Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

On the third day when the delegation from the Kingdom of Feneport came to the Principality of South Balam, the ambassador, Princess Ethel, met Archduke Hobert in the Duke's office with mixed emotions.

The reason why her mood was complicated was because yesterday she saw three angels swearing allegiance to the "founder". In her mind, she originally looked up to the Principality of South Balam, but now she looked up to it.

Hobert still had a hearty smile, and the initial chatting phase gave people the feeling of chatting with old friends whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

After chatting for a while, Hobert said: "The Kingdom of Feneport is the first country to send an ambassador to South Balam and establish an embassy.

"In the previous civil war in the Principality of South Balam, we did not participate in the coalition forces of Fusac and Intis. This is the quality that an ally should have. I hope that we can maintain a good relationship in the future."

At present, the Kingdom of Loen only has an office in Angelou. If they send an ambassador, it will be equivalent to recognizing the independence of the Principality of South Balam.

The current attitudes of Fusac and Intis towards the Principality of South Balam have been wavering. Recently, they have often sent people to show their goodwill. However, if the war in the northern continent is over, they will definitely not adopt the current foreign policy. .

Ethel smiled and said: "The relationship between our two countries will definitely become closer and closer."

What Hobert didn't know was that Ethel's "bet" on the South Balam Principality had given her a lot of political resources and gradually gained a certain advantage in the battle for the crown prince.

Most politicians in the Kingdom of Feneport, like the politicians in Fusac and Intis, feel that the Principality of South Balam is just a colonial country and they don't pay enough attention to it at all.

In the previous civil war in South Balam, both the military and parliament of Fenebort believed that they should form a coalition with Intis and Fusac. However, Ethel defied all opinions and did not participate in the robbery.

Because she is very aware of Hobert's abilities and also knows that there is a "founder" behind this country.

Later facts proved that Ethel's persistence was correct, which established her as a political visionary.

A few months ago, the Principality of South Balam attacked the Highland Kingdom. All countries in the northern continent, except for the Kingdom of Loen, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that South Balam would never be able to escape from the quagmire of the Highland Kingdom within a year or two. .

The Fusac Empire, which had just completed negotiations at that time, believed that it was no longer necessary to maintain good relations with the Southern Balam Principality. The Intis Republic was even planning a new war against the colonies in the Southern Continent.

The Church of the God of Steam and Machinery also completed its stance at this time and expressed its support for the Republic of Intis.

Only Ethel suggested strengthening ties with the South Balam Principality at this time and negotiating the dispatch of an ambassador.

This was still opposed by many people in the country, but more than two months later, the South Balam Principality quickly ended the war and once again severely slapped those opponents in the face.

It can be said that Essel's political status in the country is basically based on his "political bet" on the Principality of South Balam.

After reaffirming the relationship between the two countries, Esser said: "We now encounter a problem. The war between Lundborg and Maxi will be difficult to end in a while.

"Our Strategy Department predicts that Intis and Fusac will capture Backlund in the first half of next year at the latest. If we don't have much success before then, we will be very passive in future negotiations."

Politicians are all aware of this, and Hobert is also very aware of the current situation of the Kingdom of Feneport, but it is different when Ethel says it. This is a political statement and a gesture of help. .

Hobert thought about it for a while, then stood up and took out a map of the Northern Continent from the bookcase on the side and spread it on the table.

He pointed at the map and said: "I recommend that you occupy the southwestern part of Desi County and Desi Bay."

The location that Hobert mentioned is in the southwest of Loen. The geographical location of these places is not very important. The Loen army did not dare to station too many troops here when retreating.

Because the Republic of Intis will definitely occupy the eastern part of Disi County and the coastal city of Conant, the garrison here will become a lonely force by then.

And Intis doesn't pay much attention to this place. It belongs to the kind of area where it doesn't matter whether it is occupied or not.

Therefore, this area still belongs to the Kingdom of Loen in name, but it has become an "enclave" and there is almost no military force here.

It just so happens that this place borders the Kingdom of Feneport.

Ethel sighed and said: "We have also made plans in this regard, but these areas do not threaten the Republic of Intis and are not bordering the Feysac Empire.

"It can also threaten the Kingdom of Loen and cannot be used as a bargaining chip in our negotiations with Intis and Feysac."

The hilly area in the southwest of Dixi County has always been the front line for Roen to block the Feneport Kingdom. After occupying this area, the vast Takwell Plain is in front of the Feneport Kingdom.

