Chapter 3196: The True Danger of Kalishi

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Xia Duo had already made preparations to resurrect all forty-six of his territory residents; what remained to be seen was whether the Illuminati would actually launch an attack on the day of the Midsummer Festival.

Because the Midsummer Festival was approaching, Xia Duo also put more energy into his Territory rather than Evereska; over there, he basically just went to clock in during the day, checked the operating status of the Computing Power Pool, and then idled in his office.

Or he would return directly to Golden Maple Manor; if there were any emergencies, his assistant Charles or Dumu could contact him.

The eve of the Midsummer Festival.

As usual, Xia Duo underwent a Psionic Awakening experiment under Niya's supervision. The result, unsurprisingly, was still a failure. Although he was somewhat anxious, he did not deliberately speed up the progress, still attempting it at most twice a day as before.

If Niya asked, he would even just do the minimum one attempt.

After this experiment ended, Xia Duo was just planning to go back and rest with Niya, when unexpectedly he received an alarm from Yunfeng Manor. Xia Duo's expression changed instantly; he teleported back to his bedroom directly with Niya, then told Niya:

"There is an emergency; a petty thief has broken into Yunfeng Manor. I'm going to go handle it and will be back soon."

At the same time, he also unfastened the cloak beneath him. It was indeed as Xia Duo had judged—it was a human he had never seen before!

The other party went to such lengths to break into the Arcane state, and was so worried, only to want to unite with the Northland Alliance to eliminate Kalishi? Was it not for the Remains of the First Mentor?

Under such circumstances, Tuoruisi could only choose to trust Xia Duo, but out of caution, he still re-cast a Protective Spell. To Xia Duo's surprise, this spell actually contained components of both Psionic and Magic. (He had a Psionic Detector)

This also caused the intruder not to be restrained, but to still be resisting the protective Jieti and attempting to break into the main building at the center of the manor.

Having done everything he could, Tuoruisi then spoke slowly, "I represent the Anti School and Zeqi School of Zhamudasi, requesting to unite with the Northland Alliance to jointly eliminate that extremist, Kalishi."

"I come from the Anti School of Zhamudasi, and I am indeed not in the delegation that came to the Northland this time; rather, I arrived in the Northland very early. Consultant Xia Duo can call me Tuoruisi."

"Do you think that's possible? A mere Psionic Artifact—it's not like I haven't destroyed one before!"

"A brand-new opportunity?" Tuoruisi sneered. "What he can bring is only destruction and enslavement. You all underestimate the New Artifact he has conceived. Once he controls the New Artifact, perhaps the entire Xilu and even the entire Main Plane will have to submit beneath his feet."

"I don't know about Psionic, but Magic should rarely be able to break through the blockade of this Secret Ritual Chamber. Even if it could, it's impossible to hide it from me. If you have something to say, just say it directly; don't keep looking around."

But this did not necessarily mean that the other party must be from Zhamudasi; after all, even he knew the symbol, so it was not strange for other non-Zhamudasi Mages to know it.

Speaking of this, this Zhamudasi person who called himself Tuoruisi became somewhat uneasy. He looked left and right inside the Secret Ritual Chamber and asked Xia Duo:

"Consultant Xia Duo, I know the Northland Alliance cannot agree to the delegation's demand to directly hand over Kalishi, and even the demand for Kalishi to exchange the Remains of the First Mentor is hard to satisfy, but those are only on the surface."

The symbol the other party had just gestured represented the Anti School of Zhamudasi. Xia Duo had "absorbed" the memories of many Lingneng Dashi before and after, so he was not unfamiliar with that symbol.

"Is this room safe enough, secret enough?"

But the intruder was wrapped entirely in a wide white cloak, and even their face had been shielded by spells to avoid any attempts at observation. One could only judge from the other party's tall and straight figure that they were either a human or a Gold Elf.

"Please forgive my unauthorized entry; it's just that this matter is truly not suitable for publicizing. I ask that Consultant Xia Duo please listen to my explanation." The intruder said very sincerely.

After saying this, Xia Duo's main body collapsed onto the bed, his consciousness shifting to his avatar far away in Evereska. When he walked out of the Secret Ritual Chamber where the avatar was kept, the intruder had already arrived inside the manor.

"Who are you? Why did you trespass into my manor?" Xia Duo asked.

And the many protective measures he had set up previously were all triggered one by one, but limited by Evereska's restrictions on the manor's renovation, this side still mostly used the original old configuration.

"First, tell me who you are? If I remember correctly, there should be no one like you in the Zhamudasi delegation!" Xia Duo's tone was very unkind.

Xia Duo's hand paused for a moment, but he did not stop; instead, he coordinated with the manor's protective Jieti to restrain the intruder. During this process, the intruder did not resist.

"Hmm?" Xia Duo was startled in his heart; to be honest, he had not anticipated this result.

"Consultant Xia Duo, please slow down, I have something to say!"

Regarding such alarmist talk, Xia Duo just scoffed, but he did not finish his words, instead letting the other party continue to explain.

Just as Xia Duo was preparing to personally take action to control the intruder, the intruder also discovered his presence and attempted a Sending—

Saying this, the intruder reached one hand out from the pitch-black cloak and gestured a rather complex symbol that was, however, not unfamiliar to Xia Duo.

Seeing this, Xia Duo hesitated for a moment, then directly cast a spell to transfer the other party to the manor's underground Secret Ritual Chamber. Afterwards, he deliberately wiped away the traces of the other party's infiltration before returning to the Secret Ritual Chamber.

However, he was not worried that the other party would suddenly attack; instead, he let the other party cast their spell. He wanted to see what kind of incredible thing the other party could say.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but ask the doubt in his heart, "Your delegation has had many rounds of consultations with the Alliance and failed to reach a consensus. Why do you think that if you come to me privately, the Alliance will definitely agree to cooperate?"

"Fine, I trust Consultant Xia Duo."

"Consultant Xia Duo, it is not convenient to talk here. Can we find a more secret place?"

"So you want to kill him to prevent him from bringing a brand-new opportunity to the Northland Alliance?" Xia Duo asked again.

"A Zhamudasi person? You really have quite the nerve!" Xia Duo asked coldly.

But the intruder seemed not to have noticed Xia Duo's tone at all, still explaining sincerely:

Arriving at the open space in front of the garden, the butler Lajieer, who had heard the news, arrived late. Xia Duo first let Lajieer go back to rest, then he went alone in front of the intruder, looking the other party up and down.

Thus, Xia Duo merely restrained the other party in an open space, rather than transferring them into the spell traps he had already set up.

The intruder explained further: "Kalishi should have told you that he found a way to fuse Psionic and Magic. He believes this is the true path to reach the truth. What I want to tell you now is—Kalishi is right!"

"Fusing Psionic and Magic is indeed a possible path directly to the truth, and the most critical point is that this path is held in the hands of Kalishi alone!"