527.Chapter 525 524 Is this your farewell? Or are you just spreading dog food?

Chapter 525: 524.Are you saying goodbye? Or are you spreading dog food? -Monthly votes plus 610

After the administrator Alpha disclosed the news of the “internal test coming soon”, it was like a bolt of lightning that struck the majority of people online on the forums, causing them to discuss it more and more vigorously in the group.

This group currently had almost 3000 people, and the activity level was so high that it was scary, this would stir up a thousand layers of waves, causing the group to send out messages so fast that normal people couldn’t even catch them, basically belonging to the level of 10 seconds 999.

It was impossible to chat in this situation.

Therefore, several large guilds started discussions in their respective small groups, and some long-sleeved “electronic goblins” were constantly opening new small groups to share the joy of the upcoming new version.

It was no exaggeration to say that the forums were as lively as the New Year.

However, the “culprit” who triggered this state of affairs, Alpha, was nowhere to be seen, just like the bad guy who dropped a big bomb to blow everyone up and then ran away in a puff of smoke.

In fact, it was Murphy who was to blame.

As the “Hidden Uncle’s Party”, he threw out a piece of insider information to amuse everyone, yes, but he was also really busy, because after midnight today not only represented the successful conclusion of the Holy Blood Festival that lasted for ten days, but also meant that the “International Student Group” sent to Chardonnay Harbor was about to depart. “is about to depart.

Prof. Malcolm had temporarily handed over his duties and work as the first officer of the Consul’s administrative team to Miriam, and he would be leaving Transylvania tonight with the hand-picked children and the merchants of the Batasin Chamber of Commerce.

The route has been chosen.

From the Andromeda Hills into the Smuggler’s Woods to the Transylvanian border with the Cato region, south along Lake Thulpus to the halfling border city of Mocha at the northernmost tip of the Genoese Peninsula, and from there, transfer to a steam train and head south to their final destination of Chardeau Harbor.

According to the professor’s estimation, this journey would take about half a month, counting the necessary time loss, and assuming that everything goes well, the tools that this purchasing group bought from the halfling cities would be returned to Transylvania two months later.

At that time, the Black Plague had already broken out, but it shouldn’t be enough to break through the Desolate Mountain defense line, so Transylvania should still be in the critical stage of the war, and the arrival of this batch of life-saving tools would surely be able to give Transylvania’s manufacturing industry a valuable supplement.

Of course, this is based on everything going well, if there is a delay in the middle . Uh, it wouldn’t really matter too much.

Because Murphy didn’t put all his hopes on this batch of urgently purchased manufacturing tools, even if those things were successfully sent back to Transylvania, the poor local manufacturing practitioners would have to take time to adapt to the proficiency before they could start “industrial upgrading”.

In Murphy and Miriam’s plan, this batch of purchases was more to cope with the development of Transylvania after the Black Plague.

As well as if the situation goes to the worst, if this black plague also like before into a tug-of-war that lasts for several years, Transylvania in a bad situation must have a certain ability to produce blood, Murphy obviously does not want his Transylvania to embark on the previous kind of “destruction – construction – re-destruction” of the same old road.

That kind of situation will never be able to develop.

“The Black Calamity is coming, even if the Halflings dislike war, they will not block our purchases in Chardonnay Harbor in the name of supporting the Black Calamity, so the Governor can rest assured.

I’ve read something similar in the records of the last Black Plague, when the Kingdom of Sealand and Nordtorf were in dire need of a large amount of weapons and material support in a tragic war situation, and the Steam Lords even took a rare military control in order to support the civilized camp’s battles.

During the most difficult period, 70% of the factories in the entire Port of Chardonnay had turned to the production of weapons and war resources, so it could be said that the continental camp in the Fourth Black Plague relied on the production of the Port of Chardonnay to support them until the moment of counterattack.

And that ‘wartime production system’ wasn’t abolished after the Black Calamity, so I guess that’s the Steam Lords’ countermeasure prepared in advance for this Black Calamity.”

Under the building of the administration office, Murphy and Miriam were sitting on the same carriage, sending Professor Malcolm, the head of the “Procurement Mission”, to the outskirts of the city to meet up with his team.

In the carriage, which had been subjected to an “anti-snooping technique”, the professor, who was wearing formal clothes and had already entered the Transylvanian ruling circle, assured the governor and the consul with a straight face:
“So, in the most optimistic scenario, when I bring a request for war purchases to the table of the Steam Lords on behalf of Transylvania, in a very short time they will give us the response and help we deserve.

