Chapter 325: Backing Up

After hanging up the "Alchemy Hotline", Gilan left the quiet room.

It was past eight o'clock in the evening. Most of the public areas in the underground shelter had shut down their facilities, and even the lights in the passages were only a few.

It looked a little dim and very quiet.

Most of the soldiers returned to their living rooms, either reading or sleeping.

This was also a necessary measure to save energy.

Gilan walked through several passages alone, then found the living room where the ladies were, and knocked on the door.

Knock knock.

Click.

It was Maiev who opened the door. She seemed to have just taken a shower, wearing a white low-cut nightgown and wiping her wet hair with a towel.

Seeing Gilan, she was a little surprised, but not shy. Instead, she smiled and said:

"Mr. Gilan, do you want to come in and sit down?"

"No." Gilan said.

He glanced into the room and found that Ms. Theresa was wearing a high-necked gray sweater and was sitting on the sofa looking at the information seriously.

Kaya was only wearing a pink vest and shorts, lying on the lower bunk bed, fiddling with building blocks and swinging her legs out of boredom.

"I have something to do with Ms. Theresa."

Gilan stated her purpose.

Maiev raised her eyebrows, then turned around and called the lady on the sofa.

Ms. Theresa put down the information, got up and walked to the door, and Maiev left on her own accord.

"Gilan, what do you want to talk to me about?"

The lady smiled and said softly.

Gilan didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly:

"I want to borrow your 'alchemy hotline' to call Chairman Pala."

"You want to call the chairman?"

Ms. Theresa was a little surprised.

It stands to reason that when gravediggers go out on official business, they should communicate directly with the person in charge if they have any questions.

Let's not talk about whether it is in line with the rules to call the chairman over the level. Just talking about this kind of thing, it is actually disrespectful to the person in charge.

But Ms. Theresa did not refuse, but agreed very readily:

"No problem, wait a moment."

After saying that, she turned back and took out a small metal microphone from the inner pocket of her coat.

After inserting the mercury battery, she handed it to Gillan. At the same time, she also asked kindly:

"Do you need a confidential environment?"

"If possible, thank you."

Gillan took the "hotline" and nodded.

Ms. Theresa gestured and walked out of the room.

Gillan followed her to an empty room next door.

"Let's talk here."

"Okay."

Gillan found a metal chair to sit down and dialed the "hotline" of Ms. Theresa's exclusive person in charge.

After a monotonous beep, the phone was picked up with a click, and Para's magnetic low voice came:

"Hello, Theresa."

"Chairman, it's me, Gillan Ilos."

"Hmm?" Para was a little surprised, but still smiled: "Gillan, what's the matter?"

"I found some important clues in Shenqiu Town, and got confirmation from Mr. Yuniski. I want to report to you."

Gillan said in a deep voice.

"Yuniski..." Para exclaimed lightly, quite surprised. "Did the 'Staff-Making Old Man' tell you his real name?"

"Hmm." Gillan glanced at Ms. Theresa sitting in front, and said: "I have been promoted to the 4th level, Chairman Para."

As soon as these words came out, Ms. Theresa looked up suddenly.

Her expression was stunned and her eyes were shocked.

Even Pala on the other end of the "hotline" fell into silence.

The scene was quiet for a while.

"It's faster than I expected..."

Palla Celsus said with emotion.

"No wonder Yuniski told you his real name and the inside information of 'Midnight Rose'... Given your situation, it's only a matter of time before you become a formal member."

"I will personally recommend you later, Gilan."

"Thank you, Chairman." Gilan said.

"You're welcome. By the way, what did you want to report to me just now?"

Palla asked on the other end of the phone.

"Well, it's like this..."

Gillan told Palla all about the Blood Harbor Gang and the "Golden Unit No. 7" behind it.

In addition, he also explained that the local parliament colluded with the gang to facilitate the other party's acquisition of the red whale heart, etc.

"The Fallen Mediterranean hides many secrets, not only whale oil batteries, but also many irreplaceable mysterious materials, all from there."

Palla sighed.

"In fact, I have long known that the Federation must have infiltrated and deployed in the coastal areas in order to get close to the material production area and study the blood sea creatures."

"How is your mission progress?"

He asked again.

