Chapter 248: Miners, Construction, and Intentions (8600, nearly 9000)
"Mr. Manno, this is your Identity Card!"
"You must wear either the Wrist Device or the Identity Card on your body. Otherwise, the armed robots in the Camp won't recognize your identity and will treat you as an Intruder, opening fire directly!"
Inside the simple prefabricated steel barracks, Manno Daisei, dressed in a miner's uniform and wearing a Safety Helmet, sat nervously inside the simple yet sturdy Bus, tightly clutching his identification tag.
"Just hang it around your neck!" The Middle-aged Man beside him, also dressed as a miner, held a flat glass Flask in his hand. Seeing his nervousness, he comforted him.
The man's name was Ishikawa Noritake. According to him, he was the Boss of a corporation in Shizuoka Prefecture. After the snake disaster, his company went bankrupt, and with nowhere else to go, he could only choose to work here.
"Mr. Ishikawa, the people from Yashida Corporation said they want us to mine. What kind of Ore are we digging for?" Manno Daisei looked outside somewhat restlessly, feeling uneasy, and couldn't help but ask Ishikawa beside him.
Ishikawa tilted his head back and took a small sip of Sake, waving his hand. "You'll know when we get there. Someone will be there specifically to guide newcomers like you!"
Beep Beep Beep—
As the inspection sound passed, the Camp Gate slowly opened, and over thirty simple but sturdy armed Buses slowly drove out of the Camp.
They were called simple because these Buses had discarded all decorative elements, not even having glass. The original Car Window positions were fitted with Protective Steel Plates, and even the Driver's front Windshield had layers of Wire Fence welded onto it.
Before getting on the Bus, Manno Daisei had seen that on the roof of the Bus, four seemingly powerful six-barreled Vulcan Cannons were installed, with long Ammunition Belts coiled around the Ammunition Launcher on the roof repeatedly.
The Artificial Sun in the Sky emitted light, illuminating the Road for these Buses.
The Road was muddy, rugged, and full of potholes, clearly just a path worn out by frequent vehicle traffic. Although the Tires of these Buses had undergone special modification, sitting inside the vehicle still felt extremely bumpy.
Through the Gaps in the outer Protective Steel Plates, Manno Daisei could see convoys joining them from time to time. Less than half an hour after leaving the Camp, their Mining Team had expanded to nearly a hundred Buses.
Along the way, Manno Daisei could see women and men working bent over densely packed in the wasteland illuminated by the Artificial Sun.
Manno Daisei quietly learned that most of these farmers were also Japanese, but compared to them, the Miner, these farmers responsible for planting, had half their Salary, only eighty thousand Japanese Yen.
Eighty thousand Japanese Yen. His monthly loan repayment alone was more than this amount, plus his wife's monthly household expenses and the child's tuition fees.
So, when choosing a profession upon entering the Camp, Manno Daisei chose Miner without hesitation.
However, the Weapons on the armed Buses gave Manno Daisei a bad premonition.
"Hmm! We're almost there!" Ishikawa, sitting next to Manno Daisei, checked the Time on the Wrist Device on his wrist and threw an Eyepatch to Manno Daisei.
"Put it on and close your eyes. We're about to pass through the Dark Zone. Don't worry, this Dark Zone isn't big, it's only a fifteen-minute journey!"
After speaking, Ishikawa fastened his Seatbelt, put on his Eyepatch, crossed his arms, and fell into Slumber, aided by the alcohol.
Manno Daisei held the Eyepatch Ishikawa threw to him and looked around. Some people around him were feigning sleep with Eyepatches on like Ishikawa, while others were newcomers as confused as he was.
There were also some who were excitedly peering through the Gaps in the Protective Steel Plates, seemingly preparing to watch a big show.
The Bus quickly drove away from the area covered by the Artificial Sun and entered a patch of Darkness.
Thump, thump, thump, thump. As the Driver in the front pressed the Switch, the front of the Bus instantly lit up with two large Headlights. The bright white Lights shone far out like two Light Beams, illuminating the Road ahead.
Over a hundred Buses drove in the Darkness, their Lights converging like a Light Dragon in the Darkness.
