Outside the palace, everything was peaceful. Inside the palace, everything was in order.
The four of them sat on two couches facing each other, eating vanilla ice cream together.
"The ice cream technology was brought to me by a friend on the ground." Louis XXXIX put down his spoon. "It's a pity that this friend passed away a few days ago … I only found out about this when his subordinates visited Underwater City."
At this time, it was enough to say a word of condolence.
Boss Luo also stopped eating and said in admiration, "No wonder the ice cream trucks are sold out so quickly. It seems that it's not only the product, but the taste is also unforgettable."
Even Miss Maid finished her portion, which was rare. Clearly, she had high recognition of His Majesty's craftsmanship.
At this time, Miss Maid brought a handkerchief over for Boss Luo to wipe his mouth … Opposite him, Miss Maid Liuge was doing the same thing.
"Let's talk business." Louis XXXIX put down the handkerchief and said directly, "Did you help to modify Reyaz's Flying Serpent?"
"Yes." Boss Luo also nodded directly.
His Majesty said even more directly, "I'm very interested in this technology. I don't know if you're interested in selling it to me."
Boss Luo said casually, "I don't know if Your Majesty's so-called transfer is a buyout or simply learning it?"
His Majesty thought for a while and said, "What's the buyout price? What's the price of learning it? "
"Sell the White Tower to me, and I can sell this technology to you." Boss Luo also thought for a while and said, "If you only want to learn it … you can exchange it with the Holy Armor technology that this lady used before."
"Heh …" Hearing this, Miss Maid Liuge sneered. "What a sky-high price … Are you really a businessman?"
Boss Luo was indifferent … His Majesty waved his hand, indicating for Miss Maid to be quiet for now.
Louis XXXIX looked at Luoqiu and said slowly, "I can't sell the White Tower. As for the Holy Armor technology … This is one of the top secrets of Underwater City. Are you sure you can only use it to exchange for your technology?"
"Mighty power, the ability to coexist between soul and machine. It was also the crystallization of technology from a certain civilization era." "The Lemurian civilization, the Age of Mana, is also an era," the servant girl said calmly. "There isn't much difference between the Lemurian civilization and the Age of Mana. Why can't we exchange?"
"Mighty energy?" His Majesty frowned and pondered, "I'm afraid I'm too ignorant … I've never heard of such a civilization."
Boss Luo smiled and said, "At present, the various countries in the Surface World only regard Undersea City as a fantasy legend."
His Majesty shook his head and asked, "What's the buyout for?"
Boss Luo said, "We will not sell this technology to a third party until the price of other customers is lower than the White Tower."
Black-Hearted!
This was the young lady Liu Ge's discontent in a low voice, the sound of muttering.
His Majesty smiled bitterly and said, "I told you, I will not give up the White Tower. As for the Holy Armor, to be honest, I cannot reveal it to the public. If possible, I hope you can change to another condition. "
Of course, it was not only the Holy Armor's manufacturing technology. If they only learned the Soul and Machine Symbiosis technology of the Mighty energy civilization, the Undersea City could be used as a trade under the altar's list.
For example, they could use souls to exchange … the Undersea City had a population of nine million people.
This also revealed a piece of free information to Luoqiu. This Undersea City completely belonged to Louis XXXIX … The lives and souls of the nine million people in the Undersea City were regarded as the private property of Louis XXXIX.
This was the judgment of the altar.
"In this case …" Boss Luo said again, "If you can give me twenty of those black balls yesterday, that's fine too."
At this moment, the young lady Liu Ge squinted her eyes … Killing intent instantly filled every corner of the room.
But in the next moment, a surge of killing intent that was a hundred times stronger than the young lady's erupted like a volcano … Huge waves instantly drowned the waves in the lake.
The young lady Liu Ge's face turned pale.
The servant girl picked up the teacup calmly, as if nothing had happened.
His Majesty saw all of this with his eyes. His expression was calm, but no one knew what he was thinking in his heart. He sighed slowly again, shook his head, and said, "Change the condition."
