The sun is high

With a slight sound, the curtains of the cabin were opened.

Steam slowly emerged from the drink bottle on the table, and the unique aroma of the refreshing drink filled the cabin.

After traveling all the way, the Windless One fleet has successfully docked at the port, where the fleet will replenish materials and personnel. At the same time, specialized Law Commission craftsmen will perform emergency maintenance and inspections on the ships.

There were many fishing boats and cargo ships leaving the port on the nearby sea, and Xiuge could see a very familiar pattern on these ships.

Those are iris flowers, but these iris flowers are not exactly the same as the logo of the Kingdom of Delan - their color is neither purple nor light blue, but a special black.

This logo belongs to the Principality of Pral.

The Principality of Pral is quite famous in Van En, but its fame lies entirely in its presence and influence.

On the Goddess Plain, there are too few cases that have no sense of existence like the Principality of Pral. Its military strength is almost zero, and the principality only has a very small number of troops used to maintain public security and stability.

In terms of political stance and choices, the Principality of Pral is heavily dependent on the Kingdom of Deland. To put it more exaggeratedly, it can almost exist as a seaside town of the Kingdom of Deland. The biggest reason why this small principality has always existed is that Because the Kingdom of Deland respects the Grand Duke of Pral and is willing to use this to demonstrate the close relationship between the nobles of the plains.

After a temporary stop at such a place, Xiuge really had no intention of hanging out, and the same was true for Weilin.

Therefore, the two of them stayed on the Windless One with a tacit understanding, and they planned to spend this short half-day on research matters and subsequent plan formulation.

"Your previous judgment was basically correct, and your guesses about the plan that Professor and the others might adopt were also accurate."

Weilin raised her eyes from the magic letter in her hand, shook the paper in her hand, and inadvertently pursed her lips: "Felix and the others did use what you said...well, violent means, and It looked very violent."

Xiuge, who was sitting aside and writing in his notebook, raised his head: "Very violent? Tell me more specifically."

Wei Lin read the letter in her hand: "He not only called on the newly established Sword of Dawn, but also applied for a group of professional soldiers and vehicles from Dasweil. After receiving the intelligence from us, they Rushed to Blue Algae Port as soon as possible... It was mentioned that the soldiers were fully armed, and in the end they not only used alchemy bombs, but also used new firearms. Now, the Blue Algae Port Goblin Chamber of Commerce should no longer exist."

"An expected decision."

Xiuge picked up the drink bottle on the side and poured the brewed refreshing drink into Weilin's empty water glass. He explained: "In a long confrontation and struggle, opening a breakthrough is very important. For That’s even more true now.”

Weilin picked up the water cup. She blew the hot air from the cup gently, and the smile on her face became a little helpless: "Okay, I thought the fish we caught before could be a breakthrough."

"There's no way around it."

Xiuge poured himself a refreshing drink. As he spoke, he turned to look at the "skinworms" contained in the alchemy containers: "To study these things clearly, we need more than just a lot of time... … It also requires sufficient academic resources and manpower, and even enough luck.”

Now, these "skin bugs" imprisoned in the alchemical containers have been subjected to several additional layers of isolation rituals.

Not only that, Xiuge also set up his own dark abyss magic on these containers. Under the suppression and blockade of a large number of rituals and magic, these weird community creatures completely fell into a state close to dormancy. Floating slowly in the alchemical solution, his body stretched naturally, looking like a specimen.

"We still know too little about them, which will even bring great dangers and hidden dangers to our research... In comparison, it will be simpler and more effective to figure out the action ideas of the Black Sun Society."

In this regard, Wei Lin seemed a little unconvinced: "We have personally experienced the habits of the Black Sun Society many times. I admit that they are indeed easier to deal with than those ancient creations, but what we can think of, they I must be able to think of it... I don’t think that we can obtain any truly effective intelligence through such an operation.”

Xiuge withdrew his gaze from observing the "skin bug". He looked at the female mage sitting opposite him and said, "My thinking on this issue may be different from yours."

Hearing this, Wei Lin raised her eyebrows slightly. Of course she couldn't be angry because of such a sentence, so she asked: "Tell me, what's the difference?"

"This has to start from the position and identity of us, the Black Sun Society and those ancient creations."

Xiuge organized his words and said slowly: "The biggest reason why we think these ancient creations are dangerous and troublesome is that their behavior methods and principles are always beyond our expectations. Their shapes and capabilities The abilities are very weird, coupled with the unpredictable behavior, which makes it impossible for us to truly understand them in a short period of time."

"In contrast, no matter what strategies the Black Sun Society adopts, they will never be able to transcend their inherent framework."

"Inherent framework..."

Weilin caught the key point in Xiuge's words. She repeated the word softly, and her eyes that were originally slightly confused became a little brighter: "伱means that the behavioral principles of the Black Sun Society are the same as those of the Black Sun Society." Can patterns still be discerned and predicted?”

Xiuge nodded and said: "Although in the eyes of many people, these members of the Black Sun Society are unreasonable lunatics, in fact, their degree of madness is extremely limited... Let's look back at our previous experiences. Although they can Acting on ethereal prophecies, but doing those things with a series of careful plans.”

"Of course, I can also be a little rougher."

Xiuge showed a subtle smile: "They are crazy, but not completely crazy. They seem to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, but the methods they use can never escape the rules of Van En itself, and even They also had to resort to the power of what they considered 'despicable individuals'."