Rustle! Soon, Manno Daisei understood the Reason for the Weapons installed on the Buses. As sounds of Wing and Scale friction echoed in the air.
Then, Manno Daisei felt the Bus roof shaking.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat—
Amidst the sound of Heavy Machine Gun fire and piercing screams, the sound of heavy objects falling to the Ground was also interspersed.
"Boom! I took down six!"
"I got seven!"
"I only got three, shit, at least leave some for me—"
The White Person Driver, while watching the results of the automatic Vulcan Cannon's shooting on the face screen in front of him, was chatting with some Driver on the current channel. He seemed very familiar with this Dark Zone.
This narrow strip of land the Bus convoy was passing through was located at the Boundary between two Artificial Suns, no more than ten kilometers from east to west.
In the Darkness, the Headlights of the Buses attracted thousands of Predators. The first to arrive were Heimdall's winged creatures. The anti-air network of fire composed of over a hundred Buses and hundreds of Vulcan Cannons was like a red chain rising into the Sky. These duck-billed, eagle-bodied monstrous birds were instantly riddled under the dense firepower of the Vulcan Cannons.
"Outer vehicles, open side protection, activate Energy Pulse Guns!"
The noisy channel suddenly fell silent, and then a calm voice sounded in the channel.
"Received!"
The Driver put away his joking expression and replied in a serious tone. It seemed the vehicle he was driving was on the Boundary of the convoy.
Click!
The Driver flipped a Red Button next to the Steering Wheel, and then the Protective Steel Plate on the left side of the Bus split in two, revealing densely packed mobile firing ports inside.
Blue Energy Pulse Beams shot out from these firing ports. Manno Daisei lay in the Gaps of the Protective Steel Plate, using the faint light emitted by the Energy Pulse Beams to watch as large numbers of beasts and humanoid creatures fell down like wheat being harvested in the dark night.
"Only some small tribes and some beasts attracted by the bright light. These Dark Elves from Heimdall seem to have learned their lesson!"
Forty kilometers away from the convoy, at a Mining Base, the Artificial Sun hung high. Inside the Camp Office, one of the German Men wearing a German-style military uniform similar to the WWII Period was cutting sausage on his plate with a Knife and Fork while looking at the Satellite Monitoring screen in front of him.
The screen showed the situation of the Bus convoy on the move. Looking at the Pictures transmitted by the satellite's infrared camera, the Big man, who had originally planned to lure something, looked a bit disappointed.
"We deliberately left this Dark Zone, and at least several thousand Dark Elves are buried here, Bernie. They aren't fools either! Why would they send themselves to death knowing it's a Trap!" A Big man holding a coffee cup and drinking steaming Black Coffee glanced at the Satellite Monitoring and shook his head.
"I'm going to the metallurgy area in a bit. You'll be responsible for the newcomers when they arrive!"
The Big man gulped down the steaming Coffee in his cup, greeted the German Men who was studying the Satellite Image and trying to lure something in a different way, put down the cup, and prepared to go out.
Bernie picked up a sliced Red Sausage with a silver fork and ate it with relish along with some bread, waving his hand without turning his head.
"Officer!"
Inside the Base, Fully Armed Soldiers could be seen everywhere. Most of them came from Training Camp in Siberia and the Middle East, a small portion from Mercenary Group in East Africa, and another portion were elite gunmen transferred from the Underworld.
These unruly Soldier on Earth became obedient like dolls when they saw Monroe, actively saluting and greeting him.
Monroe just nodded slightly in response.
As Card Sequence Soldier, he and Bernie were the managers of this Mine. Besides the Big Boss and a few Leader, they had absolute management authority over this Camp.
This included the command and control authority over forty defensive Iron Soldier and the control over the intelligent fire control weapons within the Base.
Monroe walked quickly. In less than five or six minutes, he arrived at a strictly enclosed Residential Area.
"Mr. Monroe, the new batch of Metal Ingots has been smelted!"
Seeing Monroe enter, the manager responsible for metal smelting work quickly greeted him and reported the progress of metal smelting.
