Alien paradise

Chaoyang took a deep breath and pushed open the three-meter-high grand door.

The room at the entrance is also luxurious, and seems like a completely different world from the densely packed bungalows outside. Under the feet is a marble slab two meters long and wide. The room is more than twenty meters deep. There are two steps at the end, and then there is a huge mahogany desk. Two rows of flags hung behind the table, hanging from the roof beams to the ground. Coupled with the six-meter-high floor-to-ceiling windows, it looked as grand as it wanted.

Judging from the furnishings in the room, this is just an office.

The person sitting behind the mahogany table is obviously "The Governor".

Chaoyang looked at the other person as he approached.

The Governor's figure has undoubtedly grown. It is difficult to infer his age from his face. He can only be roughly estimated to be over forty years old. He wore a soft woolen hat on his head, and his face was covered with ugly black spots. However, judging from the scar on the corner of his eyebrow and the sinister look in his eyes, this person is not an easy character to get along with.

"Sit down." He was working on the documents at hand and pointed to the chair in front of the table. "Tell me about the progress. How long will it take for us to enter that damn wall?"

"In August, the tunnel collapsed and seawater seeped in, leaving nothing but dead people."

"On September 9, humans are powerless. We need heavy machinery to enter the site before we can hope to break the deadlock. But humans can dive in, but machines can't... What should we do? What should we do?"

"On September 25th, Hyperman is putting pressure on me again. Damn it, am I trying to delay it? Maybe I have to try my best and blow up this wall with explosives! I need detailed information on the explosion. Click on the layout plan. No one in the Acropolis can calculate this. I have to write a letter to the headquarters of Gleick Academy."

"This is the last page!" Elodie read quickly.

"Explosives..." After hearing this, Chaoyang's mind started racing and he almost subconsciously replied, "I plan to try using explosives. If it's quick, I might be able to get it done in a week."

The last article written on September 25th... In other words, today must be after the 25th! The Acropolis disappeared on October 5th. In other words, the people here only have less than ten days left to live?

"Explosives? Did I hear you right, Mr. Barif." The governor raised his head and looked directly at him, "That place is located under the sea level. It would only be a small matter to blow up the cave and kill people, but burying all the company's hopes would be a big deal. Are you sure this method works?"

He didn't notice anything strange!

This made Chaoyang let out a sigh of relief, "Ordinary explosions will not work. It must be a precise fixed-point blast. I need the design drawings of the explosive placement so that Gleick Academy can complete this commission. Once the design drawings arrive -"

Before he finished speaking, the other party interrupted him sharply, "Did you leak the news here to the academy!?"

Chaoyang instantly realized that this project actually had considerable confidentiality requirements.

"Of course not! I drew a plane sketch without any specific location information." In desperation, he opened his mouth and said nonsense, "Calculating this kind of data only requires a similar model. It can be the one in Snow Country." The cliff slabs could also be the walls of Sancia.”

"Really? Are you sure they can't see it?"

"Don't worry, I'm sure of this." Chaoyang said firmly. He knew that if he showed any hesitation, he would definitely be in bad luck.

"Next time you do something like this, you'd better tell me first." The governor's expression softened.

"Yes. Time is tight, isn't it?"

"You know...Mr. Barif, what I admire most about you." The other party sat on the bench and raised his head slightly, as if recalling the past, "It's that you are ruthless enough, or rational enough. From the king There are many great scholars who have come out, but there are very few who are as unscrupulous as you. Those people have high self-esteem and are never willing to get their hands dirty, but you don't mind as long as there is something new to study. Relatives are used as experimental materials.”

"So you are such a scumbag?" Elodie sighed.

"That's Barif, please don't criticize me, okay?"

"It can be said that the Phlogiston Company is indispensable for your success today. If you can continue to work for the company, your future will be limitless, but..."

The Governor paused slightly.

Two guards suddenly rushed from behind, twisted Chaoyang's arms, and pushed him down on the desk!

The desk owner picked up a letter opener and slowly put it in front of Chaoyang's eyes.

At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a small calendar on the table.

The date above is clearly September 27th.

"I'll come over right now!" Elodie said anxiously.

"No, it's useless for you to come. He just wants to threaten me." Chaoyang quickly stopped him.

"But don't forget... the company can support you or destroy you. If you fail this time, we will bury you in the beach as a warning to the great scholars who will succeed you. Do you understand? "

Chaoyang deliberately struggled twice and nodded repeatedly with a frightened expression, "I promise that I will succeed this time!"

The governor raised his knife and signaled his men to retreat.

"Do a good job and don't let me down again," he said at last.

…

Back in the original bedroom, Elodie was writing something quickly in front of the coffee table. Chaoyang walked over and took a look and found that it was all information compiled by the other party.

"Make me a cup of tea, thank you. The water has been boiled. This body seems to lack exercise..."

"It's not a lack of exercise, it's just that the body is in a state of just awakening." Chaoyang picked up the kettle and found that the stove was actually a compressed gas tank. "It's not just about physical strength... it's also about my willpower. My hand-to-hand combat ability is just a little better than that of an adult right now, so there's probably no hope of solving the problem by force."

"Okay, let me first talk about the information I have obtained so far." Elodie picked up one of the pieces of paper and said, "First of all, I can be sure that this is the Acropolis, and it is the Acropolis on September 27, 714. Li Mist The devouring is close at hand. The owner of your body is a great scholar, and the company he works for is called Phlogiston, which sounds like it is in line with their goal of finding new energy."

Chaoyang continued, "The Governor is the Hyperman in the work notes. Although I didn't have the opportunity to check his name, he gave me the same feeling as when Barif faced Hyperman."

"Okay, let me remember this first." Elodie nodded, "Currently they suspect that the hiding place of the new energy is in a natural cave on the northeastern beach. It was developed for 6 months and many people died. The company is under pressure , and it was imposed on the employees. Even Balif, who was responsible for this, seemed quite anxious in the diary.”

"That's why he drank so much and got the company's maid into bed!" Chaoyang suddenly realized, "Maybe this Barif is not a good person. The maid should not be voluntary but forced. When I woke up , I saw several red marks on your back, possibly from whips or belts..."

Looking at the other person's face, he suddenly looked away with a guilty conscience, "Uh... I actually didn't look at him for long."

"Okay," Elodie chuckled, "It's natural for you to be dazed in that situation. Even though we have some basic information now, in fact there are still many questions. For example, what exactly is new energy? The wonder of steam. How does Barif work? We have to deal with the development of the cave quickly, otherwise someone will definitely become suspicious. Of course, the most important thing is those words of the evil god. I... think these things... It won’t be completely… related…”

Her voice trailed off until it became staccato.

"you are tired?"

"No...I...it doesn't matter..."

"Don't hold on, the fog won't appear for at least a week. Why don't you stop drinking tea and get some sleep first."

Chaoyang came to the coffee table with the brewed tea, and saw Elodie lying next to the sofa, her lips trembling slightly, her right hand hanging down weakly, as if she had lost consciousness, and her face was as pale as the paper in her hand.