ifeb Southeast Asia Branch is established in Singapore, Baoxiang County, separated from Manila by the entire South China Sea. Keslin looked at the scene of people coming and going in front of him, and wondered whether ifeb's Southeast Asia branch had mobilized to move the office here collectively.
"A spectacular scene, isn't it?"
Jin raised his arm again towards a certain direction on the sea: "Not all the researchers here are there. Everywhere in the bay, there are ifeb people rowing various boats to salvage biological samples that are suspected to belong to long-throated birds. "In the waters of Mindoro Island, 115 kilometers southwest of here, there is also a team of researchers responsible for collecting and sampling the seawater that has turned into a pool of blood."
"Blood pool?" Keslin didn't know why Jin said such words.
"Kraken was killed there by the Crazy Lord. Due to the special nature of the latter's superpower, Kraken, who is as huge as a hill, may have melted enough to be stuffed into the refrigerator. If the people from ifeb can't find it anymore, The small piece of debris that is left, Kraken will disappear before this afternoon."
"Ifeb Southeast Asia branch actually has such abundant manpower?"
"Of course not. A large part of this is the temporary helpers seconded from the Melbourne headquarters yesterday."
"The assistance is very strong. It seems that the federation is very concerned about this beast tide disaster."
"That's for sure. The federal cabinet will not ignore any matters directly related to Shenwujing." Jin said calmly: "In fact, Mr. Lopez, you came to Manila Bay for inspection, isn't it? Are you also here to eliminate Well No. 5?"
"Yes, the existence of the Shenwu Well is the cornerstone that maintains the Lopez family's transcendent status within the federation." At this point, Keslin seemed particularly frank: "Once something happens to them, my family will no longer be qualified to It’s called the Holy Family.”
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Koslin's full name is "Coslin von Strauss Lopez". Having such a middle name shows that Koslin's ancestor must have been prominent for a while. And this is indeed the case: the history of the Lopez family can be traced back to the 18th century. For more than a hundred years before Prussia unified Germany, the family was already the most prestigious family in Westphalia. one.
As a Junker noble who has inherited the true black flag of old Berlin for hundreds of years, the residence of the modern Lopez family is not in the former Kingdom of Prussia, which later became East Germany, but in the city of Cologne on the Rhine River.
The previous head of the Lopez family, who was the father of Hughes and Coslin, gave full consideration to the location issue. He settled in Cologne for three main reasons: First, Cologne is the ancestral home of the family. It can be regarded as the land of prosperity for the Lopez family; secondly, the city of Cologne is adjacent to Gaul County in the west. The city is located exactly in the center of the family fiefdoms - Cornflower County and Gaul County, which is conducive to the family's rule over the two places.
As for the third reason, I am afraid it is the real reason for Cologne's selection: within the fiefdom of the Lopez family, there are Munich Fortress No. 16, Dijon Fortress No. 22, and Hamburg Fortress No. 34. These three fortresses are all time bombs. If they are not kept intact, monsters will cause chaos and tear down half of the city. When the old family owner moved, he naturally had to avoid these three pieces of land.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Federation, the world was divided into thirty-six counties. Among them, Cornflower County and Gaul County in Western Europe have the best territorial quality. Not to mention that the predecessors of these two counties were a collection of several developed European countries. The mere fact that Europe was the least affected area by the war except Antarctica during the War of Fire was enough for other lords to envy.
Of course, it is impossible for the Lopez family to obtain such incredible resources at the beginning.
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Because the previous head of the family was very popular in the Federation. On the contrary, he has a very bad temper and is an old thorn in the federal cabinet who is used to being domineering and uncontrollable. As the biological son of the old patriarch, Hughes Lopez has the same arrogant character. However, compared with his father, Hughes, who dared to confront Joseph Zuan at a high-level federal meeting, is already considered gentle and gentle. So polite.
The arrogance of this father and son is indeed well worth it. Because the only known ability in the Federation that can affect alien space channels - "God's Domain" - is in the hands of the Lopez family.
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While the third son of the Lopez family, Colin Lopez, was still wandering around Manila Bay, the motorcade of his elder brother, the second son, Hughes Lopez, had already arrived at a residence on the outskirts of Berlin.
It was four o'clock in the morning local time. Under normal circumstances, a person visiting the house at this time would only be a burglar or robbery. But it is naturally impossible for Hughes to come here to do such things. He traveled through the entire Cornflower County with his bodyguards and entourage overnight, and came to Berlin from Cologne just to meet Julian Lopez.
Dozens of black-clad Secret Service agents surrounded Julian's house, and Hughes successfully approached the door under the cover of the human wall. He arrived at the door smoothly and was about to call the door, but found that the door had opened automatically.
"Come in." Julian's voice came clearly to Hughes's ears through the speaker on the door frame. "Old rules, only one person is allowed in, remember to close the door."
"There is really nothing we can do against the terrorists. After so many years, he still hasn't made any progress."