Hobert smiled and said: "Believe me, if you occupy this place first, the Kingdom of Feneport will definitely be of great use in the future."

He is very willing to use his "God's perspective" to help Fenebaud, because he does not want the Kingdom of Loen to be the winner of this world war alone in the future.

After Loen begins to counterattack in the future, even if Fenebaud immediately switches sides, he will not be able to reap the fruits of victory.

But it was different after occupying the southwest of Dixi County. If Roen wanted to return here, he would have to exchange a large amount of victory fruits.

It doesn't matter whether the Kingdom of Feneport captures Lemburg and Marsi or not, it can still attend the post-war negotiations as a victor.

Ethel thought for a moment before asking: "Do you think there is still hope for the Loen Kingdom? Or that the forces of the 'Founder' will do their best to help Loen?"

Hobert seemed to have answered Ethel, but also seemed not to have answered: "Yes, we will send a large number of forces to participate in the Battle of Backlund at the appropriate time."

Originally, Hobert expected that the war against the Highland Kingdom would not end until at least August, and then he would enter the northern continent to participate in the war after a brief repair.

But under the command of Medici, the war against the Highland Kingdom ended cleanly.

This gave Hobert the opportunity to be easily promoted, and gave him enough time to ask for huge amounts of money, but he would still choose to join the war at least in October, when Backlund was at his most critical.

Ethel nodded immediately: "I understand."

In her opinion, if the South Balam Principality joins the war, although it cannot change the overall situation of the war, the Battle of Backlund will definitely become a protracted war, which will be enough to bring Intis and Fusac back to the negotiation table. superior.

Then the structure of the four major countries in the northern continent will still not change much. The only change may be that Intis seizes Loen's dominance.

With Hobert's words, Ethel felt a lot more at ease.

Then the two people talked about mutual trade between the two countries. Previously, the Principality of South Balam had opened the South Colson area to the Kingdom of Feneport. Now Hobart has opened Longtail Island and Anshan to Feneport. Jelou.

Other cities still need a series of construction, and the political and economic systems are not yet very sound, so they are not open to the outside world for the time being.

Essel is also the first foreign dignitary to visit the Longtail Island Industrial Zone and the South Balam Industrial Zone. Essel always feels a little incredible about these two large-scale industrial parks.

The colonies had always seemed to have nothing to do with industrial areas, so when she saw so many industrial areas in the colonies, her first feeling was that it was a bit magical.

After a more detailed understanding, Ethel discovered that the industrial system of the South Balam Principality was even more complete than that of the Feneport Kingdom!

This is why Hobert asked her to visit the industrial area. Because Feneport's industry is the most spread out among the four major countries, it ranks fourth very steadily.

After visiting the industrial area, Esser discovered that many industrial products could be imported from the South Balam Principality to avoid industrial dependence on the other three countries.

So on the fourth day of the visit, the delegation signed a series of economic cooperation agreements with the Principality of South Balam. Ethel returned from this visit with a full load.

After sending Ethel away, Hobert began to "wander" around the South Balam Principality again.

At present, three mausoleums have been almost completed. After the destruction of the Highland Kingdom, another batch of labor force was obtained on the construction site, and the first mausoleum will be completed soon.

So Hobert began to look for a new place to build a tomb. One of the tombs, Hobert, was going to be built in a pharaoh's pyramid.

The kings of the Highland Kingdom called themselves pharaohs, but their pyramids were not the triangular pyramids in Hobert's impression, but segmented trapezoids.

Generally, their pyramids are protected by spiritual barriers. Without corresponding clues, it would be difficult for angels to find their locations.

Because everyone in Asun City turned into monsters in an instant, the royal family of the Highland Kingdom had no time to destroy the corresponding information. The "Morning Army" and "Temperance Sect" who were responsible for stationing here had already found several pharaoh's tombs.

And dug out a lot of gold and sealed items from inside!

For the "temperance faction", the Pharaoh's corpse is of greatest use to them. For a long time in the future, the "temperance faction" will not have to worry about the rituals of being promoted to demigods.

Hobert chose the largest pyramid with the most comprehensive protection facilities to build... or to be precise, he converted it into his own mausoleum.

Hobert decided to build the fifth mausoleum on the seabed. When he was in school in the AD era, he once heard his instructor talk about the "seabed tomb".

First, the tomb was built on a large ship on the sea, and then the ship was scuttled, and the tomb was sunk to the bottom of the sea.

The air inside the tomb will isolate the sea water from the outside, forming a very airtight environment.

