mysterious forerunner

Chapter 338 Follow Me

Zhang Qingxiang had indeed forgotten about "Charles", and they had only spent a few days together in the mysterious scene of the fifth district.

Moreover, it was Charles who came to curry favor with others and contacted Xiong Zhenlin and others. Even Guan Xuanbai and He Xu, who were of higher rank than him, were not willing to pay attention to him, let alone Zhang Qingxiang.

Charles was very embarrassed. He knew exactly what was going on, but other people didn't. Judging from Zhang Qingxiang's reaction when he quickly hung up the phone, it seemed like... Charles was abandoned!
The short-haired female supervisor curled her lips and said secretly: Haha, men!
Charles also knew that Britain had reached so-called "agreements" with many countries and had obtained all the benefits. If things could not be done... the empire would lose face.

Although the empire's reputation has long been worthless, it does not want to give back the benefits it has gained.

Charles said hurriedly: "I'll contact you again."

Charles slipped into a corner holding his cell phone and gestured to others not to follow him.

Charles first sent a text message to explain who he was, then waited for a while before calling Director Zhang again.

Zhang Qingxiang recalled: It seemed that there was indeed such a person, but what he looked like... I had no impression of him at all in my mind.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Qingxiang asked directly.

Charles asked cautiously, "Have you just returned from...a mysterious place?"

Charles didn't know where Zhang Qing was going, so he made up a term.

Zhang Qingxiang's brows furrowed. How did Charles know that he had gone to the secret world? This matter was kept strictly confidential, and few people in the original city bureau knew about it.

"Wait a minute." Zhang Qingxiang said, and immediately hung up the phone. Then he called Liang Zimian and said, "Teacher Liang, there has been a serious leak. Please investigate it immediately!"

Liang Zimian was in charge of "internal affairs supervision" and was also shocked when he received the order. This was no small matter!
The secret world outpost base is related to the future direction and policies of the Secret Security Bureau!

It didn't take long to find the cause.

In the Gobi Desert, Zhang Qingxiang watched the live broadcast that had been circulated on the Internet... His eyes twitched: Such a secret matter was exposed to the people of the world just because of this "accident"? !
When I was at the outpost, I sensed a third-party "observer" entering. So this is it.

Thinking of Charles calling me non-stop...

"These guys all have dog noses."

The secret world is such a huge treasure house that anyone with eyes can see it.

But they only saw the "beautiful" side of the secret world. They didn't know how much effort Zhang Qingxiang had put in behind the scenes to find this suitable "landing point".

Now you want to discuss "cooperation" and ask for a share of the profits without any words? You wish!

Zhang Qingxiang decided to leave them alone, so he was not in a hurry to call Charles back.

All construction work at the Gobi Desert base is progressing at a high speed. Zhang Qingxiang had always heard of the title of "infrastructure maniac" before, but this time he experienced it personally.

When Zhang Qingxiang returned from the secret world, he sent twenty [Sentinel Troops] to the forward base. A day later, he sent the rest.

During these three days, the main above-ground structure of the base has been completed!
Four five-story permanent steel-structured buildings have sprung up.

Ms. Ye Shumin brought a dozen doctors and occupied one of the hospitals, and the mysterious hospital quickly took shape.

Buildings under the ground are more troublesome. The mysterious prison currently has only two hundred square meters, and in the future it will need to be expanded to two hundred meters underground, with a total of five floors, each floor covering 30,000 square meters.

In addition, the defense facilities of the entire base are also very large. It is estimated that it can be initially established within a month, and it will take half a year to complete it completely.

Zhang Qingxiang ignored Charles, but Guan Xuanbai received a call from Hanks.

Hanks sent a "official document" to Guan Xuanbai in a businesslike manner. The document listed the clauses one by one, which was almost a letter of intent. The Bavaria brought a group of "little brothers" and wanted to cooperate with China.

To put it simply, everyone will cooperate to develop that "mysterious land" and are willing to give 30% of the harvest to China.

Hanks didn't know how to build relationships, so he bluntly said to Guan Xuanbai: "We are sincere and hope to discuss this matter with you further."

Then he hung up the phone.

