Chapter 204 Stealing Gold is a Skill "Success!" the woman...
"It's done!" The girl leaned against the man, tilting her head slightly, and said softly.
The man's face also showed barely suppressed surprise. He raised an eyebrow and instinctively reached into the water to grab a handful.
"Slow down, don't get caught." The girl noticed his movements were a bit too large and quickly pressed him down gently.
"Hmm." The man took a deep breath before carefully stuffing the iron beads he had attracted one by one into a specially made storage bag in his sleeve.
"Hello~ What are you fishing for?" a blond, blue-eyed man asked curiously as he approached.
The two women froze for a moment, then quickly realized what was happening and pretended not to understand, smiling as they looked at the man: "Who are you?"
The blond, blue-eyed man scratched his head sheepishly: "I'm from Country E. I was just curious because you guys seemed to be fishing for something in the water."
The girl quickly made a movement with her hand in the water, and a colorless liquid flowed into the lake. The iron beads that were being attracted by the magnet instantly turned into transparent beads that were the same size as the lake water.
“We’re looking at these fish.” The man scooped up a tiny fish, only a centimeter or two in size, with his hand. “My wife wants to take some close-up photos of them.”
The man from Country E nodded in sudden realization: "This definitely deserves a close-up."
As he spoke, he glanced casually to the side, where a large woman nodded almost imperceptibly before turning and disappearing into the crowd.
"Is there anything else?" the girl from the East asked curiously, tugging at her lover's sleeve.
The man from Country E scratched his head and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. Sorry to bother you."
The girl smiled and nodded, then whispered in her lover's ear, "I just saw that the view across the way is even better, let's go take pictures there."
The man smiled and nodded, then politely said to the people from Country E, "Excuse me, I'll take my wife over there to take a look."
As they talked, the two of them, one holding my hand and the other embracing me, walked towards the other side of the lake.
Once they reached the other side, they found a secluded spot and continued playing in the water as if they were having a water fight. Just like before, they quickly ran out of iron balls. After staying for a while to make sure no more iron balls were being attracted, they pretended to have had enough and left.
Visitors from the East are touring the world's largest gold mine in Country X.
As he walked, he gently scattered things into every visible crevice of the gold mine, and then a young man not far from him had his hand trembling slightly in mid-air.
Tiny, dust-like iron filings kept drifting towards his cuffs.
After walking through the entire tour, he felt that his sleeves were so heavy that he could hardly lift them.
For about a month afterward, groups of people from the East would come to visit every now and then, bringing with them some iron filings.
After a month of effort, China's gold reserves have exceeded many people's expectations.
Country E is relatively well-off, as the gold at the bottom of these lakes is legendary and has never attracted much attention. However, Country X is different. In just one month, nearly a quarter of the gold in what is said to be the largest gold reserve suddenly disappeared.
"What exactly happened?!" The cabinet of Country X looked at the intelligence agency personnel with grim expressions.
The intelligence officer quickly shook his head: "I don't know. Neither Country A nor Country Dong has made any move, so it's definitely not a problem with those two countries."
"Are you suggesting there are ghosts or invisible people?!" the X cabinet demanded sharply.
The intelligence officer quickly explained, "But, Your Excellency, we really can't find any clues right now."
"Then keep searching! If all else fails..." A calculating and ruthless glint flashed in the eyes of the X cabinet, "If all else fails, then find a way to frame someone!"
"But...who should we frame?" The intelligence officer looked at the other party with a blank expression.
The X cabinet closed its eyes briefly before saying with a look of utter disappointment, "Didn't a delegation from the East recently come over? Why frame them!"
"But……"
"There are no 'buts'! Their technology is so advanced now, who knows if they have the technology to make gold disappear!"
"Yes, Your Excellency."
The intelligence officer nodded emphatically and excitedly accepted the order.
The situation here was not taken seriously by the Eastern Kingdom. After all, so much gold reserves had already entered the national treasury, which was enough to celebrate the financial crisis halfway through.
Their current focus is on the entirely new power system of cultivating immortality.
"Squad leader, why are we suddenly being called to assemble?" In the military camp of X Province.
"The secrecy regulations are a waste of space! Don't you understand what you should and shouldn't say?!" A dark-skinned soldier couldn't help but roll his eyes at the junior soldiers in his platoon.
The soldier, with a mischievous expression, said, "Yes, sir!"
Each company stood neatly in the square according to their assigned units, and for a time, the only sounds on the scene were shouts of slogans.
After several officers with the rank of senior colonel whispered something to each other, packets of gold beads were distributed one by one according to rank.
Xiaobing was a new recruit this year, and Jinzhu was the last one he received.
He held the tiny bead, no bigger than a grain of rice, with a look of curiosity on his face.
Before he could examine the strange bead closely, it suddenly flashed with a golden light, which became more and more obvious and emitted a series of ringing sounds.
