"Abner, I didn't expect you to be happy after hearing this kind of news." Lin walked to the table to get some water while squinting at Abner, who was watching the TV carefully, with unfriendly eyes.

Abner didn't turn around to look at Lin. He continued to watch TV seriously and said calmly, "Lin, please don't glare at me secretly. It makes me a little scared."

Although Abner didn't look Lin in the eye, he was aware of all his micro-expressions, as if he had eyes behind him.

Lin was startled when he heard this, but he quickly calmed down and joked, "You're always joking. Sometimes I wonder which side you're on."

Abner thought for a moment and said, "I study the mysteries of the entire human group, and even higher intuitive perceptions. You ask me this question from a limited perspective, so it's a little hard for me to answer."

"What do you mean? I thought we had reached a cooperation?" Lin said gloomily, "but now you are not even willing to give me a promise?"

Abner was not afraid of his bad tone and smiled, "You don't think I have forgotten the past, do you? We can sit down and talk peacefully now, but it was not pleasant when we just met. Because I was unwilling to sell the coffin, you secretly sent people to disturb my work, and even brought people to break into my London apartment, turned the furniture upside down, and broke a set of my favorite tea sets..."

"Lin, I find it a little funny that you talked to me about promises. My reaction was indeed slow, but it seems that I haven't lost my memory yet."

Lin did not expect the other party to bring up the old matter. His face froze slightly, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Those were just some minor misunderstandings. I thought we had already reconciled and later made compensation."

"You mean by compensation, giving me ten more tea sets? You always do this, thinking that this will make up for it." Abner sighed, "If it weren't for the oath between me and Q, you wouldn't think we are working together now. This is why your first attempt in China failed, but you still don't understand."

"The other side has seen through you and even grasped your weakness, which is that the mineral veins and ruins do not belong to you, but you want to take them for yourself."

Lin protested: "The entire mine is on the Mondsen family's land. No matter what law is followed, this is our family's property!"

Abner laughed: "Does your mine need our treasures as keys? I have never heard of such a thing. The owner takes his own property but needs outsiders to open the door."

Lin's face turned pale: "Then tell me, if it doesn't belong to us, who else can it belong to?"

"All mankind."

Lin was stunned: "...I didn't expect you to have this kind of consciousness."

Abner said slowly, "Lin, if you study the ruins, you will know that what I said is right. The history of this mining ruins is more than a thousand years old. Every few hundred years, a genius mystic comes here and buries what he has learned here. The mysticism outside may be discontinued due to wars, natural disasters and other disasters, but H country has been an undisturbed pure land since ancient times, and it still retains countless original civilizations."

"Mysticism is basically born in the oldest civilizations. Some civilizations have long disappeared in the dust of history, such as the Mesopotamian civilization where Western astrology originated. However, there may still be valuable information in the ruins."

"These geniuses of mysticism came from all over the world, carrying different civilizations. They threw away the barriers of language, gender, skin color, and country, and traveled through rivers and streams to come here, leaving behind a treasure for all mankind. Now you say it belongs to you. Is this appropriate?"

Abner has studied red crystal props. They are keys made by geniuses from samples of stones taken from the ruins. They use their lifelong knowledge to seal the main mine layer by layer and construct a huge and complex maze. Because of this, the styles of red crystal props are different, which comes from the differences between Eastern and Western mysticism.

Even though they had never met each other and even lived in different eras, they all chose to protect this place.

This is the power condensed by the entire human community. Now it is said that it belongs to one person or family, which sounds ridiculous.

Abner said, "Indeed, according to current laws and regulations, your occupation of the mineral relics is legal and reasonable, but what we have learned is to look back to the past and look into the future. In the long river of time, your ideas are quite naive. Compared with your predecessors, you are really superficial."

In Abner's opinion, the history of both Mondsen and Country H is not as long as its heritage, so it is hard to say who belongs to whom.

"Abner, since you are learning to predict the future, have you ever thought about this? Maybe the mine belongs to Mondsen, which is God's will." Lin sneered, "You also said that the people who came to the ruins before were very powerful. Maybe they guessed this a long time ago and wanted us to mine!"

Abner was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice and said frankly, "I haven't studied it thoroughly yet, but the construction of the ruins does have a meaning. This is also a potential possibility. What is the predecessor waiting for?"

"They are waiting for us, waiting for us to open a new era!" Lin extended his hand to Abner, his eyes unfathomable, and said solemnly, "We had some conflicts in the past, but I hope we can cooperate happily in the future and leave a glorious mark in history together."

