The Master of the Strange Realm

"I knew that the man I chose would be special."

After bidding farewell to Blainey, he immediately met Captain Binsi. His team usually guards the church. Today, they are here to protect Bishop Parrod who is out.

"There's something wrong in the south of the city."

The captain said straight to the point.

"What about the mechanization of corpses?"

Jenkins stood by the window and looked outside. There was heavy fog outside, which was quite unusual. At least at the beginning of the speech, there was only a thin mist wafting in the air.

"Yes, the cultists hid a large number of corpses in advance in the slums south of the city. After the mechanized corpse curse broke out, they quickly formed a terrifying army. The corpses should have been transported from other places and deliberately avoided our presence. Detection.”

"Weaving mechanized corpses are difficult to deal with?"

"Mainly because it was in a densely populated area, and some of the corpses have extraordinary abilities to control metal machinery. But you don't need to worry, just give a speech here. Others will take care of these things."

Jenkins nodded, and after watching Captain Bincy go to Bishop Parrod, he hesitated and did not return directly to the podium. Instead, he blended into the crowd returning from the bathroom through the main entrance and sat next to Queen Isabella.

That had been the seat of the old Duke Madeleine, who was too old to sit for long periods of time and was now strolling down the corridor accompanied by a servant.

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Chapter 1965 Chapter 1936 "Run Fast"

"Nice speech, Jenkins."

Seeing Jenkins sitting down next to him, Queen Isabella did not look at him directly, but was minding her own business with a small bottle shaking under her nose. It was not a snuff bottle, but some kind of incense, something Jenkins had seen others use.

"Thanks."

"What do you want from me? The break is over."

"I just didn't expect that my action of asking the mayor to block the city hall was not opposed by you."

"You're doing it for Nolan's own good, aren't you? I'm probably what you call a 'smart person', so I can tell that what you're going to say next may impact the market order, and you're right to do so. Don’t let anyone get the news out.”

It's okay to be exposed. After all, the "big banker" in the market now is Jenkins himself. The supply and working capital of tulips and bulbs are all in his hands. As long as he doesn't take action, it will definitely not take a few hours for the price to collapse.

Queen Isabella's words were half true and half false, but at least they weren't lies. Jenkins looked at her suspiciously, but did not continue to ask. Instead, he prepared to return to the podium in front and continue what he had just said.

Another series of explosions sounded from a distance. The first two sounds were so weak that only those with exceptional hearing could hear them. But this explosion, as long as you calm down, everyone in the city hall can hear it.

Jenkins squinted his eyes and looked in that direction, and it was obvious that black spiritual light was gathering. But because the distance was very far, it was impossible to tell whether the auras belonged to mechanized corpses or whether something strange had appeared.

The explosion disturbed people in the city hall, but because it was far away, it only caused discussion and did not affect the continuation of the speech. It would take some time for the church's news to come from afar, so Jenkins could only suppress the uneasiness in his heart and continue to speak on stage.

"Now we have learned about the abnormal 'Tulip Mania' incident that occurred in Nolan. This incident can be simply divided into two parts. One part is the abnormal increase in the price of tulips in the short term, and the other part is the price deviating from its own value. , becoming an appreciated product in the eyes of the public.

At this last stage, tulips are actually no longer tulips; what people are buying is an item that can appreciate in value. Following this logic, ‘tulip mania’ could also become ‘white rose mania’ or ‘pinwheel mania’. The example I gave is not to show that this phenomenon can be replicated, but to show that tulips are not actually important in this incident.

This is a very scary phenomenon. The short-term appreciation of a certain item does not even have much to do with itself. I know there are some big businessmen among you, and at this point, some of you probably know what I want to say. "

"Are you saying that someone is hoarding a large amount of tulip bulbs and then inducing the market to increase the price so that they can make a fortune?"

Someone in the audience shouted that this time it was not arranged by Jenkins. The person Jenkins arranged for had not yet had a chance to speak, but he had intended for people to ask the question.

"No, no, no, I said this is not price gouging. Although it has the right ingredients, it is too simple to think of it this way. Besides, who would deliberately hoard tulip bulbs? Nolan itself is not a tulip producing area, and it is local There is no giant in the flower industry. But this idea is correct. Someone has mastered a large amount of rare supplies and raised the price of tulips in a way that is still unexplainable.

