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Just as the two assassins were in a daze, James' Beyonder characteristics had already precipitated out in the blink of an eye.
The corpse's head was neatly severed by an invisible force, and at the same time, a key ring and a watch chain flew out of the corpse.
These four items suddenly disappeared in front of the two assassins.
One of the assassins reacted quickly and immediately bowed to the surroundings: "Thank you, thank you for helping us avenge ourselves."
Of course, they knew very well that it would be difficult for them to complete their revenge. They came today with the determination to die, but the development of the matter was completely beyond their expectations.
… …
At this time, Hobert had already collected the spoils and returned to his study.
For him, this assassination was as simple as going for a walk.
He sacrificed the Beyonder characteristics and two mystical items to the "Nation of Disorder", and casually threw them on the corresponding stone platforms.
Returning to the real world, Hobert crossed his legs, casually flipping through a book, waiting for the night to fall.
When dusk arrived, the electric lights and gas lamps in Backlund lit up almost simultaneously, but the gas supply stations in many places were still being repaired. Tonight in Backlund was not as bright as usual.
Rumble— Rumble—
At this moment, the familiar "rumbling" sound came again.
However, the explosions were very close together this time, with one occurring almost every few seconds.
And with each explosion, the gas lamps in a corresponding area would go out, making the electric lights in the city that were still bright particularly dazzling.
Hobert, who had returned to his study, smiled slightly as he looked at the mist covering Backlund outside.
This night was destined to be another sleepless night.
Soon, the Gas Association's counterattack began. First, officials from the Ministry of Commerce, on the grounds of improper business practices, raided "Earl's Light", with the intention of taking away all the information of "Earl's Light" while there were not many people at night.
But to their surprise, the office building of "Earl's Light" was brightly lit, as if all the employees were working overtime.
Seeing this scene, they knew that this errand was not as easy as they had imagined.
At the entrance of the factory, they argued with the security personnel for a while before they were able to enter the factory.
But for some reason, the horses pulling the carriages suddenly began to circle around a large flower bed in front of the office building.
No matter how the coachman shouted or whipped, they couldn't stop. The reception staff of "Earl's Light" who were waiting at the entrance of the hall were also stunned. Weren't they here to search for some documents? Why were they putting on a circling performance in the yard?
The official in charge of this investigation felt that he couldn't continue like this when he saw the people from "Earl's Light" trying hard to suppress their smiles at the entrance. So he loudly ordered everyone to jump out of the carriages.
The people on three carriages heard the order. They opened the doors and jumped down together. Seeing that they were about to fall to the ground, they even gritted their teeth, ready to have a close encounter with the ground.
But almost in an instant, they sat back in the carriages, looking at their colleagues face to face.
They were even more confused. They had clearly jumped! Could it be that they were hallucinating?
On the other side, officials from the Ministry of Industry led a team to investigate the "Earl's Light"'power plant in the suburbs. They did not dare to dispatch the police easily, because they were afraid that the shareholders of "Earl's Light" would simply use the excuse of an exercise to have the army stationed around the power plant.
Such things had really happened before when the nobles of Backlund had conflicts with the military.
If the struggle for interests really reached this point, the royal family would choose to support the military in order to maintain its prestige in the military.
And at this time, even if the parliament and the government had opinions on the royal family's actions, it would not be easy to express their views.
After all, the military swore allegiance to the royal family and the constitution, not to the parliament and the government. Continuing the opposition would not be beneficial to anyone.
So this time, only people from the industrial sector came to the suburbs. They were prepared to shut down the power plant and completely cut off the power.
They could also take a look inside the power plant.
The power plant was easy to find, because in the suburbs, only the power plant had bright lights.
But as the carriages were running, the power plant that was originally in front suddenly ended up behind everyone!
So they quickly turned around, but a strange thing happened again. The power plant was clearly in front of them, and the carriages were clearly heading towards the power plant, but for some reason, they were getting further and further away from the power plant!
