Southern continent, upper reaches of the Khodis River.

According to what the "God" Hobert said, Lawrence first selected three very good Sequence 5s in the family after repeated consideration, and then set up the altar, prayed to the "Founder", and began to report loudly the talents of these three Sequence 5s and their contributions to the family and the "Founder".

These three Sequence 5s, a man and a woman, all participated in the extraordinary war that had just ended, and they all performed very well in the war.

After Lawrence finished reporting, the image of the "founder" appeared above the altar, and Lawrence and the other three immediately bowed their heads and knelt down on one knee, not daring to look directly at the "founder", they could only feel the huge pressure exuded by the "founder".

The four of them saluted together, only to hear the "founder" say in a deep voice: "To Leon!" ”

The young man, Lyon, happily praised the "Founder."

The other two were somewhat disappointed, but only a little disappointed, and it was a great honor for them to be a candidate, to be watched by the "founders".

After Lawrence bowed and said yes, he began to arrange the bestowal ceremony, and sure enough, he received an extraordinary characteristic of a "fallen earl".

After thanking the "Founder", the four of them looked at the extraordinary characteristics on the altar with mixed feelings, this is the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 4! It means that the Balk family will have four demigods in the future!

After praising the "Founder" again, Lawrence put away the extraordinary properties and was about to tell Leon about the ceremony of promotion, when suddenly the candle on the table turned into a green fire, and the space in front of them became illusory, and a coffin was suspended from the spirit world.

A letter flew out of the crack in the coffin and fell right into Lawrence's hands.

Immediately after that, the coffin disappeared, and the flame of the candle returned to normal.

Lawrence was not surprised to know that this was Hobert's messenger, he opened the letter and took a look: "Hobert, the 'Divine Favorer', is going to send a demigod from the Balk family to Beckland to assist him in a mission. ”

He said to the three family members behind him, "Go and call the elders for a meeting immediately!" ”

Although Lawrence is also a "god", and Hobart also said that they are now equal, Lawrence does not dare to really treat Hobart as an equal.

In his opinion, Hobert should be the leader of the "gods", and the "creators" usually give him some tasks, and then he will assign them to other "gods".

So Lawrence still attached great importance to Hobert's letters, and regarded his "request" as an order.

……

Beckland, 62 Queen's Road.

After Hobert sent the letter to Lawrence, he lay down in bed and rested.

He first recalled the choice just now, in fact, the young man named Leon was not better than the others, the three of them were all excellent, and Hobert didn't know who to choose, so he pointed to one casually.

The choice just now is only to prove the authority of the "founder", and he does not interfere with the promotion below the demigod, but to promote the demigod, it is still promoted with the extraordinary characteristics provided by the "founder", then the "founder" will designate the promoter.

And now Hobart has to think about how to divide the power of the Balk family in the future.

For now, Hobert's development of power in the Southern Continent still needs to be dominated by the power of the Balk family, but it can't always be dominated by this family, and in the future, they will definitely have to separate their demigods.

Otherwise, the country that was built in the southern continent could easily be dominated by the Balk family, rather than the "founder" country.

This can only be said later, and there is no way to carry out any divisive actions at this time.

Then, Hobert thought about the transportation problem with the southern continent, if it was by boat, it would be very inconvenient to travel back and forth between the northern and southern continents.

And now Hobert can only use "travel" to take two people back and forth between the north and south continents.

After the previous battle, Hobart now has the extraordinary characteristics of "Traveler", and has asked the "alchemist" Old Man Winston who likes to fish to make two "Traveler's Doors".

Hobert plans to use the "Traveler's Gate" tomorrow to connect the transportation between Longtail Island and the Southern Mainland.

However, the 'Traveler's Gate' is gradually unable to meet Hobert's needs for transportation between regions, and this magical item is okay for people or something, but even horse-drawn carriages cannot pass through to transport goods, so they can only use rickshaws to travel through the "Traveler's Gate".

With the increasing frequency of cargo deliveries between Changwei Island and the South Colson area, and between these two places and the South Continent in the future, rickshaws will definitely not be able to meet the logistics needs.

Instead, we can consider using "workers" to open "creator logistics".

But this is a bit cheap, for example: the great "founder", and helped me transport thirty pounds of cabbage.

To be lucky or not to be lucky?

Another example: the great "founder", please help me give this sock to whoever whom, he left in a hurry and forgot to bring it.

Would you like to help?

Hobert sighed, the high-end products of the "Founder Logistics" delivery point are okay, once the 'civilian' mode is opened, it will really become a "logistics company"!

