Arknights' Lock of Heaven

This is illogical. No matter how powerful Longmen is, projects that would allow Wei Yanwu, the head of Longmen, to personally take charge of must be top-tier.

You're only sending two people for a project like this? And the other one is a bodyguard?

It should be noted that Wei Yanwu had drawn fifty or sixty people from all relevant departments of Longmen for this negotiation, all of whom were Longmen elites, and he himself also participated.

Of the two people claiming to be from Rhodes Island, only one was a doctor in charge of negotiations.

Although the doctor who claimed to be Kal'tsit did seem quite unusual, he did offer an explanation.

It was said to be Rhodes Island's sincerity, since it was their fault that the negotiations were delayed, so they came first to discuss the direction of cooperation. As for the specific details, a specialist would be in charge after Rhodes Island arrived.

Well, you could say this reason is valid, but you could also say it's nonsense; there's some truth to it.

In this wilderness, accidents are never absent. If Rhodes Island's main ship really has a problem and the negotiations have to be delayed, Lungmen will not say a word against it.

Understanding is key; Longmen certainly has that much class.

They came here through the wilderness with just a bodyguard. They were certainly sincere, but it was also very suspicious.

Moreover, this bodyguard... showed something abnormal from head to toe. For some reason, every glance he gave me made me feel incredibly oppressed.

As early as last night, after learning that the so-called delegation consisted of only two people, Lungmen had already urgently contacted Rhodes Island.

However, I still received a positive response.

Even Lady Wenyue, who was always a virtuous and helpful wife, found the answer absurd after hearing it.

What is most important for a company?

make money!

Based on their understanding of Rhodes Island, although the company has connections with many cities, it does not have a home turf in the true sense.

It was precisely because of this that Wei Yanwu chose to cooperate with Rhodes Island.

It's not just about quelling the growing conflict among infected people in Lungmen; there's also the intention to bring this company into Lungmen.

As an open economic city, Longmen has almost reached a bottleneck after so many years of development.

This city will definitely continue to prosper, but it will take time and patience. As the first to try something new, Longmen has already made a fortune, but the period of rapid development is over.

In an international environment where the conflict among infected individuals is becoming increasingly acute, attracting a top-tier pharmaceutical company specializing in Originium pneumonia would undoubtedly be a major boon.

Blockers work everywhere.

From the chiefs of Sargon to the merchants of Colombia, no one could deny the value of this item.

As a mobile city-state that roams this land and serves as the window to the outside world for the Yan Kingdom, it would be a win-win situation if Rhodes Island could establish a presence there.

For this reason, Wei Yanwu personally took charge.

However, the negotiations were fraught with setbacks.

Now, unless the Rhodes Island main ship lands in Lungmen and the person in charge personally vouches for the two, no one dares to guarantee their identities.

I'm not sure if they have malicious intent. What if they come with good intentions, and you lock them up just because they seem suspicious?

Do you still want to do business in the future? Do you still want to maintain Lungmen's reputation for openness and inclusiveness? Not to mention that Wei Yanwu is also plotting to absorb Rhodes Island.

But if these two really have ulterior motives and want to create a big scandal in Lungmen, who will be responsible?

Dilemma.

So the only option is to keep a close watch on them, with several squads of guards following them wherever they go, ostensibly for protection, but in reality for surveillance.

Don't give them a chance to cause trouble.

Whether it's true or false, we'll know once the Rhodes Island main ship appears.

Chen continued forward following Xia Yu's instructions.

Near her vehicle, five squads followed behind her under the direction of another inspector.

It wasn't exactly blatant, but it certainly wasn't concealed much.

It's like a deterrent.

At the meeting, after receiving news of Xia Yu's unusual behavior, Wei Yanwu left the meeting under a pretext, leaving only Kal'tsit and the Lungmen elites behind.

A son of a wealthy family should not sit under a dangerous roof.

Although a doctor shouldn't pose much of a threat, it's always good to be safe than sorry.

