People in Terra, governing a weird little country

"Gawain, still hiding?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, let me watch for a while. Why are you in such a hurry, Yelagund? You are an adult now. Have a little patience."

"Crack!"

There was a crisp sound of ice cracking, and Gawain dodged to the side, watching the flying ice spike melt into nothingness a second before it hit Vina's door.

The lion with shining mane raised his paw in a very figurative manner, wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead, and moved his eyes slightly upward to look at the stone floating in the air.

If you from Kjerag were here, you would definitely recognize it. This is the "Yeragond Sacred Stone" that Ernst always carries in his arms and never leaves his side.

However, it was slightly different from usual days. At this moment, the Yelagund Sacred Stone was not emitting a warm and fusion-like light, but a somewhat cold blue light. The light was not dispersed, but was like a concrete line of sight, projecting forward from the center of the stone.

The God Stone is part of Yelagund's body. Whether it's a fingernail or a hair, it carries Yelagund's consciousness. Therefore, even if Ya'er herself did not follow Ernst to Columbia, as long as the God Stone is there, Ya'er can always look at Ernst through the God Stone.

Of course, Yelagund would not normally do this. Firstly, as a moral, cultured, and emotionally intelligent god, he is very willing and aware of the necessity of leaving enough private space for his cubs.

Secondly, if Ernst was not noticed, he would keep looking at her all the time. If he was noticed, he might leave a bad impression on her, such as "Is this god idle all day long?", "The god of slacking off?", "The god of laziness". In more serious cases, he might even be considered a "stalker".

If Ernst stopped carrying the sacred stone, it would be a loss for Yelagund! Instead of doing that, it would be more reasonable for him to passively wait in front of the phone for Ernst to pray most of the time, and occasionally take the initiative to call him to show his presence.

As for why I came out tonight, the main reason was because of Gao Wen’s invitation.

This is also the reason why He was angry. Gawain had pointed out that He could cast His will at will through the divine stone, and He was almost exposed in front of Ernst. He took the risk to sneak out, but Gawain dragged his feet and stood him up. How come Yelagund has no temper?

After accurately freezing ice chips on every strand of Gawain's mane, Ya'er asked with satisfaction:

"Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"We are both parents, so don't be so distant." Stroking his icy beard, Gawain noticed Yelagund's unfriendly gaze and got straight to the point, "Didn't you help Ernst build a mecha that won't melt a few days ago?"

The divine stone floated up and down for a moment, and nodded: "That's true, what's the matter?"

"That thing is for Balrogs, you know?"

"I know. So what?" Ya'er was a little puzzled. "Is the Flame Demon scary?"

Gao Wen was silent for a moment, then suddenly realized something.

He may not be able to do anything to the Balrog, so he thinks it would be risky for Vina to participate in the final experiment of the Balrog Project, but Yelagund may not be sure.

People are not afraid at all.

A behemoth is still a behemoth, even though Yelagund is still very young, so young that he has never seen his own kind, and so young that for thousands of years he has either been lying on the ground and transformed into the mountains of Kjerag, or has fallen asleep because he lay there for too long. But a behemoth is still a behemoth.

The beasts were not afraid of the Fire Demons. Even the most powerful Fire Demon King could only defeat a beast but could not really kill it, let alone a soul that had awakened after thousands of years, a broken demon that had lost its body and only had a fragment, and had to rely on a mechanical body to move?

If the Flame Demon really intended to take action, he would probably turn into a popsicle the next second after he raised his hand, right?

I heard that people who make ice cream in Colombia have special shaping molds. After changing to iron sheet, the Fire Demon will probably be easier to freeze.

Shaking his head in a somewhat amusing manner, Gawain had no choice but to change his words, playing on his "cunning lion" nature and starting to exaggerate:

"Yeragond, you have never left Kjerag, so you may not know."

"I just want to remind you that the Sarkaz of the Fire Demon race are extremely dangerous! What they like most is to set fires! They will not stop until they burn all the living things in front of them to death!"

"But, in fact, you don't have to worry too much. After all, this Fire Demon was resurrected after thousands of years. Maybe after thousands of years, he has become more enlightened and has become a good person?"

"Anyway, I'm just giving you a reminder—"

"By the way, do you want to go to the scene and watch it together tomorrow?"

"Can I go?" Yaer, who was lost in thought, was stunned and asked subconsciously.

He certainly didn't mean whether he could go or not. After all, no matter whether Gawain's words were true or false, he would definitely stay with Ernst tomorrow and never leave his side.

What He asked was "whether He could show up openly."

