According to some information obtained by Audiss from inside the ruins, "Celestial Venerable" and "God" seemed to have entered an active period before the "Primordial Creator" awakened.
Audiss doesn't currently understand the situation of "Celestial Venerable", but from what he learned today about human research on "Savior" and "God", he sensed some arrangement.
Why was the "Savior's" remains not discovered for two thousand years, but just before the "Primordial" awakened?
Then, were some of the subsequent studies influenced by "God", or were they simply a "script" "designed" by Him?
Audiss guessed that since "Celestial Venerable" also showed signs of awakening, these two ancient beings might have entered a relatively active phase in advance.
Or rather, in the years before the "Primordial" awakened, the governments of various countries had already noticed the existence of extraordinary beings and began to attach importance to the research of extraordinary powers.
This is also logical, because some information Audiss discovered today shows that shortly after the research on Easter Island began, some magical phenomena appeared all over the world.
For example, in Chernobyl, a huge pit suddenly appeared. For example, oil seemed to suddenly have life and began to kill living people, and so on.
This further proves that the "Primordial's" awakening at that time had a process, but most people did not notice this process.
After reviewing the clues and information obtained, Audiss had a rough timeline for this matter.
The cause of the matter was that, facing the rise of the East, the West began to have crooked ideas after discovering that it could not be stopped head-on.
Coincidentally, at this time, they discovered the remains of the "Savior" Jesus, so they conducted a series of studies.
While studying, some mysterious events began to occur around the world. At this time, the West received news that the Eastern god "Celestial Venerable" seemed to be awakening as well.
So the research on Easter Island was a little rushed, and they began some radical research, but they failed to awaken the "Savior", but directly awakened "God", which in turn caused the "Primordial" to awaken ahead of schedule.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that all of this was arranged by the "Primordial".
After making guesses and summaries, Audiss began to consider his advancement.
At this time, both the main material and auxiliary materials were available, and the mythical creature blood required for the ritual was also available, and he only needed to digest the potion to advance.
Currently, whether it is Votai Province or Cruise Island, there are no particularly important matters. Audiss plans to take advantage of this time to study that drop of blood and adjust his state to prepare for advancement.
After having a simple plan, Audiss used "Meditation" to enter the "Wilderness of Knowledge". He had been very busy for some time and had not had time to continue writing "The Book of Astrology". He planned to complete this book today.
His mission this time is to secretly investigate the situation in Votai Province, confirm whether the banditry has been completely eliminated, and investigate Audiss's position in the hearts of the people.
Adonis is very clear that his mission is actually to find evidence to prove that Audiss's power in Votai Province has reached an uncontrollable level. Only in this way can the Lunburg government find an opportunity to revoke Audiss's governorship.
After getting off the train in Solotu Province, Adonis went to understand the security station set up by Votai Province here. At the same time, he had already thought of the first crime for Audiss: exerting influence on the surrounding provinces.
Then Adonis took a carriage to Votai Province, and along the way, he asked his subordinates to look for information from the people who opposed Audiss's administration.
In his opinion, Audiss must have carried out a large number of massacres in order to wipe out the bandit army so quickly. The two deceased barons are the best examples.
However, after his subordinates inquired for a long time, not a single person opposed the new governor's rule.
Even in remote mountain villages, they praised the new governor.
Because the new governor started a large number of water conservancy projects throughout the province last month.
Construction workers are recruited from various villages, and the villagers first earn a sum of money.
And the repaired water conservancy projects can also bring them practical benefits, and grain production has increased.
Adonis was silent after hearing these reports, because he really didn't want to fabricate crimes in this regard. At the same time, he was very clear that Audiss was a very qualified governor among the governors of Lunburg.
Lunburg is not like Feneport. The grain output is mostly only enough for domestic consumption. In many years, it still needs to be imported.
The world's largest grain exporter is Feneport and this country's colonies, but Lunburg is hostile to this country and can only barely maintain normal international relations.
This makes it impossible for Lunburg to buy too cheap grain, which can easily cause unstable grain prices in the country.
However, the governors of each province mainly focus on developing commerce, because the development of commerce and industry is their important assessment criteria.
So few governors attach so much importance to agriculture.
As he continued forward, Adonis heard someone shouting from a distance: "Idlers step aside, blasting the mountain!"
Adonis stopped the carriage, intending to wait for the blasting of the mountain to end before taking people to the construction site to take a look.
When he was in Aysala, he heard that Audiss was building a railway. From Duke Bowen to the railway department of Lunburg, they were not very optimistic about this railway.
First of all, the funding and technical aspects are difficult to solve, because Votai Province is mountainous, so the manpower for road construction is also a big problem.
Since he came to find problems in Votai Province, Adonis must go and see, because there will definitely be problems with forced labor and poor working conditions on the railway.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the explosion sound did not appear.
Adonis had seen the scene of digging tunnels when building railways. First, drill holes, then bury explosives, and finally blast and clear the rocks.
But the explosion sound in his memory never appeared, so he took his subordinates to climb to the top of the mountain to check.
On the other side of the mountain is a busy railway construction site. The workers use horse-drawn carts to transport the crushed stones from the quarry to the designated railway line, then lay the sleepers, cover them with stones, and finally connect the sleepers to the rails with large screws.
The whole process is well-organized, and the workers use many tools that Adonis feels very unfamiliar with.
For example, the workers laying rails and sleepers use a machine that looks like a small crane.
But Adonis didn't understand the working principle of the machine, because he didn't find a steam engine around it.
He also didn't find a large steam engine at the quarry, and the process of crushing the stones didn't seem to be entirely manual.
As for the situation of digging tunnels in the mountain, it was even more magical. I saw a worker sitting on a large machine on one side of the mountain, and the large machine emitted a small silver-white light.
This light actually passed directly through the mountain and appeared on the other side of the mountain.
The light passing through the mountain had dimmed a lot, but it was still very sharp, and all the trees touched by it were easily cut open.
Soon a piece was cut off, and from the outside, it looked like a stone block the size of an adult's forearm.
This means that inside the entire mountain, there is a large area of stone blocks that have been cut off.
At this time, the small silver-white light on the large machine disappeared, and the operating worker blew the whistle to indicate that it was safe.
Two other workers stepped forward and opened a thick metal rod on the large machine.
This mechanical rod slowly extended forward, pushing the cut stone block out of the mountain.
The design of this mechanical rod is very special. Two workers can screw on new mechanical rods from the back of the large machine, so that the mechanical rod can be further lengthened to push out more rocks.
And on the other side of the mountain, someone was already waiting there. Two people in a group, holding a device that also had some silver-white light, cut off the thick stone blocks that were pushed out two or three meters like cutting cheese very easily.
The carriage had already stopped not far away. The workers used small lifting equipment to load the cut stone blocks onto the cart and transport them to the quarry.
The whole operation stunned Adonis and others. They had never seen a tunnel being mined like this.
After watching for more than ten minutes, Adonis came back to his senses. He realized that Audiss was actually using extraordinary power to dig tunnels!
Then, one question after another appeared in his mind: Are those operators all extraordinary people?
Would extraordinary people do such work?
Obviously, these questions cannot be answered by just looking, so Adonis asked his subordinates to inquire about the news.
