Uncle, I am not an ordinary office worker.

Faced with the expulsion, they turned around obediently and followed the bounty hunter team, which was probably less than one-third of their number, until the team suddenly stopped after only two steps.

They looked up in confusion and found that the road ahead of the team was blocked by a figure.

The figure stood under the sun, a little blurred by the dazzling light. He held a gorgeous sword in his hand and wore a mysterious mask on his face, looking like a chivalrous knight from a fairy tale.

He said, "Stop."

So the tall bounty hunter lost both his legs.

Volume 1: Chapter 254 A New Era is Coming

Colombia, Rhein Life, General Office.

After the Fire Demon Project was forced to stop, Christen showed up more often in Rhine Life. The most obvious manifestation was that from one day, the employees of Rhine Life were surprised to find that they could find the General Manager in his office.

It was like going from one extreme to another. Christen had never left his office in the past few days. He ate, drank, and slept in the spacious office. Many people asked Saria and Muirseth, who were also partners of Rheinland, for information, but they only got the answer "I don't know what Christen is doing either."

She seemed to be waiting for something and was unwilling to leave there.

"Ding——You have a new visitor, open the door quickly~"

The prompt tone was provided by a water fairy lady who did not want to reveal her name. The slightly playful voice can always cheer people up in the most tired mornings and evenings. Christen almost shuddered all over and sat up suddenly from her desk. In a few seconds, she switched from a sleepy state to a serious working mode. She pressed the access button of the door.

"Kristen."

The visitor was a lady with sharp and twisted horns on her head. She was dressed like a professional office lady. A simple shirt jacket and women's trousers made her look rather old-fashioned. But the bone pen that she kept turning in her hand, which looked trendy on the outside but had many mysterious symbols carved on the hollow part, made her look very rebellious to the truly old-fashioned people in the tribe.

She nodded to Kristen as a greeting, and then handed the stack of documents in her arms to the desk.

"As you wish, I did not peek at the information on this month's scientific research."

"I believe you, Nasti." Christen gave her a smile, lowered her head, then quickly put it away and picked up the information.

She had no doubt that Nasti had peeked. After all, if she had really peeked at the contents, she wouldn't be looking like this now. She would be more shocked, more confused, or even more "twisted"?

Without asking the chief of the scientific expedition department who had recorded and compiled the information why he did not submit his own report himself, Christen could not wait to read the contents.

[Rhine Life: Results of scientific research on the underground ruins of Tremont City No. 1]

[Hereinafter referred to as Ruins No. 1. 】

[As we foresaw at the beginning, the ruins of Trimon City No. 1 is a huge ancient ruins, almost half the size of Trimon. Although most of the buildings have been highly corrupted, we can still vaguely discern the functions of some huge spaces.]

【From the perspective of structure, the No. 1 room in Ruins No. 30 seems to be similar to a huge ice house or furnace (it is impossible to distinguish due to the lack of necessary equipment), which is used to store or thaw certain items. But it is really hard for me to imagine what kind of huge items are frozen or thawed in a freezer or furnace that is about 30 meters long and 1 meters wide, with an area of ​​nearly square kilometer? In other words, there are actually many things that need to be thawed or melted in it? In addition, we still cannot understand why this room was built in the deepest part of the entire ruins facility.】

【Space 2 is a hospital. We can be sure because there are a lot of well-preserved medicines in it. Yes, this is surprising. The dates on the labels of these medicines have decayed, but their structures are still intact. We have transported them out of the ruins and sent them back to Rhine Life. In the future, we can conduct experiments to see if they still have some kind of effect.】

[Space No. 3 is very special. According to my personal judgment, it should be the central system of the entire ruins, preserving a large number of traces of life. But we have not found any remains of ancient creatures here. If the ancient history was destroyed by a super natural disaster that affected the entire land as we thought, then where did the people who once lived here go? ]

【Space No. 4.....】

As if she had anticipated something, Christen skipped the middle part and focused her attention on the end of the document.

As expected, the director of the scientific expedition left his most important report here:

“Kristen, this may sound a bit charlatan, but at the bottom of the ruins, beneath the strata, I seem to hear some kind of call. I think there must be a deeper space in this ruins that has not been explored yet, and we are not far from discovering its true secrets.”

Christen stood up suddenly, looked at Nastie, and ordered:

"I want to go out."

Nastie glanced at her and chuckled as if she had expected it: "If you don't go out, I'm afraid Ferdinand and Saria will come to your door." After complaining, she paused and asked: "How long will you be gone?"

Kristen was silent for a while and shook her head: "I don't know."

