Chapter 1 Selling Videos

Right now, first-hand video data of the Lost Continent is being sold online, and purchasing it requires ten gold points.

The post selling the data has reached over a hundred million comments. Of course, half of these comments are praises, and the other half are curses.

"The poster is awesome, the first to arrive at the Lost Continent!"

"Damn, ten gold points? Poster, you're crazy about money, why don't you just rob us!"

"Ten gold points isn't expensive, they risked their lives for it."

"If you have money, buy it!"

"Waiting for the pirated video to leak..."

Su Mo clicked a few times and decisively paid ten gold points.

Immediately, a prompt popped up.

"Congratulations on becoming the 103rd member to purchase. Please leave your email address, and we will provide you with further first-hand information free of charge."

Su Mo looked at the prompt thoughtfully. The click rate exceeded one hundred million, but the number of purchasers was only over a hundred. It seemed that most people still thought it was too expensive.

However, this team of sellers is also very interesting. They have a trick up their sleeve, taking down those who are willing to pay in order to find suitable investors.

Of course, that doesn't matter, let's watch the video first.

Su Mo opened the video. In the lightning-filled sky, a special small stealth aircraft was flying forward, swaying.

In the distant horizon, an endless black continent appeared.

Although called a continent, from satellite images, it was actually an isolated island, but with a very large area.

Su Mo stared intently at the video. The swaying aircraft got closer and closer to the Lost Continent.

The moment he clearly saw the dark continent, Su Mo couldn't help but take a breath.

This was a continent purely constructed of mechanical metal. It looked incredibly desolate and oppressive, with tangled mechanical wreckage everywhere, giving people a feeling of extreme pressure.

Soon, the aircraft crash-landed on the island of the Lost Continent.

Five team members wearing second-generation mechanical armor hurriedly opened the aircraft's hatch.

"Quick, quick, get down. We have to leave here quickly. We have alerted the monsters here."

A rough voice came from the mouth of the leading man.

"Understood!"

After the five team members left the aircraft, they quickly ran to the right front. At this time, one by one, dozens of meters tall, with round heads that were transparent. You could clearly see the wriggling substance inside. Their lower bodies were type iii alien species similar to octopus tentacles, gathering towards here.

The video screen was shaking violently. You could see that the team was running for their lives.

From time to time, you could also hear the team members panting.

"Hansen, hurry up, don't let those bastards catch up."

"Understood."

Just as Su Mo was engrossed in watching, the video screen was interrupted, and an information collection box popped up, asking him to enter his email address.

Su Mo was also a little unsatisfied, so he filled in his email address.

Sure enough, he soon received another video compression package.

Su Mo opened the video compression package. In the video, there were only three members left in the five-person team. And all three were in a mess, covered in some sticky liquid.

The leading rough man walked to the front of the video and introduced himself.

"Hi, hello, we are the Black Gobi Exploration Mercenary Group. We are fortunate to be the first to arrive at the Lost Continent. I believe you investors are very interested in the Lost Continent and full of unknown expectations. But everything I'm going to tell you next will greatly disappoint you, but it will definitely make the money you paid worthwhile."

"From our current exploration of this area, this is a mechanical wasteland. No, it should be called a barren mechanical continent, because its area is too large. Basically, no grass grows here. But that doesn't mean there are no living things. Those alien species are the biggest nightmare. Their combat power is much stronger than ordinary alien species, and their blood is full of unknown viruses, which can even corrode high-strength mechanical armor. Two of our companions unfortunately fell victim and sacrificed themselves."

"Of course, we have also explored a lot of valuable information, which can help you investors better conquer this continent and win the Cup of Earth."

"But as the saying goes, there is no free lunch in this world. We risked our lives to be the first to land on the Lost Continent in order to earn our first pot of gold. After all, there's no shame in making money. So, the following information will be given to the highest bidder. You can send us emails with your quotes, and we will send you all the first-hand information we have explored, and we can even sell you our lives, to explore designated areas for you. Thank you."

After Su Mo finished watching this video, he felt even more interested.

To be honest, if he hadn't died, he would have been tempted to make an offer and hire this mercenary group to explore.

Of course, now Su Mo was just interested, and he didn't plan to spend a lot of money to make an offer. Because even if he got the first-hand information, it wouldn't be of much use. After all, he was already dead, and the Cup of Earth was definitely out of his reach.

In addition, Su Mo didn't care about the rewards of the Cup of Earth. Judging from the rewards he got from Dragon Country, Su Mo had a strong guess that the rewards of the Cup of Earth were likely to be used to make up for the civilization's shortcomings, so that it would be qualified to participate in the Cup of Heaven.

Therefore, the rewards of the Cup of Earth would inevitably fall into the hands of the Federal Council. In addition, the recent construction of interstellar airports in various regions.

Made Su Mo feel more and more that times were about to change.

After a long time, Lin Zi Nuo came down from upstairs, walked to the bar, and said to Su Mo.

"Get me a bottle of milk, and some bread, I'm starving..."

"Is everything settled?"

Su Mo asked curiously.

"Settled? My luck is just terrible. We ran into that type iv alien monster. It was unbelievably strong. Sister Xue personally piloted the type iv biological mech down, but she couldn't cause any substantial damage to it. Instead, it overturned many of our ships, causing heavy casualties. The Helan was almost overturned."

Lin Zi Nuo couldn't help complaining.