Behind Hanks, several veteran Bavarian politicians covered their faces and shook their heads.

"Substitute!"

"Where are our passionate beauties of Bavaria?"

Hanks told them seriously, "According to my observation, the powerful men in China are all obsessed with power and are not tempted by beauty!"

"Pfft..." Several veteran politicians couldn't help but laugh out loud.

If He Xu heard such comments, he would definitely reflect: Am I not expressing my noble character of being sworn enemies of gambling and drugs outwardly enough?

Guan Xuanbai handed the "letter of intent" to Director Zhang, and said a few good words for Hanks: "Hanks is rigorous and rigid. It is more reassuring to cooperate with such a person."

"Yeah." Zhang Qing responded without saying anything further.

On the third day, Charles really couldn't sit still anymore.

The old officials in Whitehall kept urging him, and North America also called the Prime Minister's office directly.

Charles called several times, but Zhang Qingxiang didn't answer.

Then the intelligence departments of North America, Britain, and Bavaria received a piece of intelligence almost at the same time, which made them furious:

Gloria from Xiding, along with Vegafina and Jolina, three passionate Latin beauties, have already flown to China!
It is said that Gloria and Mr. He Xu from China once had a "fate".

They met at the last "International Professionals Competition".

The North Americans are very angry: What status do you have as the Xiding country? Do you also want to get a taste of the first soup?

The original plan of the North American side was to first have "indirect contact" with Zhang Qingxiang through Da Ying, and then decide what to do next based on the situation.

The main theme is “don’t be in a hurry”.

But now it’s no longer possible. The North Americans are anxious. They judge others by their own experience and feel that they will not be able to withstand the lobbying of these three beauties.

That Qingxiang is also a man, so he definitely can't stand it.

So he became "anxious" and called Da Ying one after another to urge them.

Hughes sneered, "What were you doing earlier?"

Under pressure from many sides, Charles immediately flew to China and met Hanks by chance at the Capital Airport.

Hanks was embarrassed because he was followed by four tall, long-legged, blonde Bavarian girls.

Hanks really wanted to introduce them to Charles: These are my assistants.

But he really couldn't say it.

Charles sneered, I just learned a Chinese proverb: Sima Zhao's intentions are known to everyone!
So the two of them exchanged a few pleasantries before parting ways, each rushing quickly towards the original city.

A beautiful Bavarian girl behind Hanks asked, "Sir, was that man our competitor?"

Recently, the "intimate" relationship between Charles and Jang Chung-sang has been circulating in Europe, and of course Hanks and these girls have heard about it.

Hanks: “Yeah.”

When they arrived in Yuan City, they failed to see Zhang Qingxiang, and were received by Mr. Guo.

Zhang Qingxiang gave the remote command in the Gobi Desert Base: "Don't let my father go to negotiate, he is not ruthless enough. Guo, you should go, and you must not agree to their conditions easily."

"Only give us 30%? You're just dreaming."

"If we don't play with them, they won't get anything."

"Please discuss this with the General Administration and determine our bottom line."

"My opinion is that it should be at least 60%, and 70% would be best."

Mr. Guo was shocked: "Your knife is too sharp, will they agree to it?"

Zhang Qingxiang chuckled and said, "We can tell them that the profits from the secret world will be split 50-50, but since they are using our base, they should pay some rent, right?"

"They have to buy some supplies from us. Is it okay if the price is a little higher?"

"Some of the secret materials they harvested from the secret world need to be processed immediately, otherwise the effect will be greatly reduced when they are transported back. They have to pay for this, right?"

"If we take all the miscellaneous factors into account, we will definitely be able to achieve 70% in the end!"

“Hehehe!” Mr. Guo also laughed: “You are still good at making up excuses.”

Zhang Qingxiang encouraged him: "Mr. Guo, we can only rely on you for the negotiation. My father is not capable of this."

"Okay!" Mr. Guo agreed readily. After hanging up the phone, he started thinking about how to negotiate with these foreign professionals. However, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He slammed the table and said angrily, "You bastard, are you saying that I am thick-skinned and black-hearted?"

……

Gloria, Charles and Hanks hadn't seen Zhang Qingxiang for several days and were very nervous.

