Pillars of Ita

Chapter 946 Chapter 270 Mining Area, Act Seven
"There was indeed such a thing," the little girl at the front desk of the Nozpitz Adventurers' Guild pushed her glasses and said to them, "I can't remember if it was more than half a year ago or a year ago, anyway, the Imperial Geological Society People commissioned the Craftsman Association to investigate the water seepage in the underground of the mining area, and there was an abnormal concentration of magic power. As a result, the people of the Craftsman Association seemed to have found something underground in the mining area, which alarmed the Imperial Workshop. Finally, the old practice of the technology recovery order was followed. Turned it in... Nozpitz Craftsmen Guild and the craftsman got a bonus for it, strange to say, it's been years since no one mentioned the technology recall order, I thought that thing was scrapped Woolen cloth."

Not long after Bai Jia and the people from the special operations team left, Fang Yan took everyone from the Seven Seas Brigade to Nozpitz.He was originally worried about what might happen to the handover of suspects from Ain Brock's side. After all, the silence on the side of the Super Sports League in the first division was really disturbing.

But I didn't expect the whole process to be smooth.Bai Jia and the members of her special operations team boarded the ship with people and left Einbrok. The last time Fang Yan received news from the other party, they had already flown to Faxiu.There is a fleet escort from Stargate Port in the second division, and it is almost impossible to have any accidents.

The next step is to send the suspect to Colin-Ishurian, and then return to the star gate, Earth.He didn't know what form the final trial would take, that was beyond his reach, but Su Changfeng told him that he might file a public prosecution for espionage.

The first division has not yet made a sound, but it will definitely raise a protest.

It’s just that Su Changfeng thinks it’s meaningless to make a diplomatic effort on this matter. The suspect is the selector of the first division, but he did appear in El Paxin, and it cannot be explained in the realm of truth in Anjina. own motives.

Especially the latter one is enough to explain a lot of problems.This is not the time when super sports was in the ascendant three or 40 years ago. Many things that happened in Altaria can be used as a rule. There are many cases across the two worlds every year in recent years. Countries and the public are very familiar with this. up.

"If the case is confirmed, the structure of Stargate may usher in a big change," Su Changfeng said to him in the communication, "but the external affairs have little to do with you, you only need to care about the changes in the domestic structure." It’s ok, I’ll let you know when the time comes. In terms of ultra-sports, I’m afraid we still have to argue with the Americans, and the European Union and the Russians may also get involved—”

Fang Plover nodded.

He could vaguely hear that the Stargate Port officials of various countries seemed to be dissatisfied with the current structure of the Super Sports League.

In the early days when the Stargate was open to ordinary people, the free-chosen ones were actually the mainstream of the chosen ones.Half a century ago, the first generation of free-chosen entered the star gate and opened a glorious era for them, which is what people call the forerunners.

But then the super-sports rose, in the name of the selectors, and the reason for the standardization of competition and cooperation, countries jointly established today's super-sports league.The original intention of the alliance was to trigger further conflicts and rationalize the further peaceful development of stargates, so as to avoid the recurrence of the old events in Etalia a century ago.

With this reason, the Super Sports League 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 did trigger an upsurge in the development of 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 the era in which countries cooperated most closely.

In the era of the second generation of pioneers, the development of the star gate was in full swing. It was also in this era that the second world was discovered, pushing the exploration of Altalia to a climax.It was also the most golden age, the Chosen Ones gained a lot of aura, and those stars that shone in history almost became the heroes of mankind.

But the expansion of hypersports never stops.Especially when commercialization is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the living space of the Free Chosen Guild is getting smaller and smaller, replaced by more and more Chosen from the Alliance, which in a sense deprives the Stargate Agency of power .

At the same time, the rules of the league have become more and more complicated and bloated.

Those rules that were originally used to rationalize competition and develop stargates later became a means for some people to consolidate their own interests, and even use it to do evil.Fang Plover hasn't seen too many such things in the past year or so.

Such a situation will naturally arouse the dissatisfaction of the star gate agencies of various countries.However, the main structure of the alliance is based on the United Nations two centuries ago. Before a few players on the table make up their minds to change the rules, others can only wait and see.

Nowadays, almost everyone’s interests have been damaged under the current framework. When there is only one player left on the table who has made a profit, the idea of ​​overturning the original framework has gradually become the mainstream, and people’s minds have changed.At present, there are only early signs, but presumably the period of change will come soon.

The person in the group who knows this the most is Luo Hao.

Although this guy has restrained a lot recently, he still does not change his true nature as a political party builder.

He often makes long speeches on domestic actions against the alliance, pointing out the country, and even talking nonsense. For example, he looks down on the short-sightedness of the Americans on this matter:

"As the main builders of the framework, they should be the biggest beneficiaries of the framework. They should be the maintainers of the framework, rather than killing chickens and eggs to squeeze out the final value of the framework."