In the empty space in the center of the Factory Building, there was a large glowing sphere exactly like the Artificial Sun hanging in the Sky, only its diameter was a few sizes smaller than the Artificial Sun.
Over ten round cauldron-shaped metal smelting furnaces were burned red hot by the blazing high temperature. Some workers were operating Mechanical Arms on computers to throw irregular Metal Ore into these furnaces.
Under the polymer heating supplied by the Artificial Sun's Energy Supply, the Ore in these metal smelting furnaces was quickly smelted into liquid batches, which were then poured into molds.
The Metal Ingots that had not yet cooled were each the size of bricks. Then, these Metal Ingots would be placed onto a conveyor belt and continuously forged by extremely heavy air pressure hammers. Along the complete assembly line, there were over ten air pressure gravity hammers of various specifications.
Each Metal Ingot needed to be forged hundreds or thousands of times by these air pressure gravity hammers to temper out impurities. Several types of Metal Ingots with impurities tempered out were grabbed by Mechanical Arms and placed into another specific large cauldron according to a fixed ratio. Under the Energy Supply of the Artificial Sun.
The Runes inside the large cauldron continuously flashed, changing the molecular ratio of these fused Metal Ingots. The final formed liquid was then re-injected into molds, resulting in a Metal block no bigger than a palm.
After it naturally cooled, the workers here would carefully operate Mechanical Arms to clamp it up and seal it in boxes.
This Alloy, which fused five types of metal and often required tens of tons of Ore to yield only a few kilograms, was given a strange name by the Big Boss - Essence of Five Metals! After inspecting the work of the metallurgy department accompanied by the metallurgy Supervisor, Monroe came to the Warehouse storing Metal Ore.
Inside the Warehouse, there were four Iron Soldier guarding it. Box after box of Metal Ingots were neatly arranged: Gold Bars, silver ingots, Copper Ingots, iron blocks... Monroe didn't even look at these boxes of precious metals stacked neatly. He walked to the deepest part of the Warehouse. In an area at the very back of the Warehouse, there were over ten locked large iron boxes.
Monroe bent down, used fingerprint unlock to open a box, took out a piece of Essence of Five Metals from the box, tossed it up and down a couple times in his hand, weighing its weight.
"How much is there?"
"This month's smelted Essence of Five Metals is half a ton, Magic Gemstones are three hundred eighteen pieces, and Magic Metal is twenty-five kilograms!"
The metallurgy Supervisor already knew the contents of the Warehouse by heart.
"Too little!" Monroe put the Essence of Five Metals metal bar back into the box, re-fastened the box, locked it properly, stood up, and said to the metallurgy Supervisor.
"A batch of newcomers will be sent over recently. The Ore mining output can at least double. Your smelting quantity must also keep up!"
"Understood, I understand!" The Supervisor agreed repeatedly. A mining cart, a large pot of water, a Safety Helmet, and a pig snout-style filter face mask, a set of mining equipment that looked very high-tech, and two boxes of self-heating vegetarian bento – these were all the necessary equipment for Manno Daisei to go down the Mine.
Entering and exiting the Mine could only be done by lying flat on the mining cart. Even so, his face was only three fists' distance from the rocks overhead.
The oppressive and suffocating atmosphere made Manno Daisei feel like he couldn't breathe.
The mining cart was automatic driving, and its Speed was not slow, but it still traveled for over ten minutes from the mine pit entrance.
The terrain along the way was all like this environment of gaps between mountain rocks, moving close to the Ground. Every few meters, Manno Daisei could see jacks and Steel Plates supporting the rock ceiling.
This gave his tense heart a little comfort, so he didn't have to worry about encountering a collapse and being buried alive.
Soon, the mining cart brought him to an open Mine. The Space here was large, and people could stand up completely. Lighting fixtures were installed on the mine ceiling, preventing this Mine from being too dark.
In this Mine, Manno Daisei also saw two patrolling Iron Robot.
In the Mine, everyone worked according to the areas designated by these two Iron Robot, mining and excavating. According to the Old Miner, the internal analysis program of these two Iron Robot could designate directions that would maximize the avoidance of collapse.
