Chapter 34

During the Moon Goddess Festival, the first floor was officially opened to the public. However, the second and third floors were still only accessible to members.

The original food counter was directly converted into a place for trading listed securities and stocks.

"What does it mean to buy one share for one gold coin?" This was a small businessman, so naturally he had no chance to participate in the first meeting that was hailed as the origin of stocks.

Li Hao invited all the prominent businessmen and mercenaries in Charleston to attend the meeting. At the meeting, she explained the operating organization and situation clearly.

However, these small businessmen are not aware of this because they are not eligible to attend the meeting.

There are ten companies listed now, eight of which are mercenary teams and only two are trading companies, including Li Hao.

When the small businessman understood what it meant, he hesitated for a moment and took out a hundred gold coins, spending ten gold coins on each one he tried.

One of the listed mercenary teams was called Yanhuo, which had more than thirty outstanding adventurers. Their captain was a formal mage who joined the team just for the sake of Victoria and Li Hao's face.

Yanhuo is a formidable mercenary group. However, they're no longer called a mercenary group, but rather the Yanhuo Development Group. For a mercenary group like them, every expedition is incredibly expensive. Whether it's potions or equipment, it's not something you can simply afford with a few hundred gold coins.

Although the returns were high each time, no one was willing to invest the money in the next adventure. This was a great worry for Naomi, the leader of the group.

Because not every investment will bring a return. Sometimes there is a possibility that the invested capital will not be recovered.

Most of the hired teams in Charleston are temporary teams. They pay for all the costs and profits themselves.

However, Naomi's team is different. These listed mercenary teams are relatively fixed.

Members don't receive a direct share of each profit, but rather receive a fixed salary plus a share of each activity. The group leader also covers all costs. This takes into account the group leader's financial capabilities. Naomi has made considerable sacrifices to reach her current level.

Li Hao painted a big picture for her, and she took out a 40-point profit. Li Hao estimated that there were 40,000 shares in total, and each share was worth one gold coin.

It's not as complicated as Li Hao's world, where assets are liquidated monthly, just the expenses and income of the hired team.

With Sharia, the exchange's representative, the costs and benefits of each transaction must be disclosed under the witness of the contract stone. This transaction is also very fair.

On the Moon Goddess Festival, Victoria told Li Hao the little story of the Moon Goddess Festival.

"Don't you have this festival where you live?" Victoria asked a little puzzled.

"We have other festivals," Li Hao said. "They're also quite lively."

"...Can you tell me where you are from?" Victoria couldn't help but ask.

"I'll tell you later." Li Hao valued this friend very much. Victoria was the only person in the world who made her feel at ease.

The Moon Goddess Festival is really lively. There are delicious foods on the streets. No matter what race, anyone who sees someone will give them a bunch of grass that looks like wheat ears.

On the street, whether it is a shop or an ordinary resident's home, a small table is placed at the door. On it are their own delicacies and drinks, which are all free and anyone passing by can take them at will.

Even the wizards who used to be high and mighty took to the streets, raising their hands from time to time to emit a flame, creating a lively atmosphere.

After attending the Moon Goddess Festival, Li Hao observed the situation at the exchange for a while and solved some minor problems. Then, he put on the space ring and clicked on the time travel.

The same process was repeated as last time, but the difference was that this time Li Hao brought back more things.

There were also significant changes within the base. First, there were more people. While Li Hao was away, Zhang Leiyu used the Spirit Crystal to test people. Eventually, he tested nearly ten thousand people.

There was already a team of thirty people, all of whom had been sent to the base. Each person had different aptitudes and different levels of meditation progress.

Fortunately, Li Hao developed the function of mental assistance and guided Gao Jianjun and Lei Lei in mental meditation.

The most impressive one is Gao Jianjun, who can now lift 50kg. Then there is Lei Lei, who can lift 30kg. Although she started late, she is the best.

But some time ago, they found a man in the army who could activate the light in 10 seconds. He had just started meditating.

Gao Jianjun, who could have been the fastest to learn meditation, made slow progress. On the one hand, it was due to his qualifications, and on the other hand, he spent most of his time on research.

"We've finally made some progress in our research on mental power," Director Luo said as he took Li Hao on a tour of the base. "Professor Luo Min has created a machine that can detect mental power through a special spectrum."

