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

"Kjerag cannot stay in the past, and Yeragond cannot protect this paradise forever. Even his power must one day be exhausted, and at that time, the wheels of time will mercilessly destroy the old things. Grind it into powder."

Alpha and Xu Yu were not able to stay in the Holy Lady's Palace for very long. The Holy Lady was not the mascot of the Holy Mountain. She played an important role in Kjerag's religious activities and various social affairs. The role of.Therefore, after teaching her how to use the computer, Alpha planned to say goodbye to the two of them, leave Manzhuyuan, and go to the next place he wanted to go.

Ya'er sent the two of them out of the room, "I really didn't expect that you would come to see me like this, Alpha."

"I always keep my word. If things hadn't been busy on weekdays, I would have come to visit you long ago." Alpha patted Ya'er on the shoulder, "Take care of Enya and take good care of her. She is a good child. I believe it." The decision you make will be a good one, and I believe that Kjerag can find his own path. I will visit you often when I have the opportunity."

"Well, thank you, you too, and I will bless you on your journey."

After a brief goodbye, Alpha took out a folding fan and waved it in the air, creating a new rift. Due to habit, Alpha always had to hold something in his hand when creating a rift, but what was different from usual was that when he left, At that time, the fan stayed in place, dancing with a breeze, and fell into Ya'er's hands. This fan was a gift from her to Yela.

……

The perspective came to the doctor's side. The doctor and Seria, under the leadership of General Valles, inspected the industrial factories in the Circle Valley area. These factories, originally founded by Kalan Trading, created a large number of jobs for Shelagh. This position has brought a more modern life to countless people in Kjerag.

But now, due to the return of power, these factories are currently in a state of shutdown. Many anxious workers are currently surrounding Mr. Weiss, the representative of the Shivaash family, also codenamed "The Messenger" Next to that little brother Itla.Everyone is concerned about whether the factory can still operate, whether they can still have a stable job, the current salary settlement, the distribution of mineral disease treatment drugs, and other issues. You talk to me and ask anxiously.

Seeing the doctor coming, Weiss, who was surrounded by people and was worried, quickly pulled the doctor over. Some professional matters still need to be answered by more authoritative professionals.The doctor and the accompanying Chester from the Shivaash family answered some questions for these workers.

The doctor was very straightforward, asking Chester to give answers that would satisfy everyone regarding the difficulties faced by the workers, their concerns, and the problems existing in the local factories, and Chester answered them one by one. This form of display, It calmed down the uneasy hearts of the workers.

But not long after the workers dispersed and Weiss, who had completed the task of maintaining stability, also said goodbye and left, a group of armed citizens of unknown origin suddenly appeared and launched an attack on the doctor and his party who were inspecting. Although their actions He made no achievements and was pinned to the ground by Seria's calcified domain.

But an embarrassing thing happened. At that time, Sharp and Jiuguang happened to be looking for information nearby. They saw a group of people, Wuyang Wuyang, heading towards the doctor. They didn’t think much and hurriedly followed. As a result, Jiuguang was shocked to find that the group of Knowing who was instigating the riot, her brother was among them.

The appeal that this group of people wanted to express was probably that the doctor and his team were appointed by the Perrochi family and Manzhuyuan to deliberately smear and attack the Shivaash family, and they wanted to seek justice for Enxiodis.

However, the scene did not become chaotic. The cold-faced Ceria silenced the group of people with one look and told them everything she knew.They were indeed dissatisfied with the closure of the factory area and the conservative religious forces, and it was indeed someone who encouraged them to attack the delegation this time.However, this group of people is quite reckless, and the people who contact them rarely show up, so it is difficult to find valuable information.

……

The commotion on the doctor's side must be part of someone's plan. Alpha is sure of this. However, lacking the wonderful information from another world and being too lazy to use her power to open up a God's perspective, she can only be sure now. It is not just the public forces currently on the stage that are going to stir up this tide.There must be forces acting for the benefit of a certain party, but independent of the current parties, taking action.

"Perhaps the person who instigated what is happening now will be Nohis, who was apparently driven away by Boss Yin." Standing in front of the Kalan Trading Headquarters Building, he was about to visit Silver Gray Alpha. Said to himself.

