People in Terra, governing a weird little country

In this situation, if we rashly send Yan Mo to Manzhuyuan, what if he suddenly goes crazy and something happens?

What if Balrog died? How would he explain it to Columbia?

Of course, Ernst was not worried about Enya, Yaer, or the innocent people in Manzhuyuan. That was the headquarters of Yelagund. Making trouble was tantamount to challenging the sect. Ernst could not think of the possibility that the Balrog could survive for more than one second from the onset of the disease to death.

"Colombia really sent us a troublesome guy."

Ernst sighed, thought for a while, and called Holhaiya who was back to work, and asked her to go to the construction site to invite Ancestor Nasti.

To deal with the Sarkaz, the Sarkaz must have a way. According to Logos, the boss of the Banshee Court who she had met once, Nasti was also a very powerful one among the banshees. In addition to her experience in Columbia, I am afraid that no one in the whole Shelagh understands the Sarkaz better than her.

What? You mean Kelsey?

Ernst's impression of this stern-faced and speechless Lynx still remains the Riddler from the early days of the server. Although he has had several encounters with her and his impression of her has changed a little, if Ernst were to ask her a question like "How to subdue the Fire Demon", he would still ask: "How can you, with a single file, understand the Sarkaz better than the Sarkaz?"

Kal'tsit did mention to her, "If you have any questions about the Sarkaz, please ask me," but even if Ernst wanted to ask, she couldn't now.

After sending Ernst and the others back to Kjerag, Rhodes Island set sail again. They still had Kjerag's commission, so they couldn't stop loading cargo!

While Holhaiya was away, Ernst opened the cabinet and took out his diary.

Of course, serious people don't keep diaries, and Ernst didn't have the habit of recording his life every day. This diary was used to write "The History of Ersleich".

Looking back, the last time "The History of Ers" came to an end, it was almost half a year ago, and even if it was officially published, it has been more than four months. Unexpectedly, "Ers", a story that tells the story of another world from the perspective of a narrator, did become popular, but it was not popular among the general public, but more inclined to the upper class.

Wei Yanwu of Longmen, the Rat King, Adams of the Shihuaiya Group, the Duke of Caster of Victoria, and Miloqi, who was an extraterrestrial being whose race did not exist on earth but underground, all paid close attention to "Ers". Many of them even read it more than once, or noticed some of the unusual aspects and tried to restrict them, or even went to the point of asking the author to update the book in person.

Is this a good thing? Of course it is. The attention of the upper echelons at least proves the potential of this book, and also opens up official channels for the subsequent release of "Ers". But this is not the effect that Ernst wants to achieve.

He hopes that more people will see "Ers".

So he summed up the lessons learned.

"Not everyone is interested in myths. According to Vina's report and Duke Kast's statement, the first reason they were attracted to Ers was because they noticed that the myths in Ers adapted the historical legends of Terra's gods and ancestors. And those secrets are not known to all Terrans. This creates a high reading threshold for Ers."

Ernst will not complain about the myths such as "Kuafu Chasing the Sun" and "Houyi (Dayi) Shooting the Sun" being described by Wei Yanwu and others as humorous stories of father being like son. What he did not expect was that the "myth" he had deliberately adopted to lower the reading threshold actually had the opposite effect.

Are the Terrans so conscious? Don't you like to read the magnificent, dramatic, and even slightly erotic mythological stories in the foreign chapters? Then what do you think about on a daily basis? Do you ponder the philosophical questions of who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going?

Can't it be? Isn't Arknights a 2D game? Isn't Terra full of beast-eared girls? Although I haven't played it much, I have played the game next door "Chocolate and Vanilla". Shouldn't my cat-eared female colleague's mind be full of yellow garbage, thinking about how to push me down? What do you want to do by thinking about those things? Have your own life?

Ernst struggled with this for a long time, and finally concluded that "this is the real world now, so people's thinking will be more normal."

In this case, Ernst skipped the mythological chapter, which was not easy to write.

He picked up the pen, tapped the table, then made up his mind and wrote the first big word of the new chapter of "The History of the Nations of Ersle" on the paper of his diary.