Jilan answered honestly:

"We have prepared the ship and energy. We will set sail tomorrow to the unnamed island where the 'Nightmare Monument' is located to carry out the task of removing the monument."

"Very good, but you also need to be careful. The local parliament and the Blood Harbor gang may interfere."

Pala warned.

"In addition, the investigation committee arrested several members of the 'Eclipse Society' in Bosvia. After interrogation, they also made arrangements in Otto City. Be careful."

"I will pay attention." Gilan said.

Pala chuckled twice and paused for a while.

"In view of the complicated situation on your side, I plan to promote you to facilitate your actions."

"Promotion?" Gilan raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah." Pala's voice came from the phone. "Since you have been promoted to a long-lived person, I should also fulfill my promise and let you officially enter the power center of the empire."

"I will retain your identity as a 'gravedigger', but I will remove your position as the head of the committee and transfer you to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the executive minister."

"Ah?" Gilan was shocked.

Executive Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?

What kind of position is this...

"Generally speaking, each department has only one minister, but they are just ordinary people... In fact, the executive minister is held by the core personnel of the empire, and they are all mysterious people with the highest authority in the department."

Pala explained.

Hearing this, Jilan finally understood some of the official secrets of the empire.

"But the formal procedures have to wait until you come back before you can execute them. You will first join the 'Cross Knights' and become a 'Cross Knight' of the empire."

Pala said again.

Jilan was confused.

"Similar to the 'Midnight Rose', one of the selection conditions for the 'Cross Knights' is to be a long-lived person. In addition, you must have made outstanding contributions to the empire."

"Theresa is a member of the Knights."

"I see..."

Jilan looked enlightened, raised his head and looked at Ms. Theresa again, and the other party responded with a smile.

"Speaking of the 'Cross Knights', you must be familiar with it, because its predecessor is the 'Healing Knights'."

Pala said again.

"There are also four knight commanders, 'Silver Crown Knight' Agni Baldwin, 'Melting Skull Knight' Carl Rega, 'Silent Knight' Adams Celedonio... and me, 'White Staff Knight' Para Celsus."

"As for the head of the group, it will naturally be the head of state."

Listening to this introduction, Gillan was quite surprised.

"What about the former 'Bloody Knight' Herman Tulio?"

He couldn't help asking.

Pala was silent for a few seconds, and just said:

"He defected to the enemy."

"?!" Gillan was stunned.

He really didn't think that the knight commander under William would defect to the enemy...

"This matter involves secret history, so it's not appropriate to say more."

Pala changed the subject.

"Anyway, I will submit your application to the leader Caesar as soon as possible. The Crusader has the highest privileges in the empire, which will help you perform your mission."

"In other words, I don't have to worry about the local parliament or other hostile forces?"

"You can say that."

Pala said in a deep voice.

"Parliament, military, Blood Harbor Gang, No. 7 Golden Force and even Eclipse Society... As long as you are sure, do whatever you want, I will cover you."

"But I have a request, to deal with the "Second Level Nightmare Monument" as soon as possible."

"Yes, Chairman, I understand."

Gilan suddenly smiled brightly.

His favorite sentence to hear from Pala is "Do whatever you want, I will cover you."

Hearing Gilan's obviously lighter tone, Pala suddenly felt that he should restrain this little guy...

The young man is too murderous.

But on second thought, maybe he is too conservative?

For some special situations, young people like Gilan are more suitable to deal with them.

"By the way, Chairman Pala, we found that the concentration of miasma in Shenqiu Town is somewhat abnormal, obviously higher than the average level, reaching an astonishing 5.2 Pa."

Gilan remembered something and reported the information again.

Hearing this, Pala exclaimed.

"5.2 Pa... is indeed very abnormal."

He hesitated for a moment, as if he had some guesses, and lowered his voice to warn:

"You should be more careful, especially after sailing."

"Okay, Chairman."

Click.

The phone was hung up.

Pala was still sitting in the leather chair in the office, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were deep.

After a while.

He murmured:

"Is the source really the sea of ​​blood?"

...

...

Late at night.

In the dark living room, Renault and Mugur slept on a bunk bed. On the other side of the aisle, Ganod slept on the lower bunk, and Gilan lay on the upper bunk.

