Arcane Lord

However, this Mithril mine incident is not completely without benefits. The first is the visible Mithril itself. Once mined, it will be enough for any country to use for thousands of years. What a huge wealth it is.

Then for the Northland Alliance, this is also a rare opportunity to truly unite the countries through the mithril mine, unite their interests, and advance and retreat together.

Of course, this is a situation that is handled properly. If it is not handled well, it will be a civil war in the Northland.

From a historical perspective, what Sha Duo is doing now may be just a small resistance to the wave of war, which will eventually be unable to stop the coming of war.

But it may be the most critical step in changing the direction of the future!

Xia Duo is still familiar with prophecy. He is well aware of the uncertainty of the future. Only after countless people make choices can a certain future be gathered. This also means that the variables are almost infinite, and no one knows the weight of which variable. how many.

So after learning about the mithril mine, he did not try to predict the future to figure out his current choices. Instead, he made firm choices in the present and created the future he wanted to see.

This is not the same thing as finding a demon descendant through prophecy.

Finding a demon is just one thing, one action, one task, but creating the future requires choice, a choice that must be made by oneself in line with one's own heart.

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Then Sha Duo once again introduced his distribution plan to Jenna. There are two key points in it. One is to establish a new organization and new department in the Northland Alliance to take charge of this matter, so that the standards and accounts can be clear. In addition, through this The method puts the interests of all countries under one institution, which is actually under the framework of the Northland Alliance order.

Another important point is to be relatively fair, at least so that all member states can feel fair, otherwise it will become a breakthrough that affects internal unity.

Regarding Chateau's plan, Jenna showed a completely different reaction from the several congressmen whom Chateau had met before. She focused more on the distribution method of the plan itself, rather than what impact the plan would have or what impact it would have. What disadvantages.

"In this plan proposed by Mr. Xia Duo, I seem to see a figure of brilliant mathematics, but I can't figure it out no matter how hard I think about it. I wonder if Mr. Xia Duo can teach me?"

Although Jenna's focus is somewhat beyond Sha Duo's expectations, it has to be said that Jenna's mathematical intuition is really good. However, Sha Duo does not have a deep understanding of game theory. He only knows some classic cases and cannot use them at all. Come teach others.

So he once again used the story of children dividing the cake to explain. This is indeed a classic game case. The distribution plan proposed by Xia Duo made certain adjustments to this case.

After all, the children sharing the cake are equal to each other, but it is difficult for the countries in the North to achieve equality. Even among the five major countries, they can only use the temptation of win-win cooperation and the risk and threat of all-out war to reluctantly achieve equality.

In fact, all countries have a steelyard in their hearts. They know who is strong and who is weak, but no one says it. This kind of unknown is also conducive to equality.

But between big countries and small countries, it is obviously impossible to use this method to balance. The alliance of small countries has not yet been established. Even if it is established, only a few small countries unite to be qualified to be on par with the big countries.

When it comes to actually distributing benefits, a single small country can never compete with a large country.

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Jenna was obviously dissatisfied with Xia Duo's use of the story of children dividing cakes to avoid explaining the mathematical problems in the distribution plan, but she also knew that if she couldn't even understand the story of children dividing cakes, then she would not be able to understand the more complex mathematics. The question is incomprehensible.

So for her, this trip has already achieved a lot.

As for whether she supports this plan, Jenna’s answer is——

"This plan is also perfectly in line with my philosophy. However, it will not work if Netheril only unilaterally approves it. Other countries must also approve it."

"We must first unify our internal opinions, and then we can convince other countries to accept our plan."

"I understand. Next, I have to meet Cross and Saito Consiliaro, so I won't disturb Mr. Shado."

After saying that, Jenna stood up to say goodbye, and then left Sha Duo's reception room.

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There were no guests behind Xia Duo, but he did not leave. Instead, he sat in the quiet reception room, thinking quietly. Although he had decided to promote the equal distribution plan, the development of the situation may not be as he expected. The same.

Still be prepared for actual conflict!

Thinking of this, Sha Duo summoned Niya and asked her to go to the blue crystal plane to open a new floating city named [Yongle]. As long as the floating city reaches the main plane, he can remotely control it to go to Langas. plain.

Whether it is deterrence or self-defense, it is just a response measure.

The Langas Plains were still part of the territory of Nese when the Langas people were not yet independent. Compared to the elven countries that had begun to set up defenses in the Gray Peak Mountains, Shado was already very restrained in doing so.

The reason why he pulled out the second floating city was to use this opportunity to minimize the wariness of Netheril against him.

At present, Netheril only has a prototype of the new floating city with seven towers that can be taken out for a spin. The other council members who have obtained Mythra have not even built the foundation of the floating city yet!

Although Xia Duo took out the second floating city, it was for the benefit of everyone. In this case, there would naturally be no suspicion of an arms race.

If it usually comes out of the blue, it would be a bit sensitive. Now is a good time.

Of course, the floating city is just an appearance. The real core is the mobile war spell platform with Mythra as the core. Without the latter, it is just a flying city, which is nothing more than a big flying target.

There isn't much of a deterrent.

Xia Duo's floating city was verified by a main city in Zhamdas in the south. Although [Yongle City] has never appeared before, no one would think that it is weaker than [Chang'an City].

The most important thing is that there are two floating cities, one to protect the territory and one to go out to fight. This is a scenario that everyone can imagine. In this case, the deterrent power is more than doubled compared to when there was only one floating city before. .

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Xia Duo sat in the reception room for about ten minutes before receiving a message from Niya that Yongle City had arrived over the southern border!

At the same time, Xia Duo also successfully connected to Yongle City. As long as they were on the same plane, there was no problem with the remote connection.

Of course, the best way to control it is to return to the coverage of the Yongle City Mystery Lock, so that you can control it more accurately.

As for cross-dimensional control, there is currently no other good way except using incarnations. Basically, there are defects of one kind or another. That's why Xia Duo needs Niya's help to go to the blue crystal plane to "open" the floating city back to the main place. noodle.