Chapter 38: City Gate and Fish Pond(1/2)
In the impression of ordinary people, people who are called professors are usually gentle and thin scholars, or they have white hair, wear glasses, are bookish, etc...
However, it may be difficult to reflect these on a mountain of meat that is more than two meters high.
Now this mountain of meat showed a warm smile to Ai Qing, and the oil on his face was as bright as the sun. He kept moving, skillfully placing the instruments that were too delicate for his thick fingers.
"Coffee or tea?"
"Coffee." Ai Qing said, "No sugar added."
Soon, a steaming cup of coffee was placed in a delicate cup and placed on the plate in front of Ai Qing.
The professor turned around in the exaggeratedly huge swivel chair, opened the refrigerator next to him, and brought out all kinds of exquisite cakes, puddings, chocolates, macarons, fruits from Yingzhou, mille-feuille from Rome...
"It's just time for dinner, let's eat together."
He tied a napkin for himself with a smile and picked up the knife and fork: "I have lost weight recently and don't eat meat at night."
Ai Qing looked at the table full of calories and seemed to have a rare emotion. Soon, she shook her head regretfully and refused: "Sooner or later, you will die from high cholesterol."
"I've had cerebral thrombosis several times."
The professor smiled and raised his finger, tapping the surgical scar on his forehead: "Thank you to the Astronomical Society. The medical technology of the Continuing Institute always allows me to continue this hobby."
"It's useless even if you try to flatter me. After all, I'm just a newcomer who has just become a full-time employee." Ai Qing took a sip of her coffee and nodded with satisfaction.
Although I really don't want to admit it, the coffee here by the professor is indeed the best in Xinhai. Although I have a lot of rare coffee powder at home, my craftsmanship is not as good as this guy's.
"Have you become a regular at this juncture? Then you have worked hard enough——"
The professor's brows furrowed slightly: "Will the war in Dragon Triangle affect Xinhai?"
"Maybe a little bit."
Ai Qing knocked on the table and sighed.
This is simply a good example of how a fire at a city gate affects the fish in the pond.
As the world's leading behemoth, the Astronomical Society has great power. It itself is the embodiment of the dark side of the United Nations.
Ninety years ago, in order to deal with threats beyond the borders, under the initiative of the Pioneer Committee, the International Astronomical Union was established with the participation of the five permanent members of the United Nations, including Eastern Xia, Rome, the Russian Federation, the American Community, and the First Dynasty of Egypt.
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Nowadays, the ruling body of the Astronomical Society, which has replaced the "Commanding Bureau" of the "Utopia", is itself composed of political figures from various countries and major monopoly groups.
Therefore, World War I is called the war to end all wars——
Since then, there have been no more worldwide wars, yes, but this does not mean that wars have disappeared, it has just been moved to places where ordinary people cannot see. In order to compete for the right to speak in the governing bureau, over the years, countries have
Are there too many proxy wars?
Otherwise, how could Baghdad be in ruins?
Dozens of borders were sunk by the four natural enemies who fought fiercely, and fell into the depths of hell. The aftermath has not subsided to this day.
Although the Astronomical Society will maintain its existence under pressure from beyond the borders between countries and groups, internal strife is always inevitable...
Just like this time the border war in the Dragon Triangle.
Over the years, everyone has assumed that the country and agency that owns the border area have the right to lead the development of the border - but the reason why borders are called borders is not just because they are on the edge of the current border, but also because they are like
Borders are also areas with thin sovereignty.
Especially under special circumstances, they can be moved...
Over the years, in order to compete for the "Dragon Triangle" border, which is the relic of the Yamatai Empire, the public families representing the Tianjin clan and the samurai clan representing the Guojin clan within Yingzhou have been constantly fighting. This is not the first time that the two sides have fought hard.
Blood flowed, and the border sovereignty changed hands at a speed that was even more exaggerated than the change of prime ministers in the country. As a result, the fighting broke the wedge that fixed the border...
The boundary wedge can be really broken!
Friends, did you do this on purpose?
In short, according to the calculations of the Astronomical Society, the Dragon Triangle has begun to drift, first drifting towards the Australian Islands, and then suddenly turning northwest...
That's right, it's drifting towards Dongxia.
Dongxia was very happy now. Border Development Group and Taiqing Heavy Industry had already started rubbing their hands impatiently, waiting for this piece of meat to fall into the pot.
Then, Yingzhou began to be unhappy. But now the Dragon Triangle has floated to the high seas. If you are not happy, who do you think you are? Only when the people are happy are they really happy.
Besides, if such a big thing floats over and you hide it without letting anyone interfere, what if there are any dangerous items inside?
Dongxia Zhensheng: Come, let me be healthy!
I don't know if it is developing normally or not, but the situation will definitely become more and more tense.
