People in Terra, governing a weird little country

There was a long table and several chairs inside, which was where Ernst usually convened cabinet meetings - although he had never convened such a meeting before.

But having or not having is different from using or not using. Even if it is not used, Ernst can arrange it as an office for Holhaiya and Lafshini in accordance with the principle of making good use of every penny, which greatly facilitates their work. And if there is anything that needs to be discussed temporarily by the three of them, it is also a good choice.

If there was one thing that hadn't changed, it was probably Ernst sitting in his office chair.

Although the room was more magnificent, the feeling Ernst gave Latatos was not much different - he was smiling, and took the initiative to greet them. He was not arrogant, and he did not have any arrogance towards them, the old people of the old era, because of his increasingly consolidated power.

Feeling a little relieved, Latatos sat down opposite Ernst, glanced at Holhaiya and Lavshini who were busy, and sighed with some disappointment.

Ernst had no intention of asking the secretaries to leave, so did that mean that this time he asked me to come to his office for official business?

Unable to explain why she was disappointed, Latatos calmed down and spoke first:

"Ernst, are there any new tasks assigned?"

Ernst nodded slightly.

He likes people like Latatos who are smart. Before he even said a word, the other party was ready to act as a tool. Who wouldn't like such a good Chinese teammate?

He nodded, and waited until Lavshini brought afternoon tea and snacks and placed them in front of the two of them before he spoke:

"Latatos, what has Kalan Trade done recently?"

Latatos answered truthfully: "Nothing special has been done. We are expanding our business step by step, acquiring companies, opening factories, and expanding our trade routes. If you want to ask for more specific details... with the approval of the board of directors, Kalan Trade will open branches in Casimir and Leitania in the near future."

The trade between Casimir and Leithania, and the trade between Kalan and Kalan have always been going on. But it is limited to small-scale business, basically the same as the trade team going to Longmen, sending a caravan, renting a warehouse, contacting two souvenir shops, and selling various souvenirs of Kjerag. Or setting up a stall during festivals to sell as much as possible.

Such small-scale operations have a small purpose of making money but a big purpose of understanding the market. The profits brought are not much, and sometimes even losses may occur. It is an initial investment to deeply cultivate a region. To put it more simply, it is market research.

The opening of a branch company means that Kalan Trade has reached a new level of understanding of the local market, which can support Kalan Trade to ensure long-term operations and bulk trade between the two places. At this point, it means that Kalan Trade has officially entered the local circle of influence.

In Casimir, this circle is a business association composed of major business tycoons. In Leithania, this circle may be more complicated. There may be direct intervention from local nobles and the great nobles behind the scenes, or there may be a secret contest between the remnants of the Witch King and the Queen's Voice. In short, the situation is turbulent and difficult to guess, and the sensitivity of outsiders such as Kalan Trade is extremely high.

And Enthiotis actually plans to open two lines at the same time?

Can he operate it?

Ernst couldn't help but worry in his heart.

If the upcoming "pilot work" is added, Kalan trade may have to fight on three fronts.

Hiss——, Enchiodis, are you awake? Do you want to challenge the chairman's micromanagement, or do you want to experience the battle line of the mustache?

Sure enough, my idea was right, I have to "reduce the burden" on you!

"Unknowingly, has Kalan's trade developed so well?" Ernst smacked his lips in astonishment and sighed from the bottom of his heart, expressing his disbelief. "However, this kind of barbaric expansion will definitely bring hidden dangers. Latatos, this is your chance."

Ernst looked at Latatos and suggested with a smile: "In that case, Latatos, as one of the shareholders of Kalan Trading and Enthiotis's 'right-hand man', don't you want to do something for the company?"

Latatos blinked and frowned in confusion:

"I would like to, but you know Enchiodis well. How could he let me take charge of a branch of a country?"

