Chapter 3488: Probing, Villains Die from Talking Too Much

————It will be later~~

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Strength and hierarchy are never defined by race; the power one wields is the fundamental basis. The so-called discrimination against Wood Elves is, in essence, the control exerted by the upper-class vested interests of certain Elf nations over the lower classes.

One could even say that this discrimination itself exists to cover up the more essential oppression of the lower classes by the upper classes.

Does the lower class not exist in Gold Elf nations?

That is clearly impossible!

In the Northland Alliance, Siluwende and Yierfalang are both Gold Elf nations, as is the newly independent Ailan. Whether they have a lower class within their borders is something one only needs to see for oneself, provided one is not blind.

This is a point Dafuni finds hard to refute, because Yierfalang and Siluwende do indeed have a Gold Elf lower class. So, can one say these Gold Elves have fallen to the lower class because of their race?

That is clearly also impossible.

Thus, attributing everything to race seems very unreasonable. Consequently, the Illuminati's hope that Ailan—a nation of all Demon Descendants—could change this phenomenon is clearly just a fantasy.

Attempting to replace reality with fantasy is not only arrogant and conceited, but also cold and ruthless.

However, the "sprout" Xia Duo mentioned does not change the status of the lower class through such means. Ailan's Magic Artifact Manufacturing Factory requires a large number of industrial workers who understand Magic, and those in power are generally unwilling to engage in such technician work.

Only the lower classes, desperate to turn their lives around, are willing. But a Magic Technician is also a Mage; even if they are an extremely clumsy Mage, it does not change the fact that these lower-class individuals have already acquired power.

This power is not only the power of combat, but also the power of production.

As long as this power continues to grow, and grows to a certain extent, it will inevitably change the social status of its holders. As long as the current Alliance order remains stable, even the most deranged nations would not go so far as to conduct a great purge.

As long as Magic continues to spread and the power gap between the upper and lower classes continues to shrink—or rather, as long as enough of a middle class is created—a new order will be born.

This method of change is not only applicable to Gold Elves, but also to Wood Elves.

Even in the current atmosphere of the Northland, a Gold Elf might look down on an ordinary Wood Elf Commoner, but they would absolutely never look down on a high-level Wood Elf Mage.

Only power is the fundamental basis for changing everything.

In Xia Duo's view, all attempts that do not change things from the foundation are just walking the old path. The Elan Civilization that the Illuminati fantasizes about is indeed powerful, but its interior is likely no different from the current Alliance.

Is there really no possibility for the current Alliance to unify the Main Plane?

Is there any meaning in specifically picking out such a future to compare with an un-unified Elan Civilization? By the same token, comparing an already unified Elan with the current Alliance is also meaningless.

"The Northland Alliance is now on a brand-new path of development, different from the past. If you still have even a shred of attachment to this world, you should join in, rather than indulging in fantasies, hurting yourself while also hurting this world."

Xia Duo had not intended to persuade the other party at first, but now that the other party had been able to chat with him for so long, it once again gave rise to the thought of persuading them.

But just as this thought arose, it was interrupted by Dafuni's exasperated voice: "Are you lying to me? What exactly have you done? Why—"

There was no further sound from Dafuni, and the hazy starlight that had been flashing and shifting within the range of the 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 quietly vanished, as if it had never appeared at all.

Xia Duo did not go so far as to think that Dafuni had been killed by him; after all, news regarding the Time-Involving Signal in the newly built Command Network was still being continuously synchronized to him.

If Dafuni, the absolute core of the Illuminati, were dead, the Illuminati would likely not be reacting the way they currently are.

……

"A pity!" Xia Duo sighed inwardly.

But he could not give up this rare opportunity to verify the Time Flow Regulator, especially since he had truly collected Time Force this time, and in terms of quantity, it was in no way inferior to the Time Gem on Beilunuo's side.

If variables were to arise on Beilunuo's side, the Time Force collected now would become the key for him to reshape the Time Line once again.

Although he wanted to try persuading Dafuni one more time, for the sake of the Time Force, he had no choice but to give up. He could not place the hope of calming everything entirely in the other party's hands; on the contrary, as long as he had the Time Force, he could calm everything himself!

By contacting the Divine Envoy to completely anchor the fact that he had engaged with Dafuni in Taiweimansa and collected Time Force this time, he would have a guaranteed reserve of Time Force even if he had to reshape the Time Line again later.

If he added the Time Gem from Beilunuo's side, he had finally achieved a positive growth of Time Force on this Time Line!

If this experience could be replicated, he would be able to continuously harvest more Time Force from Dafuni. In this way, a comeback would be just around the corner!

……

Xinnaliya.

When Xia Duo's main body returned to Yongle City from Taiweimansa, his avatar and Tailun once again, just like in the previous Time Line, boarded the "Jiliu" Magic Ship and set off for Beilunuo.

This time, accompanying Xia Duo and Tailun was still the ocean Consultant of the Xinnaliya Nüwang, Meila. During this short journey, Xia Duo chatted with Meila about topics related to Beilunuo as usual.

But compared to the few Time Lines he had experienced before, this conversation went much deeper, even touching upon Beilunuo's offshore development plan. Regarding this, Meila did not mince words:

"Previously, Beilunuo had wanted to obtain a piece of offshore Territory from us, but due to various considerations, we refused. However, according to our understanding, while Beilunuo was negotiating with us, they had already begun exploring toward the south."

"Then do you think it is possible for Beilunuo to join the Northland Alliance?"

"They shouldn't refuse!"

This answer was very clever; it didn't say whether they were willing to join or not, only that they wouldn't refuse. Xia Duo understood Meila's meaning: Beilunuo was, after all, different from Xinnaliya, which lived on islands.

For Sea Elves, the ocean has almost no boundaries; they can go wherever they want. But Xinnaliya has almost only one path to take in the future, which is to develop toward the land. If they don't actively consider the Northland Alliance, who else can they lean toward?

……

Soon, Xia Duo's party arrived at Beilunuo smoothly. With the prior notification that there were envoys from the Northland Alliance, the Queen's Consultant personally welcomed them and then sent them to the Guangyao Tower in the center of Beilunuo to meet with the Tide Queen.

Because Xia Duo already had the experience of seizing the Water Elemental Domain Barrier of Beilunuo once, coupled with the previous analysis of Dali's memories, this time he even directly intercepted and decoded Dali's Sending.

Dali showed no signs of defense or remorse regarding this, but instead blamed the Queen for not understanding the grand trend, performing almost exactly as he had in the previous few Time Lines Xia Duo had experienced.