Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 58: News about Shadow
Yin stood on the terrace facing the sea. The white marble fence was entwined with green vines and covered with red flowers. The gentle sea breeze blew her long golden hair slightly and also blew her white dress. A prison sentence made her even quieter. Her eyes looking at the sea seemed to be able to transcend the distance and see the other side of the sea.
"sound……"
A soft call brought Yin's thoughts back to where they were drifting on the sea, and she turned to look at the man behind her.
“Governor…Governor of Meteorite…” Yin looked away in panic when he met Luke’s gaze, and said apologetically, “I’m…I’m sorry…because of the crime I committed that implicated you and put you in danger.”
"My real name is Luke." Luke walked to Yin's side, looked at the vast ocean and said, "You are destined to commit a crime. Even if it is not because of me, there will be another person who will make what is supposed to happen happen according to Pan's plan. Your brother understands you, but you don't understand your brother. He has gone crazy in order to restore his country."
"Luke..." Yin repeated Luke's name, and a sweet smile appeared on her face. But when Luke mentioned Pan, Yin was puzzled: "Why do you say that all this was Pan's plan?"
Luke didn't expect that Yin was still kept in the dark. He wanted to explain for Yin, but he held back from saying something that would greatly irritate Yin.
"A lot of things happened while you were imprisoned by the Shining Gold People. Now that you have been released, you should slowly understand some of the inside story. I don't want to use my subjective opinion and position to influence you. You have to judge right and wrong by yourself.
You should be aware of the tasks that the Golden Man has assigned to you."
Yin and Luke stood together, enjoying the sea breeze. Since Luke didn't want to talk about Pan, she didn't ask any more questions. She also didn't want her emotions to interfere with Luke, so she just talked about work.
"Yes, I already know. The Elder Council... The Elder Council of the Shining Gold People appointed me as the middleman for the negotiations between the Golden Shield Empire and the World Bank, and hoped that I would do my best to persuade the Golden Shield Empire to abandon its energy monetary policy and sign a treaty that gold certificates would be the only universal currency for international energy transactions."
Luke asked, "Do you have any ideas of your own?"
"I..." Yin thought for a moment: "I was just released, and I don't know much about the whole incident. But the energy monetary policy of the Golden Shield Empire made the Golden People invite you to the Golden Valley for negotiations, which means that you really threaten the World Bank.
I have never seen the elders take anything so seriously, even...even using me who was convicted of a serious crime."
Luke said, "I proposed to the Elders' Council of the Golden People to use you as a middleman. They agreed, probably because they wanted to play the emotional card with me... If I agree to sign the treaty, you can be acquitted and leave the Golden Civilization to resume your human identity."
After hearing what Luke said, Yin was happy at first, but still said: "You don't have to worry about me doing something you don't want to do. My...my crime has nothing to do with you. I am already very happy to see you again."
"I am also very happy to meet you. In the next period of time, you only need to do the work given to you by the Golden Man, and leave the rest to me.
I will take you out of the Golden Valley."
"I believe you... The Elder Council of the Golden People asked me to inform you that the second meeting with the Golden Shield Empire will be held in three days, in the conference room on the third floor of the Golden Hotel.
Although time is tight, I will complete the preparations for the meeting as soon as possible so that the negotiations between you two can proceed smoothly."
"Thank you...anything else?"
"No more. I want to enjoy the sea breeze with you here, is that ok?"
"It's my pleasure!"
With Yin as the middleman in the negotiations, the somewhat tense relationship between Luke and the Elder Council of the Golden People was quickly eased. Both sides frequently sent out various goodwill signals, expressing their full expectations for the second round of negotiations.
Yin demonstrated the qualities of a professional manager. Although three days was too tight for her who suddenly took over this job, the venue layout and meeting process were carried out in an orderly manner under her arrangement.
At the same time, Yin also had a general understanding of what happened during his detention.
It turns out that the initiator of Rio's war to restore the country was his twin brother Pan. So if he wants to leave the Shuojin civilization and become the king of the Rio Kingdom, he must kick away this stumbling block.
Being used and betrayed by her loved ones was a severe blow to Yin, but she did not talk to Luke or question Pan. She just cried silently in the middle of the night when no one was around, and then numbed herself with busy work.
There was a knock on the door at night. Yin wiped away her tears and got up to open the door.
The visitor outside the door was quite a surprise to Yin.
"Ms. Clear Sky... No, Her Majesty the Queen Clear Sky!"
"Just call me Qingkong." Qingkong walked into the room very familiarly. When passing by Yin, he couldn't help but sniff her. "The salty taste of tears is full of the bitterness of sadness. Even the air here is filled with loneliness and confusion. Miss Yin, you need a friend and a bottle of strong liquor now. You can curl up on the sofa and talk under the shining starry sky.