In response, Gawain smiled and said, "Of course, Yelagund. The inviter listed on the invitation is [Ernst and his subordinates]."

"Among these subordinates, of course, is the head maid of Manzhu Courtyard, or Shelagh's first citizen."

Yelagund smiled with satisfaction, and even the light of the stone became brighter.

He suddenly felt that Gawain, the beast master who ate and drank for free at Kjerag, was not without merit. At least his mouth, his brain, and his ability to gossip, well, were very useful!

At this moment, in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel.

The dazzling blue light attracted the attention of the security guard in the hotel security room.

He raised his head sleepily and looked at the surveillance video in the corridor, and what he saw was this scene.

Under the sleepy dim light, a stone emitting a strange blue light was floating in the middle of the corridor. There was nothing around it, but it seemed to be communicating with something invisible, with light flickering and floating up and down.

The security guard's sleepiness disappeared completely in an instant. He stood up abruptly, noted the floor of the corridor, rushed out of the security room and went upstairs to find out what was going on!

This behavior would be extremely unusual anywhere else, but this is Tremont, a place that loves adventure and death.

I pressed the elevator button and went up to the floor. As the elevator door slowly opened, the security guard suddenly popped his head out of the elevator car.

The corridor was empty.

At this moment, the security guard, who was overwhelmed by curiosity, finally felt fear. He took a deep breath, crawled back to the elevator, and pressed the door closing button like crazy. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the elevator door slowly closed. He took out his mobile phone and posted a message on the discussion board on the intercity network.

[Brothers, I encountered a ghost in the hotel! ]

The hotel’s surveillance video is also uploaded.

From now on, another mysterious urban legend spread through the streets and alleys of Tremont.

The story is called [Flying Blue Stone]——

This is a piece of stone emitting blue light flying in the air. It will appear at any time and any place on any device near you that can display images. It may be your mobile phone, a surveillance camera, or a movie screen.

It will stay there for three to five minutes, using various methods to lure you to the location shown on the screen. But when you arrive there, you will find that there is nothing there.

Perhaps this was a prank by some bored god?

It is said that if you can actually catch the blue stone, the gods will appear and grant you one wish.

This caused quite a stir among the occult enthusiasts, and for a while, all the rooms in Tremont's major hotels were almost fully booked.

But the truth is unknown.

I was discharged from the hospital today with a fractured foot.

I packed my things and went back home. I have to go through the formal discharge procedures tomorrow, so it's a bit busy, so I'm taking a day off today.

Will update as normal tomorrow.

There was an earthquake in Gansu last night. It is said that some places in Chongqing felt the tremor. Although I didn’t feel it, it was still very scary.

More than a hundred people have been killed. Alas, these years have not been peaceful.

Praying for our friends in Gansu. If you have brothers in Gansu, please stay safe and be careful of aftershocks.

The weather is getting colder, please take care of yourself, good night brothers.

Chapter 4000: The Concept of the Tremont Human Rights Association ()

Tremon comes up with all kinds of new inventions and new ideas every day, and the Balrog Project is just one of them and is not worthy of too much attention.

If you think so, you are wrong.

Rhine Life is a star enterprise in Tremon and a well-known technology company in the whole Terra. Every move of stars is always noticed. Even if they fart, they can rush into the top three on the hot search list. If they fart while taking off their pants, they may even be able to directly land at the top of the list like a god descending from heaven.

So, when the news leaked out that the final experiment of the Fire Demon Project would be carried out today, almost all the reporters in Tremont had already cleaned up their cameras, waiting to fight to the death with their colleagues at the press conference in the near future.

"But there is one thing that has always puzzled me. Shouldn't the Balrog Project be a military project? Why was it made so public that the entire Tremont knew about it?"

Miloqi Mingdeng, who was invited as the body provider, was full of surprise.

When Ernst ordered the upcoming Durin No. 259 robot from her and stated that he would hand it over to Rhine Life, Miloqi was nervous, surprised and unbelievable.

Just like most self-employed individuals who knew that Rhine Life was bidding for robots, although Miloqi was willing to participate in the competition, she was also very self-aware. She knew that she could not compete with those big manufacturers in Columbia based on her own technical strength and materials.

But since the opportunity was right in front of her, Miloqi still tried her best to make the No. 259 Dulin robot to perfection.

It is said that in order to collect better materials, she even sold several bottles of her treasured Turin wine to a Colombian wine collector in exchange for a large sum of money.

This made Ernst feel somewhat regretful. Damn it, if I had known that Durin's wine was so valuable, I should have accepted Miloqi's gift at that time!

