Regarding this topic and the hesitant expression on Doom's face, Xia Duo still couldn't guess what Doum was thinking, so he opened up and said:
"You want to say that the Tower of Time also engaged in smuggling here in Elam?"
"That's what the intelligence provided by Ellan said, and we have confirmed this, but according to what we know, the Tower of Time has been smuggling food in Ellan for some time, at least not since the construction of the Ellan factory.
Ye Erlan also admitted this, but they still found traces of smuggling, so——"
Doom did not say anything else, but Shado knew what Doom meant, and he told the other party clearly: "I know you are worried that starting from smuggling from Elam will eventually be traced to me, and you will waste time without finding the Illuminati.
"So I'm telling you now, after I reached cooperation with Elam on the development of Elam, I have never smuggled anything to Elam again.
"Maybe the Void Warehouse in the Tower of Time has been used, but that is the personal behavior of the Void Warehouse user. If you find clues related to the Illuminati, I can cooperate in the investigation."
In fact, Ye Erlan has already talked to Xia Duo about the recent smuggling, and Xia Duo has also responded clearly. Now that Ye Erlan has reported this situation to the alliance, it seems that he may have really found some clues and is not looking for him.
trouble.
As for Shado himself, he did find excited state instruments or ritual elements that were suspected to be stored by the Illuminati in the void warehouse of the Tower of Time, but he had no conclusive evidence that it was the Illuminati.
And he also has selfish motives. On the one hand, he does not trust the alliance's (past) investigation capabilities, and on the other hand, he does not want him to take the initiative to reveal this matter, so as not to cause users to lose trust in the Tower of Time Void Warehouse.
After all, those two excited state magic weapons are stored in the stasis space warehouse. No matter how dangerous they are, they have nothing to do with the void warehouse. The so-called safety inspection is more aimed at dangerous items that can threaten the void warehouse.
If it threatens something else, there is no reason to check it. After all, magic items are inherently very dangerous, especially to ordinary people.
If the items in the Void Warehouse are subject to security review based on the standards for ordinary people, then most magic items may not be stored there.
This is unrealistic.
So the reason for the safety inspection given by Xia Duo is only for the Void Warehouse itself, so that others can accept it. After all, if you use my warehouse, you can't cause damage to my warehouse, right?
Now, Xia Duo's information on the alliance's investigation ability has improved a bit. The main reason is that with greater determination, the ability will naturally improve. Before, if the determination was not strong, even if one had the ability, he might not be able to use it.
However, users' concerns about the trust of the Void Warehouse still existed, so Shado still did not disclose to Doom the two excited state magic weapons he discovered that were suspected to be preserved by the Illuminati.
But he also made a promise to cooperate with the investigation. As long as there are any pointing clues from the alliance, he will cooperate to the maximum extent without hesitation.
As for whether this would delay the best time to find the Illuminati, this is not something Sha Duo needs to worry about. No one can take into account all aspects. He just made a choice that was more beneficial to him.
For this reason, he is completely willing to take a little more risk.
To take a step back, even if the Illuminati starts to crazily destroy the magic network now, it will only increase the cost of using the magic network in the future and reduce the efficiency. It will not have a big impact on the upper limit of the power that the caster can achieve.
And the most important thing is that no matter how hard the Illuminati is, it is impossible to destroy all the magic nets on the main plane in an instant. Xia Duo even expects the Illuminati to do something crazy again!
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On the one hand, this will strengthen the alliance's determination to eliminate the Illuminati at all costs; on the other hand, frequent attacks will expose the Illuminati to more clues that can be traced.
What he is most worried about is that the Illuminati will stop moving and continue to endure it, becoming a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, which will make it difficult for people to sleep and eat well!
Because in terms of absolute hard power, the Illuminati is far inferior to the Alliance. As long as the Illuminati dares to stand up and fight head-on, Shado himself or any country in the Alliance (except Irusk) can wipe them all out.
The reason why the Illuminati is difficult to deal with is its super secretive nature and its inextricable connections with the high-level elves.
Now the alliance, especially the elven countries, have made up their minds to eliminate the Illuminati, and the secrecy, the recent Elam attack, and the smuggling problem are all clues that can be traced.
As the final window of time-related rituals approaches, the Illuminati will take more and more actions. It feels like prey caught in a spider's web. The harder it struggles, the faster it dies.
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After exchanging information about the Illuminati with Doom for a while, the materials used by the Alliance for the sacrifice experiment have been delivered to the camp. Like the sacrifice objects chosen by Ye Erlan during the experiment, the Alliance experiment used old magic weapons.
A small part of it was collected on site from Evereska, and most of it actually came from Ye Erlan, who had already prepared it. However, the cost of this experiment will be borne by the alliance.
Even the old magic weapons that Ye Erlan invested before, most of the costs can be reimbursed to the alliance. Even the student homework that Xia Duo invested in before has been asked about the cost, which made Xia Duo's heart skip a beat.
Judging from the divine grace acquisition and on-site testing data, the effect of the student homework he invested can account for almost half of the old magic weapons Ye Erlan invested.
In other words, the amount of reimbursement he can apply for can be half of Ye Erlan’s!
It was difficult for him to keep calm. Ye Erlan claimed to have invested over 100 million worth of old magic weapons, and Xia Duo had also handled those magic weapons before, and they didn't have much moisture.
Even if the old magic weapon is recycled, the actual cost of Ye Erlan must be tens of millions. Although the purchasing power of gold coins is continuing to decline due to the huge mithril mines in the Gray Peak Mountains that can produce large amounts of gold and silver, tens of millions of gold coins
Still not a small number.
Taking the current Tower of Time as an example, including all income from mass-produced magic weapons, communication mysteries, void warehouses, and computing power pool orders, the annual income is only tens of millions.
But the Tower of Time has so many uses for money that it actually can't save much money. Judging from the current net income of the Tower of Time, it may take at least ten years to save tens of millions in cash.
Or to be more vivid, the cost of a floating city may be more than 10 million, and tens of millions of cash is equivalent to several floating cities!
One can imagine the temptation of these tens of millions for Xia Duo!
Even if the alliance does not consider Iolum's repair plan in the end, but adopts the plan of investing in magic items to let the magic network heal itself, then the follow-up problem may not only be tens of millions, but hundreds of millions, billions
even more!
The most important thing is that Xia Duo doesn't have to worry about the alliance not being able to pay the money, because now the alliance's largest source of income - the computing power pool - is in charge of him.
Not to mention the giant mithril mine in the Gray Peak Mountains, which is a super giant mine that may not be mined in thousands of years! (Based on the current mining level of the alliance)