Chapter 3261: Hippocrates

Yongle City.

Inside a temporary warehouse, Xia Duo finally saw the Illuminati members captured this time at close range, including the only High Mage among them; they were all wearing a standard gray cloak, with some also wearing masks.

In Xia Duo's view, this was the classic image of an evil organization.

Of course, the real-world identities of these Illuminati members might be very normal.

For example, the "bot" he controlled, Poson, was a Logistics Mage in Terminos, a border city of Siluwende, responsible for infrastructure maintenance in a fixed area within the city.

"What could be so bad that you had to join the Illuminati! Now look at this, not only are you unable to save yourself, but you've also implicated your family and friends behind you!"

Xia Duo removed the disguises from these Illuminati members one by one; most of the Elves were strangers, but there were one or two he recognized, or was even familiar with, and this discovery made him sigh even more!

But regardless of the reason, the mere fact that these Elves appeared at a secret Illuminati stronghold was enough for the families and friends behind them to suffer a disaster.

If it were discovered that the involvement was deep enough, it would be even more troublesome; it was not impossible for the whole family or clan to be wiped out together.

After saving the images of these Elves and sending them to Dumu, Xia Duo began to make Consciousness Copies for these guys; having dealt with the Illuminati for so long, his craft in making Consciousness Copies had truly improved quite a bit.

Although there was not much friendship between the two, they had met and communicated after all, so Xia Duo could not help but sigh; previously, he really had not noticed that this guy was actually a member of the Darkness Society.

It was not because of the movement of Evereska itself, but more because of the Magic Net fluctuations caused by the Intercepting Peak Operation and the changes to the Evereska Mythallar.

"That is the current state. Previously, the various National Sub-networks had a momentary pause in their response, but they recovered very quickly afterward, and there have been no further anomalies since then."

"When you said everything was normal just now, did you mean the current state of the Computing Power Pool, or has it always been like this?"

Hewaisita was somewhat surprised that Xia Duo was so concerned about that pause, but he still explained immediately, "According to the information learned afterward, the pause in the Computing Power Pool should have occurred at the moment Evereska moved."

These messages were mainly divided into three categories: one was asking what exactly happened before, including inquiries from War Mages of the Floating City about whether there were any new tasks following this.

The first Consciousness Copy he made was of the only High Mage captured this time; this High Mage was a Gold Elf, and his expression when imprisoned was perfectly frozen in a look of terror.

Charles gave a clear answer, and Xia Duo did not ask anything further, because he had already seen Hewaisita, who was also about to report to him.

It was just that as an Eaerlann Elf, why did he have such a great obsession with Ailan?

There were few tourists on the street, and pedestrians came and went in a hurry, looking very pressed for time; and according to the information fed back by 【Wide-Area Detection】, since the portal of Evereska resumed use yesterday, it had not stopped for a single moment.

During this period, he completely blocked out information from the outside world, and only after completing all the Consciousness Copies did he lift the block.

The next moment, a large amount of information flooded in; not only were there direct messages aimed at him, but even his Communication Magic Tool was almost blown up.

Evereska.

At a moment of life-and-death crisis, a High Mage would not necessarily behave more calmly than an ordinary person, and Xia Duo was not unfamiliar with the High Mage in front of him; he could even say he was familiar with him.

One category was the questioning from the Alliance, including the demand for him to immediately hand over the prisoners, as well as the identity background information that the Alliance had found based on the images of these Elf prisoners he had provided earlier.

That was all fed to him by the Illuminati, feeding him experience time and time again.

……

The third category mainly came from the Tower of Time, including the concern of people around him like Niya, as well as work reports from Laidun, his secretary, and the Enrollment Committee.

……

Xia Duo smiled and greeted the staff members passing by one by one; what he was most concerned about now was how to deal with the inquiries from representatives of various countries, rather than the situation of the Computing Power Pool.

"Was there only that one momentary pause?"

"In addition, we conducted a surprise inspection of all Gateway Magic Tools and Translation Devices afterward, and did not find any abnormal damage."

"Good day."

Xia Duo had even had the idea of inviting the other party to join the Psionic Network Research Center, but because their friendship was still shallow, he had not been able to truly implement it.

"Good day, Consultant Xia Duo!"

Xia Duo spoke first: "I heard that the Computing Power Pool had a momentary pause yesterday; tell me the specific situation."

Xia Duo only replied to Niya and the people around him, as well as Dumu; he replied to the latter mainly because the other party had provided him with a lot of useful intelligence, saving him time.

This further illustrated the guy's true attitude; there was no doubt he firmly believed in the Illuminati's rhetoric—wanting Ailan to be reborn, wanting to create a new world.

"Xibokelaite, I didn't expect us to meet again on such an occasion!"

In theory, no matter where Evereska flew, as long as it was still in the Main Plane, it would not affect the normal operation of the Computing Power Pool.

But the tense expressions on the faces of those Headquarters staff still revealed an abnormal atmosphere; indeed, how could there be no reaction after such a big event!

But that was only theory; in reality, the Computing Power Pool could hardly be unaffected.

"Interfered with by the violently oscillating Magic Net environment, the link between the Sub-network and the Main Network produced a momentary lag effect, but it was only that one moment, and it recovered afterward."

This was an Eaerlann Elf, and Xia Duo had had several contacts with him before; although the process of communication could not be called very harmonious, it was at least beyond the attitude most Elf Mages had toward humans.

"Yes."

It took Xia Duo almost an hour to finish viewing all the messages, and he selected some that he considered important to reply to.

"Now we can basically determine that the impact of this incident only stayed at that moment yesterday; if there are no similar situations in the future, this kind of pause should not happen again."

This was after a comprehensive check against Demon Descendants, which showed that this guy was not a Demon Descendant, and as a High Mage, this guy really had no compelling reason to join the Darkness Society.

"Yes."

Walking quickly to the Psionic Network Research Center, outside the Gateway Control Hall, Xia Duo met Charles, whom he had contacted on the way; he did not stop his pace, greeted the other party to follow, and asked at the same time:

The evacuation of a large number of tourists and even merchants made this city cool down rapidly; this was the first time Xia Duo had seen Evereska in such a state.

It was just that the impact varied in size, and Xia Duo wanted to confirm exactly how much impact it had caused.

Xia Duo really could not figure it out, so he became even more interested in this guy's memory.

Walking inside the city of Evereska, Xia Duo could still visibly see the desolation of this city.

However, considering that the Alliance would likely demand to take over this batch of prisoners very soon, Xia Duo did not immediately probe Xibokelaite's memory, but continued to make Consciousness Copies of the other Elves.

"For users of the Computing Power Pool, only those using advanced functions could feel it; ordinary users could hardly feel that momentary pause."

After the Intercepting Peak Operation, Xia Duo finally returned to Evereska; the gravity environment of Evereska had now stabilized, and there was no chaos in the various districts, but—

Very soon, Xia Duo arrived at the Alliance Headquarters; just arriving there, he could not help but smile knowingly; it was as bustling as ever, as if the previous Intercepting Peak Operation had never happened.