"You give me two million people." Boss Luo said the third and fourth condition, "Or …"
"Or what?" His Majesty's gaze hardened … The third option had already caused an unnatural change to appear in his calm expression. As for the fourth option?
Boss Luo didn't say anything, he just glanced at the Emperor.
Instantly, Louis XXXIX's expression changed again … He took a deep look at Boss Luo, then kept silent. After a long time, he said slowly, "It seems that our first negotiation was not successful."
"It doesn't matter." Boss Luo said casually, "Business is not necessarily successful on the first try … Both sides have their own considerations."
"Liu Ge." The Emperor ordered, "Treat these two guests as state guests. Take good care of them during this time, don't neglect them."
Perhaps it was because of the confrontation earlier, the young lady in the silver robe was much quieter now … She nodded silently.
After that, Louis XXXIX left the negotiation room with the young lady Liu Ge … As for Boss Luo and the servant girl, they were arranged to stay in a courtyard in the palace.
What was interesting was that Reyaz was also arranged to stay in this courtyard.
…
"What is the fourth condition?"
In the Emperor's study, Liu Ge frowned. Along the way, Louis XXXIX didn't say anything, this was a rare silence from Liu Ge.
The Emperor shook his head and said, "Compared to the previous three conditions, the fourth condition is better off not mentioning … But I don't know how much this so-called technology of the Giant Ability Civilization can help me. By the way, how is the analysis of [Asra White Qilin]? "
Liu Ge shook her head and said, "It's all disassembled, but none of the researchers in Astral-1 could understand what was inside … Except for the part about magical technology."
"Not even a little?" Louis XXXIX was surprised.
Liu Ge smiled bitterly and said, "They said that this technology might be as simple as 1 +, but in reality, no one has ever instilled the concept of 1 + in them."
"The crystallization of a civilization era … Giant Ability Civilization." Louis XXXIX leaned back in his chair. "Since Lemeria sunk into the sea until now, we have been observing the development of the surface world through different methods."
"So, there is no such thing as a Giant Ability Civilization," the young lady said bluntly.
"Not after us," His Majesty suddenly said, "Before us … Who knows?"
"You mean, this Giant Ability Civilization might be before Lemeria …" Liu Ge couldn't help but say in surprise, "Is this a hypothesis … or do you really think so?"
"Just treat it as a pure hypothesis." The Emperor shook his head and said, "We need to make assumptions about the unknown, and we must have a skeptical attitude before the truth. This is the rule of the royal family."
Liu Ge snorted and said with a sneer, "You make it sound nice, but you are the only one in the royal family since ancient times."
"That's why Reyaz is so important." The Emperor sighed and said, "Only he can assimilate my bloodline … After so many generations, there is finally another one."
Liu Ge said faintly, "Unfortunately, it's not me."
"I'll leave the matter of teaching Reyaz to you." The Emperor said softly, "Only you can do this … I'll leave the underwater city to you for the next few days."
"Louis." The young girl, Liuge, suddenly said, "You felt it too, didn't you? That power in the negotiation room?"
"It's very strong." The Emperor nodded. "Perhaps it can compete with the current [Holy Armor]."
Liu Ge said softly, "If we have two powers of the same level as the [Holy Armor], perhaps we can …"
"You don't know how terrifying [it] is." The Emperor smiled bitterly. "This isn't a matter of how many powers of the same level as the [Holy Armor]. It's a matter of the [Holy Armor] being lacking in the first place … Alright, your next task is to teach Reyaz well. Put everything else aside for now."
"I don't know how to teach people," Liu Ge said coldly, "I only know how to kill people."
"You will." Louis XXXIX stared at her … She couldn't resist the Emperor's gaze and turned her head away. She said softly, "Come back quickly …"
"I will." Louis smiled and said.
…
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In the underwater city, in a dark room with all kinds of pipes on the ceiling, the lamp was made from the oil of a kind of deep-sea fish. The light was yellow.
