In the eyes of any occult expert, the sacrificial rituals of Doomsday Shinrikyo are terrifying. The terrible thing about it is that often you realize that there is going to be such a sacrifice, and you find the clues, and you finally arrive at the place of sacrifice, and understand the key to the sacrifice, but you are always one step away from stopping it. Once these sacrificial rituals have begun, even if they are interrupted, they cannot achieve the effect that they should theoretically have, but even if they have a deviated effect, they still achieve the purpose of the Doomsday Shinrikyo to a certain extent.

The more you go through these sacrifices, the more you try to stop the ritual, the more you delve into why you can't stop it completely, the more you see something vague in your own failures, which is formless, but permeates all your actions, all your thoughts at the time—why did you think that way? Why did you choose so many choices at that time, but which one did you choose? It is not the result of being deceived, but even if you do it again, you will still choose that way, but it is precisely because of this inevitable choice that the result has become inevitable.

The sacrificial rituals of Shinrikyo cannot be completely terminated once they have begun, just as the end is not approached step by step by personal will and effort, and these sacrificial rituals seem to be the echo of the footsteps of the end times. There are many people who think that it could be eradicated before it even begins, but how can the elements necessary for the ritual be eradicated before the Doomsday Shinrikyo begins the sacrificial ritual? Even if the Doomsday Shinrikyo sacrificial rituals have certain solidified forms that have been thoroughly studied by occult experts, conversely, when people find signs of these forms, it often means that the sacrificial rites are already taking place - and this is not just the process of initiating the ritual. It includes the process of preparation.

At the end of the day, there are already many mystical experts who believe that when a person perceives the possibility of a sacrificial ritual, it must exist and cannot be stopped. All parties can do is do their best. Prevent the sacrificial ritual from being carried out in the most ideal way, make it impossible to achieve a theoretical effect, and reduce the suffering that people endure during the sacrificial ritual.

That's all.

It's the same thing with this big ship.

When any crew member or passenger, including Takakawa, realizes from some clue that the enemy may be planning to perform a sacrificial ritual on the ship, he must admit that this sacrificial ritual must have existed, and. In a sense, it can't be stopped. The result of the sacrificial ritual will definitely make many people fall into the abyss, and dying immediately can be regarded as a good result, but the most terrible thing is that with the passage of time, you will have to face a kind of pain that you can't die.

On the premise that "the sacrificial ritual has already begun", every action carried out is not aimed at reversing the inevitably bad environment brought about by the sacrificial ritual. Rather, it is to delay the time when it will enter into force.

It may not be possible to prevent a predictable bad outcome, however. If you work harder, you might be able to hold on for a longer time.

This is the essence of this operation - the longer it can hold on, the better the chance of survival as long as it reaches the waters around Australia, and the heavier the blow to the enemy will be if it is placed on the global strategic layout. The plan carried out by the big ship called the New Titanic. From the very beginning, it was part of a huge chain plan.

A pretty important link.

Whoever gets on the boat should understand this, no matter what they have done before, where they come from, or what kind of ideas they have.

Once you board this ship, you need to face the end of a shipwreck. There must be very few people who can survive. As the name suggests, a cruise ship of the same name has been in the same situation in the past - in unpredictable circumstances, because of some seemingly accidental but in fact inevitable factors, it will eventually hit a huge "iceberg".

Because of this, the crew and passengers are screened, and there are no strict rules set in advance after boarding, as if everything is laissez-faire. For, the severe challenges to be faced by the people on board will create a death row of pressure, forcing them to end their laissez-faire state of self-indulgence, to transform, change, pervert in a way that best suits the situation at the time, and to establish a rule of conduct and thought that may not be the most perfect, but must be the most realistic—for ordinary people, this adjustment to the limits of dying may be a kind of fantasy, but it is not ordinary people who board this great ship that must be silent, they are singled out, which means, The people who made the plan believed that they would complete such a change under such presumptive conditions.

Making special instructions for special situations and selecting the right people is the most basic core of a plan.

What is the "best fit"? Gao Chuan is not clear, because the criteria for judging are often complex. However, even if he himself has a substitute designer for the plan to deduce, he does not think that the conclusion he has reached is perfect and correct, and it is in line with the real designer of the plan. Because, the "designer" is not a person, but a group of people, and this plan is not the wisdom of one person, but the wisdom of the collective. Takakawa believes that each individual who makes up the entire "collective" is probably more intelligent and thoughtful than himself.

It is precisely because of this feeling that Gao Chuan observes every change in the organizational structure of the big ship at this time in a silent way, instead of using what he thinks is the best idea to change this change. He knew very well that as long as he stood here, he was a huge constant, a constant that could not be avoided by every change in this boat.

In this situation, he should first become a constant, not a variable, according to Takakawa.

Therefore, he sat back and watched the actions of the female officer, and did not use his own strength to reverse the situation of the fait accompli. Because he didn't make any movements, it was difficult for the captain to make too many movements.

"Why don't you interfere with my consciousness as well?" After the dust had settled on the establishment of the Commission, the captain had asked the female officer, who was the direct promoter.

The female officer's reply was: "Although I think what I did was right, there is no absolute evidence to prove that I am right. Involving everyone on board into the conscious intervention may be seen as cutting out all variables, but, from another point of view. Isn't it so rigid that there is no room for it? If there is no room for anything, there will be no possibility, no miracles will happen, and once you encounter an unexpected situation, you may become very vulnerable—if you fall into the downwind, you will definitely fail, and I think this is the most terrible situation. ”

"So. Are you hoping that if anything, I can work a miracle here? The captain smacked his lips and said.

