Secret: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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Alger's eyes widened and he thought he heard wrongly: "What did you say?"

"I think Mr. Frank's idea is very interesting." Richard replied thoughtfully, "Hybridization can indeed increase crop yields. My teacher said that cold-resistant plants and drought-resistant plants should be planted together and cross-pollinated. There is a chance that after several generations of selective breeding, crops that are both cold-resistant and drought-resistant can be developed. But can it be done between plants and animals? I have not thought about this... I will talk to my teacher later. "

Alger was overwhelmed by a lot of professional terms in Rune. This was not his field of expertise at all. He quickly interrupted Richard: "Planting and farming are the farmers' business. If it doesn't work, it's also the Earth Mother's business." This matter has nothing to do with you, aren’t you a philanthropist?”

Richard answered him seriously: "Charity is not just about helping people live, but more importantly, telling them how to live."

"If you just give food without assistance, it will be okay in the short term, but it will harm the other party over time. Open a factory to recruit employees, and teach children to read, write and sew. In this way, at least they will not starve to death."

"Increasing food production is also a good way to help people. I really want to communicate with that gentleman."

Captain Ghost frowned and did not stop him directly, but reminded him tactfully: "...Mr. Ernst, tomorrow will be a good day. If you want to go to sea as soon as possible, please prepare all the supplies today. We have not discussed the route yet. , these are the things that need to be resolved urgently.”

"You're right!"

"Not so polite."

"Okay, thank you for your understanding, Mr. Wilson."

Alger suddenly felt that something was not right, and saw Richard looking at him with sincere eyes that no one could refuse, paired with his usual hearty smile. Richard took one of Alger's hands, put the small book with the supplies list into his hand, and then closed his fingers for him kindly.

These hands were hot and hot, with a strength that could not be denied. Alger did not break away, and was suddenly shocked. As if he didn't feel the other person's brief stiffness, Richard patted him on the shoulder with great enthusiasm and familiarity: "I understand, Captain, I will just say a few words to him and then come back. I believe in your vision. , and I also believe in your good quality of honesty and trustworthiness, so I leave the purchase of supplies to you!"

Alger's expression changed, and he was a little unsure of the client's thoughts, which made him very uneasy. Before Richard turned around and headed to where Frank was, he lowered his voice and said:

"He is Frank Lee, an extraordinary person of the "Tiller" path. It is said that he is a subordinate of the Star Admiral. The Star Admiral tends to be neutral among the Four Kings and Seven Generals, but he is also someone who is not easy to mess with. You... don't provoke him. "

Finally, he asked: "Mr. Ernst, you don't seem to care about safety issues. Is this out of trust or your own strength?"

"Both." Richard turned around, lowered his head slightly and whispered to Alger, "In terms of strength, although I don't have an advantage in the sea, the sequence is still passable, but I am higher than you. It’s a sequence, so I still need you to take more care of me.”

A sequence 6... Alger's eyes widened slightly, but returned to normal in the blink of an eye. Sequence 6 is no longer a level that one needs to envy for someone who has already digested the Sequence 7 potion. As long as the Tarot Society can find the formula, Sequence 6 is within reach. So he was shocked for a moment and then adjusted. He nodded, watched Richard leave, and then silently gave up the idea of ​​reducing supplies to line his own pockets.

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Frank was walking on the road carrying two sacks of soil. He wore a straw hat, rolled up his sleeves, and had traces of soil all over his body. He looked more like an ordinary farmer than a pirate.

He was thinking about why the calf did not grow out of the soil and whether the soil was not nutritious enough, so he bought two kinds of soil this time and prepared to go back and do a comparative experiment. Frank was slowly dragging the bag while thinking about the experimental data. At this time, hurried footsteps approached him quickly, and at the same time, a huge shadow appeared on the ground.

Frank wiped the sweat with the back of his hand, raised his head, and looked at the tall young man who came to him: "Hello? Are you okay?"

"Hello, Mr. Frank!" The tall young man looked very happy and came closer regardless of the dirt stains on Frank's body. "I heard the idea of ​​hybridization you were discussing with others. I think your idea is perfect! Could you please Tell me about it? My teacher once told me about the breeding method of 'hybridization'. Two plants with different advantages are planted together and cross-pollinated. After several generations of artificial breeding, there is a great difference. Probability breeds plants that have the best of both worlds.”

"Although what you are talking about seems to be hybridizing animals and plants, which does sound unlikely...but this proves that there is a lot of room for your research project, and it may be possible to do it through 'genetic' means! Please don't Give up, you’re doing a great thing!”

"——"

Frank was stunned, and the two sacks in his hands fell to the ground.

Richard looked at him nervously.

"you you--"

Frank was so excited that he suddenly grabbed Richard's hand, making the other party as dirty as himself. If he hadn't been worried about the other person's clothes being much cleaner and neater than his own, he would probably have hugged her.