According to the person in charge of the Camp,
There were seven or eight Mine near the Camp. The Mine they entered was located deep within the Mountain Interior and was rich in rare gemstones. It had the harshest conditions among the several Mine.
However, it also had the best treatment, with an additional fifty thousand Japanese Yen subsidy each month. Those who dug up a large number of gemstones also received additional rewards. Ishikawa was in this mining area.
According to the demonstration by the Elder before entering the mine pit, Manno Daisei put on the mining equipment. It was like a back brace health product. He wore a hollowed-out metal arm over his right arm. At the end of the arm was a device integrating detection, excavation, and mining.
Buzzing!
Manno Daisei aimed the tip of the metal arm at the Ore rock layer, then pressed the Switch on his waist. The spikes at the end of the arm vibrated at high frequency, digging into the Rock Layer two to four or five centimeters like cutting tofu.
"Sugoi!"
Manno Daisei was somewhat amazed by the formidableness of this equipment. He looked left and right. At this moment, everyone was engaged in intense work. Thinking of his wife and children at home, Manno Daisei didn't dare to be negligent and quickly also immersed himself in mining.
The semi-automatic Mechanical Arm, supported by the Energy Source at his waist, excavated the rock wall like cutting tofu. However, perhaps because the number of gemstones in the ore layer was too scarce.
Manno Daisei dug for a full two hours, and he was almost suspecting if he had dug in the wrong place, when his detector's indicator light emitted red light, accompanied by the Beep Beep Beep of the Alarm Sound.
Manno Daisei lay on the Ground, scrabbling through the dug-out gravel powder, and finally found a Red Gemstone the size of a mung bean.
His Wrist Device silently recorded this scene and added it to the Database. "According to Red Queen's estimated yield analysis, the magic gemstone mine in the Mountain Interior can be mined for at most two more months. The quantity is very small, so there's no need to use explosives for violent mountain excavation. Yes, I understand! The smelted Metal Ingots will be transported back to the Warehouse tomorrow morning!"
Monroe hung up the Satellite Phone and said to Bernie, "The Pioneer group has opened up a new mining area using Yamata no Orochi. Boss Kane wants us to send fifty skilled workers over!"
"Skilled workers! There are only a few skilled workers in the entire mining area! Didn't you explain the situation clearly to Boss Kane!?"
"I did. Boss gave us a week's time for them to bring newcomers!"
"Those beasts from the Pioneer group, can't they let Yamata no Orochi rest for a few days!" Bernie complained.
Over 150 kilometers away from this Mine, in a Mountain Hollow, a huge glowing sphere rose into the Sky. Then, a huge figure on the Ground pounced towards the Darkness, chasing after the Artificial Sun flying up into the Sky, like a Child whose lollipop was taken away.
The rumbling sound of the giant creature collapsing mountain rocks grew farther and farther away in the Darkness... Not long after, a convoy of dozens of Buses and armed Trucks arrived at this Mine. The first to get off were a batch of Guards wearing Black Demon Battle Armor. They all wore the same style face masks as the Predator from back then. The infrared scanning instruments on the face masks made them like fish in water in the Darkness.
As for the batch of Guards who were not wearing face masks, they had all been injected with the latest type of low-light agent. Even in the Dark Heimdall, they all saw the night as daytime.
After they completed the Alert,
A large batch of Engineers and workers got off the vehicles and began building barracks and setting up the Camp according to the established plan. Under the rampage of Yamata no Orochi, the native creatures of this Mine had already fled from here. However, for safety's sake, over ten Iron Soldier were still escorting and protecting them in the Sky.
"According to this progress, in another half a year, our Mining Base can be expanded to twenty. However, the Mine must be connected. Our Manpower is too scarce, and these Mining Base are too far apart. Once attacked, it will be difficult for us to react in time!"
Inside the Camp leading to the Heimdall Space Gate, Kane looked at the Satellite Image, and the laser pointer in his hand lit up.
"Communication between the Mine must be ensured. Within half a year, at least six more Satellites must be launched. At the same time, add more outpost type small camps between the Mine, and increase the number of Artificial Suns!"
