Oliver walked away with a heavy face.

The heavenly city-level transcendent forces are the fattest vested interests in this world, and all countries in the world belong to their pastures, and the officials of each country are their ranch employees, and all living beings are cattle and sheep.

Now, hearing that there is a high probability that a large number of cunning and ferocious lone wolves will arrive at the pastures, the rancher is naturally not in a good mood.

Oliver knew very well that once the situation was confirmed, the decision-makers of the family and even the power would inevitably issue a series of decrees, and it was people like him who were tired and running at the forefront.

In addition to heaviness, Oliver also has the heart to try.

After all, this is also an opportunity for him to make a contribution, and he even thinks that he has a lot of advantages this time with his peers in other circles.

To put it simply, Kane is his strength, and if this advantage is translated into practical benefits, it is what he is most concerned about now.

Moreover, Kane had mentioned early on that the abyssal transformation that happened to him had the possibility of being suspended, but it required a strong will to have a chance to survive the suspension ceremony, and the will was tempered by courage to do anything.

So this time, no matter what angle you look at, he needs to give it a go.

Moody's is in a similar situation. Although Moody is not as utilitarian as Oliver, and his thinking is relatively simple, his IQ is online, and his plans for the future are also clear and propose.

This time, Moody and Oliver came together to bid farewell to Kane, and the intention was not simple, including expressing gratitude on behalf of the Diviners Association.

Kane handed over the manufacturing plan of the complete upgraded version of the Earth System Concentration Thorn to the Guild before leaving, and in the early hours of this morning, the first Concentration Thorn had been made by their Grandmaster Alchemist, and the effect was even better than expected.

In addition to verbal thanks, Moody also brought a batch of more precious magic materials, which were considered a reward other than the agreement. The Diviner Guild wants Moody to have a good relationship with Kane, and Moody himself is willing to do so, so this is not a one-time offering of flowers, but a mutual fulfillment.

Kane didn't shirk either, and happily accepted it.

In almost any world, he first made a rough exploration, obtained basic information about the world, and then found the right opportunity to flex his muscles, interact with powerful people, and quickly accumulate wealth through the means of technology sales, and complete the initial accumulation. Then, while steadily farming, he gradually rose to the top and became a privileged class.

As for changing the dynasty or something, Kane is actually not interested, and the experience of the first half of his life allows him to understand more deeply that 'the rise and fall are the suffering of the people.' Because unless he encounters a world torn by war, he will not deliberately export any doctrine or revolution, after all, his life's pursuit is not in this regard.

At present, Kane is in the primitive accumulation period, and he has made it a little bloody, although he himself feels that there are many hidden dangers in the long run, but the strength shown by the old branch and other mythical creatures has made his mentality a little collapsed at the beginning, and he is eager to establish a reliable war group, and the mind of the dead friend and the poor road has begun to fly.

Sending Oliver away, Nia is here.

This girl is a little desperate to combine the knot. Even Kane told her that she needed to take a week off, and she agreed.

The impact of the first and second rescues on Sino Island has actually begun to spread in full force.

In this context, such as the MF of the NSA, and the Optical City Secret Service (MF is a federal department, and the Secret Service is a department established by each state that joins the Federation to deal with extraordinary events. This kind of agency is the first large executive agency to feel the negative impact.

It is precisely when it is necessary to wait for the employment of people, and it is not easy for Nia to ask for this leave.

Kane revealed that Spell was in Aya's disappearance, which is Nia's hometown, in New Mexico, in the Midwest of the Federation. This Nia can understand. What she didn't understand was why Kane insisted on going there by car instead of taking a plane.

"It's not safe. ”

Nia was surprised: "Are you afraid that there is some misunderstanding about air transportation?"

"It has nothing to do with airplanes. ”

Nia thought for a moment and understood, "You're saying that it's likely that there is a transcendent being against us?"

"Mainly against me. ”

Nia didn't say anything more. Although she has not seen Kane's strength, she also has a rough estimate, what can threaten his safety is naturally not easy to deal with, once the two sides start a war, it will be a fight between the gods, mortals will suffer, Kane has the consciousness of trying not to harm others, there is nothing wrong with this.

