Chapter 604: The fish is hooked (please vote for the super large chapter)
"ah!
!Refuse to get up early. It starts with me. I didn’t go to bed until four o’clock last night, but I was called up by you for a meeting at seven o’clock. I finally had a holiday. Is it easy for me?”
Wu Lan laid her upper body on the table and said feebly, "Go to bed at four o'clock and get up at seven o'clock. The urn is rectangular. Brother He Ao, when you come back, you must comfort my sister's injured soul. It's best to be in good health."
It comforts your heart and mind."
"Ahem——"
A rapid coughing sound echoed in the virtual conference room.
"Cough cough cough, Yang Bu, what are you coughing for?" Wu Lan slowly raised her head and looked at the screen, "I've never seen you so oppressive... Dean...?!"
She straightened up, like a bent steel plate that suddenly rebounded. The plumpness of her chest rose and fell, and a faint blush flashed under her white cheeks. She stared at the screen and smiled awkwardly.
a sound,
"Dean, morning."
"morning,"
Li Cheng, who was sitting next to He Ao, smiled gently and said, "This time the matter is indeed more urgent, otherwise I wouldn't have worked the night shift to wake everyone up."
"Dean, is it about the ruins passage?"
Yang De asked softly.
The conference now has a total of four split screens. Yang De, the director of the field department of the institute, and the two deputy ministers, Ji Po and Wu Lan, each remotely connect to the conference in front of their own devices, each occupying a split screen.
He Ao and Li Cheng sat together, sharing a screen.
Apart from Dean Li Chengcheng, those attending this meeting were also the heads of the field department of the institute, and the biggest issue of the field department at the moment was the ruins passage.
It just so happens that Li Cheng is also in Ellen City where the ruins passage is open, and the things discussed are most likely related to the ruins passage.
"The passage to the ruins is about to open,"
Li Cheng did not beat around the bush and said directly, "We all know that when the ruins are about to open, a summoning message will be sent to the people at the location where the passage is about to open. People from World Tree and Moonlight have been guarding the area where the ruins passage is likely to appear.
, nearly an hour ago, the area that the people from World Tree were responsible for happened to 'hear' the summoning message.
"According to the information they shared, this time the ruins passage will be at Ruodan time..."
He lowered his head and glanced at the time on the computer, "It is now a little past 00:00 on Ruodan time, which is almost twenty-four hours later. The ruins will be opened at 00:00 tomorrow."
"So fast?"
Yang De was stunned when he heard the news.
"Didn't the previous ruins all require at least two days of preparation time?"
Wu Lan, who had gradually escaped from the embarrassment, asked in surprise.
"Well, this time the channel opened faster than usual, and,"
Li Cheng continued, "The news from World Tree is that their C-level has also heard the 'call'."
"Can Class C also enter the ruins this time?"
This time it was Ji Po, who had been silent, who asked the question, "The ruins are getting closer and closer to us."
The upper limit of the extraordinary beings that the ruins passage can accommodate is gradually increasing, starting with ordinary people, then F-class, E-class, and the last time He Ao entered, it was the highest it could accommodate D-class.
"Not necessarily," Li Cheng replied slowly,
"Although our current main conjecture is that the ruins are 'getting closer' to the real world. As the 'distance' decreases, the passages in the ruins are gradually becoming more stable and capable of transmitting stronger extraordinary beings. However, this is only one of the more logical inferences.
one.
"There are also views that there is a barrier between the ruins and the real world that we cannot understand, and the ruins passage is the 'hole' in this barrier. With the increase in the exchanges between the ruins and the real world, this hole has been
The poke gets bigger and bigger, and the extraordinary beings who can pass through it get stronger and stronger.
"But these are just conjectures,
"Although making hypotheses and conducting experiments to verify them are common scientific methods, you should not limit your thinking to one kind of conjecture. Single thinking may limit your vision when thinking,"
Having said this, Li Cheng glanced at the three people on the computer screen who were looking increasingly confused, and realized that he might be a little off topic. He coughed lightly and continued,
"But one thing is certain, that is, the communication between the ruins and the real world is stronger.
