Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 854 - 696: The Great Witch Standing Black Hat_2

Chapter 854: Chapter 696: The Great Witch Standing Black Hat_2

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"Yo! I’m Standing Black Hat from Renwang Security Company; the video just now was from an incident that happened two weeks ago in Zanges. It gives a brief glimpse into the situation in our region." Standing Black Hat’s hologram saluted Farosa and Xu Yang.

Zanges, the largest port and commercial city in the eastern part of the Hot Tree Continent, is situated near the largest rift valley in the world, "The Scar of the World," as well as the largest lake in the Hot Tree Continent, Lake Ukarewe.

"Renwang Security Company... quite special," Farosa observed Standing Black Hat’s hologram, "I’ve heard your company has two Dominator Level witches?"

"Yes, here in the Hot Tree Continent, we can definitely hold our own. However, we do hope to reach a cooperation with Nestor Corporation," explained Standing Black Hat.

Indeed, a trip to the Hot Tree Continent was in order, Xu Yang reflected.

In this Frost Era, the Hot Tree Continent, located at low latitudes with its hot climate, became the most coveted destination for development, with other companies around the world frantically competing over it, engaging in large-scale modern colonial activities to carve out their spheres of influence on the Hot Tree Continent.

From any perspective, Nestor Corporation couldn’t sit by idly and let these enterprises carve up the 30 million square kilometers of the Hot Tree Continent.

"Tell me something interesting about the place," Farosa said.

In Farosa’s mind, the Hot Tree Continent was only home to elephants and camels.

"Our Renwang Security Company is currently active in Zanges, the only major city in the eastern part of the Hot Tree Continent, now also known as ’Sin City’ because it’s simply too chaotic here." Standing Black Hat raised his hand, displaying a number of images of Zanges.

Zanges, where the advanced and the backward coexist, order and chaos intertwine, boasts a very unique landscape.

200-meter-tall corporate skyscrapers stand next to the thatched huts of indigenous people; container gantry cranes in the port coexist with fishermen’s tiny wooden boats. Fortune-tellers riding in covered carriages and fully modified cyborgs walk side by side, while the African Voodoo shaman style coexists harmoniously with Western corporate culture in the streets and alleys of the city.

"Do the locals still eat human flesh?" Farosa curiously asked.

"A bit is still mixed into the nutrient paste, with over a hundred thousand people flooding into Zanges each month, because people all over the world have been dreaming about ’Golden Township’ sequentially, and they’ve pinpointed Zanges as the place with the ’Golden Soul.’ And indeed it is so. This is where the modern gold rush is happening," Standing Black Hat explained.

When Golden Township was mentioned, Farosa’s expression changed slightly; she fell silent instead of speaking.

"Indeed, it’s Golden Township. When I was in Zanges before, sometimes I’d wake up to find that my spoon and trinkets had turned into pure gold," added Tsuchigumo.

She took out her pure gold keychain as evidence.

"Yes, this is the intermittent Golden Township Effect that has manifested over the past few months. That is to say, as long as you come to Zanges, the belongings you carry with you, the odds and ends on your person, can randomly turn into pure gold," Standing Black Hat nodded.

"A city gushing with gold... very interesting. Please continue," Xu Yang said.

"Not just gold, there are also two major spectacles nearby, one is ’The Scar of the World,’ which is the biggest rift valley on our planet. Recently, with more people moving in, adventurers have discovered wartime relics at the bottom of the deep valley, allegedly related to super ancient powerful witches," Standing Black Hat explained.

Could it be the traces left by an ancient Empress? Farosa pondered. She herself longed to become another Empress as well.

"The other spectacle, is it Lake Ukarewe?" Xu Yang inquired.

"Right, the company has now restarted the exploration project of the lake, revealing some so-called magical material deposits on the lakebed, and of course, we have also discovered the native monsters in the lake, hence the lake is currently under blockade," Standing Black Hat added to their understanding of the grand lake scenery.