The most troublesome aspect of such large-scale purchases lies in obtaining local support, and once we have official endorsement, the subsequent purchasing actions will be green-lighted all the way.

I’m guessing that the Steam Lords will even take the initiative to step in and help us coordinate the transportation of various purchases; the Halflings are smart, they don’t lack foresight, and they understand very well what a dangerous variable it will bring to the continental battlefield once Transylvania falls in this Black Plague.”

“So, we can still take the opportunity to press the price, right?”

Murphy told a joke that made all three people in the compartment laugh, and after a few seconds, he addressed Professor Malcolm with a straight face:

“Actually, I wasn’t joking. If the most optimistic scenario you anticipate comes to pass, then I suggest that you triple your purchases of all manufacturing tools when purchasing the supplies on that thick list.”

“That.”

When the professor heard the governor’s proposal, he hesitated a bit, and after thinking for a moment, he said:

“If we raise the purchase of those mechanical tools to three times, it would mean that the Halflings would almost have to support enough huge production lines for a small duchy to be able to be self-sufficient.

I think that would be very difficult.

But I will try to try to get as much for us as I can, however the Halflings, while enlightened, are very much about fair trade.

Even if a Steam Lord were to step in and coordinate, even if the price were to be lowered in the name of support, three times the amount of purchases would mean an astronomical bill, and our finances are honestly already in a bad way, Your Excellency the Governor.

The rapid stabilization of Transylvania in the past few months is all thanks to the wealth accumulated by the Blood Vulture Clan over the past 400 years, and it can be said that you have been spending your own money to support your people, and although the Hidden Treasure Bay Casino has been generating a staggering amount of revenue, once the war begins, the revenues there will definitely be affected as well.

Such a financial situation is almost unsustainable.”

“But if Transylvania is gone, what’s the point of me having all that money?”

Murphy shook his head and reached out to take out a special card with the Thorn Clan’s seal from his pocket, handing it to Professor Malcolm as he said:

“Just yesterday, I pledged the last of the Blood Vulture Clan’s wealth to Lady Shani in exchange for their liquidity support at the Thieves Guild headquarters.

Feel free to go ahead and buy it!
Anything that can be bought, anything that is beneficial to the development of Transylvania can be bought! If you don’t have enough money, go to the Thieves’ Guild and find the Thorn Clan’s representative there, and they’ll support you with enough overdraft balance, that’s a loan that I’ve endorsed with the sovereignty of Transylvania.

I know a territory can’t be bought with money, but wealth does need to be spent wisely, otherwise it’s just a pile of precious metals taking up space.”

The professor was silent.

He reached out and took the card that Murphy handed him.

It was very, very light, but it weighed a thousand pounds when it landed in Professor Malcolm’s hand.

Though Murphy spoke with a breezy lightness, the professor, being as smart as he was, could fully understand that Murphy was practically putting a part of Transylvania’s future in his hands.

That heavy pressure was secondary.

This kind of trust alone was enough to make Professor Malcolm, a scholar who had spent the first half of his life teaching and educating others, feel a sense of mission.

Murphy noticed the professor’s change of heart, he smiled and patted Professor Malcolm’s arm, saying:

“Don’t feel pressured, do your best.

If our resistance in Transylvania fails, you will be the one to protect those 500 carefully selected children, even if Transylvania falls into the hands of the barbarians, even if all the traces of our efforts are burned by the jackals in a fire, it doesn’t matter.

When they grow up, I am sure that they will be able to rebuild Transylvania with their own hands as well.”

“Murphy! Stop pressuring Professor Malcolm.”

Miriam couldn’t help but speak up from the side:

“I’m sure the professor will do his best for Transylvania.”

“I believe that too, and that comment just now wasn’t a power play, Professor.”

Murphy looked out the window and shook his head:

“I really do, we don’t have a sure thing after all, I can be confident in front of others, but I don’t have to be in front of you. Prepare for the worst, fight and struggle for the best future with the most exhaustive efforts, this is the strategy that Transylvanians should adopt when facing disasters.”

“Positive and negative words were said by you.”

The Scarlet Consul bristled as she picked up a document bag beside her and handed it to Professor Malcolm, saying:
“I will formally appoint you as Transylvania’s ambassador to the Port of Chardonnay, Professor, and you will be in full charge of our diplomatic matters in the Genoa Peninsula. Your wife, Lady Fna, will also be given the title of Honorary Baron of Transylvania, and she will assist you in the unfolding of your work there as the embassy’s first officer.

