In the sky above the earth, above the white clouds, above the twelve laser satellites of the Gewu Society, above, above, and again, in a space orbit a thousand kilometers away, there is a satellite that does not exist at all in the optical sense, in the cognitive sense, and even in the spiritual sense.

You can't see it with the naked eye, you can't see it with a professional telescope; Even if you're a sharp-eyed and knowledgeable scientist who deduces from the physics of a satellite that there's something here, you'll assume it doesn't exist; Even if you are a Dao Demon with advanced cultivation and a keen spiritual sense, it will be difficult for you to detect it.

You might think it's a miniature satellite, but it's the opposite, it's a massive satellite, larger than all the spacecraft ever launched by mankind combined, and about the size of a town you live in, so big that it's at least the right place to call it "Castle in the Sky".

This satellite is where the headquarters of the Gewu Society is located-

Gold Coast!

Commonly known as the coast.

The reason why a satellite is called "coast" is because we have learned to compare the universe to the sea and the earth to an isolated island, so the satellites in the earth's orbit also become the coast, which indicates a well-known saying:

"My journey is the sea of stars."

It cannot be ruled out that the Society has such lofty ideals, but the real situation is that the city that the Society built in space for safety was to be precise, and it was beaten to the sky by the Dao Demon!

Before World War II, the headquarters of the Gewu Society was located on an island in the Pacific Ocean called "Hal City", which was surrounded by absolute defenses, and was known as the city of heavenly punishment that could not be breached.

During World War II, Hal City was fiercely attacked by the [Heavenly Demon Group] on land, sea and air, and its impregnable defense was vulnerable to the abilities of high-level Dao Demons, and it was completely destroyed after only three days.

After World War II, in order to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy, the Society organized a large number of scientists to tackle the problem, and it took 20 years and a lot of manpower and material resources to finally build this city in the sky step by step.

Named Gold Coast.

In this way, the three-sided defense of sea, land and air has become one side, and the defense pressure has been greatly reduced, and the Gold Coast is never fixed in one place, often changing orbits and moving, plus the "absolute stealth" protective shield, the location of the Gold Coast cannot be discovered at all without the cultivation of the distraction realm.

Even if you find out, if you want to reach the Gold Coast in space, a thousand kilometers away, you must at least have the cultivation of the Jindan Realm; Even if you arrive, if you want to forcibly break through the SSS-level protective shield of the Gold Coast, even if you are a merging realm monster who is one level higher than the god stage, you will be helpless at all, unless it is the full force of the Nirvana Realm Dao Demon, it is possible to break through this protective shield.

The Nirvana Realm is the highest realm of cultivation in the old days, but according to scientists' calculations, in the current era of the end of the law, the concentration of spiritual power is only one-fifth of that of the Ming Dynasty, and no matter what form the Nirvana Realm Dao Demon takes, it is impossible to maintain the original cultivation to survive!

So, the Gold Coast is relatively safe, at least Bihar City.

The reason why the society no longer puts up flags and says things like "a city that will never be breached" is because the city of Hal fell like this, never, never, impossible, these words are unlucky.

Even if it's a Gewu Society, it's good to keep a low profile.

There is no need to challenge some laws.

The Gold Coast is a standard spherical satellite, ten kilometers in diameter, with an underground mechanical city in the lower hemisphere, a curved sky in a glass cover in the upper hemisphere, and a residential area on the ground in the middle.

The neighborhood is almost a small city, with a population of about 100,000, of whom there are fewer than 10,000 scholars, most of whom are family members and support staff.

This is a futuristic city that can be self-sufficient with nuclear and solar energy, even if the earth is destroyed, the Gold Coast will still survive, but if you want to conquer the stars and seas, you will need psionic energy!

This is the most essential contradiction between the Society, the Dao Demon and the Eleven Lone Travelers-

Fight for psionic energy!

Now that Eleven has started his first move, the whole world will begin to enter war mode, and all three parties to the war understand that this war is not as simple as it was in World War II.

It's not 100% certain, but everyone has a hunch that this is the final battle!

Seventy years of peace after World War II have smoothed out the spirit of the Gewu Society, so much so that for a long time, especially in the last two decades, the [Gewu Seven Sages], who represent the strongest individuals of the Society, were once hollowed out by officials, delegated, and squeezed out of the core of power by the bureaucracy of science and technology.

