Chapter 318 Flora's Ambition
After Sylvie left the white mist, the first thing she did was to settle Ansiriel, and the second thing was to have a heart-to-heart talk with Flora.
"You did a great job. It seems that you will be the socialite of the seventh bureau from now on." Sylvie put down Flora's report and praised her half-jokingly.
Flora's achievements are obvious to all. She allocated all the vacant industries that she took over from the Ye family to large entrepreneurs, and used her aristocratic connections to directly create a spiritual salt trade route. Spiritual salt has never been a shortage of buyers, so everyone wants to get involved and get a piece of the pie.
Flora gave 60% of the exported spiritual salt to the Osborne family, of course at the market price.
"Why give so much spiritual salt to your family? Since it is the market price, anyone can take it, right?" Sylvie asked as she looked at the report.
"You don't want me to do that?"
"No, that's not the case. I'm just curious about why you do this. Don't you want revenge? Why do you want to give the family such a big benefit?" Sylvie looked at Flora with a smile in her eyes.
"It's a sign of reconciliation, and also to establish my position in the family . I will go back one day, and my mother is still there."
"Isn't that just it?"
"Of course, if I just gave them such a good business for nothing, I would not do it. I persuaded them to invest in Dongyang Island. Dongyang Island is no longer a forbidden island in the true sense. There is no loss in investing in this island, not to mention that I am here."
"Will they let you manage the properties they invested in Dongyang Island?"
"No, they will send someone, but I am the one who has the power on this island, not them."
Sylvie nodded with satisfaction. Flora's thinking was clear and she did not do stupid things. Although from a certain perspective, she was too selfish and would cause dissatisfaction among other colleagues, her high-quality performance report could completely make up for those minor flaws.
What surprised Sylvie even more was that Flora would actually use such a method to advance her revenge plan. To be honest, even she couldn't understand it.
The only thing that can be thought of is that Flora may want to use this to enhance the overall strength of the Osborn family, and in the process of enhancing this strength, maximize her control over the family and then gain the greatest voice in the family.
The positions of the nobility can always be easily changed, and the tendency of their positions is always biased towards positions. The flow of power within the aristocratic family can be well understood by using the operating model of an ordinary commercial company.
When you are an employee of a small company with an annual profit of three million, it is quite difficult for you to fire a director. But if you can single-handedly increase the company's annual profit to thirty million or even three hundred million, then you will no longer be an employee, you will also become a member of the board of directors.
If you want to fire a director at this time, the other directors will agree. They will not refuse your request just because the director you want to fire has a better relationship with them. Faced with friendship and interests, these people will choose interests without hesitation.
If Flora can succeed and achieve this effect, she can take revenge on a small part of the family.
But Sylvie thought that level of revenge was not what Flora wanted. Flora's anger was not only intended to ignite a few individual family members, she wanted to pour all her anger on everyone in the family.
"I thought you would choose violence in the end." Sylvie.
"That's exactly what I think." Flora said indifferently.
Sylvie smiled meaningfully, then calmly changed the subject: "You said you have mastered Alienation. To what extent have you mastered it? Can you use Hegemony and Empowerment? Use them and let us see."
"Now?"
"Yes, right now."
Flora tried to dance with the high-dimensional power. Sylvie held Flora's hand. She saw the high-dimensional lines covering Flora's body. Although the lines were messy, she had indeed mastered the skills of using the high-dimensional power and could initially wrap her whole body.
"That's right. Next, you just need to practice diligently and fuse those lines together to form a bandage -like shape. Finally, fuse these bandages together completely to form a membrane. When you reach that level, you can try to comprehend your own barrier."
Flora frowned when she heard this. To her, this progress was too slow and she couldn't wait.
"Is there no shortcut? I want to get off the island as soon as possible."
"There is a shortcut. There is no direct connection between the self-made barrier and the skill of Alienation. Although they are in a superior-subordinate relationship in terms of the use of power, there are also people who can open the barrier without using Alienation. However...the barrier created by self-cultivation generally needs to be developed step by step."
"Does it have to be like this?" Flora asked seriously.
Sylvie smiled and said, "Not really, but whether you can succeed depends on your understanding. First of all, I have to tell you that there are three basic elements to open your own barrier.
First, have independent thoughts and personality, and possess high intelligence.
Second, have enough abnormality.
Third, have sufficient inspiration and imagination, and a mind of self-examination and self-acceptance to freely indulge instincts.
