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On this trip to the sea, I don’t know how long I will stay at sea, so it is better to stock up on some things to avoid having to rely on fish every day.
After working for most of the day, it wasn't until after nine o'clock in the evening that Leonard came back with a large bag of things to finish today's shopping.
After taking a shower first, Leonard lay comfortably on the bed and rested for a while before he shouted in his heart: "Old man, you are very quiet today."
"Ah."
"Old man, you don't seem to be in a good mood?"
"Heartless people are always happier."
"Hey, old man, I'm really caring about you, why did you suddenly attack me personally?"
"I'm just telling the truth."
Leonard was used to the old man's tone and was too lazy to talk to him. He thought for a moment and said, "Old man, do you think 008 really fell into the hands of Nast, the King of the Five Seas? I always feel that something is wrong with this matter. .”
"If someone wants 008 to fall into his hands, it must fall into his hands."
"Old man, why do you keep talking in circles?"
Leonard muttered dissatisfiedly, but no one answered him.
At around seven o'clock the next day, Leonard and another team member followed Ilya to the sea.
When the ship gradually disappeared at the end of the sea and sky, Mrs. Lisa withdrew her sight and closed the window facing the sea.
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In the old castle, Hastur is also letting people pack their things. He is planning to go to Puning Port to settle down for a while and reorganize the navy in the three ports.
After Mrs. Lisa came back, she went straight to the study to meet Hastur.
"Is the matter done?"
"Some of them have gone to sea to look for 008, and your friend is among them."
Hasta raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Is this also your arrangement?"
"No, it's his choice."
"It seems that he doesn't want to stay here and face me." Hasta laughed, feeling pretty good.
Mrs. Lisa was a little uncertain and said: "There seems to be something in his body that can interfere with destiny, or he is parasitized by a powerful extraordinary person."
Hastur asked curiously, "Can you clearly see the secret of Leonard?"
"You can probably guess what it is. We are very close to each other. I am quite sensitive to unusual fluctuations in fate, especially the ability to parasitize and steal."
Hastur waved his hand and said: "You don't need to intervene in this matter, just pretend that nothing happened."
Mrs. Lisa didn’t say anything more and left the study quietly.
Chapter 302 Star Traveling God
Puning Port.
Without the Eyes of the Goddess here, the remaining members of the Red Gloves Team are like running naked in the eyes of a group of scriptwriters, and they can be depicted in any way they want on their bodies.
Even if Hastur, the person responsible for their investigation, was right under their noses, they would not be able to discover it.
Hastur was too lazy to pay attention to them and concentrated on handling port affairs.
Some time ago, the Archduke of South Wales was forced to take over three ports under pressure from Backlund. These three ports are all in the south. If the Southern Continent really attacks, these three ports are the most likely battlefields.
In order to manage this place well, Hastur personally took charge of Puning Port, while others were sent to garrison the other two ports.
It was relatively easy to take back the command of the port garrison. After all, not many people dared to disobey what the Archduke of Southwell said here.
With power, Hastur's first step in taking office was to lay off half of the defenders.
Most of these defenders cannot be reused and need to recruit new blood.
After stabilizing, Hasta will eliminate some more people.
As for who to eliminate first, it is very simple. First, take a simple physical test, and then take a written test. With both hands, you can always roughly distinguish those who need to be eliminated.
Considering that people here have not yet universalized nine-year compulsory education, Hasta put more thought into the essay test, such as adding a few more picture-reading questions, or reading in succession.
If you want to recruit new people into the army, the fastest way is money.
Puning Port is a large port in South Wales. Many merchant ships from the southern continent choose this place as their berthing point.
But because of the Archduke of Southwell, most of the benefits here were taken away by him, and the income of residents here is generally not high.
As long as the military salary is higher than the average, it will be easy to recruit people.
Not to mention that in the eyes of many people, the navy in South Wales is just a sinecure, just getting paid and not doing any work.
Within seven days, Hastur had completed the initial renovation. Seeing that the effect was not bad, he asked the other two ports to follow suit.
If there are not enough young and strong men at the port, then we can use printed newspapers to spread the news inland and attract more human resources.
Then Hasta formulated a one-month training plan, which was mainly divided into two parts. One was basic physical training, and the other was familiarity with maritime operations.
After a month, Hastur will be ready to lead them out to kill some pirates, gain some experience, and focus on cultivating their courage and murderous nature.
A soldier who has been on the battlefield and seen blood is completely different from a soldier who only knows how to train.
After formulating the relevant matters, Hastur had some free time to rest.
He carried Azshara as he walked around the port dock, observing the customs, customs and business transactions here.
The bulk of Puning Port's tax collection comes from merchant ships berthed by foreign merchants. Tax bills are issued based on the approximate total value of the goods on merchant ships, which is very expensive.