"At the same time, based on our past experience, every time there is such an 'improvement' in the ruins passage, after that, there will be a big leap in the concentration of extraordinary power in the real world."
"That means more weird events and more complex extraordinary items."
Yang De rubbed his forehead and whispered.
The manpower of the institute is somewhat stretched to handle the strange events in this current situation.
"Will more extraordinary beings awaken?"
At this time, He Ao, who was sitting aside, raised his own question.
If weird events and extraordinary people increase together, then the whole world can still maintain a dynamic balance.
"Logically, it seems like this should be the case, but the reality is always much more complicated,"
Li Cheng smiled and shook his head,
"Based on our current statistical data, at least within the monitoring scope of the institute, the number of newly awakened extraordinary beings has not increased as the concentration of extraordinary power increases.
"In fact, the number of newly awakened extraordinary beings every month seems to have reached a peak in the past few months. Now the number of newly awakened extraordinary beings every month is not increasing, but decreasing."
"In other words, the number of extraordinary beings does not show a simple positive correlation with the concentration of extraordinary power? But the number of strange events and extraordinary items is currently positively correlated with the concentration of extraordinary power?"
He Ao thought for a moment and composed his words.
"Yes."
Li Cheng glanced at He Ao appreciatively, "Although I don't have data on Moonlight and World Tree, judging from their situation over the years, they should be similar to us."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute,"
Wu Lan on the other side of the TV raised her hand, "Why can't I understand what you are talking about?"
"that is,"
He Ao thought for a moment, organized his language, and explained,
"The current trend is that the number of extraordinary people is increasing less and less, and the number of extraordinary people who can be our companions will be less and less. Until one day, the number of all extraordinary people in the world may reach a stable value, and then there will be
Not much increase.
"But on the contrary, mysterious incidents may continue to increase.
"Our manpower is stable, but the things that need to be processed are increasing. One day, we will not be able to handle all the mysterious events, and then these mysterious events will be exposed to the eyes of ordinary people, more and more...
··Until it spreads to the whole world······”
Speaking of this, He Ao suddenly paused.
A word came to his mind, cataclysm.
The great cataclysm that destroyed the prehistoric civilization of the dungeon world. After that, the entire dungeon world was filled with strange things, evil gods and strange beasts. Human beings were struggling to survive in this crazy night, and the lights of civilization were extinguished.
It was not until the emergence of the original federation and the high wall that the people of the replica world rekindled the flame of civilization.
However, according to the records of the copy world that He Ao now understands, the catastrophe seems to have appeared suddenly, rather than gradually like the main world.
Obviously, the top management of the institute, headed by Li Cheng, have realized this, so their recent actions have gone against the norm of being dormant before and appear to be a bit radical.
"This is not good news,"
Yang De also figured out the logic. He sighed and looked at the dazed He Ao with a smile, "But fortunately, we still have time."
"Why are you talking like the end of the world is coming?"
Wu Lan blinked, "Then I don't have to pay off my credit card bill? Is it too late for me to max out my credit card now?"
"It's too late, your card has probably been frozen," Ji Po interjected, "I suggest you give me your card and I'll help you see if you can still use it."
"Ji Po, I always thought you were an honest person!"
Wu Lan looked at Ji Po and said in a shocked voice.
"Of course, I have always been honest and honest."
Ji Po replied quickly.
"I honestly didn't notice it, but I'm quite thick-skinned."
Wu Lan put her hands around her chest, held up her chest, and looked at He Ao, "See, brother He Ao, don't trust this guy easily. He may look honest, but he's actually full of bad things."
He Ao watched the two people fighting, a smile slowly appeared on his face, and the depressed atmosphere just now was swept away.
"Ahem,"
Yang De coughed, interrupted Wu Lan, and looked at Li Cheng, "Dean, what should we do next?"
Li Cheng smiled and didn't say anything about the joke he just made. Instead, he smiled and said directly, "For now, we still have enough manpower, so we don't have to worry about longer-term issues for the time being. We'll take everything step by step. Let's figure it out first."