In this place where the ventilation wasn't very good, the smell of the burning oil wasn't very good, but that was all. After all, if they used magical tools, they would be easily detected.
A group of people gathered in this small space … They cleared out an empty space in the middle, and there were four corpses on the empty space. One of the corpses only had half of its body left.
"Silvermoon Witch! It's her … She planned this operation! "
"If it weren't for saving Longgang, we wouldn't have lost so many of our companions … 69 people! 69 people, and only three of them came back alive … They only brought back the corpses of four of their companions! "
"You're saying that we shouldn't have saved Longgang?"
"If we could have saved him, it would have been worth it! But we didn't save him, and we sacrificed so much. It's not worth it! This time, it's already like this. What about next time? Next time, if the Kingdom's government publicly executes him, should we save him or not? You tell me! "
After a long silence, a faint voice said, "Unless we all die, even if there's only one left, we have to save him … Otherwise, [Destiny] will lose its reason to continue existing."
When the crowd heard this, they all stepped aside … At the entrance of the passageway, a one-eyed hunchbacked old man slowly walked over with the help of a young man and a woman wearing a black robe and a veiled face.
Everyone in the dark basement bowed their heads and respectfully called out in unison, "Master Karen!"
The one-eyed old man slowly walked over. When he passed by the place where the corpses were placed, he paused for a moment, then knelt on the ground and muttered something as if he was praying.
After a while, the old man stood up, looked around at the people here, and said in a deep voice, "The original intention of the establishment of Destiny is to liberate the people of Undersea City from the emperor's box, so that those who have become slaves in Undersea City can obtain true freedom … This is the philosophy of the establishment of the Destiny organization. When all of you joined the organization, you already knew about the [True History]. You also understood how difficult it was for the [Destiny] to fight against the emperor! I asked you at the beginning, no matter how difficult the road ahead is, no matter how many times you have to face difficulties and despair, are you ready to face them head-on? "
Master Karen paused and then said loudly, "Now, tell me, what did you answer me at the beginning?"
They instantly moved in unison, held their heads high, and put their hands on their hearts, and answered in a loud voice, "The mission will be accomplished!"
Master Karen nodded. "Remember what you said in the past and today … Now, who can tell me how much we lost after this operation?"
A man quickly walked out at this time and carefully described the rescue operation this time, how many members were lost in total, how many hidden identities were destroyed, and how many resources and strongholds were lost in this rescue operation.
This man spoke very carefully, but the atmosphere at the scene became heavier and heavier.
In the end, the man who reported suddenly changed the topic. "Master Karen, although this time we lost so much manpower and resources to save Longgang … In the end, the reason why Longgang was captured by the kingdom's government was entirely to save Professor Joachim from the underground mine!"
"What are you trying to say?" Master Karen frowned.
"In order to save Professor Joachim, we even sacrificed so many years of arrangements in the underground mine … Master Karen, I respect every decision you make! However, for a researcher of the kingdom's government, you gave up the opportunity to save our companions trapped in the mine … Is it worth it? I need a reason! A reason for you to make such a decision! Otherwise, I won't accept it! "
"Are you doubting me?" Master Karen spoke again in a low voice.
The man said sorrowfully, "My wife and children fell into the hands of the kingdom's government because I was exposed. They're in the underground mine, and I don't know if they're alive or dead. I've suffered every day … In order to open up the underground mine and save them, I've never dared to let myself rest these past few years! Every time I close my eyes, it's as if I can see the painful expression on my wife and children's faces. They might not be able to hold on any longer, or even … Master! I just want to know why! Please tell me!! "
"It's not time to announce this matter yet … I'm sorry, please understand." Master Karen shook her head. "This and everything is for the greater good."
"Then let her tell me!"
After saying that, the man rushed forward and forcefully grabbed the black-robed, masked woman beside Master Karen. "Tell me! What is it for?! Why do we have to pay such a heavy price to save Joachim?! Is it because he's your husband?! Tell me! Kaia! "
He forcefully tore apart the woman's black robe. It was Kaia.
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