For ferries that only carry passengers, the fees are charged according to the number of passengers, and basically one-half to two-thirds of the profits are taken away.
It seems that the Grand Duke of Southwell also understands the principle of not fishing in the lake, and does not squeeze too hard.
Hastur just watched and had no intention of changing these things.
Developing the port business is not what he needs to worry about now.
thing.
When the war begins, the more prosperous the port is destroyed, the more brilliant it will be.
He did not want to see the port he had worked so hard to build destroyed by the war.
This is like when playing a game, your opponent is frantically blasting troops, and you are just hiding at home building wonders. Finally, your opponent comes in front of you, praises your wonders for being beautiful, and then puts out a cannon to blow your wonders to pieces. .
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At night, Hastur came to the Hall of Stars, scanned the stars as usual, and then his eyes fell on the light spots beside the stars of the high-dimensional Overlooker.
In the small town where the faith was spread at the beginning, now more than half of the residents have begun to believe in the high-dimensional overlookers.
When what they believe in is not the honorable name of High Dimensional Overlooker, but the honorable name of Star Wandering God.
They believed that the pair of white crystal eyeballs that suddenly descended on the bell tower came from outside the sky or from the depths of the starry sky.
Thrown from the hand of a god.
This is a gift from the stars.
In the missionary manual written by this devout believer, it is described as follows: "That is a god who likes to play in the stars. He is always spreading His gifts to the world inadvertently."
"This pair of balls, which are like balls forged from white crystal, are objects that he plays with suspended in his palms all year round. They are called wandering stars, and they are his favorite toys in daily life."
"If this pair of wandering stars can be sent back to the starry sky, they will be able to see the dreamy starry sky gate. At that time, He will drive a carriage carved from starlight and appear deep in the starry sky gate."
"He is in a happy mood after seeing his beloved toy. He can grant the three wishes of the kindhearted person who sent back the gift, and he can be allowed to enter his eternal kingdom of God."
Hastur silently read this missionary manual, and I have to say that it is very well written.
It is estimated that there should be instructions from the high-dimensional overlookers, and maybe the high-dimensional overlookers have already passed down the oracle.
Otherwise, that devout believer would not dare to randomly compose the image of a god like this, let alone use an honorable name like Star Traveling God.
The Star Wanderer may be Sequence 0 of the extraordinary path of the high-dimensional overlooker.
The only thing that made Hastur feel weird was that the missionary manual described the High Dimensional Overlooker as an innocent and childlike child.
This is not a metaphor, but a real image of a half-grown child as the Star Wanderer.
The child was riding on a starlight carriage pulled by a Pegasus. He was lying slightly on his side, as if he had just woken up from sleep. He was also holding a small and exquisite thing similar to a magic wand in his left hand. His facial features It's blurry, even the figure is a little blurry.
Not to mention, the image of a god depicted in this way can easily win the favor of others, at least it will not attract ill will.
People are always very patient and loving towards children, so that they don't get too defensive.
Even Hastur felt that the child's drawing was very pleasing to the eye and looked very comfortable at first glance.
Moreover, using children as images is closer to people’s understanding of how it is easier to deceive gods in mythological stories.
In general, Hastur can give the High-Dimensional Overlooker nine points for this wave and save the remaining one point. Maybe the High-Dimensional Overlooker will come up with other surprises in the future.
Hasta
After observing for a while, he found that there was nothing abnormal about those believers, so he continued to leave them alone, in order to better understand the higher-dimensional observer.
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On the sea, ships slowly move forward in the direction of the ocean current.
After a period of consumption, there were not many supplies left on the ship. Mr. A decisively threw the extra crew members into the sea and kindly gave them each an empty oak barrel.
Mr. A doesn't know where the God's Abandoned Land is, and now he doesn't take this issue as seriously as he did at the beginning.
As the ship sailed slowly toward the distance, the feeling of pilgrimage in his heart became stronger and stronger. He began to calm down, and his soul felt unprecedented joy and comfort.
He didn't need to think too much, it was enough to have the Lord accompanying him on the journey on this ship.
Now, in addition to paying homage to the Lord every day as a routine, he spends the rest of the time sitting cross-legged on the bow of the boat, staring into the distance and letting his mind go.
When Hastur arrived and saw this scene, he couldn't help but secretly smacked his lips.
"The heart has no worries, so there are no worries, there is no fear, stay away from upside-down dreams, and you will finally reach nirvana."
This is a passage that suddenly came to Hastur's heart, and it is very suitable for Mr. A at this moment.
Isn’t it possible that I have cultivated a Buddhist?
Well, it would be more appropriate to be called an enlightened being.
Hastur smiled, opened the door to the spirit world and left without disturbing Mr. A.