Walk through the structure of the Ark and wander on the continent of Terra

The girl looked at the antenna tower and sighed for a moment. Then she withdrew her eyes from the position of the antenna and the snow-capped mountains further away, and focused her eyes again on the Cultural Tourism Plaza in front of her.The Doctor and Alpha who were walking with her could hear her sigh.

But neither of them knew what kind of emotion she was holding when she made such a sigh, so there was no way to guess what she was sighing for.

……

The train from the trading port to the core area of ​​Kjerag would not leave for a long time, and everyone immediately spread out in the trading port to visit the places they wanted to visit.

In a folk shop, Seria, who was shopping around, met a trio of deep-sea hunters strolling over from the other side. Judging from the content of their conversation, it was probably the ghost shark that was dragging Gladia and Si. Katie wanted to go into the store and take a look.

Seria looked at the ice-blue stone engraved with Kjerag's religious symbols that was placed on the shelf in the middle of the store. It seemed that the technical consul of Agor was actually quite awkward. This guy usually talks about her arrogance and unremitting devotion to terrestrial species, but she will also play with a souvenir for a long time.

"This distinguished lady," the owner of the small shop saw that Gladia liked the talisman very much, so he approached her with a smile, "the stones used in this stone sculpture come from the snowmelt stream at the foot of the Holy Mountain. The mountain is Yelagund, the residence of the god who has protected Kjerag for thousands of years. The melted water on the snow-capped mountains has carried her blessings since ancient times, and the stones that have been baptized by the stream are naturally full of blessings. Yeragond's love for this land. You have come a long way, and if you want to bring a souvenir back to your relatives and friends, this stone carving is naturally the most suitable choice."

Gladia didn't respond to her boss's words, but just looked at the stone carving again.

"My dear lady, there is one more thing, which is why I recommend you to buy this amulet as a souvenir. I wonder if you have ever heard of mountain snow ghosts? Our man-eating monsters in the mountains are ferocious in appearance and elusive. , it’s very scary, but as long as you carry this amulet blessed by Manzhuyuan with you, those monsters will cower under the power of Yeragond and will not hurt you at all..."

The businessman was still promoting the souvenirs sold in his store, but the more he talked, the more interested Gladia looked on her face. It was obvious that this technocrat who was not interested in business culture had seen this. It turned out that it was just an ordinary stone, and it did not contain any special power.

Ceria looked at the piece of workshop souvenir that she thought was quite shoddy, then turned to look at Ifrit who was wandering among the shelves and Hermer who was staying next to her. Hermer was wearing a The bracelet and the peace charm hanging around Ifrit's neck are small souvenirs given by Yeragond himself when he came last time. They are truly blessed by the gods.

"Boss, boss, how much does that amulet in her hand cost?" Laurentina turned around and didn't find anything that caught her eye. She returned to the door of the store and found Jianyu holding a piece of amulet in a daze. She didn't know what she was doing. She wanted it or not, but Laurentina decided to ask the price of it first.The captain probably doesn't have much money. After all, she didn't even have an official identity on the mainland before she met Rhode Island. But the captain doesn't have money, and Laurentina and Skadi do.

The ordinary stone sculptures that Laurentina usually carves with her hands are quite popular on Rhodes Island. Many operators are willing to buy a small statue to decorate their cabins. In addition to their own bodies, there is another statue. Her unfinished sculpture had already been collected by a local art gallery at a high price before leaving Casimir.

As for Skadi, she had saved a lot of money while working as a mercenary in the southern part of Casimir. During the Great Knight Leader Incident, she served as a bodyguard for the doctor, and her commission was settled according to quite high standards.

The two of them are not short of money at all. If the captain wants that souvenir, just buy it for her.

When the boss heard that someone finally asked about the price, his already somewhat unhappy face put on a smile again, "Although this amulet protected by the divine power of the holy mountain is precious, considering that it is your first time to come to our snow mirror, as long as For fifty pounds you can take it with you."

