Su Hao quickly realized the power of public opinion.

The roads on the borders of the empire have always been difficult. Even if the aristocracy built it at great expense, it only connected Oviado to the inner realm of the empire. As for Konoha Town...... The transportation of supplies there basically relied on military heavy airships, with the seldom use of vehicles.

A magnetic levitation vehicle with an automatic snow removal device drives on the road to the city of Oviado. Such light civilian vehicles were mostly used in the field, and the vehicles themselves were not equipped with weapons. Through the window glass, you can see several men and women wearing thick down jackets sitting in the car.

The car quickly entered the range of Oviado. Although you have not yet entered the main city, you can still see large areas of crumbling walls, fallen houses, and various destroyed buildings even on the periphery. Every time the hovercar passes through a block, it causes a burst of exclamations among the passengers inside, followed by the sound of pressing the shutter of a professional camera.

In Oviado Town Square, the clearing where Dark Earl Watson was praying, the hovercar came to a steady stop. Pushing the car door, the passengers jumped out in order.

These people have down jackets that provide good warmth and waterproofing, carry large backpacks, and carry a variety of different types of professional photographic equipment around their necks. The man at the head was about forty or so, and the wrinkles on his face were dense. The woman in the middle is much younger, delicate-looking, and seems to be curious about anything. At the end of the line was a man, thirty or thirty-five, wearing a tapered black velvet hat. Most of his attention was focused on the woman in front of him, with a smile on his face all the time, and the deliberately contrived element completely obscured the true appearance he wanted to reveal.

There were several other people in the car, dressed in nice black uniforms, who looked like they belonged to some big man or a rich man. The man in black is both a driver and a security guard. They are spread out around the hovercar with the hovercar as the core. Three men and women were enclosed in it, looking from afar, like some heavily guarded exploration team.

The relationship between the man in black and the three men and women in down jackets is very special. On the surface, the former is clearly the latter's bodyguard, serving as a driver and handyman at the same time. However, the three men and women, no matter how they dressed or how they looked and temperament, did not look like wealthy nobles or big people. They were terrified of the men in black, and although they obeyed the orders of the three men and women, there was no respect on their faces.

Obedience, just obedience.

The scene of the dark prayer service has been preserved. Strictly speaking, the attitude of the Imperial military towards such things has always been to destroy them directly after the battle. However, Ovilla is clearly an exception.

According to normal procedure, human settlements that have been attacked by dark creatures and destroyed must be destroyed by the local garrison after all biological samples have been collected and the investigation has been completed. It's a simple, but laborious job. The army had to send a large number of soldiers armed with high-powered flame guns, and even infantry fighting vehicles with special modifications loaded with large flamethrows. The entire destruction work was carried out in an orderly manner, starting from the outskirts of the settlement, where people and vehicles worked together to burn down a single piece of the settlement. The body of the deceased, the construction of the house, all kinds of debris...... All the qiē, anything you could name, disappeared in the fire, turning into ashes flying in the dark sky.

Nearly two months have passed since Count of Darkness Visen launched his attack on Olivia. During this time, the ruins of Oviado have "received" about a dozen groups of visitors. Imperial Civil Administration, Imperial Police, Imperial Crime Investigation Department, Imperial Military Headquarters...... There was an interval of more than a month between the arrival of the first group of special agents who investigated the incident and the arrival of the second group of people attached to the Reich Police Directorate. It is not known what exactly makes the ruins of Oviado attractive to people, but the number and number of visitors has increased dramatically in recent months. Especially this week, even though it's only Thursday, this is the ninth group of visitors, with a total of more than five hundred and seventy-one people.

From the moment they entered the city of Oviado, the three men and women were shocked by the sight they saw along the ruins. The huge explosion destroyed the city wall, and they couldn't help but exclaim at the moment when they saw that it was so huge that it almost dyed everything around the blast point black, and only smashed the stone chips into the bevel of the city wall.

People living in the inner realm of the empire probably would never have dreamed that such a cruel and shocking tragedy would happen on the far borders of the empire.

The snowflakes are still falling. While the ground was covered with thick snow, the human remains stuck in the wooden poles were also obscured by the white snowflakes. No one could see the true face of the dead, and the entire Oviado was completely frozen, and then crushed by a layer of snow like a velvet blanket. With expressions of curiosity and shock, the three men and women put down their backpacks in a clearing that had been temporarily cleared by the man in black, took out their lightweight photographic equipment, and walked from the edge of the square into the human flesh forest that the demons wantonly eat, that is, the dark Earl Watson used as prayers.

Yes, it is indeed a forest. Incomparably bloody, terrible forest.

When the boot steps on the surface of the snow, it immediately sinks into a deep pit, and the soles of the boots make a "creaking" sound, and you can feel the hard touch from the ground through the soles of the boots.