They stayed in Yuan City, and the camera kept "live broadcasting" the situation at the forward base.

Zhang Qingxiang did not show up for a few days, but He Xu was in charge, eliminating a group of fourth and fifth level monsters every day and harvesting a large number of secret materials.

Everyone is jealous.

One day's delay means one day's loss of gain.

Especially North Americans, if they fail to grab the wealth, they will suffer huge losses. Watching the wealth on the ground being taken away by others is more painful than killing them.

Under constant urging from the rear, Charles and others were forced into a corner and squatted in front of the door of the former municipal bureau every day.

Finally, on this day, Mr. Guo showed up, and the three parties rushed over and quickly started negotiations with him.

The forces behind them breathed a sigh of relief.

They are afraid that China will not want to talk and will keep itself aloof. As long as China is willing to talk, it will be a good start.

But old lion Guo made a big request, 90% to 100%!

Who could stand this? So the two sides started a tug of war.

When the negotiations reached a deadlock, Zhang Qingxiang once again appeared in the live broadcast of the camera. He killed a monster in the realm of command and returned dragging the monster's huge corpse.

The North American's saliva was dripping onto the floor: that monster was full of treasures!

Hughes finally couldn't help it and sent a message to Zhang Qingxiang himself: "It's too expensive. There's no way they can agree to it."

Zhang Qingxiang smiled and informed Mr. Guo: We can have a serious talk now.

In the future, facing the entire secret world, relying solely on the power of one country will definitely not be enough.

If the matter of the outpost base had not been leaked, Zhang Qingxiang would have been able to make a fortune in silence for a long time.

But now that it has been leaked, there is no need to keep it to oneself and turn oneself into a global public enemy.

Looking at it from another perspective, these people are actually "working" for China.

……

In the past few days, Zhang Qingxiang went in and out of the outpost many times, and each time he brought back huge harvests, which made the North Americans' eyes red.

After four days of arduous negotiations, Mr. Guo called Zhang Qingxiang and said, "We have basically reached an agreement, but they have one request. If their people are in danger, they hope you can rescue them."

Zhang Qingxiang thought for a moment, "Then I can't just do it for nothing. Once or twice is a favor, but everyone lives in the secret world all the time, how will it be calculated if it happens more times?"

“Hehehe!” Mr. Guo laughed: “I knew you would say that. I talked to them and if you rescued them, half of their harvest would belong to you.”

Zhang Qingxiang was satisfied: "It is indeed my wisest choice to entrust the important task of this negotiation to you!"

Gloria and her two daughters went back, but Charles and Hanks stayed. They will directly become the leaders of their country's secret world pioneering group.

While they were waiting in Yuan City for the subsequent members of the pioneering group to arrive, the Secret Security Bureaus in major cities across China had already built the first batch of [Practice Arrays].

The British side was very annoyed because half of the pioneer group was crammed with North Americans.

The North Americans took their places, paid nothing, and everyone had to split the proceeds in half.

Five days later, pioneer groups from all sides gathered in Yuan City.

They are all elites from various countries, and before being selected to form the pioneering group, they were the top figures in their respective departments.

When they arrived at Yuan City, they found that the person in charge of receiving them from China, a runner, was of higher rank than them!
These guys were originally arrogant. After arriving in China, when they met the first person of higher rank than them, they thought it was a coincidence and that China was deliberately trying to "show its power" to them.

But when I met the second, third, and fourth one...I finally realized, my God, everyone is better than me!
So they all tucked their tails between their legs.

After they arrived at the Gobi Desert base, Ximen Ye gave them a "training" which completely destroyed their pride.

China's [Sentinel Army] has the same positioning as their pioneering group, and their weakest is at level four.

Their average rank is only level three...

In the past few days, the members of the pioneer group have been comforting each other with words like: "Fortunately, His Excellency Zhang Qingxiang promised that if we are in danger, he will help us."

……

There are six countries in the first batch of cooperation. If you look carefully, you can find the hidden "North Americans" among them.

After entering the outpost, they went through three days of fighting - during these three days, Zhang Qingxiang was in charge, making every collaborator who had paid feel at ease.