At this time, Hobart suddenly recalled the "teleportation circle" left behind by the civilization that once believed in Mr. "Gate" on the alien planet!

That thing works! Once the "Teleportation Circle" is activated, not only a carriage, but also a small ship can drive through!

He thought about it seriously, although the magic circle was complicated, the principles were all occult theories on the earth, and it was not difficult for him.

Hobert thought about it for a moment and felt that he could give it a try, so he jumped out of bed and wrote down the number and size of diamonds and crystals he needed on a piece of paper.

Then he went to the "Land of Disorder" and took out the pendant with the style of the Southern Continent that Christine gave him, and after infusing it with spirituality, the space in front of Hobart became illusory, and he stepped into the void.

Following the pendant's guidance, Hobert came to the place where Rex hid his treasure.

Under the night sky, this is a primeval forest, not to mention inaccessible, and there are not even many animals around.

Hobert placed the pendant on the stone wall, which cracked open to form an arch.

"Zoom in!" Hobert magnifies the hazy moonlight, making it as bright as the morning light.

The "magnified" light was not wasted at all, and it shone straight into the cave.

"Tampering!" Hobert "tampered with" the light in the cave to prevent the jewels from shining outside.

In the cave, in addition to stacks of gold pounds, there are many gold artifacts and gems, which were Rex's trophies of the year.

The corners of Hobert's mouth couldn't help but rise, and his eyes were once again flickered by the light refracted by the gem.

Although his eyes were no longer hurt by this, he still closed his eyes and enjoyed the wonderful moment.

He took a deep breath, and the air was filled with the smell of gold pounds and gold.

After smiling slightly, Hobert opened his eyes and began to look for the right gem according to the list in his hand.

So half of the gems on the list were gathered in the cave.

Hobert looked at the list again, and still needed a lot of crystals, as well as some large gems, and had to go back to Beckland to buy them.

Coming out of the cave, Hobert glanced at the closed stone wall and suddenly realized that it was not a good choice for him to put all his seizures in the "country of disorder".

The stakes are too high, and if something goes wrong with the "country of disorder" one day, all his seizures will be gone.

Some extraordinary properties and seals should be put in this to hedge risk.

But there is no time for these two days, and I will talk about it after a few days of time.

Back at Beckland, Hobert rowed out the gem he had found, and went to knock on Dopheth's door.

Dopheis, dressed in his pajamas, opened the door and looked at Hobert.

Only then did Hobart realize that it was already the second half of the night, and he smiled and said, "Sorry to wake you up."

"I have something for you to do, tomorrow morning, you will get up and buy some diamonds and crystals, which are the quantity and size that are needed."

Dophes took the piece of paper and looked at it: "I may have to go to the Southern Continent, and these big gems I want may cost tens of thousands of pounds each in Beckland!"

"There are a lot of gem mines in the Southern Continent, and such a large rough stone there may only be a few hundred pounds, but after you buy it, you have to find someone to cut it yourself."

Hobart said: "Take the money from the safe, take as much as you want!" ”

Dophes reminded: "There isn't much left in the safe. ”

"You'll have to go back tomorrow morning." Hobart asked, "Do you need me to provide you with a magical item with the ability to travel?" ”

"No, I don't."

"Okay." Hobert waved his hand: "You continue to sleep." ”

He walked quickly to the study, opened the safe and took a look, and the gold pound here in Beckland had indeed bottomed out.

In recent times, Hobart has hardly bothered about money, and the South Coulson area has become self-sufficient and can also support the construction of Longtail Island.

Most of the construction of Longtail Island came from Hobart's investment, and the 80,000 gold dollars obtained from the previous deal with Simpson have been spent.

At the end of July, Hobart had already invested another £50,000 and could spend some more time.

Much like South Coulson, Hobert intends to provide the primordial accumulation of Longtail Island on his own.

Regarding the construction of Longtail Island, Hobert did not plan to use the money of the "Earl's Light", and the money of the "Earl's Light" went to a different account, which was different from these places such as Longtail Island and South Coulson.

The expenses on Beckland's side are a separate account, mainly Hobert's personal expenses and the daily expenses of the Earl's Court.

Hobert took out the last 50,000 pounds of savings from the "State of Disorder", and he still did not panic, because he had inherited a large amount of inheritance from Rex and a large amount of property from Christine.

These gold pounds are piled up in the cave and eat ashes, so it is better to take them out and spend them.

The 180,000 pounds that had been traded with the Tony family before were mainly used with the money that Hobart inherited from Rex.

After taking out all the deposits of the "Disordered Country", Hobart still had nearly 150,000 pounds in all of his savings, which was enough to cover his expenses for a long time.