Not only did the coachmen not know what to do, but even the people in the carriages didn't know why this was happening.
In the end, they could only assume that they were lost.
In the second half of the night, the carriages of the Ministry of Commerce returned to their offices first. The officials, nobles, and members of the Gas Association who were waiting here went forward to ask how many documents they had seized and why it had taken so long.
When the door opened, the pale-faced civil servant glanced at the people in front of the carriage and opened his mouth: Wah~
Having circled the flower bed for three or four hours, they were already dizzy and almost vomited out their bile.
Some nobles who were too close were sprayed all over and started vomiting as well.
The scene was a bit chaotic.
The people from the Ministry of Industry returned at dawn. The horses were a little exhausted from running, and the civil servants were shaken so badly on the roads in the suburbs that their bodies were about to fall apart.
The people waiting here had long given up hope for them.
Because the electric lights in many places in Backlund had been on all night.
But when they learned why they had gained nothing, many people almost fainted on the spot. They were lost!
There was only one road from the city to the power plant!
The civil servants almost unanimously blamed the coachmen and horses for everything.
On the Ministry of Commerce's side, a similar scene was being played out at this time.
So in the morning, many coachmen from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry were fired, and the horses that had been running all night were also to be sold.
Coincidentally, someone came to buy the horses at this time, offering a very generous price, so a deal was quickly reached.
As the horse buyer was leading the horses away, he suddenly told the civil servants: "Earl Hobert asked me to tell you all: All the employees of 'Earl's Light' will remember your 'care' yesterday!"
Only then did the civil servants know that the horse buyer was actually an employee of "Earl's Light"!
On the other side, the coachmen who had just walked to the door with a disappointed look were immediately hired away by recruiters waiting here with high salaries.
As they left, the recruiters deliberately said loudly: "'Earl's Light' welcomes you to join us!"
Those who organized the counterattack against "Earl's Light" last night gnashed their teeth in anger.
In their opinion, whether it was buying horses or hiring newly fired coachmen, Hobert was demonstrating to them.
Such an arrogant nobleman was still rare. Ordinary nobles would always leave some dignity for their opponents in order to show their demeanor.
But Hobert actually came to demonstrate after he had won!
Rumble—
Just as everyone was angry, the familiar "rumbling" sound rang again.
After a night of repairs, several storage points that had finally restored gas supply exploded again.
The members of the Gas Association in the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry had a feeling of being forced into a corner, but they didn't know how to fight back.
… …
MI9.
Georgina, who had just started work and heard the explosion again, frowned, wondering if she should remind Hobert? Don't push the other party to a dead end.
At this moment, the secretary brought the order from Sodela Palace.
Georgina thought that the royal family had ordered her to intervene in this matter, but when she took the order and looked at it, it was actually an order not to interfere in the struggle between "Earl's Light" and the Gas Association.
Moreover, Georgina noticed from the issuing unit of the document that this order was not only for MI9, but also for the military and the Ministry of the Interior.
In other words, the royal family prohibited all armed forces, including the police, from participating in this matter.
Most importantly, this order was personally signed by King George III, not a secret order given by William I.
Georgina didn't quite understand: Didn't the king know that continuing to let it go might cause the situation to get out of control?
… …
Today's "Backlund Morning News" published information about the gas explosion.
According to the report in the "Morning News", several gas companies stated that they had not yet investigated the cause of the accident.
And the report emphasized: They all stored gas in accordance with relevant regulations, and there were no violations.
It would have been better if there was no emphasis on this sentence. With this emphasis, everyone who read the newspaper showed a knowing smile.
And everyone noticed a very interesting thing. Only the "Backlund Morning News" published the news of the gas explosion, as if the other newspapers had not happened this thing.
But the explosion that happened as early as yesterday morning was heard throughout Backlund!
Without Hobert's guidance, people already believed that those newspapers must have been bought by the gas companies.
