I'm in Terra, governing a weird little country.

Not because it was impossible to buy a train ticket there, but because Ernst came in person.

At the beginning of 1094, after officially handling the first quarter's production work and recommending Rata Toss to enter the Kalan trade to serve as a government commissioner, Ernst took advantage of the last gap in Christen's scheduled visit to start My second recruiting trip!

The first stop is Colombia.

The morning breeze in Tremont exudes the fragrance of the city's gardens. This city, which mixes the technological style of Silicon Valley with the financial atmosphere of New York, is the best expression of the Colombian spirit.

Be enterprising, pioneering and move forward courageously.If you don't look at the "consumables" that have become the price of development, this is undoubtedly everyone's dream city.

Just like Night City is also a holy land dreamed of by countless legends who want to stand out.

The only difference is that there are only a few who stand out, and those who fail are everywhere.

As one of the brightest stars in the star city, any new discovery by Kristen is enough to attract the attention of the entire industry.

But even she has rare moments of frustration.

"Kristen, that Mr. Levi rejected your invitation again."

Mulseth, who didn't know whether it was the water avatar or the real body, poked his head out of Kristen's water glass and replied with a somewhat disappointed expression.

In the past, it was a false proposition that the general administration was in the general administration office, but recently, Kristen has been staying in her office.Those who know Christen will naturally know some inside information.

Their commander-in-chief seemed to attach great importance to this trip to Kjerag.

"Is that place really worthy of so much attention? The benefits that this investment can bring to Rheinland Life feel like they won't be able to make up for it at all."

Little Justin from the Ministry of Commerce once questioned this, but Kristen refuted it mercilessly.

"Because this is research, and research is bigger than you, little Justin."

She rarely made such harsh remarks. After that, there was no longer any opposition to this matter within Rhine Life.

And the person who frustrated Kristen was undoubtedly Levi.

In Kristen's opinion, Levi is eccentric.More eccentric than any scientist she had ever met.

He doesn't like money, and all the research proceeds are used for charity funds except for basic living expenses. He doesn't like power. Rheinland Life invited him at the expense of establishing a brand new department, but he was indifferent.Sometimes, Kristen even felt that he felt alienated and disgusted with the world.

A world-weary scientist?Are his scientific research results only for his own enjoyment?

To a certain extent, Kristen is a good judge of people.

Levi is indeed unwilling to turn his scientific research results into the trash can of a certain person or group of people. He wants to bring changes to the majority of pioneers and even the infected.

real change.

But Kristen is destined not to understand this kind of thinking.

Just like the official tone given to her by YJ in the game at the end, this "selfish person. Betrayer. Seeker. Lonely person. Pioneer." is a person who will carve out a path for herself at all costs, but she is not A man who would sacrifice himself to make a way for others.

Even if what she does will objectively change Terra in the future, subjectively she is just a great selfish person.

This is not a contradiction, on the contrary, it shows that Christen is a person, not a saint.

Christen slipped the Mulseth out of the water glass and threw it on the ground. The body made of water immediately fell apart, and then quickly condensed into a proportional version of Mulseth that was the same as before. .

Kristen asked: "He refused again, what did he say this time?"

"Well..." Mulseth thought about his words and said, "He asked Christen to stop talking in official terms next time and go directly to him with the project."

Kristen was silent for a moment.

Mulseth's words were always tactful, and she could probably guess how unpleasant Levi's rejection was at that time.

But it doesn't matter, she never cares about what others say.

Even if Levi repeatedly rejects the olive branch extended to her, she will not give up, because Levi is a talent, a talent that Rhine Life needs, and a talent that her plan needs.

Kristen had read the article "The Relationship between Source Stone and the Evolution of Life Forms" that made Levi famous in the Tremont academic world.

One of the academic points raised in it is still being debated repeatedly among the academic community in Tremont even now, several months later.

[According to experimental results, the Origin Stone can be used as a carrier of consciousness, and can even replace the body's organs in extreme cases. The living body that uses the Origin Stone as an organ is itself being shaped by the Origin Stone. 】

[The extreme disease widely called 'Ore Disease' by the Terran people may not be just a disease.It can be considered a kind of node in the evolution of life. 】

This view is deviant and even alarmist.

Ore sickness and the demonization and persecution of those infected have been documented since Terra's recorded history.For thousands of years, no one has ever questioned the evil nature of ore disease.Even the most progressive thinkers only promote the status of infected people as equal, and pretend to treat oriosis as a part of the evolution of life.

In Ursus, a country where the exploitation and oppression of infected people has become a basic national policy, it would be impossible for such an academic paper to be published.

But this is Colombia, this is Tremont.

It is the "place where all ideas collide" approved by the President.

Here, although the publication of content is still subject to censorship, as long as it does not involve certain extremely sensitive issues (evils, heirs, former civilizations), it will not attract the attention of the president.The academic review process is much more relaxed than anywhere else.

As long as Levi gives enough experimental evidence, the process is clear enough, the content is detailed enough, and the results are clear enough, then there is room for discussion in this research.

And Levi did it.

He used a hundred people - a hundred patients with advanced ore disease who were struggling to survive on the pioneer land. In the end, under Levi's "treatment", they lived for an extra month and lived normal lives, even more 'healthy' than before. and spirit, rather than lingering in extreme pain.

Christen was not interested in this research, she was interested in the by-products Levi obtained during his experiments.

He confirmed the storage and transmission function of Source Stone for consciousness - it can connect people's consciousness and generate energy.

This means that the Source Stone can become a "transmitter" as long as it is studied and transformed more carefully.

And this transmitter plays an extremely important role in Christen's plan.

So she values ​​Levi extremely.

