"In other words, what could have happened to the dragon ruins that Georges Laurent inspected that caused him to be trapped there now, but no one knows the location of the dragon ruins?"

In the comfortable luxury suite on the top floor of the Taoyuan Hotel, Werther watched dissatisfiedly as Cross poured himself a glass of hot milk, and then handed the prepared champagne to Chen Mo opposite. The old businessman's lovely nurse strictly forbids him from touching any alcohol-related beverages.

Chen Mo took the wine, nodded and said:

"The whereabouts of the head of the Laurent family can be regarded as secret, originally there was only a record of travel within their family, but now that Georges Laurent may be lost in a relic of the next generation or even above, their family has not done anything? Then there is only one possibility. ”

"There is a traitor within the Laurent family." Cross commented.

Wirt's eyes flashed a little like an old man's essence, and he muttered: "That is to say, there is a high probability that Laurent's internal information has been processed. Is there any other way to find Georges Laurent? Like where is the ruin? ”

Chen Mo waved his hand:

"Not to mention how many relics they have invested in development, the information on the relics of the next generation is also top secret, and it is impossible for Laurent to share the fat with others before the development is completed, which means that as long as Laurent's inner ghost moves in advance, all the relevant information should be cleared."

Cross asked, "And where did the information come from?" According to you, Laurent should not have given the information about the next generation to the Academy. ”

Wirther, on the other hand, was the first to come up with the answer.

"Neither Gattuso nor Laurent's inner ghost knows about the ruin, and I guess they just wanted to get a piece of the ruin's development together, so Laurent's inner ghost sent the information of the ruin to the ice cellar, ready for Gattuso to put forward a proposal at the school board meeting."

Wirt sneered, he had seen a lot of this kind of trick.

Seeing that Cross was still a little confused, Chen Mo explained: "Before modern times, the situation of the half-breed against the dragon clan was very difficult, whether it was the deduction of the dragon civilization or the process of modern technology, there was no progress, basically at that time, the dragon slaying relied on the alchemy tools excavated from the ruins and the human life of the half-bloods, so at that time, the family of the secret party made a covenant to bind the members to share the development of the ruins. ”

"It wasn't until later that the half-breeds began to gain the upper hand in the war with the dragons, and the various families began to tacitly hide the ruins they found, after all, a strong foreign enemy is the best motivation for cooperation, and when the threat of foreign enemies is no longer so great, naturally some people began to think about other things."

"However, the secret party has always valued the reputation of European dragon slaying orthodoxy, and if the unhidden relics are discovered by other families, they will basically be jointly developed according to the regulations of the covenant, of course, ordinary relics, these high-ranking dragon slaying families will not pull down their faces to do this kind of thing."

Cross also figured out what was going on, and he said, "But there was a problem with the exploration, and it was probably not just the remains of some subgeneration, so Georges Laurent had an accident. And Gattuso wants to eat this mutant relic alone, Laurent's inner ghost wants the head of the family to die there, Laurent's heir is just a little girl, it shouldn't be too difficult to solve it, and the exchange of interests between the two sides is reached. ”

"So which one are you going to sell your stuff to?"

Chen Mo said: "After all, this thing is related to the owner of Laurent's family and a relic that has been planted for generations, although it can be sold for a lot of money, but in the end, there are only a few who are willing to bid and who are willing to bid." ”

Wirt's wrinkled face smiled, and he said, "Gattuso will be happy to bid for your information." ”

Chen Mo ignored the evil joke, Cato asked for the destruction of this information, even if he was willing to give it to Frost and promised to forget everything he had seen, these people who were originally mixed with the Italian mafia would only find an opportunity to stuff a short-barreled shotgun into his mouth after handing over the money to him.

"Then our buyers are basically Laurent's homeowners, but they are now running around like headless flies, and I am afraid they can't afford to pay the price you want."

