Chapter 138: The Twelve Divine Generals
[7,000 words to update to make up for yesterday's arrears, and there is one more in the early morning]
(I'm not a great man, I'm just one of the twelve gods on Earth, and the fifth-to-last one.) - General Fran Philippe)
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"I couldn't make it clear on the phone yesterday......" Xie Guangling raised his wrist and looked at the table below, and said with a straight face: "It will take half an hour to get from here to Xia You Palace, Captain Bai, you have to give me an explanation of the past, otherwise I won't be able to speak for you this time." β
Bai Xiuxiu, who sat in the back seat of the bulletproof Maybach S650 Plluman (Pullman) with Xie Guangling, still saw the TV embedded in the seat, and the picture was showing the tragic scene of General Leclerc Street, but after a night of special effects processing, the perpetrator became a thug participating in the "Yellow Vest Movement", and the rioters on the TV screen drove a forklift for construction, easily broke off the trees, and clashed with the police in front of the cosmetics store.
Bai Xiuxiu is very familiar with these operations, and she has to admire the high efficiency of the French Iris, and it took more than ten hours to produce a video picture that is enough to be realistic. The development of the Internet has made it difficult to conceal any information in this world, but the progress of science and technology has made it easier and easier to fake, and it is often difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the truth from the fake. Even if someone released a video of Christine chasing a Mercedes Benz at 80 mph and shooting an aurora, people would not believe that the video was real. The vast majority of people are obsessed with authority and do not trust individuals.
Of course, now is not the time to admire the French irises, Bai Xiuxiu has to face the reality of this is a major diplomatic event, whether in the world or in the world of the table, the riot they caused last night is difficult to be forgiven, especially if they are still on someone else's territory.
Bai Xiuxiu said very dissatisfied: "This matter is not our responsibility, all this is made by the people of Xingmen, why blame us?"
"But the Stargate people said that we followed Stern King and intended to assassinate him, and after completing the shooting and snatching his Uroboros, they drove away, and they had to chase him to cause this incident!"
Bai Xiuxiu said solemnly: "They are beating up, I told you yesterday, we are tracking Stern King just to find out the secret of Asgard......"
Xie Guangling interrupted Bai Xiuxiu's words and said with a frosty face: "I know! I just ask you why you shot Stern King's body yesterday and snatched his Uloporos?"
Bai Xiuxiu was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "At that time, it was his subordinates who attacked Cheng Mo first, and my body was next to it, if Stern King also exerted force at the same time, it is likely that I would be sacrificed." Cheng Mo had to shoot Stern King out of consideration for my safety, because he guessed that Stern King might be wearing body armor, so he took his Uloporos just in case, I think this kind of prevention is understandable....."
"Why did you come to this point? If in the Demon Graveyard, wouldn't Cheng Mo sacrifice his carrier without these things? Anyway, he will be demoted..... I think this explanation is far-fetched! I can't accept it!" Xie Guangling said with a cold face.
Bai Xiuxiu had no way to explain to Xie Guangling at this moment that Cheng Mo did not agree to accept the task of attacking "Asgard" at all, which would only make Xie Guangling's sense of Cheng Mo worse, she said lightly: "If you want to blame, blame me! β
After Bai Xiuxiu said this, the atmosphere in the Maybach S650 fell into a soft suffocation like a swamp, and the two of them sat in the back seat with expressionless faces, until the car was about to arrive at Xia You Palace, Xie Guangling said coldly: "Okay! In this case, after the 'Dream of Asgard' plan is completed, you will hand over Uroboros and wait for the completion of the picket questioning, and then it will be up to the institute to decide whether you are suitable for the position of captain." β
The Tai Chi Long Picket is the internal inspection organ of Tai Chi Long, and when a member makes a major mistake, the picket team will be used to investigate. In fact, since the establishment of Taijilong, the pickets have rarely been used, so the pickets are also known as the most idle team, and the last time the pickets were used was in 1999 when the "Strait Crisis" was used, which shows how serious the incident is.
