Chapter 3216: Eerie Blue Flames, New Speculations

Another phenomenon is the blue flame within the deep craters after the factories were destroyed; they seem to be burning while attached to the inner walls of the craters, and also seem to be scorching the wounds of the Magic Net.

One of Feilifa's subordinates tried throwing a stone toward the edge of the crater, but the moment the stone touched that blue flame, it was instantly devoured, and the blue flame suddenly flared up half a foot high.

Besides the stone, Feilifa also had his subordinate try throwing various items, even including a valuable Magic Artifact, but the result did not change—

All items were immediately devoured upon contact with that blue flame, especially the Magic Items, which caused the flame to flare up even higher!

Xia Duo felt that such power should not be something the Illuminati could master; perhaps this attack was merely a catalyst, and it was due to some unknown reason that the consequences were so severe.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo privately sent a Sending to Feilifa, "Lord Feilifa, could we step aside to speak?"

The current riotous Magic Net environment was something even Xia Duo could not block, so naturally, it could not obstruct the spellcasting of a high-level Mage, but Feilifa was somewhat puzzled—what could not be said publicly? They were in the middle of a public investigation!

Of course, Feilifa did not refuse Xia Duo's invitation; as long as it did not obstruct the Alliance Observation Group, he could accept even slightly strange behavior.

Considering that the riotous Magic Net environment might have loopholes in protection, Xia Duo led Feilifa back until they were outside the range of the Magic Net riot, and only after setting up meticulous protective measures did he say:

"Lord Feilifa, don't you find those blue flames strange? If the Illuminati had such capabilities before, why didn't they use them?"

"Consultant Xia Duo means—"

"I mean that while the Illuminati did indeed launch a series of attacks this time, the Illuminati might not be the direct cause of the current scene."

"And so?"

"I wonder how the other sites are being protected? I am worried that if the Illuminati discover those blue flames, they might abuse them!"

Xia Duo's words reminded Feilifa that these sites must be well protected; regardless of whether those blue flames were the work of the Illuminati, at least they existed now, so they must be protected to prevent them from being utilized by the Illuminati or other ambitious individuals.

Thinking of this, Feilifa did not care that Xia Duo was still there and directly contacted the Yierlan garrison stationed in Ailan, requesting them to send additional forces to protect these sites, as well as other places that needed protection, and if necessary, they could continue to draw forces from their home country.

After speaking, Feilifa looked at Xia Duo apologetically, "Apologies, my position dictates that I must act; later, if necessary, I will suggest to the Crown King that the Alliance countries be allowed to send relevant personnel here to study it together."

"Understandable, after all, the only one currently capable of protecting these sites is Yierlan. But I must still remind Lord Feilifa that the previous ceasefire agreement between Yierlan and Siluwende clearly mentioned the upper limit for Yierlan to deploy forces into the Ailan region; even if the matter is urgent, decisions concerning a country's credibility should still be made cautiously."

Although Yierlan sending additional forces to the Ailan region might further provoke the Illuminati, Xia Duo also held a certain sympathy for Ailan; the increase in the proportion of Yierlan's forces within Ailan would undoubtedly have a counterproductive effect on Ailan's true independence.

Yierlan could not accept not stationing troops, but the Alliance countries could also not accept them constantly finding excuses to increase their forces.

Of course, Xia Duo was only reminding him so that radical decisions by Yierlan would not affect their next two important collaborations. For Xia Duo's well-intentioned reminder, Feilifa expressed his gratitude, but the real decision-maker was not him, and as he said, his position dictated his actions; he himself actually hoped that Yierlan could truly occupy this land of Ailan.

Thus, the controversial issue was temporarily shelved, and Xia Duo turned the topic to the eerie blue flames in the deep crater, "Those blue flames are very dangerous; do you think it could be a result of the Dragon Madness Mythallar collapsing?"

