Chapter 3274: The Advice of the Law-Book Divine Envoy

————It will be later~~

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

Otherwise, it can only remain a small-scale operation like it is now.

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

The foundation was simply too weak.

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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 had not all dispersed to the individual observation points.

Xia Duo had originally not intended to see Pulitatisi this time; he was prepared to take the relevant data and leave. Just after arriving at the base, he saw no one and headed straight for the data room, where people were specifically assigned to organize relevant data to facilitate periodic synchronization for all councilors.

This time, because the situation was urgent and he could not catch the next synchronization, and yet Xia Duo wanted to obtain as much information about the new plane as possible, he had no choice but to come in person.

"He has nothing to hide from you; that trip to the Other Plane was truly too abnormal. If it is as he says, what exactly is he thinking?"

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

Furthermore, I also want to obtain Dragon Crystal Spells and other new technologies from the other party!

What I said was indeed inside information, and I was completely telling the truth; a key figure was indeed captured, there is indeed a possibility of a major breakthrough, and regardless of whether the Time-Involving Ritual succeeds or not, the Illuminati truly cannot jump around for much longer.

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

If the threat of the Illuminati were not so urgent, Xia Shao would actually be more concerned about the threat from the Holy Golden Dragon Empire; that kind of threat was directed only at him and would even coerce those around him to make him compromise.

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And I still do not know how many new technologies there are that I am currently unaware of; in short, the development potential of this plane is quite large.

If it is just an inspection, it is nothing more than adding a few steps to the preliminary exploration after discovering a new plane, and it will not bring about a large amount of cost.

But for Xia Shao, who also has aspirations to create a civilization, that is not a good thing. The Main Plane merging into the Holy Golden Dragon Empire might retain some local characteristics, but it would definitely be assimilated for the most part.

But Xia Shao has always been sensitive to Time Magic, so he took precautions before Pulitatisi could continue speaking, "Currently, Time Magic is under the control of the Northland Alliance, otherwise I would have directly sent a sample for you to study."

Even if the Time-Involving Ritual succeeds and the history of the Main Plane is reshaped, the Illuminati will not exist; if it fails, then that goes without saying.

"Uh—"

"Of course I understand; if I didn't even understand the core technology of the Illuminati, how could I talk about eliminating them!"

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

Xia Shao did not refuse this time, because the Council had previously specifically discussed this issue; inspecting the selection of key nodes for the Teleportation Link was not equivalent to node construction, and the latter was the major part that consumed manpower and material resources.

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"I heard that the Illuminati are causing quite a stir over at the Elves'; will it affect us here?"

After all, once connected to the Holy Golden Dragon Empire, the initiative would no longer be with Netheril; the other party could do whatever they wanted, and this side would almost only be able to accept it passively.

The Holy Golden Dragon Empire has developed to this day and explored numerous Magic Domains, but it truly knows relatively little about Time Magic. If I can obtain the unique Time Magic of this plane, it will surely be another great merit when I return!

But what Xia Shao said did not expose any sensitive information that would be enough to make the Illuminati change their course of action; everything he said was something the Illuminati also knew.

"How could you say that and not make me overthink? We have been married for many years; do you think I can't tell if you are lying?"

It was just that when he had finished copying the data and was preparing to leave, Pulitatisi blocked him at the door, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he mentioned the Illuminati—

However, the reason of avoiding the Illuminati could not be said, otherwise it might make the Illuminati realize that he was already preparing for a decisive battle, thereby starting the decisive battle in advance.

Pulitatisi heard the implication in Xia Shao's words, then hesitated for a moment and asked again: "I heard that the Illuminati have a kind of Time Magic; I wonder if Councilor Xia Shao might know about it?"

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 knew of before, and the Time Magic he had only heard of recently.

From Seventon back to Nan Jing, before Xia Shao could catch his breath, Niya came looking for him and questioned him directly to his face:

It is like a primitive tribe merging into a modern civilization; from the perspective of civilization, this is a form of progress.

Pulitatisi proposing to speed up the progress certainly had his own selfish motives, but it was indeed not a bad thing; if one really had to say it was a bad thing, building a Cross-Domain Teleportation Link was more like a bad thing.

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

"I know, I will bring it up to the Council; if nothing unexpected happens, there will be a result in the near future."

Xia Duo did not expect that the matter in Evereska had already spread here, and it had even spread directly into the Illuminati causing trouble. He was inclined not to answer, but Pulitatisi was not so easy to fool.

Just after refusing Pulitatisi, Xia Shao did not leave immediately, but chatted with the other party for a while about the recent progress in Plane Exploration; Pulitatisi once again proposed wanting to speed up the progress.

After considering it, Xia Shao revealed some inside information to Pulitatisi: "A key figure of the Illuminati was captured two days ago; there might be a major breakthrough next, and the Illuminati cannot jump around for much longer."

"The new planes discovered so far are not in the minority; it is time to start inspecting the Teleportation Link nodes! This will not affect the current exploration work, and can even be carried out simultaneously to reduce unnecessary repetitive work."

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

Even if Pulitatisi had not said this, Xia Shao himself was prepared to bring it up to the Council; after all, as Pulitatisi said, if it is not done now, doing it separately later would only add a lot of unnecessary repetitive work.

Xia Shao was stunned for a moment; this was probably the disadvantage of being too close to his wife—the slightest disturbance could lead to her noticing something abnormal.

"Wasn't it just a very ordinary study trip? It was 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."

"So that's how it is; then I wish Councilor Xia Shao success in your actions in advance!"