Under pressure, other newspapers added extra editions at noon, making a series of reports on the gas explosion accident.
At the same time, other newspapers were secretly scolding the "Backlund Morning News" for taking money from the Gas Association and still doing such reports!
In fact, the "Backlund Morning News" was also a little helpless. Last night, the public relations personnel of "Earl's Light" brought the evidence that the "Backlund Morning News" had collected the "donations" from the Gas Association to the editor-in-chief of the "Morning News".
If they did not report according to the manuscript they provided, the evidence and the transaction between the "Morning News" and the Gas Association would be published in other newspapers.
The reason Hobert chose this newspaper was that its shareholders had little connection with the gas industry's interest groups.
To maintain the credibility of the "Morning Post," it would definitely betray the Gas Association.
For a time, the Gas Association was bombarded with questions from all sides, leaving them utterly exhausted.
That day's major evening newspapers revealed even more news.
For example, so far, the gas companies had not provided any compensation for the losses caused by the explosions.
Some newspapers also carried a striking piece of news: due to the four electrocution accidents that had occurred previously, "Earl's Light" deeply apologized. In addition to paying the victims' families a large sum in compensation, it also announced the suspension of all sales tasks until the cause of the accidents was thoroughly investigated before resuming the sale of light bulbs.
This was "Earl's Light's" first public statement regarding the four accidents, giving people the impression that it was quite responsible.
Rumble~
As everyone was reading the evening newspapers, the rumble sounded again, and the few remaining gas lamps went out again. Some gas lamp users had already started cursing.
Their homes were plunged into darkness, and they had to go buy candles. Those who went early could still get some, but those who went late couldn't even buy candles.
Many people hadn't even finished cooking dinner. Seeing the still-bright electric lights, they felt very unhappy.
...
Meanwhile, Hobert, dressed in formal attire, went to Georgina's residence for a banquet.
James's head had been "tampered with" in terms of size and placed in an easy-to-carry ring box.
His colleagues from MI9 had arrived first. Everyone joked about the Gas Association's scandalous behavior. For them, it had been many years since they had seen such a lively event.
After the royal family members arrived, everyone first had dinner together with laughter and conversation, and then, under Georgina's leadership, went to the residence's concert hall to enjoy a symphony.
Georgina's concert hall was very special. Spectator area consisted of twelve small private rooms.
Each private room had a view of the stage, as well as a set of large, luxurious sofas and a wine cabinet.
Servants led the guests to their respective private rooms. After closing the doors, the servants also left.
Sitting on the sofa, Hobert sighed. Countess Georgina was indeed "hereditary" in intelligence work. In such a private room, exchanging some secret information was too convenient!
At this time, Alice quietly pushed the door open, gently closed it, and asked, "How is the environment here?"
"It's pretty good," Hobert said, crossing his legs. "It's much better than those salons where you have to comment after enjoying the music."
Then, he said meaningfully, "The most important thing is that you can also conduct some secret transactions."
Alice sat next to Hobert: "Georgina often brings her male favorites here to enjoy music."
Hobert, who was half-lying on the sofa, twitched the corner of his mouth: The nobles really know how to have fun!
He slowly sat up: "Then what is this gathering for…"
"Don't think too much," Alice said with a smile. "This gathering doesn't have any other meaning. It's just that I asked you to come and enjoy the music. Georgina is a very principled person and won't prey on her colleagues."
Hobert nodded, but thought to himself: That sounds very unbelievable.
At this time, the music started, and the light in the private room immediately dimmed. Although it was a seemingly surging symphony, it felt very ambiguous.
Alice sat next to Hobert: "Okay, let me see your assassination results."
She had already learned about James's death in advance and had been looking forward to tonight's "symphony" for a long time.
Hobert took out the ring box and took out James's head, which had returned to its normal size.
Alice held the processed head, and she didn't know whether she was excited or sad. Her hands trembled slightly: "Finally… finally avenged Edessak."