(The officials at the headquarters are basically descendants of the Seven Sages of the former generation, and this aspect will not be expanded to write, and don't ask the author why the officials are so stupid, just look at the Draco people in "One Piece".) ）

But once the state of war is reached, the Seven Sages of Gewu will take a resolute attitude and regain real power - of course, Gost's performance in capturing the Destroyer has contributed to the return of the Seven Sages of Gewu to power.

It took a whole week for the Gewu Society to raise the protective shields for the ninety-nine chapters in the world, at least something like Liu Changzhong who appeared inside the base at random would not happen again.

Next, the Seven Sages of Gewu reunite, and it's time to set the tone for a turbulent world.

……

A week later.

Gold Coast.

The headquarters building of the Gewu Society, the Ruler Sword Pavilion.

The top floor, the conference hall.

A long rectangular table stretched across the hall, and if filled, it could seat hundreds of officials, which had been the norm for decades.

But tonight, there will only be seven people.

The meeting will be held at 0:00 a.m.

It's half past eleven in the evening.

A short, tired figure bowed his head in front of the stereoscopic screen, which was a snowy bald head with a few sparse hairs.

"I screwed everything, Herald."

Tomino was the first to arrive at the venue, one of the two of the Seven Sages who had lived on the Gold Coast for the past twenty years, and he relied on his design genius and coding skills to stay at the headquarters during the years when the Seven Sages had been overshadowed by officials, earning the trust of the officials.

He is also the youngest of the Seven Sages of Gewu, he is not yet fifty years old this year, five or six years younger than Li Wuxie, and he is actually very young for Gewu scholars who have an average life expectancy of one hundred and fifty years.

Other scholars around fifty years old usually have a young appearance in their thirties, such as Li Wuxie, except for the pair of panda eyes, he is basically a handsome uncle in his thirties, but Tomino Cocoon Li has almost written the age of fifty on his face because he stays up late to cultivate immortals and write code, much older than Li Wuxie, with a sparse head and bloodshot eyes, giving people a feeling of sudden death at any time.

Especially after the First World War in Jiangnan, he suddenly became much older......

The destroyer he designed was taken away by the enemy because of its security risks.

The mecha battle he commanded was so inexperienced that the strongest mecha was easily defeated by the enemy, and the genius pilot Akira died tragically.

"I screwed everything, Herald."

In front of the screen, he kept bowing and repenting.

On the three-dimensional large screen at this moment, a geometric figure composed of ink and wash keeps changing shapes, switching back and forth in various topological structures, looking like some kind of computer screensaver pattern.

This is an artificial intelligence formed by the fusion of the posthumous thinking of the [Seven Sages of Gewu] of the Gewu Society——

[Pioneer].

After the Renaissance, the power of the societies of various countries surpassed that of China, and the scientific name Mozi became inappropriate, and finally the international scientific name "pioneer" was changed by the vote of various countries, and the graphics were also changed to a changing topology, and only the ink image was retained.

The pioneer probably played the role of a think tank at the headquarters of the society, and although he had no real power, he was deeply trusted by the scholars, especially for those who did not have the ability to make mistakes, and the pioneer almost became a kind of faith, and in the end almost all decisions were left to the pioneer.

After the First World War in Jiangnan, he was also a pioneer who analyzed the current situation and suggested that the Seven Sages of Gewu be reconvened, otherwise how could those officials hand over the power they had held tightly?

A low, mechanical sound echoed the dome of the hall.

It's not your fault. 】

As soon as he said this, the pioneer did not respond.

But this simple sentence made Tomino Cocoon feel a lot less guilty, turned his head to the long table, picked an inconspicuous place and sat down, waiting for the arrival of others.

Not much.

Li Wuxian and the masturbation class also came to the hall with their two twin girls.

The thermos cup that Li Wuxian never left his body also turned into a pitch-black magnetic spirit sword.

Seeing that only Tomino Cocoon came in advance, Li Wuxian suddenly felt that he was completely lost, and he should come late, but he couldn't resist the forced request of the excited masturbation class, so he had to come early.

"I said don't come so early, you're so old, why are you still like a child."

The masturbation class took off the toad glass, went to say a brief hello to Tomino Cocoon, and then answered.

"I don't think you're feeling good when you look good, right? After a breakup, I always want to act like I don't care, and I always want to be late when the other party appears, I understand your mentality. ”

The two girls also grabbed the corners of Li Wuxie's clothes, and their milk voices were just right to play a small theater.

"How's the old man good? What about old looks? ”

"What doesn't exist, what doesn't exist."

Li Wuxie:

“……”

At this moment, the sound of machinery sounded in the dome, and the pioneer took the initiative to greet the two.

[Long time no see, masturbation, innocent. 】

"Pioneers."