But the unidentified person did not simply want to make a fortune. When everyone in the entire city regards tulips as an appreciable item and invests an excessive amount of money in chasing them, then in fact, it means that everyone in the entire city tacitly raises the price of tulips because people think The selling price is definitely higher than the buying price. "

He wrote a few words on the blackboard behind him, and then called on civilians from all walks of life waiting in the audience to tell the story of their families and tulips. These were also people who had been found in advance, and before the speech began, Jessica had asked them to completely get rid of the tulips.

Whatever the outcome of the speech was, it was none of their business.

"The people behind the scenes were actually only involved in raising prices in the early stage. I bet that by the middle and late stages, which started about two or three weeks ago, even those people themselves were unable to control the price of the entire market."

"How did you know it was a group of people?"

someone asked.

"This is obvious. I don't think one person can accomplish so many things at the same time: shipping, monitoring market prices, and driving up prices. This must be a gang, and a gang with quite outstanding capabilities."

Jenkins replied, and when no one continued to ask questions, he continued:

"This is an uncontrollable 'game', to use an inappropriate metaphor, the person who we have not yet identified simply lit the fuse of the explosive, they knew it would cause an explosion but had no idea how big the explosion would be. Violent. All they have to do is 'run fast enough'."

Just as I was about to explain the meaning of "running fast enough" to draw out the consequences of the over-expansion of the tulip market, I suddenly saw someone in the last row of the lecture hall gesturing to me. It was the priest of the church, and beside him stood Captain Binsey and two of his team members.

"Emergency situations?"

Jenkins interpreted the meaning of the sign language suspiciously, and continued to speak without stopping:

"Remember the 'Fabry Scam' some time ago? It was actually a similar technique. People kept investing money to get more profits. But they must get their investment back before everything collapses, not Put it all in and look forward to the next round of gains. That's what 'running fast enough' means.

Correspondingly, in tulip mania, although the specific way to obtain benefits is the tangible tulip. But according to the analysis just now, the current market price has exceeded the value of tulips themselves, making tulips just used as a symbol of transaction. In this incident, there is essentially no difference between tulips and the non-existent ‘Miss Fabry’s mining business’.

Once it collapses, the consequence of the Fabry scam is that you can get nothing, and the consequence of the Tulip scam is that you have a bunch of flowers that cannot be sold at a price. I think it's the same consequence. "

This last statement immediately caused an uproar, and people looked to Jenkins for further analysis. At this point in the speech, it has completely mobilized people's enthusiasm and attention. But this was just the beginning. He had to thoroughly analyze his approach, and then "Miss Fabry" appeared.

Chapter 1966 Chapter 1937 Human Body Jigsaw Puzzle

Jenkins changed the subject and gently patted the podium in front of him. Chocolate was shocked and looked up at him with some dissatisfaction.

"Although similar, there are big differences between the two. The biggest difference is that the consequences of the Tulip Mania incident are far greater than Miss Fabry's scam. 'Tulip Mania' will have the potential to completely crush a region's economy. Economy and market, this is what must be paid attention to in subsequent financial reforms..."

Watching the people in the audience whispering, Jenkins raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Dolores:

"In order for us to better understand this Tulip Mania incident, let's first review Miss Fabry's scam. I think I missed some important content in my previous speech... Miss Stuart , why don’t you tell it for me. Yes, she is my student. During my stay in Loon, I established a good friendship with Princess Stuart. Dolores, come here~"

After saying that, he ignored the confused Dolores and people's doubts, picked up the cat and walked out quickly from the side door of the lecture hall.

Captain Binxi, who was waiting here one step ahead, directly said the reason for the gesture just now:

"There's something wrong. It's a serious problem. Something strange has appeared."

"What weird thing?"

Since Captain Bincy interrupted the speech rashly, Jenkins must have been implicated in this matter.

“Can’t the church fix it?”

he asked again before Captain Binsey could answer.

"It's not an ordinary monster, it's A-08-1-0006."

According to general principles, particularly dangerous monsters may not necessarily be numbered first, but monsters with higher numbers are definitely particularly dangerous or have extraordinary characteristics.

"0A-8-1-0006?"