Faced with Lin's condescending handshake gesture, Abner hesitated for a long time, but finally returned the handshake.

After a while, Lin left the room.

Abner looked at the panda on TV. He took out a tissue and wiped his hands vigorously, muttering, "This is really crazy. We don't know if it's us that they're waiting for."

Abner has always disliked Lin's domineering attitude and often speaks with ulterior motives to him. If it weren't for Q's mediation, the two of them would not have been able to get along until now.

However, Lin was right about one thing. According to the current laws of H Country, if he did not have Monderson's permission, he could not even set foot on the ruins, as they were on the other party's land.

In the conference room of the high-rise building, countless fortune-tellers who passed the preliminary examination gathered together, waiting for the meeting to officially begin. Shi Zhuoqu was busy at the front, occasionally answering questions from others, and his attitude seemed quite respectful.

Because Chu Qianli made a scene in the examination room, Lin and others came here early and will disclose the project information in advance at today's meeting.

Huang Jue leaned back on the chair, crossed his legs, and asked suspiciously, "Why are you so polite all of a sudden? Last time when I called someone, you refused to say anything."

"I heard that the leader from the headquarters is here."

Taoist priests were sitting neatly in the front row of the venue. They occasionally looked at Huang Jue and others. A young Taoist priest reminded them, "Zaiyuan, that's him."

"I saw it." Xu Zaiyuan said, "It's not appropriate now."

Chu Qianli, Tan Muxing and Mei Ru Z sat at the back. Mei Ru Z did not participate in the first round of the test. She was surprised to see the people in the room: "There are so many people."

Chu Qianli: "Sister Ru Z, how many people were originally exempted from the test?"

"I've only seen one." Meiru Z raised his chin and gestured, "Look, the one in the front with a sword on his back."

Tan Muxing was stunned. He recognized the familiar clothes and said, "That's someone from the Qian Sect."

"That's still not enough. There are three left."

Chu Qianli had a compass and tarot cards, Mei Ru Z had the Sanqing Bell, the Qianmen Taoist had a peach wood sword, and there were three other props she didn't know about.

Mei Ru Z: "But I didn't expect it to suddenly become a big meeting. They originally informed me and the Qianmen Taoist priests that there would be a small meeting, saying that a leader named Shi would come over. Now the situation has suddenly changed, and I can meet up with you guys."

Chu Qianli knew the reason for the change, and calmed down: "Now that we are severely cracking down on non-public and non-transparent examination forms, perhaps these people have come to their senses and finally developed a little fear!"

Meiru Z: "...Will there still be any fear for such a businessman?"

The reason why Lin and others organized the free trial meeting was very simple. They wanted to maximize the benefits with the lowest cost. Once the person who possessed the red crystal prop was captured, the key to the mine ruins would be monopolized.

Although the whereabouts of two items are still unknown, as long as the majority of Red Crystal Heirs stand on Mondsen's side, they will be invincible.

However, the China Preliminary Examination Room No. 3 was in a mess, and the owner of the Sanqing Bell might be stolen, so Lin and others had to change their strategy.

The lights in the auditorium dimmed, but the beam of light in front of the stage suddenly lit up.

Shi Zhuoqu stood in front of the stage and presided over the meeting, saying, "According to the confidentiality agreement before entering the venue, please do not record or take photos during the meeting. All information of this conference has not been released to the public. You will be held legally responsible for leaking information."

"Please welcome Mr. Lin from the Mondsen Group to introduce the New Era Project to us."

After a while, a middle-aged man with flax hair and deep facial features came on stage, and Shi Zhuoqu politely gave up his seat for him.

Lin was wearing an expensive custom-made suit. He looked around with great dignity, his eyes deep and sharp, and said in English: "I am honored to share with you a great project today, that is the New Era Project that Mondsen has been preparing for a long time!"

There is a simultaneous interpreter next to him, converting his speech into Chinese.

Chu Qianli had never met Lin before: "Is this Mr. Shi's leader?"

Talking about the foreigner on the stage, Mu Xing carefully observed him and said thoughtfully, "I seem to have some impression of him. I have seen him in foreign reports. He is said to be one of the few members of Mondsen who has appeared in public..."

Members of the Monderson family are very concerned about confidentiality, and only a few have ever appeared in public.