But before they reached the construction site, they were stopped by the security team.
Adonis's subordinates gave money and cigarettes to learn some information.
It's said that these novel machines were all designed by the new governor.
At most, it only takes three days to excavate a one-kilometer tunnel.
The key is that even if they work day and night, only a dozen workers are needed to complete the shifts. Because the excavation of the tunnel saves a massive amount of manpower, the laying of the railway is very fast. Some people have even boldly predicted that this railway may be completed in three to five months!
That night, Adonis found it difficult to fall asleep for a long time. His mind was full of the scene of excavating the tunnel.
He seemed to see the door to a new world opening towards Renborg.
And if Audis is transferred away from Votai Province, these projects will likely all stop, and the door opening towards Renborg will slowly close again.
After a sleepless night, Adonis had a bold idea.
The next day, a group of people came to Votai City and learned about the living conditions of the refugees, how the governor suppressed bandits, and the current situation of Votai City. After understanding these issues, Adonis's bold idea turned into a decision.
He planned to truthfully report everything he saw in Votai Province to Duke Bowen and the King, and suggest that Governor Jiaer be transferred away after the railway was repaired.
If they didn't take his suggestion seriously, Adonis planned to publicize everything he had seen in Votai Province.
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Audis had locked himself in his studio for three days.
His studio is located in the mountainous area north of Votai City, which used to be a small town established by bandits.
After the large bandit forces were wiped out, the place was completely abandoned.
So Audis established the Renborg Research Institute here, with several research institutes under it.
Since the Pirate Conference ended, Audis first went to Xiala Island to recruit a group of 'Scholar' pathway Beyonders, and then, because he obtained a large number of 'Seer' pathway Beyonder characteristics, he trained a group of 'Seers'.
Then, Bivis, the third mate of the 'Sword of Dawn', was responsible for establishing this research institute.
At this time, most of the people in the research institute were 'low-sequence' Beyonders. They were sent to various construction sites to observe the extraordinary tools designed by Audis, listen to the workers' demands, and find improvement plans.
In the beginning, the group of 'Scholar' pathway Beyonders planned to leave when they heard that they were going to the construction site, but when they saw those extraordinary tools, they were reluctant to leave.
After working for a period of time, they marveled at Governor Audis's genius design and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the work.
The group of 'Seer' pathway Beyonders didn't have such complicated psychological activities. They, or their families, had been living much better lives since Audis arrived in Cruise Island or Votai Province.
They cherished the job opportunities provided by Audis, and the salary for this job was indeed very high, 30 Sassons per week, equivalent to 6 pounds per week.
It was difficult to find such a job in Votai Province, and only Audis could provide such a high-paying job on Cruise Island.
Audis's studio is located in a large wooden house in the Renborg Research Institute.
Because he had just moved in not long ago, the studio was still relatively empty, with only a few shelves and bookshelves, and not many tools on the workbench.
Audis had been studying the drop of mythical creature blood here for the past three days.
At the beginning of the research, Audis found that because he had the experience of using the 'Sage Diadem' before, the research went very smoothly.
Superficially, this drop of blood is no different from normal blood. The only difference may be that it will not dry up or deteriorate even if it is placed on the workbench for a long time.
With just a magnifying glass, one can see strands of information flowing within the drop of blood.
Audis asked Bernadette if she had any insights into the research process. Bernadette said that he must rely on his own ideas for research. If he followed her research insights, it would not be of much help to Audis's promotion.
That is to say, this research process must be explored by oneself.
So, for the past three days, Audis had been observing this drop of blood in various ways.
First, he tried to decipher those information streams, but he quickly found that it was almost impossible. This information seemed to have a unique encryption method, which could only be decrypted by the owner of this drop of blood.
Or, one must know the owner of the blood very well to crack this information.
Then, Audis considered observing the blood itself, studying the special characteristics of mythical creature blood.
After three days of observation and contemplation, Audis decided to conduct research in the second direction.
Through microscopic observation and by comparing it with his own blood, he successfully found the characteristics of mythical creature blood.
These experiments and observations included using bacteria and germs to erode two drops of blood and observing their different reactions.
It also included high-temperature heating, low-temperature freezing, and other methods.
As for the observation method, Audis initially only used a microscope, but he quickly found that he could not observe anything by simply using a microscope, so he began to use a microscope in conjunction with the 'Eye of Secrets' for observation.
Soon, he discovered that when the blood of a mythical creature encounters the invasion of germs or bacteria, illusory mystical symbols immediately appear in the blood.
These mystical symbols will quickly arrange themselves in a certain order, rapidly killing germs and bacteria to ensure the normal state of the blood.
High temperature and freezing can also stimulate the mystical symbols in the blood, generating a mysterious force to resist the effects of overheating or overcooling on the blood.
Audis even tried to simulate 'Holy Light', but this drop of blood could produce corresponding 'extraordinary antibodies', making the high temperature and exposure of 'Holy Light' useless.
Finally, Audis only caused some damage to this drop of blood when he launched an offensive with the Grade 1 Sealed Artifact 'Scepter of Disaster'.
Through careful observation, Audis found that although the blood of mythical creatures could also produce corresponding mystical symbols to resist the attack of the 'Scepter of Disaster'.
However, the attack of a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact can effectively disrupt the arrangement process of these symbols and reduce their effect.
After intensive experiments and observations, Audis began to summarize.
He believed that the power that produced those illusory mystical symbols was divinity.
In addition, only divinity can attack divinity!
This is a renewable thing that is usually difficult to observe, but it does exist.
Then, Audis divided the research into two topics. The first was how the divinity within the blood of mythical creatures is regenerated; the second was the relationship between divinity and extraordinariness and spirituality.
Audis designed another series of experiments, and finally came to further conclusions.
Through the observation of spirituality, he found that the spirituality around the blood of mythical creatures was particularly active, and then confirmed through experiments that the divinity of the blood of mythical creatures constantly replenished its power through the surrounding spirituality.
Through a series of experiments, Audis realized that the extraordinary characteristics of the angel level caused a qualitative change in this drop of blood. This qualitative change can cooperate with divinity to produce a certain extraordinary effect.
Or rather, the qualitative change that divinity brings to this drop of blood develops in the direction that divinity 'expects'.
The characteristics of the cells and tissues of the organism itself cannot resist the qualitative change brought about by divinity.
According to Audis's previous research on extraordinariness and spirituality, the final conclusion is: divinity obtains power from spirituality through qualitatively changed human tissue as a link;
Divinity can cause qualitative changes in extraordinary characteristics, thereby causing qualitative changes in the extraordinary abilities displayed;
Divinity can replace extraordinary characteristics to a certain extent, and under external stimulation, it can react violently with spirituality;
Divinity is still an invisible and indescribable product. It seems to exist in a higher dimension and can have a dramatic impact on the three-dimensional environment.
The observable information is all a manifestation of divinity. The entity of divinity is more abstract. It is both existent and illusory. It can be raging fire, and it can be ice. It cannot be described by the weights, temperatures, and other metrics of the real world, but it can affect the will and thinking patterns of intelligent creatures;
Divinity can bring subversive changes to spirituality. The specific manifestation is that it can make many common things become unusual, such as severed limbs can be regenerated, and a handful of seemingly ordinary water can drown a normal person.