On the vast lake’s surface, glimpses of the transformed lake dragon beasts can be seen; they lurk beneath the waves, similar in appearance to Ocean Descendants, but larger and more cumbersome, seemingly having lost the ability to roam the deep seas, and can only dwell in freshwater lakes.

Farosa realized that these were likely ancient Ocean Descendant creatures left on the ground, which with geological changes and the passage of time remained in the freshwater lake region and moreover adapted more to terrestrial life.

They might as well be called "Lake Descendants."

"The Hot Tree Continent truly is rich in resources, we will consider collaborating with Renwang Security Company as well," Xu Yang said.

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"Thank you. We urgently need the support from Nestor Corporation, or we truly can’t deal with the local enemies here. There are colonial armies from Taixi Continent, and there are those Black Panther Gang members, who claim to lead all black people in a resistance against white rule or something. The recent footage captured some of their elite members. We’ve had some dealings with the Black Panther Gang," said Standing Black Hat succinctly.

Since the drone content was limited, after explaining the intent to cooperate, the hologram of Standing Black Hat prepared to dissipate.

"So, you are helping those black people?" Farosa said lastly.

"Renwang Security Company does business for money and helps those who want to resist, whether they are intercontinental enterprises or colonial warlords. As long as someone wants to rise above others, we’ll teach them how to act," Standing Black Hat snapped his fingers, "See you in Zanges then!"

The hologram disappeared.

"... That is everything our president Standing Black Hat wants me to convey," Tsuchigumo wiped off sweat.

President Standing Black Hat, originally named Suzuka Gozen, is very peculiar, thought Tsuchigumo. It’s rumoured that the president once worked for the mysterious colossal organization "Seven Seals." But if that were spoken aloud, who would believe it? How could there be such a massive organization that secretly controls the world?

Farosa stared at Tsuchigumo.

"Sin City, Golden Township, Witch’s ancient relics, Magic Power material mines, the equatorial line is now a battleground for everyone," nodded Xu Yang.

"Let’s go. Let’s discuss our matters," Farosa led Xu Yang to a secluded area.

Tsuchigumo packed up and left, heading to the cruise ship deck, ready to disembark.

Overall, this trip to the Northern Archipelago was quite interesting, Tsuchigumo thought, having met some interesting folks from Nestor Corporation.

And the very powerful Witch "Farosa."

Every company needs their own powerful Witches to hold fort, and Farosa must be the guardian for Nestor Corporation.

By comparison, that Mr. Xu beside her, no matter how one looked at him, seemed like an utterly ordinary uncle.

Could he be Farosa’s O slave?

Tsuchigumo took out her phone and, while walking, entered the secret network space provided by Cyber Specter.

"Excuse my intrusion, Lord Cyber Specter." She silently reported, "The work here has been delayed, I’ve booked a flight back to Zanges. I’ll find a way to plant you into the web core tower of Zanges; much of the network in the Hot Tree Continent is connected to Zanges, and there you should be able to start controlling and infecting the Hot Tree Continent. The only thing I want to know is... Lord Cyber Specter, what do you want to bring to the Hot Tree Continent?"

"The truth." Only a short reply came from the screen.

These two words seemed immensely heavy, Tsuchigumo thought to herself.

Her impression of the Hot Tree Continent was only of poverty and chaos. If the Northern Archipelago’s markets hadn’t been taken over by Nestor Corporation, Renwang Security would never have been likely to seek work in Zanges.

Yet now, the terrifying rogue AI Cyber Specter will be brought to Zanges by Tsuchigumo.

The Sin City of Zanges was already utterly chaotic, and now another new factor was to be added.

It seems that she, a small Spider Witch, might also have the opportunity to participate in the process of altering world events.

With this thought, Tsuchigumo no longer delayed, heading to the airport on Jialong Slope, ready to return to Zanges.

Beautiful Jialong Slope... where sin is controlled, and the streets are clean. Tsuchigumo took one last look at this law-abiding city.

If she managed to save enough for retirement, she’d retire in Jialong Slope—for someone uninterested in struggle, Jialong Slope was the best destination.