Chapter 3392: Intelligence Analysis, Clues of the Sea Elves

————It will be later~~

————Caught up to 3390~

"What is a war on the Time Line?" a representative asked.

"Simply put, it means the Illuminati disperses 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. In this way, they guide the outcome of the decisive battle through victories in individual local battlefields."

"How is this possible?" a representative immediately raised a challenge, "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 true 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 is only used in the final decisive battle. The reason I am raising suspicions about the diviner 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 a war on the Time Line at all, yet 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 remained continuous during this process, which is why I know what the opponent did."

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

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

Xia Duo first praised the other party and simultaneously observed the other representatives. Although these representatives did not quite believe in the Time-line War he described, 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 knowledge.

"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, preventing the opponent from changing the past by creating different Time Lines."

"If they cannot change the past, they cannot change the present. I have no way to deal with Dafuni, so she can only run away; otherwise, if she kept 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 had 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 was already attempting 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 Divine Envoy to appear in the Northland.

Or perhaps he would need to establish a connection with every individual in the Northland through the Divine Envoy to completely lock the past; otherwise, it would still be possible for the past to be changed.

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

Only specific events or individuals can be anchored; broad concepts are almost impossible to anchor. Even if they were anchored, it would only be a broad concept, and it would be impossible to cover every detail.

For example, using the historical event 【Northern Alliance Founding Ceremony】 to anchor the concept of "the history of the Northland Alliance" could indeed anchor it, but would the Northland Alliance necessarily be this 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 currently resides.

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

But the Elves still harbored some arrogance and were still somewhat skeptical of Xia Duo's current claims. Instead, it was Tili'ao, who was also from the Netheril side, who almost immediately sent a Sending to Xia Duo privately:

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

"I can, 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 the person themself.

From his own experience of going through a Time Loop (the birth and destruction of a Time Line), it should be the latter.

That is to say, if the Illuminati eventually won, even if Tili'ao's past as an individual was anchored, it would only result in a Tili'ao who originated 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 point of just having one's name, or even one's bloodline and memories, exist?

"What true idealism!"

It was just that such idealism, which disregarded the lives of others, made Xia Duo wish it had never appeared.

By the end of the meeting, Xia Duo had not managed to convince the representatives of the various countries, but he had informed them of the severity of the current situation and had also made a few 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 whether 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 drift through the Ether!

It was the various countries that truly could not afford to lose!