"There was indeed such a thing," the little girl at the front desk of the Nozpitz Adventurers Guild pushed up her glasses and said to them, "I can't remember whether it was more than half a year ago or a year ago. In short, the Imperial Geological Society
The people from the Craftsmen Association commissioned the Craftsmen Association to investigate the water seepage underground in the mining area, as well as the abnormal concentration of magic power. As a result, the people from the Craftsmen Association seemed to have found something underground in the mining area, and that incident even alerted the Imperial Workshop. In the end, the old method of technology recovery order was followed
, handed the thing over... The Nozpitz Craftsmen Association and the craftsman also received a bonus for this. Strangely enough, no one has mentioned the technical recycling order for several years. I thought the thing had been invalidated.
It’s over.”
Not long after Bai Jia and the members of the Special Operations Team left, Fang Yu led everyone from the Seven Seas Brigade to Nozpits. He was originally worried about what problems would arise in the transfer of suspects from Ayinbrok. After all, the first
The silence from the Super Competitive League in the division is really disturbing.
But I didn't expect that the whole process went smoothly. Bai Jia and the members of her special operations team boarded the ship with their people and left Ai Yin Bullock. When Fang Yu received the last message from the other party, they had already flown to Faxiu.
There is a fleet escort from the Stargate Port of the Second Division there, so it is almost impossible for another accident to happen.
The next step is to send the suspect to Kaolin-Ithurian, and then return to the Star Gate and Earth. He doesn't know what form the final trial will take. It is not something he can understand, but Su
Changfeng told him that he might be prosecuted for espionage.
The First Division has not yet spoken out, but it will definitely protest.
It’s just that Su Changfeng thinks that this matter has little diplomatic significance. The suspect is a selector from the first division, but it has indeed appeared in Elpaxin, and it cannot be explained in the Realm of Truth in Angina.
own motives.
Especially the latter one is enough to explain a lot of problems. This is not the time when super competition was in the ascendant thirty or forty years ago, but now many things that happen in Aitaria can be used as established rules. Cases spanning the two worlds have occurred every year in recent years.
Many countries and the public are already very familiar with this.
"If the case is confirmed, the structure of Stargate may undergo great changes," Su Changfeng told him in the communication, "But external matters have little to do with you. You only need to care about the changes in the domestic structure.
Okay, I will let you know when the time comes. In terms of super competition, we and the Americans may still have a dispute, and the European Union and the Russians will be involved even if they have no choice but to get involved——"
Fang Plover nodded.
He could vaguely hear that officials from various Stargate Ports seemed to be dissatisfied with the current structure of the Super Competitive Alliance.
In the early days when the Star Gate was open to ordinary people, Free Chosen were actually the mainstream of Chosen. Half a century ago, the first generation of Free Chosen entered the Star Gate and opened a glorious era for them.
This is what people call the forerunner.
But later the rise of super sports, in the name of the Chosen One, and on the grounds of standardization of competition and cooperation, all countries jointly established today's super sports alliance. The original intention of the alliance was to trigger further conflicts, rationalize and standardize the further peaceful development of the Star Gate
, to avoid the recurrence of what happened in Aitalia a century ago.
For this reason, the Super Competitive Alliance inherited the glory of the first generation of forerunners and promoted the concept of realizing dreams through Star Gate to the point where it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the early days of the post-Star Gate era, such promotion indeed triggered the development of
The craze of Stargate has created a large number of jobs on the one hand, and on the other hand it has also released some of the population pressure on the earth.
That era was also the era when countries cooperated most closely.
In the era of the second generation of Forerunners, the development of the Star Gate was in full swing. It was also in this era that the Second World was discovered, pushing the exploration of Etalia to a climax. It was also the most golden era.
Those who have gained a lot of halo, those stars that shine in history have almost become the heroes of mankind.
But the expansion of super competition will never end. Especially when commercialization is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the survival space of the Free Chosen Guild is getting smaller and smaller. Instead, there are more and more Chosen in the alliance. In a sense,
It's said that the Star Gate Agency has been deprived of its power.
At the same time, alliance rules have become increasingly complex and bloated.
Those rules that were originally used to rationalize competition and develop star gates later became a means for some people to consolidate their own interests, and even used them to do evil. Fang Plover has not seen too many such things in the past year or so.
Such a situation will naturally cause dissatisfaction among the star gate agencies of various countries. However, the main structure of the alliance is based on the United Nations two centuries ago. Until a few players on the table make up their minds to change the rules, others can naturally only wait and see.
Nowadays, almost everyone's interests have been harmed under the current framework. When there is only one profitable player left on the table, the idea of overturning the original structure has gradually become the mainstream, and people's minds have changed. At present, there are only the first signs, but presumably
The time of change will soon come.
The person in the group who knows this most deeply is Luo Hao.
Although this guy has restrained himself a lot recently, he still hasn't changed his true nature as a party builder.
He often made long speeches, gave advice, and even made wild remarks about domestic actions against the alliance. For example, he looked down upon the short-sightedness of the Americans on this matter:
“As the main builders of the framework, they should be the biggest beneficiaries of this framework. Originally, they should be the maintainers of the framework, instead of killing the goose and taking the eggs to squeeze out the final value of the framework.”
