Dasi or cooperate with Zhamu Dasi to forge the New Artifact you speak of? Or is it that you also want to use the Wisdom of the Northland Mages to inject the rules of Reality into this so-called New Artifact?"

This latter sentence was somewhat piercing. Previously, while at Laruian's home, Kalishi had revealed the plan of Zhamu Dasi, which was led by the Anti School to use the Northland Computing Power Pool to gather the Wisdom of the Northland Mages to inject the rules of Reality into the New Artifact.

And now, Xia Duo said that Kalishi also wanted the Wisdom of the Northland Mages; the implication was that he believed the other party had not parted ways with the Anti School, and was even plotting for the Wisdom of the Northland Mages together, through both positive and negative channels.

Xia Duo did not want to drag things out too far with the other party, so he spoke of the present, "So you still want to use the Wisdom of the Northland Mages to forge your Artifact?"

"Haven't the Zhamu Dasi people who invaded the Computing Power Pool already been caught? Some were even captured alive; doesn't this prove that the Alliance is capable of responding?"

For these unverifiable questions, Xia Duo's usual way of handling them was to temporarily shelve them; the most important task at present was to stop Kalishi's Artifact Project.

Facing Xia Duo's questioning, a flash of grief and indignation crossed Kalishi's eyes, but it quickly turned into firmness, "Consultant Xia Duo, your misunderstanding of me is truly too deep, but I believe the future will give me a fair judgment."

How often is the Snow Melting Competition held? Yet the Computing Power Pool maintains an online count above peak levels at every moment. If Xia Duo were a Psionic Mage wanting to forge a New Artifact, it would be impossible to let go of such a shortcut!

Currently, in the eyes of the Alliance, Xia Duo and the Psionic Network Research Center he leads are the ones who understand the Computing Power Pool best in the entire Northland and even the entire Main Plane.

"Consultant Xia Duo, your avatar is truly breathtaking!"

Moreover, the time for each meeting was very limited. Even if Xia Duo faced his current avatar from the perspective of a stranger, it would be impossible to discover any clues in such a short time.

What Kalishi's true thoughts were when saying that, Xia Duo did not know, and he could not go back to ask the other party now, but the fact that he was in an avatar state was something only a handful of people at the Alliance Headquarters could see.

"It is not my Artifact; by the time the Artifact is forged, I will already be dead. It is the Artifact of the Northland Alliance; if Consultant Xia Duo is willing, you even have the chance to become the Artifact's keeper."

Besides this, there is no other such convenient path.

Although Xia Duo privately felt that it was not difficult for Kalishi to want to build a Computing Power Pool, and that he even possessed the advantage of Psionic, the Alliance would not believe that a Psionic Mage could master the Alliance's top technology.

Kalishi once again avoided Xia Duo's question. In Xia Duo's view, this was not just a simple default, but a manifestation of absolutely no concession.

And this was also the situation that Xia Duo felt was the hardest to accept from the mastermind behind this series of events.

Did this mean he saw that this was a Saint Form Avatar and was preparing to use that to threaten him? Or did he see that he was an avatar now, which is why he didn't keep him at the underground base?

Xia Duo felt that Kalishi should not have judged that he was an avatar through intelligence work, but through the avatar itself, yet he had only met the other party twice in this avatar form.

If he really had mastered it, then were the Psionic Mages who invaded the Alliance Computing Power Pool previously acting under his command?

"Let's end the visit here for today. I still stand by what I said: if you are seeking to cooperate with Zhamu Dasi to forge a New Artifact in the south, then I am willing to support it, but if you set your sights on the Northland, then I will still firmly oppose it."

There was even Xia Duo's own hint.

His statement about pausing the Computing Power Pool at the other party's base was more to provoke the other party; the Computing Power Pool had been operating until now, and it was no longer something he could stop just by saying so.

"Does this count as an admission?"

The Northland Alliance could certainly cooperate with Zhamu Dasi, but it definitely wasn't now; it felt like being forced to cooperate, and they should occupy more initiative.

Taking this year's Snow Melting Competition as an example, because it involved the rehearsal of the profit distribution of the Giant Mithril Mine in the Grey Peak Mountains, the number of people paying attention was countless.

Of course, he could issue relevant reports as much as possible to prove the necessity of closing the Computing Power Pool, and his judgment had a higher weight, but whether or not to close it, because it involved the interests of many parties, still required consultation among various countries to give a final result; his unilateral statement of closure was useless.

But Xia Duo did not want to make concessions either. After a moment of silence, he told Kalishi, "The previous invasion by Zhamu Dasi gave me a warning; the Computing Power Pool is not as safe as imagined. I think that before we are sure we can handle the next invasion, it is necessary to pause the operation of the Computing Power Pool for a while."

Even the mention of cooperating with Zhamu Dasi earlier was more to provoke Kalishi, and he himself might not even approve of such an approach.

"In terms of Psionic, I am not as good as you, but when it comes to the understanding of the Computing Power Pool, then you are far inferior to me."

Later, he even escorted Xia Duo all the way until he left the underground base and was about to step onto the Surface, when Kalishi said a meaningful sentence:

Just now, whether it was grief, indignation, firmness, or grievance, Kalishi's overall emotions were quite stable, but as soon as Xia Duo's words about pausing the Computing Power Pool came out, Kalishi suddenly became somewhat uncomposed, questioning Xia Duo in a tone that was almost impatient:

Mainly because Xia Duo insisted that the Computing Power Pool needed to be temporarily closed; although the various countries of the Alliance were reluctant to part with the related interests, they would generally agree with Xia Duo's professionalism and make the decision to close the Computing Power Pool.

Of course, those with a heart could also judge that there were two of him by the fact that he appeared in Netheril and Evereska at the same time, one of which must be an avatar.

But even counting the main venue in Netheril and the broadcasts in other parts of the Northland, the total number of mages watching the competition at the same time could not compare to the online count during the peak period of the Computing Power Pool's stable operation.

"Could this be another unique feature of Psionic?"

Whether it was Zhamu Dasi or Kalishi, the simplest way to use the Wisdom of the Northland Mages to forge a New Artifact was to use the Computing Power Pool, a method that ignored spatial distance, to gather the Northland Mages together.

After saying this, Xia Duo rose from his seat and walked two steps toward the door of the Reception Room. Only then did Kalishi seem to react belatedly and hurriedly stood up to see him off.

Xia Duo had initially thought it was just a compliment, but after he returned to the Alliance Headquarters and began to review the process of their meeting, he slowly realized.