"History has really changed!" Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh!
Originally, the alliance could not be said to have been completely defeated in that battle, and it did obtain many details of the Illuminati's time-related rituals. However, after all, it allowed the Illuminati's rituals to complete a certain progress, and it could not be called a victory at all.
But in the new timeline, because he already knew many details of the Illuminati's time-related rituals in advance, he no longer had to test it with the lives of Alliance mages.
In addition, he has obtained various authorizations in another timeline, and this authorization has been anchored by the power of the divine envoy.
In other words, even in the new timeline, the event of him receiving authorization will still happen and cannot be changed.
The reason why he knows that the anchored event cannot be changed is not because he takes it for granted, but because he has experienced it personally. You must know that in addition to anchoring the authorization of various countries, he also contacted the divine envoy during the Tanzania operation.
Been several times.
Not to mention that after the Tanzan Peak operation, he learned about the impact of divine anchoring on time-related rituals. Later, on local battlefields, he anchored every time the alliance won.
And what does such anchoring mean for the new timeline?
At the beginning, Xia Duo was also uneasy. When it came to anchoring, he indirectly judged it from Daphne's behavior and attitude. Moreover, he himself had some doubts about the anchoring itself and even did not dare to believe it.
Because this behavior of anchoring the past is equivalent to locking in a certain event on the timeline that may definitely happen.
If we can go back in time, why can't we change these fixed values?
Therefore, this involves the issue of whether an individual has free will. There is no doubt that Chateau believes that he has free will and that he can make all decisions independently.
But why can't this past destiny be changed?
As a native of his hometown, he has been taught the concept of "man can conquer nature" since he was a child. Since he can create a new timeline, why can't he change these fixed numbers? Who doesn't allow it?
So at the beginning of the new timeline, Xia Duo felt very uneasy. Later, after the Battle of Teardrop Lake and during the operation on Tanzania Peak, he finally understood what the so-called anchoring was about.
It's not that he initially understood that individuals cannot make other choices without free will, but that that experience will directly and seamlessly connect to the period anchored in the previous timeline.
Moreover, the so-called anchoring of a certain event is not the period of time when the event is ongoing, nor is it accurate to a specific few minutes or seconds, but a relatively vague range.
Specifically speaking of the Chateau Tanzan Peak operation, in the new timeline, when he finished the Teardrop Lake operation and the moment he thought of Tanzan Peak, the time had already come after the Tanzan Peak operation.
The details are slightly different, but the closer to the anchored time point, the details are almost the same as the previous timeline.
In other words, in Xia Duo's memory, he personally experienced the Battle of Teardrop Lake twice, one was the result of the alliance's defeat, and the other was the result of the alliance's complete victory.
But he only experienced Operation Tanzania once, as if the two timelines before Operation Tanzania merged into one, and then separated again after Operation Tanzania.
This is called "anchoring," or can be described as "timeline closing."
For a being like Xia Duo who can maintain the continuity of consciousness during the birth and death of the timeline, personally experiencing an anchoring event can almost immediately create a new perspective on time.
That is to say, the past is uncertain and the future is uncertain, and only anchored events are the only ones.
However, there have been too many events in the past of the main plane that have become unique. Even if a new timeline is created, that past cannot be changed.
Fortunately, Xia Duo does not seek to change the past. If the Illuminati had not insisted on doing this this time, he would definitely take the lead in launching an action to completely lock the past.
The uncertain past is really too dangerous. Under the control of someone with a good heart, the whole world can easily become a mess. He himself doesn't care, but he still knows so many people and things he is familiar with!
If it changes because of this, what meaning does this world have to him? It would be better to destroy it!
So he is really saving the world now!
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In the new timeline, the Battle of Teardrop Lake is just an inconspicuous small battlefield. Because most of the details of the Illuminati's rituals are known in advance, they can act without any scruples.
Under the command of Sha Duo, a group of Alliance mages successfully destroyed the ritual process. At this point, it was considered a strategic victory, but Sha Duo still wanted more.
It's the high mage from Teardrop Lake.
In the previous timeline, the high mage ultimately chose to die with the ritual in order to prevent the alliance mages from obtaining the secrets of the ritual. However, Xia Duo was more skilled and still collected enough information.
But the high mage himself was wasted.
In the new timeline, the high mage named "Maldiveka" became angry because the ceremony was destroyed by the alliance mage.
Just when he was about to liberate the saint form at all costs, the incarnation of Sha Duo, who had been ambushing there for a long time, showed his trump card. In a one-on-one battle, no one could withstand the robe of longing, let alone a sneak attack.
Because of this operation, a high mage of the Illuminati was successfully captured alive, which slightly changed the direction of the subsequent war.
The first is that the Illuminati has become cautious. Although it is still constantly creating new sources of time-related signals to disperse the alliance's power, the number of events in which the High Mage personally participates is much less.
For the alliance, it is equivalent to indirectly buying time.
Next is Shado, because his accurate judgment allowed the alliance to capture an important figure in the Illuminati, and his achievements and prestige were greatly improved.
This is different from his past attempts to smash the Illuminati conspiracy. In the past, for example, in the Metril incident, the results seemed to be greater than this time, but that was because Shado had more power.
At least in the opinion of alliance representatives, this is indeed the case.
But this time, through the shared intelligence that everyone in the command network could see, Xia Duo made the judgment that there was a high-ranking mage of the Illuminati hiding in Teardrop Lake. Not only did he judge, but he also caught it himself.
This effect is very eye-catching.
This also increased his voice in the alliance a lot, especially during the war. Although he didn't say everything, he almost said it.
The representatives of the alliance regard Xia Duo as the savior. Although they are still vigilant, in the face of more and more details of the Illuminati conspiracy being revealed, no matter how vigilant they are, they will give in to the whole world.