Bai Xiuxiu sighed in her heart, since even the pickets are going to intervene, her position will definitely not be guaranteed, in fact, Bai Xiuxiu feels that it is a trivial matter, if the result is not good for herself, then she may lose the skill of "time rift", but Bai Xiuxiu does not regret that she protects Cheng Mo, although she can put all the responsibility on Cheng Mo and hand over Cheng Mo to Xie Guangling to deal with, anyway, Cheng Mo is the son-in-law of your Xie family, presumably Cheng Mo will not be punished too harshly, but she doesn't want to do it at all.
Bai Xiuxiu told herself that this was because Cheng Mo was her subordinate, and fighting for her subordinates was an excellent tradition of the Kanglong Group, and she couldn't throw away such an excellent tradition, so Bai Xiuxiu said without changing her face: "Okay, I will accept the pickets' questioning." β
Xie Guangling didn't expect Bai Xiuxiu, who had always left room for manoeuvre to deal with anything, to agree so hard and directly, which made him even more annoyed, and said "Okay" coldly, and never spoke again.
Bai Xiuxiu didn't mean to ask Xie Guangling to intercede, but was worried about how Cheng Mo would be implicated, she thought about how to help Cheng Mo push off the task of "Asgard", last night I heard the conversation between Mr. Armadillo and Andreyev, Bai Xiuxiu felt that "Asgard" was an impossible task at all, even if Cheng Mo went in, there was nothing he could do.
When the time comes, Cheng Mo will shoulder the heavy responsibility of entering Asgard to compete for the "Singer's Horn", if all the organizations are not completed, it is slightly better, assuming that other organizations have completed the task, then Cheng Mo's future within the Taiji Dragon will inevitably suffer a big setback.
Therefore, Bai Xiuxiu felt that she had to find a way to let Cheng Mo reasonably push off this mission, even if Cheng Mo performed outstandingly and could even win the "Singer's Horn", it would greatly reduce the risk of being deprived of his position and the "time rift", Bai Xiuxiu was unwilling to gamble on Cheng Mo's future. She also knows that she is not a qualified superior in doing so, but Bai Xiuxiu's feelings for Cheng Mo are not something that can be summed up clearly by the word "subordinate".
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The Maybach S650 slowly stopped in front of the Chauyo Palace, which is next to the Seine River, and across the river is one of the most famous buildings in the world, the Eiffel Tower.
The Chaillois Palace was built in the same era as the Eiffel Tower, and it is also the artistic crystallization of the 1889 World's Fair, and it is also the best place to photograph the Eiffel Tower.
Bai Xiuxiu followed Xie Guangling to get out of the car, the Eiffel Tower on the opposite side stands proudly, the Delocadro Square in front of the main gate of the Xia You Palace is staging an extremely dreamy and spectacular fountain landscape, the cold winter sun is sprinkled on those splashes of water, like a crystal ice sculpture, there are many statues on the square, the most eye-catching of which is the equestrian statue of the French hero Fuxi.
Ferdinand Foch was not only the war hero who led the Allies to victory over the Allies in the mud during World War I, but he was also the eleventh Chosen One in French history.
The reason why the statue of the hero Fuxi was cast in front of the Palais de Chauilla was not only because Ferdinand Foch was a well-known hero in France, but also because the Palais de Chauyo was actually his residence, so later generations formed a tradition that the French gods and generals lived here, just as the French president and prime minister lived in the ΓlysΓ©e Palace.
Because it was an informal note, there was no honor guard to greet them, and standing at the door waiting for Xie Guangling and his party at this time was Claude Gaion, secretary general of Fran Philippe's General's Office. Fran Philippe did not come out in person, not because he did not give face, but because he was a general of the twelve gods, unless the guest was also a general of the twelve gods or the head of a great country, then he would stand at the door and wait.