The question of ruins.”
He looked at the screen, "Judging from the information obtained from World Tree and Moonlight, the ruins this time should be able to enter up to 3 C-level, 12 D-level, and about 36 E-level and below, for a total of 51 places.
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"But one problem now is that the time and space anchor point of the ruins has not been found yet."
"Moonlight and the newly sent people from World Tree haven't found the time and space anchor either?"
Yang De asked in a low voice.
In the previous strange events, Ellen's World Tree branch was completely wiped out, and the Moonlight branch was wiped out except for those who were on the field. Both organizations suffered heavy losses.
However, these two organizations are both close to Ruo Dan, and many people have been transferred here in the past two days.
Of course, the key point is to search all over the mountains and plains for the space-time anchor point that is equivalent to the key to the ruins passage.
"No."
Li Cheng shook his head, "Currently they have no clues."
"Including the time spent before, Moonlight and World Tree have probably turned over the entire city of Ellen. Theoretically speaking, it is impossible for the time and space anchor to leave Ellen on its own. It should be found no matter where it is hidden, unless
·······”
Yang De thought for a moment and looked at the screen.
"The anchor point of time and space has been taken away,
"And in Ellen, the only person who has the ability to take away the time and space anchor without being found is..."
"Hao Yi,"
Li Cheng nodded, "I have reached an agreement with the people from Moonlight and World Tree. They will launch a large-scale advertisement looking for Hao Yi tomorrow as before, and I will be responsible for meeting Hao Yi. The surrounding security and cleanup work will be done by
Our people are responsible for it together with Moonlight and World Tree."
"OK."
Yang De nodded, "Then we also need to go to a reliable C-level tomorrow."
In an instant, everyone's eyes moved to He Ao.
"Um?"
He Ao, who was listening to them and was distracted by thinking about the catastrophe, raised his head blankly.
——
Alano
Ho Ao's clone Hu Wen has returned to this land ruled by pirates.
Alano's time is earlier than Jordan's time. It's just dark in the west now, and the stars hang on the silent and dark sea.
He Ao controlled the clone and was sitting on the beach fishing.
A somewhat haggard figure stumbled towards He Ao.
It was the 'assistant' Nordin who the 'boss' had assigned to He Ao to help him manage the Tia Empire and the Dawn Organization in nearby areas.
Although he is said to be an assistant, in fact, the things here basically do not go through He Ao's hands, and are all solved by Nordin himself. He is just endorsed by He Ao's C-level status.
Nordin stumbled to He Ao, and with a snap, he knelt down in front of He Ao, "Lord Hu Wen, boss, boss..."
"What's wrong, boss?"
He Ao glanced at Nordin, lifted the fishing rod in his hand, and threw the hanging line farther away.
"The boss is gone."
Nordin said tremblingly.
"Um?"
He Ao stopped moving his hands and glanced at Nuoding coldly, "Why not?"
"No...I don't know..."
A few drops of cold sweat slid down Nordin's cheeks, "The leader suddenly contacted me just now and said that the boss couldn't be contacted and it was probably gone."
"How come you don't know if you don't have it?"
He Ao looked at Nordin with cold eyes, "Then why did you come to me? There is no option in my agreement to avenge him."
"There is a phone call here," Nordin tremblingly raised a satellite phone and handed it to He Ao, "Yes, chief, the chief said, let you call back."
"leader?"
He Ao was stunned.
The leader of Dawn?
The B-class who created Dawn and claimed to separate extraordinary people from ordinary people so that extraordinary people can obtain more privileges?
He Ao took the phone.
The phone is displaying the dialing interface, with only one number in it.
He Ao dialed directly.
"Hello," an old man's voice came on the phone, speaking not very fluent Chinese, "Is this Hu Wen?"
"Hello."
He Ao put the phone to his ear and whispered.
"Hu Wen, something seems to have happened to your 'boss', are you still willing to work with Li Ming?"
The old man asked directly and brightly without beating around the bush.
"How much."
He Ao also asked directly.