When she heard this quotation, Seria almost choked and coughed. That stone was essentially an ordinary silicon ore sold by the ton. The price per ton in the international market would not exceed one thousand gantry coins, even if it was included. With all kinds of taxes and brand added value, it is really an exaggeration to sell such a crude souvenir for fifty pounds. It is worthy of being a tourist souvenir at a tourist attraction...

Seeing this scene, Ceria really couldn't hold back. She remembered the time when Alpha helped her bargain for jade souvenirs. As a companion who had worked together for a long time on the Life Star, a place with a very friendly environment, she really I couldn't bear to see the Deep Sea Hunters being deceived by such low-level profiteers. "Swordfish, that stone is only worth three to five pounds, including the premium, and the cost is a few shillings at most."

"I know that copper-containing ordinary silicon ore, after erosion by running water and simple manual carving, cannot match the purchasing power of fifty pounds..." Until this time, Gladia slowly uttered a sentence, and then put it down. Talisman in hand.

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The owner of the folk souvenir shop almost jumped up in anger when he heard Ceria's words, but the lady who seemed to want to buy something had already put down the amulet and turned around to leave the store. It was useless no matter how angry he was.On the contrary, the two Agor girls following the lady with pointed ears seemed to want to buy something.

"Boss, how do you sell this wooden prayer sign?" Laurentina asked, holding up a few small souvenirs in her hand.

The boss calmed down and glanced at the product in her hand, "Ten pounds each."

"Ten pounds?" Laurentina suddenly put on a cold and sinister smile.

17. Visit the Saint

Today is just an ordinary day on the Kalan Holy Mountain. Manzhu courtyards are scattered among the palace-like buildings with strong religious atmosphere halfway up the mountain. The monks, as usual, are holding scriptures and scrolls as they shuttle through their respective places. On the road traveled thousands of times.

There are low and orderly chanting sounds everywhere in the building complex.Copying the scriptures of Yelagund, as well as the works of ancient sages interpreting these scriptures, is the daily work of the monks here.

The Snow Mountain Ceremony is usually held at the end of the summer in Kjerag. Before the heavy snow seals the mountain, people hold a grand celebration. They thank Yelagund for his blessing, so that they can save enough money to spend the next few months. People praise the goods during the hard years when the mountains are covered with snow, and people rush to trade the last supplies at this time so that they can live a better life this winter.

Of course, this also means that the Snow Mountain Ceremony is held near the end of the year, and the weather at this time is not always so good.

This day was no exception. Above the Holy Mountain, the gray clouds conveyed a vague and depressing atmosphere to the earth. It was just that this atmosphere was overwhelming in the valley area where the supervisor was dismissed and faced with disputes and re-delivery. Occurs among factory clusters.For the monks who have lived in the mountains for thousands of years, have no worries about food and clothing, and burn incense and chant scriptures all day long, this is just another not-so-sunny weather before the Snow Moon.

Everyone thinks so, or in other words, most people think so.Manzhuyuan is still the same Manzhuyuan, and the scriptures recited are still those scriptures.Until, in the middle of the small courtyard square where the saint lives, in this calm and low atmosphere, a thunderbolt from the clear sky appeared out of thin air. The thunderbolt was so dazzling that it seemed to tear apart the space.

The guards and armed monks rushed into the saint's palace in a hurry. Then they saw two women who did not belong to the holy mountain, standing where the thunder fell. Beside them, there were still There is a small mechanical car with some cardboard boxes on its back.

Faced with such a rude intruder, the monks and guards were about to rush forward and capture it. But at this moment, the heavy clouds in the sky cracked a hole, and a piece of precious sunlight poured down from the crack. Sprinkle it gently on their bodies.

Seeing this wonder, the guards and monks stopped in unison. On this holy mountain, the only one who can create such a miracle is Jeragond himself. Then, this is a miracle and an oracle.

After a short while, the maid Ya'er walked out of the saint's residence. She smiled to appease the mood of a guard and monk.

"These two are messengers who bring news from afar to Yelagund. The saint will receive them personally. They have brought some messages from the gods. It is not appropriate to publicize them to the outside world. Let them go."

