Chapter 3456: Resurgence from the Ashes

————It will be later~~

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These Alliance representatives did not ultimately disappoint Xia Duo; they did not wait for the twenty minutes he had given to run out. It took only about four or five minutes, and under the leadership—or one could say "coercion"—of Tili'ao, Dewen, and other representatives who had already clearly expressed their support, they jointly signed the authorization Document.

Furthermore, at Xia Duo's strong insistence, the validity period of the authorization Document was to be calculated from the start of the Tear Drop Lake battle, ending after the war.

The end time did not have much impact; the key was the start time, as it related to the time Node in the past that Xia Duo could reasonably, logically, and legally intervene in.

Now that the new authorization was in hand, it was equivalent to the various countries allowing him to directly intervene in the battlefields of Time-Involving Signal source points within their borders during the decisive battle, through means not limited to sending people directly or using War Spells.

This meant nothing for the present reality, because no matter how early the authorization was backdated, it was still a thing of the past; but for the true decisive battle on the Time Line, this was the greatest guarantee for the post-war period.

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After obtaining the new authorization, Xia Duo immediately returned to Yongle City and arrived at the Secret Ritual Chamber where he had performed the prophecy before the war. Not much time had passed since the last prophecy, and the furnishings inside the Secret Ritual Chamber had not changed at all.

What Xia Duo was most concerned about was the altar in the center of the Secret Ritual Chamber, which still maintained the reality he had anchored before he performed that prophecy.

If he were to proceed with a new round of prophecy, maintaining the past anchor state would not be conducive to his current prophecy; it is best for a prophecy to be anchored to the present.

If one anchors to the past, or as Xia Duo was doing now, not updating the past anchor state, then when performing a prophecy, all possibilities from that anchored time Node to the present moment of the prophecy would occupy the "quota" of the prophecy.

Since the possibilities from that past time Node to the present are actually things the prophet has personally experienced and are certain, the prophet does not actually need the other possibilities for this period; it is equivalent to diluting the needed prophecy with unneeded prophecy.

And the act of prophecy itself is like panning for gold in the waves; the so-called dilution is equivalent to the gold becoming less, while the water remains just as much.

Therefore, even from the perspective of someone like Xia Duo who has just entered the door of Prophecy, when choosing an anchor before performing a prophecy, or choosing which time Node to use as the starting anchor point, it is best to choose the present, which is closest to the time the prophecy is performed.

But this time, Xia Duo was not performing a prophecy, but hoping to change the past; from this perspective, the anchor existing in the past was actually more advantageous to him.

Because the past from the anchor to the present, which should be certain for the current Xia Duo, is not what Xia Duo wants to preserve; he hopes to find other possibilities within it that are better for the Alliance.

In this case, using the past anchor becomes very appropriate.

Moreover, doing this has another uncertain benefit: being able to "never meet" the Controller of the Time-Involving Ritual on the Illuminati side, while remaining in a relatively advantageous position.

Originally, Xia Duo could not have achieved this, but the Time Force gave him unexpected support.

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In his previous research, Xia Duo discovered that this Time Force, which naturally dissipated from Dafuni's Time Gem and was then collected by him, naturally possessed the effect of enhancing Prophecy Spells.

In fact, just by holding the Strange Crystal used to store the Time Force he had re-collected, he could gain the ability to observe the Time Line out of thin air, which would normally require casting a Prophecy Spell.

However, casting Prophecy Spells has many restrictions and requires establishing a time anchor first, yet one could gain such an ability just by holding that Strange Crystal storing the Time Force.

Although it was not continuous and was very unclear—like some images he had never experienced before suddenly flashing in his mind—at first, Xia Duo did not think they were prophecy visions, but he was very certain that those images were definitely not his memories.

Being able to produce such images or perspectives out of thin air is difficult to explain with Sending or Projection Spells.

What truly confirmed to him that it was a Prophecy Spell was the accurate prophecy of the extremely near future—about two or three seconds—which also automatically granted that future perspective without the need for Spellcasting.

For example, when Xia Duo watched a small ball fall from his hand, he would immediately see the scene of the ball hitting the ground and bouncing, and only then would the ball actually fall to the ground.

The closer to the present, the more precise and clear the prophecy scene; the further into the future, the more fragmented and blurred the prophecy scene.

In this regard, he did not try much, just stopping after a brief taste, because any attempt would consume Time Force, and for him now, this bit of Time Force, which could be called unique, had to be used in more critical places and certainly could not be consumed at will.

Although it was just a brief taste, he still gained a lot. Among them, the point that was least important to him now but perhaps the most far-reaching in influence was—after coming into contact with and consuming Time Force, he could already perceive the existence of Time Force.

The feeling of Time Force to him was not like any specific Elemental Energy, but more like a trend, like the ripples generated as the Time Line constantly extends into the future.

But this is also a real and powerful force, powerful enough to change the past.

With his current perception of Time Force, he cannot quantify the amount of Time Force, only roughly compare it; this was also the reason he was able to judge the Illuminati's Time-Involving Ritual under Ailan before.

If he could not perceive Time Force, he might have to find a way to get close and judge based on the details of the ritual, which might waste a lot of time.

If there is any power similar to Time Force, Xia Duo could immediately cite an example: Bloodline Force, which is also a non-conventional and difficult-to-quantify power.

But compared to the traceable Bloodline Force, Time Force is too elusive. Xia Duo merely collected the Time Force dissipated from Dafuni's Time Gem and consumed them to conduct some simple experiments, and he gained the ability to perceive Time Force.

If he were to study it further and come into deeper contact with it, would he gain the ability to directly Control the Time Line or even travel through the Time Line at will?

In fact, he could already manipulate the Time Line, but the Time Force he currently possessed was too scarce to support him in directly manipulating the Time Line; instead, he had to use other means to amplify the characteristics of the Time Force itself to the extreme.

It is similar to the lever effect.

And what Xia Duo chose was the Prophecy Spell; this Illuminati Time-Involving Ritual is already two completely different technical routes. Of course, if one were to say which is more advanced, it would certainly be the Illuminati.

After all, the Time-Involving Ritual can already change the past without needing Time Force, while his current method still revolves around Time Force.

Once the Time Force is gone, the Illuminati can continue, while he would be completely powerless~