"Ebner, I didn't expect you to be happy when you heard this kind of news." Lin walked to the table to fetch water, and squinted his eyes to look at Ebner who was watching TV, showing unkindness in his eyes.
Ebner didn't look back at Lin, he was still watching TV seriously, and said calmly: "Lin, please don't secretly stare at me, it will make me a little scared."
Ebner obviously didn't meet Lin's gaze, but he knew his micro-expression like the back of his hand, as if he had eyes behind him.
Lin was taken aback when he heard the words, he immediately restrained his emotions, and joked: "It's not that you are always joking, I occasionally doubt which side you are on."
Ebner thought for a while: "I study the mysteries of the entire human group, and even higher intuitive perceptions. If you ask me with a limited camp, I'm not very good at answering."
"What do you mean? I thought we had reached a cooperation?" Lin said gloomily, "But now you don't even want to make a promise?"
Ebner was not afraid when he heard his bad tone, and said with a smile: "You don't think I've forgotten the past, do you? We can sit down and chat calmly now, but when we first met, we didn't have a good fight. Because I don't want to sell the pendulum, so you secretly sent people to harass me at work, even brought people into my London apartment, turned the furniture upside down, and broke a set of my beloved tea set... "
"Lin, I think it's a bit funny for you to talk about promises with me. I really don't react very quickly, but it seems that I haven't lost my memory yet."
Lin didn't expect the other party to revisit the old account. His face was slightly stiff, and he pretended to be indifferent: "It was just a small misunderstanding. I thought we had reconciled and made compensation later."
"The compensation you said is to give me another ten sets of tea sets? You always do this, thinking that this can make up for it." Ebner sighed, "If I didn't have an oath with Q, you don't think we are cooperating now, right? That's why you failed in your first Chinese test, but you still don't understand."
"The other party has seen through you, and even grasped your weakness, that is, the mineral veins and ruins do not belong to you, but you want to take them as your own."
Lin retorted dissatisfiedly: "The entire mine lode is on the land of the Mondsen family. No matter which law is followed, it is our family's property!"
Ebner laughed loudly: "Does the mine that belongs to you need the treasure in our hands as the key? I have never heard of such a thing. The master takes his own property, but needs an outsider to open the door."
Lin's face was livid: "Then tell me, if it doesn't belong to us, who else can it belong to?"
"All mankind."
Lin was taken aback: "... I didn't expect you to have this kind of ideology."
Ebner said slowly: "Lin, as long as you study the ruins, you should understand that what I said is right. The history of this mine vein ruins is far beyond a thousand years, and every few hundred years there is a genius mystic who turns out Come here and bury what you have learned here. The mysticism outside may be broken due to wars, natural disasters and other disasters, but country H has been a pure land that has not been disturbed since ancient times, and it still retains countless inheritances of native civilizations."
"Mysteries are basically born in the oldest civilizations. Some civilizations have long since disappeared in the dust of history, such as the Mesopotamian civilization where Western astrology originated. However, there may be precious materials in the ruins."
"These occult geniuses come from all over the world and carry different civilizations. They put aside barriers such as language, gender, skin color, and country, and trekked here to leave a treasure for all mankind. Now you say it belongs to you. This is appropriate. ?"
Ebner has already studied the red crystal props, which are the keys made by the geniuses from the ruins. They used their lifelong learning to block the main vein layer by layer, building a huge and complicated labyrinth. Because of this, the different styles of red crystal props come from the differences in mysticism between the East and the West.
Although they have never met each other, and even lived in different times, they chose to guard this place by coincidence.
This is the power condensed by the entire human group, but now it sounds ridiculous to say that it belongs to one person or family.
Ebner said: "Indeed, according to the current laws and regulations, it is reasonable and legal for you to occupy the relics of the mine, but what we have learned is to look at the past and the present and ask about the future. In the long river of time, your thinking is quite naive. Compared with the past Seniors, you are really superficial."
In Ebner's view, the history of Mondsen and Country H is not as long as the relics, so it's hard to say who belongs to whom.
"Ebner, since you are studying divination for the future, have you ever thought about one thing, maybe the mine vein belongs to Mondsen, which is God's will in the dark." Lin snorted, "You also said that the ruins came from the past The people here are very powerful, maybe they have guessed this matter early, and they want us to mine it!"
Ebner was silent for a moment, lowered his voice, and said frankly: "I haven't studied it thoroughly, but the construction of the ruins does have a meaning, and this is also a potential possibility. What are you waiting for, seniors?"
