Miss White Wolf's Terra Travel Journal

"It's hard to imagine that even the Viscount's position can be obtained in this way."

"The empire has become rotten beyond recognition. This is not uncommon," Carolingian answered naturally.

White Wolf sighed and said resignedly, "Well, I can't think of any other way. Since you have already made the arrangements, I will do as you wish. Now I will..."

"You are now Viscount Olicia. This is your new identity certificate." Caroline handed a silver certificate with intricate patterns to White Wolf. "You can carry it with you or not. The Imperial Archives already has a record of you."

White Wolf opened the certificate and saw his own embossed portrait on the left and complex personal information on the right. The most eye-catching was the red emblem of the Imperial Viscount and the gilded name below it - Olivia Lovehild.

From then on, the truth became false, and the false became true. Although Bai Lang was unwilling from the bottom of his heart, he had to admit that when using the name Olicia, she was and could only be the Viscount of the Ursus Empire.

Bai Lang folded the certificate and put it in his jacket pocket, then asked with lingering fear: "I'll take it. You won't make trouble again, right?"

"I don't have the strength to do anything, but if I were to be crowned as a Grand Duke, I could continue to help you."

"I hope you won't be the Grand Duke."

Carolingian laughed in silence and said cheerfully: "According to your good words, I was not interested in the Duke at first, but now I think it is quite interesting."

"You..." White Wolf took a deep breath, his eyes rolled, and suddenly he smiled, "Then I wish you success soon. We will work together inside and outside to help the infected people get justice."

"Actually, I'm not interested in seeking justice for the infected." Caroline said casually.

Not interested in helping with the integration movement?

She directly exposed the other person's words: "You are lying. You are interested. You are just like old man Helag, both of you are awkward guys."

"Herlag, you saw him again?"

"Well, he praised you for no apparent reason this time."

"I can't bear the praise from General Hellagur." Caroline couldn't help but cross his legs and changed his sitting position proudly.

Seeing that the other party was happy, Bai Lang decided to take the opportunity to talk about the company. She had squandered a lot of money during this period. "Marquis, do you want to know how Bingshi Mining is doing?"

"Well, I remembered it when you mentioned it. I just arrived in Koros City yesterday, and Mu sent me a stack of expense invoices. I spent half an hour reading them yesterday but didn't finish them. I have to continue processing them later."

"Well... cough." Bai Lang smiled awkwardly, "It's mainly because we bought a lot of equipment and hired people to transport ore materials... In short, I tell you, these expenses are worth it, and the company's future prospects are very good."

"Well, tell me."

So, Miss White Wolf painted an unprecedented pie in front of the Marquis, which was quite strange. When she was recruiting employees, she always felt a great psychological burden to paint a pie in the sky, but now she let herself go.

Maybe it’s because the Marquis… really has a lot of money.

Volume 5: Chapter 35: The Chess Player

White Wolf was surprised.

The Marquis actually supported her idea without reservation and agreed with it deeply. This kind of "easy to be gullible" behavior was not like that of a senior person who made his fortune by operating capital.

She guessed that the cake she drew was too delicious.

If White Wolf could look at the problem from the Marquis's perspective, he would probably have made other discoveries.

For Caroline, as long as he could tie Lillian to a certain place and prevent her from joining the Integration Movement, all his efforts would be worth it. Moreover, the money spent by the other party was nothing to him. He was just pretending to take it very seriously.

In this case, if what Lillian described was true, even if there was only a one percent chance, it would be a surprise to him.

The reality is that the possibility is far more than one percent.

Although Carolingian did not know about the research on ice stone mining, he knew Kal'tsit. This research project was supported by Rhodes Island, and Kal'tsit was the actual controller of Rhodes Island.

This alone was enough to make him take Lillian's plan seriously.

He asked seriously, "That sounds good, Lillian. I guess you're still short of researchers. I can contact Evan to provide financial support and have him organize mentors from the academy to come over for technical exchanges."

"No, no, Ms. Eyjafjalla from Rhodes Island will also be here, so we don't lack any researchers for now."

White Wolf shook his head and declined.

"Really? The researchers you recruited are just fresh graduates. There will be a big gap between them and the college mentors."

"There may be a little gap, but I believe they can do a good job. You said that all matters of Ice Stone Mining will be under my full management."

In fact, Bailang also knows that from a company perspective, it would be more profitable to allow people at the mentor level to participate in research. After all, the strength of these people is unquestionable.

But from a personal point of view, she was unwilling to do so. She knew some rules in the research community: allowing mentor-level people to join would mean handing over the hard work of Aina and others to others, and the final honor would first go to the names of the mentors. This is also the reason why young people in the scientific research community rarely stand out.