Murphy has gone through the Clan of Thorns and will prepare a place for you and the children to live in Chardonnay Harbor prior to your arrival, and the Clan of Thorns will send a team to take care of your security there.

But for the children’s enrollment in school, I will still have to ask you to use your connections and credentials in the educational community of Chardonnay Harbor.”

“I don’t think we can use them for our security.”

Professor Malcolm shrugged, chuckling at the seriousness of the situation:
“Little Count Sherron and her formidable mountain folk rider and a hundred winged cavalrymen are perfectly adequate to guard our security as well as that of the embassy.” “The Winged Cavalry is indeed formidable, but their commander, Madame Sonnie, went forward to Port Chardonnay more for the purpose of settling a pregnancy.”

Murphy joked:
“Although Knight Valander can’t read a single word, he is indeed a good man who cares about his wife, just as I make ‘backups’ for Transylvania, this Mountain Folk Winged Cavalry is actually a backup made by Sherron for his ancestor’s woodland.

Of course, persuading Sherron to go with you to Chardonnay Harbor was a difficult process, and the child was never willing to give up her duty to the Sicorian domain.

But her talent for steam engineering is something we desperately need, and she has promised to escort the machinery back here once the first purchases have been made, but I’ll tell you additionally, Professor.

Leave her there!
Don’t let her return until the war is clear.”

“Well, I can understand that.”

The professor nodded, then something occurred to him and he asked:
“Do I need to open up a ‘base’ in Chardonnay Harbor reserved for the foreigners? They will definitely head to that lively place to start their own adventures in the future, and their reckless style will bring them trouble if they are not guided.”

“If it’s possible, that would certainly be best.”

Murphy was pleased to see that Prof. Malcolm also possessed a certain amount of “Development Team Talent”, see, he even knew to take the initiative to dig a hole for the subsequent plot.

He let out a chuckle and handed the professor a special arithmetic pearl in his astonished gaze.

Murphy coughed twice and said seriously:

“Then, at the moment when we are about to part, I would like to extend an invitation to you as the administrator of the Real Otherworld development group, Malcolm of the Otherworld, are you willing to join our small group and become the guide and shelter of the Otherworlders on this continent?
Are you willing to dedicate your wisdom and the rest of your life to build a ‘paradise in the Otherworld’ for them?”

As Miriam’s adjutant and one of the administrative NPCs who had the most contact with the players, the professor had a certain knowledge of the players’ secrets.

Most importantly, Professor Malcolm maintained a rather good personal relationship with Lady Water and Professor Chen, and he had been learning about the history of the Otherworld from these two.

Although Murphy had never explicitly told him about the origins of the Otherworlders and their marvelous relationship with this world, the professor clearly had his own judgment on this, and he had not been in a hurry to request more permissions from Murphy, he had simply waited inwardly until the moment at hand arrived.

Facing Murphy’s inquiry, the professor straightened his back and straightened his collar, saying seriously and gravely:
“Of course! I’ve been looking forward to fulfilling such a duty yet.”

“Very well, then I leave the management of the history section of the Forum Tavern in your hands, although with the great distance between Transylvania and Chardonnay Harbor being enough to break the link between this jewel and the core jewel, I have already delegated the authority.”

Murphy explained:
“Even in a ‘disconnected’ situation, you can use the ‘standalone’ mode to leave a post on the forums, although you can’t actively communicate with me, I will make corresponding adjustments based on the intelligence after seeing the post message.

Speaking of which.
My warrior ‘Moe Haha’ has proposed a remote communication device based on the validity of otherworldly knowledge, which she calls a ‘radio’, and I know that there is something similar on the Halfling’s side, so if you can, you and Xiao Xuelun should assist Moe Haha as soon as possible in completing the the creation and application of such a device.

The contact system consisting of the Arithmetic Treasure Pearls is susceptible to changes in the psychic energy environment, and we need a more secure channel of information communication.”

“Uh, okay.”

The professor took on the task.

The carriage also reached the outskirts of the city at that time, and the three of them got off and saw the huge caravan parked in front of them.

There were forty large carriages in total, and each of them had the golden lion logo of “Lion King’s Pride Logistics Group” on it, which represented that this caravan came from the Pink Cat Rabbit’s banner, and that guy’s attempts to monopolize the logistics field of Transylvania had obviously taken off.

