Age of Mysticism

  Chapter 182 Shining Gold Man

  Yormington was frightened by his own speculation. Although there is no evidence that Meteorite and his people are launching a big conspiracy against the City Alchemists Association, he still believes in his intuition.

   It's just where the opponent's attack point is, and what makes them so confident that they can destroy the status of the Urban Alchemist Association in Raging Waves City in one fell swoop.

  The current city of Raging Waves has been disturbed by the meteorite, and it seems that it is waiting for the final detonation.

  Yormington knew he couldn't wait any longer, and had to remind the City Alchemists Association. He brought all the materials he had compiled during this time, and then hurried out to meet Orlando Glover, the president of the City Alchemists Association.

   Glover is also the Speaker of the City Council.

  The headquarters of the City Alchemists Association is next to the city government affairs building, on the west side of the government affairs square, a five-story building. There are not only official research departments funded by the City Council, but also offices set up here by a large number of private research institutes. Once a new development project appears, the Urban Alchemists Association can build a research team extremely efficiently.

   It's just that the headquarters of the City Alchemists Association has been harassed very seriously by the Haijiao District Secret Affairs Bureau recently, and many tasks are difficult to carry out. When Yomington arrived, he saw a group of imperial spies rushing out of the building in a hurry, still holding a lot of documents in their hands.

  Yormington immediately pulled down the brim of his hat to avoid it, he didn't want to be noticed by these spies.

   After entering the headquarters of the City Alchemists Association, according to his identity, he easily met Chairman Glover.

  Glover is a human being who has halfling blood and has undergone extraordinary transformation. He is only 1.3 meters tall, but he has an extremely large head. Red hair, red beard, long sideburn hair and beard together.

  Grover's powerful mental power allowed Grover to float in the air for a long time. He shook hands with the visiting Yomington, and then floated back to his seat and sat down. With a wave of his hand, a chair placed by the wall moved to the opposite side of his desk.

   "Your visit came later than I thought. I thought you would come to see me as soon as you were released from Oulu Academy, but you chose to come now."

  Yormington sat down, and the whole room was filled with the spiritual power emanating from Grover, as if surrounded by an oppressive magnetic field.

Slightly getting used to this uncomfortable feeling, Yomington replied to Grover: "The attitude of Oulu Academy is very subtle. Meteor exposed our crusader project to Willred, and he saw it again. Kestrel, it affected his attitude towards us.

   But I can be sure that Meteorite is not fully supported by Oulu Academy. "

Grover sighed and said: "Willed is a very old-fashioned guy. He doesn't like me, and I don't like him either. If it weren't for his high moral line, the achievements of Oulu Academy would be far away. Not at this level.

  We can only hope that his successor can be more enlightened, and bold experiments can continue to be at the forefront of the world.

  You didn’t come this time to talk to me about this…”

"Yes." Yomington shifted the topic to his own purpose: "I think Meteor has used the Changxiang-class hydrogen airship incident to continuously disrupt the city's Alchemists' Association because he is preparing to attack the Alchemists' Association." the plan of.

  If the influence of the Urban Alchemists Association is greatly damaged, it will greatly affect our control over the city. "

Grover shook his head helplessly: "I didn't expect that I didn't pay attention to the city council for a while, and you made Rage City look like this. Now the incident of the Changxiang-class hydrogen airship has forced me to interrupt my research. Do the aftermath of this.

  The explosion of the hydrogen airship was a big blow to the Urban Alchemists Association, and now we don't even know how it exploded. I asked the direct person in charge, and he said that he personally added the stabilizer into the airship, and it was impossible for the airship to explode. "

  Yormington asked: "I heard that Meteor drove all the crew members off after boarding the airship. Did he tamper with the airship?"

   "I don't know yet. But the manufacturing formula of the hydrogen stabilizer is strictly confidential. After all, we plan to make money from it. Theoretically, it is impossible for the meteorite to know the formula of the stabilizer, so there is no way to destroy the hydrogen stabilizer."