Jenkins asked in surprise. After getting the definite answer, he immediately remembered what it was. At this time, Chocolate had already woken up from his drowsiness with excitement, as if he heard that he wanted to eat:

"[Human Puzzle]? How is it possible? This set of weird things has been contained and sealed long ago? I remember my father said that this is a weird thing with unique properties. It was taught by the Machinery Church in the last era to use very special methods. The heavy price of containment is now sealed underground in the Holy See of the Mechanical Church. At any time, there will always be a Holy Son of the Mechanical Church guarding the seal. "

This can be regarded as the most dangerous weird thing in the material world. As the name suggests, [Human Body Jigsaw Puzzle] is a puzzle that can be pieced together into a human body. This is not a two-dimensional paper puzzle, but a three-dimensional metal piece "puzzle". The metal pieces that make up the puzzle are shaped like a regular triangular pyramid, but there are inward triangular depressions on each face, and the material of the metal pieces is steel alloy.

Because the metal pieces are fragmented, different puzzle methods can be used to piece together different human figures. The most basic characteristic of A-08-1-0006 [Human Body Jigsaw Puzzle] is that it has wisdom and can piece itself together.

It can piece together the appearance of any humanoid creature it has seen, and after successfully pieced together, although it maintains a strange metal appearance, it has the same power as the prototype of the pieced-together humanoid creature.

For example, if [Human Body Jigsaw Puzzle] witnessed Miss Befanna, then when it pieced itself together into Miss Befanna, it would have the complete ability of the eighth-level demigod of the Sage Church. If it witnessed Miss Bronion, then the human body it pieced together would have the ability of a ninth-level prophet.

The most difficult thing is that once it is witnessed, it will be permanently recorded. In other words, A-08-1-0006 actually has the records of all the powerful humanoid creatures it has witnessed from ancient times to the present.

If that's all, then the strongest state of [Human Jigsaw] is nothing more than a humanoid saint, and the seemingly sophistry power replaced by the power of the weird can be defeated after gathering more saints in the material world.

But the humanoid creatures that the puzzle can piece together include ABC humanoid creatures. In addition, when it is not actively dispersed, the puzzle changes its image with almost no time difference, so dealing with A-08-1-0006 [Human Jigsaw] is equivalent to dealing with most of the well-known humanoid weirds, humanoid extraordinary and humanoid gifts that Jenkins has only heard of throughout the ages.

This is quite scary. Some single individual weirds are very powerful, but they have targeted restraint methods. But when weirds appear one after another, the church simply cannot come up with means to deal with hundreds of weirds in just a few minutes.

According to records, the defeat of the Human Body Jigsaw in the Seventeenth Epoch relied on the means of the Church of Nature. At the moment when the puzzle tried to disperse and reorganize, the two saints of the Church of Nature consumed a gift C-02-2-0047 [Earth Roots] and two extraordinary B-01-1-8381 [Elf's Arrow of Destruction] and B-01-5-0224 [Song of Nature], allowing the Arrow of Destruction to carry the earth roots blessed by the Song of Nature and pierce into the metal gap.

The growing roots briefly blocked the closure of the puzzle, thus creating a vacuum period of more than ten seconds when the puzzle was not formed, allowing the demigods of the Church of the True God to break it up again and again and finally complete the containment.

This is all Jenkins knows about this strange object. In his opinion, strange objects of this level should be strictly guarded during the special period at the end of the era, and should not be contained out of control.

"The Mechanicus has confirmed that the A-08-1-0006 [Human Body Puzzle] contained in their church still exists. This is the news I received while waiting for you here after I entered the lecture hall to confirm that you saw the gesture."

"So, there is more than one A-08-1-0006 [Human Body Puzzle]?"

Jenkins was surprised.

"No, there is indeed only one. The Twelve Churches have verified many times in the past that the [Human Body Puzzles] that appeared in history are the same set. The keeper has put forward a view that the [Human Body Puzzle] that now appears in Nolan is a replica."

"Someone copied the weird thing? It's... oh, it's this thing."

He stomped his feet to hint at the underground differential machine, and Captain Binsey nodded:

"The keeper's idea has been supported by most people. One of the reasons is that the [Human Body Puzzle] that appeared in Nolan and the one contained by the Mechanicus Church have differences in the appearance of the basic parts of the puzzle. In addition to the regular triangular pyramid, the puzzle also has some gear-shaped things. Also, currently active The [Human Body Jigsaw Puzzle] simulates a human demigod that can reach the full strength of the other party, but the simulated weirdos and supernaturals are always not as powerful as the original. "

"So there is a high probability that it is a replica?"

