Chapter 124: The Messiah's Thorn Crown

The doctor's frustration was like a virus, infecting everyone present, and even Pan Long couldn't help but feel down.

Although he had thought in advance that stopping the use of psionic energy would cause a lot of trouble to the people of this world. But he really didn't expect that the trouble would be so big that the leaders of the Tower of Babel were so distressed that they could not do anything about it.

These people can summon courage in the face of war and even death, and even if there are more brave and strong people in the world, there should not be too many.

Even they seem so discouraged and depressed, you can imagine the seriousness of the matter!

"Can't you really scrap the use of psionic energy gradually?" he wanted to try to get it, "even if it's just a partial abolition!"

The doctor smiled wryly, "This kind of thing 'partially' doesn't work." Psionic energy is the most important energy source in this world, as large as the operation of a moving city, as small as a lamp on the wall...... The vast majority of production and life in a civilized society are inseparable from it. Only those closed and backward villages may still retain a way of life that has nothing to do with psionic energy. ”

"But that's not the most critical issue!" his voice was a little louder, "The most important use of psionic energy in this world is military!"

"Military?"

"That's right, military. Two armies of the same size and quality of training, one can freely use psionic energy, and the other cannot use psionic energy, and if the two fight, the former can defeat the latter at a very small cost. The doctor sighed deeply, "If it is only for daily use, or even for industrial use, we can still find some way to try to convince others that this military field is ...... We're too embarrassed to speak!"

Pan Long was speechless and could only smile bitterly.

It is true that as the doctor said, there are other things, and the application of psionic energy in the military field is absolutely impossible to stop—not only is it impossible to stop, but on the contrary, it is only possible to continuously increase investment.

Soldiers, the country's major affairs. In order to strengthen its military strength, countries will not stop building up their armaments unless the real catastrophe is clearly visible.

After all, people don't stop, and if you stop, then you're going to be finished soon.

The world is not peaceful, and war and turmoil are the mainstream of the world's political arena.

Even now, there are several wars going on in the world. The arms race between the major powers has not stopped for even a day.

In this case, it would be impossible to convince everyone to stop using psionic energy!

The person who makes this suggestion is insane, and the person who accepts it is mentally retarded.

Maybe it's really only if everyone stops using psionic energy that the world can be safer. But no matter how safe the world is, countries are destroyed and people are slaughtered...... So what is the meaning of "security" in this world?

For the politicians of this world, even if the world is going to perish, as long as their country can finally perish, it is acceptable.

To put it more bluntly, if you want to sacrifice your own country so that the world does not perish - then sorry, it is better to ask the world to perish!

Because of the torture and persecution of countless natural and man-made disasters, the politicians of this world are a little neurotic. Their personal integrity may be much stronger than that of politicians in other worlds, but at the critical moment, they are so mad that they are beyond the reach of the bastard politicians in Pan Long's previous life who said "we are psychologically prepared to kill one-tenth of the population".

Those politicians can't actually withstand the pressure of killing a tenth of the population, but the politicians of this world can really withstand this pressure to fight to the death!

Without this determination, without this ferocity, they would have been eliminated by this cruel world a long time ago......

It's impossible to convince them to give up their military psionic powers!

A few people in the study, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't say a word.

After a few minutes, the girl with rabbit ears "Chimera" said, "I think we can at least do it little by little." Slightly reduce the use of psionic energy in everyday life...... Even if it's just a little bit lower, at least it's a little bit less risky. ”

Pan Long nodded, he felt that the idea was very solid.

Instead of sitting here sighing, let's try to do a little work first.

Even if it's just a little, at least it's better than not doing it at all.

But the "Queen" immediately rejected the "Chimera's" suggestion: "No!

"Why?"

"When this news gets out, it will cause social chaos. What's even more terrifying is that there will be a large number of cults taking advantage of the situation - in recent years, because the problem of psionic energy infection has gradually been solved, the popularity of psionic energy has greatly increased, resulting in a lot of cults. On this basis, this kind of rumor can be regarded as the end of the world...... What do you imagine?"

The girl's face grew pale, and her ears drooped weakly.

"In that case, we can't do anything?" Pan Long asked with a frown.