It could be long or short, depending on the progress of the scientific research team in excavating the hidden parts of the ruins. But Christen thinks it won't be too short.

She should have made more preparations before setting out, such as resolving conflicts within Rhine, consolidating her position, or at least telling Saria about her purpose. But she was really impatient.

Christen had a feeling that she was about to touch upon part of the truth she had been searching for. The secrets of the starry sky might also be buried deep beneath the earth.

"Go ahead." Nasti sighed like an old mother who had to sigh and send her child to independence after seeing her child grow up. "I will tell Yara and Saria about your decision. With them around, Rhine will be fine."

"As for you, you never care about these things. I just want to remind you not to forget your promise."

Christen nodded. She certainly knew what her female demon director was talking about: "Kazdel can also stand in the sky."

After saying that, she waved to her reassuringly, turned around and walked out of the general manager's office.

Before leaving, she suddenly stopped, turned around and said:

"There is a wrong to be righted. Of course I care about what you said."

Without looking at Nasty's stunned expression, Kristen walked out of the office.

Ten seconds later, Nastie came back to her senses, raised a smile, walked out of the door, looked sideways to the left, and said:

"Director Dorothy, please come out. Why are you hiding?"

Dorothy walked out from the corner and scratched her head a little embarrassedly:

"I wasn't hiding. I just saw the commander-in-chief hurried out and was afraid that something might have happened."

Nastie smiled, nodded, and replied jokingly, "Something did happen."

"What?" Dorothy asked curiously.

Nasti raised her head, looked at the ceiling, and seemed to be looking at a farther place, and said: "A new era is coming."

Volume 1: Chapter 255 Small Animals

Rhine Life Sciences excavation site on the outskirts of Tremont, Columbia.

Colombia is a special country. The Great Frontier Movement brought it a vast amount of developable territory, but this former colony, which was established less than a hundred years ago, obviously did not have enough manpower to fully develop these areas, so that apart from the mobile cities, its territory was actually a wasteland.

And buried in these ruins and wastelands are a lot of treasures. These treasures can be gold mines pursued by gold diggers, resources sought by factory owners, and of course, they can also be relics sought by scientists.

The possibility that there was another civilization on this land before the earliest known Terran civilization was born has become a hot topic in Terran science today. Various ruins beyond historical records, with unknown construction times, unknown technologies, and unknown opening methods, all indicate to pioneering scientists that the world was not like this before, and that a more advanced, more developed, and more magnificent civilization than the Terrans can imagine today once dominated this place.

Kristen Wright is one of these "enlightened" scientists.

The more she followed her original intention to explore the secrets of the sky, the more she found that the secrets of the sky also cannot be avoided in this land. Based on the clues in the ancient materials she collected, she deduced that the key points of all the secrets lie in three places - first, the oldest civilization of Terra that was erased: Kazdel, second, a distant ice field that rejected everyone, the Infi Ice Field, and third, a place they lived together day and night but never really paid attention to, this land.

So, she established the Rhine Life Science Research Department, a department that was questioned and opposed by almost everyone at the time. Theoretically, it could not bring any benefits to Rhine Life, but Christen insisted on promoting it, which led to today's achievements.

The pale golden Pero looked up at the door that almost filled the entire underground space. The door was made of an unknown black alloy, which was a hundred times harder than the most advanced steel today - D32 alloy, and was beyond the knowledge of Terra's materials science. It was covered with various micro-carvings, like dried-up pipes, outlining a mysterious symbol. At the main entrance of the door was a window similar to an identification system. The archaeological staff who first excavated here tried to interact with the window, and the conclusion they got was "This thing looks like it can still be used, but no matter how I touch it, there is no response."

"He might be waiting for the right person."

Christen replied, and came here. There was no doubt in her mind that she was the right person.

She stretched out her hand and touched the window on the dark black door.

The extinguished window was figuratively covered with ripples, and then the entire gate seemed to come alive, and the engraved patterns began to glow with light, like a forest of fireflies on a midsummer night, except that the soothing chirping of crickets did not appear, but instead a long, ancient sigh was heard.

"Who is coming?"

The sigh uttered a question in a language that Christen could not understand at all. Then, it switched to several other languages ​​and said the same words:

"who are you?"

"Christen Leiter. Rhine Life Director, Columbian, a Seeker."

Although it was certain that the language spoken by the voice was definitely not Terra's language, Christen seemed to understand what he meant and introduced himself in Colombian.

"........."

The voice fell into a brief silence, and after another sigh, he responded in Colombian:

"Go back, little animal. This is not the place for you."

"Although I don't know why you can walk upright and have a human-like appearance, you are not us after all. It's not you I'm waiting for."