After completing these studies, Audis took a deep breath, feeling that it was difficult for him to make further progress at his current level.
So, he put away the drop of mythical creature blood that he had been tossing around for several days, organized the research results, opened the door, and stretched.
As a result, he found that some of the wooden houses outside were on fire, some had been struck by lightning, and some had completely disappeared.
The entire research institute was deserted, as if it had been abandoned for a long time.
Audis called out twice before Bivis emerged from a distant wooden house: "Captain, is your research finally over?"
Audis pointed to the surrounding wooden houses: "What's going on with these wooden houses?"
"I don't know either," Bivis replied with a wry smile. "On the third day of your research, strange phenomena began to occur frequently around your studio.
"Sometimes fires would suddenly break out, with flames that couldn't be extinguished. There were also lightning strikes, or things would suddenly disappear.
"I felt many strange gazes peering into your research, but I knocked on the door for a long time without getting a response. I couldn't see anything inside from the windows either."
He paused and said, "I quickly went to Vothai City to ask the 'Mysterious Queen' to come. She observed for a while and told us that your research was too advanced, causing some strange changes in the surrounding environment, and that we shouldn't worry too much.
"That's why I evacuated all the members of the research institute and waited alone for your research to end."
This completely stunned Audis. He hadn't expected his research to cause such a reaction.
Immediately, he felt a little scared, because he realized that his research over the past few days must have glimpsed the most mysterious part of this world, which is why such strange reactions occurred.
If he had been careless, his experiments might have turned him into a monster.
Fortunately, he was very cautious. He never forced himself to conduct further research on research topics that exceeded his capabilities.
Immediately, Audis had Bivis move his studio to a distant mountaintop and gave each staff member a compensation of 50 pounds.
Then, he used "travel" to return to Vothai City and came to the Governor's office.
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Bernadette was half-reclined in her chair, looking somewhat lazily at the documents in her hand.
Seeing Audis arrive, she smiled and said, "It seems your research is very solid."
Audis sat opposite her: "What was your research topic back then?"
Audis's research was already over, so she wasn't afraid of influencing him. Bernadette said, "What topic? Wasn't it about researching the knowledge contained in the blood of mythical creatures? What knowledge is in the blood, you get what knowledge."
Audis was stunned, thinking: My research seems to have deviated a bit.
Immediately, he realized that his research was also not a problem. After all, he had completely analyzed that drop of blood and obtained a lot of advanced and vast knowledge from it.
The only problem was that he seemed to have designed the topic too difficult. It wasn't so much about researching the blood itself, but more like researching the essence of mythical creatures.
So Audis decisively ended the topic and asked, "What major events have happened in the past few days while I was away?"
"Bishop Casey of the 'Church of Knowledge' in Vothai Province came to look for you," Bernadette said. "He said the King is preparing to transfer you from Vothai Province, but it's a promotion, and a triple promotion at that.
"The 'Church of Knowledge' means that they can only guarantee that you are not being demoted, but they cannot interfere with this kind of job transfer.
"If you want to stay in Vothai Province, hurry to Aizara. The 'Church of Knowledge' will help you lobby among the nobles."
Audis smiled and said, "As expected."
He paused and said, "I'm very curious to see what position the King has prepared for me. It would be best if he let me be a high-ranking official."
But that was almost impossible.
Bernadette made no comment, but said again, "The clerk Roxanne you recruited wants to talk to you alone."
Three clerks were recruited at the time, and it has been confirmed that two of them are spies from other organizations. Now only Roxanne is still in office.
Audis nodded, waiting for Bernadette to continue.
Something else must have happened, because Audis's potion suddenly completely digested yesterday.
At that time, he was focused on research and did not actively digest the potion, so he guessed that this should be "passive digestion."
It is possible that some changes have taken place in some of the things he led before, thereby promoting the digestion of the potion.
Sure enough, Bernadette said, "Duke Bowen's special envoy came to Vothai Province. It is said that he came to look for evidence of your crimes, but after returning, he strongly suggested that you continue to serve as the Governor of Vothai Province.
"But the King and Duke Bowen did not adopt his suggestion, so he contacted the newspaper and made the changes in Vothai Province public.
"This resulted in him and the president of the newspaper being imprisoned."
Audis understood that the people of Aizara knew about the changes in Vothai Province and further shaped Audis's mysterious image, so the potion was completely digested.
He just didn't understand: "Why would that special envoy take such action?"
"I'm also very curious," Bernadette said. "So I just went to talk to him yesterday.
"He said he hoped Lunburg could seize this opportunity."
Audis was stunned and asked again: "Is he a nobleman, and a young nobleman?"
Could this be a member of the radical faction?
"No," Bernadette said. "He entered the Lunburg government through examinations and was appreciated and valued by Duke Bowen.
"But he is not an official, just a senior staff member."
Audis nodded, which means that his parents are likely to be ordinary people. He should have seen the current vitality of the state and the state government's policies to benefit the people during his investigation of Vothai Province, and did not want the governor's departure to plunge the people of the state into despair again.
This made Audis quite emotional: This is the courage shown by ordinary people in this world.
Now that Audis has returned, Bernadette's duties as acting governor have also ended, and she has returned to her residence to rest.
Audis first looked at the documents from the past few days, and then asked the servant to summon the clerk Roxanne: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Originally, Audis thought that Roxanne might be a spy from the "Morse Ascetic Society", but now that the "Morse Ascetic Society" attack is over, she still has no intention of leaving.
Longzel's observation of her before did not detect any abnormalities.
This also made Audis curious, who exactly sent Roxanne?
Roxanne smiled and said, "Governor, I would like to make a request to you."
Audis "hmm"ed: "You say."
He realized that Roxanne was about to show her cards.
"I hope you will open a valley in Vothai Province to Fenepot," the other party said solemnly.
Audis was stunned: Is this guy from Fenepot? The one who died at the beginning was called... I also forgot what the clerk was called, wasn't he from the Fenepot military?
After a little thought, Audis immediately said: "Absolutely impossible!"
If he really agreed, this would be an act of treason. As long as he is still the governor of Vothai Province, it is estimated that even the saints of the Lunburg royal family can detect such a move.
Moreover, he had just roughly resolved Fenepot's infiltration of Lunburg, and then reintroduced Fenepot's forces, which would be meaningless.
Since he had already broken up with Fenepot before, Audis would not hold any hope for them.
"Don't rush to refuse," Roxanne continued. "Perhaps my expression just now was not very accurate. To be precise, it is not open to Fenepot, but to the Church of the Earth Mother."
Audis was stunned: Is this a spy from the Mother God Church?
He believes that he has no grievances with the Mother God Church, so why would the Mother God Church send someone to stare at him?
He pondered for a moment and said, "I must know, what is the name of that valley? Why do you want that valley?"
"The valley north of Creecy Town," Roxanne replied. "Several to a dozen 'Black Spiral Flowers' grow in that valley every year, which are the extraordinary materials we need."
To be precise, it is the extraordinary material needed to advance to Sequence 8 "Doctor". The Mother God Church previously supported Fenepot's infiltration of Vothai Province for the extraordinary materials in that valley.
Audis recalled for a moment and then said: "That ancient battlefield?"