Next to the carriages, the 500 selected “contingent students” ranging from 8 to 18 years old were saying goodbye to their parents and guardians, and would be heading to the school in Chardonnay Harbor to study and return to their homeland in the future with the knowledge to contribute to the rise of Transylvania.

Of course, the scourge of the Ten Years’ War has left the majority of these children orphans.

Their guardian is Sister Jules, the Transylvanian Religious Affairs Officer, who will bid farewell to the children with a kind smile and a bunch of “red envelopes” in her hand, one for each of them as a “subsidy” for the long trip.

Thanks to the “Charity Gambling Contest” organized by Old Huo on the Feast of the Holy Blood, the children did not have to go to a strange city with empty pockets.

The money in each red envelope was not much, but it was definitely enough for emergencies.

Many children were crying, causing Sister Jules and the parents to end up crying, and even those new players on the side of the road who had taken the “escort mission” from Cat Rabbit couldn’t help but start wiping their tears.

Alas, their own little players are really emotional.

Iron-hearted Governor Murphy wiped his sour eyes, so contemptuous comment, in the professor and his wife and children to join, he looked at the face of unhappy little Xuelun, the latter has also put on the uniform of the trip.

But she clearly preferred to stay in Transylvania to support the Black Plague War.

“Stop it.”

Murphy reached out and stroked little Sherron’s head as he said:

“You’re going on a serious matter this time, you’re already an adult, you should learn to deal with your own disappointments.”

“But my lords will say I’m a coward.”

Sherron said with displeasure:
“The counts of the Westcoast Collar never run away from war, and I’m probably the first Westcoast countess to run away from a battlefield.”

“After they saw all those support supplies you brought back for them, but anyone with a heart bigger than a stone knows that you’re not a deserter, you’re a hero!”

Murphy exhorted:
“The Black Plague isn’t going to end anytime soon, you can still come back and fight when you’re done with your own work. You have to remember that Professor Malcolm represents Transylvania in Chardonnay Harbor, and you represent the Blood Vulture Clan there.

While most of the time the two are one concept, there are always special circumstances where the interests of the two don’t actually coincide.

In those times, it’s time for you to step in.”

“Uh-huh, Mrs. Tris explained it to me, and I know what to do.”

Sheridan nodded and took the “Blood Wyvern Ambassador” badge from Murphy and fastened it to the front of his shirt, and just as Murphy was about to say a few more words to Sheridan, a whimpering cry suddenly rang out from the side of the room, causing the two vampires to turn around in dismay.

The Chosen Gray stood not far away in his trench coat.

He was holding Parian’s sister Delia in his left hand and Parian’s sister Mia in his right hand, the two girls who looked quite similar only their hairstyles weren’t quite the same cried into tears as they hugged their common love.

The red rings on the fingers of the two girls in their thick fluffy long coats gleamed in the cold wind of this night, and the same style of ring was on the fingers of both hands of the man who beat the gray.

This lucky dog finally relies on his “wine and guts” skill before the “love game” DeadLine is triggered, and he has a tough time with his “cyber love”.

It’s a double whammy!

Gee, should you say he doesn’t know how to love, or should you say he’s playing with flowers?
“Good girl, don’t cry, I promise, as soon as the Black Plague gets better, I’ll definitely go to Chardonnay Harbor to see you two.”

The beaten gray man’s eyes had gone red.

But as a responsible man, he showed quite a remarkable sentiment at this moment as he comforted his two girlfriends and said:

“Take care of yourselves in Chardonnay Harbor, study hard and don’t let down Professor Chen’s expectations of you, although he doesn’t say it on his lips, he actually already regards you two as his students, and he very much hopes to personally cultivate two outstanding Otherworldly Architects.

Don’t cry, good boy.

Old Chen Tou and I will definitely visit you guys, I swear.”

“You can’t frown on another woman!”

Sister Parian stood on her tiptoes and bit hard on the gray-hitting man’s ear, saying:
“You’ll be dead if we find out! The guards of the Batasin Chamber will be watching you.”

“If you don’t come visit us, we’ll find boyfriends over there.”

Parian’s sister was even more ruthless, kissing the gray man’s neck while issuing a “death threat”, the two sisters’ demands made the gray man laugh and cry.

He held his electronic wives tightly in his arms and whispered:
“Who else but you two little fools would look at a poor student like me? I’ll stay with you until we’re separated by fate, I swear! I’ll marry you guys when I’m more powerful, I’m sure that damn feature will definitely be opened up one day!

We can try again then .”

“Shut up, dirty bastard!”

(End of chapter)