Late November, Wall Street, USA.
The efforts of the countries in the World Alliance to protect the people are inversely proportional to their own efforts. An atmosphere of depression lingers here.
The financial system is still maintained, but the stock market has collapsed several times after rising continuously.
Almost everyone with a little financial knowledge is pessimistic about the stock market and securities. How could traders and bankers as smart as them not be aware of the current situation?
So did they escape?
In reality, the situation is slightly different.
Wallace Wood, a 55-year-old Wall Street financial tycoon, is not only good at stock futures, but also enjoys splitting and merging bankrupt companies to make wealth.
There are definitely a lot of such financial businessmen on Wall Street, and Wood is just one of the more famous ones.
At this moment, he was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in his office, with a glass of red wine in one hand and a cigar in his mouth, looking at the scenery outside.
The pedestrians on the street are still dressed in suits, but they always give people a feeling of being in a hurry.
"Dongdongdong~"
There was a knock on the door.
Wood remained in the same position and took a sip of red wine.
"Come in."
"Sir, your overseas investment project has already recovered 50% of the funds. I'm afraid the remaining funds will not be realistic in the short term."
The visitor was Wood's secretary, a young man with great talent in finance.
"Well, 50% is pretty good. If I invest 90% of it, I'll take as much as I can!"
The secretary understood what Wood meant, as he had done this several times before. He wanted to say something but stopped himself, feeling confused but unable to speak.
The gray-haired Wood turned around, placed his wine glass on the wooden desk, and took a puff of his cigar.
"Charlie, you are an outstanding young man with genius-like capital acumen. You remind me of myself when I was young."
"Do you have anything to say?"
Since the boss asked, Charlie no longer held it in.
"Sir, many people are stepping up to withdraw their funds. Why would someone like you do the opposite? It's impossible for you not to see the situation clearly!"
Wood did not rush to answer. Instead, he took two puffs of his cigar and waited until the smoke was out before speaking slowly.
"Charlie, since you said I can see the situation clearly, do you really see it clearly?"
Charlie was usually very conceited, but at this moment he did not dare to answer casually. What exactly did Mr. Wood mean?
Fortunately, he didn't need to think too much, as Wood told him the answer.
“Wall Street has huge interests that control incredible amounts of money, but a large portion of us don’t actually produce anything, yet we make the most money.”
"Just like the methods I usually use, just like the splitting and mergers of other financial businessmen..."
"Ordinary people, or even ordinary companies in trouble, can't beat us! Rather than calling it a business tactic, it's better to say that we are just legally robbing!"
Charlie frowned, puzzled by these self-deprecating and sarcastic words.
"You are right about one thing. I can see clearly that some old guys in this financial street are the same."
"The rules have changed, Charlie, the rules have changed!"
“Even if it doesn’t look like it’s changed, it has already changed!”
Charlie discovered that at this moment, Wood's hand holding the cigar was trembling slightly.
"For me now, money has really become a number. Doomsday is not just empty talk. You know this. Let me tell you something you don't know!"
"Thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago, we faced this doomsday. It was called the Dark Tide by the ancient guardian forces..."
"This is not the zombie virus in science fiction movies, nor is it a resource crisis. It is an invasion of monsters from other worlds. Those things are the source of fear in the genetic memory of ancient humans. They are the most original reason why humans are afraid of the dark!!"
"Those earthquakes are not so-called crustal movements, but a sign of an approaching collision between worlds. This is not a crisis that can be overcome by personal financial resources, nor is it a disaster that can be avoided by flying to other places. We need shelter!"
Cut a piece of the cigar and put it away gently to ease the tremors of your limbs.
"In this apocalypse, what could a person who maintains order do to deal with a robber? I don't want to wait for them to take action!"
Wood's question gave the quick-witted Charlie a shudder.
"So, the financial sector cannot collapse. This is helping the country and myself. No one can go against the tide, but we can slow down the speed of the flood peak and reduce its destructive power. In this way, when my preparations are useless, at least I still have this emotional card!"
As Wood said, many bigwigs in the financial system have become insiders through their own channels and understand the crisis situation.
The Rini Debate is now one of the most widely circulated apocalyptic classics in the world, and its predictions about the financial system should have been accurate.
But Rini himself was one of the early insiders and a member of the World Alliance's expert team. The debate he raised had naturally been thoroughly studied by the World Alliance.
Therefore, the financial system will definitely not collapse immediately, at least it will not collapse too badly!
It is true that capital has a keen sense of risk aversion, but because of this, they can also smell another layer of odor.
At a time when chaos is about to arise, the wealthy have an even lower sense of security, and those capital groups that lack confidence in themselves are particularly worried about their own safety and future.
The more I know, the more this becomes true, and I am deeply afraid of my own ignorance in the past few years!
There is no need for mandatory orders at the government level, and in capitalist countries, these things are rarely stated openly.