  Yormington asked: "Is it possible that an insider leaked the secret? After all, the Imperial Secret Intelligence Bureau is dedicated to collecting this kind of confidential information."

   "The confidentiality measures of the hydrogen stabilizer include targeting this kind of information theft. And I have asked all the people who have access to the hydrogen stabilizer manufacturing process, and no one has betrayed. I can be sure of this."

  It seems that the explosion of the Changxiang-class hydrogen airship was really just an accident, and it was a problem with the stabilizer itself. It's a pity that Meteor Xing was not killed, but he seized the opportunity to fight back.

  This is also a blessing in misfortune. If Meteor really knew the formula of the hydrogen stabilizer, then his intelligence acquisition ability would be too terrifying, and there would be no secrets for him on behalf of himself.

   "Sir, I think the Urban Alchemists Association must make up for the negative impact of the hydrogen airship incident as soon as possible, and can no longer let the meteorite continue to harass it.

  I know him, and he definitely has big plans for the City Alchemists Guild. "

"I agree with your point of view..." Grover nodded his big head: "Although I haven't seen Meteor, I have to admit that he took a district in Raging City for Her Royal Highness, and he did a very good job. Now Her Royal Highness wants more, and of course we can't let them succeed.

  The impact of the hydrogen airship explosion will soon pass, and I have found a very confident partner. "

  Yormington was very curious about what kind of partner could save this mess. I am afraid that even if the imperial family comes forward, there is no way to eliminate such a large negative impact.

"who is it?"

   When Grover was about to answer, an assistant opened the door and walked in.

   "Your Excellency, President, two people who claim to be directors of the World Bank have come to visit."

   "They are here, this is the partner I found, you accompany me to meet them." Glover was very happy, and he said to the assistant: "Please go to the living room."

  Yormington did not expect Grover to invite the World Bank to join the hydrogen airship development project.

  The credibility of the World Bank is as stable as a star. If the World Bank joins this project, it will surely restore public confidence in the hydrogen airship project.

  Just joining the World Bank also means that they will take away a large part of the benefits, but it is better than losing completely now.

   Moreover, it can destroy Meteor's plan and keep the basic situation of Raging Waves City.

  Yormington followed the floating Grover to the reception room with anticipation, and met the visiting World Bank director.

  A man and a woman, twins, shining golden people.

Glover shook hands with them enthusiastically, and introduced them: "Director Pan, Director Yin, this is Mr. Yomington, the Chief of Staff of the Empire, Mr. Gabriel, the Chief Assistant of the Empire, is also very interested in the development of hydrogen airships. supported."

  Glover invited Yomington to meet with the World Bank, also to show them the empire's support for this project and to give them confidence in investment.

  Pan is a very heroic young man. He has golden hair and looks very sunny and cheerful. Yin is Pan's twin sister, and her performance is more restrained, a standard blonde beauty.

  Although the two of them were Jin people, they didn't show arrogance because they were ancient races. The glory of the Shuojin civilization has long passed, and now they have all adapted to their identities and status at this time.

Pan shook hands with Grover and Yomington, and after being seated as the guest of honor, he said positively: "The World Bank has always been very interested in the hydrogen airship project of the Urban Alchemists Association of Raging City. Although it had an accident, Before some new inventions are safely used, there will be some accidents.

  We have seen the controllable side of hydrogen. As long as the problems discovered are solved, the hydrogen airship is still the best high-level replacement for the steam airship. "

  Pan's attitude represents the attitude of the World Bank. This positive affirmation made Grover and Yomington very happy, and it seemed that things were easier than they thought.

Grover said: "This accident is a big blow to the research and development of hydrogen airships, but it is also a good thing in a sense. It appeared in the experimental stage, and we can make targeted compensation so that future hydrogen Airships are safer.

  The cause of the accident may be the attenuation of the inhibitory effect of the hydrogen stabilizer in the extremely high airspace environment. I will find the defect as soon as possible and fix it, this is not a difficult task for Raging Waves City's scientific research force. "

Pan replied: "Since we all have confidence in the hydrogen airship project, there is no obstacle to cooperation. The World Bank is willing to invest in this project and hopes to obtain 40% of the future profits of all hydrogen airship industries as a The return on this investment."