One advantage of this kind of burial is that unless by chance, it is impossible to find it on the sea surface where the clues cannot be pinpointed.

In the extraordinary world, Hobert will set up enough anti-divination and spiritual barriers to make it difficult for extraordinary people to find him.

As for where to build the sixth mausoleum, Hobert has his sights set on the Antarctic.

When "tampering" with the climate before, Hobert had seen Antarctica from a distance and was sure that at least a large part of that continent existed in the real world.

So Hobert went to Antarctica to explore alone after there was nothing for Him to deal with.

When he saw the huge ice wall from a distance, Hobert felt the magnificence of this continent. In the AD era, he had only seen some introductions about this continent in documentaries, but he did not realize it until he came here. The scenery is so beautiful.

It is the kind of quiet beauty, far away from the hustle and bustle of human beings, as if it is the pure land of the soul.

Extraordinary or not, this continent is very peaceful and seems to have not been disturbed by any outside world.

Hobert heard that both the Kingdom of Loen and the Republic of Intis had sent scientific research ships to this continent, but because the icebreaking technology was not very mature, they only landed on this continent and did not establish observation stations or research stations. buildings like that.

It is said that the Fusac Empire has corresponding ice-breaking technology, but this country is too far away from here and there are no colonies nearby, so no research ships have been sent here.

Looking at the sky, this continent is still in the polar night, and the stars in the sky are very beautiful.

But Hobert didn't dare to look further, fearing that there was danger in it.

With Hobert's current eyesight, he could see very far under such starlight.

Even with the obstruction of wind and snow, Hobert could still see the tall mountains in the distance. After reaching the top of the mountain by "distorting" space, Hobert was a little disappointed with the scenery here.

Looking down from here, there is only a white desert, as if there is no life at all.

So Hobert began to look for a place to build a mausoleum in the mountains. Soon, he found a cave in the mountains.

Hobert's spiritual sense also knew that there was a weak life in the cave. He estimated that it was some Antarctic animal hibernating in the cave.

Because he didn't sense the danger, he didn't pay much attention. He took a step forward and "tampered" with his position into the cave.

Although there is no howling cold wind, it is still very cold in this cave. After all, it is eternal night in Antarctica, and there is no warm place on the entire continent.

Just when Hobert was thinking about using his extraordinary ability to hollow out the inside of the mountain to create a space for building a mausoleum, he felt that feeble life at the corner in front of him.

Hobert remembered that penguins did not seem to be hibernating. He was a little curious about what creatures there could be. Could it be a polar bear?

He was joking in his mind as he passed the turn in front of him, and then he got an answer that was even more ridiculous than a polar bear: There was actually a person there!

To be precise, it was an ice sculpture standing there. Even though Hobert had become Sequence 1, in such a dimly lit environment, suddenly seeing a person frozen into an ice sculpture made his scalp numb.

Immediately afterwards, he realized two things were wrong. First, this man seemed to still have some vital signs.

Originally, Hobert thought that this person should be an Extraordinary, and an Extraordinary at least at the semi-god level, otherwise it would be impossible to freeze into an ice sculpture and still survive.

But soon he realized something was wrong. This man was naked, but he had a kettle in his hand and a pile of clothes beside him.

After seeing those clothes, Hobert's eyes narrowed. There was actually a jacket among them!

Yes, that kind of polar jacket!

This made Hobert's scalp numb even more, because he was very sure that there were no such clothes as jackets in the entire northern and southern continents!

Hobert had a bold idea: Could this be a "prehistoric" human?

But the question is, why is he still alive?

With these questions, Hobert carefully looked at the appearance of the ice sculpture. It turned out to be an Asian face.

Before traveling through time, Hobert faced such faces every day, but now he felt that such facial features were a bit unfamiliar.

Because the facial features of people in the northern and southern continents are somewhat different from those of Asians!

Hobert has never seen living elves, and he doesn't know if they have oriental facial features, but Alger, a hybrid of elves and humans, has no Asian features at all.

He took a deep breath, calmed down, and then realized something else was wrong with the ice sculpture.

Judging from the clothes on the ground, his equipment was very complete. If he had not taken off his clothes by himself, he would not have been frozen to death even in the eternal night environment.

If you were lost in Antarctica and had to wait for rescue here, and died in the process, you would have died with your clothes on, not freezing to death like now.

Hobert swallowed before saying, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

Then He smiled: "It would be scary if you could talk."

The cold wind outside was still howling, and the surrounding light was still very dim.

