Chapter 3273: Declining Pulitatisi

Only when the construction cost of the permanent Ether-Matter overlap region is reduced to a certain level can the beast-leaping industry possibly develop and even flourish.

Otherwise, it can only remain the small-scale tinkering it is now.

Xia Duo flew in the air, looking at the Ether Overlap Region below; his breeding farm occupied only a very small part of it, but even if he filled this entire place, it would likely not be enough to support a complete industry.

The foundation is simply too weak.

……

Following the guiding Mage, Xia Duo soon arrived at the brand-new Plane Exploration Base. Although the new base had constructed many Ether Boundary observation points around the Ether Overlap Region, most of the base Mages, including Pulitatisi, still stayed relatively concentrated and were not all dispersed to the individual observation points.

Xia Duo had not originally intended to see Pulitatisi this time; he was prepared to take the relevant data and leave. As soon as he arrived at the base, he saw no one and headed straight for the data room, where personnel were specifically arranged to organize relevant data to facilitate periodic synchronization for all Council members.

Because the situation was urgent this time and he could not make it in time for the next synchronization, and since Xia Duo wanted to obtain as much information about the new plane as possible, he had no choice but to come in person.

Yet, just as he had copied the data and was preparing to leave, Pulitatisi blocked him at the door, and the moment he spoke, he mentioned the Illuminati—

"I heard that the Illuminati is causing quite a stir over on the Elf side; will it affect us here?"

"Since he said that, how could it be that you should think less? You two have been married for quite a while now; can't you tell if he is lying?"

Although Pulitatisi looked down on the Main Plane somewhat, the Main Plane still possessed many new technologies that had not been developed in his hometown, such as the Mythallar he had known about before, and the Time Magic he had only recently heard of.

However, the reason of avoiding the Darkness Society certainly could not be stated, otherwise it might make the Darkness Society realize that he was preparing for a decisive battle, thereby starting the decisive battle ahead of schedule.

Returning to Nan Jing from Seventon, Xia Duo had not yet had time to catch his breath when Niya sought him out again, questioning him directly to his face:

"Is this not a very normal study tour? It is just that the destination was set in an Other Plane. Don't overthink it; if you have the time, you might as well study the Communication Mythallar more."

In his view, this kind of threat required more vigilance.

It was like a primitive tribe integrating into modern civilization; from the perspective of civilization, this was a form of regression.

Of course, for Pulitatisi, who was practically under house arrest, this news was still very rare.

"Let's go to the Blue Crystal Plane; there are some situations I have wanted to tell you about for a long time."

"Of course I understand; if one doesn't even understand the core technology of the Darkness Society, how can one talk about eliminating them!"

"The Blue Crystal Plane?"

But not saying it would be unfair to Niya. Xia Duo hesitated for a moment, but still decided to be honest with Niya, though he could not say it on the Main Plane.

After considering it, Xia Duo revealed some inside information to Pulitatisi: "A key figure of the Darkness Society was captured two days ago. There might be a major breakthrough next; the Darkness Society won't be able to jump around for much longer."

Furthermore, he still wanted to obtain Dragon Crystal Spells and other new technologies from the other party!

The Holy Golden Dragon Empire had developed many Magic Domains to this day, but they truly knew little about Time Magic. If he could obtain the unique Time Magic of this plane, it would surely be a great merit when he returned!

Pulitatisi proposing to accelerate progress certainly had his own selfish motives, but it was indeed not a bad thing. If one were to talk about bad things, building a Cross-Domain Teleportation Link would be more like a bad thing.

"So that's how it is. Then I wish Councilman Xia Duo success in his operation!"

"I know; I will bring it up to the Council. Barring any surprises, there will be results in the near future."

But for Xia Duo, who also aspired to create a civilization, this was not a good thing. If the Main Plane integrated into the Holy Golden Dragon Empire, it might retain some local characteristics, but it would definitely be assimilated for the most part.

But Xia Duo was always sensitive to Time Magic. Before Pulitatisi could continue speaking, he had already set up a preventive measure: "Currently, Time-Involving Magic is under the control of the Northland Alliance, otherwise I would have directly sent a sample for you to study, Excellency."

In other words, under the rule of the Holy Golden Dragon Empire, it was absolutely impossible for Xia Duo to create an independent civilization.

Although Niya was somewhat puzzled, she still nodded.

……

Even if Pulitatisi hadn't mentioned this point, Xia Duo himself was prepared to bring it up to the Council. After all, as Pulitatisi said, if it wasn't done now, doing it separately later would only result in a lot of unnecessary repetitive work.

Pulitatisi heard the implication in Xia Duo's words, then hesitated for a moment and asked again: "I heard that the Darkness Society has a type of Time-Involving Magic; I wonder if Councilman Xia Duo knows about it?"

Xia Duo was stunned for a moment; this was probably the downside of being too close to one's wife—any slight disturbance could lead to the discovery of abnormalities.

"You must be hiding something from us. This study tour to the Other Plane is truly too abnormal. If it's not as you said, what are you actually thinking?"

If it were just an inspection, it would be nothing more than adding a few steps to the preliminary exploration after discovering a new plane, and it would not incur a large amount of cost.

"The number of new planes discovered so far is not small; it is time to start inspecting Transmission Link Nodes! This will not affect the current exploration work, and in fact, it can even be carried out simultaneously to reduce unnecessary repetitive work."

Xia Duo did not refuse this time, because the Council had previously specifically discussed this issue. Inspecting the selection of key Transmission Link Nodes was not equivalent to node construction, and the latter was the major consumer of manpower and material resources.

What he said was indeed inside information, and he was not lying at all. A key figure had indeed been captured, there might indeed be a major breakthrough, and regardless of whether the Time-Involving Ritual succeeded or not, the Darkness Society indeed would not be able to jump around for much longer.

……

Of course, based on Xia Duo's understanding of the Holy Golden Dragon Empire (from Saville's memories), the Main Plane integrating into the Holy Elf Empire might not necessarily be a good thing for the Main Plane.

Xia Duo had not expected that the matter in Evereska had already spread here, and had even been transmitted directly as the Illuminati causing trouble. He was reluctant to answer, but Pulitatisi was not so easy to fool.

And he still did not know how many new technologies there were that he was currently unaware of; in short, the development potential of this plane was quite large.

"That—is truly a pity!" Pulitatisi could of course hear Xia Duo's near-explicit refusal, but fortunately, the words were not final, and there would still be opportunities to obtain relevant spells in the future.

After all, once connected to the Holy Golden Dragon Empire, the initiative would not be on the side of Netheril; there was almost nothing they could do but passively accept whatever the other party wanted to do.

If the threat of the Darkness Society were not so urgent, Xia Duo would actually be more concerned about the threat of the Holy Golden Dragon Empire. This kind of threat was directed only at him, and would even coerce those around him to make him compromise.

"Uh—"

Having just finished with Pulitatisi, Xia Duo did not leave immediately, but chatted with the other party for a while about the recent progress of plane exploration. Pulitatisi once again proposed wanting to accelerate progress.

But what Xia Duo said did not expose any sensitive information that would be enough to make the Darkness Society change its course of action; everything he said was already known to the Darkness Society.

Even if the Time-Involving Ritual succeeded and the history of the Main Plane was reshaped, the Darkness Society would not exist, let alone the Illuminati.