Chapter 90: Sailing Preparations and Speculations

Chapter 90: Sailing Preparations and Speculations

Chapter 90: Sailing Preparations and Speculations

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Alger's eyes widened, thinking he had misheard: "What did you say?"

"I think Mr. Frank's idea is very interesting." Richard answered thoughtfully, "Hybridization can indeed increase crop yields. My teacher said that if we plant cold-resistant plants and drought-resistant plants together and cross-pollinate them, we will likely be able to cultivate crops that are both cold-resistant and drought-resistant after several generations of breeding. But can this be done between plants and animals? I haven't thought about this... I'll talk to my teacher about it later."

Alger was overwhelmed by the pile of professional terms in Loenese. This was not his area of ​​expertise at all. He quickly interrupted Richard, "Planting and farming are the farmers' business. If it doesn't work out, it's the Earth Mother's business. It has nothing to do with you. Aren't you doing charity work?"

Richard answered him seriously: "Charity is not only about helping people survive, but more importantly, telling them how to survive."

"If you just give them food without helping them, it may be ok in the short term, but it will hurt them in the long run. Set up a factory to recruit workers and teach the children to read, write and sew. In this way, at least they will not starve to death."

"Increasing food production is also a good way to help people. I really want to communicate with that gentleman."

The ghost captain frowned and did not stop him directly, but reminded him tactfully: "...Mr. Ernst, tomorrow will be a good day. If you want to go out to sea as soon as possible, please prepare all the supplies today. We haven't discussed the route yet, and these are the urgent matters to be resolved."

"You're right!"

"Not so polite."

"Okay, thank you for your understanding, Mr. Wilson."

Alger suddenly felt something was wrong. Richard looked at him with a sincere look that no one could refuse, coupled with his usual bright smile. Richard took Alger's hand, put the small notebook with the list of supplies in his hand, and then kindly helped him close his fingers.

The hands were hot and scalding, with an irresistible force. Alger did not break free and was immediately shocked. Richard seemed not to notice the other party's brief stiffness, and patted his shoulder warmly and familiarly: "I know, Captain, I will talk to him and then come back. I believe in your vision and your good qualities of honesty and trustworthiness, so the purchase of supplies will be left to you!"

Alger's expression changed. He was a little unsure of what the client was thinking, which made him very uneasy. Before Richard turned around and went to where Frank was, he lowered his voice and said:

"He is Frank Lee, a Beyonder of the Cultivator Path. He is said to be a subordinate of Admiral Xing. Admiral Xing is relatively neutral among the four kings and seven generals, but he is not easy to mess with. You... don't provoke him."

Finally, he asked: "Mr. Ernst, you don't seem to care about safety issues. Is this out of trust or your own strength?"

"Both." Richard turned around, lowered his head slightly and whispered to Alger, "In terms of strength, although I don't have an advantage in the sea, my sequence is still acceptable. However, I am one sequence higher than you, so I still need your care."

A Sequence 6… Alger’s eyes widened slightly, but returned to normal in the blink of an eye. For him, who had already digested the Sequence 6 potion, Sequence 7 was no longer a height that he needed to envy. As long as the Tarot Club could find the formula, Sequence 6 would be within his reach. So he was stunned for a moment, then adjusted himself. He nodded, watched Richard leave, and then silently gave up the idea of ​​reducing supplies and enriching himself.

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Frank was walking on the road grunting, carrying two sacks of soil. He was wearing a straw hat, with his sleeves rolled up, and his body was covered with traces of mud. He looked more like an ordinary farmer than a pirate.

He was thinking about why the calf did not grow out of the soil, whether the soil was not nutritious enough, so he bought two kinds of soil this time and prepared to go back for a comparative experiment. Frank was thinking about the experimental data while slowly dragging the bag. At this time, a hurried footstep quickly approached him, and at the same time, a huge shadow appeared on the ground.

Frank wiped the sweat off his face with the back of his hand, raised his head, and looked at the tall young man who came in front of him: "Hello? What's up?"

"Hello, Mr. Frank!" The tall young man looked very happy and approached Frank without paying attention to the dirt stains on his body. "I heard you discussing the idea of ​​hybridization with others. I think your idea is perfect! Can you tell me about it? My teacher also told me about the breeding method of 'hybridization'. Planting two plants with different advantages together, cross-pollinating, and after several generations of artificial breeding, there is a high probability that a plant with both advantages will be cultivated."

"Although what you said seems to be hybridizing animals and plants, which does sound unlikely... But this proves that there is a lot of room for your research project, and it may be possible through 'genetic' means! Please don't give up, you are doing a great thing!"

"—"

Frank was stunned, and the two sacks in his hands fell to the ground.

Richard looked at him nervously.