The female officer stared at him for a while, until he couldn't help but look away first, and then said, "No, what I'm expecting is Mr. Takakawa, you and your crew...... At best, it's a miracle. After all, if Mr. Takakawa is alone, it seems that he is too weak. ”

"I realized the mistake of what I was doing. Don't you know how to say something nice? The captain's face was gloomy again, but despite what he said, he no longer had the sabre-rattling momentum that he had before.

"Wrong? Where do you hear that what I think I'm doing is wrong? The female officer sneered disdainfully, "Don't compare me to a reckless man like you, and don't speculate on my thoughts with self-righteous ideas." I don't really need to explain anything to you, because whatever you think. None of them will affect my plans. ”

But you explained anyway. You've talked to me quite a bit, haven't you? The captain's eyes sharpened slightly.

The female officer smiled. Passing by him, he whispered a sentence in his ear: "Do you think that what I said to you is unpurposeful?" Or is it part of the plan? ”

It wasn't until her figure disappeared from view that the captain sighed and said to himself, "The so-called words. There are no meaningless words, and conversely, any seemingly meaningless words will become meaningful once they are included in the words. Mr. Takakawa. I actually hate people who use words, and whether they believe or don't believe their words, it is difficult to remove their influence. But she wasn't the leader, just one of many passengers. ”

"No, she may have been one of many passengers before, but now, she's the leader." Takakawa said to the captain: "She is the supreme leader of the Tactical Cooperation and Self-Renewal Committee. ”

"What about us? A subordinate you don't want to see? The captain asked rhetorically.

"No, I'll leave it aside for now, you're clearly not a member of the committee, but the captain of this ship." Gao Chuan's calm voice touched the captain a little, "You are the captain, your subordinates are those crew members, and other than that, you have no more identities." ”

"So, my task is to get this ship to Australia...... Is it? The captain took out his pipe and walked in the opposite direction from the female officer, "Understood, I'll do it, as long as she doesn't sink the ship." No—even if it sinks, I'll send you to Australia, Mr. Takakawa. ”

"Then please, Captain." Takakawa greeted his departing back.

As a result, under the direction of the female officer, the Tactical Cooperation and Self-Renewal Committee conducted an internal self-examination and conducted an orderly and efficient operation to thoroughly examine the structure of the entire ship. Every room, every nook, every passenger, which may have had its own privacy before, is now forcibly invaded by the members who occupy the vast majority of the members, exposing everything visible and invisible - there are of course some things that really pose a threat to the safety of the ship, but more often than not, there are things that have nothing to do with others, only personal privacy.

Some people are embarrassed and annoyed when everything is made public, but the number of members of the committee is overwhelming, and the occult experts who do not join the committee do not show the power of the individual over the whole. Under the deliberately high-pressure instructions of female officers, for those who tried to maintain their freedom of movement and consciousness, it was undoubtedly an extremely dark, oppressive and oppressive time. Anyone can feel that their dissatisfaction, unable to resist, is continuing bit by bit and becoming more and more negative.

Sometimes, Takakawa felt that this negative thing was actually the nourishment needed for the sacrificial ritual - the female officer was not unaware of this, but she still insisted that her decision was the right one. Because-

"The sacrificial ritual cannot be stopped, and on this premise, I have instructed that the nutrients that have been bred at this time that are beneficial to the sacrificial ritual are only the negative ones of a small number of people. I think that's good. She said.

Judging from the ratio of the positions of the personnel alone, what the female officer said is not unreasonable. More often than not, it is correct and clear to turn the potentially harmful "majority" into a "few" that is certainly harmful. But the problem is that not all of the time, this theorem works.

"Have you ever considered a situation where a small number of people overrides the majority?" Takakawa asked.

"Of course." The female officer smiled indifferently and said: "The greater of the two benefits is balanced, and the lesser of the two evils, what we can do is only what we can do." There are some things, although to be expected, but since they cannot be truly eradicated, they should not be put too much effort into them. ”

"Well, as long as you know what to expect." Takakawa said, "So, what is the situation of the sacrificial ceremony? ”

"Basically, anyone who is not on the committee can become a traitor, or become a sacrifice in the early stage." The female officer pondered for a long time, and then replied, "I don't really pay attention to those who are not on the committee. We are the majority, so no matter what happens to them as a small minority, we can control the situation as long as we ensure the stability of our side. If the committees all begin to disintegrate, it will at least prove that the sacrificial rites have reached a final stage that no one can stop. ”

"The progress of the ritual should not be judged only by the number of deaths and injuries that can be seen in front of you." Gao Chuan said to her solemnly: "Which people will become sacrifices is not a rigid routine. It can be our people, or it can be the enemy's own people - but as long as it is a sacrificial ritual, there will always be a magic array, and the more powerful the sacrificial ritual, the more nodes in the formation will be, and the more strange things will happen at the nodes. I think you should understand these situations. ”

"Of course." The female officer replied: "However, there may be something related to it, but it has not yet revealed its specific form. We could only feel the anomaly, and there were no clear visual signs, traces of previous battles, and no clues that were too relevant. Mr. Takakawa, they are all hidden, well hidden, and their pigtails must be caught by further casualties. (To be continued.) )