Su Mo's heart skipped a beat. He hesitated and asked, "Is Qian Chengxue alright?"

"She's fine. Although Sister Xue couldn't beat that monster, she had no problem protecting herself. In the end, we forced our way out. That monster was still unwilling to give up and wanted to chase after us, but it was severely beaten by the Qilong! You don't know how shocking that scene was, how fierce the Qilong was, it almost shattered the sea."

The more Lin Zi Nuo spoke, the more excited she became.

The corner of Su Mo's mouth twitched slightly...

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In the office of the Central Administrative Building in Shanghai, a middle-aged man with noble manners, an excellent temperament, wearing a white shirt and a loose jacket, was sitting at his desk, looking at the documents in his hand.

At this time, a fashionable, tall female secretary walked in.

"Lord Cao Wen (Mayor of Shanghai), the people from the capital are almost here. Would you like to go to the meeting first?"

"Are the others coming?"

"They're all here."

"Okay."

Cao Wen calmly got up and left the office.

Not long after, Cao Wen arrived at the conference hall. There were many people waiting in the conference hall. They were all administrative officials and local tycoons of Shanghai.

They all got up and saluted Cao Wen.

"Lord."

"You don't need so much etiquette. The people from the capital will be here soon. You should discuss with them carefully."

Cao Wen nodded slightly in response.

"Understood."

Everyone present nodded in response.

Not long after, sixteen people walked in led by a staff member.

The leader was Guo Gao, the deputy director of the Capital Planning Department, followed by a group of designers and experts.

Guo Gao and Cao Wen shook hands and exchanged a few pleasantries.

"Welcome Lord Guo Gao, I've been too busy lately to find time to personally greet you."

"Lord Cao Wen, you're too polite. We're all one family. We're also pressed for time, so let's skip the formalities and let the others start discussing the construction of the interstellar airport."

"Okay!"

Cao Wen responded with a smile.

Guo Gao turned his head and politely said to a serious middle-aged man behind him.

"Lin Wei, I'll have to trouble you. I know you're not feeling well, but this matter is very important, so I had to ask you to make a trip in person."

"This is what I should do. Besides, I was just planning to come to Shanghai."

Lin Wei shook his head very rigidly and replied.

Cao Wen turned his head to look at his capable confidant Zheng Yuan.

Zheng Yuan took out a thick stack of plan documents with a smiling face and said with a smile.

"Then let's discuss the construction of the interstellar airport."

Cao Wen and Guo Gao sat quietly aside drinking tea, with no intention of participating.

Time passed by little by little.

The discussion between the two sides became more and more intense, and the atmosphere in the conference room became worse and worse.

Lin Wei frowned more and more, and his tone became higher and higher. He pointed to the documents very seriously and said, "There's only so much in the total planned budget, but you haven't made any progress with the demolition, and the compensation you're offering is so high. Tell me, what are you planning to do later? The progress will definitely be a problem then."

"Mr. Lin Wei, listen to me, the land price in Shanghai is no less than that in the capital. But you can't just ask us to acquire it at a 30% discount or even lower, can you? People aren't stupid, how could they agree? Why don't you increase the funding ratio for us?"

"In short, there's only so much planned funding. Either Shanghai has to raise the money itself. But I'll say it here, at most I'll give you another month, and the demolition work must be completed. If you delay the progress, the cost of materials will increase later."

"You're making things difficult for us. You didn't give us enough budget for raising funds for the interstellar airport in the first place, and we have to put in a lot of money ourselves."

"This is your own business. You caused this result yourselves. If you followed the design drawings we gave you, there wouldn't be so many problems. You could have built an interstellar airport of a similar size. But your current plan is almost catching up with the size of the capital's interstellar airport. Isn't this nonsense?"

"You can't say that. The economy in Shanghai has always been very prosperous, and the traffic is large. If we don't do it in one step, it will be very troublesome later."

"Don't bite off more than you can chew, be careful it becomes a rotten project."

Guo Gao said lightly at this time, "Mr. Lin Wei, don't get angry. I think we've talked for a long time today, so let's stop here."

"I think so too."

Cao Wen echoed with a smile.

"Then we'll leave first."

Guo Gao got up and left with his people directly, without being polite. Saying he was unrestrained, in fact, to put it another way, he didn't give much face.

Cao Wen didn't care at all, he was used to it.

At this time, Zheng Yuan saw them walking away and complained angrily, "Lord, these people from above are really high and mighty, full of superiority."

"I know, those are irrelevant. The key is that we have to do our own thing well. The interstellar airport must be built well. And it can't be cut back. The Federal Council will be officially established soon. This interstellar airport is not only about the future of Shanghai, but also about my competition for a seat in the Federal Council."

Cao Wen said in a deep voice.

"Lord Cao Wen, you don't need to worry too much about the funding. We will fully support you. Although we old guys can't compare to the Five Dragon Heads, our foundation is not that bad."

At this time, three old men sitting in the corner stood up. They were the three major local tycoons in Shanghai, the Lei family, the Zhao family, and the Hai family.

"With you speaking, I'm naturally not flustered."

Cao Wen responded with a smile.

"However, the demolition is indeed a bit troublesome, such a large piece of land, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

The three thought for a while and added.

"Don't worry about this matter, I will find a way to solve it properly. You just need to ensure the project funds. The only thing that surprised me a bit is that I didn't expect there to be so many hidden rich people in Shanghai."

"Okay."

Everyone responded.