Chapter 1078
It was one month before Misi reported back to Velvet with information about void ants and the Chaotic Conglomeration. “Sorry it took so long,” he said. “Some of the information was difficult to find without mentioning names to the librarian.”
“In that case, I believe you were rather quick with your results,” Velvet replied. “You and Juli are known to be curious, so most likely anything you asked about wouldn’t have been notable. How did you find what you were looking for?”
“Library search techniques. We needed them before joining the Scarlet Alliance, since there weren’t any computer databases,” Misi explained. “It is a similar sort of data processing technique as Ten Thousand Scrolls, except you never even see things with your eyes. Instead, you find certain connected words.” He shrugged. “Even in those libraries ‘available to the public’, sects often try to gain an edge by making it difficult for others to find what they are looking for. They can still say they fulfilled certain obligations of making information available to others that way.”
“Interesting. So how are the results?”
“Nothing I would worry about, at least,” Misi commented. “It doesn’t appear that most of the Chaotic Conglomeration actually came into contact with the void ants. They participated in extermination efforts only on planets where they personally came into conflict. There’s only so much I can learn from the information available on a single planet, but I would suppose that they have a healthy fear of void ants, but no long term vendetta.”
“They shouldn’t be too biased against it, then,” Velvet nodded. “I would expect the Spirit Slicing Sect to eventually agree to our terms regardless, but being able to properly spread the influence through agreements with other sects is rather important for this plan to come to fruition.”
Velvet wondered how long she would have to wait for a response. She understood that Runa and Emrik would need some time to consider the situation, and more to convince elders or potentially other sect heads to go along with their plans. The fact that things had to be done in secret would make it more difficult as well.
However, she simply hoped that things would not stretch too much into cultivator time frames. If they waited decades to begin, that was a significant amount of time wasted. The sooner they could add to their options, the sooner they could achieve the necessary growth to withstand the increased pressure from the Exalted Quadrant.
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