The next day, Nja arrived as promised, and her westward journey began on time.

Kane didn't treat himself badly, a container trailer-level ultra-luxury RV, a jump structure, a puppet driving, he himself should eat and sleep, very comfortable, and there is no such thing as a tiring journey.

Of course, in fact, this trip was a convoy, and like Kane's RV, it used the Peterbilt trailer (Optimus Prime), except that the trailer was a side-opening car similar to an armored train. This vehicle, known as the Land Cruiser, is adopted by the NSA and other agencies and can be a mobile arsenal, a mobile command center, or a troop carrier.

Coupled with the Saabban SUV that opened the road, the entire fleet is 4+3, not counting the members and weapons and equipment, the total value of vehicles and on-board instruments alone is close to half a billion.

As the owner of such a convoy, it feels very good, especially with the NSA brand, the dragon and snake avoidance along the way, the road rage car bandits or the state patrol police, all lack of interest in it.

This can be regarded as Kane's consistent style, properly showing his authority and strength, and avoiding the occurrence of low-level pretending to be slapped in the face.

The convoy travels day and night, and does not enter the city, only taking a short break at the rest stop when shopping and refueling.

As soon as night dawned on the third day, he turned onto a fork in the road heading south. To get to the metropolis and continue all the way west, but to get to Nia's hometown, you have to go south.

It was close to midnight when the car entered New Mexico.

The mobile command vehicle has a strong communication capability, and Kane was also moderately informed of the situation in this New Mexico during the trip.

Kane felt that although it was called New Mexico, it should be written Mississippi because it was similar in many ways to the Mississippi of the origin world that Kane knew, such as the climate and poverty.

The overall location of this state is relatively close to the Tropic of Cancer, the climate is relatively close to the tropics, the terrain is low-lying, there are many swamps, the water network is dense, the soil is mainly saline-alkali land, lack of mineral deposits, and natural disasters are frequent.

Such an agricultural state, which can only farm land, but is difficult to produce due to soil quality problems, can be said to be congenitally inferior. Looking at the lush, glittering water, it is actually a legendary miasma land, where fierce mosquitoes are rampant, and there are stagnant waters and harmful gases from decaying plants and animals.

The state's population has always been problematic due to its past cotton-growing lands, large numbers of black slaves, and close proximity to Mexico. Arguably the state with the largest number of blacks and Mexicans.

Although Kane is not as extreme as some people's perception of black people as 'dying of thirst and not digging wells, and dying of starvation and not farming', he also has no good feelings.

He believes that environmental factors have a very large impact on people, both in the short and long term. People in and near the tropics are generally lazy for a number of reasons, including the lack of need for autumn and winter storage, and the inefficiency of labor due to heat.

Cold can be clothed, hot but can not be peeled, high temperature makes people prone to heat stroke, so hot is the enemy of diligence.

The tropical regions where there is no shortage of water are luxuriant in plants, and all kinds of melons and fruits can be said to be continuous in all seasons, which leads to the birth and development of farming far behind the regions with distinct seasons.

Once the population increases, there will be a natural cut, all kinds of fighting and fighting, very barbaric, and if there are enough deaths, supply and demand will naturally be balanced.

This is the influence of the environment, human beings for a long time, are trying to adapt to the environment, even if it is the origin of the world in the 21st century, do not dare to say complete conquest, after all, even if you ignore the larger area of the ocean, there are all kinds of environmental degradation problems, quite a bit of exhaustion and fishing to do a big death, unless it is really achieved sustainable development, to solve the contradiction of population explosion and limited resources, otherwise it is not ashamed to say that conquest.

The federation of this world, like the United States of origin, once engaged in infrastructure construction, highways in all directions, and gave birth to a very famous highway culture.

But in this New Mexico state, the road conditions are clearly a notch off.

Kane acknowledges that moorland roads (poor foundations, frequent water and sun exposure) are not easy to maintain, but it is clearly also related to the lack of adequate maintenance.

The undulating bumps caused by poor road conditions have exceeded the limits of the car's suspension performance. Kane had to take a break from his job and do something less steady.

Although he doesn't need to drive, he hasn't been idle all the way, the gap in the concentration thorn is very large, and his need for extraordinary resources and money is also great, so carry forward the excellent quality of hard work, work hard to make money, there is no problem.