"you you--"

Frank was so excited that he grabbed Richard's hand and made him as dirty as himself. If he hadn't been concerned about the other's clothes being much cleaner and tidier than his own, he would have hugged him.

"Thank you, you can understand, you can understand my thoughts!"

Frank was so excited that his face flushed, and he even stuttered a little: "Yes, yes, I proposed a similar view when I was in the Mother God Church. When I was researching literature, I found that our ancestors had done related research. But when I wanted to do the experiment, the bishops stopped me... because they felt that it was unnecessary. As long as we pray to the Mother God and use extraordinary abilities, we can increase grain production several times. There is no need to spend decades of manpower and material resources to do an experiment that we don’t know whether it will produce any results!"

"Perhaps it's because your choice to hybridize animals and plants is really a bit too advanced..." The Angel of Temperance analyzed rationally.

"Maybe. Maybe. But it's definitely a topic worth studying. If it can be done, people can eat meat as cheap as grain."

Frank was very excited: "If it weren't for the fact that our ship was only stopping for a short time, I would really like to chat more with a kind person like you. Now I have to go, please tell me your contact information!"

Contact information… The ever-burning fire, the protector of all those who resist fate, the prisoner of chaos and death, the curse… Richard subconsciously began to recite his own name in his mind, then quickly interrupted his thoughts and quickly took out Garland De's business card and handed it over: "What a coincidence, I will be going to sea soon and may not be back for a long time. This is my work address. I would be very happy if you are willing to write to me."

"You are going to sea..."

Frank calmed down a little, pretended to hold a baby, and said piously, "I don't know what your faith is, but I hope the merciful mother will bless you to return safely."

"When at sea, shouldn't we pray to the Lord of Storms?" Richard said half-jokingly. "Thank you, Mr. Frank."

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Chorwood District, Minsk Street 15.

After returning home, Klein rested for a while and went above the gray fog to divine the matter of Will Auceptin.

He let the paper crane fly out from the pile of debris in the corner and landed on the long bronze table in front of him, then took off the yellow crystal pendant wrapped around his cuff. While holding the pendulum in his left hand, Klein adjusted his state with the help of meditation and recalled the scenes he saw in the woods outside the cemetery.

He may not have noticed some details, but his spirituality would certainly not miss anything. This divination mainly utilized this point and relied on the gray fog to eliminate interference.

After completing his preparations, Klein materialized a new piece of parchment and wrote down the "divination statement": "Will Auceptin is completely dead."

Then he pressed the paper cranes next to the divination sentence, so that the topaz pendant almost touched the words.

After entering a meditative state and completing all the steps of the "Pendulum Method", Klein opened his eyes and looked at the results:
The citrine pendant was rotating counterclockwise at a fairly fast speed with a large amplitude. This indicated a negative.

This means that Will Auceptin is not completely dead!

This... Klein was both shocked and felt that this was expected. He thought about it and changed the divination sentence:

"That body was Will Ausignyne's."

This time, the pendulum gave a positive revelation. The body did belong to Will Auceptin!

Klein had a vague idea and wrote down a new divination sentence: "Will Auceptin's body will be resurrected."

After working calmly, Klein saw a revelation: it was rotating counterclockwise at an extremely fast speed. This meant that Will Auceptin's body would not be resurrected, which meant that it would not turn into a corpse!
It seemed that Will Auceptin had actively or passively abandoned his previous body and survived in another way... Was this matter related to the "Mercury Snake"? Klein tried to divine other things, but all of them failed, including "Will Auceptin's current state."

However, he used the "dream divination method" to repeat the previous divination and asked "Will Auceptin's current location", and still got a similar picture: a dark room and the sound of running water.

But this seems to feel a little different.

Forget it, there's no need to waste time. I'm not going to get involved... Klein put away his pendulum and prepared to return to the real world. Through the divination just now and the various things that happened before, he had a vague guess about Will Auceptin, but he couldn't confirm it.

Will Auceptin is another "Mercury Snake"!
As Sequence 1, the "Mercury Snake" is not unique, and up to three can exist at the same time!
The "Mercury Snake" that controls fate can naturally locate the location of Allen's astral body through the thousand paper cranes, create false revelations to the other party, and undoubtedly have the ability to change someone's fate with a single word. Will Auceptin became weak for some reason. Combined with the scene that appeared in Allen's dream, he may be under the threat of the second "Mercury Snake". Everything he did was to get rid of the other party.

But there is no longer a giant snake with silver eyes and red eyes in Alan's dream. It can be understood that Will Auceptin successfully escaped the opponent's pursuit and took this opportunity to quickly abandon his body and transfer himself.

As for the reason for their conflict, the answer is simple:
When there is no sequence 0, three sequence 1s can exist at the same time, but once there is sequence 0, there will be no sequence 1!

For this statement, the recipe for the "Black Emperor" potion shows the true meaning.