The Reason for the distance between the Mine being too far was to prevent Yamata no Orochi from being attracted by the Artificial Sun and attacking the mining camps.
Therefore, the landing points chosen for the Artificial Sun used by the Pioneer group to lure the snake were at least 100 kilometers away from their Mine, in areas with rich resources or where there were powerful magical beasts.
Everyone present was Government High-level Staff within the Tang Group, and they all understood Kane's position among the Big Boss individuals. They silently took notes.
"Dr. Otto, is there any difficulty in the manufacturing of Artificial Suns?"
Kane looked at Doctor Octopus and asked.
Doctor Octopus thought for a moment. "The toughness and durability of the Essence of Five Metals are sufficient, but to withstand the high temperature of the Artificial Sun, it still needs to be mixed with some Adamantium. I need a batch of Adamantium solution as the outer shell for the Artificial Sun!"
"Okay! I will handle this!"
Kane nodded, indicating he noted it down.
Currently, the quantity of secondary Adamantium alloy manufactured within the group is not large, but we can spare some to still satisfy Doctor Octopus's needs.
"What about satellite launches, is there any difficulty—"
"Guaranteed completion!" The Supervisor responsible for satellite launches was the Supervisor of the Tang Group Aerospace Technology Department. Hearing Kane's words, he hurriedly guaranteed.
Within a week's time, Ore from various mining areas was successively transported to the Base where the Space Gate is located. After registration and cataloging, Kane allocated the destination of these ores.
Most of the Essence of Five Metals was transported to Raccoon City. There was a batch of professional forging masters there, all champions of the Blade Forging Competition in recent years. They were responsible for forging these Essence of Five Metals into magic tool blanks.
Of course, before that, over ten micro-carving masters within the Base would operate modified micro-carving machines to carve the internal spirit mark patterns inside these blanks.
These patterns used magic gemstone dust as material and are excellent energy conductors. In terms of Energy Supply, each Magic Tool would be equipped with a Cosmic Cube energy crystal stone.
This kind of magic-modified Magic Tool can only be considered a simplified version, but it can achieve mass production, with a daily output of over two hundred. Most are standard military knives and military daggers.
The several spirit mark restrictions are also very simple, generally inscribed with minor spell restrictions like sturdiness, unstoppable bleeding, and sharpness.
Another portion of the Essence of Five Metals was directly transported to the Boss's manor meditation room. This Essence of Five Metals would become nourishment for the Boss's Refinement of the Sword Pill, transforming into Primeval White Astral Qi to be absorbed by the Sword Pill.
Most of the magic gemstones were sent to Raccoon City, but a portion would be set aside.
It would be supplied to the Underground Black Market Selene is responsible for. One reason is to increase the black market's attractiveness, and secondly, they caught the dwarf who forged the Golden Warriors for the Dark Elves.
They need large quantities of ore and magic gemstones to forge Golden Warriors... Although the combat power of this kind of Golden Warrior is not outstanding, under the amplification of magic, they have a kind of never-wearing-out, never-stopping, nearly constant ability, making them excellent magic golems.
The Boss plans to forge another three hundred thirty-four Golden Warriors, bringing the total number of Golden Warriors to one thousand. They can be used later for clearing out cannon fodder.
As for the other Metal Ingots like gold, silver, copper, and iron, they will be transported back in batches to the Tang Group's mining company and several firearms manufacturing plants.
The portion transported to the mining company also needs to be reallocated. Allies in the Sacred Shield Brotherhood like Weyland and The Church will definitely take a share.
Weyland needs relatively more ordinary metal ore. As for The Church, they are generally sent molten and cast into shape silver crosses and silver-plated gold crosses.
Besides the Sacred Shield Brotherhood, there are also some of Tang Group's Partner. Boss Tang's close "friends" also need to be given a share.
According to Boss Tang, it is to make as many friends as possible. Friends with vested interests are the best. Compared to vague and ethereal friendship, only interests are Eternity.
