"There was indeed such a thing," the little girl at the front desk of the Nozpiz 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 Craftsmen's Association was commissioned 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's Association seemed to have found something underground in the mining area, and that incident even alarmed the Imperial Workshop. In the end, the old practice of the technology recovery order was followed. I handed the thing over... The Nozpits 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. Woolen cloth."
Not long after Bai Jia and the members of the Special Operations Team left, Fang Yu led everyone from the Seven Seas Brigade to Nozpitz. He was originally worried about what problems would arise in the transfer of suspects from Aiyin Block. After all, the silence from the Super Competitive League in the First Division was really disturbing.
But I didn't expect that the whole process went smoothly. Bai Jia and her members of the special operations team boarded the ship and left Ai Yin Bullock. When Fang Pliong 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 Corin-Ithulian, and then return to the star gate, Earth. He didn't know what form the final trial would take. It was not something he could understand, but Su Changfeng told him that he might be prosecuted for espionage.
The First Division has not spoken out yet, 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 30 or 40 years ago when super competition was in the ascendant. Now many things that happen in Aitalia can be regarded as established rules. There have been many cases spanning the two worlds every year in recent years. Countries and the public have become very concerned about this. Familiar.
"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 to argue, 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, freely chosen people were actually the mainstream of chosen people. Half a century ago, the first generation of freely chosen people entered the Star Gate and opened a glorious era for them. This is what people call the forerunners.
But later, with the rise of super sports, various countries jointly established today's super sports alliance in the name of the Chosen One and on the grounds of standardizing competition and cooperation. The original intention of the alliance was to trigger further conflicts and rationally standardize the further peaceful development of the Stargate, so as to avoid the recurrence of the old events in Aitaria a century ago.
For this reason, the Super Competitive Alliance has inherited the glory of the first generation of pioneers and promoted the concept of realizing dreams through star gates to the point where it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the early days of the post-Stargate era, such promotion indeed triggered an upsurge in developing Stargates. On the one hand, it created a large number of jobs, and on the other hand, it also released some of the population pressure on the earth.
That era was also an era when countries cooperated most closely.
In the era of the second-generation Forerunners, the development of the Star Gate was in full swing. It was also during this era that the Second World was discovered, pushing the exploration of Etalia to a climax. It was also the golden age, when the chosen ones gained a lot of halo, and those stars that shone in history almost became the heroes of mankind.
But the expansion of hypercompetition never ends. 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, and instead there are more and more Chosen in the Alliance, which in a sense deprives the Stargate Agency 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 things like this in the past year.
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 mind to change the rules, others can naturally only wait and see.
Nowadays, almost everyone has suffered losses under the current framework. When only the only profitable player is left on the table, the idea of overturning the original structure has gradually become mainstream, and people's minds have changed. At present, there are only the first signs, but the period of change will surely come soon.
The person in the group who knows this most deeply is Luo Hao.
Although this guy has restrained himself a lot recently, he still remains true to his true nature as a party builder.
He often made long remarks, gave pointers, 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. They should originally 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 argue 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. Such a 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 their livelihood?”
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 one data analyst missing in the team?
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 he said was true. To be honest, he didn't quite know why the Super Competitive Alliance was so aggressive. It would be fine if it was just to deepen the commercialization and liberalization of the Star Gate, but the incident that happened in the northern border of Kaolin-Ishulian was not at all There is no doubt that it has crossed the line.
And it also gave other 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 does not explain what Luo Hao said. How can the First Division just let the alliance do its own thing? Fang Yu felt vaguely that things were not that simple.
But it doesn’t seem too small for each country to shrink its power in the Star Gate. According to his understanding, not only will the development of Star Gate not be weakened, but investment will be further increased. On the one hand, it is to cope with the arrival of the third disaster star.
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 Plover recalled 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 recognize you, you are the Dragon Alchemist of Ai Yin Brok!" She showed a respectful attitude. After learning a lot, he looked at Fang Plover cautiously 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 him with just an ankh. But what does Ayinbrok's Dragon Alchemist say?
When did you even change the competition zone?
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 in Ayin Bullock's confinement. After bidding farewell to the big cat and Attila, Halsey took Miss Poet back and basically put her in solitary 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, respected 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.
He could understand whether it was the Nozpitz Craftsmen Guild, the Imperial Workshop, or even the people who always came. After all, it is difficult for others not to be curious about a magical furnace that even a great alchemist is so interested in.
Although he didn't know what the Oshu people were studying about the magic furnace, since the empire's master craftsmen attached so much importance, 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 about it, he was fine, and it didn't happen. It seemed that after a year and a half of investigation there, the Imperials found nothing and had no new clues, so they lost their patience.
But that was both good news and bad news for him. The good news is that I can investigate quietly by myself without attracting the attention of so many interested people. But the bad news is that since the Imperial people have been unable to find any clues despite all their efforts, the possibility of him gaining anything from Nozpiz this time may not be great.
But fortunately, Fang Plover just planned to take advantage of this short vacation to have a look, and he didn't expect to gain anything. What's more important is that Miss Tata is accompanying him. Miss Goblin has a close connection with the Zero Crystal and may be able to 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 Artisans 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. About a year and a half ago, abnormalities began to appear under the mine tunnels. Not only the magic power... The pipes are damaged, and the Ethernet veins below are disordered... There are even monsters emerging from the ground and attacking miners..."
"After the mining area was closed, Nozpits became a lot deserted, and everyone went to other places to make a living. But since those monsters appeared, it has become lively again, with many adventurers from outside the area, and... You are such a chosen one."
Fang Piao had a headache listening to her nagging. Nozpits was built on a silver mining area. As early as a century ago, this was the largest silver mining area in the empire. However, the mine veins had not yet dried up, and 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 for the mine tunnels. For example, rescuing the miners, or retrieving the chosen ones who left the Craftsmen Association a few days ago and disappeared in the mine tunnels, or even cleaning up monsters, dealing with collapses, drainage, etc...
But when he saw the illustrations of the monsters depicted in the book, 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 conclusion on the earth about the biological categories that define their properties.
But 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 element, which lives thousands of meters underground, appear on the surface?
Fang Yu was puzzled, but after carefully asking about the details, an idea suddenly came to his mind. He remembered what the military told him, and his expression darkened slightly. The little girl on the side was shocked when she saw his expression change:
"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. The craftsmen registered in the craftsmen's association are rarely hired by others, because they usually have fixed jobs in the local area and enjoy the empire's subsidies.
The reason why he took out the ankh 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 suspected that someone from the Imperial Workshop or Mobius General Assembly was here.
If this was the case, he would 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 comes here, I will 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."
"The Chosen One?"
Fang Plover was slightly startled.
How could 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 so long, and has been dealing with the Empire's craftsmen. The only ones involved are the Seven Mage Family and the Death Advent Guild.
But the Death Advent Guild obviously didn't know much about Ash-Lynn's manuscript, and was 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 you 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 Nozpitz would encounter unexpected situations from the very beginning. However, if there is anyone in the Chosen Guild within the Empire who is qualified to cooperate with the Empire Workshop and the Artisan Association and can obtain this level of information from the other party.
Come to think of it, it won't surpass those three giants.
Blessed Sacrament, Gray Field and Prometheus.
Who is the one?
Fang Plover thought to himself.
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(End of chapter)