"Thank you, you actually understand and understand my thoughts!"

Frank's face flushed with excitement, and he even stuttered: "Yes, yes, I put forward a similar point of view when I was still in the Mother Goddess Church. When I was studying the literature, I found that my ancestors had done relevant research, but When I wanted to test it, the bishops stopped it... because they felt it was unnecessary. As long as they pray to the Mother Goddess and have extraordinary abilities, they can increase food production several times. There is no need to spend decades of manpower and material resources to make one. I don’t know if the experiment will bear fruit yet!”

"Probably because your choice to hybridize animals and plants is really a bit too advanced..." Temperance Angel analyzed rationally.

"Maybe. Maybe. But it's certainly a topic worth studying. If it can be done, people can eat meat that is as cheap as food."

Frank was in high spirits: "If it weren't for the fact that our ship was docked briefly, I would really like to chat more with a kind person like you. Now I have to go. Please tell me your contact information!"

Contact information... The ever-burning fire, the protector of all those who resist fate, the prisoner of chaos and death struggle, the curse... Richard subconsciously began to recite his honorable name in his mind, and then quickly interrupted his thoughts, He quickly took out Garland De's business card and handed it over: "What a coincidence, I will go to sea soon, and maybe I won't come back for a long time. This is my work address. If you are willing to write to me, I will be very happy. of."

"You want to go to sea..."

Frank calmed down a little, made a gesture of holding a baby, and said with a pious expression, "Although I don't know what your beliefs are, I hope my kind mother will bless you for your safe return."

"At sea, shouldn't you pray to the Lord of Storms?" Richard said half-jokingly, "Thank you, Mr. Frank."

241

Chorwood District, Minsk Street 15.

After returning home, Klein rested for a while and went above the gray fog, intending to divine Will Asceptin's affairs.

He let the paper crane fly out of the pile of debris in the corner, landed on the long bronze table in front of him, and then took off the citrine pendant wrapped around his cuffs. While holding the pendulum in his left hand, Klein used meditation to adjust his condition and recalled the scenes he saw in the woods outside the cemetery.

He may not have noticed some details, but his spirituality will definitely not make any omissions. This divination mainly uses this and relies on the gray mist to eliminate interference.

After making preparations, Klein materialized a new piece of parchment and wrote the "Divination Statement": "Will Auceptin is completely dead."

Immediately afterwards, he pressed the paper crane next to the divination sentences, so that the citrine pendant almost touched those words.

After entering a meditative state and completing all the steps of the "Pendulum Method", Klein opened his eyes and looked at the result:

The citrine pendant is rotating counterclockwise, very fast and with a large amplitude. This means negation.

This means that Will Asceptin is not completely dead!

This... Klein was surprised and felt that this seemed to be expected. He thought about it and changed the divination sentence again:

"That body is Will Asceptin's."

This time, the pendulum provided a positive revelation.

That body does belong to Will Asceptin!

Klein had a vague idea and wrote a new divination sentence again: "Will Auceptin's body will be resurrected."

After working calmly, Klein saw a revelation: rotating counterclockwise at an extremely fast speed. This means that Will Auceptin's corpse will not be resurrected, that is, it will not transform into a corpse!

It seems that Will Auceptin actively or passively abandoned his previous body and survived in another way... Is this matter related to the "Snake of Mercury"? Klein tried to divine other contents, but received failed results, including "Will Auceptin's current status".

However, when he used the "dream divination method" to repeat the previous divination and asked "Will Auceptin's current location", he still got a similar picture: a dark room, the sound of rushing water.

But this feels a little different.

Forget it, there is no need to waste time, I am not going to get involved... Klein put away the pendulum and prepared to return to the real world. Through the divination just now and various previous events, he had a vague guess about Will Asceptin, but he could not confirm it.

Will Asceptin is another "mercury snake"!

As Sequence 1, the "Mercury Snake" is not unique, there can be up to three "s" existing at the same time!

The "Snake of Mercury" in charge of destiny can naturally locate the location of Allen's spiritual body simply through paper cranes, create false revelations to the other party, and undoubtedly has the ability to change someone's destiny with just one word. Will Auceptin has become weak for some reason. Combined with the scene that appeared in Allen's dream, he may be under the threat of the second "Mercury Snake". Everything he does is to get rid of the other party.

But there is no longer a giant silver snake with red eyes in Allen's dream. It can be understood that Will Auceptin successfully escaped the other party's pursuit, and took this opportunity to quickly abandon his body and transfer himself.

As for the reason for their conflict, the answer is simple:

When there is no sequence 0, there can be three sequence 1s at the same time, but once there is sequence 0, there will be no sequence 1!

For this statement, the recipe for the "Black Emperor" potion illustrates the true meaning.