In every cooperating country, there are one or two beautiful young ladies with stunning looks, cheerful and enthusiastic personalities... and handsome men.

These guys approached Director Zhang intentionally or unintentionally.

I am very willing to chat with Director Zhang. Zhang Qingxiang is also very "cheerful" and can answer any questions without any ulterior motives.

Questions that cannot be answered can also change the subject unconsciously.

Every conversation makes these young professionals feel that "it's another day of great intelligence harvest."

They had no idea that the old fox, who had lived two lives as a human, had tricked them.

After a few days, the only intelligence that countries had obtained was that this place was part of the [Secret World of All Things] and that powerful monsters could descend at any time.

Regarding the matter of the [Secret World], Zhang Qingxiang took this opportunity to let countries around the world have a basic understanding of it.

If other countries sent out their truly elite veteran agents, Zhang Qingxiang would definitely not be able to handle the situation with such ease.

But on the one hand, most of the old agents failed to become professionals, and on the other hand, they also hope that the agents can develop a relationship with Director Zhang that goes beyond normal friendship - just like Charles and Gloria - so they can only choose young ones.

But during these three days, no powerful monsters descended.

On average, four lightning strikes would fall every 24 hours, and each lightning strike would open one to six void gates. About 40% of these void gates would have new monsters attacking them.

From the beginning of the cooperation to now, the strongest one is level eight.

He Xu and Guan Xuanbai were the main forces, and with the cooperation of professionals from various countries, they paid a certain price and finally killed them.

When dividing up the corpse of this eighth-level monster, professionals from various countries were just like... dividing pork during the New Year in poor times.

It is no exaggeration to say that professionals from various countries quarreled and pointed at each other in order to get a bigger piece of the pie, and tried their best to exaggerate their own merits and belittle the contributions of others.

Everyone's face was red and their necks were thick. If they hadn't been pressured by He Xu, they would have rolled up their sleeves and fought to decide the final share.

It was precisely because of this eighth-level monster that a sense of dissatisfaction began to spread among the countries.

Everyone worked hard to get some secret materials, but in the end they found out that most of them had to be handed over to China.

The harvest in the past few days has been huge. On average, each country can kill three waves of monsters every day, which means that they can harvest secret materials three times.

According to the contract, most of it will be handed over to China.

At first, the countries were still immersed in the joy of "great harvest", but later they began to feel pain. When it came to the eighth level of monsters, this pain reached its peak.

Some professionals in various countries began to discuss privately: "We agreed to China's harsh conditions. An important reason is that we thought we would need Zhang Qingxiang's protection in the outpost."

"But now it seems that this secret world is not that dangerous."

"Soon our own abilities will be enough to stand on our own here."

In three days, 30% of the professionals in the pioneering teams of various countries have completed a promotion. Through this cooperation, their strength is growing rapidly.

The best one among them has already completed two promotions!
The Chinese have always done an excellent job in intelligence work, and these "ideas" from various countries soon reached Zhang Qingxiang's ears.

He Xu said dissatisfiedly: "These barbarians are really stupid and ignorant, materialistic and fearless, fearless and shameless.

After only a few days of eating fine grains, he has become so immature that he does not know his place.

They can’t even handle an eighth-level monster, and they still want to gain a foothold in the secret world?

Humph, if anyone says anything to me again, they value the spirit of the contract the most, I will spit in his face! "

Ximen Ye frowned, thinking that he should teach these people a lesson: "Next time a high-level monster appears, we should not take action first."

Zhang Qingxiang smiled slightly and asked, "Who was the one who advanced two levels in three days?"

"It's the great Van De'an."

Zhang Qingxiang nodded and said, "Xiao Guan, Lao He, you two should take good care of him and rescue him in time if he gets into danger."

He Xu glared at him and said, "You...are you suffering from the big picture disease again?"

"Hahaha!" Zhang Qingxiang laughed. It was indeed true.

After entering the secret realm and advancing two levels in three days, Zhang Qingxiang immediately developed a "love for talent".

Zhang Qingxiang's nature was not very ambitious. However, the painful experience in his previous life taught him that if he wanted to fight against the mysterious, the stronger the Earth world was, the better.