"Yes."
Creecy Town is close to the border between Fenepot and Lunburg, and Creecy Pass is an important passage from Lunburg to Vothai Province. There are garrisons from both Fenepot and Lunburg.
In the past few years, Vothai Province was relatively chaotic, and the Lunburg garrison guarding this pass was also disbanded. Audis only recently sent a garrison again.
It's just that there is not much commercial exchange between the two countries, so this is not a very prosperous road. Let alone a railway, there is not even a hardened road.
During the "Oathbreaker War" hundreds of years ago, the Feneapot army and the "Central and Southern Allied Forces" led by the Renburg and Max countries repeatedly fought for this mountain pass, and many people died here.
Audis remembered that, according to some of the information he had read, a large number of corpses from both armies seemed to be buried in the valley north of Creech Town.
However, that valley stably grew extraordinary materials of the "Harvester" pathway.
This couldn't help but make Audis sigh: no wonder the doctrine of the Church of the Earth Mother says that life is like a plant, absorbing nutrients from the earth, slowly growing, flourishing, and finally decaying, returning to the earth, and nourishing other lives.
Audis thought for a while before saying, "I will not allow the forces of the Feneapot government and military to enter Wotai State again."
This does not include the power of the church.
"Thank you." Roxanne recovered her smile: "The Mother Church will definitely remember the goodwill you have released."
Audis asked: "Are you leaving too?"
"No, I like working in Wotai State." She smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have never shown my belief in the Earth Mother in front of others, and it will not cause you any trouble."
Audis smiled and said, "Okay, I wish you a happy work in Wotai State."
He felt that leaving an informant from the Mother Church was not bad, and perhaps he would need this channel in the future.
Then Audis smiled and said, "But I will soon no longer be the governor."
Roxanne said: "According to my observation, you should not give up the power you have established in Wotai State. Even if you no longer hold the post of governor, the affairs of the entire state will still operate according to your intentions."
Audis smiled: "You are quite professional in intelligence work."
Roxanne continued: "There is one more thing, I hope to order a batch of submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles from you here."
Although she didn't explain it, this must be weapons ordered for the Feneapot government.
Audis did not refuse: "How many do you want?"
"1000 of each."
Audis quickly gave a quotation: "20 pounds each, must be paid in gold pounds."
This quotation is 8 pounds higher than similar firearms given to the Fursac Empire, but after all, they are still in an adversarial relationship with Feneapot at this time, and it is good to be able to sell them.
Audis's agreement to this transaction was obviously a little unexpected to Roxanne: "No problem."
For Audis, submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles can be sold to hostile forces. If they dare to use these weapons to deal with Audis, Audis will tell them what firepower suppression is.
Audis is not afraid of them copying, the machine tools of this era are far less precise than the machine tools Audis made using the "Wilderness of Knowledge".
So the guns they copied will be much less accurate than the original version, which is equivalent to Audis getting a free GG.
After negotiating the arms deal, Roxanne said goodbye.
Audis carefully considered whether this matter was handled properly, because of the "Oathbreaker War", the official extraordinaries of the Church of Knowledge and the Church of the Earth Mother, although not adjacent pathways, are hostile to each other.
Since Audis has chosen to cooperate with the Church of Knowledge, then he cannot openly cooperate with the Church of the Earth Mother.
So as long as Roxanne's identity is not made public, there is no major problem.
In the next two days, Audis carefully adjusted his condition and came to the studio that had been moved to the top of the mountain again to prepare potions and advance to Sequence 4.
Looking at these materials placed on the workbench, Audis suddenly felt a little emotional. He didn't expect to be promoted to demigod so soon. At this time last year, he was still a Sequence 9.
Then he looked forward to the plan after the promotion again, thinking that after becoming Sequence 4, he would have divinity, and he could do more things, and the determination to be promoted became extremely firm.
After checking his preparations again, Audis took out the beaker and began to prepare the potion.
First add the auxiliary materials, which are "Psychedelic Red Coral Powder" that seems to have starlight particles, colorful and beautiful "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden Tail Cockroach Wings", golden millennium pine resin, a golden patterned grape, and a small piece of good parchment.
Just adding these auxiliary materials to the beaker has already caused some reactions. Although they are all solids, they have signs of dissolving.
Then there is the "Psychedelic Red Coral Core Crystal" sealed by Bernadette, which is a crimson bead surrounded by some misty air, just looking at it is fascinating and you can't take your eyes off it.
Finally, add the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden Tail Cockroach Head Crystal", which is a crystal that looks unreal, as if it could disappear into the void at any time.
After all the materials were added to the beaker, they began to react on their own, and soon formed a liquid that constantly changed shape.
Audis recalled the ritual required for promotion again: completely analyze a drop of mythical creature's blood and obtain complex and vast knowledge from it.
This ritual was completely overfulfilled.
So Audis took a deep breath, picked up the beaker, and drank the potion.
In the mouth and esophagus, Audis could still feel the potion changing shape on its own, which made him feel like he had swallowed a living mouse.
When the potion fell into the stomach, Audis felt as if his whole person exploded, his consciousness rose, and suddenly became a little blurred.
He seemed to be in an endless starry sky, walking forward, but it seemed that he would never reach his destination.
At this moment, a piece of stars in the starry sky suddenly formed a very special mystical symbol.
Audis instinctively interpreted that it meant "nothing" or "nothingness".
In an instant, all the research and information about the "Garth Rune" appeared in Audis's mind, and he seemed to regain control of his consciousness all at once.
Audis looked at the mystical symbol in the starry sky again, and other stars also began to change, forming one "Garth Rune" after another.
Finally, after a certain arrangement, the starry sky formed a simple magic circle representing "exit".
In an instant, Audis returned to the real world and back to his body.
He saw that his body surface was covered with a layer of mystical symbols, and these symbols were some of the symbols he had observed when he was studying the drop of mythical creature's blood before.
Audis suddenly realized that the previous research results on the blood of mythical creatures were a kind of protection for his body and consciousness.
Moreover, the deeper this research is, the more comprehensive the corresponding protection will be.
Through the promotion process, Audis realized that the so-called divinity is the "Garth Rune".
Or rather, the "Garth Rune" is a way to open divinity!
At this time, Audis suddenly had a deeper understanding of divinity.
Divinity is divided into two levels, one is the physical level and the other is the abstract level.
At the physical level, divinity can be understood as a special kind of spirituality. Not only can extraordinary materials of Sequence 4 and above produce divinity, but in fact, divinity can be used to a certain extent before becoming a demigod.
Audis also understood that his ability to "simulate" other pathways is actually a way to use divinity with the "Garth Rune" as a means.
Because only divinity is diverse, or rather, only extraordinary characteristics with diversity can only perform clumsy imitations of the abilities of other pathways, and the effect will be discounted.
And Audis's simulation of the abilities of other pathways can almost restore the original power of that ability.
This involves the abstract aspect of divinity. Audis believes that all divinity originates from the "Original Creator". As long as this "Original" does not completely fall, and all the gods do not completely fall, divinity will still exist.
Since divinity comes from the "Original", theoretically, using divinity can use all the abilities of all pathways, including the pathways mastered by the Outer Gods! However, the premise is that it does not involve the corresponding authority.