He controlled his consciousness to slowly sink.

When Jilan fell asleep.

He descended to his own spiritual kingdom as usual.

In the open-air stone hall, all the members of the "Hand of Dawn" were present on the seats at the top of the five spiral stone pillars.

"Rainbow Owl."

Everyone looked at him with a smile.

Jilan nodded, jumped up, and landed on the edge of the thumb throne.

"How are you doing recently?"

He asked casually.

Black Snipe was the first to answer:

"I followed the team all the way south and have now arrived in Ot City in the Bay Area. I have successfully completed the ascetic assessment and become a formal member of the 'Ascetic Sect'."

"Hmm?" Jilan raised his eyebrows.

Black Snipe and the others have actually arrived in Ot City...

"Not bad." He smiled. "How is your pass rate?"

"Relatively low." Black Snipe shook his head with emotion. "In a team of more than a dozen people, only three were selected in the end. The rest either died on the way or gave up halfway."

"But after successfully joining the sect, I got a secret method of cultivation, "Seven Commandments of Hard Practice", and a bottle of secret medicine to temper the body."

Hearing this, Jilan frowned slightly.

"The secret medicine should be fine, but for the so-called commandments, I suggest you practice with caution... The practice of imitating divinity and abandoning humanity may have serious side effects."

Black Snipe was a little surprised. He didn't expect Hongxiao to know so much about the "Seven Commandments".

He nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, Hongxiao, I'm just pretending on the surface, and I won't really take these commandments seriously."

"That's good." Jilan nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Baiou also shared some internal information about the "White Dove Tower".

"I got the news that the ninth dove of the 'Sonnet' in the tower, Dediel, has been replaced by a newcomer, and the fifth dove, Idrissa, has gone to the city of Ot in the Bay Area..."

She glanced at the black snipe, and then at Gilan.

"Well... I suspect that the 'White Dove Tower' and the 'Ascetic Sect' should have taken some action, otherwise it would be too coincidental."

Gilan's eyes condensed.

According to Baiou, it is indeed very strange.

The two hostile secret society forces have actually come to the coastal area where he is currently.

It is hard not to imagine whether there is any conspiracy in this...

"I am currently performing official duties in the town of Late Autumn in Ot City. If there is any urgent information, please share it with me in time."

Gilan said to everyone.

Baiou and Black Snipe were startled and nodded quickly.

Just at this moment, the red bird Aurora opened her mouth slightly and said in surprise:

"My... my next destination is also Late Autumn Town."

"Huh?!" Everyone was surprised.

Why are all the forces going there?

"It's not the intention of the 'Holy Sisters', but as a newcomer, I will study alone in the 'Iron Maidens'... and they have been hired by the Mechanical Union to go to Shenqiu Town to hunt down the members of the 'Eclipse Society'."

"So that's how it is." Jilan understood.

After the investigation committee investigated the movements of the "Eclipse Society" in Bosivia, the Mechanical Union would naturally not miss this opportunity.

After all, the superiors believed by the two forces have irreconcilable contradictions.

At present, the miasma disaster is rampant, and the top leaders of the Mechanical Union have been summoned by Pala to be busy developing new anti-miasma drugs, and have no time to pursue the "Eclipse Society".

Hiring another neutral secret society organization has become a reasonable means.

"There is nothing special on my side. I am still busy sorting out the details of the "Enlightenment Spark" series of films and filing them into a book."

Cang Guan said.

He saluted Jilan with his chest.

"Hongxiao, thanks to your advance viewing, you provided a lot of clues to the film, which saved me a lot of effort."

"You're welcome." Jilan smiled. "Next time you get a new real film, don't forget to tell me."

"Definitely." Cangguan said solemnly.

Then, Jilan traded a wave of "Wick Potion" with the members of the secret society.

During this period, several people did not forget to make money. Although it was not much, they could trade 2 to 3 potions from Jilan to facilitate their own practice.

Jilan paid 9 "Wick Potion" and got 990 Caesar.

After the transaction.

"Everyone should be more careful during this period, especially the two of you, Chique and Heiyu... Something big may happen in Shenqiu Town and even the entire Ot City."

Jilan gave a final warning.

Everyone looked serious and nodded in agreement.