After hearing such words, the leaders of those people felt relieved and turned around with the crowd to leave the courtyard, restoring the purity to the place.

It wasn't until Ya'er closed the door to the yard that a series of hurried footsteps sounded in the room. Alpha and Xu Yu followed the sound and looked over. A large group of silver-gray fur ran out holding up their skirts.

"I have met the Holy Lady." Alpha and Xu Yu bowed to the girl who symbolized the spokesperson of the God Shelagh.

"Well, there are no outsiders here, no need to bow." Enya actually didn't know the real situation of these two visitors. She just knew that they brought some gadgets from the outside world for herself and Ya'er, but it wasn't until the two of them The way he appeared was beyond imagination.The other party came in the name of paying homage to Yeragond, and he might also be a god walking on the earth.

"The etiquette cannot be revoked, and besides, it is entrusted by Yeragond."

Hearing this, Enya rolled her big eyes that were usually squinted lazily. The idea of ​​being entrusted by Jeragond was probably the only one in the entire history, not to mention modern times. One family.

"You two, let's talk inside. The weather outside is very cold." In the end, Enya casually found an excuse and invited the two of them into the hall of the palace.

"You should be the Alpha." Sitting down at the table near the fireplace, Enya looked at the two guests in front of her again, and then she accurately identified which one was the Alpha in Ya'er's mouth.

Alpha smiled and nodded, "It's me, and the person who came with me is my best friend."

"Lord Saint, just call me Xu Yu."

"Huh...nice to meet you, really." Enya breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's really a magical experience to meet outsiders in this place, Yeragond bless you, it's really exciting."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Enya and the two visitors had the most basic understanding. The maid Ya'er kept smiling at her side and didn't say a word, which made Alpha glare at her in a very evil way. .It's a pity that Enya didn't understand Alpha's meaning.

"Jeragond asked you to bring me something, is that true?"

"He sees that you have a lot of work and worries on weekdays, so he asked me to bring some simple electronic products to relieve your boredom, as well as some books about the outside world that He thought you would like to read." As he said this, Alpha put Ben He took down the drop-proof and explosion-proof carrying box on the stupid cargo platform, opened the mechanical lock, and took out a few things from it.

"One of them is a collection of Terra's landscapes written by the Rhode Island Foreign Affairs Liaison Office. Rhode Island's offices are spread all over the world. This collection of journals is a summary of the descriptions of the places where employees from all over the world live." This is indeed the case, and the collection of manuscripts for compilation into a book was started in recent months at Alpha's suggestion. Compared with the one-sided opinion of a certain traveler, the account written by the Rhode Island operator living there is indeed more It is more life-like and authentic, and has won a good response within the sales scope once it was published.

"There are also official newspapers from Longmen, Ursus, Casimir and other places in the past week, which are a good choice for entertainment, as well as some other reference documents." During this visit, Alpha was satisfied with the paper materials alone. I brought several kilograms with me. Although most of them were information that could be obtained through public channels, these things could not be seen on the Holy Mountain.

"Wow!" Looking at those paper products that she had never seen before, Enya couldn't wait to flip through them, as if the strange world outside the snow-capped mountains was waving to her at this moment.

"And this, a portable computer." Alpha took out the last thing from the bottom of the box. It was indeed a laptop. Its casing and frame were produced by an electronics industry group in Casimir, but he disliked this computer. Alpha, whose top-end computer performance was too high, replaced everything except the casing with its own products. The Saint wouldn't use its after-sales service anyway.As for the power supply, the Lightning Rifle's Source Stone Skills-converted power supply bottle can be changed. With just a little Source Stone Skills, the added power is enough to run the computer for several hours.

Also given to her were two game controllers, so that in her free time, she might be able to play games with Ya'er.

"This is..." Electronic products are indeed a bit incompatible with Xierag, who has just opened to the outside world and most places are still closed and backward. Maybe there is one in the office of Kalan Trading, but this novelty is absolutely It is difficult to bypass those stubborn elders and come to the Holy Mountain.

