In the face of Zhang Dingshan's inquiry, at this moment, everyone was silent again.

Everyone is struggling, hesitating, and weighing the pros and cons repeatedly.

The risks of uncertainty that may be faced after escalating the conflict, the remaining unknown means that Lou Shen may have, the counterattack that Lou Shen may make after feeling threatened, and the possible desperate bets......

There is no definitive answer to these questions. Moreover, there can be no definitive answer until there is enough information. This means that the members of the Action 2 team can only make subjective judgments, and can only rely on their own logic and decisions to make this judgment.

After being silent for a long time, He Wei raised his hand.

"I agree."

Lu Qingliang is the same: "I agree. ”

Zhang Dingshan looked at Lu Ming.

"What about you?"

Lu Ming pondered for a long time before he said, "I just had a new idea. I feel like maybe we can try the rest first. If that doesn't work, then escalate the conflict. ”

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"Oh?"

"Try to appease the Lou Shen."

Lu Ming raised his head, met the surprised eyes of his teammates, and repeated his plan: "If Wu Xiuzhu could appease Lou Shen and make him not rush to break the formation, why can't we?" ”

This plan really exceeded He Wei's expectations. But this plan, unexpectedly, was almost instinctively opposed by several people.

"The most critical problem is that Wu Xiuzhu and Wu Qingfu have long since died, and God knows what method they used to contact Lou Shen in the first place. If you can't get in touch with Lou Shen, how can you appease? ”

"Time is of the essence and I don't feel like it's necessary. We don't have that much time to find contacts. ”

"It's so whimsical, I don't think it's feasible."

At this stage, even the existence of wisdom in Loushen, and it is Loushen who acts as the mastermind behind the scenes, directing the fear of bacteria to break the Zhenlong pile formation, these things only exist in speculation. Now, do you want to try to get in touch with Lou Shen directly?

Except for whimsy, He Wei didn't know what other words could be used to describe it.

Lu Ming raised his hand and pressed it down, stopping the opposition of He Wei and Lu Qingliang, and explained: "Actually, I think that the method of contacting Lou Shen may not be troublesome, nor is it difficult. We should perhaps change our thinking and think like this: if even a middle-aged woman like Wu Xiuzhu, who is in a state of poverty and embarrassment, can she master the method of contacting Lou Shen, how difficult can this method be?

Combined with some of the information we have about Wu Xiuzhu, we can already confirm that although Wu Xiuzhu has never shown a clear tendency towards religious belief, this person has a lot of religious sacrifices. We have reason to believe that her religious sacrifice is related to the contact with the god of Lou.

Moreover, Wu Xiuzhu did not know specifically about the existence of Lou Shen at the beginning. She regarded Loushen as a form of deity—as evidenced by the fact that she named this unknown sapient being in the Coastal Mansion 'Loushen'. Then, we can almost conclude that Wu Xiuzhu's way of getting in touch with Lou Shen must be a way of communicating with the gods in the traditional culture, in the usual sense.

So, what is the usual way of communicating with the gods? ”

Lu Ming analyzed this, and He Wei immediately had an answer in his mind.

I don't know how many books have written about this way of communicating with the gods. In folk customs and traditional culture, there are also many witches and gods and men who practice this way of communication.

The main point is nothing more than fasting, bathing, washing hands and purifying the body, respecting and devoting, and uniting the spirit and praying wholeheartedly. Of course, maybe some more sacrifices.

He Wei had to admit that there was some truth in Lu Ming's analysis. I originally thought that there was no way to start without a single character, but it doesn't seem to be so difficult at the moment.

After all, combined with Wu Xiuzhu's situation at the time, as well as her personal concept of the world, apart from this method, what other way could she take to communicate with Lou Shen?

"Then, do you want to fast and bathe first, and then try to communicate with the god of the building by worshipping the gods?" He Wei muttered: "I'm afraid there is not enough time." ”

Lu Ming shook his head again: "In my opinion, the so-called fasting and bathing, washing hands and purifying oneself and the like are actually just a kind of thing with a sense of ritual to allow oneself to be calm and contemplative." Meditation is the main thing, and the rest is not important.

