Xia Duo hurriedly walked towards the corner. As soon as he passed the corner, it suddenly became clear. Visible to the naked eye was a huge spherical space in front of him. There were several relatively flat ground below, but there were countless spikes hanging down from above.
Of course, those are not spikes, but stalagmites and folds squeezed out by the rock formations. There should have been some on the ground below, but they may have been removed.
The light he just saw came from a platform below. Although the light emitted from there was not particularly bright, it illuminated almost the entire space in this limited space.
There is no doubt that that is where the Illuminati's ultimate ritual takes place!
Xia Duo did not take any further action, but quietly retreated. The reason why he was so convinced was because he sensed the powerful fluctuation of the power of time coming from the bottom of the space just now.
In the process of researching the power of time, although he could not find the true source of the power of time and could not reproduce this special power, perhaps he also consumed a lot of time power and actually gained the power of time.
perception ability.
But it was only limited to perception, and could not do more. He felt that if he could be given unlimited time to conduct experiments, maybe he could obtain the same results as those mages who have been studying elemental energy for many years through continuous use.
Like the weak elemental bloodline, you can also obtain a weak time bloodline.
It was also because he had personally experienced the fact that he had no ability to perceive the power of time at the beginning and later developed a weak ability to perceive it. Shado even suspected that the reason why Daphne had such powers was probably due to long-term use of the power of time.
of.
However, all of this starts from scratch, so where does the power of time come from in the first place?
If Daphne really acquired the abilities related to the power of time through long-term use of the power of time, it means that the power of time may be obtained through conventional spells.
But there is another possibility, that is, Daphne comes with a source of time power from the beginning, such as a time-related bloodline, or an artifact in the time domain, which can continuously generate the power of time.
No matter which one, Xia Duo will always investigate in depth after the war, and now, after visually observing the scene in the Underdark space that is suspected of being an Illuminati ritual, Xia Duo has indeed felt the fluctuation of the power of time.
The fluctuation of the power of time with such a strong sense of existence, even if it is not the ultimate ritual of the Illuminati, must be a key part of the ritual.
So Xia Duo did not alert them, but retreated quietly. He asked Uta to stay here temporarily for surveillance, and at the same time, he did not stop searching other suspicious places.
And he himself immediately returned to the surface. Because Tarafu was the translator for Sha Duo and Uta, he also understood the situation below immediately. Seeing Sha Duo coming up, he immediately asked:
"Are we going to start a counterattack?"
"Yes, but it's not here." Xia Duo glanced at the southeast direction and said pointedly.
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And on the other side, Yongle City.
Chateau once again asked representatives of various countries for operational authorization through the alliance command network.
As for information synchronization, it had been completed during Shado's "down to the ground". All countries had synchronized all previously processed details of time-related signal source operations within the country to the command network, but the authorization to allow Alliance mages to enter the country was still not released.
In fact, Xia Duo does not have to obtain authorization from various countries to start counterattack. The counterattack he will carry out next is not in the present world of the main plane, but on the timeline level.
The authorization is not for the next actions, but for post-war guarantees. It is an anchor of possibility, that is, the possibility that he will definitely be able to obtain authorization from various countries, so that he can be exempted from accountability after the war.
So he must get it now!
"Everyone, we don't have much time left. At present, if countries can handle the sources of time-related signals in their respective territories completely and properly, then that's it. I won't make such a request at all.
"But the reality is that even with the support of war magic, even with everyone's so-called best efforts, the sources of time-related signals in various countries have not been able to be properly handled.
"In this case, do you still need to hesitate to allow the Alliance mages to deal with dangerous situations that you can't handle for the time being?"
Xia Duo was very puzzled. What were these people thinking? Some problems he could not solve clearly did not allow others to help him solve them. If it was just a general problem, Xia Duo would not care about it at all and would just let him do it.
Come on.
However, these issues are related to the interests of everyone, and now they are hijacked by the narrow-mindedness of some senior officials. This also makes Xia Duo have stronger ideas about improving the alliance system.
"Consultant Xia Duo, if the source of some time-related signals was not handled well, the impact on the final result should not be that big, right?"
"You may not believe me when I tell you, why don't you ask the Shishi Magic Research Institute for its opinion?"
With that said, Sha Duo directly pulled Bondi from the Time-Related Magic Research Institute into this small "conference room" network, and then repeated the question from the alliance representative just now. As expected, Bondi was just as Sha Duo thought.
Immediately object:
"Our current war with the Illuminati is essentially a fight for the right to define the past. Any time-related signal source represents a decisive battle for definition. Losing one means that the balance of victory tilts towards the Illuminati.
One point, whenever possible, no game should be lost."
"Look, I'm not the only one who says this! If you don't even believe the conclusions of the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory, then what else can you believe?"
After saying that, Xia Duo unceremoniously gave an ultimatum, "I'll give you twenty minutes. If I still can't get authorization, then I will act unilaterally. You should know that I can go there. By then,
If any unnecessary misunderstandings are caused, the entire responsibility lies with you, the plenipotentiary representatives!"
Chateau didn't care what these representatives thought. Anyway, after the war, he would definitely gain far more prestige and voice than now, but some of these plenipotentiary representatives were destined to be rotated.
Moreover, what he did was in line with the order of the alliance and upholding the righteousness. In fact, he did not care about the thoughts of these representatives at all. The reason why he insisted on obtaining authorization was mainly because he did not want to leave any stain on the procedural irregularities.
But at the same time, Xia Duo was also very clear about the thoughts of these alliance representatives. On the one hand, it was indeed difficult to convince the country, or they themselves were not sure of persuading the country, but at the same time, nine out of ten of these representatives also agreed in their hearts that they were authorized.
They are just afraid of taking responsibility. Now that he is forcing them to step down, it will not be difficult for these representatives to accept it.
After the war, if everything goes well, it will be because they made decisive decisions.