Hobert thought: The real culprit behind the scenes is still sitting on the throne.
However, considering that Alice was a little emotional at this time, he didn't say anything.
Alice looked at the head for a full two minutes before asking Hobert to put it back in the ring box.
She smiled and asked Hobert, "Have you thought about what reward you want? Do you want me to find a way to disband the Gas Association?"
"There's no need," Hobert said with a smile. "They are no longer a threat to me."
In the past two days, Hobert had already felt signs of the potion being digested again. Of course, he hoped that the situation would continue to ferment, and perhaps he could take the opportunity to digest another wave of potion.
"Thank you," Alice said. "If I had to rely on myself, I don't know when I would be able to get revenge."
She sighed: "Perhaps I would have died in the Demoness Sect's continuous assassinations before."
As she spoke, she gradually leaned towards Hobert and leaned into his arms.
This reminded Hobert of their experience of escaping for their lives together before. He naturally put one arm around Alice and watched the performance on the stage in front of him.
Both of them were very quiet, as if enjoying this moment of being alone.
Alice had finally avenged her revenge. Her emotions were a little sad and a little excited for a while.
But after leaning in Hobert's arms, her emotions quickly calmed down. It had been a long time since she had had close contact with Hobert. At this time, hearing Hobert's powerful heartbeat again made her feel very at ease.
When the performance ended and the lights in the room gradually brightened again, Alice was still a little reluctant: "Let's go listen to the symphony again next week, okay?"
Hobert smiled: "It depends."
Alice nodded: "I will send someone to the Earl's Mansion next Monday. If you don't have time, I will send someone again on Thursday, without waiting for Georgina to send an invitation."
Hobert glanced at the very private small room again and suddenly had the illusion of arranging a secret tryst, which he thought was quite exciting: "Okay."
That night, no explosions occurred in Backlund, because the gas companies had completely given up on emergency repairs.
However, the behind-the-scenes forces of the Gas Association certainly wouldn't give up. In order to retaliate against Hobert's use of Beyonder forces last night, they sent a group of Beyonders to raid the power plant, trying to cut off the power supply by force.
Because they knew that Hobert was a demigod, they also invited a demigod to lead the team for this operation.
As soon as they climbed over the high walls of the power plant, they coughed violently.
The demigod leading the team realized something was wrong and issued an order to retreat.
But it was too late to retreat at this time. Except for the demigod, the Beyonders suddenly fell to the ground, as if there was a huge suction force pulling them on the ground.
The surrounding flowers, plants, and trees were also affected. The flowers and plants stuck to the ground, and the branches and leaves of the trees were also pulled off by the suction from the ground.
Immediately afterward, a huge downward pressure was generated above the Beyonders.
This force seemed to crush their chests, and it took all their strength to complete a breath.
And because of the invasion of the mystical virus, there seemed to be a mouthful of thick phlegm in their throats. In addition to breathing, they also had to cough, making the breathing process more difficult.
This made them feel a huge sense of fear, as if they had been hovering on the edge of drowning and being suffocated. Even Beyonders faced huge mental pressure.
This was of course the result of Hobert using the Sequence 3 level "Manipulation" to change the gravity and attraction of that area.
Sitting in the power plant office, crossing his legs, and drinking tea, Hobert waved his hand again and launched a third wave of attacks, "Manipulating" the oxygen content around the target, continuously reducing the oxygen there.
Currently, only the demigod leading the team was temporarily resisting the huge gravity and attraction with his own "Imprisonment."
But he had been coughing violently, and chest pain, fever, and other ailments had even interrupted his thinking many times, so that he had only now raised his hand and quickly said in the gap between coughing: "The spread of disease is prohibited here! Cough cough cough…"
Soon, this demigod discovered that his "Prohibition" had almost no effect.
This made him realize that the sealed artifact or mystical item that created the virus could not be changed by his "Prohibition."
