Volume 5: The Elegant Tea Party (Remastered) Chapter 43: The Tea Party (Preparation Phase 1)
Since the establishment of the Body Eater Serpent, it has begun to send invitations to those famous high-level players in the previous life, and secretly monitored some excellent seeds that have not yet grown, and even directly controlled them in their own hands. With the advent of the Third Advent, this invitation and control reached a peak. Due to the extremely powerful power in reality, every target who is secretly invited by the Devouring Serpent can directly obtain a ring of at least gold level once they agree to join this mysterious organization, and from this alone, those who are invited do not dare to easily have any dissent.
Especially as they learned more and more about how eye-catching a high-end ring was, this fear and awe of the devouring snake became more and more intense, and they naturally did their best to complete the tasks assigned by the organization.
The harsh and generous reward system makes everyone feel a sense of dependence on this mysterious organization, and there is only one punishment for failure, which is to be wiped out! No matter what world you're in!
On the first day of each month, the apostles would have a regular meeting to enter a specific void space through the ring. Here, the Apostles, including Yu Bin, would have some simple exchanges, and occasionally decide to send an invitation to a certain player, in addition to that, when an Apostle needed an urgent consultation, they would also temporarily summon all the Apostles through the ring to decide on an issue in the simplest form of vote. A few days ago, it was Intergula, who was the first pillar, who came forward to summon and proposed to send an invitation to Yakumo, and after a vote, it was finally decided to let this woman serve as the second pillar of the Devouring Serpent.
But this does not mean that this organization, which seems to be extremely mysterious to the outside world, does not have its core purpose, and under the various hints and guidance of Bin, including the newly joined Yakumo Murasaki, they all admit the ultimate purpose of the organization - to explore the secrets of the emergence of the Entagri world, and finally take this world into their own hands.
However, the reality is not the same, following the author's mind and following the established route. Some things will not disappear because of Yu Bin's appearance, time seems to be an unstoppable rolling giant wheel, mercilessly crushing all obstacles all the way, leaving only a place of dust.
A fifteen-story ordinary building in Langley, Virginia, USA.
Compared to the surrounding buildings, the building has no unique shape or dazzling decoration, and the faΓ§ade is lined with company banners and signs, which look no different from the ubiquitous commercial buildings.
Below the seventh floor of the building, the offices of ordinary commercial companies are brisked by white-collar workers and entrepreneurs. All kinds of salesmen with business documents and contracts walked into the elevator nervously, pressed the floor they wanted to go to, and at the same time seized this time to communicate with customers through their mobile phones.
In the office, the space separated by a standard work counter is noisy and busy, with the voices of people and printers mixed together.
However, when the gaze turned to the seventh floor and above, all this completely changed.
There is no longer any modern atmosphere here, but it is full of all kinds of science fiction colors, the entire floor is almost opened, hundreds of neatly arranged oval closed platforms, you can see a sturdy man and woman lying in the sky, each oval closed platform looks like a large capsule, these capsules are connected to dense cables, around a large number of instruments that look very sci-fi at a glance make a ticking sound, from time to time on a certain screen to appear some monitoring results.
Dozens of researchers in white coats patrolled the floor, occasionally transcribing data from a particular instrument.
This is true not only for the entire seventh, eighth, ninth, and twelfth floors.
On the top floor of the building, in a large office, a man in a suit is sitting upright in a leather office chair, listening to his subordinates' reports.
"Director Jameson, this is the last week's worth of testing." A young and beautiful white female researcher put a data report in her hand on the table in front of Jameson, "Compared with last week's data, 32% of the experimenters have changed to some extent, and the data of the body have changed significantly, which is not much different from the previous prediction. β
Jameson, who was sitting in a chair, did not pick up the report, but tapped the table with his right hand: "I don't care about this, Anna, I spent a lot of money to bring you here, and I also gave you a whole team that can dig you out of prison, and of course send you back in, what I need is the results, the exact experimental conclusions, not inexplicable data!" β
"I'm sorry, Director Jameson, but it's been too short, and so far, all the experimental data has been collected for less than three months, and I can't give you an accurate conclusion." Anna, a female researcher, seemed very scared of the fifty-something Director Jameson in front of her, and timidly explained, "I need more time and more data to support my calculations." β
"Is this your point of view or your point of view?" Jameson is a little impatient, who is replaced, more than three months, billions of dollars of investment, but not see any meaningful results, will feel uncomfortable.
"It's, that's my opinion, and of course, other researchers have a similar opinion to me, and we all feel that we should do it for a longer period of time." Anna's voice grew quieter, and she nervously brushed her hair with her hands, afraid that she would lose her cool from being too nervous.
Jameson looked at Anna coldly, as if he wanted to see some flowers on the face of this human physiologist who was imprisoned for the failure of research that led to the massive loss of funds of a large consortium, which made Anna more and more nervous, but it didn't take long for Jameson to retract his gaze and sigh faintly: "Okay, I'll explain it to the management committee, how long do you think it will take to get an accurate conclusion?" β
"Three months, no, two months, I think two months will do." In fact, Anna almost said that one month was enough, and the pressure on Director Jameson was too great.
"Well, Ms. Anna, I hope that next time, you can bring me good news!" Jameson picked up the data report on the table and handed it to Anna without looking at it.