On the stage, Lin was calm in the face of many fortune tellers and was promoting the New Era Plan: "Resource shortages have long troubled human development. Even the coal and oil we are familiar with will bring many problems during use. However, as long as we find a new energy source to replace the current commonly used resources, human productivity will reach a new era beyond imagination!"

"Humans who made fire by drilling wood could never imagine today's life, just as we can never imagine the world of the future, but fortunately we can become the pioneers of the new era."

Lin pinched a red crystal the size of a grain of rice in his hand and said excitedly: "We have discovered this existence that can change the world in the distant country H. Its potential is enough to defeat any common energy in common sense. We named it Baby Stone in Chinese."

There are also photos of red stones on the huge screen, with bright colors and rippling light.

Chu Qianli suddenly recognized that the baby stone was Hong Jing!

Huang Jue questioned aloud: "What potential does it have?"

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"Countless countries have become rich from oil, but oil is nothing compared to this. This is its potential," Lin said. "Even I'm not sure what else it can do. This is also a huge innovation for the scientific community. All of us here may be exposed to a completely new way of life because of it."

Everyone present couldn't help but exclaim when they heard the word Beyond Petroleum.

Chu Qianli lowered her eyes and whispered, "It's actually energy. No wonder they want to monopolize it."

Humankind has been fighting over oil. If Mundsen could be the first to master the technology of making baby stones that surpass oil, he could completely dominate the current global situation.

As a living being, one of the most important tasks of human beings is survival, which is even engraved in our instincts. Survival ability is closely related to the ability to control resources, so resource competition is everywhere and has not changed since ancient times.

"However, unfortunately, although I yearn for the new world created by the baby stone, the current mining project is not going smoothly. This is why I have gathered everyone. There are ancient ruins on the main mining vein, which hinder our smooth mining." Lin pressed the PPT, he showed the photos of the ruins, and said helplessly, "If we rashly carry out mining, the facilities in the ruins may even destroy the mining vein, causing the entire mining vein to spontaneously combust."

Someone in the audience said, "This is an institution dedicated to guarding treasures. It is very common in ancient emperors' tombs!"

"Wait, these two pictures look a bit like Taoist ones, but this one doesn't seem to be?"

Lin: "Yes, this site has been designed by countless mystics, and contains institutions and heritage from various ancient civilizations. I think it is also a rare treasure for you. Some scholars speculate that the ruins contain precious information that cannot be found outside."

Throughout history, many fortune-tellers, astrologers, and mystics have been massacred, and their traditions have been cut off and become completely chaotic. However, ruins are like a safe, sealing everything up.

When Tan Muxing heard about the ancient heritage, he subconsciously looked at Chu Qianli: "There might be..."

Chu Qianli nodded.

She has been collecting red crystal props in the hope of finding a diverse inheritance to solve the problem of her short lifespan.

Lyle Gadbury was also a short-lived person, but he somehow survived and later created the Red Crystal Tarot. He must have had a fortuitous encounter in the ruins.

Chu Qianli leaned close to Tan Muxing's ear and asked curiously, "But there's still one question I can't figure out?"

Xu Zaiyuan sat among the Taoists in the front row of the venue. He had the same doubts as Chu Qianli and was the first to speak: "Why did they jointly create the ruins on the mineral vein?"

Logically speaking, these people had nothing in common and learned different skills, but they risked their lives to travel so far away from home just to do the same thing. In ancient times, transportation was extremely inconvenient, so such acts of risking one's life naturally made people puzzled.

After listening to the translator's retelling of the question, Lin calmly replied: "It might be more appropriate to ask you. Perhaps you are the ones who know them best."

Others asked, "What is our reward?"

"We are willing to provide a share of the profits to all those who finally participate in the New Era Project, and at the same time, we will open up all the precious materials in the ruins for you to choose from after mining." Lin said loudly, "Even if it is only 1% of the share, it is an astronomical figure, even exceeding the GDP of many small countries. More importantly, you will go down in history!"

"Of course, we are recruiting candidates from all over the world. Next, we will conduct screening in City G and Country H. In the future, we will not only assess the qualifications, but also take into account the recognition of the results by everyone. The selection process will be more diversified."

The young Taoist priest recalled the oolong incident in Examination Room No. 3 and roughly guessed the reason why the organizers made the change.

"Does this mean there are others?"

"Yes, we have held several rounds of primaries and assembled a large team from around the world. We will meet in City G soon."

When Chu Qianli heard this, she had a strange premonition that the owners of the remaining props were among them.