So this "Imperative Mage" no longer cared about the Beyonders on the ground. He "banished" himself, hoping to escape here quickly.
As a huge thrust came, the "Imperative Mage" felt as if he was about to be thrown into the void.
At this moment, a mirror suddenly appeared in the direction he was banished.
The "Imperative Mage" was shocked and plunged into the mirror.
Immediately afterward, a mirror appeared again in the position where he had just disappeared. The "Imperative Mage", who had hoped to leave by using "Banishment", returned to the original place.
"Cough cough cough—"
The "Imperative Mage" felt that his condition suddenly worsened. Even the physique of a demigod could hardly resist it. Under the triple pressure of illness, gravity, and attraction, he also fell to the ground and could no longer stand up.
In desperation, the "Imperative Mage" "imprisoned" himself again, hoping to use Beyonder power to help him resist the "Manipulation" of the surrounding natural rules.
But this time Hobert freed his hand and immediately used the ability of "Exploit" to end the duration of "Imprisonment" in advance.
At this time, the Beyonders who participated in the operation with the "Imperative Mage" were suffocated one by one.
In fact, with their physique as Beyonders, it was impossible for them to suffocate in such a short period of time, but the gravity here was very strong, squeezing out the last bit of breath in their chests.
So a dozen Beyonders died painfully in two different directions of the power plant.
Then Hobert's only enemy was the demigod!
This demigod was also panicked. He could feel that his condition was getting worse and worse.
He tried to issue a "Law" that would normalize the surrounding gravity, but it wasn't useless. It's just that the effect would immediately revert in less than half a second, and all his resistance had little effect.
The "Imperative Mage" gradually couldn't withstand the enormous gravity, and finally lay on the ground, even moving became very difficult.
What made him even more desperate was that, until now, he didn't know where his enemy was.
The enemy that Hobert knew best was the "Imperative Mage" of the adjacent pathway. Hobert was very clear that as long as the other party couldn't find the target, many of the attacks of this sequence would have little effect.
And the attack range of Sequence 4 is about 500 to 800 meters.
That's why Hobert attacked the enemy while drinking tea in the office. One reason was to be a little "mad", and the other was that if he appeared in front of the "Imperative Mage", victory would not come so easily.
Soon the "Imperative Mage's" consciousness became blurred. A dozen seconds later, he died of illness on the cold ground of the power plant.
At this time, Hobert appeared, gathered the two corpses from different directions, and immediately extracted the Beyonder characteristics from the corpses.
After collecting the characteristics, Hobert rolled the corpses into a large ball, and took away all the blood stains on the ground, taking them to the distant wilderness and burying them five kilometers underground.
This time, the Gas Association and the interest groups behind it were completely silent.
Especially those nobles of the Gas Association, they were even a little frightened, after all, the demigods they sent out did not return!
This meant that even demigods could not protect their own safety.
Fortunately, Hobert never thought of taking their dog lives.
Time came to the third day, which was Saturday. There was still no sign of recovery of gas supply. Many gas lamp users went to buy electric lights.
The electric lamp sales shops and department store counters had a wide range of goods, and even the sales staff were there, but they just didn't sell any light bulbs.
Instead, they patiently explained to the customers that because of the previous electric shock accidents, "Earl's Light" had suspended all sales business.
Other light bulb manufacturers were very hopeful to make a fortune at this time, but "Earl's Light" suspended the supply of batteries and electricity to them. Even if they received orders, they couldn't install them, and even if they installed them, there would be no electricity.
Many gas lamp users simply went to the gas company to claim compensation.
But this night, the gas lamp users could only eat dinner in the dark again, and then admire the brightness of the electric lights not far away, regretting that they had not installed electric lights in advance.
The next day, which was Sunday, because most of the middle class were resting on this day, the city hall, the gas company, and "Earl's Light" were crowded with people early in the morning.
