Chapter 299: Meeting
When Sha Ping received a call from Yu Qianhua, he had just arrived in New York from Europe. He had planned to visit several internal force research departments in the United States first, and then find a way to go to the restricted area of Alaska. Although Yu Qianhua's phone call suddenly disrupted his plan, the change may be even better than his original plan. In this way, he can participate in the investigation of one of the most mysterious American internal weapons research institutes, and he has heard that the laboratories of this research institute are located on the edge of the forbidden area. Then wouldn't he not only repay Yu Qianhua's favor, but also be able to conduct his own investigation, killing two birds with one stone.
For more than a month, he has been searching for an answer in Europe. He still remembers the conversation he had with Zhang Fei before leaving. At that time, Zhang Fei's words kept hinting that she guessed that the survival of mankind would be under great threat. But she didn't seem to want to say it explicitly, just let him find the answer himself. His first instinct was to think that the threat she was referring to was the Soul Eater. Then he refuted that view. The invasion of the Soul Eater is a well-known thing, and Zhang Fei can say it bluntly, there is no need to be so mysterious. Then he instinctively turned his gaze to humans themselves.
Sha Ping has always had a negative view of the martial arts group. He didn't just because the shaper robbed him of his job, but he believed that the appearance of the warrior was the beginning of the real division of humanity into two races. What skin color, race, creed, culture, etc., etc., these things have not really separated human beings, only the appearance of "aura", which divides human beings into two completely different kinds of people with internal force and those without internal force.
Throughout the history of mankind, it has always been the history of the powerful. Hundreds of years of peace have always been brushed aside, while wars are often written at length. From the beginning of primitive society, whoever has a hard fist has the final say. The swift arrows of feudal society, the strong ships and guns in modern history, and the nuclear deterrence of modern society all show the correctness of this principle.
For individual human beings, the truth is the same. In ancient times, a tall samurai was naturally respected by ordinary people. But with the evolution of weapons, the situation gradually changed. After all, personal ability is limited, and no matter how strong a person is, he can't resist the shooting of a bullet. So for the weak in the human race, the emergence of thermal weapons has alleviated the power gap between the weak and the strong to a certain extent. However, with the advent of the samurai, this gap turned into a chasm.
In recent decades, warriors have sprung up like mushrooms, and their abilities are diverse, including combat, technology, and daily life. They are infinitely powerful, they hardly get sick, they can resist the harmful ingredients in most foods, they live much longer than ordinary people, they can even shield radio waves, they can stop the chain reaction of nuclear fission, they can resist bullets with their bodies, they can fly into the blue sky with a few tools, and the speed is comparable to that of an airplane.
They are naturally stronger than ordinary people, and a small number of them are even stronger than mythical characters. For example, those subtle masters, these people seem to be beyond the scope of human beings, and can be called superhuman. They are hardly a threat to them with ordinary weapons, they are lightning fast, and they have endurance. Sha Pingping once saw a report at a British research institute, which said that they had pitted a bare-handed master of combat against a battalion of heavily armed elite soldiers, and the winning rate of the master was 95 percent. If you let the master of the nuances also be fully armed, then his win rate is 100%. They can really be called an army in one person.
It turns out that the phrase "with great ability, great responsibility" comes from anime, which is inspirational chicken soup, is actually just wishful thinking of ordinary people. Reality gives a big slap in the face to those who believe in this statement. As the ability of the warriors became stronger and stronger, and the number of people increased, the demands of the warriors became stronger and more outrageous.
Saudi Arabia feels that the governments and leaders of the United States, Europe, including China, have not paid attention to the rise of the warrior group from the beginning. Their naïve belief that all men are created equal is so ingrained that those in power certainly cannot give the green light to these few people with extraordinary abilities and give them special treatment. The United States was the first region to establish strict restrictions on the behavior of military personnel and to legislate to regulate the ability of military personnel to display their capabilities. This was followed by European countries, Russia, Brazil, India and other populous countries, which have also introduced relevant laws. China woke up relatively late, and before the law was established, the martial artists had already grown up, so it was only the Martial Arts Guild that issued a "Martial Arts Self-Discipline Regulations", but I didn't expect it to avoid a trouble.
Suffice it to say, the governments and leaders of these countries are too superstitious about the power in their hands. They uphold the concept of political correctness, naively thinking that the idea that everyone is equal can defeat greedy human nature, but in the end they lose a great opportunity to win the warriors into the ruling class, and finally they push the warriors to the opposite side of ordinary people, let them have their own system, and confront those in power.
After Sha Ping arrived in Europe, he found that the growth history of European warriors was more representative than that of the Americas and Asia. In Europe, the relationship between the warrior and the common man went through the following stages.
The first stage is the emerging stage of martial artists. At this stage, both official and non-governmental are looking at martial artists with a curious mentality. The martial artists are also quite honest, and at this stage, many martial artists have become artists and make a living from performances. Of course, a considerable number of warriors have become criminals. Most of the laws restricting the conduct of military personnel in various countries were established at this stage.