A young woman in a yellow down jacket guesses a strangely shaped object. She frowned, bent down, and gently stroked the snow that covered the surface of the strange object through her gloves. On the surface, it was a gray-black mass with a curved and twisted surface, like a mess of thick hemp rope entwined with each other. The reason why it becomes hard is caused by the low temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero. It is supposed to contain a lot of water, and in such a season, the frozen and hardened ice is equivalent to the hardness of granite.

The woman had never seen anything like this before, so she couldn't help asking, "This, this, what the hell is it?"

The middle-aged man who led the group also found something from under the snowdrift. He lifted his feet, swept away the snow with all his might, bent down to pick up a piece of human arm bone that had been gnawed off the middle, tossed the senseless wreckage aside, then turned to the puzzled woman who was squatting on the ground, "Avril, if I were you, I'd stay away from that pile of stuff beneath your feet." ”

Avril, that is, the woman glanced at the middle-aged man and said unhappily, "Locks, this thing may be a very good news clue." Lend me your holographic camera, I'll have to take a picture of it. ”

"No, Locks was right."

Carrying the camera tripod, the tall and thin young man walked up to Avril, looked a little hesitant, thought about it, and said in the most relaxed tone possible: "Avril, you'd better get out of that pile of stuff quickly." Believe me. Although it does do do as you say, it's a good news lead. But for this here, this ruined city is only the tip of the iceberg. Moreover, it won't give you any pleasure. ”

Avril frowned, a faint fear in her heart, but at the same time her interest became more and more deep. She took off her gloves and gently touched the cold, hard surface with her fingers, a very confident smile on her face.

"My time as a photojournalist for the Post wasn't too short. Weiguang, I know you mean well. But there aren't many things in this world that can scare me. I've seen dark creatures, and the last time I interviewed General Raastair at Wehrmacht headquarters, he showed me the evil species that had been captured. I don't think there's anything to be afraid of, they're our enemies, and they're responsible for Oviado's tragedy. Really, there's nothing terrible about that. ”

"What a good chick with guts and courage."

Locks, a middle-aged man, strode forward and said in a rather playful tone, "You're stepping on a bunch of dark creatures right now." It's soft, it's slippery, that's what it is. We all love the luxurious filet mignon in the restaurant, and the dark creatures love the human ribs and tenderloin. Avril, do you like top-of-the-line beef liver cooked in Faleri's Rose Sauce? I've always thought that stuff tasted good. Not! There is also a pork intestine that is fried in oil, and the taste is also very special. When this interview is over, I can invite you to that restaurant for a good meal when I get back. I promise, you'll love them. ”

"Locks, could you please say a little less."

The tall and lanky young man's face showed a faint anger: "Your bad jokes are not funny. For the emperor's sake, it's best to keep your mouth shut and stop talking. ”

Avril was intrigued by Locks' words. She didn't care about the young man's dissuasion, and looked directly at the mocking Locks: "Sue me, what is this?" ”

The young man kept shaking his head: "Trust me, Avril, Locks' answer will not make you feel pleasant, it will only make you sick. ”

"I just like guys like you who break the casserole and get to the end."

Locks laughed nonchalantly, "That's human intestines. Of course, a person's intestines are not so much. This should be part of some kind of prayer ritual for the creatures of darkness. They dig the internal organs out of the victim's body, the heart goes to the heart, the liver is in a heap, then the intestines and stomach. These guys are born surgeons, and they do a very good job of removing organs from the inside of the human body. It's no wonder they've been doing this for tens of thousands of years. Just like we grow crops from the field, we are very familiar with the nutrients, taste, and texture of various vegetables, and even have nutrition science from this. The Dark World also has a similar discipline of nutrition as we do. It is a special knowledge classification project based on the human body, which extends and changes according to the nutrients required by dark creatures. Especially the dark nobles, who believe that the fresh liver of humans is soft and crunchy, and is the most suitable food for the larvae of dark creatures. ”

An extremely bad feeling suddenly spread from Avril's mind.

She knew that Locks was an experienced journalist and would certainly not deliberately lie to deceive herself on this issue. However, looking at the pile of frozen black intestines under her feet, Rao is Avril has experienced a lot and seen a lot, but she still feels an indescribable nausea, and her body begins to tremble unconsciously.

The young man named Huang Weiguang couldn't help it anymore when he saw Avril's face turn white in an instant, and shouted at the smug Locks: "This is not interesting news, shut your mouth and stop talking." ”

Locks was obviously not willing to stop like this, he glanced at Avril who was covering her mouth with her left hand, and continued maliciously: "The nutritional subscience of the dark world is an extremely advanced science. You should spend a little more time researching them. Really, especially as a woman, you should dabble in this area. In many ways, dark creatures have something in common with us. For example, for infant feeding, we use specially processed dairy products. And they were trained on slave farms to capture human women. They ......"