And this is just cash, and the large amount of loot that Rex left behind, mainly gold and diamonds, is also a lot of wealth.

……

This sea is often filled with fog, so it is called the "Sea of Mist".

The Misty Sea is in the eastern part of the North and South Continents, far away from the lanes of the two continents, or far away from the entire human civilization circle.

But in the misty sea, there are many unexplored islands scattered around.

Just like the island where Archibald and Hobart hunted the six-legged spirit before, it is in the depths of the Misty Sea, and even since the colonial era, no human has ever visited it.

At dawn, the low altitude of a certain part of the Misty Sea suddenly became illusory, and a huge object floated and fell from the spirit realm into the sea.

Hula~

The sea water was divided by a huge object, and it set off quite a small wave.

This giant object is finally fully presented in the real world, it is the black giant ship "Black Emperor"!

At the front of the ship was a huge-looking mottled stone chair, on which sat the massive "King of the Five Seas" Nast Solomon, dressed in a robe with silver trim on a black background and a black beard.

After getting up from the huge stone chair, Nast's figure, which looked like a giant, changed, and the farther away from the throne he became, the shorter he became, and finally became about 1.9 meters, just a little taller than a normal person.

The crew members who had been hiding in the cabin quickly came out of the cabin and, under the command of the second officer, Bird Mastan, went to open the thick black sails and adjust the course of the "Black Emperor".

For a while, the deck became very busy.

They were sailing towards an island in the misty sea that was not marked on the charts of various countries, the territory of the "King of the Five Seas" and his headquarters.

Nast made his way to the captain's quarters and sat down in his throne-like seat.

At this time, there was a child about ten years old dressed in gorgeous costumes, holding a tray with a bottle of wine and an empty wine glass.

Seeing this child, Nast frowned: "Child, who brought you on the boat?" ”

Why didn't he remember that there was such a small crew on the "Black Emperor"?

The child, who looked a little immature, smiled slightly: "Tamara! ”

Tamara made the little boy fit in well with the ship, there was no imbalance, and even Nast's spirituality did not feel the danger until now.

But when Nast heard the name Tamara, he was startled and immediately operated the "Black Emperor" to push the little boy overboard.

But he found that he couldn't control the "Black Emperor"!

"Don't you think it's incredible?" The little boy smiled and said, "It was when I told Solomon about the existence of the Western Continent that He built this ship.

"Nast Solomon, the descendant of the 'Black Emperor', I am the true master of this ship."

Nast didn't know who the little boy in front of him was, but for the first time in years, he felt such despair.

But he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately "twisted" the space and prepared to flee.

As soon as the little boy raised his hand, Nast's "twist" was "diluted" by the surrounding cabins.

But Nast's figure still became illusory, after all, he had owned the "Black Emperor" for so long, and he had already had a plan to escape, but what he didn't expect was that one day he would really be able to use such a plan.

Just as Nast's figure was about to disappear, suddenly Tamara's figure appeared behind him, and Tamar stretched out his hands and pushed Nast back, pushing him to stumble and break the balance of his means of escape.

Nast's figure grew solidified again, and his escape failed.

But Nast was not in a hurry because an angel was there, and he rushed to the door of the cabin!

"No doors here!" Tamara said lightly.

Nast turned around and stared at the wax-like Tamara behind him, and he pointed to the little boy, "Who is he?" ”

Tamara said in a flat tone, "You should be called Him, not Him." ”

Nast was a little surprised: "Why did you find me?" ”

"Because your surname is Solomon." The little boy smiled, and he raised his left hand: "Everything has been foreshadowed in the Quaternary Age. ”

Nast's spirituality only felt great danger at this time, but for some reason, the little boy's little hand was like a huge magic power, which made him lose all his strength, which was the suppression of Solomon's bloodline: "No! ”

He struggled to twist the doorknob and did his best to "twist" Tamara's "forbidden".

Finally the door was opened, but Nast was not happy, because the door only opened a small gap and could not be pushed open.

Bang dang~

The door to the captain's room was closed, and after half a minute, the door was pushed open, and a young man of fifteen or sixteen came out of it, judging by his appearance, he was the little boy just now.

The boy came to the deck and raised his hand to the sea: "Twist! ”

The crew had recently felt the change of the "Black Emperor" and jumped into the sea to escape, but under the "twist", many crew members who did not have time to escape far changed the idea of "escape" to "return" and began to swim towards the "Black Emperor" again!

