Chapter 117: The Ancestor
Demon hunters are always one of the most dangerous people in the world, because the lessons of history have taught them countless times that when they truly understand the true purpose of natural disasters, they are usually powerless.
They failed to solve the plague centuries ago, and they never solved the Great Famine, even today, when one-sixth of the world's countries suffer from poverty and war.
And the only thing they can do is to investigate the truth as much as they can in the limited time.
Even though, it pushed them to the brink of death again and again.
"Isn't it, according to you, that our lives have always been under the control of natural disasters?"
An Ling struggled to digest all the horrific and unknown facts mentioned by Kate King, could it be that she usually ordered a takeout meal and ate the "Fat House Happy Castle" tailored for them by natural disasters?
If Kate King is not alarmist, then Woe is really raising them as "fat houses"?
Just thinking about this made her feel a chill.
And An Ling finally realized what Kate King said, the real horror.
If the natural disaster appears in the form of a shapeshifter or an evil spirit, she will be alert, she will come to Gu Yun to discuss a solution, and she will put down everything at hand to investigate the existence of the shapeshifter as she is now.
But......
The "fat house" lifestyle only makes her feel happy.
After a busy day, you can go home and turn on your computer, with snacks and drinks next to you, and when you're hungry, go out and order a takeout, and someone will deliver a steaming meal to your door.
In the past, health considerations were the constraints of this behavior, but now, natural disasters are focusing on taste and nutrition, and Geert Pharmaceuticals has not stopped after developing anti-cancer drugs, and Eric Brando has told the public media countless times that their goal is to eradicate all known diseases that plague humanity.
It is foreseeable that in the coming era, human beings will have fewer and fewer worries, the effects of bad habits in life will be eliminated by more "advanced" technologies, the working hours will become shorter and shorter, and the social welfare will become higher and higher, so that at a certain level, even if a person stays at home and does nothing, he can enjoy the happiness he imagined.
Throughout the process of change, An Ling did not know who her enemy was.
She felt that she was not fighting a concrete enemy, but her own emotions and desires.
Even when she learned about the nature of Gert's pharmaceuticals, it was difficult for her to see them as a purely evil institution, because one of the immediate benefits it brought was that it could prolong the life of her parents.
The development of new drugs can turn people's attachment and reluctance into possible pursuits, and in Kate King's mouth, "natural disasters" do not seem to overly reward them, but send this opportunity to everyone.
"The only price that Woe is charging at the moment is curiosity."
Kate King broke the silence, "As long as you abandon all your curiosity, you can enjoy all the conveniences they bring with peace of mind." ”
He was sure that at all times, all over the world, there were countless people willing to make this deal.
He remembered that the Investigation of Anomalies in the Americas had told him that ignorance was happiness.
Knowing that the paranormal doesn't do life any good, it only makes people more and more neurotic, seeing that people are no longer human, and it's important not to splash holy water on the faces of anyone who passes by to make sure they're real humans and not monsters disguised as vampires, werewolves, or shapeshifters.
Witchers are a job insulated from ignorance, so more than seventy percent of witchers end up with an unnatural death.
"If you want to quit, now is the best time."
"You're saying there's a new scourge here?"
Gu Yun didn't hesitate for a moment, because a happy meal and a comfortable life in a fat house were not his pursuit.
"It's not."
Kate King shook her head, "Woe is now choosing the right person to help them take care of this world, and Eric Brando, who visited City X before, is also one of the objects we focus on, there is some news that he comes from an ancient vampire clan, and in the American continent alone, there are more than twenty targets we suspect, they span various different fields, and they all have absolute power to speak in their respective fields. ”
"It sounds like a sequestration system."
An Ling blurted out that when she first entered the pit "Riding and Hacking", she also specially read medieval history for a period of time.
And this also answered a question in her mind.
If the mechanism of calamity continues layer by layer like the system of separation, they will not need to do everything themselves, and they will be able to firmly control the entire industry in their own hands.
Kate King was noncommittal, "We will help the goal of maintaining the rule of woe, call it Xiao Wang, in the words of the company, they are the CEO on the surface, and while establishing their absolute right to speak, they will use some means to deal with opponents who refuse to cooperate." ”
Each Xiao Wang used different methods, some caused an accident, and some directly turned them into puppets, "and in this case, they were directly replaced." ”
"The little Wang you are talking about shouldn't be an ordinary shape-changing monster, right?"
Gu Yun asked.
"Of course, we are not dealing with ordinary shapeshifters, just like the vampires and werewolves have a strict hierarchy, changelings also have their own internal hierarchy, according to incomplete information, each race, has its own opinion leader, and in terms of power, they are far above ordinary individuals, we call these ancestors."
The disappearances of vampires, werewolves, and witches have all left traces in the dark history of various continents, but the ancestor of the shape-changing monster has never appeared in any documents.
There are only two possibilities.
One possibility is that it didn't really exist.
More likely, however, all those who saw it were killed.
"I can only regret to say that we don't know anything about the ancestors of these monsters, and at worst, all the props we know of to restrain the shapeshifting monsters may not work against the ancestors."
This is also the reason why Kate King has to try to cooperate with Gu Yun and others.
Witchers usually win by experience, and once past experience expires, they are not much stronger than normal people.
"We must consider that the Ancestor could be anyone, even those who have been splashed with holy water."