The soldier was startled and glanced around furtively. He saw that most of the soldiers' gold beads showed no reaction, while a few were examining them with surprise.
It was only then that the soldier realized that these golden beads shimmered with different colors in each person's hand, and the shades and brightness of the colors varied.
"Anyone whose gold beads are glowing or making a sound, stay. The rest of you, hand over your gold beads and return to your unit."
After hearing the instructions from the generals on the platform, everyone began to line up one by one to hand over the gold beads, and then returned to their dormitories in tacit agreement.
After everyone left, the soldier realized that there were fewer than twenty people left at the scene, even though there were thousands of soldiers present that day.
"It seems the proportion is even higher in the military," a senior colonel on the stage said.
“Athletes, soldiers, Chinese Academy of Sciences…” one of the senior colonels said thoughtfully, “It seems to Colonel Lin that physical fitness and talent are inextricably linked.”
The man called Colonel Lin glanced at him before saying, "Colonel Zhang's point is indeed a new discovery."
Colonel Zhang ignored his words and instead had the remaining twenty-odd men gathered in one place before saying, "The rest is none of our business. Send them away."
Seeing that he didn't reply, Colonel Lin didn't continue to nitpick and nodded to give the instructions.
As a new conscript, Xiaobing was directly assigned to a team comprised entirely of highly skilled individuals.
A month later, soldiers, athletes, and scientific and technological talents from all over the country gathered at Laojun Mountain.
Ruoyin watched the ants-like people climbing up the mountain and couldn't help but recall what Sang Zhitao had said before she arrived: "Ruoyin, I'm going to participate in the military parade. Train hard! Congratulations on becoming the number one cultivator on Earth."
Ruoyin rubbed her temples and said to the person next to her, "We'll categorize them later and then do an elite small-class education."
"I'm afraid that won't work..." The soldier next to him shook his head.
Ruoyin glanced at him suspiciously: "What's wrong?"
The soldier pointed to the people below the mountain and said, "Education is not a problem, but elite small classes may not be very effective in the early stages."
Ruoyin nodded, signaling him to continue.
The other party then added, "There are at least one hundred people with each spiritual root."
"So many people?!" Ruoyin's voice cracked with surprise.
"We are the world's second most populous country. Even the most niche things become mainstream issues when they reach our population."
Ruoyin was speechless for a moment, and couldn't help but curse inwardly, "How could I have forgotten that?"
The despairing Ruoyin on Laojun Mountain had no effect on Sang Zhitao, who was waiting for the military parade to begin.
"Wow~" Sang Zhitao exclaimed, looking at the floral displays created by plants in Tiananmen Square. "This is the first time I've seen it from this angle!"
"Alright, behave yourself, remember to take pictures later~" Her brother, Sang Leping, couldn't help but tap her on the head.
“Le Ping…” Zhang Su warned in a low voice from the side.
Sang Leping touched the tip of his nose and said nothing more.
Just then, the voice of the Grand Elder came from Tiananmen Square: "Welcome friends from all walks of life to the 70th anniversary military parade of the founding of the Republic of Korea..."
The Grand Elder rode in a domestically produced sedan, carrying an empty car bearing the emblem of the founding year of the People's Republic of China, and walked down Tiananmen Street.
A series of sounds rang out; they were the roars of the Eastern Kingdom's army, filled with their determination to defend their country to the death.
As the Grand Elder returned to Tiananmen Square, the military parade officially began.
First came the regular military formations of the three branches of the armed forces, then the information forces, the aerospace forces, and finally the space forces…
One by one, new and old soldiers walked past the crowd, bringing with them an iron will and an aura of annihilation.
"Next up are the equipment units..." As the introduction began, the equipment of the three armed forces walked in front of everyone.
In addition to conventional weapons such as tanks, missiles, and nuclear missiles, there are also some special equipment this time.
Dozens of soldiers slowly walked toward the square on aircraft.
"This is an aerial single-unit operative, capable of operating at altitudes up to 100 meters. The aircraft is equipped with a brain-controlled device, enabling zero-delay operation..."
As the aircraft army departed, orbs of light entered the scene.
"Now approaching are the underwater special forces soldiers. The individual survival spheres they carry can operate at depths of 10,000 meters. These spheres can carry a large amount of weapons and supplies and can withstand the water pressure at depths of 10,000 meters. The seabed will no longer be a forbidden zone for humans..."
Next came nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) equipment, ranging from handheld NMR guns to nuclear magnetic cannons, and then to centralized systems and modular nuclear missiles...
Whether they were foreigners at the scene, heads of state from various countries, or people watching the parade from overseas, everyone wore a clearly forced smile.
While those present at the scene managed to maintain a semblance of decorum, those watching the live stream went straight to cleaning their tables, destroying everything in front of them that could be destroyed, in order to vent their rage and unspeakable fear.
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