Audis suddenly had a new understanding of omniscience and omnipotence.
Audiss doesn't currently understand the situation of "Celestial Venerable", but from what he learned today about human research on "Savior" and "God", he sensed some arrangement.
Why was the "Savior's" remains not discovered for two thousand years, but just before the "Primordial" awakened?
Then, were some of the subsequent studies influenced by "God", or were they simply a "script" "designed" by Him?
Audiss guessed that since "Celestial Venerable" also showed signs of awakening, these two ancient beings might have entered a relatively active phase in advance.
Or rather, in the years before the "Primordial" awakened, the governments of various countries had already noticed the existence of extraordinary beings and began to attach importance to the research of extraordinary powers.
This is also logical, because some information Audiss discovered today shows that shortly after the research on Easter Island began, some magical phenomena appeared all over the world.
For example, in Chernobyl, a huge pit suddenly appeared. For example, oil seemed to suddenly have life and began to kill living people, and so on.
This further proves that the "Primordial's" awakening at that time had a process, but most people did not notice this process.
After reviewing the clues and information obtained, Audiss had a rough timeline for this matter.
The cause of the matter was that, facing the rise of the East, the West began to have crooked ideas after discovering that it could not be stopped head-on.
Coincidentally, at this time, they discovered the remains of the "Savior" Jesus, so they conducted a series of studies.
While studying, some mysterious events began to occur around the world. At this time, the West received news that the Eastern god "Celestial Venerable" seemed to be awakening as well.
So the research on Easter Island was a little rushed, and they began some radical research, but they failed to awaken the "Savior", but directly awakened "God", which in turn caused the "Primordial" to awaken ahead of schedule.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that all of this was arranged by the "Primordial".
After making guesses and summaries, Audiss began to consider his advancement.
At this time, both the main material and auxiliary materials were available, and the mythical creature blood required for the ritual was also available, and he only needed to digest the potion to advance.
Currently, whether it is Votai Province or Cruise Island, there are no particularly important matters. Audiss plans to take advantage of this time to study that drop of blood and adjust his state to prepare for advancement.
After having a simple plan, Audiss used "Meditation" to enter the "Wilderness of Knowledge". He had been very busy for some time and had not had time to continue writing "The Book of Astrology". He planned to complete this book today.
His mission this time is to secretly investigate the situation in Votai Province, confirm whether the banditry has been completely eliminated, and investigate Audiss's position in the hearts of the people.
Adonis is very clear that his mission is actually to find evidence to prove that Audiss's power in Votai Province has reached an uncontrollable level. Only in this way can the Lunburg government find an opportunity to revoke Audiss's governorship.
After getting off the train in Solotu Province, Adonis went to understand the security station set up by Votai Province here. At the same time, he had already thought of the first crime for Audiss: exerting influence on the surrounding provinces.
Then Adonis took a carriage to Votai Province, and along the way, he asked his subordinates to look for information from the people who opposed Audiss's administration.
In his opinion, Audiss must have carried out a large number of massacres in order to wipe out the bandit army so quickly. The two deceased barons are the best examples.
However, after his subordinates inquired for a long time, not a single person opposed the new governor's rule.
Even in remote mountain villages, they praised the new governor.
Because the new governor started a large number of water conservancy projects throughout the province last month.
Construction workers are recruited from various villages, and the villagers first earn a sum of money.
And the repaired water conservancy projects can also bring them practical benefits, and grain production has increased.
Adonis was silent after hearing these reports, because he really didn't want to fabricate crimes in this regard. At the same time, he was very clear that Audiss was a very qualified governor among the governors of Lunburg.
Lunburg is not like Feneport. The grain output is mostly only enough for domestic consumption. In many years, it still needs to be imported.
The world's largest grain exporter is Feneport and this country's colonies, but Lunburg is hostile to this country and can only barely maintain normal international relations.
This makes it impossible for Lunburg to buy too cheap grain, which can easily cause unstable grain prices in the country.
However, the governors of each province mainly focus on developing commerce, because the development of commerce and industry is their important assessment criteria.
So few governors attach so much importance to agriculture.
As he continued forward, Adonis heard someone shouting from a distance: "Idlers step aside, blasting the mountain!"
Adonis stopped the carriage, intending to wait for the blasting of the mountain to end before taking people to the construction site to take a look.
When he was in Aysala, he heard that Audiss was building a railway. From Duke Bowen to the railway department of Lunburg, they were not very optimistic about this railway.
First of all, the funding and technical aspects are difficult to solve, because Votai Province is mountainous, so the manpower for road construction is also a big problem.
Since he came to find problems in Votai Province, Adonis must go and see, because there will definitely be problems with forced labor and poor working conditions on the railway.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the explosion sound did not appear.
Adonis had seen the scene of digging tunnels when building railways. First, drill holes, then bury explosives, and finally blast and clear the rocks.
But the explosion sound in his memory never appeared, so he took his subordinates to climb to the top of the mountain to check.
On the other side of the mountain is a busy railway construction site. The workers use horse-drawn carts to transport the crushed stones from the quarry to the designated railway line, then lay the sleepers, cover them with stones, and finally connect the sleepers to the rails with large screws.
The whole process is well-organized, and the workers use many tools that Adonis feels very unfamiliar with.
For example, the workers laying rails and sleepers use a machine that looks like a small crane.
But Adonis didn't understand the working principle of the machine, because he didn't find a steam engine around it.
He also didn't find a large steam engine at the quarry, and the process of crushing the stones didn't seem to be entirely manual.
As for the situation of digging tunnels in the mountain, it was even more magical. I saw a worker sitting on a large machine on one side of the mountain, and the large machine emitted a small silver-white light.
This light actually passed directly through the mountain and appeared on the other side of the mountain.
The light passing through the mountain had dimmed a lot, but it was still very sharp, and all the trees touched by it were easily cut open.
Soon a piece was cut off, and from the outside, it looked like a stone block the size of an adult's forearm.
This means that inside the entire mountain, there is a large area of stone blocks that have been cut off.
At this time, the small silver-white light on the large machine disappeared, and the operating worker blew the whistle to indicate that it was safe.
Two other workers stepped forward and opened a thick metal rod on the large machine.
This mechanical rod slowly extended forward, pushing the cut stone block out of the mountain.
The design of this mechanical rod is very special. Two workers can screw on new mechanical rods from the back of the large machine, so that the mechanical rod can be further lengthened to push out more rocks.
And on the other side of the mountain, someone was already waiting there. Two people in a group, holding a device that also had some silver-white light, cut off the thick stone blocks that were pushed out two or three meters like cutting cheese very easily.
The carriage had already stopped not far away. The workers used small lifting equipment to load the cut stone blocks onto the cart and transport them to the quarry.
The whole operation stunned Adonis and others. They had never seen a tunnel being mined like this.
After watching for more than ten minutes, Adonis came back to his senses. He realized that Audiss was actually using extraordinary power to dig tunnels!
Then, one question after another appeared in his mind: Are those operators all extraordinary people?
Would extraordinary people do such work?
Obviously, these questions cannot be answered by just looking, so Adonis asked his subordinates to inquire about the news.
But before they reached the construction site, they were stopped by the security team.
Adonis's subordinates gave money and cigarettes to learn some information.