As soon as the words fell, without waiting for Christen to respond, the huge black door and the glowing window dimmed again, returning to the eternal tranquility.

As if she didn't expect the meeting she had been looking forward to for a long time to end like this, Christen stood there in a daze for a long time before she lowered her head, bit her lip, and reached out her hand to touch the window again.

This time, there were no ripples in the window, but Christen didn't care and continued to ask:

"I don't know who you are waiting for, nor do I know what your mission is. But I have questions for you. If you are willing to answer, please at least give me a condition for us to reach an agreement. If you are not willing to answer... I will continue to seek answers in my own way."

For example, let the scientific research department carry out blasting and forcibly blow open the door. Although it may be a little difficult, it is also a solution.

Sometimes, if a problem cannot be solved, it may be a communication problem or an equivalence problem.

The voice in the window was not as cold and difficult to communicate as Christen had imagined. After the request for negotiation was made, the window responded after a while.

"You can tell me about the current situation, the history of this world, etc. In return, I can answer a few of your questions."

His tone was very confident, as if he was sure that he could answer Christen's question. Normally, to say such a thing to a scientist who was almost the most knowledgeable on Terra would be a humiliation and provocation, but Christen believed in the confidence of this "sir" - from his address, he could tell that he was talking about small animals, the world, and so on.

"in addition."

Just as Kristen agreed to the request, the voice sounded again, asking in a low voice,

"Have you heard anything about other shelters and labs?"

Shelter, laboratory? Is this what this building is really for?

Christen suddenly realized and shook her head:

"No. If you have their address, maybe I can try."

"Forget it then." The voice refused bluntly, "Other shelters may not have managers like me. Without certification, you will never be able to enter."

"What is certification?" Kristen asked.

The voice had no intention of hiding anything, perhaps it simply felt that this information was no longer worth keeping secret:

"In the last days, we have loosened the permissions. Researchers in the laboratory, authenticators who input blood samples, DNA relatives or cloned lives of think tanks in various countries, and even anyone with an ID authentication card."

This is a very risky decision. If you can enter with just a certification card, it will undoubtedly pose a security risk.

Christen analyzed in his mind, nodded, and did not continue asking:

"I'll do it."

She promised, turned around and left.

...........

Rhine Life, Headquarters.

The chief returned to the office much faster than Nasti had imagined. At least when the chief left, her first reaction was whether she should prepare for his funeral in advance and whether she should play a little song for him on the bone flute.

As a result, before she could decide on the repertoire, the commander-in-chief came back.

So fast?

Before he could express his doubts, Christen took the lead and said:

"Please call Miss Dorothy."

"It's time I had a chat with Mr. Roy."

Volume 1: Sanyang Kaitai, please take a leave

My brain has been burning these days, and I feel that the recent chapters I wrote are not quite right. I will take a day off to sort out my thoughts and recover from my illness. I hope the fever will subside soon.

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Volume 1: Chapter 256: Preserver Project Laboratory

It was not until this moment that Dorothy truly realized how correct Roy's advice was that it was best not to provoke Christen.

"Rhine Life has a full understanding of each researcher, especially the director. Saria has never stopped investigating your background. In the absence of commercialized scientific research products on the market, your source of funding is very suspicious. We have long been aware of this."

Christen rested her chin on her hands, looked at Dorothy who was sitting opposite her, and explained briefly:

"We certainly don't mean to monitor your privacy. In fact, Saria only found out that you have such a source of funds and the person behind you is Roy. Rhine Life is not aware of this."

"Then you are..." Dorothy was a little confused. She didn't think the commander was lying to her. Saria's attitude towards her did not seem like she knew that her investor was Roy.

Kristen shrugged and responded, "I'm the one who knows. It's a little personal investigation on my part."

Private investigation?

Dorothy found it a little unbelievable, but when she thought about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

Christen is a smart man and a real doer. When Dorothy got the inspiration from Roy and used Ferdinand's power to stop the Balrog Project, she should have expected Christen to investigate this obviously unusual incident.

Although it is not an easy process to find Roy from Dorothy, it is definitely not difficult as long as you are willing, thanks to Christen's connections in the Colombian military.

Account flows, capital flows, or even more radically, directly monitoring Dorothy's cell phone signals and even call content. As long as Roy did not deliberately hide his identity, it was only a matter of time before his identity was exposed.

However, even Christen was extremely surprised and puzzled when she found out that Dorothy's sponsor was the famous Roy the Knight of Constant in the entertainment industry.

How could a knight suddenly get involved in the intrigues among scientists? This inexplicable sense of disharmony is like the abstract beauty of a priest playing DJ.