"They are waiting for us, waiting for us to start a new era!" Lin stretched out his hand to Ebner, his eyes were unpredictable, and he said solemnly, "We used to have some conflicts, but I hope that we can cooperate happily in the future and leave a mark in history together." Leave a trail of brilliance."
Facing Lin's superior handshake gesture, Ebner hesitated for a long time, but finally shook it back.
After a while, Lin left the room.
Ebner looked at the panda on the TV, he took out a tissue and wiped his hands vigorously, muttering: "It's really crazy, we don't know if it's waiting for us."
Ebner has always disliked Lin who is domineering, and often hides his needles when talking to him. If it wasn't for Q's reconciliation, the two can't even get along so far.
However, Lin was right about one thing. According to the current laws of country H, without Mondsen's permission, he can't even set foot on the ruins, which are on the other party's land.
In the venue of the high-rise building, countless spellers who passed the preliminary test gathered together, waiting for the meeting to officially start. Shi Zhuoqu was busy at the front, occasionally answering other people's questions, his attitude seemed quite respectful.
Because Chu Qianli made a big noise in the examination room, Lin and others rushed over early and will disclose the project information in advance at today's conference.
Huang Jue fell back on the back of the chair, crossed his legs, and asked suspiciously: "Is this suddenly a lot more polite? When I called for someone last time, I still refused to say anything."
"I heard that the head of the headquarters is here."
A row of Taoist priests sat neatly in the front row of the venue. They would occasionally look at Huang Jue and the others. The young Taoist priest reminded: "Zai Yuan is him."
"I saw it." Xu Zaiyuan said, "Now is not appropriate."
Chu Qianli, Tan Muxing, and Meiru Z sat in the back seats. Meiru Z did not participate in the last round of preliminary examination. She was surprised to see the people in the room: "There are so many people."
Chu Qianli: "Sister Ru Z, how many people were originally exempt from the test?"
"I've only seen one." Mei Ru Z raised her chin and gestured, "Here, the one with the sword in the front."
Tan Muxing was taken aback for a moment, he recognized the familiar clothes and said, "That's someone from Qianmen."
"That's still not enough, there are three left."
Chu Qianli has a compass and tarot cards in her hand, Mei Ru Z has Sanqingling, the Taoist priest of Qianmen has a mahogany sword, and three props that she doesn't know about.
Mei Ru Z: "However, I didn't expect it to suddenly become a meeting. They originally informed me that there was a small meeting with the Taoist priests. They said that the leader surnamed Shi was coming. Now the situation has changed suddenly, but we can meet with you."
Of course, Chu Qianli knew the reason for the change, and said calmly: "Now we are cracking down on the non-public and opaque examination format. Maybe these people have lost their way and finally developed a little fear!"
Meiru Z: "...does this kind of businessman still have fear?"
The reason for Lin and others to organize the test-free meeting is very simple. They want to maximize the benefits with the least cost. Once they win over the people who own the red crystal props, the key to the mine vein ruins will be monopolized.
Although the whereabouts of two props are still unknown, most of the red crystal inheritors can be invincible if they stand on Mondsen's side.
However, the No. 3 examination room of the Chinese preliminary examination was messed up, and the owner of Sanqingling might be taken away, so Lin and others had to change their strategy.
The lights in the auditorium dimmed, but the beams in front of the stage suddenly lit up.
Standing in front of the stage, Shi Zhuoqu said, "According to the confidentiality agreement before entering the venue, please do not record or take pictures during the meeting. All the information of this meeting has not been released to the public. Your leaking behavior will be investigated for legal responsibility. "
"The following applause is for Mr. Lin from Monderson Group to introduce the New Era Project to us."
A moment later, a middle-aged man with flaxen hair and deep features came to the stage, and Shi Zhuoqu politely made way for him.
Wearing an expensive custom-made suit, Lin looked around imposingly, with deep and sharp eyes, and said in English: "It is a great honor to share with you a great project today, which is the New Era Plan that Mondsen has been preparing for a long time. !"
There is a translator with simultaneous interpretation next to him, converting his speech into Chinese.
Chu Qianli had never met Lin: "Is this the leader of President Shi?"
Tan Muxing carefully looked at the foreigners on the stage, and said thoughtfully: "I seem to have a little impression of him. I saw it in foreign reports. It is said that he is one of the few members of Mondsen who shows up..."
Members of the Monderson family care about keeping information secret, and only a few have ever appeared in public.