Enthiotis was a very cautious person, especially towards Latatos, who was clearly planted by Ernst. Although due to the agreement with Ernst and the generous bet contributed by Nosis, Enthiotis could not turn against Latatos as a shareholder, but apart from driving Latatos away, he actually had many ways to restrict the actions of this "outsider" in Kalan Trade.

But he had never done anything. After all, in his opinion, although Latatos was also a conservative opportunist, she was still a human being who could communicate normally. Instead of driving her away and letting Ernst send some monsters in anger, it would be better to let Latatos stay in the position. At least she was really useful. Letting her learn some modern management experience would also be beneficial to the overall development of Kjerag in the future.

But these "modern management knowledge" certainly does not include the power to run a branch of a country.

The branch is an important support for the development of Kalan Trade. It is no exaggeration to say that the first pot of gold for Kalan Trade was earned by Ensiodis in the Victoria branch. Therefore, Victoria is now the country with the greatest influence and the widest network of people in Kalan Trade.

If such an important support was left to Latatos, then Enchiodis would be really crazy - never mind whether Miss Squirrel did a good job or not. Even if she did a good job, she had made it clear from the beginning that she would leave in the future. When she left, wouldn't the branch she was in charge of be in big trouble? Losing talent was a small problem, but losing connections, where could Enchiodis go to seek justice?

It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to build up a new network of contacts, especially under the noses of competitors who know you inside and out.

But Ernst seemed not to be concerned about this at all. He continued:

"In fact, I heard some rumors recently that Kalan Trade is planning something inside Kjerag, but the person in charge of this matter has not yet been determined..."

"What's the matter?" Latatos asked.

"What did you say?" Ernst looked at her in confusion.

Latatos immediately understood Ernst's meaning and changed her excuse:

"Has anything happened to Kjerag recently?"

Ernst nodded in satisfaction, tapping the armrests rhythmically with his fingers: "Not a few, what do you want to know?"

"About the Kalan trade."

Ernst raised his hand and gestured a number.

Latatos was stunned, glared at Ernst, and then nodded reluctantly.

Ernst continued, "The rumor didn't say anything very specific, it just said that this matter would be planned in the territory of the Perlochi family."

He sighed and said with some regret: "This is really difficult. Everyone knows that Axtos and Enthiotis don't get along. If he goes in person, who knows how many times he will be humiliated by Axtos! It would be great if there was a middleman who could go and persuade Axtos."

"It would be great if this middleman could speak a fair word and explain the pros and cons to Actor. At worst, he can just act as a guarantor and guarantee the work of this arrangement."

"This way, Actor can get into less trouble, and my useless brother can have less trouble. With this favor, why worry about not being able to get things done?"

"It's a pity. Where can Kjerag find such a virtuous and respected person?"

Ernst narrowed his eyes and smiled. He glanced at Latatos and confirmed that she was a little moved. He adjusted his sitting position and waited for Latatos to take the initiative to start the next sentence.

Sure enough, within a minute, Latatos asked eagerly, "Are there any more specific details in the rumor?"

Ernst pouted his lips, looking thoughtful, and quietly gestured a number with his right hand.

When Latatos saw it, she was frightened and subconsciously wanted to bargain.

But Ernst didn't give her the chance to realize her intention. After confirming Latatos's expression, he quickly looked away, stood up and said:

"Oh, by the way, look at my bad amnesia! Speaking of which, I have to talk to Actor today about the statue. Miss Latatos, I won't keep you here. I'll leave first."

Seeing that Ernst ordered them to leave without hesitation, Latatos could only hold back Ernst who was about to leave, bit her lip, and finally nodded as if accepting her fate.

Ernst patted Latatos's shoulder with satisfaction:

"Ah, look at my amnesia. Where did the document Enthyodis gave me go? Could it be lost? This thing is precious. I have to look for it quickly. I hope I can find it!"

As he spoke, he broke free from Latatos's hand and walked out, leaving only an imposing desk and a "Report on the Implementation of Pilot Work" on the desk.