She didn't want to ask Aina and the others whether they cared about their reputation or not. She cared about it herself and planned to help her people care about it. Most importantly, she fully believed that Aina, Tianhuo, Ceylon and Miss Ayafara could work together to complete the research.

Seeing that Lillian had made up her mind, the Marquis knew that he couldn't force her, so he changed his angle and asked, "What about the manpower? According to your plan, if the project is feasible, the future production line will need a lot of people."

"Well, we do have a few people now." Bai Lang nodded. There were only less than a hundred people in his own company. If he really wanted to open a manufacturing plant or something in the future, the number of people would have to increase.

"Are you going to continue recruiting?"

"Yes, we mainly recruit infected workers."

Carolingian shook his head: "This is difficult to do in Ursus, and it is likely to attract other people's attention."

"I know this, do you have any better idea?"

"I received a message a few days ago. Please wait a moment."

Caroline stood up, walked to the desk in the southeast corner of the room, took out a stack of letters from the drawer and searched through them. About five minutes later, he came over with a piece of letter paper.

"A letter from the Infected Patrol Team in Bratz City. Not long ago, they arrested a large number of 'illegal infected' who did not report according to regulations. However, the infected prison in the city is no longer large enough, so they plan to clear out these extra people. The total number is 147. If you want, I can buy them for you in advance. Alas, these people are ordinary people, and they have done nothing wrong. Now they are being sent to the military mining area."

"Yes." White Wolf nodded affirmatively, "Are there many infected prisoners like this?"

"Not a small number. You know that once an infected person is discovered, he or she will be arrested for various reasons. So, every once in a while, a prison somewhere will send someone to the military, mining area or other places."

"If that's the case, Bingshi Mining is in great need of people. Can you let more of them come to my place?" White Wolf asked tentatively.

Caroline frowned. "In theory, you can, but I don't want you to do that. This behavior is risky after all."

Of course, he could directly deny Lillian's idea, but based on her personality, since she knew the truth, she might bypass him and act spontaneously using her noble status.

As expected, Lillian shook her head stubbornly: "I want to do this. I suddenly remembered something. According to you, I am a legitimate viscount of the Empire. It is normal for me to use the Ice Stone Mining to absorb infected workers. I can even declare to the public that the infected are the company's slaves."

Carolingian felt like he was shooting himself in the foot. He couldn't let Lillian act. Only he could judge which infected people could be moved and which ones involved the interests of the empire or other nobles.

He took a few puffs of his cigarette and said earnestly, "The military mine may also need these people, so don't act rashly. Let me do this. I will try my best to help you get infected people who can be taken in by Ice Stone Mining. If there are any, I will inform you of the situation by letter. My identity does not allow me to come forward directly, so the specific handover must be completed by you."

"Yes, I won't do anything rash." Bai Lang, who knew when to stop, nodded in agreement. To express her gratitude, she also enthusiastically helped the Marquis fill his tobacco tank.

The two did not talk about business anymore. After Caroline listened to Lillian's story about Victoria's experience, he suddenly received an important communication and had to get up and go to work. Lillian also left.

In the dead of night, the Marquis returned to the room where he had met Lillian during the day, lit his pipe and reflected on his behavior alone.

First of all, it would not be wrong to promote Lillian's title.

The airship incident that Lillian personally experienced was a wake-up call for him, and was also the direct reason for his actions—the insignificant lord might be directly abandoned by the aristocratic class.

But now, this situation will not happen. The title of Viscount is enough to be Lillian's best shield. The entire aristocratic class will protect Lillian in order to protect themselves. As long as she does not make serious mistakes, even the emperor can't do anything to her.

However, under the current situation, this state would not last long. He could not predict when this state would end, nor could he guess when a new round of changes would begin. Lillian herself was full of too many unpredictable variables.

Every time this happened, Carolingian lamented his past. He missed the opportunity to know the truth at the right time, so that everything could only be calculated.

He would also feel proud that he had not made any mistakes in every step he took. Even today, more than ten years later, he has already glimpsed the tip of the iceberg of truth.

The empire is the chessboard of the final game. Lillian's arrival is as coincidental as fate, forcing him to enter the game involuntarily.

……

Lillian found herself through Kal'tsit's introduction.

……

Kal'tsit, you, the agent, always stand on the side of Ursus, looking at this country with cold eyes. Where is the real chess player?

Volume 5: Chapter 36: Bratz's Road

When she woke up in the morning, Bai Lang felt dizzy again and almost fell down when she got up to wash. This was the third time this had happened since she returned to Bingshi Mining.

But this abnormality came and went quickly and did not cause much impact on her. She instinctively did not want to pay attention to it, but she felt uncomfortable. To be on the safe side, she planned to go to the hospital for a check-up when she left Ursus at a certain time.

The Marquis' message has been sent to her mobile phone. The infected patrol team in Bratz City will transfer this batch of infected people in five days. The Marquis suggested that she go to Bratz in advance to make preparations.