After backing the vehicle out of the dead end, Chen realized one thing.

This person is genuinely unfamiliar with Lungmen.

She has driven into dead ends countless times.

But what could we do? We could only follow Xia Yu's directions and head into the next possible dead end.

Xia Yu was well aware of their wariness.

Those Guard Bureau vehicles were still following behind, and they hadn't even removed the Guard Bureau insignia!

That's blatantly telling yourself, "We're with you, don't try anything funny!"

Even if you question them yourself, you will only get a protective answer.

Why Kal'tsit would bring only herself across the wilderness to Lungmen is a mystery not only to the people of Lungmen, but also to most of the people of Rhodes Island.

To those unaware of the situation, this decision seems unwise.

But Xia Yu probably knew what was going on.

This is still my own fault.

Although she couldn't give up Xia Yu's bargaining chip for Amiya Kal'tsit, she also carried the lives of everyone on Rhodes Island on her shoulders.

So Xia Yu knew before she set off that this would be a test.

Kal'tsit's Trial.

If approved, the Rhodes Island main ship will appear in Lungmen after repairs are completed, clearing up all misunderstandings and allowing negotiations to begin amicably.

If it doesn't pass... then in the blink of an eye, Kal'tsit will disappear from Lungmen, and Rhodes Island, a hundred miles away, will be moving as far away from Lungmen as possible.

Xia Yu was left alone in Lungmen, facing the Guard Bureau in a daze.

This is a strategy to divert the disaster eastward.

This cat is so naughty!

As for negotiations?

The idea that Wei Yanwu would move into Longmen and strengthen its core competitiveness was just wishful thinking.

Cooperation is possible, but Rhodes Island will not stay here.

Ultimately, it was because his entrance was too untimely.

Any other method would be better than this.

At least Rhodes Island won't be so wary of us.

To be honest, if we hadn't made contact with the land, staying in Lungmen wouldn't have been a problem, as long as it wasn't the wilderness.

But after learning that the reason he was in Terra was because the world needed a super worker, he still had to find a way to stay on Rhodes Island.

After all, finding a god on your own is a waste of time and effort.

Rhodes Island, where the protagonist resides, is much better. After all, there's little to do around the protagonist except for a lot of trouble, and it's not uncommon for them to encounter a god or something similar.

Moreover, there are several people on Rhodes Island who are suspected of having ties to God.

The unpredictable Nian, Skadi and Specter from the deep sea, and even the openly displayed Frostleaf, the saintess of Kjerag.

Everyone says that there is a god in Sherag, but it seems that the god is not so bad, after all, he will protect Sherag from natural disasters and the like.

If he really is such a benevolent god, Xia Yu wouldn't be able to take action against him, would he? He considers himself to have a fairly sound moral compass.

It would be better to get to know His saintess first. After all, judging from Chuxue's rebellious nature, if she were truly an evil god, she probably wouldn't have bothered to hide it from Him.

Moreover, following Rhodes Island also means there's a gold mine to be found in Chernobog, although Lungmen is another option, since Talulah might try to take advantage of the situation with her core city.

But if you have Rhodes Island's intelligence support, why not take it for free?

Staying on Rhodes Island is the best option, regardless of the circumstances.

I wonder how Kal'tsit will test me.

18 This damned era

What do slums look like?

To be honest, I don't know much about Xia Yu.

The country I lived in in my previous life did not have slums in the true sense; even if there were, they had been swallowed up by the tides of history.

His understanding of slums came from bits and pieces of foreign information on the internet.

Dirt and disorder are synonymous with slums. People live in poorly made, drafty prefabricated houses. At best, they may have a brick house, but it is not painted and the mottled walls are covered with cracks of all sizes.

A family of more than ten people were crammed into a narrow space of just over ten square meters.

In the slums, garbage is everywhere—on the streets, on rooftops, and outside doors. Most people here rely on this garbage to survive.