"Alfa, are you saying that he is playing a ploy with Mr. Ensiodis?" Xu Yu held Alpha's arm. Since Casimir, she has become very willing to care about these matters related to the situation and the public. She got up, and had experienced many storms with Alpha, so her vision was actually very accurate unconsciously.

"Maybe." Alpha still remembers the file information of Gnosis. He is a reliable comrade-in-arms with Enxiodis who has the same goals, common ideals, and sympathy for each other. Judging from all the existing information, he should not be just because of being in the valley. Some transgressions in the area were directly kicked out by the bank boss.

Attacking the supervisors of other families violated the tacit understanding and rules. This kind of thing is not big or small. Put it in the position of the chief technical executive of Kalan Trading. In the practice of this land, the most is Suspension review, compulsory leave, etc., and based on his relationship with Boss Yin, it shouldn't be like the situation where the two parted ways now.

So Alpha is very willing to believe that this is a classic Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one is willing to hit and the other is willing to suffer.

"You two, Mr. Enxiodis invites you." As he spoke, a staff member of Kalan Trading came out of the headquarters building. He opened the door for the two of them, saying that the bank boss welcomed their visit. .

Alpha raised her head and happened to see the figure of Boss Yin looking down from the windows on several floors. The two smiled in unison, and then she led Xu Yu into the Kalan Trading Building.

At this time, there was an explosion in the distant snow mountain valley. The explosion was very far away. The rugged snow mountain valley absorbed most of the sound waves, making the sound sound very low. However, experience and body detection equipment Also tell Alpha that it was an absolute blast.

[The drone has turned around to locate and remotely measure the location of the explosion. The results are expected to be available within 10 minutes. 】 Diesel gave the action plan as reliably as always, and the two unmanned reconnaissance aircraft opened their own investigation curtain and began to focus on the situation where the explosion occurred.

"Don't be afraid." Alpha held Xu Yu's hand.

"Ok, I know."

23.At the foot of the volcano part.1

It has been a long time since a new volcano-derived stoneworm nest was found in Siesta Volcano that would pose a threat to construction activities.

Even Xintrea, who has little experience in biology, knows what it means when species that were once widely distributed have almost disappeared in an environment suitable for their survival.

But this is only the smallest manifestation of the impact and shock caused by this earth-shattering volcanic transformation project, a super project that no one can imitate again in this world.

To Xinteleia's surprise, Miss Tifa, the artificial intelligence responsible for overall planning and coordination of the overall work, paid unreasonable attention to the impact of these projects on the environment despite her busy schedule.

In her words, she has only witnessed a truly unforgettable species extinction, the destructive plundering of the originally prosperous biological populations on the earth due to the rapid development of human science, technology and industrial production, and the devastating assimilation of the Pamish virus. Under this double blow, everything was in dire straits.Only then can we truly realize how precious the original ecological environment is to human beings.

A unique branch affiliated to Rhode Island, the first branch not to handle the medical business of ore disease, was established in Siesta City under this background.

The name of this company is Rhode Island Bioresources Development Co., Ltd. In order to start and operate this company, the Volcano Construction Corps drone cluster spent 48 hours at the Siesta Ring Volcano High-tech Industrial Development Zone. In a corner of the office park, a research building containing biological and agricultural science laboratories and related ancillary support equipment was constructed.

The hundreds of volcanic stoneworm samples from different nest groups currently collected in Siesta Volcano have become the first biological germplasm resource sample of this research center.

Alpha personally handled this matter remotely. She told the Rhode Island operators stationed in this unit that ecological samples of volcanic stoneworms may play an important role in the future environment and industrial and agricultural production. , not only that, other local ecological species affected by this construction project must also be protected and sample collected as much as possible.

As the main field operation unit near the volcano, Xinteleia has had several contacts and cooperation with this newly-built research center. The motivated little girl Reboba raised a large group of rock crab bean sprouts and is now serving as the interim director of this research center.

During several exchanges of delivering the collected biological samples, Xinteleiya clearly found that she was becoming more and more skilled at her work. From being at a loss at first, she became more and more like she could be in charge of a large research institution.

