Chapter 3212: Stalemate and New Discoveries

Regarding the agricultural cooperation proposed by Xia Duo, Feilifa had originally not taken it to heart; he did not believe Netheril possessed any outstanding agricultural technology qualified to cooperate with Eaerlann, but when Xia Duo mentioned plane transformation, he was immediately alerted.

Compared to the world-ending catastrophe caused by the collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar, neither the Illuminati nor anything else counted as a major threat now, because the latter could be handled by the current strength of the Northland Alliance.

Only the Dragon Madness Mythallar—the current Northland Alliance, or even the entire Main Plane, could not find a very good solution; all informed parties could only do was respond passively and then silently wait for the world-ending catastrophe to arrive.

The reason Feilifa had not thought of this crisis was precisely because this disaster was too unsolvable, and coupled with the fact that the day of its arrival was difficult to predict, although it was serious enough, it was inevitably somewhat neglected over time.

Hearing Xia Duo bring up the world-ending crisis brought about by the collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar at this moment, Feilifa finally realized that there was actually still a human in this world concerned about this matter.

Logically speaking, regarding this crisis in the distant future, short-lived races like humans should be indifferent; even if a few Elites paid attention, it would still be like the Elves' neglect—because it was unsolvable and too far off, it would eventually turn into indifference.

Even with the constant reminders of climate anomalies, the climate anomalies before their eyes were not serious enough to reach the point where ordinary people could not survive; for an unsolvable disaster, who would talk about it every day!

"Consultant Xia Duo, your foresight truly makes me feel admiration. Regarding the matter of cooperative research on the Semi-plane Ecological Farm, I can state my position here first: I will do my best to facilitate a formal cooperation."

"Even if the Crown King and the Council do not agree, I will do my utmost to run about for this matter and find other resources for this cooperation. However, I believe the Crown King and the Council will not be so unwise; after all, Netheril's advantage in the Plane Domain is also recognized in the Northland."

Feilifa's attitude made Xia Duo feel very surprised, and it also made him change his view of the Eaerlann Elves. After all, intelligent creatures are all the same; in a large forest, there are all kinds of birds—there are good people and bad people, those with short-sightedness, and those who are wise.

He hoped to encounter this kind of pleasant surprise every day. After expressing his gratitude to Feilifa, Xia Duo also briefly introduced some of his ideas or research directions for the ecological farm; he was not worried that Eaerlann would cast him aside to work alone on this project.

Netheril had an advantage in the Plane Domain; as long as Eaerlann wanted to use other planes to avoid the disaster, this matter would ultimately not be able to bypass Netheril.

Of course, even if the Eaerlann side were truly short-sighted enough to think they could cast him aside to work alone, it would be impossible to find other Netherese collaborators, because after the arrival of Pulitatisi, Netheril had already made more discoveries in Plane Exploration than in the past few hundred years combined.

Simply put—although Habitable Planes remained scarce, they were no longer as precious as they were in the past, to the extent that a war might be launched just to seize one Habitable Plane.

And the Habitable Planes that Netheril had discovered now were all shared by all Netherese Mages; if they needed to take refuge in the future, it would be enough to accommodate everyone.

If Eaerlann wanted to cooperate with other Netherese Mages, they would find that other Netherese Mages had absolutely no interest in this project. In a situation where they already possessed Habitable Planes, how many people would be interested in plane transformation?

Unless it was pure agricultural cooperation, but if it were just simple cooperation in agriculture, why not look for Xia Duo, who offered better terms?

It could be said that in the entire Netheril at present, only Xia Duo was most concerned about agriculture; other Councilors and Lords, with enough food to eat and enough land, would basically not consider improving agriculture.

Only Xia Duo was now starting to prepare for the future population explosion.

With one item of cooperation as a foundation, Feilifa's attitude was clearly much more enthusiastic. After visiting another experimental block, he did not take Xia Duo to the next block, but instead said:

"The projects currently underway in the remaining blocks are basically research on the localization of Eaerlann crops in Ailan. Calculating the time, the Alliance Observer should be arriving soon. I will take Consultant Xia Duo to visit one last project that can be called confidential even within Eaerlann."

"This—" Xia Duo was somewhat moved, but not wanting to refuse, he could only hesitate and ask the other party, "Would this not put Lord Feilifa in a difficult position?"

"It will indeed carry some risks, but it is still within my Permission Level. Consultant Xia Duo need not worry; perhaps we can even reach a new cooperation!"

When Feilifa said this, he displayed an extraordinary demeanor, as if at this moment he was no longer an Eaerlann Elf thinking only of his own sect's private interests, but a Sage leading the crowd and seeking welfare for all the people of the Northland.

"Good! If you are willing, I am also willing to cooperate with you!" Xia Duo felt a trait in Feilifa at this moment that was different from the average High Elf, so when responding, he did not say Eaerlann, but spoke directly to the person.

As for such a response from Xia Duo, Feilifa just smiled slightly and did not show any special joy or panic. Next, he led Xia Duo back to the path they had come on earlier.

That is, the small cluster of buildings on the edge of the agricultural transformation demonstration area.

Before, they had not passed by that cluster of buildings, but had headed straight into the fields. Xia Duo had assumed at the time that Feilifa was impatient to introduce various Holy Relics of abundance to him, or that it was not suitable for visiting there.

Now it seemed that there was indeed a secret there.

"Consultant Xia Duo, please follow me!"

Feilifa led the way in front. During this time, they also encountered Eaerlann Agricultural Mages who came to ask about the situation, but Feilifa dismissed them one by one, finally bringing Xia Duo to a black stone building in the center of the building cluster.

This building was open on all four sides, yet strangely had no doors, looking like an ugly pavilion. Xia Duo sensed that this should be the core of the Qihou Mishuo that Feilifa had mentioned earlier; could the secret be in the Mythallar?

Xia Duo speculated wildly in his heart. At this moment, he saw Feilifa make a gesture of invitation, signaling him to enter this black stone building that was transparent on all four sides.

"This is?" Xia Duo looked at Feilifa in confusion.

But Feilifa said nothing, only inviting Xia Duo to enter. Xia Duo thought for a moment and felt that Feilifa really had no need to trap him here, so he followed the other party's indication and walked directly into this strange black stone building, and Feilifa followed closely behind him after he set off.

Just after stepping into the black stone building, Xia Duo felt some subtle changes in the surrounding Magic Net, but it was not an attack, nor was it a trap; it was closer to a change in some background rules.

He vaguely guessed something and looked at Feilifa again. At this time, Feilifa no longer spoke in riddles, but stepped out of the black stone building first, then turned around and said to Xia Duo:

"Welcome to the real Kapiela Nongye Yanjiu Jidi!"