Especially at the gas company, the scene once got out of control. Users rushed into the company and grabbed an employee to ask when the gas supply would be restored?
The people at the city hall demanded an immediate solution to the lighting problem.
The people at "Earl's Light" asked the company to resume business as soon as possible.
Just when several group incidents were about to happen, today's morning newspapers began to be sold by newsboys in the streets and alleys.
On the front page of today's newspaper, a very shocking news was published!
The four electric shock accidents that happened before were actually conspiracies planned by the Gas Association!
The reports in the morning newspapers of various newspapers had a very detailed description of the case, including which company and which person participated in the action, and how they found people who were willing to give their lives to smear "Earl's Light", and finally even the negotiated price was exposed!
So on this morning, a demonstration against the Gas Company broke out, and by this time, it had become a large-scale parade sweeping Backlund.
The city hall also realized the seriousness of the problem at this time, and knew that it could not continue like this, so the mayor of Backlund personally went to "Earl's Light" to ask Hobert to quell the parade and chaos.
But he was told that the Earl was not in the company.
The mayor quickly took a carriage to the Earl's mansion, and was also coldly informed by the butler, Dawes: The Earl was on a business trip and was not in Backlund now.
The mayor of Backlund thought that Hobert thought he was not important enough, so he didn't show up, so he immediately found the Prime Minister.
Under the mediation of the Prime Minister, Earl Hall invited Hobert to have afternoon tea.
What everyone didn't expect was that Dawes came to report to Earl Hall that Hobert was really not in Backlund, and had gone on a business trip yesterday afternoon.
In addition, this butler, Dawes, who looked like a patient with facial paralysis, also specially reminded everyone: "According to the Earl's plan, he will not be back until next month."
This gave everyone a feeling of punching cotton. The Prime Minister was very clear that if the problem was not solved until next month, Backlund would become a laughing stock all over the world.
These old foxes were very clear that the root of the matter lay in the conflict between electric lights and gas lamps. Whether it was restoring the gas supply or "Earl's Light" resuming sales, Hobert had to nod his head at the moment.
Otherwise, even if the Gas Company transferred spare temporary gas tanks from other cities, although Hobert claimed that he was not in Backlund, those gas tanks would definitely cause new explosions.
So they went together to find Christian again, asking Christian to come forward to chase Hobert and ask him to cancel his business trip plan, come back and discuss how to solve the lighting problem in Backlund.
Because Earl Hall was there, Christian couldn't refuse, so she promised them that she would "chase" Hobert and guaranteed that Hobert would be back around the evening.
The Prime Minister immediately issued an invitation, inviting Christian, Earl Hall and Hobert to have dinner together. At the same time, he promised to invite Duke Negan, Baron Syndras and other nobles to attend the dinner.
Duke Negan and others are the supporters behind the Gas Association, the nobles who sent Beyonders to attack the power plant.
Of course, except for that "Imperative Mage", although they are very powerful nobles, but regardless of the checks and balances of the royal family, or the agreement constraints between the churches, there is no demigod power in their mansions.
The nobles promised many benefits before the "Imperative Mage" agreed to lead the team.
Duke Negan and others are important believers of the Storm Church, and they can ask the demigods of the church for help.
It's just that the church generally does not participate in this kind of interest struggle.
After inviting the demigod and sending out the Beyonders, Duke Negan and others were also mentally prepared for the failure of the attack, but what they never expected was that the "Imperative Mage" failed to escape back!
Failure and complete annihilation are completely different things.
At present, Duke Negan and others no longer launch any counterattacks against "Earl's Light", which means that the Gas Association has no follow-up power at all.
Agid was very clear about this. Now is the best time to solve the problem, because the Gas Association will definitely make concessions, which makes the problem much simpler.
...
At this time, Hobert was indeed not in Backlund, but on the shore of Full Moon Lake in South Colson, fishing with the demigod "Artisan" Winston.
