Lord of Arcane

Chapter 3208: New Discovery in a Stalemate
Philipa originally did not take the agricultural cooperation proposed by Shado seriously. He did not think that Netheril had any outstanding agricultural technology to be qualified to cooperate with Yerlan. But when Shado mentioned the plane transformation, he immediately became alert.

Compared to the world-destroying disaster caused by the collapse of the Dragon Madness Maze, neither the Illuminati nor anything else can be considered a big threat now, because the latter is more than enough to be dealt with by the current strength of the Northern Alliance.

The only problem is the Dragon Madness Lock. The current Northern Alliance and even the entire main plane cannot find a good solution. Now the only thing all the informed parties can do is to respond passively and silently wait for the world-destroying disaster to come.

The reason why Philippa didn't think of this crisis was because this disaster was too unsolvable and its arrival date was difficult to predict. Although it was serious enough, it was inevitably ignored over time.

When Philip heard Xia Duo mention the world-destroying crisis brought about by the collapse of the Dragon Madness Lock, he realized that there was actually a human being in the world who cared about this matter.

It stands to reason that humans, a short-lived species, should be indifferent to such a crisis in the distant future. Even if a few elites pay attention to it, it is the same as the elves' neglect, because they cannot deal with it and it is too unsolvable, so they will eventually turn to indifference.

Even though there are constant warnings of climate anomalies, the current climate anomalies are not serious enough to make it impossible for ordinary people to survive. Who would talk about an unsolvable disaster every day!

"Advisor Xia Duo, I really admire your foresight. Regarding the cooperative research on the demiplane ecological farm, I would like to express my position here. I will try my best to facilitate formal cooperation.

"Even if the Crown King and the Council disagree, I will do my best to work on this matter and find other resources for this cooperation. However, I believe that the Crown King and the Council will not be so unwise. After all, Netheril's advantages in the plane field are also recognized in the North."

Philippa's attitude surprised Shado and changed his view of the Yeerlan elves. After all, intelligent creatures are all the same. There are all kinds of birds in the forest, good ones and bad ones, short-sighted ones and wise ones.

He hopes to encounter such unexpected surprises every day. After thanking Philip, Xia Duo also briefly introduced some of his ideas or research directions for the ecological farm. He is not worried that Ye Erlan will leave him alone to work on this project.

Netheril has advantages in the plane field. As long as Yeerlan wants to use other planes to avoid disaster, Netheril will eventually be unable to avoid this matter.

Of course, even if the Yeerlan side was really short-sighted enough to think that they could work alone without him, it would be impossible for them to find other Netherese partners, because after the arrival of Prytatis, Netheril had made more discoveries in plane exploration than in the past few hundred years combined.

To put it simply - although habitable planes are still scarce, they are not as precious as they were in the past, to the extent that a war might be launched just to seize a habitable plane.

And now the habitable planes discovered by Netheril are shared by all Nether wizards, and if they need to take refuge in the future, there will be enough space to accommodate everyone.

If Yeerlan wants to cooperate with other Nether mages, he will find that other Nether mages have no interest in this project at all. Moreover, when there is already a habitable plane, how many people are interested in plane transformation?
Unless it is purely agricultural cooperation, but if it is just pure agricultural cooperation, why not find Xiaduo which offers better conditions?
It can be said that in the entire Netheril, only Shado is the one who cares most about agriculture. Other councilors and lords basically will not consider improving agriculture when there is enough food and land.

Only Xiaduo is starting to prepare for the future population explosion.

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After a cooperation project was established, Philipfa's attitude became much more enthusiastic. After visiting another experimental block, he did not take Xia Duo to the next block, but said:
"The projects being carried out in the remaining blocks are basically research on the localization of Yeerlan crops in Elan. According to the time calculation, the alliance observers should be arriving soon. I will take Consultant Xia Duo to visit a project that can be regarded as confidential even in Yeerlan."

"This..." Xia Duo was somewhat tempted, but he didn't want to refuse, so he could only ask the other party hesitantly, "Will this not embarrass Lord Philippa?"

"It does involve some risks, but they are still within my authority. Consultant Xia Duo, don't worry. Maybe we can reach a new cooperation!"

Philipa showed extraordinary magnanimity when he said this, as if at this moment he was no longer a Yeerlan elf who was only concerned with his own private affairs, but a wise man who led the group and worked for the well-being of all the people in the North.

"Okay! If you are interested, I am also willing to cooperate with you!" At this moment, Xia Duo felt that Philipa had characteristics that were different from those of ordinary upper elves, so when responding, he did not mention Yerlan, but directly mentioned the other party.

In response to Shado's response, Philipfa just smiled slightly, without showing any special joy or fear. Next, he took Shado back to the way they came.

That is the small group of buildings next to the agricultural transformation demonstration zone.

Before, they did not pass by the building complex, but went straight into the field. At that time, Xia Duo thought that Philippa was eager to introduce him to various sacred objects of abundance, or that the place was not suitable for visiting.

Now it seems that there is indeed a secret there.

"Counselor Xiaduo, please follow me!"

Philipa led the way in front. During the journey, they also met some agricultural mages from Yeerlan who came to ask about the situation. Philipa sent them away one by one and finally brought Shado to a black stone building in the center of the building complex.

This building has openings on all four sides, but strangely, it has no doors, like an ugly pavilion. Xia Duo realized that this should be the core of the climate maze that Philipa mentioned before. Could the secret be in the maze?
Chateau was making wild guesses in his mind when he saw Philippa making an inviting gesture, indicating that he should enter the black stone building with transparent walls on all sides.

"Where is this?" Shado looked at Philippa in confusion.

But Philippa said nothing and just invited Xiaduo to come in. Xiaduo thought about it and felt that there was really no need for Philippa to trick him here, so he followed the other party's instructions and walked directly into this strange black stone building. Philippa immediately followed after he left.

As soon as he stepped into the black stone building, Shaduo felt some subtle changes in the surrounding magic network, but it was not an attack or a trap, but more like a change in some background rules.

He vaguely guessed something and looked at Philippa again. At this time, Philippa stopped playing dumb and walked out of the black stone building first, then turned around and said to Shado:
"Welcome to the real Capella Agricultural Research Base!"