……

Xinteleia was sitting in the cabin, holding in her arms a specially calibrated "Lightning-H" marksman rifle equipped with an intelligent sight. This was the first time she had ever seen the No. [-] transport plane overlooking the aircraft. It was a mass-produced armed low-earth vehicle of the same type as the transport plane that we flew on during the patrol.

Several new Rhode Island operators were sitting in the cabin with her. These newcomers were holding guns in their hands, and it was obvious that they were still a little nervous.Tension is inevitable. Since last week, a group of Colombian agents who ignored warnings and dispersed and broke into the volcano construction site armed with weapons and a fierce battle broke out with ACE's security section combat team. In the end, the Colombian agents were wiped out. Everyone involved in the entire volcano project knows that the aftermath of this project has already received responses from the mainland, and there will be no shortage of such things in the future.

"Captain," a Rhode Island operator nervously adjusted the goggles attached to his tactical helmet and looked at the calm-looking Xintera in front of him, "Are we really going to fight with foreigners?"

Xinteleia glanced at him. She knew that this guy was a local security officer recruited by Rhode Island after it started operating in Siesta. This young Sakaz's father was hired by the battle-hardened Sakaz. Bing, his mother was from Xista, and his father did not want his child to be trapped in the Sarkazi feud and endless war like other Sakaz children, so he sent him back to Xista, a paradise like this. Peaceful city.

Influenced by his ears and eyes since childhood, he, like most other Sakaz, has mastered many fighting and survival skills. Although he successfully studied for a passable diploma when he returned to his hometown, he never had any skills before the Obsidian Festival. I found a job, and in order to achieve financial independence, I finally chose to submit my resume to the window recruiting security personnel at the Siesta office in Rhode Island...

"I hope not," Xintrea checked her equipment. She didn't mind continuing to kill as her job, because she knew that she was defending a project that would fight against natural disasters and benefit the people. Pull the trigger.She felt a sense of honor in this job that she had never had before, and the salary of this job was very good, and the various guarantees were far above the average level of this land. "I remember that you are a local of Xista, and there are very few Meet the local Sakaz."

"Yes, Captain."

"Have you ever thought about the meaning of pulling the trigger?" Xintrea patted the weapon in his hand.

"The meaning of pulling the trigger..." The young man shook his head, "Sorry, Captain, I didn't think about it."

"Then look out the window." Xintera patted the cabin's porthole, "Look down and tell me what you see."

"Well, the coastline of Siesta, and the corner of the volcano."

"What is this place? To you."

"This...is my hometown..."

"Have you seen the machinery and workers busy on the volcanic ash accumulation mountain? Have you seen the factories and roads that are expanding and spreading every day? Without those things, even if the giant temporarily calmed down the Siesta volcano Due to the restlessness, the city will be forced to embark on the road of migration sooner or later. And now someone wants to destroy them and take them as their own. What will you do in the face of this attempt? "

Hearing this, the young man perked up and said, "I understand, Captain."

Xintrea didn't say anything more. She turned her gaze to the outside of the cabin again, to the land that was changing with each passing day.After a while, the Pegasus sight given to her by her bloodline made her vision clearer and deeper.

"This is a fortress. Call Overlook No. 15. On the outskirts of area No. [-], an unidentified team was detected. According to intelligence sent back from nearby, the action team carried weapons such as staffs."

"I understand, let's get over it."

……

At a hidden vantage point built by the complex steel structure of the construction site, Xinteleiya raised her marksman rifle. The indicator light of the ballistic computer's normal operation flashed in the eyepiece of the smart sight, and she had already set the sight and set it. On the Letanian Tower Warlock who gave up his disguise because his whereabouts were exposed.

A few minutes ago, when they arrived at the scene, this group of people had already used some kind of cruel magic to interrogate several hapless construction workers, and intelligence agents also received news. They seemed to be inquiring about what they internally called Information related to the unknown scientific research plan of "Project Shower".

After getting this information, the intelligence processing agency on the Rhode Island ship quickly passed back another piece of information. This shower plan was related to the research of the well-known volcano expert Adele Nauman, who is also Eyjafala's parents. .

This group of people probably noticed that Eyjafala's real name was included in the list of designers of the volcano project, and that's why they planned to take this action.

