Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 332: Hidden Worries

With a good mood, Mo De came to the restaurant. The old butler had skillfully taken from the waitress small but delicate bowls of food and placed them on the dining table. Looking at the dazzling and colorful food, Mo De let out a satisfied sigh, "There are many human desires, but one of the greatest desires must be to eat. Otherwise, why would I have to drool when I see these delicate meals?"

"Because you have some good cooks, sir." The old butler smiled and put his hands behind his back. He stood behind Mo De and waited for orders at any time.

Maud took a sip of the vegetable salad in his mouth with a silver spoon, and then he took a slice of toast with cream on it. The door to the restaurant opened and a young man ran in like the wind. Maud frowned and said, "Joey, I told you. As a gentleman, you have to look out for yourself at all times."

The young man named Qiao Yi was Mo De's youngest son and his favorite son. Otherwise, how could he enter the restaurant without knocking? If it was anyone else, they would at least be reprimanded.

"So I, Father, my stomach has long been so hungry that it is cooing." The young man patted his stomach and smiled as he pulled out a chair and sat down.

"You already have your own family. Don't you know that breakfast in your own house is more appropriate?" Mord said as he tossed a piece of honey-coated roasted ham into his mouth with a fork.

Joey took a big sip of the morning juice and said, "I have something important for you, father."

"What do you need to see me at breakfast?" Mo De asked curiously.

Qiao Yi took out an exquisite box from her pocket and waved to the old butler. The latter walked over and handed the box to Mo De. The baron opened it. Inside was a piece of cotton cloth. The cotton cloth was woven with red and black threads into different colors of checks. This kind of pattern was very ordinary. There was nothing unusual about it. Mo De looked at Joey doubtfully. He believed that his son would not be so stupid as to take out an ordinary piece of fabric and deliberately appear in his mansion at this moment in the morning.

He looked at it carefully and was surprised to discover that the needle holes in the cotton cloth were strangely thin, and that the sizes of each lattice were almost the same. Its style is very ordinary, but the quality is high, the key is those patterns, regularity itself has a strange beauty.

"Where did this come from?" Asked Mo De.

Joey stuffed a piece of toast into her mouth and said vaguely, "Sur City."

"Impossible. How could that old York City have such a production technology? If it was handmade worsted, the cost would be very high." Mo De frowned, wondering if Su Er City was going to develop into a worsted city. However, that was not feasible. Speaking of worsted spinning, the upper nobles of the empire only recognized the fabrics produced by a few old families. No matter how well Sur City did, this remote border city would not be able to break into the upper echelons of the empire. In that case, there would be no profit to speak of.

Joey swallowed the bread in her mouth and said, "It's a new type of textile, my father. It's not made by hand, yes, it's a machine. A machine that works with iron components and gears."

"To be exact, this is a product of the Crosses Textile Machine."

"Textile machine?" "What the hell is going on?" Mord put down his fork.

"Only one person can answer this question. If you allow me, I want him to come in."

"Looks like you've done your homework. Call in," said Mo De with a smile.

Joey called out, "Mr. Lattis, you can come in."

When the door opened, a man walked in quickly and bowed deeply to Maud. "It's an honor to meet you, the brave and wise Sir Maud."

Mo De enjoyed the praise of a man. Although he could hear such praise almost every day, it would not make him tired of listening to it. He nodded and smiled, "Then Mr. Latis from Sur City, can you tell me about the Crosses textile machine?"

The man who raised his head was Latis, the businessman who had wanted to teach Alan a lesson that day, but had met with nothing. "I have to start with an outsider named Allen " he said with a smile on his face.

While Latis was talking about Alan in Storm City, he opened his eyes in Sur City.

This was a brand-new day. After more than half a year of continuous tempering, the overflowing Origin Energy finally formed another brand-new circuit in Allen's body last night, marking the advancement of his Origin Energy to Level 16. This advancement had opened up a new ability for Allen, charging at him with blazing flames. This is a trap-type ability. It can leave a flame seed at a specified location and activate the detonation when needed. Importantly, the ability could be delayed, meaning that Allen could theoretically lay an area into a minefield and detonate it when the opponent stepped on it.

Within the confined space, the superposition of energy would produce tremendous destructive power. Of course, due to the delay limit of this ability, Allen could only bury three blazing flames within a diameter of twenty meters at a time. This way, its destructive power was limited, but if it was used well, it would be enough for the opponent to drink a pot.

