Chapter 3336: The Clash Between the Past and the Future

Regardless of whether Dafuni is the Wise One she implies, her current remarks alone are enough to prove that she has a deep connection with the Illuminati, or at the very least, is an important figure within it!

"If that so-called Perfect New World is truly as good as you say, then it must be born from the changes of this world itself, and should not be created by a self-proclaimed Destined One like you."

Xia Duo's words seemed to waver, but his spell probing did not stop; he had already discovered some clues, noticing that from the moment Dafuni appeared until now, although she exhibited some behaviors he could not understand, she seemed to have never attacked him.

He did not believe this was because the other party was kind-hearted; the other party clearly had the ability to ignore his Forbidden Restriction, yet did not launch a counterattack—was it that she did not want to? Xia Duo felt it was more likely that she could not!

It was not that the other party was unable to attack him, but that attacking would be useless, and some action of his had indeed threatened the other party; otherwise, judging by the identity of the Wise One she implied, there would be no need to stay here and waste time.

Then what kind of action or means could actually threaten the other party?

Regarding this question, Xia Duo did not need to guess, he only needed to probe, and he did indeed do so, though he could not see the effect for the moment.

"Isn't it good to let the Perfect New World descend directly? As for the original people of this world, if they are willing, there is a place for them in the new world; if they are not willing, then they are the necessary price!"

Dafuni's voice was cold, coming from the thick starlight, completely devoid of any human touch; perhaps this was her most true thought, and Xia Duo had never thought he could persuade her, but he still tried:

"If the price of the new world is built upon the bones of the old world, then the birth of this new world is too cruel. If someone in the future discovers that the world is actually not perfect and wants to use the same method to create an even more perfect new world, would you choose to join them?"

Xia Duo's words seemed to touch Dafuni, as even the starlight wrapping her body began to dissipate outward. She was silent for a moment, once again dodging the coverage of Xia Duo's Wide-Area Prohibition, and then gave her answer:

"If the other party can prove that the new world they want to create is more perfect, then I am willing to join them!"

Hearing such an answer, Xia Duo was somewhat surprised, but his heart stirred; if the other party was not lying, this seemed to be a rare opportunity to change her, so he immediately said:

"The end of the old world is inevitable, but your new world is not perfect either. I also have a new world plan here; although it is not perfect either, it should be more suitable for the current Northland than your plan."

"What plan?" Dafuni's tone rarely showed a trace of fluctuation, but she was becoming impatient with Xia Duo's constant spell probing. She dispersed the starlight and stopped dodging, instead questioning Xia Duo:

"Is this your way of talking?"

Xia Duo hesitated for a moment and temporarily stopped the spell probing. In any case, if the talk failed and he wanted to continue probing, he could do so at any time. Moreover, he seemed to understand how the other party had done it; probing of this level might not have much meaning, and he still needed to find a way to directly threaten the other party.

As his thoughts turned, Xia Duo descended to the hidden manor where the Moonshadow Family was hiding, while simultaneously making a gesture of invitation to Dafuni.

Seeing this, Dafuni hesitated slightly, but still accepted. She dispersed more starlight, retaining only the veil form from when she first appeared, and after landing on the ground, walked side-by-side with Xia Duo to a bench at the edge of the garden.

If one only looked at the state of both parties at this moment, one could not tell that they had just been at odds like fire and water, yet now they could sit side-by-side on the same bench.

At this moment, Dafuni no longer seemed to be the Illuminati Wise One who had been plotting to destroy the world, but had turned into a prophet exchanging insights with a close friend.

The world also seemed to have undergone some subtle changes at this moment, which Xia Duo did not notice. He followed his own thoughts and showed Dafuni the future of the Main Plane he envisioned—

"The imperfection of the old world you speak of, if I have not misunderstood, should refer to the lack of fairness and justice. Let's talk about fairness first; the Main Plane is indeed unfair now, where the strong wantonly infringe upon the weak, and the weak have no power to resist."

"The new world you want to create aims to achieve fairness in race and even talent by transforming all intelligent species into Demon Descendants, but is this truly fair?"

"Take the oppressed Wood Elves of the Main Plane as an example; the talent within the Wood Elf ethnic group should be relatively balanced, so has complete fairness and equality been achieved within the Wood Elves?"

"Clearly not! Therefore, attempting to achieve fairness by unifying races is not realistic, because it does not touch upon the deep-seated reasons behind fairness."

"It is not the differences in race or talent that have created the current inequality; although there are indeed reasons in this regard, as far as I can see, the gap in talent between Wood Elves and Gold Elves is far from being as large as the gap in their current social status!"

Because the Wise One Xia Duo had learned about previously was a Wood Elf, he used the Wood Elves as an example directly because they were close. Plus, having just dispersed most of the starlight, Xia Duo could actually see the expression on Dafuni's face from the corner of his eye.

It was not as completely heartless as he had just thought. Actually, that makes sense; if the Wise One were truly a heartless Elf, then with the power she currently possessed, she could live very well in this world where the strong prey on the weak.

Why go to the trouble of trying to create some new world without any thanks?

As long as one is conscious, any action has a motive. If creating a new world were just a pretext for destroying the world from the beginning, then the Illuminati would likely not have been able to develop to its current state.

With so many high-level Mages and prophets involved, if it were brainwashing, then there should at least be something real; it is more like temptation, rather than forcibly pressing their heads to make others believe.

So rather than believing that all the high-level Mages, prophets, and other Spellcasters dragged into the water by the Illuminati were fools who would not resist even if brainwashed, Xia Duo would rather believe that the leader of the Illuminati is an idealist.

Only pure ideals have such great magic to gather so many Spellcasters who have already obtained power, wealth, and status.

Interests will be betrayed by greater interests, and power will be subdued by stronger power.

Only ideals can make people participate regardless of cost or gain when they are clear-headed.

And as for ideals, in a world like the Main Plane where the strong prey on the weak, the weak are not qualified to talk about ideals. Therefore, those Demon Descendants created and controlled by the Illuminati, as well as more uninformed low-to-mid-level Spellcasters, are actually just being used as expendable materials.