Nia, who has always been by Kane's side, can be regarded as seeing another side of Kane, before this, she really didn't expect Kane to be a workaholic.

After taking a shower, Kane had just drunk some hot drinks when he received a report that the navigation car was in trouble dealing with disaster relief and needed the convoy to stop for a while.

Kane couldn't help frowning, the navigation car is about 10 kilometers away from the convoy, it's night, the road is rotten, the speed of the convoy is less than 60 miles, what kind of trouble, it can't be solved in 10 minutes?

"I'm afraid something evil has come to the door. Kane looked at the time, and at 21:26, the team was in a very remote location, and there would be no rest stops for two hours.

After a moment's thought, he began to put on his armor.

Nia was also quite alert, and when she saw him like this, she asked, "Is there a situation?"

"This kind of place, there is trouble at this point in time, and it doesn't feel good to me. ”

Before Kane could finish his armor, a new wave of reports arrived, and the road was out of the way.

More than 10 minutes later, Kane and Nya witnessed first-hand what was going on with the so-called road blocked.

In front of him is a land of Ze, the water surface reflects the starlight and moonlight, pointing to the end of the line of sight, and it is estimated that it is at least a pond several kilometers long and wide.

It is impossible for the guide car to make the low-level mistake of taking the wrong road, and even if the road is bad, it is a state-level highway, how can such a road lead to a super puddle without bridges?

Kane wasn't sure it was a fantasy.

The illusion created by the magic has a boundary, and if there is a boundary, there is a concept of connection with the real natural scene, unless the true god himself acts, no one can make this connection smooth to the point that he can't perceive, and he still has this confidence.

The road is right, what is presented in front of you is not an illusion, then there is basically only one possibility, something has indeed happened here, so that this weakened version of the effect of moving mountains and reclamation has occurred.

Kane doesn't think this inference is too mysterious, after all, this is a super demon world, and there is a great race with a dog ticket (it can be called a great race by mastering the power of time and space almost perfectly, and it can be called a great race by making practical transitions and traveling through time and space), and it is not impossible to move mountains and reclaim the sea.

The only thing that bothered him was that the free mana state here showed that if the blockage of the pond in front of him was indeed man-made, then it had happened for at least 24 hours.

This is a beep dog, what happened 24 hours ago, even if it was really prepared for him, should not be the situation in front of him. This is the main state highway in New Mexico, and it is only compared to other states in the Union that this state is poor, and it is by no means the kind of desert where there are few people and few cars, and it cannot be opened to traffic 24 hours a day, but there is not even a warning sign, what the hell is this?

As someone who is absolutely confident in his technical expertise, Kane does not suspect that his judgment is wrong just because the situation in front of him cannot be explained.

He picked up a stone from the side of the road and made a splash, and the stone jumped on the water a dozen times before sinking, spreading a series of ripples.

"Re-find the way, let's go around. He said to the man guiding the car.

After thinking about it, he put Coffey in charge himself. After re-selecting the route, drive to the new route and report to him.

Coffey answered and went to do it. Kane returned to the RV, and the whole convoy stopped on the side of the road, quietly waiting.

While waiting, Kane asked the driver a few more questions. For example, in the past 1 hour, have they seen any other vehicles coming and going.

After all, even if the traffic on this road is not good, and it is night, it will not even be impossible to meet a car in 1 hour.

The driver said that at least 20 or more vehicles had appeared in the past 1 hour, and there were all coming and going.

The driver, who struggled to recall, also said that they had not seen a single car since about a few minutes before the guide car reported that the road ahead was impassable, and they did not pay attention at the time.

Kane deduced from this information that the place where the cat was troublesome was not near this pond, but more than ten kilometers away from here. He was taking a shower and didn't notice anything unusual outside the car?

After thinking about it, he decided to check it out.

He had kept Nyoa in the RV, and the fire-eaters' vigilance was already being done. He himself got into a Saab class SUV and turned around and walked back.

The driver, the co-pilot, and the other companion SUV also had 4 firefighters, and the two cars, in addition to him, there were 6 firefighters, which were not considered Arowana suits.