It's said that these novel machines were all designed by the new governor.
At most, it only takes three days to excavate a one-kilometer tunnel.
The key is that even if they work day and night, only a dozen workers are needed to complete the shifts. Because the excavation of the tunnel saves a massive amount of manpower, the laying of the railway is very fast. Some people have even boldly predicted that this railway may be completed in three to five months!
That night, Adonis found it difficult to fall asleep for a long time. His mind was full of the scene of excavating the tunnel.
He seemed to see the door to a new world opening towards Renborg.
And if Audis is transferred away from Votai Province, these projects will likely all stop, and the door opening towards Renborg will slowly close again.
After a sleepless night, Adonis had a bold idea.
The next day, a group of people came to Votai City and learned about the living conditions of the refugees, how the governor suppressed bandits, and the current situation of Votai City. After understanding these issues, Adonis's bold idea turned into a decision.
He planned to truthfully report everything he saw in Votai Province to Duke Bowen and the King, and suggest that Governor Jiaer be transferred away after the railway was repaired.
If they didn't take his suggestion seriously, Adonis planned to publicize everything he had seen in Votai Province.
......
Audis had locked himself in his studio for three days.
His studio is located in the mountainous area north of Votai City, which used to be a small town established by bandits.
After the large bandit forces were wiped out, the place was completely abandoned.
So Audis established the Renborg Research Institute here, with several research institutes under it.
Since the Pirate Conference ended, Audis first went to Xiala Island to recruit a group of 'Scholar' pathway Beyonders, and then, because he obtained a large number of 'Seer' pathway Beyonder characteristics, he trained a group of 'Seers'.
Then, Bivis, the third mate of the 'Sword of Dawn', was responsible for establishing this research institute.
At this time, most of the people in the research institute were 'low-sequence' Beyonders. They were sent to various construction sites to observe the extraordinary tools designed by Audis, listen to the workers' demands, and find improvement plans.
In the beginning, the group of 'Scholar' pathway Beyonders planned to leave when they heard that they were going to the construction site, but when they saw those extraordinary tools, they were reluctant to leave.
After working for a period of time, they marveled at Governor Audis's genius design and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the work.
The group of 'Seer' pathway Beyonders didn't have such complicated psychological activities. They, or their families, had been living much better lives since Audis arrived in Cruise Island or Votai Province.
They cherished the job opportunities provided by Audis, and the salary for this job was indeed very high, 30 Sassons per week, equivalent to 6 pounds per week.
It was difficult to find such a job in Votai Province, and only Audis could provide such a high-paying job on Cruise Island.
Audis's studio is located in a large wooden house in the Renborg Research Institute.
Because he had just moved in not long ago, the studio was still relatively empty, with only a few shelves and bookshelves, and not many tools on the workbench.
Audis had been studying the drop of mythical creature blood here for the past three days.
At the beginning of the research, Audis found that because he had the experience of using the 'Sage Diadem' before, the research went very smoothly.
Superficially, this drop of blood is no different from normal blood. The only difference may be that it will not dry up or deteriorate even if it is placed on the workbench for a long time.
With just a magnifying glass, one can see strands of information flowing within the drop of blood.
Audis asked Bernadette if she had any insights into the research process. Bernadette said that he must rely on his own ideas for research. If he followed her research insights, it would not be of much help to Audis's promotion.
That is to say, this research process must be explored by oneself.
So, for the past three days, Audis had been observing this drop of blood in various ways.
First, he tried to decipher those information streams, but he quickly found that it was almost impossible. This information seemed to have a unique encryption method, which could only be decrypted by the owner of this drop of blood.
Or, one must know the owner of the blood very well to crack this information.
Then, Audis considered observing the blood itself, studying the special characteristics of mythical creature blood.
After three days of observation and contemplation, Audis decided to conduct research in the second direction.
Through microscopic observation and by comparing it with his own blood, he successfully found the characteristics of mythical creature blood.
These experiments and observations included using bacteria and germs to erode two drops of blood and observing their different reactions.
It also included high-temperature heating, low-temperature freezing, and other methods.
As for the observation method, Audis initially only used a microscope, but he quickly found that he could not observe anything by simply using a microscope, so he began to use a microscope in conjunction with the 'Eye of Secrets' for observation.
Soon, he discovered that when the blood of a mythical creature encounters the invasion of germs or bacteria, illusory mystical symbols immediately appear in the blood.
These mystical symbols will quickly arrange themselves in a certain order, rapidly killing germs and bacteria to ensure the normal state of the blood.
High temperature and freezing can also stimulate the mystical symbols in the blood, generating a mysterious force to resist the effects of overheating or overcooling on the blood.
Audis even tried to simulate 'Holy Light', but this drop of blood could produce corresponding 'extraordinary antibodies', making the high temperature and exposure of 'Holy Light' useless.
Finally, Audis only caused some damage to this drop of blood when he launched an offensive with the Grade 1 Sealed Artifact 'Scepter of Disaster'.
Through careful observation, Audis found that although the blood of mythical creatures could also produce corresponding mystical symbols to resist the attack of the 'Scepter of Disaster'.
However, the attack of a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact can effectively disrupt the arrangement process of these symbols and reduce their effect.
After intensive experiments and observations, Audis began to summarize.
He believed that the power that produced those illusory mystical symbols was divinity.
In addition, only divinity can attack divinity!
This is a renewable thing that is usually difficult to observe, but it does exist.
Then, Audis divided the research into two topics. The first was how the divinity within the blood of mythical creatures is regenerated; the second was the relationship between divinity and extraordinariness and spirituality.
Audis designed another series of experiments, and finally came to further conclusions.
Through the observation of spirituality, he found that the spirituality around the blood of mythical creatures was particularly active, and then confirmed through experiments that the divinity of the blood of mythical creatures constantly replenished its power through the surrounding spirituality.
Through a series of experiments, Audis realized that the extraordinary characteristics of the angel level caused a qualitative change in this drop of blood. This qualitative change can cooperate with divinity to produce a certain extraordinary effect.
Or rather, the qualitative change that divinity brings to this drop of blood develops in the direction that divinity 'expects'.
The characteristics of the cells and tissues of the organism itself cannot resist the qualitative change brought about by divinity.
According to Audis's previous research on extraordinariness and spirituality, the final conclusion is: divinity obtains power from spirituality through qualitatively changed human tissue as a link;
Divinity can cause qualitative changes in extraordinary characteristics, thereby causing qualitative changes in the extraordinary abilities displayed;
Divinity can replace extraordinary characteristics to a certain extent, and under external stimulation, it can react violently with spirituality;
Divinity is still an invisible and indescribable product. It seems to exist in a higher dimension and can have a dramatic impact on the three-dimensional environment.
The observable information is all a manifestation of divinity. The entity of divinity is more abstract. It is both existent and illusory. It can be raging fire, and it can be ice. It cannot be described by the weights, temperatures, and other metrics of the real world, but it can affect the will and thinking patterns of intelligent creatures;
Divinity can bring subversive changes to spirituality. The specific manifestation is that it can make many common things become unusual, such as severed limbs can be regenerated, and a handful of seemingly ordinary water can drown a normal person.