So, this attempt actually didn't take long. We can do it now. If we succeed in appeasing Lou Shen, it is naturally good, if we fail to appease, or simply cannot communicate, then we can still continue to implement the original plan when we come back. ”

Zhang Dingshan finally made a decision: "Since this is the case, then try." It's just that how to communicate still needs to be determined in advance. ”

"We have negotiators in our logistics support team. I'm going to contact him and ask him to come and give us ideas. ”

The details of the murderous mansion are of course not to be revealed to him at this moment because the negotiator's level of secrecy is not high enough. But that didn't stop the negotiator from contributing his wisdom to the incident.

All that is needed is some wrapping up of the incident.

Less than ten minutes after Lu Qingliang went offline, he went online again. In addition, another middle-aged man who looked very capable and had thin lips also joined the virtual conference room.

"Section Chief Tan, I'm really sorry to trouble you so late."

"It's okay, it's all about work."

The negotiator known as Section Chief Tan said very kindly: "What is the specific matter?" ”

"We hope that through communication, we can get an enemy to give up on doing something very harmful. Well, the rest of the means may not work very well. It would be best if it could be resolved through negotiations. ”

Section Chief Tan nodded: "Understood." So, is it convenient to tell me the details of the enemy? I need to analyze him to figure out what to do. And, what are our strengths and reliance? In what areas can we pose a threat and limit to the enemy? What is the enemy's advantage and dependence on us? What are some of the tricky aspects of him for us? ”

Zhang Dingshan muttered: "We don't know anything about the enemy, but we can probably compare it to an alien. He may not have the morals and values of our normal people, and his logic is different from that of our normal people. ”

"Psychotic criminals? It's really not funny. ”

Section Chief Tan commented on this.

"Our advantage and reliance is that he is currently in a state of being confined by us, but we can't say for sure how long this restriction will last.

If we take a gamble, we can wipe it out at a great cost. But the cost is too high, and we don't want to get to that point.

Enemy, there is nothing we can do to stop him from doing that very harmful thing for the time being. There are some hypothetical approaches that may be effective, but they are uncertain. At the same time, if we use those hypothetical methods, we are likely to provoke the enemy and cause him to make a desperate and more drastic response.

Overall, that's about it. ”

Section Chief Tan pondered for about ten minutes. During this process, Lu Ming and the others all waited quietly without urging at all.

After that, Section Chief Tan rubbed his forehead and said slowly: "I don't have a grasp of the specific situation, and I don't feel very good at making specific judgments.

But there is actually a principle in negotiation, and you must know that negotiation is actually the art of compromise. Under the premise that the two sides have conflicts, they should take a step back, seek common ground while reserving differences as much as possible, and avoid the expected greater loss of interests with a smaller loss of interests.

Specifically, in the negotiations, you should first clarify which interests you must ensure, and you should first draw red lines.

Above the red line, look at things separately, distinguish which ones can be exchanged with the other party, and if so, what the price is. Prioritization is needed to clarify which benefits are prioritized to ensure.

We can also set up some fake chips, that is, these chips that we don't care about in the first place, or even don't exist at all, are created out of nothing, but in the negotiation, we can also throw them out to fight for the interests of the rest of our side.

Overall, negotiation is a very complicated matter, and I can't explain it to you in too much detail. It is a science that requires specialized study. Well, yes, it's science. ”

Lu Ming felt a little headache. He felt that he had thought too much about the negotiations. Now it seems that this kind of thing still needs to be done by professionals.

"Captain, I think it's better to let Section Chief Tan be responsible for this kind of thing."

The Action 2 team has the right to apply to their superiors. After going through some formalities and going through some processes, the secret level of Section Chief Tan can be temporarily raised, so that he has the authority to know all the information in the case.

Zhang Dingshan pondered for a moment and said to Section Chief Tan: "Tan Ke, that's the case. We hope that you will be able to carry out the specific negotiations. However, there may be certain risks in this matter, even life-threatening. The danger is probably around 1% if we measure it. It's up to you to decide whether you want to participate or not. ”

At present, what can be told to Section Chief Tan is only 1%. If he thinks that this danger is acceptable after thinking about it himself, Zhang Dingshan will tell him more details. Of course, at that time, he was not allowed to quit.

A look of struggle appeared on Section Chief Tan's face. After a long time, he let out a sigh of relief and nodded: "I took it." ”

"Good. Qingliang, you go through the formalities and get it done within half an hour. Tan Ke, you leave for Yangyuan City now. After the formalities are completed, I will send you the detailed information immediately. You need to read and make a negotiation plan as quickly as possible. As soon as you arrive, start negotiating. ”