"Hahaha~" The boy looked up to the sky and laughed: "I succeeded!" ”

More than 2,000 years of planning have finally come to fruition!

Tamara followed with some awe, looking like a servant.

"From today onwards, I am the 'King of the Five Seas'." The boy said, "What should I choose?" How about Eris? ”

Tamara smiled, "Great name." ”

"Then then," said the young Eris, "the Black Emperor turned the rudder and headed for Longtail Island......

"Wait!" He stopped suddenly: "I 'remembered' the clue to that lamp. ”

……

Beckland.

Early Tuesday morning, Hobert got dressed and rode to Earl Hall's mansion in a horse-drawn carriage, where he picked up Audrey, who was wearing a long dress more suitable for sports, and headed for the power plant in the suburbs.

In the carriage, Audrey asked Hobert: "I heard from my father that today several lords of the Gas Society will jointly submit a report to the Parliament. ”

"Leave them alone." Hobert smiled confidently.

There are so many shareholders of the "Earl's Light" who are parliamentarians, and let them resist it first, he does not intend to actively intervene in this matter immediately.

Hobert changed the subject: "Audrey, how much do you know about the Southern Continent?" ”

"That's the colony of various countries...... Audrey paused and smiled, "Most of my knowledge of the Southern Continent still comes from you. ”

Hobart nodded and smiled: "I have a plan to develop the Southern Continent, in the future, there is hope to bring peace there, but I need your help." ”

Audrey was stunned at first, and then asked, "How can I help?" ”

"You'll find out in a few days," Hobart smiled, "Now I'm just curious to know, would you like to help?" ”

"Of course I do!" Audrey immediately agreed: "If you can bring peace to the Southern Continent, everyone is willing to help." ”

Then she asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Hobert said lightly: "Unify the Southern Continent." ”

Audrey was stunned: "Unified ......"

"As far as geography is concerned," Hobert smiled, "the southern continent is easier to unify, first of all, its eastern part is a large plain, and there is almost no danger to defend.

This is also the reason why the Rune colonial army was able to quickly expand its influence to the whole of East Bailang after gaining a certain advantage in East Bailang.

"The northwest is a huge star plateau, which is the key to the southern continent, as long as this plateau is occupied, then the entire southern continent can fight wherever it wants.

"The countries of the Northern Continent have been vying for control of the Star Plateau, and wars have broken out there frequently."

Audrey realized that Hobert was serious: "But, but where did you get so many soldiers?" ”

"The population of the southern continent is no less than that of the northern continent." "Maybe more," Hobert said, "after all, the metropolis is very much affected by the fertility rate of the Northern Continent. ”

Audrey still felt a little unrealistic: "However, but the countries of the Northern Continent will definitely not let it go!" ”

"Of course I do." Hobert smiled, "At the moment I'm just making preliminary preparations and waiting for the right time. ”

Audrey didn't know what to say, because it was very unfamiliar territory to her.

"Let's talk about power plants." "In the future, there will be more and more power plants, and there will even be a few ......around each city," Hobert smiled.

As they spoke, they came to the power plant, where Audrey visited the huge boilers, the long steam turbines, and the generators at the tail of the steam turbines.

The power plant was prepared and sent an interpreter to explain the whole process of thermal power generation to Audrey.

Audrey looked at the long steam turbine in front of her, that is, the large turbine, and immediately felt a kind of industrial beauty.

Finally they came to the cooling tower, and Audrey also learned that the original thick and large structure was not a big chimney, but a cooling tower.

The cooling tower is not white smoke, but water vapor.

Now Audrey finally understands why Hobert laughed at the members of the Gas Society, because they were completely mistaken, and the pollution produced by the power plant was not as big as expected.

After touring the power plant, Hobert took Audrey back into the carriage and advised: "Don't mention the internal structure of the power plant to anyone, this is the most critical secret of the 'Earl's Light' at the moment!" ”

Audrey nodded a little excitedly: "I understand!" ”

After visiting the huge power plant, she felt the power of "Piaget Light", which is not just a company that sells light bulbs, but also represents many high-tech technologies.

Audrey asked, "Hobert, are we going to invite those councillors to visit the power plant too?" To prove that the power plant is not very polluting? ”

"No," said Hobert seriously, "perhaps the purpose of the gas association's report is to look at the internal structure of the power plant."

"After all, as long as you are sensible, you know that after the advent of electric lights, gas lamps are not very competitive."

Audrey asked again, "So what are you going to do?" ”

"Submit to Parliament a report on the dangers of gas pollution to the atmosphere, as well as its storage and transport!" Hobart smiled.

Thank you for the tip.

(End of chapter)