"We can first contact the heads of the major powers and organize a secret meeting. "Although I have little confidence in it, ...... Maybe we can come up with a good way to figure it out together......"

His voice was not loud, and he sounded very unconfident.

The Tower of Babel is now a powerful organization with a head and a face in the world, but no matter how much it has a head and a face, its foundation is only a small mobile city after all.

The biggest advantage of the Tower of Babel is that it has a high speed that no other mobile city can match – with all the spare engines turned on, this small mobile city can soar at an astonishing high speed of more than 80 kilometers per hour, and even a relatively safe "cruising speed" of more than 30 kilometers per hour. This kind of speed is not to mention those moving cities that can only walk thirty or fifty kilometers a day, even if it is an ordinary vehicle, it is nothing more than that.

...... Under normal circumstances, a long-distance truck using psionic shards would travel at a speed of about thirty or forty kilometers per hour. Only those vehicles that have been specially modified to use high-purity energy can drive speeds of more than 50 kilometers per hour in the wilderness.

Another advantage of the Tower of Babel is that it has gathered a large number of experts of the highest level in the world and researched a lot of high-tech technology.

For example, a new type of psionic cannon named "Helios Colossus". Although the power is a bit lower than that of the traditional psionic cannon, the range has been increased considerably.

The longer the range, which means that you can start a round in battle. The advantages in this area should not be underestimated, and as long as they are properly used, they can even exert incredible power.

For example, in a previous military exercise, the Tower of Babel once relied on its speed and range advantages to hang the famous military town of the former Slavic Empire "Chernobyl".

At that time, the tactic of the Tower of Babel was to move to the limit of the psionic cannon first, and then fire a shot, turn around and run. Then stop at the extreme range, fire a shot and go...... All in all, it is important not to enter the range of the heavy psionic cannons of the Chernobyl Fortress.

Fortunately, it was only a drill at that time, and the "Helios Colossus" did not actually shoot, but only completed the fire marking, otherwise, Chernobyl, which had been hit by more than 100 psionic cannons in three days, would have been completely blown apart - according to the calculation of the exercise data, it would not even last 24 hours before it would have been bombed into a pile of immovable scrap metal.

This is the kite flying tactic, one step ahead, it is heaven and earth.

But no matter how big the advantage of the Tower of Babel is, it is also a powerful mobile city - to give face, it is the strongest mobile city in the world, so what?

It's just a mobile city!

For independent powers that also have only one mobile city, such as Longmen, a famous trading powerhouse, the Tower of Babel is the ultimate dream of it, for small countries with several mobile cities, the Tower of Babel is also a big man who needs to be respected, but for those large countries with dozens of mobile cities, the Tower of Babel is just a face-saving organization.

You are very capable and have contributed a lot to the world, and I respect you for three points, that's all.

Of course, these three points of face are already very remarkable, and I don't know how many small countries can't even get these three points of face. And such as Longmen City, their most beautiful dream is nothing more than to be able to have these three points of face - a little less, one point and two points, in fact, it is not impossible, as long as there is a little bit of face, don't be called around like a deflated three.

But when it comes to the critical moment, is this three-point face enough?

Inadequate!

The Tower of Babel wanted to convince all the powers, especially the great powers, to work together to reduce the use of psionic powers...... Can this be done with "three points of face"?

Of course not!

Pan Long naturally understands this truth.

This is just like in the last few years before the establishment of the Great Federation in the previous life, dozens of large and small countries of the three major camps of the SCO, the Five Eyes, and the European Union quarreled at the United Nations every day, and it was not uncommon for them to quarrel so much that they had to duel outside the building, and the smell of gunpowder was so strong that it could be smelled on the other side of the world.

At that time, the UN Secretary-General was in a hurry to die, and many of those non-permanent members were also trying to persuade them to fight - the gods fought and mortals suffered, the three great powers of the earth were in flames, and it was impossible to say who would lose and who would win, but these rookies in South America and Africa would definitely be affected by the AOE, and God knows if there would be even a piece of good meat left in the end.

If it is more serious, the top three may be beaten back to the pre-industrial era, but these small countries are afraid that they will directly return to the Stone Age!