On the stage, Lin faced many magicians calmly, and was preaching the New Era plan: "The shortage of resources has long plagued human development. Even coal or oil that we are familiar with will cause many problems in the process of use. However, As long as a new energy source is found to replace the current common resources, human productivity can reach a new era beyond imagination!"
"Human beings who make fire from wood can never imagine the present life, just like we can never imagine the future world now, but fortunately we can be the pioneers of the new era."
Lin squeezed a red crystal the size of a grain of rice in his hand, and said passionately: "We have discovered this kind of world-changing existence in the distant country H. Its potential is enough to defeat any common energy in common sense. We named it in Chinese. For baby stones."
There are also photos of red stones on the huge screen, which are colorful and shimmering.
Chu Qianli suddenly recognized the baby stone as the red crystal!
Huang Jue questioned: "What potential does it have?"
Translate the question.
"Countless countries have made their fortunes from oil, but oil is not worth mentioning in front of it. This is its potential." Lin said, "Even I am not sure what else it can do. This is also a great innovation for the scientific community. , All of us here may touch a new way of life because of it."
Everyone at the scene couldn't help being in an uproar when they heard Beyond Oil.
Chu Qianli lowered his eyes slightly, and whispered: "It's actually energy, no wonder you want to monopolize it."
Human beings are constantly fighting over oil. If Mondsen is the first to master the baby stone technology that surpasses oil, he can completely dominate the current global situation.
As a living being, human beings have an important task to survive, which is even engraved in their instincts. Viability is closely related to the ability to control resources, so resource competition is everywhere and has not changed since ancient times.
"Unfortunately, although I am looking forward to the new world created by the baby stone, the current mining project is not going well. This is why I summoned you. There are ancient ruins on the main vein, which hinders our smooth mining." Lin Pressing the PPT, he released a photo of the ruins, and said helplessly, "If mining is carried out rashly, the facilities in the ruins will even destroy the veins, causing the entire veins to spontaneously ignite."
Someone in the auditorium opened his mouth: "This is a special mechanism for keeping treasures. It is very common in the tombs of ancient emperors!"
"Wait, these two pictures are a bit like Taoism, but the one here doesn't seem to be?"
Lin: "That's right, the ruins have been designed by countless occultists. There are mechanisms and inheritances from various ancient civilizations. I think it is also a rare treasure for you. Some scholars speculate that the remains in the ruins cannot be found outside. valuable information."
In history, many magicians, astrologers, and mystics were massacred, and their inheritance was cut off from generation to generation and became completely disorganized. However, the ruins are like a safe, sealing everything up.
When Tan Muxing heard the ancient inheritance, he subconsciously looked at Chu Qianli: "There may be..."
Chu Qianli nodded.
She has been collecting red crystal props, just to find a variety of inheritance and solve her short life problem.
Lyle Gadbury used to be a short-lived person, but he didn't know what kind of inexplicable survival he experienced, and he created the red crystal tarot later, presumably because of an adventure in the ruins.
Chu Qianli leaned closer to Tan Muxing's ear, and said curiously: "But I still have a question, can't you figure it out?"
In the front row of the venue, Xu Zaiyuan sat among the Taoist priests. He had the same doubts as Chu Qianli, and took the lead to ask, "Why did they jointly create the relics on the vein?"
It stands to reason that these people are completely out of reach, and they have different academic knowledge, but they are willing to risk so far away from home, just to do the same thing. In ancient times, transportation was extremely inconvenient, so it is naturally confusing to risk one's life.
Lin listened to the translation of the question, and he replied calmly: "It may be more appropriate to ask you, maybe you are the ones who know them best."
Others pressed: "So what's our pay?"
"We are willing to provide baby stone share to all those who finally participated in the New Era project, and at the same time open all the precious materials in the ruins, allowing you to choose at will after mining." Lin said loudly, "Even if there is only a 1% share, then It is an astronomical figure, even exceeding the GDP of many small countries, and more importantly, your name will go down in history!"
"Of course, we are recruiting candidates globally. Next, we will set up screenings in City G and Country H. In the future, we will not only evaluate the qualifications, but also take into account everyone's approval of the results. The selection process will be more diverse."
The young Taoist recalled the oolong incident in the No. 3 examination room, and he roughly guessed the reason for the organizer's change.
"Does that mean there are others?"
"That's right, we have already held several rounds of primary elections, and we have assembled a huge team around the world. Everyone will meet in City G soon."
When Chu Qianli heard this, she had a wonderful premonition that the remaining prop owners were among them.