After knowing the reason why Levi denied himself this time, Kristen chose to meet his request.

"Mulseth, tell Yara for me that I happen to have a project on hand and I don't know if he is interested."

Mulseth covered his mouth and said in surprise: "You're not talking about Kjerag, are you?"

Kristen nodded: "The location is in Kjerag. The research object is the isolation layer covering the earth about 6000 meters above Terra, and its reaction to living organisms and the Source Stone. Doesn't he believe that the Source Stone Can it be the next stage of Terran human evolution? If he is interested in this subject, he can come to the Rhine Life headquarters to find me tomorrow."

"Bring a copy of the project plan with you. It has the signatures of myself and the Prime Minister of the Kjerag government." Christen said.

Chapter 1: Damn it!

Enter the quarantine point and undergo safety quarantine.Pass the connection, take the elevator, and enter the Tremont entrance.

Although this was not his first time visiting Tremont, Ernst was still amazed by its level of technology.

Because all the above processes are completed mechanically.

After not seeing each other for a few months, the city of Tremont has undergone a lot of changes.Because the New Year's holiday had just ended, there were many pedestrians returning to Tremont's entrance to the city. The construction site that was originally surrounded by iron sheets on the roadside has now been built with a building and a beach umbrella sign.

In Chinese people's minds, the development of real estate does not necessarily mean how dynamic the city is, but if a city doesn't even have real estate built on it, then it must be too cold.

This is why when we describe most changes in the times and social progress, we will subconsciously add the sentence: "In the rural plains of the past, high-rise buildings rose from the ground." to modify "the development of cities is changing with each passing day."

It's a pity that Kjerag still has no one who can truly be called a scientist.My brother's bad friend Nohis had that tendency, but unfortunately he later focused on the CTO position of Kalan Trading and politics, and to this day has not made any scientific research achievements worth mentioning.

After all, human energy is limited.

I just don’t know if my sincere request to ask Yelagund to study mechanics was heard by Heaven.After all, He may be the only person in Kjerag who has the conditions to conduct scientific experiments... God.

The receptionist from Rheinland Life arrived very quickly. Ernst did not wait at the station for a while before he saw the vehicle with the Rheinland logo on it entering the city avenue.

Ernst was a little surprised when he saw the appearance of the man who picked up the car.

"Sedie... Rhea?"

Wearing a loose dark gray windbreaker, a scarf of unknown meaning and body straps that are a little too long, a stern and angular face, and a pair of black and red horns that can be recognized at a glance as belonging to the Vaifan race.

If not Seria, the director of the Rheinland Life Defense Department, who else could it be?

The reason why Ernst knew Ceria couldn't be simpler.

Jeston, who was not admitted during the last recruitment, was beaten by Ceria.

In that era when the "Three Illusion Gods" were the favorite, only Seria had the infinite power of specializing in three-one skills, specializing in three-two skills, and specializing in three-three skills!Qiang ended player discussions in crisis contracts again and again, becoming a veritable "Three Illusion Gods".

Without a doubt, the three phantom gods refer to Seria's three skills.

In addition, in the early days, Seria had two honorific titles: "Sai Ma" and "Sei Daddy", which coincided with a well-known LOL e-sports player at the time, and she also had the idea of ​​"If God doesn't give birth to the Sai! A crisis contract will last forever!" statement.

There are so many things about her that it’s almost impossible to tell them all.They are also one of the few operators who have not been treated as a box stack by anyone in the era of explosion of plot power, but still maintain a high level, and even lead a large number of subordinates to defeat because of their strength rating.

It can be said that the plot and the game are both explosive, and the character is full of character and style.

It's a pity that she is now the director of Rhine Life.

Ernst did know that she would leave Rhineland because of something in the future, but his memory of the specific situation was somewhat vague, and as for the specific year, month and day, he had no memory at all.

We can only hope that we can get some clues during this meeting and seize the opportunity when the time comes.

Hearing Ernst call out her name, Ceria looked a little surprised:

"Mr. Ernst, do you recognize me?"

"Kristen mentioned you to me." Ernst lied quickly and quickly changed the subject. "I didn't expect that the person who came to pick me up was the director of the defense department of Rheinland Life. I was really flattered."

"You're welcome." Ceria shook her head without delving further, "Kristen attaches great importance to meeting with you, Prime Minister Ernst."

She paused and said with a slightly solemn expression,

"And, to be honest, the cooperation between Rheinland Life and your company has attracted a lot of attention. The Matterhorn is the closest place to the isolation layer. Many companies have submitted scientific research applications to Rheinland Life, hoping to participate. The dome scientific research station is under construction this time. Kristen can withstand the pressure for the time being, but she is worried that there will be unruly people who will attack you."

Ernst clicked his tongue with some sour teeth.

Sure enough, shopping malls are like battlefields, and competition among scientists is not as simple as "I will publish a paper to refute your point of view."

According to Seria, if necessary, "get rid of the other party's scientists so that he will never be able to publish a paper to refute my point of view." Is this also an optional approach in the Tremont scientific community?

When Xintera heard this, she leaned directly towards Ernst.

She has suffered losses in this area, so she understands this principle better.

If she hadn't been lucky enough to meet Ernst nearby, she might have had to sign in and get her number in the Six Paths of Reincarnation today.Naturally, he didn’t want Ernst to encounter similar dangers.

Perhaps noticing Xintrea's nervousness, Ceria's solemn expression eased a little and said with relief:

"There's no need to be too nervous. Now that I'm here, I won't let you encounter any danger again."

What a safe word!She is indeed a woman who can compete with diamonds in hardness!

Xintrea still didn't understand why this woman with a poker face had such confidence.Ernst nodded first and got into the Rheinland Life car with a relieved look on his face.