Enya had heard of these things, but not to mention the differences and reputations between each brand, she didn't even know there were so many types of computers.This was indeed a gift that brought her a lot of surprise.

"Computers have many uses, and this portable computer is also equipped with a special interface that can connect to the entire Kjerag's internal network and some external networks through the broadcast tower installed at the foot of the mountain..." Alpha turned on the computer and said to Enya introduced the computer.Then she discovered something embarrassing and had to turn away from the screen temporarily.

When she modified this computer before, she used the modular system disk of the Star of Life to install it, and then habitually downloaded her commonly used software packages. They were all good things that she copied and could be disclosed to outsiders. content, but the problem is, there are several weird things in the game package.

The future saint is the person in charge of Kjerag. In any case, it seems inappropriate for her to play Class A war criminal training software such as a certain starfish canning processing simulator and a certain streetlight user simulator 4.

18. Hinterlea’s new job

"Will the good weather on the southern seaside last for so long?" Xinteleia felt her mood when she got up from the comfortable big bed in the guest room of the nursing home early in the morning and looked out at the sunny seaside morning through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the balcony. Extraordinarily relaxed, but with a bit of a reluctant sense of urgency.Because her long recuperation leave was coming to an end, she had to wait for the notice from the ship's personnel department today to see where she would go to work next.

Beautiful girls always have a moderate breakfast. Even if they have to train on weekdays and do a lot of exercise, Platinum will control the calories they take in for breakfast every day.However, Xista's special breakfast was so appetizing that she would feel guilty every time to eat a little more, thinking of making up for it during training during the day, but during a leisurely recuperation holiday, there was no training. motivation.

When weighing herself in the past two days, Xinteleia sadly discovered that she had gained weight, but after looking around the mirror several times, she did not see where she was gaining weight, until she suddenly discovered that the underwear she had brought over before It seems like it can’t be worn anymore.

Faced with this huge good news, Xinteleiya decisively chose to add a glass of whole milk to herself every morning to make her day feel better.As for the original good mood, part of it came from the happiness of successfully running away, and the other part came from the day spent with the doctor, probably.

After spending half the morning leisurely in the spa of the sanatorium, Bai Jin sighed that his wonderful vacation was coming to an end. He didn't know what challenging work he would face by then. However, Rhode Island was here. The external reputation has always been very good, and the business we are engaged in is relatively peaceful, probably.

When the morning was almost half over, the mobile phone placed next to the spa bed rang. The patient at Xintraiya Sanatorium picked up the mobile phone and found that there was an email from the Human Resources Department.

Her next job should be finalized. With this thought, she opened her mailbox.

"The field hunting work of the Rhode Island office in Siesta? What kind of things can be hunted in Siesta? You won't ask me to go fishing in the sea, then I won't do it." Thinking like this, Platinum Fan The details page opens.

"In the Volcanic Development Zone, the task of eradicating the remaining volcanic stone worms is entrusted. It is the task of providing safety protection and warning for the construction machinery cluster and workers... It is indeed quite easy to defeat the source stone worms." Bai Jin glanced at the reward for this job. The situation is slightly higher than the average price of those orders for cleaning up dangerous wild animals in the mercenary market, and the risk level is also marked as a short- to medium-term task with a medium to low risk.

"It is not recommended to register in advance because some equipment is not in place yet? In addition to fixed remuneration, are there performance awards?" Bai Jin didn't know how to evaluate it. She felt that this medium and low risk might be different from the medium and low risk she understood. .

But no matter how difficult or dangerous it is, can it be as difficult and dangerous as being forced to use a broken sword to fight against the shining knight as a killer? Even if you don't mention this, I have already taken a considerable part of the savings from the Grand Knight Leader. I have spent money on this self-funded recuperation, but my basic salary in Rhode Island has not yet arrived. If I continue to enjoy it like this, my money will be tight.

"That's it. Let's go and have a look."