[The Chronicles of the Nations of Erslea—Britain]

【Legend of King Arthur】

There are myths and legends - similar to Liu Bang, Wang Mang, the Red Emperor, the White Emperor, the Fateful Son, the Red Dragon and the White Dragon, the Fateful Man! Vivian the Fairy of the Lake, Merlin the Great Magician!

There are heroic epics - the Knights of the Round Table and the King of Knights, Camelot and Britain, and the Sword of the Chosen King!

There are big scenes—the Knights of the Round Table rebel! The Anglo-Saxons invade! The expedition to France!

Sometimes things wait for no one, and there is the tragic and magnificent end of a hero - the Battle of Camlann, where King Arthur and his illegitimate son Mordred fought a bloody battle and finally died together!

It's epic, bloody, and full of big battles, mixed with some simple but interesting court politics gossip: Morgan charmed King Arthur, had a one-night stand and gave birth to Mordred. And the ending is extremely heroic!

How could this not be popular? How could the general public in Terra not be happy to see this?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

According to Ernst's experience in his previous life, if this were made into a TV series or a movie, it would earn at least hundreds of millions, right? If the gender of some of the characters in it were feminized and the story was changed, it might make even more money!

This is called the reasonable transplantation of successful experiences, the precise grasp of market pain points, and the innovative optimization of road choices!

Ernst even took precautions. To prevent misunderstandings by Victorians, Ernst did not mention anything about the Lion Dynasty. He only mentioned the existence of the Red Dragon and the White Dragon. Although Victoria was indeed ruled by the "Dragon (Drake)", how long ago was that?

According to Victorian officials, Drake is now extinct. So naturally no one cares about these things, right?

Could it be possible that the dead Draco suddenly resurrected and expressed his opinion to me?

Satisfied, Ernst's thoughts flowed like a spring, and he began to write furiously. But he didn't notice that Holhaiya's workplace rival, Ablana's spy sister, Shelag's little human stove, Miss Lavshini, who was standing not far behind her, had come up and looked at Ernst's manuscript curiously.

Soon, her eyes were filled with deep shock and interest.

Chapter 208 Central Heating and Astronauts

Sherag, Shivaash Mansion.

When Nasti walked into Ernst's temporary office with a puzzled look on her face under the guidance of Holhaiya, she didn't know what she was going to face.

"The Balrog?"

A flash of shock flashed across Miss Banshee's face, and then she looked Ernst up and down, as if to confirm whether he was playing some old joke on her.

The Fire Demons were extinct, when did that happen? Why didn't you say you caught a purebred Tikaz?

Ernst had anticipated Nastie's suspicion.

After all, even the famous Terra critic Ms. Kal'tsit commented on the Balrog's affairs, "I can't comment." It's no wonder that others would doubt her words.

"I'm not kidding. This matter is actually related to your Rhine Life. If you don't believe me, go ask Christen. She should know about the [Flame Demon Project]."

As a large order given to Rhine Life by the military, the Flame Demon Project was requested. Even if Christen did not have time to participate directly, he should at least know about it and approve it.

Ernst briefly described what happened in Colombia this time, omitting the fact that he sent Vina to find Vice President Wilson and Holhaiya's identity, and focusing on the battle scene where Saria knocked down the fire demon with three punches.

Seeing that Ernst explained it in such detail, Nasti temporarily suppressed her doubts.

It was easy to verify with Christen, and it could be clarified by just asking a few questions. In addition, since this matter involved military and political relations, there was no need for Ernst to lie about such a thing.

However, she still felt incredible.

Rhine Life was actually involved in the events related to the Fire Demon? No, that's not right. The Fire Demon has been extinct for so long. Even among the Sarkaz, the Fire Demon's legacy that remains has been lost or damaged due to wars. How could Rhine Life have found a living Fire Demon?

Is it really possible to resurrect a soul from thousands of years ago?

Because their research scope did not overlap much, Nasti and Levi had almost no contact, and she did not know that Levi's research had reached such a level.

And the most important thing is that as the only Sarkaz director of Rhine Life, she actually knew nothing about the [Flame Demon Project]. Did Christen deliberately hide it from me?

Feeling a little unhappy, Nasti had already made up her mind to go to the Matterhorn and confront Christen face to face.

As for now, facing Ernst's question, she pondered for a moment and replied:

"Mr. Ernst, the power of the Fire Demon is very strong. Although the strength of the Fire Demon under your command has not reached its peak, from your description, his control over fire and other things is still online."

