Chapter 3283: New Progress on the Mythallar, Trading Lifespan for Results

Outside of Netheril, Xia Duo uses the Computing Power Pool Subsidy to encourage various countries to relax restrictions on new Mages; for every additional new Mage, the host country receives a larger share of the dividends.

If they cultivate them directly, they can even choose to withhold the entire Computing Power Pool subsidy from the new Mage. Although this requires some initial investment, there is no need to cultivate the new Mage to a very high level; it is enough to cultivate them until they can receive the subsidy from the Computing Power Pool.

Comparing the time it takes for an Elf to become a new Mage with the time it takes for an Elf to be able to receive the subsidy after becoming a new Mage, this deal is truly worthwhile.

Once something like this starts, it is very difficult to stop. On one hand, the high subsidy from the Computing Power Pool makes it hard for people to give up, and on the other hand, there is, of course, the spread of basic Magic Knowledge.

Xia Duo does not expect the Elf World to popularize knowledge of all levels to the bottom layer, which makes up the absolute majority of the population, all at once; it can be popularized bit by bit.

For example, within ten years, popularize basic Magic Knowledge including the advancement of new Mages, and within a hundred years, popularize it to the Elite Mage level. Once it reaches this level, it is no longer up to those above to decide.

Unless a massacre is carried out, the process of Magic popularization will be difficult to interrupt, because a major hallmark of an Elite Mage (a High Mage within the Netheril Magic System) is the ability to conduct research independently.

Under these circumstances, even if the High Elf completely cuts off the dissemination of all advanced Knowledge, they can still develop it from scratch bit by bit relying solely on a large number of Elite Mages.

And most importantly, Elite Mages have already reached the threshold for operating War Magic Artifacts; even if the High Elf wants to carry out a massacre, it will not be that easy.

In this situation, as long as foreign countries, or rather Xia Duo, provide a little assistance, it is enough to change the flag of that country.

As for whether the emergence of a large number of Elite Mages will make the Northland or even the entire Main Plane more chaotic, Xia Duo does not think so. Whether human or Elf, they are essentially social animals, and most individuals yearn for order.

The key lies in whether there exists such an order that can incorporate so many Elite Mages. If it can, then even with more Elite Mages, there is no need to worry that they will cause the Main Plane to become more chaotic.

As for such an order, Xia Duo has long had a vision for it and has been modifying and realizing it bit by bit. He believes that such an order will surely become prevalent.

……

Tower of Time, Niya's Laboratory.

The relocation of the commoners did not affect Niya's daily work. Even because she knew the truth in advance, Niya became even more diligent, barely letting go of any spare time.

This time, Xia Duo was suddenly called to the Laboratory because Niya had just completed the design of a Communication Mythallar with a million-level number of nodes. After learning this news, Xia Duo was also exceptionally excited and immediately put down what he was doing and rushed over.

Once he arrived at the Laboratory and found Niya, he asked impatiently: "Exactly how many nodes are there? How are the test results? And weren't you researching the Node Mapping Magic Net Array route before? Why did you go back to the original route?"

"I was indeed researching the Mapping Magic Net Array before, but didn't you say there would soon be an opportunity to promote the Communication Mythallar to the Elf World? With the current number of nodes in the Communication Magic Tool, it should not be enough to support its expansion to the Elf World, so—"

Niya did not finish the rest of her sentence, but how could Xia Duo not understand? It was because he had mentioned the expansion opportunity of the Communication Mythallar in front of Niya and shown too much anticipation, which caused Niya to temporarily stop the research on the Mapping Magic Net Array that was truly suitable for the future and choose a plan destined to be eliminated, just to cope with the upcoming expansion of the Communication Mythallar.

Suddenly, as if Xia Duo had thought of something, he stared closely at Niya's eyes and said in a serious tone: "You went to the Time Acceleration Array?"

He had told Niya about the expansion opportunity of the Communication Mythallar not long ago; this amount of time was far from enough for Niya to complete a million-level node design plan, and the only thing that could have allowed Niya to complete this design was the Time Acceleration Array.