……

On the day when he went to report to the Rhode Island office in Siesta, Bai Jin arrived at the door of this large office building carrying a large sports bag containing his own bow and arrow.Compared with Casimir's buildings with glass curtain walls, external advertising screens and neon lights, this building's solid reinforced concrete frame and wall blocks give it a simple, industrial feel.The Norman Industries logo and signboard are hung on the top of the building, but as soon as you enter the door, there is a Rhode Island logo.

Entering the building, Xinteleia found that the place was a bit deserted. In the lobby on the first floor, there were only two local clerks sitting behind the service desk, and there were almost no pedestrians around.

After asking, she learned that this side of the building is a work area that serves as an internal back-office office and is basically closed to outsiders. No wonder there are so few people coming. The main local office of Rhode Island is now in the building across the street. Inside the newly renovated building, a comprehensive medical facility is integrated there.

"Mr. ACE is waiting for you in his office on the 26th floor."

Xintrea nodded, took the access card handed to her by the receptionist, walked to the back and boarded the elevator. Then she was surprised to find that the internal elevator in the building was also in the panoramic style of the sightseeing elevator. , you can see the situation inside the building outside through the car and elevator shaft.What surprised her even more was that most of the more than 20 floors were extremely open, and she didn't see anyone, only a large number of white-painted machines working silently here.

Ding dong, the elevator arrived at the predetermined floor. The elevator door opened, and a spacious but plainly decorated office came into view. A handsome Fidian man wearing a Rhode Island uniform was standing with a cup of tea. From the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, one can see the Siesta volcano in the distance.

Xinteleia has also paid attention to the volcano in the past few days. A huge working surface has been excavated on the volcano. Looking at it from a distance, she doesn’t know what is working there, but the work on the walls of the volcano The surface is changing almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Welcome, Ms. Xintrea." Unexpectedly, the first phantom voice was not the voice of the strong man she imagined, but a weak and sweet female voice. Following this greeting, The sunken structure in the center of the office, which initially made Xintraya confused, lit up. It turned out to be a holographic image projection platform, and following the sound, a girl appeared in the holographic image.

"Good morning, girl." This time it was finally Fidia's deep and steady voice, "Sit down wherever you want, what would you like to drink?"

"Whatever is convenient will do."

"Tifa, please give our new colleague a cup of Sargon black tea."

Not long after, a small car drove out of a small door on the side of the office and delivered a teapot and a teacup filled with black tea to Xintlaya. Then the car's robotic arm picked up the teapot and poured it for her. Just the right amount of tea.

"You have understood the situation of this work, right?" Ferdia took two more sips of the tea in his teacup, then turned around and put the teacup back on the desk, and then sat down in his seat.

"Clear the remaining volcano-derived stoneworms."

"Well, this job requirement only appeared recently. Some very hidden volcano-source stone insect nests were excavated on the construction surface of the volcano's main body. Those small exploding insects caused a lot of trouble to the drone engineering cluster, and also It threatens local workers and various equipment and equipment in peripheral construction. This is not a very serious threat, but it is difficult to prevent. We need some people with combat experience to help clean up those biological hazards and reduce losses."

"I probably understand."

"The small bugs themselves are not a big threat, and the number of individual colonies is not large. However, we are currently excavating too many working areas, and it will be very troublesome when added together. The specific mission briefing will be sent to your terminal in a while. In fact, The task is not tiring, just patrol the mountains every day with an aircraft, and clean it if there are bugs. The problem with the drone is not serious, the main thing is to protect the safety of those workers."

"Don't you have any combat drones?"

"Without suitable combat drones, no one would plan to use heavy artillery that can blow up a street to deal with dozens of bugs, and more suitable weapons have not been approved yet..."

Xintrea nodded. The mission did not sound difficult, and there was equipment and sufficient support.She is now a little curious about what Rhode Island's project at Siesta Volcano looks like and what they plan to build in the end.

"We will go on patrol in a while. We are the only combatants in our office at the moment. I will take you to familiarize yourself with the situation later. There are machine guns on the transport plane that carries us, but in close range situations and bugs in tunnels, We have to take action to solve it. There must be more work now, and it will be much easier when the support from the rear arrives."

19. Phobia of insufficient firepower - only at Siesta construction site