Although the "peak duel" on the other side of the earth did not develop into a serious situation that knocked human civilization back to the Stone Age, Pan Long, a historical witness, has deeply experienced the truths such as "power comes out of the barrel of a gun" and "the bigger the fist, the louder the voice".

The fist of the Tower of Babel is too small, and the sound is naturally small.

It is absolutely impossible to rely on a single Tower of Babel to accomplish this kind of work that is almost to reverse the direction of the world's energy!

But...... If it were Pan Long himself, it wouldn't be possible.

At the beginning, when Pan Long was only in the innate realm, he had the ability to single-handedly defeat an army of 100,000, and was even rated as an immeasurably powerful twelve-level psionic person.

Now he is a real person who has returned to the basics, and if he rides the wind, he will go around the world in two or three days.

He has the ability to go anywhere in the world and hit any target.

He also has the ability to cause mountains to collapse, rivers to break down, and to create natural disasters on a lesser scale with manpower.

He was even able to destroy all the mobile cities by himself, destroying the civilization system of this world.

The most frustrating of the most frustrated said that if he was given enough time, he would be able to kill everyone in this world and completely destroy this civilization.

...... As long as you can make up your mind.

Pan Long bowed his head and remained silent.

He was asking himself.

(Can I do this? Am I qualified to decide the direction of the people of this world?)

He couldn't answer that question.

He hated such questions.

Wen Chao said that he and Zhao Sheng had argued about this issue more than once.

Zhao Sheng believes that the culture of the Kyushu world is backward and the ideology is poor, and as a representative of a more advanced civilization, he has the power and even the obligation to promote the Kyushu world forward. Even if there is a price to pay for this, it is worth doing something that is contrary to public order and good customs.

Wen Chao believes that no one in the world can really give advice, even if they are great, they can only put forward opinions and suggestions - at most, it is to eliminate those who live by exploitation and oppression, and then distort people's minds and hinder social progress.

The two quarreled repeatedly and broke up more than once.

And this most fundamental contradiction finally broke out completely, leading to Wen Chao's death.

After Wen Chao's death, Zhao Sheng also fell into a depression, and he did not return to his former demeanor until he died.

It can be said that the story of this peerless duo ended miserably, and in the final analysis, it was this battle of ideas.

Pan Long agrees with Wen Chao's view.

Even those immortal Buddhas who are immortal and immortal, they are only powerful "people" after all. Man cannot—or at least should not—transgress his duty.

Everyone is just a crowd of sentient beings, and he has no right to think or decide for others, let alone use his own will to decide the direction of a world.

- Even if their choice may be self-defeating.

"Maybe we should do a survey first. He said, "Make the assumption that if the misuse of psionic energy leads to the end of the world, then are you in favor of phasing out the use of psionic energy?"

The "Queen" laughed, and there was a bit of sarcasm in her laughter: "Does such an investigation make sense? Whatever kind of results you want, we can easily get them." ”

"I mean, a serious, serious, neutral and objective investigation. Pan Long emphasized.

"There is no such thing as the kind of investigation you think in the world. The Queen retorted, "Even if it were to be as neutral and objective as possible, it would be difficult for those surveyed to understand the problem...... The vast majority of people in this world simply can't understand what 'misuse of psionic energy' is, and a large number of them can't even understand what 'the end of the world' is. ”

"Then explain it to them. Pan Long said.

After explaining, this is probably what they will choose. The woman with short green hair, pointed ears and a somewhat lynx-like head sneered, "Of course we don't want danger, but if I lose my job, the elderly and children in my family will not be able to survive." Can't we think of a solution?"

"There's no other way around at the moment. ”

"Then they'll just complain that the investigation is too malicious — they won't accept that outcome." There are indeed people in this world who are willing to die for the future of the whole world, but there are very few such people. ”

In addition to sarcasm, there is also a touch of sadness in the smile of the "queen".

In mythology, the Messiah came to earth, but instead of worship and praise, he received rejection and revival. In the crown that the people gave him, there was not a drop of gold and precious stones, only thorns. ”

She looked at Pan Long: "Mentor Xia, you have saved this world once, and I believe that there is no one in the world who wants to save this world more than you." But are you ready to take off your crown and put on your crown of thorns?"