To break this "friendship," unless others can offer more interests. But if that day truly comes, Boss Tang wouldn't mind throwing off his suit jacket and letting them see what a Cultivator's methods are.
The snake disaster greatly alleviated the situation of manpower shortage for Tang Group in Heimdall. At least twenty thousand Japanese were sent by Yashida Corporation to work "overseas."
Although Yashida and the Japanese Government provided endorsement, the Family Member of these overseas workers were still somewhat uneasy at first because they couldn't contact their family. After all, in modern society, communication is so developed, what place would continuously have no signal?
Some suspected their family members were sold abroad by Yashida. They even went to the entrance of Yashida Corporation to cause a disturbance, but were quickly and strongly suppressed by the police force dispatched by the Japanese Government.
The Japanese Police showed a rarely seen strong attitude. There was no other way. General Krav, the Navy Commander of the Federation's Military Base in Japan, personally called the Japanese Defense Minister, and his tone was very tough.
If they cannot guarantee the safety of their own citizens, then he could dispatch the Garrison to help.
This frightened the Japanese Defense Minister, who called the Metropolitan Police Department overnight, asking him to properly handle Yashida's problem at all costs.
The people causing trouble were directly taken to the Metropolitan Police Department and detained.
It wasn't until half a month later, when Yashida sent the first month's Salary to their Family Member' bank accounts, that this matter was barely brought to a temporary close.
After the snake disaster, Mariko Yashida's reputation in all of Japan was almost unmatched. However, she did not actually run for the position of Japanese Prime Minister, but instead, after obtaining Boss Tang's agreement, supported a Councillor with close ties to Yashida to come to power.
Just as things in Japan were proceeding intensively with the Prime Minister election... Inside Tang Manor in New York, a Guest was welcomed.
What does Hell have? Demons, Devils, Dark Creatures, Malevolent Spirits.
Hell has as many as these demons, but also countless Mine, Lava River flowing constantly, and volcanoes erupting all the time, giving Hell mineral resources unimaginable to ordinary people.
There are many various energy sources in the Universe, but implementing it in the early stages requires a bit too much investment.
The Milky Way Galaxy is not a very chaotic Star Zone. Many things are owned, and many Planet suitable for survival are.
Compared to other Planet, Earth started a bit late. It's just like claiming Territory; good places have all been claimed.
If Earth wants to develop, there are two methods: one is to seize, the other is to buy, through resource exchange.
The interstellar merchant fleet that Tang Group just recruited followed Star-Lord, this foreign trade Supervisor, and wandered around the Milky Way Galaxy for a bit, discovering that the resources Earth can offer are really not many.
Firstly, in terms of Technology, except for the few items of Black Technology, others are a bit unimpressive compared to those alien life forms already engaged in Interstellar Travel.
As for resources, the good news is that even in the Marvel World Universe, the value of gold is not low. It's not like the imagined situation where any random Planet is full of gold.
Among the construction materials for ordinary Starships, there is a gold Alloy component. Therefore, the price of gold has not been suppressed as much as imagined with the advent of the Interstellar Age, but the price is also quite ordinary.
Another is energy. Energy is sought after on any Planet. The Energy Crystal formed by the Space Gem can even be used as Currency in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Unfortunately, continuously using energy crystals for bartering, given the purity of the Energy Crystal Stones, is extremely easy to attract covetousness. Furthermore, aside from the Energy Cubes Tang Group is fixed on selling, regular military energy magazine production, used in armed robots, Warships, and various other aspects, what's left is truly not much. Could it be they want Boss Tang to personally act as a 24-hour refining machine?
Just at this moment, the Dark Council side timely produced a copy of a map of Hell.
Of course, Boss Tang was not interested in Hell. The exploration of alien resources in the Reality Dimension is currently underway, and the development of Heimdall, this unclaimed land, occupied most of his Manpower.
Hell, that broken place, even dogs wouldn't go there! "Mr. Tang, we Dark Councillors are willing to serve you. Magic ore, gemstones, and metal produced in Hell are all yours!"
The Speaker (Dark Council) of the Dark Council, Norse, looked like a kind Santa Claus. You couldn't tell at all that he was a Necromancer who had lived for nearly a thousand years.