Hobert looked at the motionless fishing rod, and did not use the power of "Distortion" to hook the fish: "How about I make a delicious dish with fish head tonight?"
Winston, with a wrinkled face, a clean-shaven beard, and a somewhat rigorous look, said: "I had a fish head soup in the Southern Continent once, and I remember it tasted very delicious."
"It's not soup."
Hobert recalled the taste of chopped pepper fish head, and couldn't help swallowing: "It's steamed with dried chili."
"Never had it."
Hobert said with a look of yearning: "I can't wait."
Seeing Hobert's unhurried appearance, Winston had to sigh and said, "What do you think of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery?"
Hobert smiled slightly: "Before, I knew the 'Machinery Hivemind' captain of the Steam Church in Backlund. In a case, he fulfilled his responsibilities."
Originally, Hobert came to Archibald to discuss with him about finding the city of Saint Yadrow.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the Lord's Mansion, the butler Allen informed Hobert that Winston had come to him this morning.
Because Winston repeatedly stated that there was no urgent matter, he only asked Allen to tell Hobert when Hobert came to the Lord's Mansion.
So Allen thought that this matter was not very urgent, so he did not report to Hobert in Backlund.
When he came to the Lord's Mansion, as soon as Hobert heard that Winston had taken the initiative to find him, he knew what was going on.
Hobert was also a little speechless about the repeated weighing of the Steam Church, but he thought that the God of Steam and Machinery was not quite the same as the Evernight Goddess and the Earth Mother.
Hobert estimated that the former was because of the special nature of his destiny, and the latter was because of his biological father and mother.
These two gods should have noticed him long ago, but the God of Steam and Machinery is different. He has no understanding of Hobert at all, and Hobert's identity is complicated, so it is difficult to make a corresponding decision for a while.
The key is that the God of Steam and Machinery should also realize that the current Northern Continent is a powder keg that could be ignited at any time.
So He or the Steam Church should choose more carefully.
Thinking of this, Hobert smiled slightly, because the God of Steam and Machinery ultimately stood on the wrong team.
Winston was not a good speaker. When he heard Hobert's answer, he didn't react for a while.
Hobert had no choice but to say again: "Overall, it feels pretty good, but it's a bit dogmatic."
"It's all caused by those laws and formulas."
Winston smiled bitterly and said: "You also know that this pathway requires understanding many scientific laws, and a certain amount of thinking about philosophy and nature.
"These things easily make our way of thinking somewhat different from the Beyonders of other pathways."
The old gentleman paused and then said, "I heard from the church people that your research team has created a high-power generator and improved the filament of the light bulb?"
Hobert replied, "Yes."
He wasn't opposed to cooperating with the Steam Church, but the prerequisite was that the Steam Church had to show sincerity.
Having a demigod, Winston, discuss this matter was more sincere than before.
"The Church is very interested in participating in the research of generators," Winston said. "To this end, the Church is willing to form a Artisan team with me as the captain."
"As long as you need it, we can appraise the ability and negative effects of sealed items for you free of charge, and help you turn Beyonder characteristics into mystical items."
Hobert smiled: "I know you are not very good at negotiating. This may be the reason why the Steam Church asked you to talk to me, because you have helped me make a lot of mystical items before, and I will not embarrass you."
"So I will tell you my conditions, you pass them on to the Steam Church, and find someone who can make a decision to talk to me."
Winston breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally showed a more natural smile: "I will definitely convey it to the Church immediately."
Hobert gave an "Um" sound: "The Steam Church has completely gone in the wrong direction. What we need to talk about in our cooperation is the confidentiality of electrical technology and the distribution of commercial benefits."
"I can provide sufficient funds for the scientists sent by the Steam Church to conduct relevant topics and research on electricity."
"First, I have the right to decide whether and when to publish the research results. Before that, there must be no leakage, otherwise the cooperation will be terminated immediately."
