Chapter 152: The Great Summoning
From the moment the protected person died, this escort mission was a complete failure.
Even those who are disgraced, there are also the alien management bureau and the special service team.
But in fact, the "disgrace" is not once or twice, except for a few people who have old ties with Xiao Huang, the other veterans quickly regained their calm...... Lu Ping'an suspected that they were mentally prepared for failure from the beginning.
It's just that on the way back, the atmosphere is a little depressing...... Except for a rookie gardener who sat in the passenger seat with an indifferent face.
But since no one else spoke, he just read his book silently, turning around from time to time to see if the trunk tied to the back of the car was lost.
“...... Is that also a failure......."
The news quickly spread back to the headquarters, but it was still only bad news, and it was much worse.
While escorting here, the convoy over there was actually under a surprise attack, and the place of the battle was the airship station (airfield).
Judging from the results, the battle over there is actually a big head, after all, the reinforcements from the Church of Life (Daughter of the Forest) are also over there.
The location of the attack was the tarmac, which was also open and convenient for confrontation, and the guards prepared the battlefield from the beginning........ Judging by the results, this time it was lost again, but it was quite subtle.
The Bishop repelled the attackers and managed to get the "Escorted" onto the airship.
Then, the airship swallowed the retiree in one gulp.
Yes, swallowed, a medium-sized airship after being "enlightened", suddenly woke up, the deck was directly discounted, and swallowed the retiree in one gulp, as well as the 141 ordinary passengers and two escorts inside.
Fortunately, the escort did not leave, and they reacted in time to kill the "big monster".
In the end, there were about forty-three survivors who were removed from the "airship", and less than ten lucky ones were unharmed.
The retiree, as the primary target, died on the spot.
This is the result of this era, because there are too many professionals and supernatural people, it is much easier to destroy than to protect, and it is also the reason why many "candidates" are willing to gamble on life and death to gain ability.
It's like a country where guns are rampant but there are no monitors, and as long as there is a derailer who has a motive to commit a crime, it is unlikely that he will be able to prevent a sudden shooting in the streets one day.
What can probably be done is to hold accountable after the fact and warn potential perpetrators with harsh consequences.
Why don't I have a monitor? Actually, this damn mechanical enlightenment is also a major reason.
Machinery, in this day and age, is not to be trusted.
Information is itself a carrier, a dangerous carrier capable of carrying pollution.
Not to mention the development of network and telecommunications technology, there are requests for the blocking of the Internet every year within the bureau, and the evidence they come up with is the number of deaths and victims.
From the perspective of the Gucheng police and the Anomaly Management Bureau, it is already quite difficult for them to deal with a group of international terrorists with the standing force of a small and medium-sized city, and even if reinforcements are brought in, their garrison force is still obviously insufficient.
Under normal circumstances, those "super terrorists" should also fight against those real ruthless people in hot spots, international metropolises, and key resource worlds, rather than come to harm the standing garrison of a second-tier city, or the empty shell of the defenders being transferred.
"We know that there is a ruthless person on this other side who takes the route of 'mechanical beast taming', and he is at least above the sixth order."
"Let's think about it better, this time there are at least six orders or more on the opposite side, and someone will definitely be sent from above."
Is this good news? I'm afraid that whoever says it won't believe it himself.
In a sense, the increasing prevalence of superpower crimes is also the root cause of the frenzied push for reform in recent years.
Destruction is too easy compared to wards, especially when the destruction itself can be hugely beneficial.
In the past, the country completely banned the spread of "pollution knowledge" in order to avoid the recurrence of this kind of thing.
But there are some things that cannot be banned, especially in the new era that has long been banned in several other countries, and when the number of cultists and abnormal offenders in their own countries overflows to a certain level, I am afraid that it is only a matter of time before the forbidden knowledge is fully opened.
Is this a good thing? Or is it the first step for the whole world to slide into the abyss? No one can tell.
Most of the official keepers just know that if they "wait all night" like this for hundreds of years, everyone will not be able to bear it.
In a sense, this is like the gun flood crisis in a certain world, when the little furry child can buy two when he goes out, the safety of the innocent is probably really just a luck.
The worst thing is that there is a certain chance that guns will be completely banned, although the probability is extremely low.