This was naturally not his True Body. Creatures like Necromancer' true body is their Phylactery. That is where their Soul is placed. Theoretically, as long as the Phylactery is not broken, Necromancer will not die.
Tang Song looked at the Guest who suddenly came to visit in front of him, tapped his fingers on the table a few times, raised his head, and looked at him.
"You have planted Manpower in Heimdall!"
The Chairman of the Dark Council, Norse, his expression froze. He immediately explained, "That was a misunderstanding. We had a wizard who was recruited into..."
"Forget it!" Tang Song waved his hand, interrupting his explanation. "Be direct. Tell me, what does your Dark Council want?"
"Mr. Tang, Mephisto died by your hand. Several Hell Dimension he ruled are vacant. Now the Hell Abyss, for his inheritance, has launched an Abyssal Blood War affecting dozens of Dimensions. Over ten Hell Lord are participating. Our Dark Council has detected a Hell Dimension that Mephisto once ruled!"
"Your Dark Council wants to occupy a Dimensional Realm!" Tang Song used a strange gaze (like looking at an idiot) to look at Norse.
That hellhole Hell, even he doesn't dare to get too involved now. Don't look at how he teamed up with the Ancient One and killed Mephisto, but that was under tricky circumstances. After Mephisto was pulled out of his Turf, he was ambushed by him using a large formation, and it was the final blow delivered after being secretly attacked by the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book for a long time.
With the Dark Council's meager strength, wanting to occupy a Dimensional Realm? It's not that Tang Song looks down on them, there's simply no chance at all.
"Mr. Tang, we hope to receive your help. After all, your reputation for killing Mephisto is widely spread across countless Dimensions..."
"Wait a moment. I don't care what your true purpose is. I'll say a few things. If your Dark Council can do them, then you can talk about your subsequent matters—"
Tang Song was not interested in Norse's flattery and once again interrupted him.
Norse appeared very respectful. "Is there anything you need us to do? Just command."
"First, help me kill someone, a Mage named Kaecilius. Second, I want Earth to no longer have sects and followers who believe in Dormammu. If your Dark Council can do these two things, then come back and talk to me about the subsequent matters!"
"Mr. Tang, please be assured! The Dark Council will definitely not disappoint you!" Norse stood up, took off his hat and bowed to Tang Song, then turned into a wisp of Black Smoke and disappeared in the Courtyard.
"Lane, what do you say is the Dark Council's purpose?"
Tang Song lay on his rattan chair, with an open copy of the Yellow Court Inner Scripture Classic covering his face, lazily basking in the Sun.
"Boss, I heard Hei Mu Mingliang say that when Black Wizard cultivate Dark Magic to a certain level, they can fuse their own Soul with the power of the Dark Dimension!"
"Dao Fusion? Interesting. It seems this Speaker (Dark Council) of the Dark Council wants to become the next Dormammu! Hell Lord, God of the Dark Dimension!"
"Boss, then we..."
"Don't worry about him for now. Let the people from the Dark Council clean up Dormammu's minions in the Reality Dimension. Without Coordinates, let's see how it finds Earth!"
Although Tang Song planned to take the Time Stone from the Ancient One, he did not want to face Dormammu directly. A time loop, and countless times at that, just thinking about it hurts.
Might as well directly dig up Dormammu's tentacles on Earth, so he can't find the way to Earth. Thinking of this, Tang Song slightly raised the Tome with the scent of ink and looked at Lane. "How is Strange's hand recovering?"
Lane, holding a cup of Tea, was picking grapes from the Fruit Plate and putting them in his mouth. "It has almost fully recovered. We used our latest type of Agent. It's been tested, and the nerve recovery level has reached one hundred percent. It won't delay him from continuing to be a surgeon!"
"Boss, the Federal Department of Defense side has had people visit multiple times—it's still about those Ancient Titans.
Yamata no Orochi rampaging in Japan frightened those Senior Government Officials. The Department of Defense's intention is to ask you to find a way to throw the remaining Ancient Titans all into Heimdall!"
(End of chapter)