What gives Ai Qing a headache now is that if Dongxia really plans to take countermeasures against the Dragon Triangle, Xinhai City will become one of the most convenient outlets to the sea after a while.
In other words, there will be more and more sublimates coming here who want to make money, grab treasures, make extra money and make trouble.
What Ai Qing has to worry about is not only the rising crime rate among Ascendants, but also the mutual attraction between borders——
What if the Yamatai border in the Dragon Triangle collides with the Dongxia coast, which border does it collide with?
Then the comet will hit the earth, okay?
Of course, she is definitely not the only one who is worried, but she will definitely be included in the list of people who will take the blame. It is really not a good time to become the official inspector of the Astronomical Society at this time.
Rather, if you want to protect yourself wisely, you must prepare for a transfer within half a year.
The speed of border drift is not very fast, but according to the current momentum, I am afraid that a big chaos will break out from the surrounding areas of Xinhai in a year at the latest.
"Have you found a good place to go?"
The professor asked casually: "The relationship behind you must not be such that you can't even do this, right?"
Ai Qing glanced at him and said nothing.
"Curious, just curious."
The professor laughed honestly. After a while, he had eaten more than half of the dazzling array of desserts on the table, and the coffee with so much sugar that it was almost turning into paste was poured into his stomach.
I was half full after dinner.
He wiped his mouth, pulled out a thick file from under the table and placed it in front of Ai Qing.
"This is the investigation you want, all the current records and information about the Redemptorist Society." The professor said: "According to your request, I only did a basic integration and deleted some useless redundancies. But there is no
Add any subjective arguments, I believe this document will not trouble you."
Ai Qing is quite confident in her ability to read documents - if she wants to make a guess, she doesn't need others to guess on her behalf and then add subjective opinions.
The most important reason why she was able to become the inspector in the one-in-a-thousand selection process was not only her near-perfect test scores, but also her ‘intuition’, which was considered a rare talent even in the Astronomical Society.
Yes, that's right, it's intuition.
If she were to guess odd or even numbers without any basis, she would probably guess 50% right or 50% wrong. If it was a game of throwing dice and guessing points, she would probably be far inferior to those professional mathematicians.
But only when faced with complicated chaos can her intuition reveal its preciousness.
If we talk about probability, the probability of being correct is about 65%.
With an accuracy rate that was more than 15% higher than that of ordinary people, she stood out from the complicated tests and was rated as the top A+ level talent.
Such a talent is definitely a perfect match for the Predictive Stigmata. Even without soul sublimation, it is enough to make people look forward to it.
The Astronomical Society doesn't care about the 35% failure rate. In fact, they have enough ability to pay the price for it. If Ai Qing hadn't rejected the invitation from the Countermeasures Room and chosen a local position, the Astronomical Society would have already paid the price.
Has she started targeted training?
Because of this, she was ridiculed by the trainees at the same time as a model who did not know how to praise——
As an information dealer, the professor knew very well the details of his collaborator. He knew all the records on paper, but he was even more curious about the things that had never been recorded on paper.
Ai Qing kept this secret secret and never revealed the slightest bit to others.
In the silence, she turned the pages of the heavy book attentively. The professor didn't bother her with anything else. He just changed directions on the swivel chair and flipped through the obscure professional books on the table.
If we want to talk about Ai Qing's reading feelings, then the water of Only the Savior Society is deeper than expected.
Although it looks like a liar group no matter how you look at it, there are too many doubts to count. Whether it is the origin of the strange border relic or the Ascended Ones who have secretly interacted with them...
Wang Hai, who was revealed by his accomplices, was just a temporary leader. Before him, when the Savior Association was not called this name, there were even traces of the existence of other leaders.
It's true that the wretched development that has been hiding in Laotang Town secretly is true, but on the surface, many companies in the mainland, including philanthropy, have extensive contacts with other places.
Not only Xinhai, there are even traces extending to other places. It can be said that the three religions and nine streams are all-reaching. If there is no red-glove strong dragon crossing the river and taking advantage of this liar church, I don’t know how long it will take to notice these painstaking efforts.
The devilish thing that grows among the lower classes in rural areas and remote cities.
Now it seems that it is more like the downline and waistcoat of a huge organization.
But which hand reached out?
There are too many suspicious directions.
The Black Heaven Cult in Tianzhu? The Elysium on the border? The Society of Scientific Gods of the American Federation? Or the hundred and eight thousand cows, ghosts and snake gods in Yingzhou?
It's a pity that Wang Hai and Nue, the only two people who knew the details, are dead, otherwise Ai Qing wouldn't have restarted the investigation like looking for a needle in a haystack.
She was not worried about what Red Glove, who had been killed by Huai Shi, and Green Day, the largest border terrorist organization behind him, would do.
The power of the border is the border after all. If you want to make a difference in the current situation, you can't bypass the Astronomical Society that envelopes the entire world.
To be continued...