As one of the twelve most powerful individuals in the world, not everyone will give face.
Moreover, Claude Gaion is not an unknown person, he is not only powerful, ranking 107th on the list of the Chosen One, in fact, as the secretary general of the General FranΓ§ais Philippe's palace, the daily work of the French Iris is handled by Lode Gaion, protocol, security, personnel, budget, press interviews, etc., and even some unimportant meetings of the Round Table Council are attended by Lord Gaion, unless there is a major event, Fran Philippe himself rarely appears.
The Palais de Chaillot presents a T-shaped shape and is divided into three parts, the first part is the "T" shaped horizontal building on the east side, which is the French Museum of Architecture and Art and the Opera House, and the second part is the Ethnographic Museum and the Oceanographic Museum in the west. These two parts are often open to the public, and the third part is the shrine that is not open to the public, that is, the vertical of the "T" shape.
Claude Gaion led Xie Guangling and Bai Xiuxiu and his party into the main entrance hall, the guard of honor opened the golden carved door, and a gorgeous dome corridor appeared in front of everyone, the corridor was paved with a scarlet carpet, and there were gorgeous murals inlaid with golden frames on the vault, the content of the murals was the birth of the twelve disciples and the twelve gods, and the two sides were carved beams and paintings, with a strong Renaissance gorgeous temperament.
Lode Gaion made a gesture of invitation and walked side by side with Xie Guangling, and at the same time introduced: "The oil paintings hanging on both sides are all the gods of France, starting from Saint-Martin and ending with Lionel Jospin, the portrait of General FranΓ§ois Philippe is still in production, and it is expected to be hung next year..... Saint-Martin was the patron saint of France, the bishop of Tours, and the first priest of France, a disciple to be exact. Before the Renaissance, the positions of the twelve gods were occupied by the people of the church, because the twelve gods were in fact the heirs of the twelve disciples of God, and the frescoes of the dome of these contents are also depicted....."
Like a tour guide, Lode Gayon told the group about the stories and origins of the frescoes and portraits on this promenade, including some of the most famous figures in French history, such as Louis XIV, the first non-ecclesiastical general in France, and Napoleon, who came close to unifying Europe.....
Everyone watched and listened with relish, as if they had come to visit rather than attend a note. In fact, what everyone is most interested in is the history of the birth of the "god general" mentioned by Lord Gaion, the Chinese Chosen One organization was born relatively late, and has been excluded from the center of the inner world, and the understanding of this period of history is far less profound than that of France.
Lord Gaion also saw the interest of the Taiji Dragon and his party, and gave a little more detail on the history of the birth of "god generals" and "super humans" before depicting the Renaissance dome frescoes.
Before the birth of the first Tuscan Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici of the Medici family, the twelve gods were not called gods, they were called the "twelve apostles" according to the convention, and who could become the twelve apostles was not originally determined by strength, the method of inheriting the "disciple ring" was determined by the bishops of the major dioceses by lot, which is also a tradition, just like when Judas betrayed Jesus and was removed by the twelve apostles, the seat of the twelve apostles of Judah was replaced by the other apostles who usually revolved around Jesus.
When the lottery was announced, Matthias, one of the two candidates, was chosen, and Matthias replaced Judas Iscariot in the apostleship of Judas.
Saint-Martin was the first of the twelve apostles of France.
It is no exaggeration to say that without the Medici family, there would be no Florence, let alone the Renaissance.
The Medici family not only ruled Florence for more than 200 years, but also produced three popes and two French empresses. Intrigues, assassinations, tricks, and wars abound the Medici family in their struggle to maintain dominance over Florence. At the same time, the family was the chief patron of Florentine scholars, artists, scientists, and writers. Each generation of heirs had a strong passion for supporting beauty and the arts, making Florence in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the heart of the European Renaissance movement.
The reason why Cosimo de' Medici became the first person to become a disciple by lot for a non-bishop began with his father, Giovanni Medici.