"Once the conflict starts, it's not always easy to say who will be the final winner. But the first competition area will definitely pay thousands of times the maintenance cost. No, maybe the title of the competition area will become history. If everything goes back to the former Stargate era, The development of stargates in various countries may go backwards—”

"Can you imagine such a scene?"

"Then what's the matter," the Paparars said disapprovingly, "If there is no stargate, the earth will be destroyed?"

It's not that he wants to see such a situation happen, it's just that he is naturally stubborn.

But Luo Hao is not worried that someone will argue with him, he can't wait.

When he was chatting and laughing in the community, the Paparars might not even register an account, such a weak rebuttal could only make him more excited, "I knew someone would say that there were no stargates two centuries ago , everyone still lives in the same way. This kind of statement is very common among the opponents of the Stargate proposal. But today is different from the past. Today, our world is too deeply bound to this world, not to mention the technical exchanges that are maintained by the Stargate. , do you know how many people live on the earth today?"

Of course the Pappalals didn't know.

After all, in this regard, Luo Hao is known as a humanoid database, and it is easy to quote scriptures. It is a pity that Fang Yan feels a little helpless. It would be great if the other party used this leisure time on the Seven Seas Brigade.Isn't there just one data analyst missing in the regiment?
It's a pity that Luo Hao has no interest in other guilds at all.

However, although the fat man from the military made alarmist remarks, Fang Plover felt that what the other party said was true.To be honest, he doesn't know why the Super Sports League is acting so aggressively. It would be fine if it was just to deepen the commercialization and liberalization of the Stargate. Undoubtedly over the line.

And it also gave other competition areas an excuse.

Why is the other party acting so eager?
Fang Plover couldn't see clearly what was going on on Earth, or those things were too high-level, and he had too little information, so he couldn't make more bold guesses, because the hidden possibilities behind it were really exciting. A little startled.

It is not a secret to him now that someone in the ultra-sports league colludes with the cultists, and the cultists can cross the star gate to operate on the earth——

But is this the will of some people, or is there a higher level of support behind it, otherwise this does not explain what Luo Hao said, how can the first division let the alliance do its own thing?Fang Yan faintly felt that things were not that simple.

But it seems that the power of various countries to shrink in the star gate is not too small.According to his understanding, the development of the Stargate will not be weakened, but will be further increased investment. On the one hand, it is to deal with the arrival of the third disaster star.

On the other hand, he also faintly felt that the stargate agencies of various countries seemed to have other considerations.

He faintly smelled a bad breath.

And that's where his sense of urgency comes from.

"Is the craftsman who found the thing still in the Nozpitz Craftsmanship Association?" Fang Plover withdrew his thoughts and asked the little girl, "Can you find a way to contact him?"

As he spoke, he took out something and put it in front of the other party.

"Imperial Ankh!" The little girl was startled, "...but you are not from the Empire, ah... I recognize you, you are the Dragon Alchemist of Aynbrok!" She showed a respectful attitude. Quite a lot, looked at Fang Plover cautiously and said, "I see, I heard that you have received awards in the Imperial Workshop... You must have studied the thing they sent up, and the Imperial Workshop sent you to investigate related matters Well, it's no wonder that some people have come here in the past few months."

Although the little girl from the Adventurer's Guild was respectful, she didn't miss a word, chirping like a little tit.

She looked at Fang Plover as if she was looking at something rare.

For a moment, Fang Plover was a little speechless.

But he didn't expect that he would become so famous in the empire. It took less than a month. Even in the border areas of the empire like Nozpitz, someone could recognize him with an ankh.But what about Ayn Bullock's Dragon Alchemist?
When did I even change the competition area?
The little girl looked cautious, but at the same time she was eager to try. She kept trying to test him about the mainland league and what happened in the arbitration court, and she looked like a curious baby, making Fang Plover a little speechless.

He even thought of Tianlan for a while.

It's a pity that the girl is currently under the restraint of Ayin Brock.After bidding farewell to the big cat man and Attila, Halsey took Miss Poet back again, basically in a confinement state.

"Okay," he sighed, and interrupted the other party, "Is there anyone else who has come here to investigate the mining area in the past few months?"

"That's a lot, respected Lord Dragon Alchemist," the little girl said exaggeratedly, "not only the people from the Artisan Association, the Imperial Workshop, the Mobius Mobile Fortress, and even the Geological Society." There are many people around here. They are just like you, just looking for someone to take them down to the mining area. If you want to find the craftsman back then, I am afraid you will be disappointed. Someone took him to the mine just a few days ago... "

"A member of the Geological Society?"

Fang Plover was stunned.

Whether it's the Nozpitz Craftsman's Association, the Empire Workshop, or even people from the general meeting, he can understand.After all, it is hard for others not to be curious about a magic furnace that even a great alchemist cares about.

Although he didn't know what the Oshu people were studying about the magic furnace, but since the master craftsmen of the empire attached so much importance to it, it was understandable that they would send people to investigate whether they could find new clues under the mining area. .