Hughes shook his head, ordered his followers to wait outside, and walked in alone.
The inside and outside of the house are like two worlds. The thin wooden door is like a magical wormhole, transporting Hughes to the cyberpunk dimension: there is no furniture in the room, replaced by strange machines stacked to the ceiling; Large bundles of wires and cables of various thicknesses and lengths are scattered on the floor and walls, the number and transmission power of which are unknown. The former are connected to various odd-shaped machines or equipment, many of which cannot be identified at all in terms of their manufacturing age and purpose. These metal products, which have both a sense of science fiction and a sense of wasteland, are still flashing with seven-color rainbow light, flickering on and off, creating ever-changing shadows, making Hughes have to tread carefully to avoid tripping over things.
This is not the first time that Hughes has visited this steel forest-like scrap collection station. He knew that Julian must be in the basement, watching the real-time surveillance on the screen while stuffing calorie bombs like sausage cheese pizza into his mouth, waiting for his arrival.
Three minutes later, Hughes finally passed through the complicated electrical junkyard and pushed the door into the basement. "God, if my late father saw you like this, he would probably be so frightened that he would crawl out of the cemetery."
Just as Hughes expected, Julian was swallowing the fruit pie. Hearing the noise coming from behind him, he turned his head with great effort. This movement made Julian's neck covered in fat become overwhelmed: "Good evening, Hughes, long time no see."
"It's just because I haven't seen you for a long time that I'm so shocked by the change in your body shape. How much do you weigh now? Three hundred and fifty pounds?"
"I don't know for a long time, I've never weighed myself." Julian got up from the sofa with difficulty and found a chair for Hughes: "However, ordinary scales are probably no longer useful to me. "
The Lopez family has a gene for good looks, and has produced many handsome boys and girls for several generations. The same is naturally true for the three brothers Julian, Hughes, and Coslin of this generation. Since the second and third children all have
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With a handsome model-level appearance and figure, the boss Julian has no reason to stretch his hips. But unfortunately, the once-god-like Luo eldest son has now transformed into a super fat man with pale skin, bloated body and greasy skin after six years of living as a homebody. Unlike Duan Yilang, who was as strong as Duan Yilang, Julian's figure was completely obese, which had seriously affected his normal behavior.
"I suggest you take good care of my brother's body. Although he has been dead for six years, I still feel extremely outrageous when you appear in front of me in this image."
"Sorry, Hughes." Julian embarrassedly scratched his greasy hair with greasy, dirty hands: "You know, I really have no resistance to food..."
"How about increasing your activity every day? I will arrange the best doctors and fitness coaches for you."
Julian's answer was even softer: "You know, I don't dare to face strangers at all..."
"Alas..." Hughes put his hand on his forehead and sighed: "Julian, my dear partner, with your current physical condition, how can you participate in the Candidate Game? You can't even walk!"
"It doesn't matter. Don't you, the person who introduces you, not know the final assessment items of the candidate game? Maybe you don't need me to participate in the battle at all!" Julian magically took out a plate of chocolate from behind and tore it into pieces. Opened the package and ate deliciously.
"Let your mouth rest. Stop squeezing your teeth, tongue, and orbicularis oris muscles. They must be very tired." Having said that, Hughes's tone had a sense of self-destruction, which was obviously for Julian. There is no hope for dieting anymore: "What you said makes sense. We do not rule out the possibility of competition in other aspects of the candidate game, but it is always good to maintain a strong body and be prepared for any dangers."
"Yeah... Got it..." Julian responded vaguely, obviously not intending to comply.
"Speaking of which, since you traveled six years ago, why did you, who had always had the mentality of just muddle along and live a mediocre life, suddenly send me a message like "I have decided to participate in the Candidate Game" a few hours ago? Information? This is very inconsistent with your personality."
"Uh... I originally wanted to wait until daytime to discuss it with you in detail, but I didn't expect that after you received the message, you actually rushed over overnight..."
"Yeah, after all, I was so shocked. I didn't expect you to change your temper." In order to increase his persuasion, Hughes also revealed the truth to Julian: "Originally, I was even ready to withdraw from the competition. .”
"Huh? So it turns out you can still quit?"
"The total number of seven teams will not change, but the contestants can be changed." Hughes smiled and said the terrible line: "For example, I can kill you, so the organizer will assign me a partner .”
"Oh my God!" Julian trembled while eating: "I know you can do this kind of thing, but fortunately I have made up my mind to compete."
"So, why did you change your mind?"
"Well..."
Julian hesitated, as if unwilling to speak clearly. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and endured the pain and said, "Okay, I'll tell you."
"Xius, I have to ask you a question first."
"Please speak." Hughes sat upright with his chest raised and his head raised, as if he was listening attentively. He had already expected that the reason Julian gave might be weird, but the bizarreness of what the latter said still exceeded his imagination.
Julian’s question is——
"Xius, do you usually watch vup (virtualuploader, virtual upmaster) live broadcasts?"
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