"Oh, you know?"
Before Su Lin could speak, Jia Zhengyi asked incredulously, "How did you know? No, girl, this isn't how you steal credit!"
"You found this ball, and you say you recognize it? How did you recognize it? You're just like that woman Xu Zhiyi, can you predict the future?"
"Stop fooling around!"
Xiao Linlin playfully scolded him, but quickly explained into the earpiece, "Brother, do you remember the search we did at the City Lord's Mansion this evening? When I was standing guard for you in the study, I casually read a few books and came across something about the [Holy Scepter]."
Followers have the same privileges as survivors, and can read and understand the text and language of different game worlds without hindrance.
"Those books are roughly equivalent to the history of the local world. They clearly record the part about the [Holy Scepter]. The wording is like recording a national treasure, which is extremely valuable."
"However, in other books, it is clearly mentioned that the [Holy Scepter] is extremely powerful, and can be called an automated forbidden magic releaser. Of course, its existence is not the main reason for the split of the Five Races Alliance, but only the fuse."
"The main reason for the split of the scepter back then was the loss of the unity and suppression of political strongmen, the uneven distribution of interests among the various tribes, and the eventual outbreak of war. The core of the war revolved around the [Sacred Scepter], and each tribe wanted to seize it, but in the end, no one got it."
At this point, Jia Zhengyi couldn't help but interrupt Xiao Linlin: "Are you really sure this thing is powerful? The human empire had a divine artifact, and it was still stolen? Does this even deserve to be called a divine artifact? Or are the human empire all idiots who don't know how to use divine artifacts?"
"Don't interrupt!"
Xiao Linlin complained, but still explained the reason: "The book doesn't mention the reason much, but I guess the power of the scepter is indeed remarkable, but unfortunately the scale of the war in the local world is also very large."
"At its peak, a human empire could mobilize a million-strong army of mages, along with millions of terrifying knights and over twenty million other military forces; it could also continue to mobilize its own territory to form an even larger military force if necessary."
"Although the power of forbidden magic in the native world is roughly equivalent to that of a small nuclear bomb, it is not very effective against a much larger number of such magic."
"It is at most equivalent to a color-level weapon, with the characteristics of low power consumption, high frequency release of powerful magic. It will definitely be very effective when used by survivor squads and individual soldiers, but it cannot easily determine the outcome of a direct battle."
"It's like asking your brother to kill ten million people right now... Do you think he can do it easily with just his rainbow sword? Even if he goes all out and the enemies just stand there and let him kill them, he still can't kill them all."
"No large-scale battlefield can be decided quickly by one or two single weapons within the current world system; especially when multiple parties are involved and their strengths are evenly matched, it will definitely be a protracted war!"
Xiao Linlin paused for a moment, then continued, "Getting back to the main point, the book records that the Holy Scepter did indeed shine brightly on the battlefield, influencing the victory of many battles; but the enemy was not stupid either, and with the combined forces of various elites, the scepter was seized several times."
"The Holy Scepter changed hands several times. Although the Human Empire eventually regained the scepter, it was no longer complete."
"What a joke! The world is so big, and so much history has passed. How are we supposed to piece it all together?" Jia Zhengyi said helplessly. "This mission looks tempting, but it seems like we have no way of doing it."
"What's wrong?"
Su Lin, who had been listening to the team's conversation, suddenly spoke up while running: "My radar, are you getting a little scared? Isn't treasure hunting your forte?"
"Oh, boss! What are you saying? I was just joking. If you just ask, I'll find them all for you right away! Gems and scepters are just my boss's collection!"
Jia Zhengyi patted his chest, exuding boundless pride.
Su Lin smiled and didn't say anything more. Xiao Linlin reminded him from the side, "Brother Jia, you don't really need to worry about overworking yourself because of the investigation."
"Because the whereabouts of all the components of the scepter are very clear, it is basically an open secret, even the common people of various ethnic groups know about it."
"Since the alliance collapsed, the various races have been using the scepter as an excuse to wage war against each other for many years. All parties know exactly where the scepter's gems and its original form are, and no one has been hiding anything from it."
"Let me think... After years of effort, the human empire has reclaimed two gems and the scepter itself."
"If you include the one in my brother's hand, that makes three gems plus the scepter itself, and six more gems outside."
No sooner had Xiao Linlin finished speaking than Jia Zhengyi couldn't help but ask, "It's been so many years, why hasn't the Human Empire reclaimed everything? Is it because they don't want to? Or because they lack the ability?"
"Brother Jia, what you're saying is a bit too politically naive..."
Xiao Linlin covered her forehead and sighed deeply: "How can I explain this to you? In the world where you live, you must know about the many national treasures that have been lost in your own country, right?"
"The country knows where the national treasures are, so why doesn't it take them back? It's because of the political implications and the more complex network of interests involved."
"This is not something that can be achieved simply by being strong in terms of military force. The size of a nation is different from that of an individual with great strength, so their methods of doing things are naturally completely different."
"To put it more simply, it's an economic calculation: the sacred scepter is valuable, representative, and indeed powerful, but its overall value certainly cannot compare to the cost of a large-scale war!"
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