I brought the wine, what’s your story?”
Qingkong walked towards the terrace that led directly to the living room, and two single sofas automatically moved to the terrace. Qingkong lay comfortably inside, and waved his hand again, and a bottle of liquor and two wine glasses floated in the air.
The wine bottle was pouring out with a gurgling sound.
Yin came to another sofa and sat down very reservedly. She looked at Qingkong and asked in confusion: "Ms. Qingkong, you are a little different from the you I saw before."
Qingkong took the wine glass and drank the whole glass of liquor in one gulp as if it were water. He said, "Is it different? Maybe I was too serious before. I looked cold and icy. Didn't I look difficult to get along with?"
"No, that's not what I meant. Miss Clear Sky, you are a very kind spirit."
"Thank you for the compliment!" Qingkong picked up the wine glass that had been refilled with wine and said, "I have been troubled by something these days, so I have no time to see you. I happened to have a little free time tonight, so I came to have a drink with you.
Tell me more about the dilemma you are facing now.”
Yin picked up the wine glass and took a sip. The strong alcohol made her cough a little, but under Qingkong's encouraging gaze, she closed her eyes and took a big sip.
“Ahem… I’m not in any trouble right now… Ahem… This wine is really too strong!”
"Only strong alcohol can make you drunk quickly." Qingkong smiled mysteriously, and then said: "Since Miss Yin feels that she is not in trouble, can you answer a few questions for me, so that you can chat with me and spend this long night."
"Okay...Miss Qingkong, do you have any questions that I need to answer?"
Qingkong asked, "Do you know Tan? He is Tan, the director of the World Bank's Bad Debt Management Office."
Hearing Qingkong asking about Tan, Yin couldn't help but feel alert: "Why is Miss Qingkong interested ?"
"As the leader of the debt collectors, Tan should be the strongest known Gold Man. If Meteorite encounters any danger in the Golden Valley, I must understand the strongest combat power of the Gold Man in order to protect Meteorite's safety."
Since it is for the purpose of protecting the meteorite, there is no need to worry about the sound of the Shining Gold Man.
"Tan is about the same age as us. We joined the Sparkling Gold Civilization almost at the same time and received training together in the Golden Valley."
After getting Yin's answer, Qingkong concluded that his judgment was correct.
Through the conversation recounted by Helkkin, we can understand that Pan and Tan are not just former colleagues of the World Bank. Especially now that Pan has been driven out of the Shuojin Civilization, he has a very different status from Tan, the director of the Bad Debt Processing Office.
Pan and sandalwood are familiar with each other, which represents that Yin and sandalwood are also familiar with each other.
It’s just that Luke didn’t want to involve Yin, so he didn’t get to know Tan through Yin.
Qingkong came to see Yin without telling Luke, because tonight is the time when the Art County Ice Cave agents will join forces with Tan to assassinate Luke. In order to understand the opponent better, Qingkong went against Luke's wishes to find Yin to find out the situation.
"Is Tan's twin sister called Ying?"
Yin was surprised and asked, "How do you know Ying?"
Qingkong smiled and said, "I have my own channels. Tell me about these sisters!"
This topic brought back Yin's memories of her beautiful childhood. She let go of her reserve, took off her shoes, curled up on the sofa, took another sip of wine and began to talk: "Tan and Ying are both geniuses in the ancient Shuojin language. Those languages that are difficult to understand and use are as simple to them as their own mother tongue, which makes me and... Pan very envious.
Tan's physical fitness, like her language talent, is the best among our peers, but Ying's body is very weak. In my impression, she is constantly taking various medicines and is unable to complete the daily training.
I don’t know if you have ever been to Golden Valley, but a child with poor health cannot persist in that kind of training and environment.”
Qingkong replied: "I have been to the Golden Valley. The training and selection of children by the Golden People are more rigorous than the training of children by the barbarians. Children who fail the training will be expelled from the Golden Civilization."
"Yes, if Ying fails the training, they will all be expelled. So Tan will play the role of Ying and complete Ying's training. You have to know that such a large amount of training is already a huge burden for a child, but Tan insisted on completing two training sessions in the same amount of time without interruption for a single day.
This is probably why she is so strong, not only because of her body and talent, but also because of her willpower which is beyond the reach of ordinary people."
Qingkong asked: "Tan's shadow training should not be hidden from the instructor of the Golden Man, right?"
Yin smiled and said, "Of course we couldn't hide it, but we all thought we had. Tan's talent is so good that the instructors spontaneously concealed it for her."
"What happened to Ying? Ever since Tan entered the bad debt handling office of the World Bank, there seems to be no news of Ying."
Yin thought for a moment and said, "Since we grew up and started working at the World Bank, we have had very little time to meet the sisters. After all, we are bank managers and Tan is a debt collector.