After completing these studies, Audis took a deep breath, feeling that it was difficult for him to make further progress at his current level.
So, he put away the drop of mythical creature blood that he had been tossing around for several days, organized the research results, opened the door, and stretched.
As a result, he found that some of the wooden houses outside were on fire, some had been struck by lightning, and some had completely disappeared.
The entire research institute was deserted, as if it had been abandoned for a long time.
Audis called out twice before Bivis emerged from a distant wooden house: "Captain, is your research finally over?"
Audis pointed to the surrounding wooden houses: "What's going on with these wooden houses?"
"I don't know either," Bivis replied with a wry smile. "On the third day of your research, strange phenomena began to occur frequently around your studio.
"Sometimes fires would suddenly break out, with flames that couldn't be extinguished. There were also lightning strikes, or things would suddenly disappear.
"I felt many strange gazes peering into your research, but I knocked on the door for a long time without getting a response. I couldn't see anything inside from the windows either."
He paused and said, "I quickly went to Vothai City to ask the 'Mysterious Queen' to come. She observed for a while and told us that your research was too advanced, causing some strange changes in the surrounding environment, and that we shouldn't worry too much.
"That's why I evacuated all the members of the research institute and waited alone for your research to end."
This completely stunned Audis. He hadn't expected his research to cause such a reaction.
Immediately, he felt a little scared, because he realized that his research over the past few days must have glimpsed the most mysterious part of this world, which is why such strange reactions occurred.
If he had been careless, his experiments might have turned him into a monster.
Fortunately, he was very cautious. He never forced himself to conduct further research on research topics that exceeded his capabilities.
Immediately, Audis had Bivis move his studio to a distant mountaintop and gave each staff member a compensation of 50 pounds.
Then, he used "travel" to return to Vothai City and came to the Governor's office.
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Bernadette was half-reclined in her chair, looking somewhat lazily at the documents in her hand.
Seeing Audis arrive, she smiled and said, "It seems your research is very solid."
Audis sat opposite her: "What was your research topic back then?"
Audis's research was already over, so she wasn't afraid of influencing him. Bernadette said, "What topic? Wasn't it about researching the knowledge contained in the blood of mythical creatures? What knowledge is in the blood, you get what knowledge."
Audis was stunned, thinking: My research seems to have deviated a bit.
Immediately, he realized that his research was also not a problem. After all, he had completely analyzed that drop of blood and obtained a lot of advanced and vast knowledge from it.
The only problem was that he seemed to have designed the topic too difficult. It wasn't so much about researching the blood itself, but more like researching the essence of mythical creatures.
So Audis decisively ended the topic and asked, "What major events have happened in the past few days while I was away?"
"Bishop Casey of the 'Church of Knowledge' in Vothai Province came to look for you," Bernadette said. "He said the King is preparing to transfer you from Vothai Province, but it's a promotion, and a triple promotion at that.
"The 'Church of Knowledge' means that they can only guarantee that you are not being demoted, but they cannot interfere with this kind of job transfer.
"If you want to stay in Vothai Province, hurry to Aizara. The 'Church of Knowledge' will help you lobby among the nobles."
Audis smiled and said, "As expected."
He paused and said, "I'm very curious to see what position the King has prepared for me. It would be best if he let me be a high-ranking official."
But that was almost impossible.
Bernadette made no comment, but said again, "The clerk Roxanne you recruited wants to talk to you alone."
Three clerks were recruited at the time, and it has been confirmed that two of them are spies from other organizations. Now only Roxanne is still in office.
Audis nodded, waiting for Bernadette to continue.
Something else must have happened, because Audis's potion suddenly completely digested yesterday.
At that time, he was focused on research and did not actively digest the potion, so he guessed that this should be "passive digestion."
It is possible that some changes have taken place in some of the things he led before, thereby promoting the digestion of the potion.
Sure enough, Bernadette said, "Duke Bowen's special envoy came to Vothai Province. It is said that he came to look for evidence of your crimes, but after returning, he strongly suggested that you continue to serve as the Governor of Vothai Province.
"But the King and Duke Bowen did not adopt his suggestion, so he contacted the newspaper and made the changes in Vothai Province public.
"This resulted in him and the president of the newspaper being imprisoned."
Audis understood that the people of Aizara knew about the changes in Vothai Province and further shaped Audis's mysterious image, so the potion was completely digested.
He just didn't understand: "Why would that special envoy take such action?"
"I'm also very curious," Bernadette said. "So I just went to talk to him yesterday.
"He said he hoped Lunburg could seize this opportunity."
Audis was stunned and asked again: "Is he a nobleman, and a young nobleman?"
Could this be a member of the radical faction?
"No," Bernadette said. "He entered the Lunburg government through examinations and was appreciated and valued by Duke Bowen.
"But he is not an official, just a senior staff member."
Audis nodded, which means that his parents are likely to be ordinary people. He should have seen the current vitality of the state and the state government's policies to benefit the people during his investigation of Vothai Province, and did not want the governor's departure to plunge the people of the state into despair again.
This made Audis quite emotional: This is the courage shown by ordinary people in this world.
Now that Audis has returned, Bernadette's duties as acting governor have also ended, and she has returned to her residence to rest.
Audis first looked at the documents from the past few days, and then asked the servant to summon the clerk Roxanne: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Originally, Audis thought that Roxanne might be a spy from the "Morse Ascetic Society", but now that the "Morse Ascetic Society" attack is over, she still has no intention of leaving.
Longzel's observation of her before did not detect any abnormalities.
This also made Audis curious, who exactly sent Roxanne?
Roxanne smiled and said, "Governor, I would like to make a request to you."
Audis "hmm"ed: "You say."
He realized that Roxanne was about to show her cards.
"I hope you will open a valley in Vothai Province to Fenepot," the other party said solemnly.
Audis was stunned: Is this guy from Fenepot? The one who died at the beginning was called... I also forgot what the clerk was called, wasn't he from the Fenepot military?
After a little thought, Audis immediately said: "Absolutely impossible!"
If he really agreed, this would be an act of treason. As long as he is still the governor of Vothai Province, it is estimated that even the saints of the Lunburg royal family can detect such a move.
Moreover, he had just roughly resolved Fenepot's infiltration of Lunburg, and then reintroduced Fenepot's forces, which would be meaningless.
Since he had already broken up with Fenepot before, Audis would not hold any hope for them.
"Don't rush to refuse," Roxanne continued. "Perhaps my expression just now was not very accurate. To be precise, it is not open to Fenepot, but to the Church of the Earth Mother."
Audis was stunned: Is this a spy from the Mother God Church?
He believes that he has no grievances with the Mother God Church, so why would the Mother God Church send someone to stare at him?
He pondered for a moment and said, "I must know, what is the name of that valley? Why do you want that valley?"
"The valley north of Creecy Town," Roxanne replied. "Several to a dozen 'Black Spiral Flowers' grow in that valley every year, which are the extraordinary materials we need."
To be precise, it is the extraordinary material needed to advance to Sequence 8 "Doctor". The Mother God Church previously supported Fenepot's infiltration of Vothai Province for the extraordinary materials in that valley.
Audis recalled for a moment and then said: "That ancient battlefield?"
"Yes."