"A result of the Dragon Madness Mythallar collapsing?" A flash of shock crossed Feilifa's eyes, and he subconsciously retorted, "That shouldn't be, if it were, then it shouldn't only appear here!"

"How do you know it hasn't appeared elsewhere? The Illuminati's seven attacks formed these seven sites; although I don't believe this has any direct relation to them, it would be unreasonable to say it has no relation at all. Do you think the methods the Illuminati used to attack the factories were only used at these few factories?"

"No, didn't you just say that this was likely just a coincidence?" Feilifa immediately found a loophole in Xia Duo's words.

But Xia Duo was not trying to strictly prove that the blue flames were definitely related to the Dragon Madness Mythallar, but merely to illustrate that such a possibility existed.

In other words, the Illuminati might now have mastered a world-ending move outside of the Time-Involving Ritual; if it were truly a case of that weapon interacting with the Dragon Madness Mythallar, then as long as the Illuminati took that weapon and used it everywhere, once a certain threshold was reached, the world-ending catastrophe of the blue flames devouring everything would appear.

"There is such a possibility, isn't there?" Xia Duo asked back.

Upon hearing this, Feilifa wanted to retort, but after thinking it over, he could only use probability against probability; yet, could one really use probability to comfort oneself when it involved the survival of the Main Plane?

If there was even a shred of possibility, it was best to rule it out; otherwise, why had he agreed to cooperate with Xia Duo on the Semi-plane Ecological Farm? It was nothing more than wanting to prepare more for future disasters.

Now, this possibility of the Illuminati holding a world-ending switch, even if it were only one in a billion, was too dangerous and had to be eliminated as soon as possible!

"I understand what you mean; I will immediately report the situation here to the Crown King. If nothing goes wrong, the Crown King will soon personally convene the Alliance Assembly, and he will also attend in person. This time, we must thoroughly eradicate the Illuminati, this cancer of the Northland!"

"Good! Truly a major power with a sense of responsibility!"

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Xia Duo could not help but offer a compliment. Next, he would wait for the Alliance Assembly; the various accidents at the attack sites made this attack event not just an attack event, but a key choice concerning the fate of the Northland and even the entire Main Plane—the choice of whether to make up one's mind to eradicate the Illuminati.

Xia Duo believed that the high-level officials of various countries were by no means just aware of or suspicious of the Illuminati's existence; perhaps they had already grasped more direct evidence, but in the past, they had never been able to make up their minds to scrape the bone to heal the poison within themselves.

A large part of this was actually facilitated by Xia Duo—the research of the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory showed that the Time-Involving Ritual was not unsolvable; as long as the Time-Involving Ritual was stopped, what harm could the Illuminati still do?

Instead, it was the internal scraping of the bone that was harder to decide; perhaps some high-level official was a member of the Illuminati himself, so how could he possibly act against himself?

And now, Xia Duo had placed a massive problem before the high-level officials of various countries, reminding them that it was indeed time to completely eradicate the Illuminati.

Regardless of whether the Illuminati had mastered that world-ending means, they had to carry this burden because they could not prove their innocence. In this world, one can prove the existence of something or the existence of a certain capability simply by demonstrating it.

But to prove that one does not possess a certain capability, how is one to prove that?

Should all members of the Illuminati be made to surrender their consciousness?

To be honest, before coming to Ailan, Xia Duo himself had not expected to encounter such a good opportunity; next, it would depend on the development of the Alliance Assembly.

However, there was still one crucial problem at hand, and that was—how to handle these attack sites, especially that eerie blue flame.

Xia Duo did not want to eradicate the Illuminati only to have the technology that triggered those blue flames spread into the hands of various countries; that would actually be worse than not eradicating the Illuminati!

At least the Illuminati only wanted to change the Time Line, not destroy the Main Plane. Conversely, if all countries could trigger those blue flames, that would be too dangerous.

The world-ending switch must never be held in the hands of non-civilized existences.