Chapter 3391: The Difficulty of Rule of Law and Support from All Sides

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"What is a Time-line War?" a representative asked.

"Simply put, it is the Illuminati dispersing the final decisive battle into individual local battlefields, and the time-lines of those local battlefields are all under their control. As long as they lose, they will create new time-lines until they win, and then they will overwrite reality with the time-line where they won, thus ultimately guiding the result of the decisive battle through victories in individual local battlefields."

"How is this possible?" a representative immediately questioned, "If the facts are as Consultant Xia Duo says, then every local war we are currently experiencing should be a loss. Why do cases where we win occur?"

"The real reason is known only to the Illuminati themselves, but I can make two guesses. One is that this method of theirs is not a conventional one and will only be used in the final decisive battle. The reason I am raising suspicions about the prophets now is because the decisive battle has already begun, and Dafuni has already used this method at Tanzan Peak."

Having said this, Xia Duo paused for a moment to reorganize his thoughts and give the representatives some time to think, then continued:

"The second guess is simpler: the places where we are currently winning belong to inevitable victories that the opponent has absolutely no possibility of changing, or the cost to change such reality is too great, so they can only choose to concede and then find ways to fight for victory elsewhere."

At this point, a representative could not help but raise an objection again: "According to Consultant Xia Duo, we cannot perceive the Time-line War at all, but you just said that Dafuni has already used this method at Tanzan Peak. Isn't this contradictory?"

"This point is indeed difficult for me to explain, but I must still say that although I cannot stop the opponent's manipulation of the time-line, my consciousness remains continuous during this process, which is why I know what the opponent has done."

"Since it cannot be stopped, why does the opponent have to run away? Why can't they defeat you through endless fighting? As you said, the opponent only needs to win once to win, while you have to keep winning. I believe no one can manage to keep winning."

"It seems Master Saiputalisi has a very accurate understanding of the Time-line War."

Xia Duo first praised the other party and also observed the other representatives. Although these representatives did not quite believe in the Time-line War he spoke of, their understanding of this concept was quite accurate.

He did not know if it was because he explained it well, or if Prophecy was already within their scope of understanding.

"Indeed, I cannot keep winning against the opponent, but I also do not need to keep winning against them. I have already mastered the method of Time Anchoring the past, preventing the opponent from changing the past by creating different time-lines."

"If the past cannot be changed, the present cannot be changed. I have no way to deal with Dafuni; she can only run away. Otherwise, if she keeps using this unconventional power on me, the Illuminati's own plans might become unsustainable."

After Xia Duo finished speaking, a representative immediately proposed based on what Xia Duo said:

"Since Consultant Xia Duo can anchor the past, why not completely anchor the current history of the Alliance? In that case, wouldn't the Illuminati be unable to change the past?"

Xia Duo had actually thought about this question, but since the Illuminati were already trying to change history to let Ailan be "reborn," the concept of "the history of the Alliance" was likely a broad concept.

Unless all key Nodes could be anchored, it could still be changed.

But Xia Duo was not the Illuminati, and he did not know what the key Nodes that allowed the Northland Alliance to exist were, so it was very difficult to anchor them. It might even require the Lord of Radiance to appear in the Northland.

Or he would have to connect with every individual in the Northland with a Divine Envoy to completely lock the past; otherwise, it could still lead to the past being changed.

But if it were just anchoring the established result of a local war, that would be simpler, and this was almost the only choice Xia Duo could make.

Only specific events or characters can be anchored; broad concepts are almost impossible to anchor. Even if anchored, it is only a broad concept and cannot cover every detail.

For example, using the historical event 【Northern Alliance Founding Ceremony】 to anchor the concept of "the history of the Northland Alliance" can indeed be anchored, but would the Northland Alliance necessarily be the current Northland Alliance?

If the Illuminati won, they could completely turn the Northland Alliance into a regional alliance organization within the Elan Civilization, which would be a completely different matter from the Northland Alliance in the time-line where Xia Duo is now.

Xia Duo briefly explained the limitations of Time Anchoring the past. The representatives of various countries could not help but show expressions of regret, but at the same time, their eyes looking at Xia Duo could not help but hold a bit more expectation.

But the Elves remained somewhat arrogant after all, and were still somewhat skeptical of Xia Duo's current claims. Instead, Tili'ao, who was also from the Netheril side, almost immediately sent a private Sending to Xia Duo:

"If possible, please anchor the past for me, Consultant Xia Duo."

"Can do, no problem."

Xia Duo agreed without hesitation. In fact, he also wanted to know what effect anchoring a single person would have—whether it could completely solidify all of this person's past experiences, or just this person alone.

From his own experience of going through time loops (the birth and destruction of time-lines), it should be the latter.

That is to say, if the Illuminati ultimately won, even if Tili'ao's past as an individual was anchored, it would actually only result in a Tili'ao born from the Elan Civilization, without the slightest memory of the current Tili'ao.

In an instant, Xia Duo seemed to understand many things. Why did the Illuminati dare to manipulate the time-line so unscrupulously, even clamoring about whether there was a place for anyone in the new world? It turned out they were using such means!

But if consciousness cannot be continuous, what is the meaning of just having one's own name, or even bloodline and memories?

"What an idealist!"

It was just that for such idealism that disregarded the lives of others, Xia Duo wished it had never appeared.

By the end of the meeting, Xia Duo had not been able to convince the representatives of the various countries, but he had informed them of the severity of the current situation and had also made some predictions.

Next, if his predictions were true, then as long as the various countries did not want to disappear completely, they would inevitably make a decision. It was just unknown if it would be too late by then.

Although Xia Duo was also anxious, after experiencing the time loop at Tanzan Peak, he knew that he could maintain the continuity of his consciousness during the birth and destruction of time-lines. As for himself alone, he was not so anxious anymore.

Anyway, most of the people in his Territory had been taken to an Other Plane by Niya; at worst, they could just wander the Ether!

It was the various countries that really couldn't afford to lose!