After 16 kilometers of walking, I didn't find anything out of the ordinary.

Kane didn't give up and let the driver keep driving. By about the 21st kilometer, the problem was finally discovered.

There's a fork in the road, on the map, to a third-tier city called Baird, where all the traffic is turning, not the way his convoy goes.

Further recollection, it was almost from this fork in the road, the road conditions were unbearable, and he gave up continuing to make contemplation thorns, and went to take a shower.

Could it be that the guide car made a mistake and took a road that was actually closed?

This speculation was quickly denied by himself. There are no warning signs on the state highway, and even if he makes a mistake, it shouldn't just be his convoy, but the other people who drive this road know that they have to turn at this fork in the road, and there is no reason for this.

Looking at the map again, Kane found that from here to the national highway that runs through the east and west, more than 200 kilometers, there are only two supply points, one is a rest stop on the highway, and the other is a town called Hope more than 100 kilometers away.

This means that if the drivers of the vehicles on this state highway have information that they need to turn a fork here, the most likely point of information is the town of Hope.

Actually, this is a bit of a problem, because not all vehicles will stop at Hopetown, and there should be a convoy like his that goes straight through.

However, even so, the most likely thing to happen is still this Hope Town.

Based on his own mystical knowledge and past experience, Kane has this assumption:

In the vicinity of Hopetown, there is one or more prominent street signs, such as 'How far is this from such and such a place?' 'Welcome to Hopetown', and maybe even a large billboard.

The problem lies in these street signs, the extraordinary arrangement of confusion control, ordinary people will be tricked at a glance.

Its role is not to trap mortals, but to resemble the slogan of 'the community does things, and the irrelevant people go around', which has a clearing effect.

In other words, the street signs in Hope Town are the first line of insurance. If there is a leak, then it is the pond that blocks the road to persuade them to retreat.

Although the fireeaters are not smart enough compared to ordinary people, they are very strong in preventing and controlling confusion. As a super-grandmaster-level puppeteer, one of the situations he fears the most is that the puppet he has worked so hard to build is being manipulated by others. Therefore, in this regard, it has always been cautious and multi-layered.

Against this background, it is almost certain that the fire-eaters in the guide car were not deceived by the illusion of the street signs. It makes sense that his convoy didn't turn a fork in the road.

So a new question is coming, there is such a big situation in front of him, should he take care of it?

If you look at his current social identity, he should be in charge.

After all, he is holding the post of a special investigator of the MF section under the NSA, with five insurances and one housing fund, various subsidies, and a high salary, which are all taxpayers' money. And this position is also the kind of position that can be intervened as long as there are two labels of 'public safety' and 'suspected mysterious', no matter who is involved.

But to be honest, he really didn't want to care.

The key reason why he didn't want to care about it was that this incident seemed to be a chance encounter, not a game specially set up for him, and at the same time, he had a mess on his own and couldn't keep it busy.

And even from the perspective of the overall cost performance, his time spent on making a few more contemplation thorns is more valuable than solving a mysterious incident on the road.

This is true both for himself and for the transcendent circles of this world.

The Concentration Thorn can play an important role in preventing confusion and control, and even help to resist the divine irradiation that reduces the San value.

And now that the transcendents are tearing up with the mythical creatures on Sino Island, they have been pit with blood on their faces, and seeing that the situation will expand, the demand for the Divine Thorn can be said to be as much as he can make, and how much he will want over there.

Compared to the mortals involved in the mysterious events encountered this time, of course, it is the transcendent side that is more important. Not only because the transcendent are powerful, but also because only they have a certain probability to solve the transcendent event, and once the mortal encounters it, it can basically only kneel, so from the perspective of civilization, the transcendent is a scarce strategic weapon, and the ordinary person is a conventional weapon that overflows the overall number, and how to choose is clear at a glance.

"Give Oliver a call. Let him report to the authorities in the name of what an investigator has discovered, and then mobilize investigators from the area to take on the case. I didn't mention it the whole time, just when I passed by. ”

However, this shoulder was not so easy to rub, and before Kane could call Oliver. He received a report from Coffey that he had started a fight with the evil creatures in the process of making a new path, and was currently under siege......