Chapter 149: A Hoax
Xingchen's words really shocked Qin Tianyuan, are all the peers in the Nineteenth Bureau hanging like this?
Lord of the Underworld, God of the Dark World.
It sounded like a kind of domineering spirit that looked down on the world, and couldn't help but make Qin Tianyuan fall into deep thought, how did the nineteenth bureau, which is also a secret agency, become an old salted fish that no one cares about for a hundred years.
Xingchen continued to speak in a flat tone, "Unit 10001 and the Federal Secret Service were established in the early Cold War in the twentieth century, but they were not the first special institutions established by the government, the first was the Ministry of Occult Sciences established by the Third Reich. β
"The FΓΌhrer of the Third Reich has always been obsessed with black technology and supernatural magic, and he has sent many secret expeditions around the world to find the so-called descendants of the gods."
"This is the source of all legends, the so-called search for the immortal, the cause of which is nothing more than the fantasy of a madman."
Qin Tianyuan looked at Xingchen silently, he had read a lot of similar legends in his previous life, and the magazines on the stall for two yuan a piece were definitely ten thousand times more exciting and bizarre than what Xingchen said, and there were many more details in it.
It's just that he didn't think that Xingchen would actually have something to do with the Third Reich about Target No. 1.
"What do you mean to say...... Is the legend of the Eternals originating in World War II? Qin Tianyuan asked with a frown.
"No, the prototype of this legend is much earlier, and the Department of Occult Science is not the first organization to find the Eternals, there are secret societies that are earlier than it." Xingchen shook his head, "If nothing else, similar records can be found in human history and various myths and legends. β
"There's nothing wrong with listening to the legends, but it's definitely wrong to take it seriously."
"At the end of World War II, the Siber Republic and the Vice-Commonwealth of Miria began to loot a large number of Third Reich scientists, including the Ministry of Occult Sciences, and a large number of technologies and materials were transferred to the hands of the two countries."
"During the Cold War, due to the high-pressure atmosphere of the time, both sides invested frantically in the field of military technology, and the Ministry of Occult Sciences, which was accepted as a legacy, was reborn in two countries, including many remnants of the Third Reich."
"So Unit 10001 and the Federal Secret Service were born, and each side competed in the supernatural realm, what kind of spiritism, mind manipulation, telepathy, unfortunately, these experiments all failed."
"But it just so happened that legends about the Eternals became popular, and from then on, reports and evidence of Eternals sightings exploded."
Qin Tianyuan felt a little unbelievable, "You mean, all this is a scam, the two sides deliberately colluded to create a false appearance?" β
"Psychic and other supernatural studies have proven to be nothing more than a farce, and when deception fails, there is no point in the fraudster's existence." Xingchen was noncommittal, "I don't know if the two sides have communicated, but the fact is that both sides have tacitly carried out a series of actions, and these actions have formed a perfect cooperation, making this new target delicious and delicious." As a result, the financial allocation was increased. β
Qin Tianyuan instantly understood, isn't this just making a PPT, and then blowing each other in business, the purpose is to cheat investors of their money.
"After getting the money, the two institutions began to expand violently, expanding their power and business scope to other areas." Xingchen glanced at Qin Tianyuan and showed a meaningful smile, "Before the superiors reacted, they had already grown into a behemoth, forming a tail that could not be dropped. Isn't this scene familiar to you? β
This set of gameplay Qin Tianyuan is too familiar, isn't this the one that Shen Weimin did, the three goals he set for himself, each of which corresponds to what Xingchen said.
Set a long-term goal as a pretense, then use your high authority level to expand the boundaries of the business involved, and then use the excuse of finding the No. 1 target as an excuse to start meddling in other areas and competing for interests.
"So you understand, there is no so-called No. 1 target at all, even Shen Weimin doesn't believe in this thing." Xingchen said with a serious expression, "And the original purpose of the establishment of the Nineteenth Bureau was not to find any No. 1 target, its meaning is just to correspond to the two departments of 10001 and the secret secret service." β
"At that time, the country had just been established, the foundation was weak, and the field of science and technology was almost poor and white, so in order not to be left too far behind by the two superpowers at that time, I had to follow the steps of others, and follow the trend step by step, and what others were studying, I would also study."
"In the late Cold War, the mission of the 19th Bureau had already changed to a defensive nature, and its main work was to defend against the infiltration of these two opponents into our country."
"After the end of the Cold War, the opponents of the 19th Bureau were also weakened, and the 19th Bureau began to be greatly streamlined and downsized, and within a few years it became an empty unit that only retained the departmental establishment."