"As for the actions taken against the Black Sun Society that we talked about earlier, it should be easy to understand now."

Shuge put down his cup, and his voice became colder: "Since they have no way to break away from this inherent framework, what we have to do is to destroy as much as possible all their investment here. .”

"Perhaps one or two such operations will not bring about any fundamental changes, and there will be no way to obtain the intelligence and information we want, but it can actually weaken the Black Sun Society's apparent control over various regions. power and influence.”

"Okay, I see what you mean."

In Shuge's words, Weilin finally finished the refreshing drink in her cup. She rolled her eyes at Shuge: "You actually want to completely cut off the connection between the Black Sun Society and those ancient creations. Bar?"

"Yes, they may indeed believe in those lost gods and indeed have some of their power, but this does not mean that the Black Sun Society can form an alliance with those real dependents. We must separate the two as much as possible. .”

"Crack!"

With a soft sound, Wei Lin placed the empty cup on the table. She looked at Shuge and smiled: "I guess that when you get to Merlin Lehe, you will definitely have a lot in common with the group of people responsible for public affairs. ...Don’t call me when you are talking about things, I don’t want to accept that kind of torture.”

Xiuge was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed. He also realized that he had been a little too serious and serious just now. As a relatively pure magic scholar, Weilin's level of concern and understanding of these matters was very limited. .

If you want her to truly participate in these things, there is probably no chance.

Participating in the discussion just now was probably her limit.

After putting down the report documents in her hands, Weilin quickly got back into the topic of "Skin Bugs" and "Color of Life". She had just thought of a new experimental idea and was eager to conduct a temporary experiment. It was performed indoors, so Xiuge stopped disturbing her, picked up the Black Sun Scepter, and walked directly outside.

Xiuge has always been in awe of the ocean.

Although a solid ship equipped with weapons can give him a shelter on the vast sea, the feeling of having his feet not touching the ground will make Xiuge feel very unsteady.

What happened in the past few days has further aggravated Xiuge's mentality.

In order to prevent a similar situation from happening, Xiuge brought the Black Sun Scepter directly to the banquet hall, found a table and sat down, and the abundant magic power spread out in all directions after being injected into the Black Sun Scepter. A huge web of perception covers the surrounding area, including the Windless One.

Although this is the largest port in the Principality of Pral, its scale is really limited. In just half an hour, Xiuge has used his perception to carefully search the entire port.

Perhaps it is because the Black Sun Society has not taken any further action for the time being, or perhaps because a place like the Principality of Pral is not high in the eyes of the Black Sun Society, Shuge actually gained unprecedented results during this sensory exploration. Peace and tranquility.

In this way, in the evening, with all crew members and passengers in place, the fleet that had taken a short rest in the Principality of Pral set sail again.

There were fewer passengers on the Windless One than before.

Most of these people who left early were not the nobles from various places who had to attend Merlinle and the meeting. They originally boarded the Windless One with gilding and other tasks or purposes. However, what happened before had no impact on the situation. They create extremely serious deterrents.

What they hope is to be able to easily win their share of the benefits during this journey, rather than lose their lives as a result.

The departure of this group of people changed the atmosphere on the Windless One.

The communication among the passengers has become much simpler, and some of the scholars who are paying attention to and studying the deep-sea communities have even succeeded in getting closer to each other, including Le Geer, who has a bad reputation.

Everyone is smart and aware of Shuge and Dawn Society’s special attitude towards Legere. Coupled with Legere’s own performance, many people have changed their minds about him. At least for now, Legere will not No longer treated as a clown like they were at the beginning, they would politely bring Legere along in some daily research and academic discussions.

Legere, who has worked his way up from the bottom of the magic academia, has a thick-skinned and flexible mind that ordinary scholars do not have. He knows very well where the direct source of this change is. After Zha and other members had two in-depth conversations, Legere expressed his tendencies and attitudes very directly.

Sugar even saw that this guy had bought a social studies book about St. Steele from nowhere, written by none other than Frey Meyer.

Whether it's cosmetic work or not, it's a good start.

Soon, the Windless One fleet left the port. Next, the fleet will sail to the coast of the Black River Principality, where they will welcome the second batch of passengers to board the ship, and then head straight to the cold Merlin Lehe, The voyage will take two days longer than expected, and relevant adjustments and notifications have been put in place.

Three live "skinworms" and most of the collected blood and flesh samples have been successfully handed over to the local Legal Affairs Commission officials. They need to provide better preservation conditions for these precious samples and secretly send them to Germany. These samples will be dissected and studied in the most detailed manner at the largest legal committee research institute and laboratory in the Kingdom of Deland.

After the storm comes calm.

Without any external interference, Shuge and others actually ushered in a relatively relaxed and leisurely life on board. In addition to collecting intelligence and researching samples every day, Shuge even got some help from writing works. Chance.

On the second night after resuming the voyage, Shuge sat at the desk accompanied by "Justina". He spread out an old notebook with a somewhat stained cover and a slight smell of war. Wei Lin had saved it for him before.

Among them, there is the beginning of the work he wrote under the pseudonym "The Ghost of Salem City" at that time.

After experiencing so many things, Shuge felt that he needed to fill in the gaps for the continuation of this story.