"They have actually caused serious harm to innocent civilians in Siesta, and will continue to pose a greater threat. To us, they are not spies or foreign envoys, they are just a group of terrorists." The headset broadcast. The voice of ACE came, and the commando team he led had broken through the stronghold of this group of people and rescued the innocent people who were tortured by the tower's spell.

Xinteleia hummed, then she closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and gently put her finger on the trigger. This was what she was best at doing.

The projectiles flying at Mach [-] tore through the air, and the magnificent spell formations around the tower warlock and the melodious chants from his mouth were regarded as nothing. The weak magic shield was naturally unable to block the judgment of this bullet.

In an instant, the blood at the tip of his heart painted an exaggerated painting behind him, equal but indifferent, warm but not tragic.The huge kinetic energy of the large-caliber electromagnetic bomb turned his entire chest into an embellishment on this giant painting, and it was not until this moment that the long roar of the bullet tearing the air was heard loudly in the formation of this group of Leitanians. ring.

"Fortress, the high-risk target in the NO. 15 area has been killed." Xinteraiya picked up her rifle and disappeared into the forest of steel structures in the industrial area.Behind her, the armed policemen who surrounded the Letanian team fired loudly, bringing an end to this conflict that was impossible to reconcile.

24.At the foot of the volcano part.2

On the slopes of the Siesta volcano, an engineering team of hundreds of people was working in full swing. They were different from the intelligent robots who were digging into the mountain and almost using reinforced concrete to turn the entire volcano into a huge underground fortress.Siesta Engineering employs a large number of local people and, after providing a series of training, lets them handle various construction operations that are less risky and relatively more dependent on manual labor.

For example, there are millions of solar panels on the sunny side of the entire southern slope of the volcano, as well as dozens of vertical axis wind turbines distributed across the entire mountain. The installation of these equipment, as well as the construction of reinforced platforms around the volcano, are difficult projects. The risk factor is not high, and allowing local people to participate in it can not only solve the employment problem in Siesta, but also cultivate a group of modern construction workers with qualified skills.

For most people in Siesta, these solar panels that transform Mount Siesta into a crystalline peak that reflects the sun's rays are more important than the legendary volcanic land that is under construction and has not yet been completed. Thermal power plant, a more intuitive thing, also made them realize for the first time that the electricity used in daily life does not need to come from highly polluting source stone reactors, and industrial construction does not need to be accompanied by the spread of ore disease.

Wearing a blue safety helmet and walking on the path that had been paved by drones between the photovoltaic terraces, Costa frowned, even though it was already 03:30 in the afternoon, it was already past the time when the sun was at its most intense at noon. , but the western sun still stung his eyes under his sunglasses, and the ground was still churning with scorching heat waves.

The workers wore red safety helmets and towels hanging around their necks. They shouted slogans and laid the silicon crystal boards produced by the automatic factories at the foot of the mountain on the taut and straight steel cables. Then connect the circuit and debug the device.

The heat accumulated in the dark volcanic rock formations burned them and made them sweat. However, as a manager assigned by the city hall to the construction area, Costa did not see a look of suffering on any of the workers' faces.

There has never been an enterprise that has taken over all aspects of the construction of a very large project like Norman Industries.There has never been a company that would force workers to prohibit construction before and after noon.The one-day remuneration of two hundred Colombian gold coupons was only a part of what he had never heard of. The insurance paid by the company and the high-standard labor protection were also only part of it, including the allocation of housing. Coster felt that he would no longer be shocked.

Before coming here, as an ordinary employee of the city hall who had no access to high-level affairs, he was still curious about why a company would "waste" the project funds allocated by the city hall so generously, especially if it was "wasted" on the original project funds. Labor costs can be greatly reduced.They could have used infected labor in large quantities to further reduce costs, but they had to give infected workers equal pay for equal work as ordinary workers.

But now, walking on this hillside, seeing workers with Originium crystals on their bodies working together with healthy workers, looking at the photovoltaic panels covering the mountain like terraces, he recalled the first time he stood on the mountain at night. The scene from the construction site overlooking the city. At that time, the energy supply of the solar panels that had been put into production just met the power demand of Siesta City.That night, all the lights in Siesta were lit by the electricity stored in the battery array by these photovoltaic panels during the day.