No matter how powerful he was, Zhang Qingxiang still felt it was not enough.

This Fan Dean is a promising talent. Even if he cannot reach the level of "True God" in the future, he will still be a powerful general.

Zhang Qingxiang said, "He's not North American, right?"

“No.” Ximen Ye had already figured out the North American who was mixed in with the Da Ying pioneer group: “He is a real Da Ying person.”

"it is good."

……

The foundation of China's outpost is a large secret machine called [Mo Castle].

When unfolded, it was a small military fort, roughly equivalent to the kind of isolated military forts on the ancient northern defense line that could defend against attacks by nomadic peoples and could accommodate more than a hundred people.

During this period of time, some simple houses have been built around [Mo Castle], which are large enough to accommodate all human professionals.

However, Daying was the first to request to leave the outpost and station alone.

Charles felt guilty towards Director Zhang, so he came over hesitantly for a long time and said "I'm sorry" several times, but he didn't dare to tell him the reason why he did that.

He couldn't say it, but Zhang Qingxiang knew it well.

Sometimes Director Zhang couldn't help but sigh that in front of North Americans, Da Ying was really like a Ninja Turtle.

North Americans did not show up for this cooperation, but half of them were stuffed into Daying's pioneering team!
Director Zhang knew accurately that the person in charge in North America was named Joshua, and he was only a fourth-level person.

But in the Da Ying pioneer group, Joshua ordered all the Da Ying professionals around and bossed them around.

Including speaking to Charles, he also spoke in an imperative tone.

Charles also held his nose and endured it.

Joshua felt that living in the outpost would be "eavesdropped" by China, so he insisted on being stationed alone regardless of security issues.

This is very funny. A country that eavesdrops on the world is suspicious all day long and thinks that others are eavesdropping on them.

Zhang Qingxiang doesn't care about Joshua's life or death, nor does he care about the life or death of Ninja Turtle Charles, but Zhang Qingxiang wants to train Fan Dean.

They had to move out, but they couldn't be forced to stay - if they were not allowed to leave, Joshua would think that China had "ulterior motives".

"Don't go too far away. If something happens, I won't be able to save you in time." Zhang Qingxiang said this, and Charles really listened to him.

When he went back to "move", Joshua neurotically demanded that the station be at least 20 kilometers away from the Chinese outpost. Charles jumped up and yelled, "Are you crazy?"

"If you want to die, take your North Americans with you. I won't leave! I will live next to Zhang Qingxiang!"

The voice was shrill and the excited hair was all messed up.

This time, Da Yingren finally stood up a little and supported Charles: "We can't be too far away."

"If you are worried about the Chinese eavesdropping on you, just move out. Two or three kilometers away is enough."

"Twenty kilometers away, it's too dangerous."

Not to mention that the Americans don't support him, even among North Americans themselves... more than 70% are unwilling to follow him.

Among the people who came this time, seven were involved in the previous mysterious scene in District 5.

They all experienced firsthand the strong sense of "security" that they felt when being with Director Zhang.

They all cursed in their hearts that Joshua was a "fool".

Whatever order your superiors give you, just agree to it, isn't that enough? When you are really carrying out a mission, what is the most important thing? Your own life is the most important.

If you are dead, what does it matter if your boss admires you? What's the point?!

Idiot, complete idiot!

Joshua had almost no supporters, but he was still stubborn and tough, and set up the base of the Great Ying five kilometers away.

……

In the Bavarian garrison, the deputy saw that the big ying had left, and also found Hanks: "We should also leave here and go out to be stationed separately."

Hanks discussed this question with him seriously: "Why do you do this?"

Deputy: "We are stationed in the Chinese base, so we have to pay them expensive fees forever."

“These costs are completely avoidable.”

"As long as we become independent, we can negotiate with China again..."

Hanks shook his head and interrupted him: "The agreement has been signed and must be executed. Tearing up a contract is not the style of us Bavarians!"

The deputy frowned, this guy was too rigid.

That agreement was obviously a stopgap measure. If we didn't sign it, China wouldn't let us in. But now that we're in, we can't let China take advantage of us forever.

