Chapter 3294: Farewell

————It will be later~~

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"He said so, but I am very certain that no major changes have occurred here in Zhamu Dasi, at least as far as my current status is concerned, there is no news in this regard."

After finishing, Suolinkala threw the question back to Xia Duo, "Is it possible that word leaked from your side, which is what startled Kalishi away?"

"Impossible. In the Main Plane, I only had contact with you during the time Tuoruisi infiltrated my manor, and never again after that. Could it be Tuoruisi? If so, Kalishi's reaction was far too slow!"

When it comes to shifting blame, Xia Duo is second to none, but in the current situation, just shifting blame is completely meaningless. He still has to face the problem and solve it. So, after a bit of sarcasm, Xia Duo skipped this topic for the moment and asked Suolinkala:

"Now, what are your thoughts on Kalishi's sudden disappearance? Do you know how he managed it? Can he still be tracked subsequently?"

In truth, Xia Duo did not have many thoughts regarding Kalishi. As long as the other party abandoned the New Artifact Project, he could treat them as a passerby, but that is not possible in the current situation.

The other party clearly has not abandoned the New Artifact Project, otherwise he would not have run away.

Furthermore, the other party currently possesses the key material for the New Artifact Project—the Remains of the First Psionic Mentor—and additionally, Zhamu Dasi holds enough Psionic Energy accumulated over hundreds of years to forge the New Artifact.

As for the cost, I have yet to discover what the cost might be.

That would make dealing with Kalishi appear more cost-effective.

"That is possible. The Alliance has recently been tied up by other matters, making it difficult to spare much strength to track the Magic Artifacts sold by Kalishi. Moreover, doing so might drive Kalishi toward the Alliance's most troublesome enemy at present."

"Then are you just going to do nothing?"

The Remains of the First Mentor are actually not limited to the one on Kalishi; it is just that the Eyebrow Bone stolen by Kalishi is the most common, and it is the most ideal carrier for forging an Arcane and Psionic fusion Artifact.

Actually, I do have such a worry, because my parasitic heaven and earth is almost unlimited in use, with almost no restrictions. No matter how many times I lose an arm or a leg, I can always reshape my body through the parasitic heaven and earth from the Natural Phenomena.

What I worry about most is that Kalishi also possesses a similar ability, capable of infinite Self-Resurrection. As long as he is not sealed, and as long as there are Magic Artifacts he has crafted outside, he never has to worry about failure. Under such circumstances, being an enemy of Kalishi is undoubtedly a high-risk endeavor.

Xia Duo fell silent again, and perhaps fearing that Xia Duo would just quit, Suolinkala hurriedly added: "Although we are temporarily unable to determine Kalishi's number of resurrections, we are already prepared to track him at any time. As long as the Northland Alliance cooperates in clearing out the Magic Artifacts he has created, I believe we will be able to catch him very soon."

The latter is the only way to truly solve it once and for all; at least for a few hundred years, there would be no need to worry about the so-called New Artifact Project. It is just that to deal with Zhamu Dasi's Psionic Energy reserves, one would inevitably have to clash head-on with Zhamu Dasi.

Mentioning the Psionic Artifacts created by Kalishi brought the turn for Xia Duo to be silent, because this was supposed to be the part the Alliance was responsible for executing after the Alliance and Zhamu Dasi reached a cooperation agreement.

"Exactly how many times Kalishi can resurrect is likely his most guarded secret. How could we outsiders possibly know? But based on my understanding of Psionic Energy, Kalishi's resurrection can never be without cost. The cost is nothing more than Psionic Energy or Psionic Energy. As long as we can track the other party and the other party's Magic Artifacts, it doesn't matter how many resurrection chances he has."

As for the Astral Plane invasion eventually caused by the Psionic Mages mentioned by Pulitatisi, Xia Duo does not need to worry for the time being. As long as he is given a few hundred years, he won't need the Psionic forces of the Astral Plane to come and invade; he will go and explore the Astral Plane himself.

In this way, the best materials and Psionic Energy reserves would all be used up, and the Psionic Mages would no longer have designs on the Computing Power Pool. Even if they still wanted to have designs on the Computing Power Pool, that would be a matter for hundreds of years later.

After all, the vast majority of the Psionic Artifacts sold by Kalishi are in the Northland, and even Xia Duo himself bought two! One cannot just let people from Zhamu Dasi run around causing chaos in the Northland!

Of course, the most ideal situation is for Kalishi to voluntarily abandon the New Artifact Project, then take the Remains of the First Psionic Mentor to Zhamu Dasi to continue stealing Psionic Energy, and then use that Eyebrow Bone to successfully forge a pure Psionic Artifact.

"If even you cannot find any reason for his sudden disappearance, then I guess he might have left through the method of Self-Resurrection. If you had told us in advance that he might disappear, we might have been able to track his resurrection location."

After thinking for a moment, Xia Duo asked again: "Exactly how many times can Kalishi's Self-Resurrection be used? It can't be infinite resurrection, right? If that were the case, we might as well just call it quits."

At present, it is still necessary to clarify why Kalishi disappeared and how to handle the follow-up. Regarding these questions from Xia Duo, Suolinkala was silent at first, and then somewhat reluctantly said:

Although the hostile relationship was almost clear when Xia Duo and Kalishi met before—Kalishi wanted to use the Computing Power Pool to forge a New Artifact, and Xia Duo was unwilling—on this point, the two sides were completely unable to compromise.

In this process, one can even recover energy; it is simply infinite endurance.

That is also the target Xia Duo wants to destroy or seize.

"Is such an important measure not maintained 24 hours a day? Or is it that you actually don't want to catch Kalishi that much?"

At the same time, Xia Duo also stated: "Unless Zhamu Dasi has absolute certainty, the Alliance is impossible to participate in the capture or pursuit of Kalishi, even an open warrant is impossible."

"Consultant Xia Duo, you think of tracking Kalishi's resurrection too simply. It requires consuming Zhamu Dasi's most precious Psionic Energy reserves. We cannot maintain it for a long time. It is best to start tracking at the moment before killing him, then lock onto the place where he resurrects, until he is caught or thoroughly killed. To reduce consumption, we also need to clear out the various Psionic Artifacts created by Kalishi in advance, thereby reducing his number of resurrections in different locations."

"What do you want us to do? The Alliance originally intended to cooperate with Kalishi. It is I who do not want to cooperate with Kalishi, but my current thoughts are the same as the Alliance's. An enemy like Kalishi is too dangerous. If there is no absolute certainty, I would rather not be his enemy."

But one certainly cannot say this to Suolinkala, otherwise one might be manipulated by the other party.

This statement is the same as saying nothing. Maybe Kalishi only has one resurrection chance left, or maybe he has hundreds or thousands. Can these two situations be treated as the same thing?

Those two necessary conditions for the New Artifact Project, as long as they exist, are always hanging over Xia Duo's mind. Therefore, compared to how to deal with Kalishi, he actually hopes more to destroy or consume Zhamu Dasi's Psionic Energy.