If the government merely expresses concern about the rapid deterioration of the financial system, people like Wood will try their best to help. This is similar to buying a boat ticket, and everyone knows it.
In addition, the government has not directly stated or acknowledged the doomsday crisis, which also allows the financial sector to maintain a fragile balance at this juncture.
Ordinary people will definitely suffer heavy losses, but at least they can still sell their shares and avoid losing everything.
The situation on Wall Street is but a microcosm of the entire World Alliance system. Whether they are willing or not, it can be said that many of the former "vampires" are now really "protecting the country."
This is a means to stabilize people's hearts and also an opportunity for ordinary people.
There will inevitably be people who suffer losses, and the weak are everywhere. No matter how wise you are, it is still impossible to take everything into consideration.
Human society is too complicated, and human hearts are too complicated!
Some things, when the time comes to speak out, it's too late because of the reaction.
…
Dawn Silent Moon Island Forging Space.
Under the blessing, restriction and smelting environment of the secret realm's power, this place is like a huge furnace with bursts of high temperature.
The original forging would not affect such a large space, but there are always exceptions. If the object to be forged is large enough, the radioactive energy will be everywhere.
A huge pillar stretches from the castle square to one end of the cliff.
Infinite heat emanates from it.
But the main reason for the heating of Tianzhu was not the power of the secret realm, nor the many furnaces, but the white gas exhaled by Gou Dandan shortly after he was born.
"Crow of the Boundary"
These were the words that the forging monsters blurted out when they first saw a tube of white gas from Qin Xiaoxia's hand.
Due to Gou Dandan's human genes, his appearance and even his growth process are absolutely different from his original species. Even Gillian's memory cannot tell what Gou Dandan was originally.
But the forgeable monsters recognized the substance in the crystal test tube at a glance.
In their ancient knowledge, there is the legend of the Crow of the Boundary Flow.
In fact, it should have many names, Devouring Feathers Beast, Sunfire Bird, etc. are among them, but in the history of the forging monsters, it is called the Crow of the Boundary Flow.
Because this amazing bird will spit out "boundary flow" shortly after birth, and there are only a few opportunities to collect it in its lifetime.
Not only are they easy to disperse, but they are often guarded by fierce adult birds.
Adult birds are huge in size and can emit high temperatures like the sun. They are one of the earliest species to control the ancient power of fire.
"Boundary Flow" is the translation from the native language of the metalsmiths, and its exact meaning is the flow and fusion of boundaries.
Legend has it that in the distant past of the world of Zevari, several pairs of Boundary Crows were bred during the heyday of the Metal Forge Monsters. They witnessed the glory of Zevari and also fell with Zevari.
Although the pillar that seals Gillian can grow or shrink under the influence of appropriate magic, its essence is huge.
Even if one relies on the pilgrimage ritual of the forging monster, it will take years and months to completely transform the pillar into a magic steel absorption body.
However, the emergence of "boundary flow" shortened this process and greatly increased the adsorption efficiency of Tianzhu.
From the current data analysis, Qin Xiaoxia can be sure that Gou Ge's evolutionary ability comes from the second category of the World Alliance classification, that is, the influence of passive specific erosion.
It was not his ability that caused Gou Dandan to be born, but Gou Dandan influenced Gou Junbao, who was intimate with Xiao Lili, when he was still an egg, so that Gou Junbao awakened his ability and fortunately extended his life at the same time.
Now, the sky pillar filled with high temperature is blurring the surrounding air and illuminating the forging monsters with somewhat crazy faces.
“Roar~~” “Roar~~”
The forge monsters rarely let out such wild and beast-like roars, but during this period they frequently used it to vent their excitement.
This secret space has become unbearably hot. Many craftsmen from the guild have chosen to go to other secret realms to forge equipment, but the gold-forging monsters have always stayed here and waited.
Rumble, rumble, rumble…
The ground in this secret realm suddenly began to shake, but it was not because of the changes in the pillars of heaven, but because of an earthquake in the outside world.
The earthquake originates from the world outside the secret realm. In order to let people inside the secret realm understand the changes in the outside world, the vibrations can also be felt inside the secret realm without shaking things in the secret realm.
Inside this secret realm, there was only a slight shaking sensation, but on the real island outside, the entire island was shaking due to the shaking of the mountain, and the surrounding sea water was also crashing.
Although the Dawn Silent Moon Island Castle was built on a mountain, it is an island after all, and is already quite close to the sea level.
One can imagine how many cities and regions in the outside world and on the entire earth can feel the vibrations at this moment.
How can the shaking feeling under your feet compare to the magnitude of the earthquake in people’s minds?
“Roar~~~Forged monsters!! This is the blessing and gift of Zevari!! Prepare the magic steel!! We are about to begin!!!”
“Roar~” “Roar~”…
The honest and quiet gold-forging monsters now have shining eyes as if they are crazy. They raise their hammers, needles and sticks in their four hands while roaring, as if they are the most ferocious monsters in another world.
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