The second phase is the Secret Moon phase. At this stage, the ability of the warrior has initially grown. Their outstanding performance in the field of force has made them special talents who are vying to be invited to naturalize by various countries. Many countries with small populations have offered favorable conditions to recruit warriors from other populous countries, and many wealthy people have also hired warriors as bodyguards at high prices. Warriors became a sought-after commodity for a while. Of course, at this stage, it is not all quiet and good, and there are also examples of trouble. For example, Ryan left the United States at this stage to fight for independence and established Neverland.
The third stage is the suspicion stage. The most iconic event that divides the honeymoon phase into the suspicion phase is the Guo Songshan incident in the South China Sea to force a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to stop. The growth of the martial man's abilities completely shocked the whole world. The warriors and the leaders of various countries are considering the same question from two sides: since there is nothing to be done with conventional and nuclear weapons, why should we (them) accept their (our) leadership?
Then there is the fourth stage, which is the stage that Saudi Arabia sees in Europe now – the division phase. Before he came to Europe, he only read some news in the news, saying that the contradictions between the warriors and ordinary people in Europe were getting bigger and bigger. He only had this superficial idea in his mind. It wasn't until he arrived in Europe that he realized how irreconcilable the contradiction between the two had become.
The EU's unified Magic Act is no longer in existence. The samurai group regarded the bill as nothing, and they used their power to control all the underground black market, control all the black industry, and have extended their influence to almost all areas of ordinary society. The government of ordinary people is powerless against them, and the crime rate of the warriors is rising, but the detection rate has been low.
Even so, the warriors still don't feel enough. The invasion of the Soul Eaters only fueled their arrogance. Because of the heavy use of electronic technology in lethal weapons such as missiles, they are ineffective due to the shielding ability of the Soul Eater. Warriors became the main force in the fight against monsters. A large number of European warriors with a sense of justice volunteered to go to the North Pole to resist the monsters. But those who remained were taking advantage of this to fight for their rights. In the name of supporting the anti-monster, they asked the government for more financial support, more rights, and more freedoms. They gathered many of their men and hired many unemployed people to demonstrate in the parliaments and government seats of various countries, demanding the complete repeal of the Magic Act and the enactment of new laws granting privileges to the warriors. This made the relationship between the warriors and the ordinary people more acutely antagonistic.
The only thing that is fortunate about the ordinary people's government is that the proportion of warriors in the total population is still quite low. According to a rough estimate by the relevant EU agencies, the number of warriors in Europe (excluding Russia) is about 2,000 to 5,000. However, some private investigation agencies believe that many warriors conceal their identities as warriors, and they do not intend to show their faces, so they disguise themselves as ordinary people. In fact, the number of warriors in Europe is likely to be in the tens of thousands or more. And what's even more terrifying is that some studies have shown that with the increase in the concentration of aura, the number of martial artists is increasing explosively recently. The situation is developing in favor of the warriors, and the prospects for ordinary people are not optimistic.
In view of the above-mentioned phenomenon in Europe, Sha Ping couldn't help but wonder if the crisis implied by Zhang Fei was the division and confrontation of mankind?
Another aspect of interest is the study of the principle of internal forces. Sha found that the warriors of Europe were somewhat similar to those of China, and were misled by the so-called cultural traditions from the beginning. The Chinese warriors plunged headlong into ancient metaphysics such as the meridians, yin and yang, and the five elements, in a vain attempt to study the exercises to enhance internal strength, and even further study the art of cultivating truth and becoming immortals. Europeans, on the other hand, have just been blinded by the so-called magical culture, and they have spent a lot of time and energy studying relevant texts, and they have also dreamed of creating a magical system by relying on internal forces. But they, like the Chinese, are all in vain. In this regard, on the contrary, the Americans took advantage, they did not have historical roots in this area, so they did not get into such a bull's horn. Although they also have the "Force Theory" of Star Wars, they all know that this is just a science fiction idea, and few people will really spend time and energy to study a set of Force cultivation systems.
However, with the appearance of the video of Daoist Zhang Sanfeng's speech, the European warriors seem to have awakened, and they have begun to attach importance to the scientific study of internal forces, and re-invest their energy and financial resources in internal force research institutions. This is stronger than the Chinese. According to Sha Ping's understanding, there are still a large number of martial artists in China who are still obsessed and are engaged in the research of the so-called martial arts secrets, wasting valuable time and energy.
Sha Ping guessed that in fact, governments around the world must also be conducting relevant research, but given the antagonistic relationship between them and the warriors, they certainly would not easily hand over the research results to the warriors in order to increase the strength of the warriors. So they will certainly keep the results of their research strictly confidential. Sha's usual trip to Europe was to visit private institutions, and all the official institutions suspected of studying internal forces rejected his application for an expedition.
This time, I had the opportunity to go deep into an internal force weapon research institute located on the edge of the forbidden area to investigate, but in fact, I fell into the hands of Sha Pingping. The research institute, Remote, has been on his list of expeditions, but all of his requests online and by phone have been denied. As far as he knows, although it is nominally a private institution, it has been receiving funding from US officials, which is the root cause of his rejection.