The deputy decided that the next time the guard was changed, he would report to his superiors after returning to Earth that Hanks was not suitable to be the commander of the pioneer group.

To the lieutenant, Hanks, like the agreement, was just a "stopgap measure."

The empire needed his relationship with Zhang Qingxiang to contact and discuss this matter.

Now, Hanks has played his part, and then he's obsolete.

Similar discussions took place quietly among pioneering groups from various countries.

However, everyone is still waiting to see whether the big people can gain a foothold outside. If they can, then all countries will ask to move out of China's outpost.

……

The Chinese sentinel army knew all the tricks of other countries. Wu Silie was very annoyed. In the following battle to eliminate the monsters, Wu Silie was the leader, and all the soldiers looked at the pioneers of other countries with a bad look.

However, Wu Silie and others remained very restrained.

Director Zhang's calmness infected everyone: let them make a fuss, let them toss around, and the weirdness will teach them how to behave.

On this day, professionals from various countries worked together to wipe out a group of illusory fire monsters - these monsters could stir up emotions and make the warriors lose their minds.

When everyone was cleaning up the battlefield, some unpleasant things happened again. The pioneer groups from several countries joined forces and competed with the sentinel troops, thinking that they should get more spoils.

This time, Zhang Qingxiang did not indulge them. He walked out of the outpost and came to the battlefield step by step. He did not burst out his momentum. He just calmly but firmly swept all the spoils into Guan Xuanbai's gourd with his hand, and then stared at the commanders of various countries: "All spoils will be distributed uniformly by China."

“Who is in favor and who is against?”

Charles and Hanks immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look Zhang Qing in the eye.

All the pioneer groups "dare to be angry but dare not speak out."

Zhang Qing put his hands behind his back and turned back to the outpost.

I don’t care what plans you have behind the scenes, or what you do, but once you sign the agreement, you have to execute it!

The pioneering groups from various countries returned to the base in frustration. On the way back, Joshua kept fanning the flames among the pioneering groups: "He is becoming more and more like a dictatorial tyrant!"

"We have also suffered heavy casualties, so we deserve to be rewarded. Why should he give us so many more secret materials just by saying so?"

"This is an unequal agreement! We must unite and renegotiate the shares."

Among the pioneering groups from several countries, most people nodded silently.

Joshua saw this and was very satisfied. His plan was about to succeed!
Da Ying and the North Americans returned to their base, which was a secret base brought by Joshua - he had never planned to live in the outpost from the beginning.

This base formed by secret machinery has a sci-fi look to it. As soon as the gate of the base was closed, a bolt of lightning suddenly came down from the sky, and this time it directly blew open five void gates.

What was different from the previous ones was that one of the flashes was particularly huge, more than ten times the size of the other four.

From this hundred-meter-high void gate, countless pitch-black flames flew out with a loud bang. Each flame was as big as a washbasin. After flying in the sky for a few minutes, they fluttered down and fell on the charred ground.

All the flames gathered into a huge ring of fire, and then an evil stone statue slowly rose from the ring of fire.

The stone statue is a thousand meters tall, and every part of its body exudes a weird feeling of "contradiction", "chaos" and "distortion".

In the Bavarian pioneer group, a third-level professional stared at the statue for a while, and his body twisted uncontrollably. His arms passed through his crotch, his ears and eyes were squeezed together, his left foot was stuffed into his mouth desperately, his eyeballs bulged out, and he seemed to be pulled by some force, trying to break away from his body and fly towards the strange stone statue!

He whimpered in pain and fear, and Hanks stretched out two fingers and poked out his eyes. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, his whole body stopped twisting, and he collapsed like mud.

"Don't stare at that thing!" Hanks yelled.

The stone statue has a total of thirteen eyes all over its body. A ball of black flame flew out from the huge eye with four pupils located on the waist and fell on the base of the Daying people with a bang.

Then a black fountain of fire gushed out, forming several lines of strange text that no one could understand. But soon after, the text automatically transformed into a language that Earth life could understand:

The first game: Follow me.

We did it and moved on to the next game.

If you can’t do it, you will be punished!

(End of this chapter)