Chapter 3284: The Last Afterglow, Spellcasting Preparations

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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 Computing Power Pool subsidy from the new Mages entirely. Although this requires some initial investment, there is no need to cultivate the new Mages to a very high level; it is sufficient to cultivate them until they can receive subsidies 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 receive subsidies after becoming a new Mage, this deal is truly cost-effective.

Once this kind of thing starts, it is very difficult to stop. On one hand, the high subsidies from the Computing Power Pool make it hard for people to give up, and on the other hand, it is, of course, the spread of basic Magic Knowledge.

Xia Duo does not expect the Elf World to popularize all levels of Knowledge to the absolute majority of the lower classes 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 level of Elite Mages. Once it reaches this level, it is no longer up to those at the top to decide.

Unless a massacre is carried out, the process of popularizing Magic 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.

In this situation, even if the High Elves completely cut off the dissemination of all advanced Knowledge, they could 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 Elves want to carry out a massacre, it will not be that easy.

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

As for whether the appearance of a large number of Elite Mages will make the Northland or even the entire Main Plane more chaotic, Xia Duo believes it will not. 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 transforming and realizing it bit by bit. He believes that such an order will surely prevail.

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Tower of Time, Niya's Laboratory.

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

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 Node count. Upon learning this news, Xia Duo was also exceptionally excited and immediately put down what he was doing to rush over.

As soon as he arrived at the laboratory and found Niya, he asked impatiently: "Exactly how many Nodes? 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? The current number of Nodes in the Communication Magic Tool 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 led Niya to temporarily stop the Mapping Magic Net Array research that was truly suitable for the future and choose a plan destined to be phased out, just to cope with the upcoming Communication Mythallar expansion.

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

It had not been long since he told Niya about the Communication Mythallar expansion opportunity; 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 coquettishly 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 stay inside?"

"It really was only two or three years. High-energy experiments cannot 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 determined approach 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. Without the use of a Life Extension Spell, she would generally have 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.

As for Xia Duo, after multiple Bloodline Awakenings, even after the consumption of multiple trips to the Projection Plane, his currently perceivable 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.

Perhaps after a thousand years, his perception will show he still has several thousand years of lifespan left.

In this situation, he would naturally be extra concerned about the abnormal consumption of Niya's lifespan. He hopes that Niya can continue to walk with him; perhaps their feelings will naturally fade after hundreds or thousands of years, but at least not yet.

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

He was even considering whether to move all the Time Acceleration Arrays in the Tower of Time to the Floating City. Niya has the highest 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 highest Permission Level. As long as the Time Acceleration Array is included in the restricted list, he would know immediately if Niya activated it and could stop her, instead of being caught off guard like he was now.

"I know."

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

"Let's not talk about that. Don't you want to know the number of new Mythallar Nodes I designed? Let me 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.