However, Ellen wasn't very happy about advancing and opening up new abilities. Ever since his last advancement, he had clearly felt the existence of the second barrier. Especially when the Evil Eye evolved last time, the existence of the barrier was even more obvious. This time, when Origin Energy leapt to level 16, the existence of the barrier became even clearer. In this way, the higher the level, the more obvious the barrier of Origin Energy Confinement would become, and when he wanted to advance to the Awakened Realm, it would be completely effective.

Hughton had said that the first barrier was the most powerful. At that time, he had used the power of nine vortexes of Origin Energy to forcefully break through. He recalled that at that time, his Origin Energy was low, and he was still heavily injured. If an Awakened one were to use it according to law, with the strength of a Level 20 Origin Energy, their hearts would probably explode.

However, if he did not attempt to break through the barrier, he would forever stop at this level. At that time, even if there were still people willing to follow him, Allen's achievements were stagnant. For him, there was nothing more painful than this.

It was a pity that such a thing could not be rushed. At least with Allen's experience, there was no way to break through the barrier at this moment. He sighed softly. He could only see if he had the chance to return to Earth in the future and discuss it with Horn or Hughton.

Originally, the most suitable candidate should be Windsor Belo, but when he thought of his teacher's style, Alan could almost guess that her answer was to break through with strength.

However, not everyone was Windsor Belo, so her answer was no.

Looking at the rising morning light outside the window, Alan patted his face and told himself to cheer up. He temporarily forgot about this unsolvable problem, and now there were a lot of things waiting for him to deal with. The most urgent thing was to head to Violet Harbor. Sean was almost ready to trade the cloth. Of course, this trip was a brick-and-mortar trip. There was no need to bring all of the products along, only the best quality of them were picked up.

As someone who has been to Violet Harbor before, Shawn will be the guide for this trip. As for the guards, Allen was in charge. Apart from Allen, Adele, Regis, and William also joined the team. Lucy didn't go with him because she wanted to stay and crack the box of deceit. The four of them, together with the Mountain King's army that had just completed the first stage of training, could be said to have sufficient armed forces.

Alan left the Blazing Battle Soldiers behind. In the last battle with Baku, Sur City had lost a lot of gunmen. Although some recruits have been recruited, they are still undergoing training. With the Flame Battle Soldiers supplementing the deficiencies in firepower, along with Broy and the others, Sur City's defensive strength could be seen through. This power was naturally meant to guard against Storm City. Their neighbor was far from being friendly.

The departure time had been set for the day after tomorrow, and Allen was still full of anticipation for the trip. Once the trade route between Sur City and Violet Harbor was opened, it would undoubtedly be a qualitative improvement for Sur City's economy. So this time, including Xiao En, all the merchants were very diligent and had a bit of a common aspiration.

It was still early, and Alan came to the outskirts of the city in his clothes. A section of the defensive wall that Baku knocked over last time has been rebuilt. And under Edward's orders, the defensive wall has recently been raised. One could see the scaffolding erected on the east side of the defensive wall. The heightened defensive wall would reach six meters, and its height would almost double. This was a defensive upgrade, and the second and third upgrades would be carried out when the economy permitted.

The city, like the rising sun, began to shine with new vitality.

Allen was about to transfer to the city guard's camp when his heart skipped a beat and he looked at the outskirts. On the outskirts of the city, the morning mist was gradually dissipating. A faint shadow appeared in the hazy mist. Suddenly, Alan saw a large snake emerge from the mist. It was a dangerous species that he had never seen before. The snake's body was intertwined with black and white scales. There was a shield-shaped bulge on its head, and a golden horn protruded from it. The edges of the large-headed shield bone were irregularly serrated, looking like a crown.

The strange snake continued to swim towards Sur City. Alan frowned. He did not bring Qianjun with him. However, with the devil's praise in hand, he wasn't afraid of any dangerous species. However, why did a strange snake suddenly appear in the countryside? Alan had never heard of such a dangerous species in the vicinity after coming to Sur City for so long.

The strange snake stopped and opened its mouth to scream at Alan, as if it recognized him. A strange feeling arose in Alan's heart. He saw that the strange snake tilted its head and looked at him, and its expression was very similar to Bai's. "Bai, is that you?" He exclaimed.

The strange snake blinked its eyes, and the black and white eyeballs reflected Alan's appearance. Alan couldn't see any hostility in the pair of snake eyes, which was why he was certain of his conjecture.

Bai had already evolved!