"Look...the flesh and blood on Leviathan's body seems...it seems to be starting to rot!" Layton whispered.

Just as he said, not only the gap where the fire was focused, but also other parts of Leviathan that were not bombarded, began to gradually disintegrate, and large pieces of dark red meat fell from the giant beast's body. Peeling off, the exposed wound showed a gray and withered appearance, and putrid pus-like substance continuously flowed out from every gap on the giant beast's body.

This time, Leviathan really "slept"...

The entire process of apoptosis of Leviathan's body lasted for a full six hours. The majestic mountain range stretching across the wasteland disappeared, and was replaced by a black crystal skeleton that looked like a work of art.

Ke Lan always felt that it was a bit strange to use the word artwork to describe such things, but he couldn't find a better adjective for the moment.

Leviathan's skeleton is shaped like a whale bone, but it is different from whale bones in many details. In addition to being many times larger than whales on Earth, the most notable feature of Leviathan's skeleton is that There are six pairs of large wing-shaped fins on both sides of the body.

Although Ke Lan knew that this kind of creature once had the ability to fly in the sky, in his opinion, these six sets of wing fins alone could not provide the terrifying lift needed by this behemoth... But along with the power The dissolution of Vitan's physical tissue will most likely become one of the many unsolved mysteries on Planet Alpha.

The rotten and dissolved flesh and blood quickly seeped into the ground. The originally solid and heavy surface rock formations now looked as if they were wrapped in a thick layer of gray-black dilapidated cotton wool. A battleship shot towards the ground. A missile, but after the missile came into contact with the corroded rock formation, it seemed to be shot into a mire. It quickly sunk deeply into it. Then, a muffled sound came from the ground, and accompanied by There were only a few medium-sized bubbles rising up with the muffled sound...

"...How come this ground has become like the corrupt swamp in the southern hemisphere..." The hound who came to the porthole frowned and shook his head, "That was a dead land...for a meaningless pursuit, that place He swallowed nineteen of my brothers alive."

"I know that the Corruption Swamp was an area similar to a rainforest on Earth tens of thousands of years ago, but later the plants growing there all died in a short period of time for some unknown reason. Plant corpses and moist soil were mixed together and turned into peat. In addition, there was heavy rainfall in that place, so such a large area of ​​swamp was formed..." Ke Lan said, "But these things are obviously not related to peat. It doesn’t matter at all…”

"Whether it's peat or mud... in short, this big guy should be dead this time." The hound rubbed his chin irritably, "It's really strange, there are so many crystal minerals in Leviathan's body. It's all gone... all that's left is a skeleton that can't even be hit by a plasma cannon."

"Manstein!" The hound suddenly turned around and shouted to Manstein. The latter was so frightened that he jumped up from his seat. He was stunned for several seconds before he responded: "Hunt, Mr. hound..." Are you calling me for something?"

"What proportion of the crystallized ore produced by Leviathan accounts for the total output of Ark?"

"This...proportion is not fixed every year...if it was last year, it accounted for almost 27%..." The previous atrocities committed by the hound against him seemed to be in the heart of the Soma Consortium executive.

It left quite a shadow, and now he was completely timid when speaking, fearing that a certain word coming out of his mouth would cause dissatisfaction on the other side.

"Twenty-seven percent? There are actually so many?!" The hound's eyes suddenly widened, and Manstein was so frightened that he took a few steps back, fell down on the chair, and then stood up quickly.

"Yes, yes... Last year's proportion was relatively small... In normal years, it usually accounts for more than 30% of Ark's total output..."

"Ah... if only there was a computer that could be connected to Ark's public network!" Hound beat his chest and said, "Twenty-seven percent of the output! What if we spent all the money we have now to buy crystal futures?

If so, even if several relics with huge crystal reserves are discovered this year, it will definitely not affect the rising crystal prices... Such an opportunity to make a lot of money is a pity... Sigh..."

"No, there is still a chance." Ke Lan patted the hound on the shoulder, "The news about Leviathan will be delayed for at least a week to half a month before it will be announced to the public. Before that, the insiders will

There are only the top management of the Ark, the First Fleet and a few of us... If we return with the First Fleet at the same time and start operations immediately after returning to the Ark, even if we can't eat the fattest pieces of meat, we can still drink the soup.

I can still drink enough..."

Ke Lan said, turned to Manstein and smiled: "Mr. Manstein, I have a way for you to pay off the loan sharks you owe as quickly as possible and make up for the misappropriation."

Are you interested in the funding loopholes generated by the consortium’s public funds?”

"Yes! Of course I do!" Manstein said excitedly. Although his performance before this had always been very awkward, completely sorry for his status as the top person in charge of the mining base, he was not a fool either. Ke

Landu said it for this reason, so he knew the hidden meaning very clearly.

"Well, I have a proposal - after I go back, I will intercede with Miss Zofia on your behalf and temporarily delay the consortium's processing of you, while you use this time to help us make money as a client...

…As for this method of making money, I shouldn’t need to explain it again, right?”

"I know, I know!" Manstein nodded repeatedly.

As a professional, handing over funds to Manstein for operation, both in terms of profit and efficiency, is much higher than that of laymen like Ke Lan and others in the financial field, and Manstein, as an eyewitness of the Leviathan incident

One, plus the fact that Ke Lan and the others have the handle, there is basically no risk of leaks.

"Time is very tight, but if the operation is done properly, the income will be very objective... As a commission, I can give you 10% of the profit. Of course, if there is a loss, the loss will be borne by you."

"There will be no loss, absolutely not!" Manstein said categorically. If he could lose money on this kind of transaction, he would just jump off the deck of the Ark.

"But there is one more question." Ke Lan turned his attention to Sakurai Nai who was aside, "As a member of the Mitsui Consortium, you should take this news back, right?"

"...Do you care about this?" Sakuraina glared at Ke Lan.

"I really can't control this, but I think I still have to give Miss Sakurai a hard time and stay with us big men for the time being... After all, you just blatantly eavesdropped on our business secrets," Ke Lan said.

He stood up and gave the hound a look without any trace, and the latter secretly gave Ke Lan a thumbs up in a place where Sakuraina couldn't see.

The so-called trade secrets are actually just a reason, and the real purpose of Ke Lan and the others in detaining Sakurai Na is to gain another powerful bargaining chip when negotiating with the Mitsui Foundation.

After all, the missing Liao Zilang was most likely taken away by people from the Mitsui Consortium. Judging from the performance of Mitsui Suke and Sakurai Na, Yui and his group should not have returned to the Mitsui Consortium's back of Leviathan.

Base... This shows that there is a high possibility that Liao Zilang... is still alive.

"You...why are you like this? It's not like I wanted to hear it on purpose, it was clearly your own words!" Sakuraina yelled angrily.

"But the result is still the same." Ke Lan grinned at the girl, and Layton immediately put a bracelet with a detonator on Sakuraina's wrist.

"Do you know the consequences of doing this?" Sakuraina grabbed her wrist and asked sternly.

"Then what do you think we should do? Kill you now, and then throw the body into the swamp. Go back and tell the people of the Mitsui Consortium, 'I'm sorry. We almost rescued Ms. Sakuraina, but unfortunately she still died.

'...What do you think of this method?"

[P.S. I originally wanted to ask for leave after the bone piercing today, but a big boss came to me as a leader, so I had to add more updates. It would be unreasonable not to add them... As for the leader before Beiyan, I will update first.
Chapter completed!