"This is the history of the Nineteenth Bureau."
Listening to Xingchen's words, he said it logically and carefully, and analyzed the past history of the 19th Bureau very clearly, which was an eye-opener.
If it is a bystander, then Xingchen's analysis and judgment will be convinced immediately, after all, legends are just legends, whether it is the Nineteenth Bureau, 10001 or the Secret Service, there is no strong evidence.
There is no evidence that you are an egg, and the other two are indeed engaged in fraud, which proves Xingchen's statement even more.
There is no such thing as a No. 1 target Eternal in this world, this is just a scam created by vested interest groups in order to protect their own interests.
But Qin Tianyuan didn't believe Xingchen's words, because he remembered Feng Lianshan, the plug-in brother.
He didn't have any evidence to link the matter of Target No. 1 to Feng Lianshan's head, and he just thought at first that if he had to find a similar person, then Feng Lianshan was obviously a good replacement.
But he sometimes secretly suspects that this plug-in brother really has something to do with Target No. 1.
That said, it's a bit of a coincidence. But Qin Tianyuan himself is a traverser, and he doesn't think it's a coincidence when he sees anything now.
Perhaps, this is the arrangement of fate.
Seeing that Qin Tianyuan was silent for a long time, Xingchen immediately asked, "Do you still have any doubts about this matter?" β
"Not really, I'm skeptical about Target One." Qin Tianyuan hurriedly explained, "I just can't figure out one thing, there are obviously a lot of strange and unreasonable things about Target No. 1, why can Unit 10001 and the Secret Secret Service deceive their government and persuade them to continue to allocate funds to maintain the existence of this department." β
"Without him, it's just greed." Xingchen smiled faintly, "No one can refuse the temptation of immortality, and throughout the ages, the same has been true of emperors and generals." β
"As for why 10001 and the secret services have repeatedly succeeded in cheating, there are only three reasons."
"First, the legend of immortality has a large number of legends in every civilization, and there is a deep culture and a large number of religious backgrounds, which has become the breeding ground for immortality. To put it bluntly, there are still greed, and even more so for those who live at the top, not to mention the bottom. β
"Second, in the age of ignorance, science and technology were not yet developed, and there were many blind superstitions. Now there are many incredible things that seem to be a bit of a lie and clumsy, but the people of the time were convinced. The reality is very absurd, even in the modern society of scientific prosperity, there is no shortage of ignorant people, and even people with higher education are superstitious about supernatural science and other things. β
"Third, organizations like 1001 and the Secret Service have evolved over the years to be more like a complex interest group formed for a certain goal, sometimes not just for superstition, but more for profit."
Qin Tianyuan nodded, what Xingchen said did make sense. I can't see it, Xingchen's logical reasoning ability is very strong. She is also shrewd, and she is a character who is not easy to fool, so she will have to be more careful when she works under her in the future.
Thinking of this, Qin Tianyuan hurriedly said with a serious expression: "Then what do I need to do in the future?" β
"Didn't Shen Weimin assign you three tasks?" Xingchen said lightly, "Except for the matter of Target No. 1, the other two things will be done. β
"I see." Qin Tianyuan nodded, then hesitated and asked, "Will you also go to the pigeon association office tomorrow?" β
"You can go or not." Xingchen glanced at Qin Tianyuan, "What's wrong?" β
"I have an important matter to discuss with you tomorrow." Qin Tianyuan said solemnly.
Xingchen glanced at Qin Tianyuan and nodded, "Okay, I'll be there on time tomorrow." You rest early, I'm taking my leave. β
Qin Tianyuan hurriedly got up to send it off, Xingchen waved his hand, signaled that he didn't need to send it, and left.
After Xingchen left, Qin Tianyuan sat on the sofa for a long time, his mind was full of what Xingchen and Shen Weimin had said, and then the figure of Feng Lianshan gradually emerged.
After thinking for a long time, Qin Tianyuan suddenly felt that Xingchen's performance was a little strange, although she said a lot of reasons and evidence to support her opinion, but she always repeatedly emphasized that the Immortal was just a hoax and did not exist.
Xingchen seemed to deliberately instill this impression in Qin Tianyuan, and repeatedly mentioned it, which seemed a little simple and rude.
Why would she do that?
Was she trying to cover up something?
Thinking of this, Qin Tianyuan suddenly remembered that the first time he and Feng Lianshan met was in the Dahui City shopping mall, and Xingchen was also present at that time, standing beside him.
At that time, Xingchen's behavior was very strange.