However, the endless secret realms, churches, exotic lands, and evil gods in this world have made the prohibition of the spread of "pollution" more and more an empty slogan.
"Gun shops" are everywhere, and it is not difficult to obtain, so super crimes are naturally banned repeatedly.
The cost of maintaining social continuity was too high, so high that the government's almost unlimited potential and combat power reserves could not hold it, so it was forced to start a new round of reform and usher in an all-round expansion.
If the garrison of the ancient city were to increase tenfold this time, then it wouldn't be so passive.
"No, it's the same, although quantitative change can achieve qualitative change, but a group of ordinary guards of the highest fourth order can deal with the sixth or seventh order? High-level professionals are not so cheap. "The big cat who is the culprit gives the answer ruthlessly.
The expected answer also made Lu Ping'an completely give up his plan to rely on the official.
Just like the mainstream of "huddles" that has gradually formed in this era, since the overall stable order cannot be ensured, it is a natural logical deduction for small groups with armed forces to protect themselves.
A certain Chinese person on the roof, a community with guns, a militia group, a local company, a big landlord, probably this kind of thing.
And this, in a certain sense, has become an unstable factor in the new era, and in some cases, the conflict between "family rules" and "national law" is inevitable.
But in the tide of the times, who can go against the current.
In the face of a world full of dangers, who can resist the temptation of power and take control of their own destiny and the safety of their families?
When power begins to be used privately, when power begins to be priced, how many people are still willing to swing their fists for "order...... Especially the retired keeper of secrets, at a time when he can't even keep his own safety!
The silent atmosphere of the convoy, in addition to the silence for colleagues, may be more about thinking about their own future.
"I always feel that this is a slow death, big cat, is there any salvation?" Lu Ping'an had already seen everything, but after thinking about it, he got an answer that there was no way out.
It's not a question of lack of power, and it's not a matter of turning it around because of the appearance of a heroic figure, but rather the whole world being dragged into the abyss, into a cycle of deterioration at the logical and substantive levels.
In Lu Ping'an's eyes, the situation will only get worse and worse, and all the reforms seem to be drinking water to quench thirst.
"How many worlds do you think I've seen, it's long gone. Since that great summoning fifty years ago, it has been completely hopeless. What the big cat casually threw out was a history that was "seized".
"The Great Call? What's that? Sounds like playing a game. Lu Ping'an felt delicate, calculating the time, it seemed to be a bit of a problem.
"Well, for some beings, it's probably just a game. The Twelve Gods...... It's a great existence, the big guy I can't face even if I succeed in ascending to the gods, and some of the top powerhouses in your world, have jointly performed a super-large ceremony. The reason is not clear, and the result is that the world has been dragged away from its original trajectory, and it is much closer to many worlds. Within three years, pollution intensity had increased at least tenfold, and the barrier to entry for power had been significantly lowered. The big cat didn't hide it, that incident is an eternal pain in the hearts of too many people, and it has also affected countless people's life choices.
In fact, if it weren't for that incident, I am afraid that I would not have chosen to ascend to God without hesitation and choose to give up this world.
Lu Ping'an nodded silently, he also vaguely heard the "Twelve Pillars" in the major event fifty years ago, as well as the so-called "Seven Evildoers".
"At this point, is there really no hope? It's okay to linger. Lu Ping'an was vaguely sure that only this cat could give a decent answer.
"Yes, there is a big guy like the twelve pillars, and he protects the world with one hand. But that's basically impossible, the strongest human beings are too far away from them, too far, maybe they shouldn't be described as far away, it's the size gap between mortals and galaxies........ "The big cat has a loss that is difficult to hide, if the "Great Summoning" doesn't happen, perhaps, she is still a friendly international friend.
Lu Ping'an was thoughtful, he had already guessed the second answer.
"The second way, you did it? Ascend to the gods yourself, and then walk away on the ark of doom? To scourge the next world? ”
Lu Ping'an has determined that if his courtyard continues to expand, it can really become a complete small world, so how many people can live? Is it okay for a city?
"Oh, if we don't come, won't the world be finished? Humans, don't think highly of yourself, you will ....... with me sooner or later We, almost, I look forward to your choice......."
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