"Can I give you half more of what the 'boss' paid for you?"
The old man asked slowly.
"Double."
He Ao spoke directly.
"Seventy percent, it can't be higher."
The old man quickly replied.
He Ao hesitated and said, "Deal."
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you,"
The old man laughed hoarsely, "It turns out that the areas near the Tia Empire and Xitu Ruodan are the 'boss'' places. Now there is a high probability that he is gone and his people can't be found. Now the organization is short of manpower. These
I have to ask you to take care of the place."
No wonder the money given is so much.
“Do I have to do a lot?”
He Ao asked in a low voice.
"Not much, just help take care of it. There are relevant managers there. If something happens, you can just help. Of course, you can also replace your own managers if you want."
The old man smiled and said, "I have something to do now. I will notify these people to contact your people later, by the way."
He seemed to have thought of something and asked slowly, "Do you know where the 'painter' went?"
"Painter?" He Ao shook his head and told the truth, "I don't know him."
"Oh, okay, that's okay."
The old man nodded slightly and said, "Then I'll trouble you."
After that he hung up the phone.
He Ao took the phone away and glanced at Nordin, "Who is the 'painter'?"
"The painter is the main person in charge of organizing Xitu and is a friend of the 'boss'. When the boss had trouble before, it is said that he also asked the 'painter' for help."
Nordin replied softly.
The 'painter' seems to be missing too.
Nordin raised his head carefully and glanced at He Ao.
It turns out that when the 'boss' was around, he was the agent of the 'boss' and could control the nearby Liming organization, so he didn't have to pay much attention to He Ao. Now that the 'boss' is gone, He Ao has become his immediate boss.
He knew very well that the person in front of him was a ruthless gangster who killed without blinking an eye. He didn't know how He Ao would deal with him.
He knew that his best choice was to run away, and he would definitely be able to save his life. But he was reluctant to give up the power in his hands.
Just like this, one person is kneeling and the other is sitting and fishing.
Time passed minute by minute until the bright moon hung on the top of the fishing rod.
Nordin's legs, shoulders and elbows were numb, but he still crouched and did not dare to move.
"take it,"
A mobile phone was thrown in front of him, followed by He Ao's cold voice, "Do what you should do."
"Thank you, Lord Hu Wen! Thank you, Lord Hu Wen!"
Nordin held the mobile phone and kowtowed tremblingly, "A villain is willing to go through fire and water for the adults, no matter what!"
"Don't kill people. Don't let those people go too far and don't cause trouble."
He Ao stared calmly at the fluorescent buoy on the sea, and spoke softly and calmly, as if he was chatting about everyday things, "I have a lot of things to do, and I don't like to wipe the butt of living people."
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Nordin responded tremblingly, pressing his forehead tightly against the gravel on the ground.
"Let's go."
He Ao said in a low voice.
"yes!"
Nordin stood up tremblingly. The strong numbness in his legs made it impossible for him to stand. He got down on all fours and rolled towards the direction he came from.
But even so, he still couldn't help but smile.
He retained his power.
He tried his best to control himself not to laugh out loud in front of He Ao, and crawled into the night little by little.
······
Arrogant at first and respectful at the end.
He Ao stared at the buoys on the sea. There were few good people in the entire Dawn Organization, so He Ao didn't mind finding a bad person to govern these people.
He really didn't have time to worry about Li Ming.
Find a time to give the list of these people to the institute and let the institute handle it.
He Ao doesn't know why the leader of Liming trusts him so much. Maybe it's because Hu Wen, a heinous being like Hu Wen who kills without batting an eye and is wanted by various prominent organizations, is the kind of 'innocent' person in Liming who can never defect.
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However, the boss seems to be the third person in the Dawn pick list.
So, having taken over the boss’s sphere of influence, he is now Liming’s ‘third boss’?
I feel like I got promoted a little quickly.
He became the third boss of the house without doing anything.
The buoy in the distance was shaking violently up and down.
He Ao suddenly raised the fishing rod.
A big fish that shimmered in the moonlight jumped out of the water along the line.