"It was only two or three years, don't be so nervous." Niya held Xia Duo's hand and acted spoiled on purpose.

Usually, Niya rarely acted like this; after all, both of them were Mages and were an old married couple, but now Niya's behavior made Xia Duo even more worried.

"Tell me the truth, how long did you actually go in for?"

"It really was only two or three years. High-energy experiments can't be conducted there. I went in and out many times, and I can't remember exactly how long I stayed inside, but it definitely didn't exceed three years. You don't think such a backward plan with a confirmed train of thought would require me to spend more than three years to design, do you?"

"That's not what I meant!" Xia Duo certainly would not underestimate Niya, but he was indeed worried that Niya had consumed too much of her lifespan in the Time Acceleration Array.

Niya has no special bloodline, and without the use of Life Extension Spells, she basically has the normal lifespan of an ordinary human. With Bloodline Technology yet to achieve a breakthrough, Xia Duo naturally did not want her to consume her lifespan excessively.

Life Extension Spells are not omnipotent and cannot extend a person's lifespan indefinitely. In all of Netheril, those who lived to nearly three hundred years old like Iolum are few and far between; the vast majority of Netherese Mages do not live past two hundred years.

As for Xia Duo, after multiple Bloodline Awakenings, even after the consumption from multiple trips to the Projection Plane, his currently perceptible lifespan still exceeds one thousand years.

It is not that he only has a lifespan of one thousand years, but that it is difficult to perceive beyond one thousand years; that is to say, without using any Life Extension Spells, he can live for at least another thousand years or more.

Perhaps after one thousand years, he will still be able to perceive a lifespan of several thousand more years.

Under these circumstances, he would naturally be extra concerned about the abnormal consumption of Niya's lifespan. He hopes that Niya can walk with him all the way; perhaps their feelings will naturally fade after hundreds or thousands of years, but at least not now.

Xia Duo told Niya very seriously: "Don't go there again in the future!"

He is even considering whether to move all the Time Acceleration Arrays in the Tower of Time to the Floating City. Niya has the first Permission Level in the Tower of Time; if she really wanted to hide something from him, he would never discover it.

As for the Floating City, Xia Duo has the first Permission Level. As long as the Time Acceleration Array is included in the restricted list, the moment Niya activates it, he will know immediately and be able to stop it, instead of being caught off guard like now.

"I know."

Xia Duo spoke seriously, and Niya naturally knew why he was so serious. Although she felt that she might still use the Time Acceleration Array in the future, at least for now, she promised properly.

"Let's not talk about that. Don't you want to know the number of nodes in the New Mythallar I designed? I'll tell you, this time there are a total of 1.2 million usable nodes!"

"1.2 million usable nodes? Doesn't that mean a total of 3.6 million nodes?"

Xia Duo's eyes widened immediately, knowing that Niya had likely understated the time she spent in the Time Acceleration Array. One must know that the Communication Mythallar currently in use only has a total of 420,000 nodes.

The actual usable nodes are only 140,000! (Leaving two-thirds of the nodes in the Tower of Time, thereby ensuring the Tower of Time's absolute control over the Mythallar.)

Completing a nearly tenfold expansion in one go—Xia Duo had also majored in Myth Lock Design at the university in the Red Heart Alliance; he knew all too well the span of design difficulty involved.

This is not a question of whether he underestimates Niya, but that for this magnitude of nodes, the testing alone might take two or three years, let alone the design. Niya definitely did not tell the truth before.

However, for the moment, he did not want to pursue anything, but he had already made up his mind that he must move the Time Acceleration Array in the Tower of Time to the Floating City; he could not let Niya come into contact with such dangerous things again.

Trading lifespan for research results is truly not worth it; at least Xia Duo does not want to trade Niya's lifespan for anything.

Of course, if one day Bloodline Technology achieves a breakthrough and can make people live long or even eternally, he would not say anything if Niya used such means then, but not now!