You definitely meet the first condition, and as for the second condition... I remember that your abnormality when you joined the company was 6500, which is a very good result among A-level psychics, but you have to know that there are fewer people in this world who can possess free barriers than S-level psychics. Most people who have barriers are S-level.
Your abnormality is still a little off, so the success rate is not very high, and the difficulty of construction is greater than those with extraordinary talents."
"As for abnormality, I think I should be able to do it." Flora raised her head and said, "My last test score was 12,000. Should that be enough?"
Sylvie was stunned, and the smile on her face froze.
An abnormal value of 12,000, exceeding the S-level standard by 4,000!
Even a very powerful composite mutant would not have such a high abnormal value. Unless she made a deal with the devil and forcibly increased her abnormality, it would be impossible for her to reach such a high value.
You know, even for herself who had the Duke's heart transplanted, her abnormal value was only 11,000, and her own abnormal value of 8,000 was accumulated through hundreds of years of training. Her abnormal value was so high that it was easily surpassed by Flora. It was incredible!
Was it because of Flora's brother's death? His death alone could increase her abnormal value so much?
This is so weird. It is impossible to understand from a mathematical perspective. From the moment the twins awaken their superpowers, the abnormality of one will continue to flow away and be infused into the other. When Flora joined the Bureau, this unilateral infusion should have lasted for a long time. After so many years, Milo's remaining abnormality should have been almost gone. Why did Flora's abnormality value soar to such an exaggerated number as soon as Milo died?
Sylvie stared at Flora with great interest, her mind working rapidly, and she soon figured it out.
Perhaps it was because Milo had been taking spiritual salt for so many years.
"If this is really the value, then the success rate is at a normal level. The next thing to see is whether it can be awakened. Before we get to the point, you and I should test it again."
Sylvie brought Flora to the outlier test room and watched Flora put her hand on the ball. The number 12240 appeared on the screen above.
It's true.
This level of combat power, if the fear resistance can be higher, will become the main force for hunting demons.
"I have two ways to help you awaken your own barrier. The first one is relatively safe. You can take a psychological test first, and an expert will assess your personality type and tell you the real you. Of course, this may be wrong, but a different perspective from the outside world may be inspiring to you."
Flora frowned. "I have to tell everything to the person who helped me with the assessment?"
"Yes, I know that some of your words are difficult to say, but this is a necessary step. If you are willing to wait, I can find some criminals who are good at understanding psychology and detained by the alliance to help you. After he finishes speaking, I can kill him. This way, no one will know what you said.
Of course, I can also be your psychiatrist, because I have roughly guessed everything about you."
Flora lowered her head in silence, considering what choice she should make. Sylvie glanced at her and continued.
"Then there's fantasy. Think about what price you pay and what results you can get... It's okay to have no price, but it would be a bit more difficult to construct the barrier. The fantasy of paying a price is easy to imagine because you can substitute your past experiences.
Just like every uneducated person fantasizes that if he had studied hard, he could have saved his life; a murderer fantasizes that if he had been calmer and taken a step back, he might not have been sentenced to death. In short, it is just a fantasy. When you think that you can make the fantasy a reality as long as you pay a price, the barrier is formed. "
"Wait, isn't that crazy?" Flora demanded.
"No, the key is authenticity." Sylvie smiled.
Flora nodded thoughtfully, turned and walked out. It seemed that she needed to be alone for a while before making a decision.
She was halfway through her walk when she suddenly stopped, as if she remembered something, and returned to Sylvie.
"Minister, I have something to tell you about Su Ming."
"What's up?"
"A group of people of unknown origin are investigating Su Ming, and they seem to want to harm Su Ming."
When Flora was carrying out the secret plan without Su Ming's knowledge, she asked the guide of the Black Gate to compile a list of all the people who passed through the Black Gate and copy it to her.
After that, Flora had people proofread the lists and screened out those who went to Furnace Island that day and returned to Dongyang Island the next day.
The list of these screened people is as large as tens of thousands, but if these people are checked against the municipal information of Dongyang Island, it can be found that the vast majority of them have jobs on Dongyang Island, and these people with jobs are most likely not suspects.
In addition to those who work on Dongyang Island, there is also a group of visitors from outside the island.
Flora is not sure that all the people selected are those who want to harm Su Ming, but those who want to harm Su Ming are likely to be among these people.