  The World Bank asks for 40% of the profits when they open their mouths.

   But since it’s a negotiation, it’s asking for a lot of money and paying back the money when it lands.

   Glover stated the conditions in his mind, which are obviously far from the World Bank's asking price. This meeting fell into a back-and-forth debate, and the investment conditions were also approaching a mutually acceptable balance point.

   It was just a meeting and no business was concluded.

  But Glover and Yomington are already very satisfied, and the attitude of the World Bank is enough to save their current decline. Once the negotiation was over, Glover immediately revealed some news to the newspaper, that the headlines that Inspector Meteor had dominated for days were finally about to be replaced.

  At this time, Luke still didn't know that there was a variable of the shimmering gold civilization in the plan he was advancing. The Bureau of Secret Intelligence has found accounting problems in the hydrogen airship research project. The whereabouts of a large amount of research funds raised are unknown, and a lot of money has entered private pockets without any concealment.

  Through searching these days, the Secret Service found some fragments of the wreckage of the airship. The melting and deformation of the metal part is enough to see how high the temperature was at that time.

  Throwing out these evidences can increase the public's fear of hydrogen airships, and then there will be a formal attack, mobilizing investors to sue the City Alchemists Association for financial fraud.

   During these days, Luke never stopped studying ancient characters. He has already learned five ancient Glittergold scripts from the troll scholar Laconia. The number is not many, but every word he learns is a great consumption of spirit.

   Even though the progress was so slow, Laconia still marveled at Luke's talent in learning ancient characters. Every time he learns an ancient character, the written ancient character will become a mysterious prop. If he can master more words to form sentences, he can directly activate the secret technique to use the power of ancient civilization.

   In order to witness the miracle, Laconia taught Luke very carefully.

   And the fundamental reason why Luke can master ancient characters so deeply is because of the egg of unknown origin.

  The thing sealed inside the egg, he called himself Banat. Banat followed Luke to learn modern language, and the progress was much faster than he taught Luke the ancient golden script.

   And he is still playing tricks on teaching ancient characters. He only teaches what Laconia teaches, and pretends to be deaf and dumb in the rest. Even if he could have a simple communication with Luke, he never said his identity or anything related to ancient civilization.

"It's very immoral for you to do this..." Bored Luke said to the egg in his consciousness: "I have taught you so many modern languages ​​and told you so many things about this era, just give me Such a small return? You should keep your privacy, but I rescued you here from the hands of the ancient shimmering gold people, won't you give me some benefits as a reward?"

   "Do you think you rescued me here from ancient times?" Banat mastered the modern language and was able to communicate with Luke.

"Otherwise? As far as I know, the ancient Shuojin script mastered by the Shuojin people is not enough to set such a complicated seal. You must have been captured and sealed by the ancient Shuojin people in the ancient war. I rescued you." about you."

  Bannat seems to be very excited about the conversation today, and he said a few more things: "But it is also possible that after I was sealed, I was kept by the Shuojin people until now...or in the future...and then you were transferred here at this point in time.

  I am very curious about the power you hold, it is beyond my cognition, even in our time, no one can get something from the future. "

   Luke, who was still chatting casually, suddenly became nervous: "What do you mean? You said you are not from ancient times?"

   "Although I was sealed, my perception of time still exists. According to the current time unit, you transferred me from last week to a month ago. Such a long time span really scared me.

  And I want to remind you that the Glittering people who are guarding me now must have discovered that I disappeared, and they will send someone to look for me. I don't know if you have left any clues that they can find. If you have, you must have caused big trouble. "

  In this way, it seems that the secret technique of "rotation between the future and the present" is not wrong. This egg did not come from ancient times, but was preserved by the Shuojin people until the future.

   And did you leave any clues?

  Does the 20,000 gold coupon for buying eggs count?

  Luke could already imagine the expression on the face of the gold shimmering man who opened the safe where the sealed egg was placed and saw a large sum of gold coupons inside.

  (end of this chapter)