One of the main ingredients of that formula is: the extraordinary characteristics of the two "Princes of Slaughter"!

"Prince Slaughter" is exactly the sequence 1 of the "Black Emperor" path! As a Sequence 1, if you want to be promoted to Sequence 0, you must obtain all the extraordinary characteristics of the other two Sequence 1s on the same path!

It is precisely because of this speculation that Klein becomes increasingly afraid to get involved in Will Asceptin's matter.

If my inference is correct, then it is a genuine "fight between gods" that cannot be provoked... Klein's spirit dropped and he disappeared into the ancient palace above the gray mist.

242

"He has been summoned by Origin Castle too many times."

Amon couldn't help but said: "After returning home from the cemetery where the mercury snake Will is buried, he seemed to go to Source Castle immediately. I confirmed it, because his spirit body was not in the material world during that time. The outside world didn't perceive it. Then it came back a few minutes later. There was no difference except that the aura of Origin Castle was slightly stronger, and the strong aura also dissipated in a very short period of time. It's unbelievable, it's really unbelievable."

Edward looked forward and said for a long time: "How did he get to Source Castle?"

"I saw him take a strange step, then immediately sit down on the chair, and then the spirit disappeared."

Amon hesitated and said: "My spiritual intuition says that this must be a mysterious ritual connected with Source Castle, but I dare not confirm it."

"You'll know after you try it."

Edward threw out a Sequence 7 Amon clone. Under the gaze of the stronger clone and the alien god, the clone followed the instructions with a forced smile and imitated Klein's steps and walked four steps backwards, but nothing happened. Under scrutiny, he walked a few more times, but nothing happened.

"It appears some necessary steps are missing."

"But I can't get too close, otherwise he will find me."

Edward took back the low-sequence Amon clone and thought for a while: "There is no reason for the holder of Source Castle to be so lenient to Klein, respond frequently, and let him come up as a guest every three days. Let's talk about that magical honorary name. , is there a possibility that the "Fool" is Klein? "

"..." Amon touched his eyes, and then smiled after a long time, "As Amon, a King of Angels, I am very reluctant to admit that my ability to sense the essence is actually inferior to that of a Sequence 7 diviner. ah."

"But as far as I'm concerned, I think it's possible."

"Then try chanting the Fool's honorable name from now on."

Edward Ping thought for a while and said calmly: "Klein is a human with the morality of the old era. In short, he is educated and has his own persistence and moral code, so it is easier to shake. Then I will just find a few Hundreds of people come and line up in a row, and each person recites the name of the Fool ten times. If there is no response, the one above is the Supreme Being. Since he has morality, it is impossible for him to ignore these people until they die, unless he is not kind. "

"If he is kind, but chooses not to respond for his own benefit...ha...then this matter will shake his principles because it violates his own principles, and death and loss of control are inevitable."

"What a good idea." Amon praised, "If it were me, I might just think of defrauding him to make him tell the truth."

"Through all kinds of tricks, the most important thing is to attack the heart." Edward replied, "This is the devil's way of dealing with people. What you have to learn is how to observe words and emotions."

Amon shrugged: "This is too difficult for me."

"Human beings watch people's words in order to obtain a higher status or benefit, and we have been in the highest configuration from the beginning. Even with the Blood Emperor, we cooperate more than monarchs and ministers. There is no need to watch people's words."

"However," he said, "I think this experience is very interesting."

“If you want to understand human nature, you have to play human, right?”

TBC

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"The ever-burning fire

Protector of all those who defy fate

Creator of the cursed city,

Prisoners of Chaos and Deathmatch.

——The great angel of temperance,

Richard Ernst is with us"

Everyone should be able to understand the profound meaning of this honorary name to some extent.

"Firefire" not only refers to the ideas and spirit of resistance spread by Richard, but also the "fireworks" of the old civilization.

A person who resists fate - The first thing Richard resisted was his own fate, the fate of being a child of a colony, the fate of a slave, the fate of a cultist...not to be a servant of God, not to be a tool of other gods, He wants to be a leader of people. Not only must we resist our own lives, but we must also enable all awakened people to resist an unfair world.

The Cursed City - this is what Sharon calls "the numerous blood debts in the Southern Continent". Richard established his authority over the countries in the Northern Continent by making the officers pay blood debts in the colonies. "Only when you make them fearful can you finally be qualified for dialogue." It was also considered by the temperance faction as "undermining the harmony of the northern and southern continents" and "not thoughtful enough" "If we lose the assistance of the Seven Gods, we will be even more unable to "Confronting Si'a" is another focus of the impeachment of the Temperance Angel in addition to refusing to save Reinette.

A prisoner of chaos and death struggle - Richard did not want to get involved in war, but the path he chose was destined to face war on all sides.

Such was His destiny as a prisoner.