Hobert crossed his arms and thought about it for a moment, and finally decided that since he had encountered it, he still had to investigate what was going on.

But if he directly defrosted the ice sculpture, Hobert felt that it was a bit dangerous, so he looked at the clothes at the feet of the ice sculpture. There seemed to be a bag inside.

Hobert was about to use the "tampering" method to take one of the clothes and search it, but for some reason, he always felt that if he moved this ice sculpture, this guy would suddenly move to stop him.

He sighed to himself: "It is not a good thing to have too much humanity."

So Hobert first used the method of "distorting" space to move the ice sculpture further inside the cave, to an invisible position, and then he went to pick up a piece of clothing.

But the moment he touched the piece of clothing, it seemed as if it collapsed and turned into pieces of rags.

Even in a frozen place like Antarctica, thousands of years have passed, maybe longer, and these clothes can only maintain their current appearance.

So Hobert "tampered" with the flexibility of these items to make them stronger, and then picked up the jacket among them.

First, he saw a few Chinese characters on the jacket: Great Wall Station, Sun Zhilin.

Hobert smiled and sighed: "There are Chinese characters that have nothing to do with Russell's diary!"

Then he looked at the small, bright five-star red flag above and was stunned for a long time.

Taking another deep breath, Hobert thought about it. He remembered that the Great Wall Station was an Antarctic research station in China. The specific location was not very clear, but he knew that there was such a research station.

This famous brand confirms the identity of the ice sculpture as a "prehistoric human being"!

Then, Hobert found some electronic products in the only bag, but when he saw the mobile phone, Hobert was just about to put it in his pocket, planning to give it to scientific researchers to study when the time was right.

But he also thought that without satellites, a mobile phone would be useless.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally put it away in case he needed it later.

Fortunately, there was also a paper notebook in this bag. Hobert opened it and looked at it. It contained some very scattered things recorded in his notes, including meeting minutes and some data that Hobert didn't know what it was.

It wasn't until he turned to the last page that Hobert saw something valuable: "My phone ran out of battery, so I had to record the sounds in my head in this form.

The voice said: All people will die, but they will be born again.

The voice said: He came from a very far away place, but was frozen under the Antarctic.

The voice said: The ice and snow in Antarctica have an abstract meaning.

The voice said: He will take advantage of this opportunity to...resurrection in my body. "

When Hobert saw these words, he felt a little upset. He knew that "that voice" was by no means simple. If he was not an angel, he might have suffered unknown pollution.

There are two sentences at the end: "Everything started from the anomaly at Kunlun Station!"

"I'm dead...but I don't seem to be dead!"

After closing the note, the first thing that Hobert thought of was: Does the "Sea of ​​Chaos" also have an entrance in Antarctica? The staff at the scientific research station were contaminated by the source of matter. But who is "that voice"? Could it be the awakened "primary creator"?

Hobert thought again: "That voice" said, "He comes from far away." Where did it come from?

Also, what does "the ice and snow in Antarctica have abstract meaning" mean?

Hobert shook his head and used some of the knowledge he knew to make some speculations: This should be the influence of the original Creator on the scientific researchers here after he awakened.

Perhaps the "ice sculpture" that has existed for thousands of years is a special case? Originally the Creator was preparing to be resurrected in his body? But no matter what, he is already a monster in his current state.

Taking a deep breath, Hobert continued to rummage and found an Antarctic map in the bag, with the locations of various national research stations on the map.

Among them, Hobert found the Great Wall Station, Zhongshan Station, Taishan Station, Kunlun Station and Qinling Station with the five-star red flag logo. According to the approximate location, the Great Wall Station does not seem to be too far from here.

Kunlun Station, on the other hand, is in the more central location of Antarctica, quite far away from here.

Hobert thought about it and decided to go to the Great Wall Station to take a look first.

Hobert didn't recognize any of the electronic products he found except for mobile phones, but he still collected them in case he needed them later.

These items of clothing, Hobert regained their flexibility, destroyed them.

He did not hope that prehistoric civilization would be exposed to more people at that time.

As for the "ice sculpture", Hobert originally wanted to smash him to pieces, but when he was about to take action, he suddenly thought of the name "Sun Zhilin" and finally left the cave silently.

He explained to himself: Perhaps during the investigation, more clues need to be obtained from him.

In the sky full of ice and snow, Hobert relied on spiritual guidance to reach the foot of a hillside.

It's supposed to be where the Great Wall Station is, but there's nothing here.