Civil servants would not leak secrets. They just accidentally forgot the confidential documents on their desks, and ran across most of Kjerag to find the documents, only to find out in the end that they had found them without any effort!

No shame, no guilt, only the joy of recovering what was lost!

Chapter 245 The Third Consciousness Empire Experiment

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Kjerag, Matterhorn, Dome Research Station.

For scientists, arguments are like lubricants and spice, an indispensable part of life.

After all, scientists are such a group of people. They have their own research in their respective fields and have rich confidence because of the brilliant achievements they have made in their respective research. Therefore, even in the same project, if they encounter certain conflicts within the professional scope, they will not hesitate to stand from their own perspective and haggle over every millimeter of the problem.

This not only involves their respective authority and dignity in their respective fields, but also has the underlying connotation of "the truth becomes clearer the more it is debated."

At Rhine Life, many novel scientific research projects and world-shaking scientific research results were inspired by arguments again and again, and after countless similar arguments, they were finally put into practice. It can be said that arguing with reason is a necessary quality for every Rhine Life scientist.

Christen is no exception.

Unfortunately, however, there has been little controversy regarding the entire Matterhorn Dome Research Station.

The reason is simple: she went too far.

For the creatures still crawling on the ground, the sky is a familiar yet strange neighbor. People describe it in so many different ways, and the debate about the "star pod" isolation layer covering the sky is growing more and more with the passage of time. This is what Christen dreams of seeing.

But time always betrayed Christen. After her parents' spacecraft crashed and all the explorations into the isolation layer failed, people's desire to explore did not grow with the passage of time, but instead fell into depression. To this day, there are only a handful of scientists who still insist on challenging the isolation layer and the sky.

But fortunately, no matter how difficult the experiment is, she will not give up.

The first experimental field of the Dome Research Station, the third experiment.

Christen frowned, and beside him were numerous instruments monitoring life activities, as well as researchers running back and forth. The experiment that Christen was conducting personally was directly related to an important scientific research point in the field of Originium Life at the Dome Research Station.

The experiment they chose was a tooth beast infected with mineral disease. Christen was the observer, and the tooth beast was the subject, whose consciousness was monitored.

Before the experiment began, no one thought it would be a very troublesome experiment. Most researchers believed that the tooth beast would die the moment it entered the "Empire of Consciousness" just like the mice and other materials used in previous experiments, but the facts were very different from what they thought.

Not only is this beast not dead, its mental activities are even quite clear!

In its consciousness, it was being hunted by some terrifying predator, and even split into several different thoughts under the catalysis of the Originium.

"The interference hasn't arrived yet, don't come any closer!"

"Wuhu, take off! This direction is a dead end, don't come!"

"What are you looking at? The number is nine! We have reached the ninth general!"

"Doesn't that mean......"

The incoherent words seemed to reveal some of the essence of the empire of consciousness, but even someone as smart as Christen could not piece together a decent truth from these fragments!

In the end, several researchers in the laboratory looked at each other, sighed silently, and chose to terminate the experiment.

If they continue like this, not only will they not be able to find a stable ticket to the Consciousness Empire, they might even go crazy!

The tooth beast's consciousness was forcibly cut off, and the mineral disease began to attack acutely in an instant. Fortunately, the response measures in the laboratory were already extremely mature, and this outbreak did not affect anyone.

Although she was in the crowd, she seemed to be detached from it. The woman with flaxen hair breathed a sigh of relief with some regret. She looked at her own consciousness which had "completed the escape" in an instant, and the body of the fang beast which exploded due to the collapse of consciousness, and she sighed.

Although there were some errors during the experiment, fortunately the subsequent corrections were timely, and she, the observer, did not suffer from the same miraculous schizophrenia as the Fang Beast. The goal of this experiment, that is, "whether the visitor authentication authority of the Conscious Empire can be obtained through this technology", was also a perfect ending!