Creecy Town is close to the border between Fenepot and Lunburg, and Creecy Pass is an important passage from Lunburg to Vothai Province. There are garrisons from both Fenepot and Lunburg.
In the past few years, Vothai Province was relatively chaotic, and the Lunburg garrison guarding this pass was also disbanded. Audis only recently sent a garrison again.
It's just that there is not much commercial exchange between the two countries, so this is not a very prosperous road. Let alone a railway, there is not even a hardened road.
During the "Oathbreaker War" hundreds of years ago, the Feneapot army and the "Central and Southern Allied Forces" led by the Renburg and Max countries repeatedly fought for this mountain pass, and many people died here.
Audis remembered that, according to some of the information he had read, a large number of corpses from both armies seemed to be buried in the valley north of Creech Town.
However, that valley stably grew extraordinary materials of the "Harvester" pathway.
This couldn't help but make Audis sigh: no wonder the doctrine of the Church of the Earth Mother says that life is like a plant, absorbing nutrients from the earth, slowly growing, flourishing, and finally decaying, returning to the earth, and nourishing other lives.
Audis thought for a while before saying, "I will not allow the forces of the Feneapot government and military to enter Wotai State again."
This does not include the power of the church.
"Thank you." Roxanne recovered her smile: "The Mother Church will definitely remember the goodwill you have released."
Audis asked: "Are you leaving too?"
"No, I like working in Wotai State." She smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have never shown my belief in the Earth Mother in front of others, and it will not cause you any trouble."
Audis smiled and said, "Okay, I wish you a happy work in Wotai State."
He felt that leaving an informant from the Mother Church was not bad, and perhaps he would need this channel in the future.
Then Audis smiled and said, "But I will soon no longer be the governor."
Roxanne said: "According to my observation, you should not give up the power you have established in Wotai State. Even if you no longer hold the post of governor, the affairs of the entire state will still operate according to your intentions."
Audis smiled: "You are quite professional in intelligence work."
Roxanne continued: "There is one more thing, I hope to order a batch of submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles from you here."
Although she didn't explain it, this must be weapons ordered for the Feneapot government.
Audis did not refuse: "How many do you want?"
"1000 of each."
Audis quickly gave a quotation: "20 pounds each, must be paid in gold pounds."
This quotation is 8 pounds higher than similar firearms given to the Fursac Empire, but after all, they are still in an adversarial relationship with Feneapot at this time, and it is good to be able to sell them.
Audis's agreement to this transaction was obviously a little unexpected to Roxanne: "No problem."
For Audis, submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles can be sold to hostile forces. If they dare to use these weapons to deal with Audis, Audis will tell them what firepower suppression is.
Audis is not afraid of them copying, the machine tools of this era are far less precise than the machine tools Audis made using the "Wilderness of Knowledge".
So the guns they copied will be much less accurate than the original version, which is equivalent to Audis getting a free GG.
After negotiating the arms deal, Roxanne said goodbye.
Audis carefully considered whether this matter was handled properly, because of the "Oathbreaker War", the official extraordinaries of the Church of Knowledge and the Church of the Earth Mother, although not adjacent pathways, are hostile to each other.
Since Audis has chosen to cooperate with the Church of Knowledge, then he cannot openly cooperate with the Church of the Earth Mother.
So as long as Roxanne's identity is not made public, there is no major problem.
In the next two days, Audis carefully adjusted his condition and came to the studio that had been moved to the top of the mountain again to prepare potions and advance to Sequence 4.
Looking at these materials placed on the workbench, Audis suddenly felt a little emotional. He didn't expect to be promoted to demigod so soon. At this time last year, he was still a Sequence 9.
Then he looked forward to the plan after the promotion again, thinking that after becoming Sequence 4, he would have divinity, and he could do more things, and the determination to be promoted became extremely firm.
After checking his preparations again, Audis took out the beaker and began to prepare the potion.
First add the auxiliary materials, which are "Psychedelic Red Coral Powder" that seems to have starlight particles, colorful and beautiful "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden Tail Cockroach Wings", golden millennium pine resin, a golden patterned grape, and a small piece of good parchment.
Just adding these auxiliary materials to the beaker has already caused some reactions. Although they are all solids, they have signs of dissolving.
Then there is the "Psychedelic Red Coral Core Crystal" sealed by Bernadette, which is a crimson bead surrounded by some misty air, just looking at it is fascinating and you can't take your eyes off it.
Finally, add the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden Tail Cockroach Head Crystal", which is a crystal that looks unreal, as if it could disappear into the void at any time.
After all the materials were added to the beaker, they began to react on their own, and soon formed a liquid that constantly changed shape.
Audis recalled the ritual required for promotion again: completely analyze a drop of mythical creature's blood and obtain complex and vast knowledge from it.
This ritual was completely overfulfilled.
So Audis took a deep breath, picked up the beaker, and drank the potion.
In the mouth and esophagus, Audis could still feel the potion changing shape on its own, which made him feel like he had swallowed a living mouse.
When the potion fell into the stomach, Audis felt as if his whole person exploded, his consciousness rose, and suddenly became a little blurred.
He seemed to be in an endless starry sky, walking forward, but it seemed that he would never reach his destination.
At this moment, a piece of stars in the starry sky suddenly formed a very special mystical symbol.
Audis instinctively interpreted that it meant "nothing" or "nothingness".
In an instant, all the research and information about the "Garth Rune" appeared in Audis's mind, and he seemed to regain control of his consciousness all at once.
Audis looked at the mystical symbol in the starry sky again, and other stars also began to change, forming one "Garth Rune" after another.
Finally, after a certain arrangement, the starry sky formed a simple magic circle representing "exit".
In an instant, Audis returned to the real world and back to his body.
He saw that his body surface was covered with a layer of mystical symbols, and these symbols were some of the symbols he had observed when he was studying the drop of mythical creature's blood before.
Audis suddenly realized that the previous research results on the blood of mythical creatures were a kind of protection for his body and consciousness.
Moreover, the deeper this research is, the more comprehensive the corresponding protection will be.
Through the promotion process, Audis realized that the so-called divinity is the "Garth Rune".
Or rather, the "Garth Rune" is a way to open divinity!
At this time, Audis suddenly had a deeper understanding of divinity.
Divinity is divided into two levels, one is the physical level and the other is the abstract level.
At the physical level, divinity can be understood as a special kind of spirituality. Not only can extraordinary materials of Sequence 4 and above produce divinity, but in fact, divinity can be used to a certain extent before becoming a demigod.
Audis also understood that his ability to "simulate" other pathways is actually a way to use divinity with the "Garth Rune" as a means.
Because only divinity is diverse, or rather, only extraordinary characteristics with diversity can only perform clumsy imitations of the abilities of other pathways, and the effect will be discounted.
And Audis's simulation of the abilities of other pathways can almost restore the original power of that ability.
This involves the abstract aspect of divinity. Audis believes that all divinity originates from the "Original Creator". As long as this "Original" does not completely fall, and all the gods do not completely fall, divinity will still exist.
Since divinity comes from the "Original", theoretically, using divinity can use all the abilities of all pathways, including the pathways mastered by the Outer Gods! However, the premise is that it does not involve the corresponding authority.
Audis suddenly had a new understanding of omniscience and omnipotence.
