Lord Shadow

Eric is smiling as he said that. Does he have some ideas?

She thought to herself

The Grand Researcher did not immediately ask him what he means by that.

Instead she looks at Eric and frowned. She could not understand what Eric was insinuating. 

'What do you mean?'

Eric then said

'Even though our detection system could only scan thirty percent of the landmass of the new Antarctica, and the range and depth of the scan is not that impressive, we found that there are many new resources and even some new elements and minerals that we have never seen before.'

'Verilion is already something that we exported to the other world power.  It is something that we have the most abundance of'

The Grand Researcher nodded and then Eric continue. 

'Our scan found a deposits mine of Verilion on land. It is a lot more than what we have before. At least on the side of supply of Verilion to the other great powers, there would be no shock to the market. Instead, if my calculation is right, we could even have the power to flood the market with Verilion and causes the price to bottom out'

Verilion is one of the minerals that the Order of Thinkers found in their expedition on the seabed 

Most of the Verilion they got, they mined it from the bottom of the ocean. 

Out of the other six great power, Antarctica is the only continent in the world that have this mineral in large amount

As such it is one of the Order of Thinkers exports to the world. Verilion is used in many of the new phones that is created in the market right now

As it is able to conduct energy of the world, all of the phones in the world needed Verilion for it to be able to conduct energy and do the functions that is now common to the people of the world

Some of the function of the phone in this brave new world is like downloading information to one mind, personal holographic projection, accurate physical scans, detection system for time dilation, atmospheric changes, space disturbance and so on and so forth

Yes, the phone that is created after the Fall is not simply a phone.

If this was before the Fall, such phone is probably something that the military would create. If they toss this phone to a world like their before the Fall, those people might have thought of it as some kind of powerful advanced technology when it is actually one of the many basic stuff in the world after the Fall

Hence, Verilion is very important and in the market of the world, its price is also quite volatile like Eluvian stone

  While it is not as scarce as some other new magical mineral, it is not that in abundance either.

It is like cobalt before the Fall. 

what they lack is other kinds of minerals like Eluvian stones, and many other new minerals and resources after the Fall

Antarctica had many treasures. 

But it also lacks certain stuff. 

The Amazons for example is not only blessed by a lot of huge mineral deposit, they also possess a lot of magical plants and herbs and one of the active partner of the Order of Thinker is the League of Freedom. 

They traded Verilion for the plants, leaves and herbs that exist in the Amazons. 

Then there is Pandemonium who had all kinds of biomes, animals, trees, plants, energy mines, and a whole lot of other mysterious places which is full in abundance with energy

The reason for such fertile and mystical land is because other than the former China, Pandemonium or as it was formerly known, Australia was one of the countries that was attacked and occupied by titanic monsters.

China was lucky that many of those behemoth monsters after killing almost a billion people in China flew away and hibernated in the forbidden zones.

Australia however became a haven for beast and monsters.

  While this is not good for humans there, it was very good for the environment there.

  And when Death Monarch kills tens of thousands of beast in that land, the surge of energy that is present there after that act of killing bring about a change to the whole land

And most of the other world powers had other kinds of minerals and resources that far outstripped the Order of Thinkers resources. 

It is fortunate that they sat on the largest underwater deposit of Verilion. If not, they probably could not compete with the other world power in terms of resources.

The only reason that the other world power did not attack the order of thinkers to get that deposit is because they are not that desperate.

After all it is not like the order of Thinkers close the door to trade with them.

And to some people, Antarctica is simply not a land that they are interested in having even if there is a large mine deposit of Verilion in the bottom of the ocean around the Antarctica seas. 

And as their research requires new mineral and resources it forces the Order of Thinkers to trade with even unsavory characters.

Eric then added

'And then there is others'

'Others?'

'Yes. Our research teams found new minerals some of them are minerals that have never been seen or recorded in any of the mineral records after the Fall. New elements and new minerals. And because of the fertile land there is also herbs and magical plant. As for where the ice goes, that is a very interesting thing'

'Interesting?'

Smiling Eric said

'The ice did not disappear. It seems that the new Antarctica is separated by three regions by some kind of invisible magic barrier. Fortunately, we have tested it and this magic barrier simply isolate the different climate. It is hard to explain it logically. I saw the pictures but I myself did not have the chance to go there yet' there is a trace of regret in his tone

Eric, while he is also quite good on the political side, he is after all, in his core, a researcher that loves this kind of new things 

'But some of the researcher that go there describe it to be quite a magical experience'

Then he said

'Central region. this is the region we are at right now. the Central region which is full of plants, trees and if you travelled further you could see even tropical landscape and climate'

He is talking with excitement and Grand Researcher could not help but smile looking at her old friend being so passionate about it

Eric did not seem to notice as he went on saying

'Considering how large the area of Antarctica right now, it is not surprising. But if you go past this fertile land area, you would arrive at a land of snow and ice. This is the front part. If you walk toward the other direction then after passing from the fertile area, you would arrive at a place of heat and flames. Large volcanoes which spews magical lava'

Hearing all of this new changes made the eyes of the Grand Researcher to shine with excitement

After all, she and Eric is not that different. It is this similarity that drew them to grow the Order of Thinkers to the size it is today.

'I did not think that it changes so much.'

Eric added

'And we are not done. We do not yet fully explore all of this region. I use the mobile satellite on the Battlestar to get these images. But it is very exciting to explore all of these regions. Who knows what we will find and discover? Just thinking about it set my heart ablaze'

The Grand Researcher nodded

Even though there are certain things that they do not see eye to eye to, at least in this, they share the same feeling of excitement. 

Then the Grand Researchers ask

'Is there any Eluvian Stone?' She might be excited. But she did not lose her calm. Her mind had already started calculating things. 

'One hundred kilogram' Eric said

'That is a lot' she muttered. 

Eluvian stone is very rare. The fact that they found one hundred kilograms in a landmass that could fit Earth is already a lot for her.

Grand Researcher mind begin thinking. Eric waited beside her. It seems that she might have to reconsider some of her plans.

To Eric there is nothing better. Eric had seen her slowly going deeper and deeper into all sorts of things.

He only fears that she could not extricate herself if she goes too deep. 

But as she was thinking of how best to capitalize this new situation of finding all kinds of minerals, suddenly someone knock the door of this empty room.

'I'll take it' Eric said and she only nodded.

Eric goes to the door, leaving the Grand Researcher on the balcony. The creaking sound of the door echoes in the empty room as Eric look outside the room and saw another colleague of his