"No, Cross," Chen Mo replied, "You just said something wrong, I'm afraid that the next head of Laurent's family will not be so easy to solve, now is a good time to buy the bottom." ”

He turned his head to Wirt in the wheelchair and said, "Wirt, this is the biggest reason why I came to find you, make use of your connections and contact Elisabeth Laurent as soon as possible." ”

"There's nothing wrong with that, my dear Hull, or rather Chen." The thin old man said, "But that girl, remember what I said? ”

From an early age, Wirt possessed a strange, black wisdom that he distilled over the years into admonitions, aphorisms, and questions and answers. Not everyone can hear this precious golden jade word, but Chen Mo is one of them.

He had just arrived in the city, and with his precise mathematical ability, he quickly came into Werth's sight, and they happily reached a deal, Chen Mo provided information through Norma and the documents of the Executive Department, and Wert was in charge of the sale of information.

In this way, in addition to the largest casino, Taoyuan has become the largest black market intelligence distribution center in the Ark, after all, compared to the dilapidated black streets in the outer city, no one does not like to stay in the golden hall, and in Taoyuan, as long as you don't pay off your bills, no one will be arrested by the inspectors of the Presbyterian Church for suspicious behavior.

Chen Mo makes a lot of money, but he is not slow to spend money, the progress of alchemy technology has always been a pile of materials, and the help of the spirit can make his brain look at it is enough to learn, but the hands and the invisible occult, or the soul, can only say: "I can't learn it at all." So the black market, where alchemy materials were sold, became a place he frequented.

On the way back that day, there were a few shouts and curses in the alley, and the disheveled girl shrank in the corner of the alley, while the same vicious-looking man waved the belt that had been unfastened, and the belt buckle kept leaving purple scars on the skin.

Probably because the education of the peaceful country in the previous life has not been erased by the years, of course, he saved the girl who was abused.

It wasn't until he returned to the hotel that he realized that he had lost the pouch in which the patterned coins were kept.

At the Ark, all transactions relied on coins issued by the Presbyterians, and the basic materials were alchemical substances refined through fire and recipes, even if they were not completely killed in the true sense, they could also be used to carve alchemical runes, which were esoteric runes that entered the Nibelungen mark.

The lowest currency has the color of bronze, and the runes are only used for anti-counterfeiting, and the currency with the exchange rate of ten to one has the color of silver, gold and other precious metals, and the patterns on it are gradually complicated.

The golden coin can be used as a proof of entry and exit, and the alchemy rune will lose its effect, and the highest-grade currency will be completely transparent, and the golden world tree inside will come to life, which is the embodiment of the flow of spiritual elements, indicating that the master who refined it is not far from the supreme realm of refining the philosopher's stone.

In his pouch were twenty splendid gold coins, each of which could be exchanged for a hundred $10,000 promissory notes at Southby's Auction House.

The next night, the beautiful female nurse pushed Wirt's wheelchair into his room, and the old man had a curious expression on his face.

"Hull," he asked, "I have always felt that you are a wise man. What's going on? ”

Hel Stein, or Chen Mo's expression was a mixture of disappointment and relief, and he didn't answer.

Wirt smiled and pulled out his money bag from his bosom, "Cross just got it back from a smuggler down there, it's a cute female thief, right?" The girl got the money and went to the shop of the dragon addiction grass, but the snake head is quite smart, how can a woman who does that kind of thing get so much money? He noticed that there was a peach in the money bag and came to find me. ”

"Remember, Hull, sweet child, mercy is a respectable quality, but don't let it get in your way, women are the creatures that are best at causing mercy, so be careful, in my old man's experience with those women." The old man in the wheelchair squinted his eyes, as if reminiscing about the eventful old days.

"There are two kinds of women who need to be careful the most, one is a woman in danger and the other is a beautiful woman. You probably already know the dangers of the first one. The old man winked happily at him.

"As for the second," he sighed faintly, "I don't mean a pretty face when I say beautiful. That's something even more wonderful. Beauty has brought too many disasters, in Greece, Helen's beauty led to the great Trojan War, in your east, that beautiful woman named Diao Chan made the father and son kill each other, we all know that they are both powerful half-bloods, and it is probably the tradition of the dragons to fight for beauty. ”

"So be careful", Werther slowly moved his gaze to his eyes, "be careful. ”