Arcane Lord

Only when the construction cost of the permanent [ether-matter] overlap area is low to a certain extent, the leap beast industry can develop and even prosper.

Otherwise, it can only be a small-scale operation like now.

Xia Duofei looked at the ether overlap area below in the air. His breeding farm only occupied a small part of it, but even if he occupied the whole place, it might not be enough to support a complete industry.

The foundation is too weak.

…

Following the wizard who led the way, Xia Duo soon came to the new plane exploration base. Although the new base built many [ether boundary] observation points around the ether overlap area, most of the base mages, including Plitatis, stayed in a relatively concentrated area and did not all disperse to one observation point after another.

Xia Duo originally did not plan to meet Plitatis this time. He was going to take the relevant information and leave. When he arrived at the base, he did not see anyone and went straight to the data room, where people were specially arranged to organize the relevant information for the convenience of regular synchronization with all councilors.

This time, due to the emergency, he couldn't catch up with the next synchronization. But Xia Duo wanted to get as much information about the new plane as possible, so he had to come here in person.

But when he copied the information and was about to leave, Plitatis blocked him at the door and mentioned the Illuminati as soon as he opened his mouth--

"I heard that the Illuminati is making a big fuss over there. Will it affect us?"

Xia Duo didn't expect that the news about Everiska had spread here, and it was directly reported that the Illuminati was making trouble. He wanted to not answer, but Plitatis was not so easy to fool.

Besides, he also wanted to get the dragon crystal spell and other new technologies from him!

After thinking about it, Xia Duo revealed some inside information to Plitatis: "A key figure of the Illuminati was captured two days ago. There may be a major breakthrough next. The Illuminati will not be able to jump for long."

What he said was indeed the inside information, and he didn't lie at all. He did capture a key figure, and there is indeed a possibility of a major breakthrough. Regardless of whether the ritual involved was successful or not, the Illuminati will not be able to jump for long.

Even if the ritual succeeds and the history of the main plane is reshaped, the Illuminati will not exist, let alone if it fails.

But what Shado said did not reveal any sensitive information that would make the Illuminati change its course of action. What he said was also known to the Illuminati.

Of course, this information is still very rare for Plitatis, who is almost imprisoned.

"I see. I wish Councillor Shado a successful operation in advance!"

Plitatis heard the hint in Shado's words, then hesitated and asked again: "I heard that the Illuminati has a kind of time-related magic. I wonder if Councillor Shado knows about it?"

"Of course I know. If you don't even know the core technology of the Illuminati, how can you destroy them!"

But Shado has always been sensitive to time-related magic. Before Plitatis continued to speak, he had already taken precautions in advance. "Currently, time-related magic is under the control of the Northern Alliance, otherwise I would have sent a sample directly to you for research."

"This-it's a pity!" Plitatis could of course hear that Shado was almost explicitly refusing, but fortunately, he didn't say everything, and there would still be opportunities to obtain related spells in the future.

Since its development, the Holy Golden Dragon Empire has explored many magical fields, but time magic is indeed less understood. If he can obtain the unique time magic of this plane, it will definitely be another great achievement when he returns!

Although Plitatis looked down on the main plane, there were still many new technologies in the main plane that could not be developed in his hometown, such as Misera, which he had known before, and time magic, which he had only heard of recently.

And he didn't know how many new technologies he didn't know yet. In short, the development potential of this plane was quite large.

...

After rejecting Plitatis, Shado didn't leave immediately, but talked to him about the recent progress of plane exploration. Plitatis again proposed to speed up the progress.

"There are already quite a few new planes discovered. It's time to start investigating the transmission link nodes! This will not affect the current exploration work, and it can even be carried out at the same time to reduce unnecessary duplication of work."

"I know, I will propose it to the parliament, and there will be results in the near future if nothing unexpected happens."

Shado didn't refuse this time, because the parliament had discussed this issue before. Investigating the selection of key nodes in the transmission link is not equivalent to node construction, and the latter is the biggest cost of manpower and material resources.

If it is just an investigation, it is nothing more than adding a few steps to the initial exploration after the discovery of the new plane, and it will not bring a lot of costs.

Even if Plitatis didn't say this, Shado himself was ready to bring it up to the parliament. After all, as Plitatis said, if we don't do it now, doing it alone later will result in a lot of unnecessary duplication of work.

Plitatis's proposal to speed up the progress is certainly selfish, but it is indeed not a bad thing. If we really want to talk about bad things, building a cross-domain transmission link is more like a bad thing.

After all, after connecting to the Holy Golden Dragon Empire, the initiative is no longer in the hands of Netheril. Whatever the other party wants to do, this side can only passively accept it.

Of course, based on Shado's understanding of the Holy Golden Dragon Empire (from Savile's memory), the integration of the main plane into the Holy Elf Empire may not be a bad thing for the main plane.

Just like the integration of primitive tribes into modern civilization, from the perspective of civilization, this is a kind of progress.

But for Xia Duo, who also aspires to create civilization, this is not a good thing. The integration of the main plane into the Holy Golden Dragon Empire can certainly retain some local characteristics, but most of it will definitely be assimilated.

In other words, under the rule of the Holy Golden Dragon Empire, Xia Duo will never be able to create an independent civilization.

If the threat of the Illuminati was not too urgent, Xia Duo would actually be more concerned about the threat of the Holy Golden Dragon Empire. This threat is only aimed at him, and it may even force people around him to compromise.

In his opinion, this kind of threat needs to be more vigilant.

…

After returning to the South Territory from Seventon, before Shado had time to catch his breath, Nia came over again and questioned him directly:

"You must be hiding something from us. This study tour in the other plane is too abnormal. It is definitely not what you said. What do you think?"

"Isn't it just a very ordinary study tour? It's just that the destination is set in the other plane. Don't think too much. You might as well study the communication puzzle lock with this time."

"How can you not let me think more when you say that? We have been married for many years. Can't I tell whether you are lying or not?"

"Uh-"

Shado was stunned for a moment. This is probably the disadvantage of being too close to his wife. He may notice something unusual at the slightest sign of trouble.

However, he must not say the reason of avoiding the Illuminati, otherwise it may make the Illuminati realize that he is preparing for a decisive battle and start the decisive battle in advance.

But if he doesn't say it, it will not be fair to Nia. Shado hesitated for a while and decided to tell Nia the truth, but he couldn't say it in the main plane.

"Let's go to the Blue Crystal Plane. I've wanted to tell you something for a long time."

"Blue Crystal Plane?"

Although Nia was a little confused, she still nodded.