"Time is tight, so I can give you two options for now."

She paused, organized her words, took out a notebook from her bosom, flipped through it, and showed Ernst the ideas she had written down.

"The climate in Kjerag is cold. I have always intended to build a central heating system in Tukarim to provide heating support for various infrastructure and public places in Tukarim. However, according to my calculations, if this goal is to be achieved, the amount of Originium consumed each year will be a high number. If the Balrog can replace Originium as a heating energy source, the cost will be greatly reduced."

Nastie's words were easy to understand, and Ernst reacted immediately.

Isn’t this the winter heating implemented in northern China before the time travel?

It’s just that in the past life, major heating companies used electricity, but on Terra, there is Originium, a highly efficient energy source that can be called a BUG, ​​so the entire industrial system is developed and built around Originium, and heating naturally became burning Originium.

Kjerag's native land does not produce Originium, and there are no Originium veins here. Not only that, because of the great god Yelagund, there are no single Originium mines here due to natural disasters. A large amount of Originium energy required by industry has to be imported from the outside world. This is why Kjerag's industry has always developed slowly - it is stuck with energy, and it cannot speed up even if it wants to.

Why did the Duke of Wellington say that if Kjerag would just be his dog, he could even sell Ernst a high-speed battleship, but Ernst had no interest at all? It was because he couldn't afford to operate it even if he bought it. Kjerag's economic system simply couldn't afford the consumption of a huge amount of gold when a cannon was fired. Even if he bought a high-speed battleship, it could only be used as a fixed artillery position. If he really wanted to run, he would be like the navy in World War II whose energy supply was cut off by the Allies. He couldn't go far before he had to stay where he was.

The act of buying a warship would itself be seen as a provocation. If a troublemaker, such as the Duke of Caister, the Duke of Caister, and the Duke of Caister, wanted to cause trouble, this would be enough to serve as an excuse for war - Kjerag's purchase of a high-speed warship was an attempt to invade Victoria.

It's hilarious to say it out loud, but what can we do? Ernst has seen Victoria's big flaws before, so it's good that he didn't talk nonsense with a bag of washing powder.

Even if such strategic weapons must be developed in the future, Ernst prefers weapons such as "missiles" or "super-large-yield Originium bombs". High-speed battleships can be built secretly by themselves, but Ernst will never agree to buy them in a high-profile manner.

Back to the point, Nasti had never mentioned the issue of central heating to Ernst, Lola or Anmer (Qingzhi) before. This was probably because she considered that, given Kjerag's situation, although such a large project would be beneficial to future development, the cost would be too high. It would be more economical to place a large Originium furnace in every area.

The arrival of the Fire Demon solved this problem. This master of playing with fire among the Sarkaz undoubtedly possessed extraordinary temperature control abilities. As long as he was willing to help, Nasti would no longer have to worry about the issue of Originium fuel - the Fire Demon did not eat Originium, but he did eat.

What, this Fire Demon is now a mecha, so he doesn’t even eat?

There is such a good thing! This is a 100% reduction, even the food expenses are saved. Just give some "spiritual food" as appropriate. Kjerag lacks materials, technology, talents, everything from top to bottom, but this thing is not lacking!

Do you want to know about "Ode to Yelagund"? What? A bit mysterious? No problem, let's give you something modern. How about "The Rise of Kalan Trade: The Counterattack of Cheese Snow Leopard"? What, still think it's tacky? Don't worry, Ernst can give you something trendy, "The History of the Nations of Ersle", a science fiction novel, a different world, so trendy, are you satisfied?

Ernst has always had the greatest respect for this great worker who selflessly contributes to social development and even goes without food. He can even ask the great god Yelagund to give him a magic stone to protect (monitor) his life.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the first solution Nastie proposed was very feasible. Ernst was excited and asked:

"What about the second one?"

"As for the second one, I think Christen will be very interested in Balrog's abilities."

Nastya said,

"Mr. Ernst may not know that the nature of the isolation layer, which is the core of the Dome Research Station's research, is still an unsolved mystery for us Terrans until now."

"It's not like it seems on the surface, rejecting everything. In fact, according to experiments, drones, plants, Originium creations, etc. can all pass through the isolation layer without interference. But humans, or vehicles carrying humans, will malfunction whenever they get close to the isolation layer, and they can't go any further."