"Once the conflict starts, it is not necessarily easy to say who will be the final winner. But the first division will definitely pay thousands of times the maintenance cost. No, maybe the title of division will become history. If everything goes back to the pre-Stargate era,
Countries may go backwards in their development of Star Gate——"
"Can you imagine that?"
"What's the matter," the Papalar people said in disapproval, "without the star gate, the earth will be destroyed?"
It's not that he wants to see that happen, he's just naturally tough-talking.
But Luo Hao is not worried that someone will quarrel with him, he is eager to do so.
When he was chatting and laughing in the community, the Papalar people might not have even registered an account. Such weak rebuttal only made him more excited, "I know some people will say that there was no star gate two centuries ago.
, everyone is still living their lives. This statement is very common among opponents of the Star Gate proposal. But today is different from the past. Today, our world is too deeply bound to this world, let alone the technical exchanges that maintain the Star Gate.
, do you know how many people on the earth today depend on it for a living?"
Of course the Papalars didn't know.
After all, in this regard, Luo Hao is known as the humanoid database, and it is easy to quote scriptures. Unfortunately, what makes Fang Yu feel a little helpless is that it would be great if the other party uses this leisure time on the Seven Seas Brigade. Isn’t there just a data analyst missing in the group?
Teacher?
It's a pity that Luo Hao has no interest in other guilds at all.
However, although the fat man from the military was making alarmist remarks, Fang Yu felt that what the other party said was true. To be honest, he didn't know why the Super Competitive Alliance was so aggressive. If it was just for the commercialization and liberalization of Star Gate,
It's okay to go deep, but the incident that happened in the northern border of Kaolin-Ithurion is undoubtedly over the line.
And it also gave other competition regions an excuse.
Why is the other party acting so eager?
Fang Yu couldn't see clearly what was happening on the earth, or the level of those things was too high, and the information he had was too little, so he couldn't make more bold guesses, because the possibilities hidden behind it were really shocking.
Somewhat frightened.
There are people in the Super Competitive Alliance who are colluding with cultists, and the fact that cultists can cross the star gate and operate on the earth is not a secret to him now——
But is this the will of some people, or is there support from a higher level of power behind it? Otherwise, this explanation does not make sense to what Luo Hao said. How can the First Division just let the alliance do its own thing? Fang Pulwart feels that things are not that simple.
But it doesn't seem too small for all countries to shrink their power in Star Gate. According to his understanding, not only will the development of Star Gate not weaken, but they will further increase investment. On the one hand, it is to deal with the third evil star.
's arrival.
On the other hand, he also vaguely felt that the star gate agencies of various countries seemed to have other considerations.
He faintly smelled something bad.
And this is where his sense of urgency comes from.
"Is the craftsman who found the thing still in the Nozpitz Craftsmen Association?" Fang Pulou recovered his thoughts and asked the little girl, "Can you find a way to contact him?"
As he spoke, he took out something and placed it in front of the other party.
"Imperial Ankh!" The little girl was startled, "...but you are not from the Empire, ah...I, I, I recognized you, you, the Dragon Alchemist of Ayinbrok!" She showed a respectful attitude.
After reading a lot, he looked at Fang Plover carefully and said, "I understand, I heard that you received an award at the Imperial Workshop... You must have also studied the thing they sent up. It was the Imperial Workshop who sent you to investigate related matters.
Yes, it’s no wonder, a lot of people have been here in the past few months.”
Although the little girl from the Adventurer's Guild was respectful, she didn't say a word less, chirping like a little tit.
She looked at Fang Plover as if he were looking at something rare.
For a moment, Fang Plover was speechless.
But he didn't expect that he would become so famous in the empire. In less than a month, even in border areas of the empire like Nozpitz, someone could identify himself with an ankh. However,
What does Ayinbrok's Dragon Alchemist mean?
When did you even change the competition region?
The little girl looked cautious, but at the same time she was eager to give it a try. She kept probing him with words about what happened in the Continental League and the Arbitration Tribunal. She looked like a curious baby, which made Fang Yu unable to help but feel speechless.
He even thought of Tianlan for a while.
It's a pity that the girl is currently under confinement in Ayinbrok. After bidding farewell to the big cat and Attila, Halsey took Miss Poet back again, which is basically a state of confinement.
"Okay," he sighed and interrupted the other party, "has anyone else come here to investigate the mining area in the past few months?"
"That's a lot, dear Mr. Dragon Alchemist," the little girl said exaggeratedly, "not just people from the Artisans Association, the Empire Workshop, the Mobius Mobile Fortress, and even the Geological Society.
Many people have been here. Like you, they are just looking for someone to take them to the mining area. If you want to find that craftsman, you will be disappointed. Someone just took him to the mine a few days ago...
"
"Someone from the Geological Society?"
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment.
He could understand whether it was the Nozpitz Artisan Guild, the Imperial Workshop, or even the people who always came. After all, a magic furnace that even a great alchemist was so concerned about, other people were very worried about it.
It's hard not to be curious about it.