Bailang is a person who prefers the early bird to the worm. Plus, this is her first time to take the initiative to negotiate with the Infected Patrol, so she plans to set off immediately and make more preparations in Bratz.

She was worried that Miss Ayafara might come over during this period, so she arranged for Mr. Mu to keep an eye on her whereabouts. She said goodbye to everyone in the institute and set off directly.

The city of Bratz is located in the north-central part of the Ursus Empire. If you take a train from Koros, it only takes six hours to get there.

Therefore, White Wolf gave up the expensive short-distance aircraft and dressed up as an ordinary person to squeeze into the train.

The train carriage was noisy, with passengers' voices, children's cries, and the noise of dragging luggage mixed together. Only when she acted as an ordinary person could she feel this noisy but normal atmosphere. The nobles would scare everyone into silence.

The train started moving and the carriage gradually became quieter. She could hear the whispers of people nearby.

"Have you heard? The kid Ava was arrested."

"I know. The child worked for a noble master and accidentally contracted stone disease, so he was captured directly."

"Alas, his blind old mother doesn't know anything, and goes out every day with a cane to look for it..."

"Don't mention it. Do you know the Kus family? They all moved out of the city, but they still couldn't hide it. Old Kus was already old, but he was still captured. It seems he won't come back. Those noble lords and soldiers really don't let people live."

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you."

"What are you afraid of? A noble lord would never squeeze into a train with lowly people like us."

"That's right, that's right." Another ordinary person joined the conversation. "In fact, it's not so bad in the city. The nobles are too proud to take action directly. It's even worse in the countryside. They will beat people to death when collecting rent. The patrol teams are all their lackeys, catching stone patients everywhere. I heard that those who are caught will be made slaves for the nobles."

"Isn't it? Life is so hard already. What if I get a stone disease? Sigh..."

……

White Wolf's eyes were looking out the window from beginning to end. The comments of others were like thorns piercing his heart, causing sharp pain.

She didn't understand. She was not responsible for the situation. She was not even an Ursus noble. Why did she feel so guilty and heartbroken after hearing such words?

It was lunch time. She ate a small piece of dry bread sold on the train with some water. Then she lost her appetite. She rested her head on the backrest, and fell asleep while gazing at the passing scenery.

There are no dreams, the only companion is the uncomfortable noise, which is the noisy voices of people and the rumbling notes of trains rushing into the distance.

When Bai Lang woke up, it was already past three in the afternoon. The poor quality of sleep made her brain ache. There were still three stops and a full hour's journey to her destination. She could only continue to wait listlessly.

The train stopped at a small city station. White Wolf had looked at the route map and knew that he would pass through a small city before reaching Bratz City, a city built on the ground.

As long as a city is not a mobile city, it must be a small city.

Capital will not favor such a place without emergency shelter capabilities, and the nobles will not live there for a long time, so there are no floating ports. Only old-fashioned means of transportation such as trains will set up stations in cities that are destined to decline.

The times are always moving forward, technology is developing, means of transportation are constantly iterating, mobile cities are replacing traditional city-states... Only the aristocratic system has never changed.

Humanity’s class oppression will never stop, White Wolf muttered to himself in despair.

The whistle sounded and the train was about to depart. She took a last look at the small station.

Her eyes suddenly widened and she looked at the figure outside in disbelief. Yes, it was her, it was really her. Where was she!

The train is starting.

Unable to suppress her emotions, she immediately stood up from her seat and hurried towards the train door.

The conductor stopped her and said in a businesslike manner: "Hello, the train has already started. According to regulations, you cannot..."

Bai Lang took out his noble ID and waved it. The conductor's face immediately turned pale. He pressed the emergency light and opened the train door in panic.

"I'm sorry." White Wolf whispered, then hurriedly jumped off the train.

As the train had just started and was moving very slowly, she jumped down and quickly stood firm. She hurriedly waved her hand back to signal the train to keep moving, and she went to chase the shadow.

There is no mistake, there is no mistake, she saw it very clearly just now.

White Wolf left the exit and came to the city street. He looked around and saw the figure again at the corner of the street.

The next moment, the other person turned around and disappeared from her blind spot.

The white wolf rushed over without stopping, and when he reached the corner, he desperately searched for the shadow in the vast crowd.

The Lupo tribe has a good ability of observation. Once she targets someone, it is difficult for them to escape. She successfully found the other person's whereabouts in the crowd and continued to chase him.

After chasing for two blocks, the distance between the two people was shortened to the point where they could maintain eye contact.

She suppressed the joy in her heart, and the Drake people not far away did not notice her arrival at all.

How to say hello?

Should I suddenly pat Xiaota's shoulder to scare him, or pretend not to see it and let him notice me first.