"There has always been a saying in academia that the isolation layer is a restriction on life on Terra set by the legendary Creator. Only by leaving the isolation layer can we touch the truth of the earth."

"This statement is somewhat like a myth, isn't it?" Ernst couldn't help but complain.

But he soon realized that above the sky was the universe, and the stars in the sky were actually planets, stars, planets, and satellites. These concepts were common sense to Ernst, but to the Terrans, they were mysteries.

To a certain extent, those scientists who promote the "myth" have actually come into contact with the true truth of the earth in another slightly abstract way.

The land we stand on is actually part of a huge sphere.

Nasti did not comment on Ernst's complaints. For her, it was not something worth talking about.

After all, even she herself couldn't fully understand the meaning of what Christen was pursuing.

She simply suggested:

"The current Flame Demon is different from all the forms of life I know. According to what you said, he is now what Levi said, an Originium life that uses Originium as a carrier to carry consciousness and use it to manipulate the external body to act."

"His current life form... Although I don't have a deep understanding of the subject of life science, I personally feel that there is a bug?"

"If this speculation is feasible, he may have a chance to become the first Terran life to cross the isolation layer. You can mention this to Christen. She will be interested in it."

Ernst nodded thoughtfully.

Both options sound feasible.

Moreover, there seems to be no fundamental conflict?

Does that mean he can choose and have them all?

ps: Deadly Company is really good. It has been a long time since I played such an interesting team-building game. After playing the mod, I can even form a large company of 30 people to work together. The last time I felt this way was when I played Goose and Duck Kill. Brothers, let's get started!

Chapter 209: Distribution Channels of Ers

Kjerag, Matterhorn Dome research station, construction site.

It was Ernst's first time here. He didn't know anything about aerospace, and he really didn't understand what Kristen was building. But since neither Enciodis nor Lola had any objections to the construction site of the Matterhorn, it meant that Kristen was at least not building anything dangerous.

Ernst has always been supportive of the space industry. No matter how much fun the Terrans have fighting each other on the earth, they are ultimately just a group of trapped beasts, and the journey of mankind should be the vast sea of ​​stars. In Ernst's previous life, the famous Soviet scientist and father of Soviet spaceflight, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, once said a famous quote that is now familiar to people:

“The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but mankind will not live in the cradle forever.”

For the Terrans, isn't it the same truth? It's just a pity that the two directions on this planet that are most likely to inspire people's spirit of exploration and fighting spirit - the sea and the sky, are tightly blocked by unknown obstacles. Iberia, which was the first to come into contact with the sea, is now dead, and the remaining blood and skin have become dry bones in the grave that can't even walk with crutches. As for the sky, the existence of the barrier layer has ended people's dream of space travel. There are many people who look up at the sky, but most of them have lost the desire to fly to the sky.

Ernst knows that in today's turbulent times, it is extremely difficult to find the next scientist like Kristen who has the right ability, ideals and luck. That is why he must do his best to support this dream.

"That's all Ms. Nastie said. If you need the Balrog to perform specific tests, I can have him cooperate with you."

Sending people to fly through the barrier is an idea that is too bold and risky. It is no exaggeration to say that in this process, life may even become a disposable consumable.

Ernst was not worried that Kristen would give up because the scientist was somewhat paranoid about the aerospace industry. But Ernst could not just let the Balrog go up in vain. Necessary early experiments could not be skipped.

Kristen crossed her fingers, and her frown showed that she was in deep thought. After a moment, she nodded:

"I will call Muir Seth and Levi over soon. They should know more about biology."

Even if she was not in Tremont, Kristen still had unquestionable control over Rhine Life. Ernst even felt that Kristen was getting information about recent events at Rhine Life faster than he was returning to Kjerag.

"Use Originium life to try to bypass the screening mechanism of the barrier layer? It's a good guess. Muirseth has collected a lot of Originium plants recently, so we can use them for experiments."

Seeing that Christen was about to enter the research state again, Ernst quickly interrupted:

"Madam General, I actually came to see you today for something important."

"Important?" Christen's brows slightly frowned when her train of thought was interrupted, but she quickly returned to normal. "Go ahead."