Although he didn't know what the Oshu people were studying about the magic furnace, but since the master craftsmen of the empire paid so much attention to it, it was understandable that they would send people in batches to investigate whether they could find any new clues in the mining area.
.
He was originally worried that the Imperial Workshop would block that mining area, but after asking, it was okay and no. It seemed that the Imperial people had found nothing after investigating there for a year and a half, and there were no new clues, so he was a little lost.
Be patient.
But this is both good news and bad news for him. The good news is that he can investigate quietly by himself without attracting the attention of so many interested people. But the bad news is that even though the Imperial people have tried their best to investigate, they can't find anything.
There are no clues, and the possibility of him gaining anything from this trip to Nozpits may not be very high.
But fortunately, Fang Yu just planned to take advantage of this short vacation to have a look, and he didn't expect to gain anything. More importantly, Miss Tata accompanied him. Miss Goblin has a close connection with the Zero Crystal, and maybe he can
Help him find something.
"Yes," the little girl nodded, "You are not a native of Nozpitz, so you may not know that the mining area was closed many years ago. Due to excessive use of groundwater, many mine tunnels have experienced varying degrees of damage.
Regarding subsidence, people from the Craftsmen Association and the Geological Society have been trying to solve the problem, but for some reason, there was serious water seepage under the mine tunnel..."
"There is also an abnormal gathering of magic power." She took out a book and turned to one of the pages. "Look, I'm not lying to you. Starting about a year and a half ago, abnormalities began to appear below the mine tunnel. Not only the magic power
The pipeline is damaged, and the Ethernet veins below are also disordered... There are even monsters emerging from the ground and attacking miners..."
"After the mining area was closed, Nozpits became a lot deserted. Everyone went to other places to make a living. But since those monsters appeared, the place has become lively again, with many adventurers from outside the area, and...
You are such a chosen one."
Fang Plover had a headache listening to her nagging. Nozpitz was built on a silver mining area. As early as a century ago, this was the largest silver mining area in the empire. However, before the veins of the mine were exhausted, there were many problems underground.
One aspect is that the groundwater level has dropped, causing mine tunnels to subside.
In this regard, there are mature solutions on earth today, so the selectmen from the Craftsman Association and the people from the Geological Society joined forces to go deep into the mining area to solve the problem. As a result, the problem was not solved, and it caused new troubles.
He glanced at the booklet and saw that there were many commissions related to the mine tunnels. For example, rescuing the miners, or retrieving the chosen ones who had left the Craftsmen Association a few days ago and were missing in the mine tunnels, or even cleaning up monsters.
Dealing with collapse, drainage, etc...
But when he saw the illustrations of the monsters depicted in the booklet, he was stunned for a moment.
Isn't this the earth element?
The creature that looks like a pile of rolling stones is the earth element living under the floating continent. It is a type of elemental creature. Elemental creatures are one of the most peculiar types of creatures in Aitalia.
In fact, there is still no final conclusion on the earth about the biological categories that define their properties.
However, earth elements generally only live in the central area of the floating continent. Could it be said that the imperial people dug through Xinta'an through mining? Otherwise, how could the earth elements that live thousands of meters underground appear on the surface?
Fang Yu was puzzled, but after asking about the details carefully, an idea suddenly came to his mind. He remembered what the military told him, and his expression sank slightly. The little girl on the side couldn't help being frightened when he saw the change in his expression.
A jump:
"Lord Alchemist...?"
"It's none of your business," Fang Yu shook his head, and then asked about the craftsman who went to the mining area. Craftsmen registered in the crafts association are generally rarely invited by others, because they usually have fixed positions in the local area.
work and enjoy imperial subsidies.
The reason why he took out the cross before was to show his relationship with the Imperial Workshop. The other party said that someone took the craftsman to the mining area, and he had some doubts that someone from the Imperial Workshop or the Mobius Association was here.
If this is the case, he will have to be more careful when going to the mining area to investigate.
Especially under the current situation, he didn't want the Empire to know the connection between him and the Star Device.
But the little girl shook her head, "That's not true. If someone from the Imperial Workshop or the Craftsmen's Association came here, I would definitely remember it clearly. They have come here countless times in the past few months. But the one who hired that craftsman
, if I read correctly, he should be the Holy Chosen One just like you, sir."
"The Chosen One?"
Fang Plover was slightly startled.
Why would the Chosen One be interested in that magic furnace? He has been investigating the matter of the Star Device and the Zero Magic Furnace for such a long time, and has been dealing with imperial craftsmen. The only ones involved are the Seven Demons.
The Guide Family and the Death Come Guild.
But the Death Advent Guild obviously doesn't know much about Ash-Lynn's manuscript, and is just following the orders of the instigator behind it.
Besides himself, who is investigating the magic furnace? Are they here for the Star Device? Or are they here for the technical route of the Zero Magic Furnace?
Many thoughts passed through Fang Yu's mind in an instant. He did not expect that his trip to Nozpiz would encounter unexpected situations from the beginning. But if we talk about the Chosen Guild in the empire,
Is there anyone who is qualified to cooperate with the Imperial Workshop and the Craftsman Association and can get this level of information from them?
Come to think of it, it won't surpass those three giants.