"Yes. But even if it is a weakened version, according to its characteristics, this thing is not so easy to deal with. Now, in addition to the combat power left in the Evergreen Forest to prevent the forest from being attacked, most of the demigods and saints have participated in the battle. The demigods in the city church have not moved yet. The church is worried that the appearance of the [Human Body Jigsaw Puzzle] is to lure the church to weaken the church's defense. The cultists may have other purposes. "

To inform Jenkins, naturally, I hope that Jenkins can join the battlefield. The way to defeat the [Human Body Jigsaw Puzzle] in the last century can no longer be repeated. Although the three special items are not unique, the church now has none.

But this idea can be used as a reference, and although the church does not have three items, the current puzzle is not the puzzle that can simulate almost all the strength of all the weirdos.

Therefore, the church hopes that the [World Tree Seedling] will be present, using the World Tree Seedling's powerful ability to manipulate plants, combined with items similar to [Earth Roots] found by the True God Church, there may be a small probability that they can defeat the [Human Body Jigsaw Puzzle] just like in the last era.

"This..."

Jenkins hesitated, not because he was afraid of death, but because he was very sure that this method would never succeed. He heard about C-02-2-0047 [Earth Roots] from the old elf. This gift actually has another name, which is [Roots of the Old World Tree].

One of the reasons why elves left the material world was the decline of the original World Tree. Before the group left, they only took away the still active seeds of the World Tree, some ordinary branches and bark, and the most energetic branch that represented the essence of the World Tree.

The huge body of the World Tree did not completely turn into ashes after the elves left. The stumps of the old World Tree were eventually turned into BC items for various reasons, which also reflected the power of the World Tree.

The root was named [Earth Tentacle] by the church. This is actually because the church that originally named such items was the Church of the Earth.

It is simply impossible to find a replacement for the roots of the old world tree. Jenkins is very sure that no matter what the substitute is, it is impossible to have the power of [Earth Roots].

The containment record of the [Human Puzzle] I learned from my father made it very clear that even the roots of the World Tree only existed in the gaps of the puzzle for less than ten seconds, and the defeat of the puzzle was only completed in the seventh second. , after that, the split puzzle was still strangling the roots, and the two almost died together.

A sub-level substitute may not be able to last even one second, which will have no effect on the battle. Not to mention, the key to getting the tentacles into the gaps of the puzzle is B-01-1-8381 [Elf's Arrow of Destruction], otherwise it is just a root and does not have the ability to get into the metal gaps.

"The church knows how important the talk you are giving is and should not interrupt, but the [Human Jigsaw] matter is of great importance. The church recommends that the talk be suspended, or that someone be found to replace you. The church can help cordon off the town hall until you return In the past, no one could leave.”

This approach is of course possible, but other serious problems will inevitably arise while Jenkins is away from City Hall, and no one can guarantee that he will really be able to solve the [Human Body Puzzle] within an hour or two.

Chapter 1967 Chapter 1938 Jenkins’ Mission

The uncertainty of letting Jenkins temporarily leave the city hall is too high. For the church, even if it fails to get the throne this time and the Tower Agreement gradually expires, there are actually many opportunities. But what Jenkins cares about is divinity. He is the protagonist here and no one can take his place.

The church was also pushed to the extreme. No one could have imagined that something as big as [Human Puzzle] would appear. This is one of the few weird things that cannot be won by relying on human power.

"However, this is also an opportunity..."

Jenkins thought while stroking the cat. He thought about it and then said to Captain Binsey:

"Maybe I have an idea."

After telling Captain Bincy what he thought, Jenkins turned and returned to the lecture hall. I thought that letting the unprepared Dolores give a speech would make her very nervous. Unexpectedly, Her Royal Highness the Princess performed very well. Jenkins even saw Salsi II in the audience showing a very pleased expression.

When Dolores was in Loon, she had already presided over the financial reform of the Hampavo Kingdom for nearly half a year. In addition, she had received various descriptions of the "Fabri Scam" from Jenkins many times, so her The narration is even better than Jenkins himself.

While she was still talking, Jenkins quietly found Hathaway who was sitting with Jessica and Britney, and then found Sigrid and gave them some tasks respectively.

Then they found Miss Magic and Miss Silver Flute who were protecting Jessica in the dark. These two came with the Duke of Windsor. After all, Jessica hid in the carriage and followed Jenkins.

The two of them were not asked to leave the city hall. After all, their main job was to protect Jessica. But Jenkins still made a request to Miss Magic:

"I originally asked Alexia to do it, but now there are strange things in the city. I'm not sure if she will leave soon, so it's up to you."

He handed over a handful of spiritual magnets, which were purchased at a large price, and were connected to the oil painting B-07-4-7711 ["Gathering in the Forest\