Costa suddenly felt like he understood something. What Norman Industries wanted was not short-term economic benefits, but the energy and products flowing in this volcano and this city, the lives that were being changed.

Costa thought of the congresswoman. Siesta was her investment, and she wanted to build something that was completely different from the normal state of this land and could be called a foundation.

……

It is worth mentioning that although Siesta is an independent city-state located near Sargon, it is actually a member of the Colombian Federation. When it became independent from its original state decades ago, in order to ensure its own Siesta, who was in need of stability and urgently needed to raise a big flag, came to Colombia, and in a similar way to an alliance, he affiliated himself with Colombia, which had also just become independent at the time.

It's just that the two are thousands of miles apart. As an enclave, Colombia can hardly exercise effective management rights over Siesta. Each year Siesta will pay a symbolic tax as a "federal fee" to continue Just use the Colombian brand as your own umbrella.

Not to mention the Colombian government bureaucrats, even the tobacco and alcohol magic unit and the law enforcement office of the Source Stone Products Administration can't get in.But in any case, before the volcano project, companies from Colombia still occupied a fairly high market share in Siesta.V3 Industries, which helped Cronin commit crimes at the time, was a Colombian company.

Only after the Ring Volcano Industrial Zone began to rise, this situation changed subtly. As a de facto "local enterprise", Norman Industrial has gradually established an increasingly complete industrial chain in the local area. The new low cost and advanced technology meant relatively high quality, which took over half of the Siesta market in a passive dumping manner.If it hadn't been for its puzzling deliberate avoidance of quite a few industries that could easily be monopolized, the entire Siesta would probably be named Norman Industries by now.

For this kind of change thousands of miles away, the Colombian government did not pay attention at first. After all, in a small independent city-state, even if a god appears briefly, what can be changed without the protection of Colombia? And the signboard of a free and independent city-state, isn't it just a tiny place that can fall down at a casual touch?

Even if the news of the start of a super project like the Volcano Project is on the desk, most powerful people in Colombia don't care. It's just an unrealistic plan, and it will go bankrupt sooner or later.

So when Siesta paid off all the "federal fees" it had previously owed in one fell swoop, and even paid 99 years of federal fees in advance with physical mortgages, by virtue of its name as an independent city-state, it launched well-known tourism projects such as the Obsidian Music Festival With the reputation it has gained, the infrastructure construction that has been greatly improved, and the good investment prospects, it has begun to attract investment in various countries on the mainland, including Colombia. Federal officials who realized that something was not right suddenly discovered that they Nothing can be done anymore.

The officials hated the federal agreement and the independent city-state bill signed between the group of people and Xista. Those provisions limited their operating space, and now they are completely unable to sanction Xista, because from the beginning to the end, Xista Star has never relied on Colombia on issues such as resources, and it is even more serious now. Moreover, Colombia does not have enough voice to speak. It is still a question of who will listen to others.

Colombia now not only has no way to eat this piece of fat, but has to approach it with a smile on its face to see if it can get more access permissions by virtue of its status as a federal state.The Colombians know very well how fast those merchants in Longmen are running around...

25. Fireside Chat

His eyes returned to the present, to the snowy plateau of Kjerag where the undercurrent was surging.In a warm and luxurious office in the Kalan Trade Headquarters Building, Alpha once again met the ambitious Shiva Ash.

"Long time no see, dear Ms. Alpha." Mr. Enxiodis personally opened the door of the office for Alpha and Xu Yu and welcomed their arrival.

Entering the warm room heated by the fireplace, Alpha took off the thick knitted scarf around Xu Yu's neck and hung it on the coat rack at the door. In the cold area, she entered the warm room and took off the thick knitted scarf. A jacket is the way to warm up faster. "The same goes for you, Mr. Enxiodis. I would like to take the liberty to ask how Kjerag is doing these days."

Seeing Alpha being so straightforward, Enxiodis smiled helplessly, "On the way here, I think you must have noticed and predicted that the recent situation of our Shivaash family can only be said to be unsatisfactory. "

Boss Yin's frank attitude surprised Alpha, who expected to be greeted with polite words, but it also meant that she had gained at least part of Boss Yin's trust. "There have been some challenges, right."