But these are just idle talk. Facing Miloqi's doubts, Ernst smiled slightly:

"Who knows? Maybe Ms. Saria has some special considerations."

Leaking the news secretly would expand the impact of the matter, which would help President Wilson, Ernst's backup, to enter the scene smoothly and legitimately. This little trick was naturally arranged by Ernst.

But what does Ernst's arrangement have to do with me, Nosis Edwards?

Ernst has not yet confessed his identity to Miss Miloqi. Faced with this fan who is urging him to update his novel, he feels he can still push the issue a bit.

At least she must not find out that I have just started writing the second part of "Ers".

Of course, even if Miss Miloqi found out about this, it would not be a big deal. The intersection between the two did not involve Kjerag's political field, but was just a simple personal relationship. In a sense, Ernst did Miloqi a favor, allowing her to have a rare opportunity to directly contact Rhine Life. To be honest, Miloqi should thank him.

Given this relationship, even if Miloqi discovered something, she would probably be too embarrassed to do anything to Ernst.

Well, there is at least an 80% probability, and the remaining two levels are out of respect for the randomness of the Durin people, a race that has never been seen before.

After simply checking the invitation letter, Ernst stepped into the reserved venue.

Entering the Rhine Life Lab for the first time, Miloqi was immediately attracted by the researchers sitting at the operating table and the recently famous Levi and Parvez, and moved over. This saved Ernst a lot of effort. He stood in the middle of the room, looking through the glass, at the real conference room on the other side of the wall.

It was called a conference room, but it was actually a larger laboratory. The interior layout was no different from the laboratory Levi had used in his last experiment. It was an independent space for observing experimental results and isolating risks. On the other side of the reinforced glass was Ifrit's room, which was the experimental subject.

Slightly different from last time, this time, there were obviously a lot more green plants and toys in Ifrit's room, and there was also a TV.

After arriving early, Saria greeted Ernst and noticed that Ernst was looking around the room curiously. She took the initiative to explain:

"The plants were arranged by Muirseth. She is very interested in the composition of Originium plants, so she wants to collect more samples."

The mentioned Muir Seth appeared behind Saria at some point, and nodded after hearing what she said. She couldn't help but glance at Ernst twice more, and said something without any context:

"Thank you, Mr. Ernst."

Ernst was slightly stunned, then smiled and nodded.

Rhine Life is truly a wonderful organization, so wonderful that Ernst even feels that it can be compared to Kjerag to a certain extent.

If Kjerag is a peculiar little country, then Rhine Life is a magical organization. Apart from anything else, its management system, which can be described as a Rhine disbanded partner, and the combination of a general manager who cares least about Rhine Life and six directors (Dorothy has not joined yet, Levi is not counted) who care the most about Rhine Life, have allowed the entire Rhine Life to come to this day and achieve such great achievements...

Maybe this is science, the truth can be in the hands of a few people.

But facing this girl who really cared about Rhine's life, Christen and Saria (?), Ernst certainly wouldn't say anything to spoil the mood, but said seriously:

"It's what I should do. This is also for our future cooperation."

Muirseth pouted, seeming to be somewhat dissatisfied with the answer, but he couldn't find anything wrong with Ernst's answer. He could only make a cute expression, nodded slightly, and turned away.

What she cared about was not the future cooperation between Rhine Life and Kjerag.

What she cared about was that Ernst helped Christen and Saria, both in space flight and in solving Rhine Life's troubles.

The dance for three people is difficult to perform because Kristen and Saria, one of them only has the sky in his mind, and the other only has the overall situation in his mind, so their dancing moves are really bad!

But with Ernst supporting her, even if her dancing moves weren't good enough, the show wouldn't end like this, and that was what she cared about.

However, Muirseth was not too angry when he left.

Her words were incoherent and somewhat obscure, and considering the situation, it was normal for Ernst to misunderstand her for a moment.

Now is indeed not the time to discuss "dancing". It would be better for her to wait until things are over and then find a chance to talk to Ernst.

This was not a difficult task for Muerseth. For a water elf disguised as Liberi, it was easy for her to sneak into a place and meet someone privately! As long as Ernst had water around him, it would be fine.

After Muerseth left, Saria's expression became more serious, and she said in a deep voice:

"As for those toys, they were sent by Researcher Olivia."

Researcher Olivia is, of course, Olivia Hemmer.

Under the arrangement of Ernst and Saria, Hemer, as bait to contact Holhaiya, has been under surveillance. Although he still maintains his normal work, he is implicitly forbidden to approach the office of the director of the structural department alone.

But even so, Hemer signed up for the internal selection for the final experiment and was recommended by Parvez.