"Second, all commercial income belongs to me, and the corresponding research results belong to those scientists, but how to use them and who to give them to, I must be consulted."
Winston felt that these two requirements were acceptable. The scientists he knew had no need for money. As long as the research results belonged to them, everything would be easy to discuss.
But he didn't know what the Church thought, so Winston just promised again that he would tell Hobert's request as soon as possible.
After talking about this matter, Hobert didn't have time to continue fishing.
He immediately used the "Traveler's Gate" to come to Longtail Island, found Archibald, who was in charge of military control in the mountainous area, and talked to him about exploring the city of Saint Millom.
It was finally agreed that next week, they would go to the southern coast of the Midseashire, the source of the Hornacis Mountains, to find the city of Saint Millom.
The reason why Hobert suddenly wanted to find the capital of Solomon's First Empire was because he wanted to get clues about the "Trunsoest Empire" as soon as possible.
After Erres raided Tortuga Port, Hobert realized that he needed a ship that could fight the "Black Emperor", otherwise he would have no sea control in the future!
Since there were clues to the "Empire", of course, he had to try to find this legendary giant ship.
After agreeing on the time, Hobert went to see the site for building the teleportation array.
The diamonds needed for the teleportation array have been cut and can be used for the first experiment at any time.
In the evening, Hobert was about to go to the kitchen to make chopped pepper fish head, but Dophis came from the "Traveler's Gate" and said that Christian had something urgent to see him.
Of course, Hobert knew that the nobles had found Christian, so he had to say goodbye to Fors and send Allen to tell Winston that there would be no steamed fish head to eat today.
Following Dophis back to Backlund and arriving at Christian's mansion, the "Chaos Hunter" smiled and said, "Come with me to the Prime Minister's mansion for dinner tonight."
Hobert nodded: "Is the Prime Minister going to come forward to mediate?"
"Of course, otherwise Backlund is likely to riot. For the Prime Minister, that would be his dereliction of duty," Christian analyzed to Hobert:
"The Prime Minister must pay attention to this issue. If he doesn't handle it properly, he may have to resign and apologize."
Before today, no one thought that lighting was a big problem, and no one thought that the inconspicuous gas lamps would make Backlund so chaotic.
Because it was getting late, Christian and his son immediately got into the carriage and went to the Prime Minister's mansion.
Leaving the mansion, the security of Empress Borough was not affected, but the sound of shouting slogans could be faintly heard in the distance.
Hobert smiled: "This city has accumulated too much resentment from everyone, and they have finally found a way to vent it."
Christian glanced at Hobert: "Your potion can digest a lot again, right?"
"Just a little bit," Hobert said: "It's still early before it's completely digested!"
Prime Minister himself greeted Hobert at the door and exchanged greetings with Hobert kindly before bringing Hobert to the living room to introduce him to other nobles.
At this time, it was already dark, and the dinner started soon.
When everyone was drinking aperitifs, Prime Minister Agchid went straight to the main topic: "I called everyone here today because I hope the electric lamp industry and the gas lamp industry can conduct effective consultations and immediately solve the lighting problem of the Backlund people."
Duke Negan, who looked in his twenties and had inherited the title from his deceased father for less than a year, said with an unkind expression: "It was Hobert who made the situation out of control! Several companies operating gas lamps have long wanted to restore lighting."
This was obviously a sign of softening, so everyone looked at Hobert again.
"Earl's Light" is also willing to respond to the Prime Minister's call. Unfortunately, "Earl's Light" has suffered huge losses due to the framing of some people before," Hobert said helplessly:
"This forces us to open up overseas markets. Currently, our manpower and financial resources in Backlund have been transferred overseas, but we will definitely do our best to restore lighting in Backlund, at least selling 100 light bulbs a day!"
"Cough cough cough..." The Prime Minister choked on the aperitif: When did the Prime Minister's mediation become so cheap? I personally intervened in this matter, and the result was only 100 light bulbs?
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