Facts have proven that extracting human consciousness through scientific means and injecting it into another body can indeed obtain special privileges of the empire of consciousness. However, this privilege seems to be unstable, and a series of negative effects will occur the moment one steps into that mysterious realm.

A consciousness as weak as that of a mouse will collapse instantly, while a creature like the Fanged Beast may not die instantly, but will fall into a state of chronic death such as splitting and madness, and will disintegrate on its own the moment the experiment is stopped.

Although no real human experiments have been conducted, Christen has already thought of another level, that is, the connection between Sakota and the halo.

After Ernst came back, he briefly repeated to her what Mostima had said about "Sakota and the Theory of Halo", which was also the source of her inspiration.

If the halo is a kind of shackle and imprisonment, will the halo be extinguished or damaged by changing the host? If a non-Sakta soul is placed in the body of Sakta, will this soul be recognized by the halo and recognized as a "registered account"? These are the questions Christen wants to explore.

If this conjecture is confirmed, then the mysterious law of Sakota is probably far more complicated than imagined, because that means it even has the ability to "examine the soul"!

"After one layer of the mysterious veil covering the Sakota clan was peeled off, more layers were revealed."

Christen couldn't help but sigh.

Of course, this can only be regarded as one of the by-products of her experiment and has little to do with her fundamental purpose.

Her fundamental purpose is to gradually mature the technology of consciousness transfer through practice, so that it will be convenient for the future [Kjerag Astronaut] Flame Demon Mr. Safar to shuttle back and forth between various different bodies and use them multiple times without worrying about them breaking down.

Judging from the current results, the program is progressing very well.

The only pity is that in the Dome Research Station, I really lack a character with whom I can communicate and curse.

She was already an authority in this field, and a well-known chief of Rhine Life, so no one would question her judgments and decisions. Even if there were occasional ones, most of them were just minor ones, and they couldn't even help her correct some problems.

The new Miss Du Lin... I think her name is Miloqi Mingdeng, which is not bad. She has outstanding ideas and a very Du Lin-like personality. She is fearless and is almost like a general when she is drunk. But the problem is that she is not a standard Columbia scientist.

After one or two debates and victories, Miloqi got used to trusting her judgment.

Christen couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.

Sure enough, is there only one Saria in the world? No matter how great her achievements are, she will be like a fool and will not care about anything else. She will only act according to her own standards. She will even punch her friend mercilessly to correct her mistakes!

I didn’t realize how long it has been since I last went back to Colombia.

Christen thought: The experiment here has reached a bottleneck period. We need to wait for Muirseth and Levi to send samples of other Originium life before we can move on to the next barrier layer crossing experiment. Why not take this opportunity to go back and call them in person?

What? Almost all the top executives of Rhine Life have come to Kjerag. What about the headquarters in Columbia?

This is easy. Christen already had a plan in mind - why not just leave it to Ferdinand?

Don't think that because she is obsessed with stargazing, she knows nothing about what is happening inside Rhine Life. Ferdinand's attempt to usurp power has been under her surveillance from beginning to end. She just judged that Ferdinand would not make any big noise, so she was too lazy to devote her energy to stopping it.

And now that everyone has come to Kjerag, it is not impossible to do Ferdinand a favor and let him temporarily take over the post of governor in Colombia.

Just treat it as satisfying the increasingly arrogant kitten~

Christen had the same ease as if he were feeding cat food to a disobedient pet cat to appease it.

After the decision was made, it was time to implement it. Christen was a person who would boldly do whatever she thought of. She called in the researchers in the laboratory who were originally from the General Construction Department and were now part of the Dome Research Station, announced the official start of a one-month vacation, and then left the laboratory and headed down the mountain.

Half a day later.

Ernst met the great scientist in his office, with water droplets still on his clothes.

Christen got straight to the point and said, "The construction of the dome research station has basically been completed. The three experiments that have been carried out have produced results. I have proved that... never mind. You may not understand what I am saying. In short, the experiment has now entered a bottleneck period. I need to go back to Columbia to get help."