"Ah??? It's only been a day out there, right? How did the form of the City of Pleasure deteriorate to such a deterioration? It's outrageous, right? Haven't all the research plans we made in the past few days come to naught? ”

"My home is the city of pleasure! No, I need to go back and see my parents......"

"You calm down first, this is the academy, there is still plenty of time, let's see what the professors and lecturers have to say."

"Professor Toledo, Lecturer Lloyd, are we going to continue our project?"

When Lloyd brought the news of Joy City back to the project team, it immediately caused a heated discussion, and everyone looked worried and hesitant.

Professor Toledo did not rush to speak, but waited until he weighed it carefully before asking:

"Does anyone want to quit?"

There was a sudden silence in the room, and no one made a statement.

"Very good, since no one has said that they want to quit, then the project will continue, but in this unexpected situation, the research plan we have made before will not be used for the time being."

Professor Toledo said regretfully, throwing aside the thick stack of papers in his hand, and then said to Lloyd:

"The situation has changed, Lloyd, have you reported to the dean?"

"I already know, I support your decision, and I will increase your credits and funding accordingly."

The dean's voice happened to reach everyone's ears at this time.

These words immediately boosted the morale of the project team, and Lecturer Randy immediately said:

"In that case, then we have nothing to worry about, let's solve the problem of the City of Pleasure first, and then continue our research, anyway, this is also a very common thing for Mizkatok, and often in order to be able to study with peace of mind, we often have to do more 'preliminary preparations'."

"Haha, you remind me of helping your history department conduct archaeological excavations before, and as a result, you have to clean up a group of cult forces entrenched in ancient ruins first."

The bald head of the mage department, Lecturer Bartolo said with a smile.

Professor Toledo laughed as well, adding:

"I've had a few times before when I had to help them solve the problem of water and electricity in order to investigate abnormal events in remote towns."

Their words made Lloyd's heart warm for a while.

It can only be said that Mizkatok, which is responsible for the development and future of mankind, has never lacked responsibility and courage here.

Everyone present quickly got into the groove and began to discuss why the City of Pleasure collapsed so quickly.

"I'm afraid there's something wrong with that heavy rain, right?"

Lecturer Lille said, tapping his head lightly again, and continued:

"The chaos in the city is easy to solve, but the real trouble is the weather and the monsters that are about to move."

Lecturer Randy took out a map from his bosom and looked at it, and said with some confusion:

"Yes, it's been a long, long time since the monster tide appeared, especially in a place like Pleasure City, which has a decent location......

It is located in the hinterland, with the Bright City and the Eternal City helping to defend against the monsters from the wasteland, theoretically there should be no monster tide, could it be the effect of this strange heavy rain? Or is it caused by the Great Pioneering? ”

At this time, an honor student next to him raised his hand and asked a question first:

"Two lecturers, I haven't experienced the tide of monsters, can you tell me more about it? How do we respond? ”

Lecturer Randy smiled, shook his head, and explained:

"In fact, none of us present have experienced a real wave of monsters, according to historical records, it has to be traced back to the apocalyptic era, but it is not that the monsters have been dormant for so many years, but that we humans have mastered the methods of coping and eliminating......

To put it simply, before the monster tide really takes shape, we must find a way to dissolve, disperse, mislead, in short, use various means to dissolve it, rather than confronting them.

And the best way is to come from the protection of the sage, where the sage sits, the monsters dare not easily send them to death. ”

When Lloyd heard this, he interjected in a low voice:

"But the Sages of the City of Pleasure ......"

Lecturer Randy frowned, and nodded again:

"Yes, that's where the trouble is, the Sages of the City of Pleasure can't be trusted, so we have to figure it out ourselves.

And once the monster tide forms the scale of the historical record, with the current strength of our human race, it is hard to imagine what a tragic price it will have to pay to resist it, not to mention the influence from the mutation right now......"

Another honor student next to him followed suit and asked:

"What kind of order of magnitude is the worst-case scenario, that is, if the monster tide is really formed?"

"I don't know...... Although there are historical records in this regard, they are all described in terms such as "tsunami" and "wave", indicating that the low-risk monsters in them may have reached the order of magnitude that is difficult to count, and they are accompanied by a large number of high-risk individuals. ”

Lecturer Lille helped add.

At this moment, even Lloyd, who executes monsters every day, felt his scalp tingle for a while when he heard it.

Monsters like mountains and tsunamis, but without the presence of a sage, plus the need to endure more spiritual pollution when executing monsters, and then the city of pleasure behind is still very restless, this game is simply impossible to play.

He couldn't help but recall that the image he had seen was the one given to him by the street painter, and that the painting had triggered a hallucination.

Lloyd remembers that he had arrived on a bloody battlefield and watched a squad of soldiers deploy their lines in full swing, ready to defend against a sweeping black line on the horizon.

That one...... It's a fully formed monster tide, right?

It's really impossible to count the scale of the number......

Moreover, those people on the battlefield at that time looked like people from the glory days of the beginning, and even they paid an extremely painful price if they wanted to resist an offensive of this level......

"So we have to find a way to defuse the monster tide before it takes shape."

Lloyd couldn't help but say.

"Yes, but fortunately, we in Mizcatok have not given up on this aspect of research, and to be more precise, it has always been a key subject in our mage department."

The bald mage Bartolo spoke, moving his muscle-like arm again, and then pressing the knuckles of his fingers with a click, as if he were eager to try.

The mouth said:

"I originally thought that there were sages, and this kind of research would not be of much use, but I didn't expect it to be useful one day?"

With that, he picked up a fact sheet that Lloyd had brought back and continued:

"But what is more terrifying than monsters is the human heart...... I've been wondering, how could the Order of Pleasure, no matter how young it is, maintain a city for decades, and collapse in a day? Is this really just an act of God? Or is there someone secretly brewing a man-made disaster? ”

"Do you think someone is making trouble?"

Professor Toledo asked hurriedly.

"Yes, otherwise just a few resource points were attacked, which can be said to be a daily event that is almost staged every day, and even more intense is very common, which can actually cause a large-scale panic in the city? Or is it for those who uphold the principle of having fun in time? ”

When Lloyd heard him say this, he sensed that something was wrong.

As an executioner in the rear, although he had not been to the front line much, he still had some understanding of the situation there.

In order to maintain the resource consumption of a huge city circle, the resource points on the periphery can be said to be scattered, and it is completely common to encounter attacks.

If even this little thing could cause panic, then the human city would have collapsed long ago.

Therefore, the rapid loss of control in the city of pleasure in one day is particularly strange......

If you take a closer look at the bad news in the briefing, is it really all caused by panic?

(End of chapter)