When the human physiology expert left the office tremblingly, another man in a suit who had been standing silently on the side said: "Director, although there has been no decisive progress in Dr. Anna's research, at this point, didn't we already have a certain psychological expectation?" β
Jameson stood up, pulled a bottle of white wine from the nearby shelf, took out two glasses, poured a glass for himself and the man in the suit, and said, "You're right, John, but the management committee thinks it's taken too long. β
John, the man in the suit, took a sip gently: "Bordeaux origin, this is not something that can be bought anywhere." The cost of 2,000 biological maintenance chambers and corresponding testing equipment, as well as the cost of maintaining those experimenters, is indeed not a small amount of more than 30 million US dollars per day. β
"Well, don't talk about these unappetizing things, although the management committee is sorry for these investments, they will never give up on this research. I hope you can bring me some good news, or I won't really have anything to show for my next inquiry. β
"Of course, I didn't spend your funds in vain, I invested 10 million a day, even if I sold it, I couldn't afford to lose it!" John smiled and put down his glass, "What do you want to hear first?" β
Jameson sat back in his chair and gently shook the white wine in his hand: "Huaxia! β
"That Director Zhao has done a very good job of secrecy, worthy of the former director of the National Security Bureau, they are the first to invest a lot of manpower in biological experiments, and according to the information I have obtained, they have come to a very good conclusion." John put away his previous smile and said solemnly.
"Tell me about it!" Jameson sat up straight, too, and listened.
"According to their internal report, the strengthening effect of the Entagri world on the human body can be determined, and I haven't gotten the specific content of that report yet, but it is said that those Huaxia people have begun to train the first batch of reinforced soldiers."
"Really?" Jameson stood up with his hands on the table, "Are you sure?" β
"Sure, my intelligence agent got an internal document, and the supreme leader of Huaxia personally ordered the formation of a special squad of fifty people, all of whom are physically strengthened soldiers."
"Damn, we've got to get up to speed! Since those Chinese people dare to do this, it means that they have mastered the method of safe mass production and reinforcement of soldiers, and the United States cannot lag behind in this point! Jameson slapped the table, "I regret giving that woman two months!" One month! If that stupid woman doesn't find a way to strengthen her body after a month, I'll throw her back to Mason Prison! Those scum will teach her how to be a 'good woman'! β
"Well, I'm afraid you're wrong about Dr. Anna at this point." John decided to give Anna a hand, "A large part of the reason why the Huaxia people have been able to make rapid progress in strengthening their human bodies is not their own credit. β
"Why?"
"Do you remember the Flesh Eater?" John said with some hesitation, "It's the mysterious organization that we worked with for a short time. β
"Of course I remember that not only us, but according to the CIA and FBI, this mysterious organization has been in contact with the relevant research institutions of almost every government in the world. Over the years, there have been countless truths and falsehoods about this mysterious organization, but there are too few of them that can be confirmed, and most of the information is ambiguous. β
"I'm afraid that from now on, we will have to spend more effort to deduce this body-devouring snake, the Huaxia people can make a breakthrough in human body enhancement so quickly, it is the help provided by this mysterious organization!" John said with a wry smile.
Jameson's face instantly became very bad, because he knew that this mysterious organization had also approached him, and the Life Exploration Research Bureau led by Jameson was directly subordinate to the CIA, and it was an institution used by the U.S. government to study the world of Entagre, and it was the same existence as the British Spiritual World Management Office, so of course the Devouring Serpent would not let go of this research bureau set up by the Americans.
It's a pity that with the financial support of the U.S. government and the intelligence support of the CIA, Jameson, who thinks that he doesn't need any compromise, unceremoniously refuses the request of the devouring snake, in his opinion, whether in terms of funding or technical strength, the United States does not need the help of such an unknown organization at all, and can also study the magic world that suddenly appeared.
However, the reality has given Jameson a hard slap in the face, so far, the Life Exploration Research Bureau, which has spent billions of dollars and a lot of manpower and material resources, not only has not obtained any research results on the world of Entagre, but has not even found an effective way to strengthen the human body, but has let those Huaxia people take the lead, Jameson can foresee how he will be blamed when this information is known by those members of the management committee.
As if the strength of his whole body had been drained, Jameson sat down in his chair in a dejected manner: "Is there any way to remedy it?" You know, I was trying to stop working with the Eater Serpent in the first place, and if the Governing Council guys knew about it, I'm afraid I'd be passive. β
"It's a pity, Director, even if I don't tell it, the CIA won't keep it a secret for us." John spread his hands and signaled that there was nothing he could do, "But I think there's still a chance to make amends." β
"Really?" Jameson suddenly had another strength, and his eyes lit up as he looked at John.
"Although this organization is very secretive, according to the information I have obtained, the heir of the White Rose family in France is likely to be a core member of this organization. It is said that the Serpent is composed of seven apostles, known to each other as 'pillars', and he is most likely one of them. β
"You mean, this Devouring Serpent is being manipulated behind the White Rose Family?"
"No, I'm just saying that Aredus is most likely one of the Seven Pillars, which doesn't mean that the White Rose family is behind the Devouring Serpent. Actually, I just had a little contact with the White Rose Prince through some special channel the other day, and I got a little interesting information from his mouth. John said with a smile, "It seems that the candidate for the fifth pillar of the Devouring Serpent has not yet been decided. β
"You're saying we could-"
"Yes, what better way to do that than to make our people a member of the Serpent? As long as we can penetrate the inner workings of this mysterious organization, the secrets they hold will be at our disposal like those unsuspecting civilians! John made a grasping motion in the air with his right hand, as if everything had been grasped in the palm of his hand.
"Excellent! That's it! I'll pick a few suitable pieces to find a way to get in touch with the White Rose family and try to get this fifth pillar position. John, I need you to get the human body enhancement method from the hands of those Huaxia people as quickly as possible, no matter what way you use it. I think the focus of our future intelligence will have to be on the body of the devouring snake. β