"We've also researched basic healing potions. By simulating elements and combining them with potions, we can create potions that are roughly one-tenth as effective without any infusions. This is a significant advancement for the entire base and for Chinese medicine as a whole."

Even a tenth of the effect is miraculous. Taking this important step is a very good start.

"That's really great." Li Hao didn't expect to hear such good news.

The potions in the magical world are truly amazing. Compared to being able to learn magic, those space technologies and potions are what the country really desires.

Everyone has selfish desires. In fact, when she came back for the second time, she took a bottle of medicine and poured it into her parents' tea.

Of course, this matter was reported later when he met the psychologist. Considering Li Hao's contribution, there is absolutely no problem with this matter.

"But..." Director Luo's tone changed. "The energy in those herbs has undergone some other changes. It was originally supposed to be magical elements, but the herbs we're growing now are a little different from the herbs we've grown before."

The research at the base was conducted on the mature herbs that were originally brought in, but now changes have occurred in the herbal seedlings that have not yet grown.

Li Hao looked at the herbs in the herbal medicine room and used his mental power to feel them. He found that it was indeed the case, and that he had seen this element before.

Before she could even begin, Director Luo had already spoken. "It's the energy you mentioned earlier. It's not a magical element."

"What about the efficacy of the medicine?" Li Hao asked. If that were the case, all the previous efforts would be wasted. By the time he traveled through time again, he would probably have to fill the space ring with potions.

"Are there any mature herbs now?" Li Hao asked. Most of the varieties of herbs in this cultivation room are not mature yet, and it is not convenient for them to use immature herbs for experiments.

Mainly, every herb seedling that can grow is used as a seed.

"There's still some time left." Director Luo said helplessly as he looked at the room full of herbs.

These herbs grow fast or slow, but it is unlikely to mature in two or three months.

"Let's put it aside for now. I have an idea. This energy is the same as magic and can bring the same effect to the potion." Li Hao said after thinking for a while. In the end, he could only helplessly wait for the potion to mature.

After touring the base project, Li Hao flew back home. It was already the Little New Year. This time, Li Hao brought back enough stuff to fill an entire room in his villa. He even got some space magic, something only a Level 2 mage could access.

It was enough for the base to conduct research for a long time, so she planned to live a good life.

But there was still a problem waiting for her, which was how to explain her current job to her parents.

Her parents didn't watch her livestream all the time, but they would occasionally check it out. They'd already noticed something was wrong. However, the people at the base had already spoken to her parents and said Li Hao was currently participating in a technology project.

Although there was official guarantee, her parents couldn't understand why their daughter suddenly got a job with the government.

After returning this time, Li Hao will definitely be interrogated and he will have to calm their emotions.

After the New Year, Li Hao will not return to the magical world, but will go to the second world to take a look.

....

Li Hao walked across the barren land, one foot deep and one foot shallow. The scorching sun made her sweat profusely. She had used her mental power to put a piece of canvas over her head to block the direct sunlight.

But even so, the watch on her wrist showed that the current temperature was 43 degrees Celsius, which was high enough to cause sunburn.

Moreover, it should have been morning when Li Hao arrived. There was no sun at that time, and the temperature was 34 degrees Celsius at the beginning. Li Hao and the people at the base originally thought that it was dusk, which was why the temperature was so high.

No one expected that 34 degrees Celsius was already considered relatively low, and now, after about two hours, it has risen to 43 degrees Celsius. It looks like it will continue to rise.

"Stay there for a while on that rock ahead." Barrages from the base came through the headset.

"Okay." Li Hao said word for word. There was no other way. When she arrived here, the base discovered a very serious problem.

The time flow wasn't right. Finally, after testing, they discovered that Li Hao's situation was at least eight times faster than this side. In other words, the live broadcast they saw of Li Hao was fast-forwarded.

After a few seconds, a voice finally came through Li Hao's earpiece. "You don't have to slow down. We've already slowed down the process. However, there may be some delay in our communication."

"It's like a live broadcast delay, right?" Li Hao nodded. She had already walked under the rock. But when she walked in, she looked at the stone in front of her and was stunned.

"This doesn't seem to be a stone, it's a T house."

From a distance, it looked like rocks, but when Li Hao walked in, he could see doors and what looked like windows. However, the concrete building was buried and tilted. From a distance, it looked like a large rock.

"Li Hao, leave now!"