He was originally worried that the Imperial Workshop would block the mining area, but after asking, it was okay, and it didn't.It seems that the Imperials have been investigating there for a year and a half and found nothing, and there are no new clues, so they are a little impatient.

But that was both good news and bad news for him.The good news is that I can investigate quietly by myself, so as not to attract the attention of so many interested people.But the bad news is that since the Imperials were unable to investigate any clues with all their efforts, it may not be very likely that he will gain anything from his trip to Nozpitz.

But fortunately, Fang Plover intends to take advantage of this short vacation to take a look, and he doesn't expect to get anything.What's more important is that Miss Tata is with him. Miss Goblin has a close connection with Type Zero crystal, maybe she can help him find out something.

"Yes," the little girl nodded, "You are not a native of Nozpitz, so you may not be aware that the mining area was closed many years ago. Due to the excessive use of groundwater, many mining tunnels have experienced varying degrees of damage. People from the Artisan Association and the Geological Society have been trying to solve the problem, but for some reason, there is serious water seepage under the mine tunnel..."

"There is also an abnormal concentration of magical power," she took out a booklet, and turned to one of the pages, "Look, I am not lying to you. About a year and a half ago, abnormalities began to appear below the mine tunnel, not only the magical power The pipeline is damaged, and the ethernet veins below are in disorder... There are even monsters coming out of the ground and attacking the miners..."

"After the mining area was closed, Nozpitz became quite deserted, and everyone went to other places to make a living. However, since the appearance of those monsters, it has become lively again. Many adventurers from other places have come, and there are Lord Chosen Ones like you."

Listening to her nagging, Fang Plover had a headache.Nozpitz was built on a silver mining area. As early as a century ago, it was the largest silver mining area in the empire. However, the mine veins have not been exhausted, and many problems have occurred underground.One aspect is that the groundwater table has dropped, causing the mine to settle.

In this regard, there are mature solutions on the earth today, so the selectors of the Artisan Association and 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 brochure, and sure enough, he saw that there were many entrustments about the mine tunnel.For example, rescuing the miners, or recovering the Chosen who disappeared in the mine tunnel and left the Artisan Association a few days ago, and even cleaning up monsters, dealing with collapses, drainage, etc...

But when he saw the picture book of monsters depicted in the booklet, 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 elemental that lives at the bottom of the floating continent. It is a type of elemental creature, and the elemental creature is one of the most peculiar creatures in Etalia. In fact, there is still no conclusion about what kind of biological categories they are defined on earth.

But the earth elementals generally only live in the central area of ​​the floating continent. Could it be that the imperials dug through Xinta'an through mining?Otherwise, how could the earth elements living at a depth of thousands of meters underground appear on the surface?
Fang Plover was puzzled, but after carefully asking about the details, an idea suddenly came to his mind.He remembered what the military had told him, and his expression sank slightly.Seeing the change in his expression, the little girl at the side couldn't help being startled:
"Master Alchemist...?"

"It's none of your business," Fang Yan shook his head before asking about the craftsman who went to the mine.The craftsmen registered in the Craftsman Association are rarely hired by others, because they usually have fixed jobs in the local area and enjoy the allowance of the empire.

The reason why he took out the Ankh before was also to show his relationship with the Imperial Workshop.The other party said that someone took the craftsman to the mining area, and he had some doubts that people from the Imperial Workshop or the Mobius Association were in this place.

If this is the case, he will have to be more careful when he goes to the mining area to investigate.

Especially under the current situation, he doesn't want the imperial people to know the connection between himself and the star device.

But the little girl shook her head, "That's not true. If people from the Imperial Workshop or the Artisan Association came here, I would definitely remember it clearly. They have been here many times in the past few months. But the person who hired the artisan , if I read correctly, you should be the Holy Chosen One just like you, my lord."

"The Chosen One?"

Fang Qiu was slightly startled.

How could the Chosen One be interested in that Magic Furnace?He has been dealing with the Empire craftsmen for so long since he investigated the Star Device and the Zero Magic Furnace, and the only ones involved are the Seven Sorcerers Family and the Guild of Death.

However, the Guild of Death Descends obviously doesn't know much about Ash Lynn's manuscript, and is just following orders from the instigator behind it.

Besides myself, who is investigating the magic furnace?Are they here for the star installation?Or is it for the technical route of the Zero Magic Furnace?

Many thoughts flashed through Fang Plover's mind. He didn't expect that his trip to Nozpitz would encounter an unexpected situation from the very beginning.However, if there is anyone in the Chosen Guild in the empire who is qualified to cooperate with the Imperial Workshop and the Artisan Association and can obtain this level of information from the other party.

Thinking about it, it will not surpass the Big Three.

Sacramental Guilds, Gray Field and Prometheus.

who can that be?

Fang Plover secretly figured it out.

……

(End of this chapter)