Li Wuxian replied mechanically, his tone more mechanical and cold than that of the pioneer, as if revealing some kind of dissatisfaction.

"You're old, this voice is much more magnetic than before."

The class praised it, especially the word "you old" was lengthened and accented, and then looked around the hall.

"It's the first time I've come to the new conference hall, and the three-dimensional screen is really cool...... I think the place where I used to meet is probably at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean now......"

[Hard work, masturbation.] 】

"You don't blame me for polishing obsidian for my enemies?"

It's not your fault. 】

"Really?"

The masturbation class asked a very playful rhetorical question, and then sat down opposite Tomino Cocoon.

Among the Seven Sages of Gewu, only Masan and Tomino Cocoon are technical talents, and the rest are at least S-level combatants, one of them is in charge of hardware development, and the other is in charge of software development, and their own combat effectiveness is negligible, so they picked an inconspicuous position to sit down, just face to face with Tomino.

In essence, the two of them are still the culprits in this Jiangnan battle, and there is nothing wrong with sitting at the bottom.

The two girls sat obediently on the seats on both sides of the shift, staring at the three-dimensional screen with a curious expression.

Li Wuxian did not sit down, but paced to the window, staring at the city at night, at the place where he had lived and grown up with him for twenty years.

Forty years ago, when sixteen-year-old Li Wuxian first came to the Society's headquarters, it was still a barren new land, with only a few hundred people living in the underground mechanical city.

It's been forty years in the blink of an eye......

New storms are also regrouping.

It's like reincarnation.

Just as Li Wuxian fell into his memory, a tall, thin figure stood beside him like a ghost.

"At that time, how many times did we duel on the foundations of these mansions without winning or losing?"

Hearing this long-lost and unbeaten voice, Li Wuxian shook his head and smiled.

"I don't remember any duels, only one of them beating people."

"It's been twenty years, and your arrogance hasn't improved in the slightest like kidney failure, drink more wolfberries, otherwise I will unilaterally beat you in the future."

Clint Westwood, a genius at the same time as Lee Wucie, known as the [Gun God], S-class combatant, British-American, president of the Texas chapter, and Mark Kidd (Magneto COSer)'s immediate boss.

Westwood is tall, wearing a rather gentlemanly black round hat, with resolute facial features, revealing wildness, with the wildness of a Texas cowboy and the elegance of an English gentleman, and was quite popular with women when he was young.

and Li Wuxian in the same period is known as the peerless double pride, probably because the two are of equal strength, and they are both handsome when they are young, the relationship between the two does not seem to be very good, and every time they meet, they have to say a few words at a very low level.

"Don't forget, in this rookie battle royale, without the rescue of the Jiangnan team, your Texas team would not be able to get out of the encirclement of zombies at all."

"Really? I don't know who was stunned at the last critical moment, watching the enemy go, I guess you were fascinated by which woman. ”

Masturbation:

“……”

Tomino Cocoon:

“……”

The two of them were annoyed by the low-level bickering of Li Wuxian and Westwood, and the two of them are usually the top powerhouses on the side of the fierce and powerful side, but as soon as they met, they started to demote each other, and the competition was not good, which made people look inexplicable.

The two little babies sang appropriately, shaking their heads.

"If it doesn't count as love."

"What else is there to be sad about."

Li Wuxie:

“……”

Westwood:

“……”

The two of them were speechless, returned to the conference table from the window, and each found a middle seat to sit down, sitting diagonally across from each other, not bothering to look at each other.

Seeing that the four of them were silent, Westwood was embarrassed to find words:

"Minister, I didn't expect you to have a daughter."

"It's a granddaughter."

“……”

I am most afraid of the sudden silence of the air.

The atmosphere in the hall was even more awkward.

……

At this moment—

The light in the hall distorted.

The phantom is graceful, the streamer jumps, and the light and shadow are constantly deconstructed and intertwined at a speed visible to the naked eye, transforming the hall into a three-dimensional children's playground in the blink of an eye.

"Wow, playground!"

The two little babies got up from their chairs excitedly and stared blankly at everything around them, the speeding roller coaster, the swinging pirate ship, and the rotating Ferris wheel......

Isn't this a big house, how can there be a playground?

The two little wows were very curious, so they reached out and touched them......

"Bang!"

A toy ghost baby suddenly jumped out and scared the two children into tears.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The four of them had black lines on their faces, and they didn't know what to say.

The man of bad character finally came.

A low, mechanical voice rang out in the dome—

[Welcome back, President.] 】