The anger on Huang Weiguang's face had become uncontrollable. He rushed over and stood in front of Locks and roared, "What do you mean? Say no more. ”

"Huh! I know you have a little bit of a meaning for this little girl. ”

Locks laughed nonchalantly, "I'm helping you create opportunities." The more uncomfortable she feels, the more natural it is for you to be by her side. Isn't it? You should have thanked me instead of glaring at me with such fierce eyes. ”

These words are like a hormone, stimulating Huang Weiguang's anger to ferment. Just as he was about to raise his fist and give Locks a hard lesson, Avril Lavigne, who was bent over and squatting on the ground and retching, had already stood up. She took a few deep breaths, raised her hand, stopped Huang Weiguang who wanted to swing his fist, and said in a voice with a heavy gasp: "Don't, don't do this." Locks ...... Going on, I want to hear it. ”

As soon as the words came out, Huang Weiguang stopped what he was doing, and Locks, who didn't care, became a little surprised. Neither man expected that things would turn out like this, and they never thought that Avril would say such a thing.

Three people, each affiliated with three different media outlets.

Locks is an external editor for Imperial United Television, and Huang Weiguang is a reporter sent by the Daily Liberty. As for Avril, she is from the Daily Mail.

Although they are not colleagues, they are all peers. The tragedy of Oviado has attracted a lot of attention, and when they set out, they were repeatedly told by the top management of their respective media groups to dig up important news that has the characteristics of their own media. For this purpose, it has become normal to suppress and slander each other.

However, the day before departure, Locks and the other three were summoned. At the headquarters of the Imperial United Television Station, they meet a man in black with a mysterious identity. The other party clearly has power that even the major media fear. The Man in Black proposes that all interviewers must cooperate with each other to dig deep into all the news clues about the Oviado tragedy.

This request was approved by the top media officials of the three journalists, who repeatedly stated that there would never be a competition for clues between them. However, it has become an innate instinct for journalists to be wary of each other. Locks didn't know if Wong and Avril were wary of themselves. But he is indeed always on guard against these two guys, and he is indeed deliberately trying to use all the secrets he knows about the dark world to verbally repel Avril.

Now it seems that this woman is obviously not as weak as she imagined, and her psychological tolerance is quite so-so.

"There is a kind of farm in the dark world that specializes in cultivating humans, just like we raise cows and pigs and sheep."

Locks looked at Avril calmly, and his tone was no longer as sarcastic as it had just been, and became normal and calm: "They pair and intercourse with the men and women of the farm, whether you want to or not, with the aim of impregnating female slaves. You know, a pregnant woman's physical condition will be very different from usual. The creatures of darkness are very good at farming, they provide enough food for these women, and the babies born at term will become the most expensive delicacy on the table of the dark nobles. There is also umbilical cord blood from the body of the pregnant woman, which is made into a drink by special means. These practices are actually equivalent to the roast suckling pig and veal sirloin that we like to eat. After giving birth, pregnant women are also herded like cows by dark creatures. I've seen some of the photos and videos we've sent back from our sleepers at the Imperial Military Headquarters. Those pregnant women are raised to be very fat, and they have to express enough milk every year. Don't think dark creatures make cheese out of these ingredients, they just like to mix milk into their blood, and when mixed, it's a dark creature's favorite drink. Not...... It's like the soda we use here to beat the heat. Of course, there is a more elaborate method, which is to ferment human emulsion in a special way to make something equivalent to our beer. These industries are often monopolized by high-ranking nobles in the dark world, and the income is extremely considerable. ”

With that, Locks walked over to Avril, lifted his foot, and kicked the frozen pile of human intestines on the ground, "Don't worry about these things. It's disgusting to look at, but it's the same when everyone dies. This kind of thing is indeed a sin in our eyes, but for dark creatures, it is nothing more than a biological instinct. We eat cattle and sheep, and they eat us. Think about your favorite braised sausages, steaks, and roasted pork legs on the table, and it won't be a big deal. Shift your mindset. This kind of thing, you will encounter more in the future. ", to make something equivalent to our beer or something. These industries are often monopolized by high-ranking nobles in the dark world, and the income is extremely considerable. ”

With that, Locks walked over to Avril, lifted his foot, and kicked the frozen pile of human intestines on the ground, "Don't worry about these things. It's disgusting to look at, but it's the same when everyone dies. This kind of thing is indeed a sin in our eyes, but for dark creatures, it is nothing more than a biological instinct. We eat cattle and sheep, and they eat us. Think about your favorite braised sausages, steaks, and roasted pork legs on the table, and it won't be a big deal. Shift your mindset. This kind of thing, you will encounter more in the future. ”I1292