One of the main ingredients of that formula is: the extraordinary characteristics of the two "Princes of Order"!
The "Prince of Sequence Killing" is the Sequence 1 of the "Black Emperor" path! As a Sequence 1, in order to be promoted to Sequence 0, you must obtain all the Beyonder characteristics of the other two Sequence 1s in the same path!
It was precisely because of this speculation that Klein became more and more afraid to get involved in Will Auceptin's affairs.

If my inference is correct, then this is a genuine "fight between gods". You can't afford to offend me... Klein's spirit fell and disappeared into the ancient palace above the gray fog.

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"He has been summoned by Sefirah Castle too many times."

Amon couldn't help but say, "After returning home from the cemetery where the Mercury Snake Will was buried, he seemed to go to Sefirah Castle immediately. I confirmed it because his spirit was not in the material world during that time and had no perception of the outside world. Then he came back a few minutes later. There was no difference except that the aura of Sefirah Castle was a little stronger, and the strong aura dissipated in a very short time. It's unbelievable, really unbelievable."

Edward looked ahead and asked after a while, "How did he get to Sefirah Castle?"

"I saw him take a strange step, then immediately sit down on a chair, and then the spirit disappeared."

Amon hesitated and said, "My spiritual intuition tells me that this must be a mysterious ritual that is connected to Sefirah Castle, but I dare not confirm it."

"You'll know after you try it."

Edward threw out a Sequence 7 Amon clone. Under the watchful eyes of stronger clones and Outer Gods, the clone forced a smile and followed the instructions, imitating Klein's steps and taking four steps in reverse, but nothing happened. Under the scrutinizing gaze, he walked a few more times, but still nothing happened.

"It looks like some necessary steps are missing."

"But I can't get too close, or he'll find me."

Edward took back the Low-Sequence Amon clone and thought for a moment: "There is no reason for the owner of Sefirah Castle to be so lenient with Klein, responding frequently and letting him go up as a guest every few days. And speaking of that magical honorific name, is there a possibility that "The Fool" is Klein?"

“…” Amon touched his eye sockets and smiled after a long while. “As an Amon, an Angel King, I am reluctant to admit that my perception of Essence is not as good as that of a Sequence 7 Fortuneteller.”

"But as far as I'm concerned, I think it's possible."

"Then try chanting the Fool's Honorable Name next time."

Edward thought for a moment and said calmly, "Klein is a human with the morality of the Old Era. In short, he is educated and has his own persistence and moral code, so he is easier to shake. When the time comes, I will randomly find a few hundred people to line up in a row, and each of them will recite the name of the Fool ten times. If there is no response, then the one above is the Heavenly Lord. Since he has morals, it is impossible for him to watch these people die without helping them, unless he is not kind."

"If he is kind, but chooses not to respond for his own benefit...haha...then this matter will shake his principles because it violates his own principles, and death and loss of control are inevitable."

"What a great idea." Amon praised. "If it were me, I would probably have to cheat him into telling the truth."

"Of all the strategies, the best is to attack the heart." Edward replied, "This is the way the devil deals with people. What you need to learn is how to read people's expressions."

Amon shrugged: "This is too difficult for me."

"Humans read people's expressions in order to gain higher status or benefits, but we have been in the highest configuration from the beginning. Even with the Blood Emperor, we are more like a partner than a subject. There is no room for reading people's expressions."

“But,” he said, “I think this is a very interesting experience.”

"If you want to understand human nature, you have to act like a human, right?"

TBC
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"The flame that never stops burning
Protector of all those who rebel against fate

The creator of the cursed city,
Prisoners of chaos and death fight.

--Great angel of temperance,

Richard Ernst is with us

I think everyone can understand the profound meaning of this honorific name to some extent.

"The Torch" refers not only to the ideas and rebellious spirit spread by Richard, but also to the "passing on of the torch" of the old civilization.

A man who rebels against his fate - Richard first rebels against his own fate, the fate of a child in a colony, the fate of a slave, the fate of a cultist... He does not want to be a servant of God, nor a tool of foreign gods, but wants to be a leader of mankind. He not only rebels against his own fate, but also enables all awakened people to rebel against the unjust world.

The Cursed City - This is what Sharon called "the blood debts in the southern continent". Richard established his authority over the northern continent countries by making officers pay with blood in the colonies. "Only when you scare them, you finally have the qualifications to talk." It was also considered by the Temperance Faction as "destroying the harmony between the northern and southern continents", "not thoughtful enough", and "without the help of the Seven Gods, we will be even less able to fight against Sua", which was another focus of the impeachment of the Temperance Angels besides not saving Renit.

Prisoner of chaos and death-Richard was unwilling to get involved in war, but the path he chose was destined to face wars on all sides.

Such was His fate as a prisoner.

(End of this chapter)