Four years ago, at a gathering, it was probably the last time I saw Ying. Her health was much better than when she was a child, and she joined the Priest Academy and became a priest respected by all the Shining Gold people. "
Qingkong asked here: "Ying is a priest? But there is no Ying in the Priest Academy of the Shining Gold."
In the Anno game, bored players have tried their best to find Shadow. Even the most mysterious Priest's Academy of the Shining Gold People was sneaked into by players, but still found nothing.
Yin was also surprised to hear that Ying was not in the Priest's Court: "Ying is not in the Priest's Court? How is this possible! She has a very high talent for the ancient Golden Language. She doesn't need to participate in training, and she locks herself up to study the ancient Golden Language.
She has mastered many ancient words of the Golden Language that were thought to have been forgotten. Only the Priestess Academy can fully develop her talents. She even invented a divine difference machine. "
Qingkong grasped the key point and asked, "What is the Divine Difference Machine?"
Yin said: "The difference machine can assist mathematical operations and has been widely used in many scientific research fields. Ying wanted to apply the difference machine to the compilation of ancient golden language. She said that if her magic difference machine technology is successful, it can simulate some of the functions of the artifact.
At first we all thought she was just daydreaming, but later she actually made a magic difference machine, but that difference machine collapsed and destroyed itself after performing a simple magic spell. "
Can the functions of the artifact be simulated?
Of course, the artifact is the interpretation of the origin of the world, and the ancient language is the use of the artifact to interpret the origin of the world to perform secret arts. If a machine can connect to the artifact and can quickly complete the writing and adaptation of the ancient language, it can be understood as a weakened version of the artifact.
The difficulty in building this machine lies in...how to make the Difference Engine understand and express complex ancient languages.
In his own spiritual starry sky, Qingkong used the spiritual orb to quickly infer and model the divine differential machine.
The conclusion is that the divine art differential machine cannot operate independently and must be matched with a person who is proficient in ancient languages as the core. The core is responsible for establishing a connection with the artifact and providing the spiritual cognition required by the divine art, while the differential machine focuses on the writing and adaptation of ancient languages.
Once the magic differential machine is developed, it can become a platform connecting the Shining Gold Man and the magic weapon, allowing the Shining Gold Man to conveniently use the magic differential machine to cast magic that he does not know, and at a faster speed and with greater power.
The Shining Gold Man must have realized the significance of the Divine Difference Machine, which is why he deliberately hid the shadow.
Qingkong, who possessed part of Luke's memories, understood the significance of this platform better than the Golden Man. It could significantly raise the Golden Man's lower limit and infinitely increase the Golden Man's upper limit. Even creating a god through technical means was not impossible.
If Ying uses herself as the movement of the divine difference machine, then Tan, who is in tune with her mind, will be the strongest Shining Gold man in the history of Shining Gold civilization.
To what extent has the Divine Difference Machine been developed so far?
Facing a world that has been changed beyond all recognition by Luke, it is impossible to predict. One can only hope that the Golden Compass in the abyss will prevent the Difference Machine from fully exerting its effectiveness.
Yin, who had drunk a whole glass of liquor, was a little tipsy. Seeing that Qingkong hadn't spoken for a long time, she asked, "Ms. Qingkong! Miss Qingkong! Do you think Ying's disappearance is related to the magic differential machine?"
Qingkong came back to his senses and asked Yin, "Have you ever talked about the Divine Difference Machine with other people?"
"No! When I last met Ying, she told us not to mention the Divine Difference Machine to anyone. Even if the elders ask, don't tell them."
"Yes, don't tell anyone. Thank you, Yin..."
"If it's to protect him, I'm willing to do anything." Yin paused and asked, "You asked me so many questions about Ying and Tan, is it because... they are threatening his safety."
Qingkong smiled and said, "You are such a smart girl, but your brilliance is overshadowed by Pan."
His guess turned out to be true. Yin's drunken head sobered up instantly: "I will go find Tan now and ask her to give up the assassination of the Meteorite Governor."
Qingkong said, "I came to see you, but Yunxing didn't know. He didn't want you to be involved in this incident because Pan was also involved.
Don't worry, Miss Yin! Knowing the potential strength of Tan, we have the means to deal with it. I am Qingkong, and I exist to protect him. No matter who the opponent is, I will fulfill my duty.
Get some good sleep, tomorrow is the day for the second meeting between Meteorite and the Elders of the Shining Gold People, you will be very busy."
Yin wanted to help, but her head became dizzy again. She looked at the clear sky and reached out to grab the other person, but her vision gradually blurred and she fell asleep.
Qingkong finished the wine in the glass and stood up.
With a wave of his hand, a velvet blanket on the bed floated over and covered Yin.
Qingkong walked up to the railing of the terrace, then took another step forward and jumped down.
here we go!