The founder of the Medici dynasty in Florence patronized Baldassare Cosa, who had not yet become pope, and from then on linked the family to the Holy See. And Xhosa, who became pope after the Great Schism of the Catholic Church, naturally did not forget to help his old friend the Medici family, so he handed over the assets of the Vatican to the Medici family's bank.
After Cosimo de' Medici took over his father's class and became the master of the Medici family, he spent his money to build the Dome of Architectural Miracle for the Holy See - the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, which no one could complete at that time.
The largest church of the time earned Cosimo de' Medici the honor of the first non-bishopric of the Twelve Apostles, but it was also the beginning of the Medici family's catastrophe, as Cosimo de' Medici was assassinated several times and later imprisoned for a time due to the opposition of others, but was forced to release Cosimo de' Medici because he could not control Florence.
Since then, the Medici family seems to have shouldered the historical mission of overthrowing the Holy See's control over the Chosen One system, infiltrating the Holy See from within, sending the core heirs of the family to the Holy See, and sponsoring artists and scientists. In addition to the three masters of the Renaissance who were all sponsored by the Medici family, Copernicus's works were also published by a publishing house under the Medici family, and Galileo was not persecuted by the Holy See because of the protection of the Medici family.
In 1513, Leo X became pope and began to distribute indulgences, a kind of amnesty that could be purchased with money. Intents were sent to various dioceses in Europe, where they were forced to be sold by bishops to their parishioners.
This act amassed a great deal of wealth for Leo X, but it also angered Martin Luther, a priest in a small diocese in Germany, and ignited the fuse of the Reformation. The outbreak of the "Thirty Years' War" (note 1) also disintegrated the originally unified Western Holy See, and the "Twelve Apostles", which had been followed for hundreds of years, also completely collapsed, forming the Twelve Divine Generals dominated by the monarchs of the European countries, and the absurd method of the original Twelve Apostles being determined by drawing lots evolved into a decision determined by national strength.
The feud between the Perfect Dicchi family and the Holy See in Europe also came to the end of the corridor, and there was a marble statue of the archangel Michael standing at the door. The Apollo program 'sent the Chosen One to the moon and completed an epic mission, bringing the Chosen One system to a whole new stage, and the Twelve Gods evolved into a purely determined ..... by strength."
Bai Xiuxiu took his eyes off St. Michael who was holding a cross sword with his wings outstretched, and looked at Xie Guangling, who was standing side by side with Lord Gaion, and now Taijilong's most promising promotion to the "Divine General" is Xie Guangling, who ranked sixth on the Heavenly List, as long as he can maintain the top twelve positions in the Heavenly List for four years, he can be qualified to participate in the twelve-year "Armageddon War" (the Bible says that the kings of all nations will gather together in Armageddon, and the Almighty will defeat the devil and "the kings of the world" here, so " Armageddon's War "is depicted as the final battlefield of the showdown between good and evil at the end of the world."
That's right, there is a comic that is based on the "Armageddon War" as the prototype, creating the "Fate" series of stories, but in order to confuse the public and not make this animation not too real and blocked, "Fate" changed the "Armageddon War" to "Holy Grail War", and made a lot of changes, turning the purpose of "Holy Grail War" into wish-fulfillment, and the "carrier" has also become a self-aware "Heroic Spirit.......
In fact, the real "Holy Grail War" is the war that determines those who have the qualifications to challenge the twelve gods, and these people who have the qualifications to participate in the "Holy Grail War" will gather in the Tower of Babel every twelve years to participate in the chance to compete for the final twelve places, and the last twelve people who win will choose the gods they want to challenge in turn according to the ranking, and if the challenge is successful, they will be promoted to become gods.
However, the Divine General's carrier not only has more skill and equipment than the normal carrier, but also has a total damage reduction of 40% to 52%. Because the carrier of the god general is too powerful, it is almost difficult to succeed in the challenge, from the 1969 Chosen One system upgrade, after the first "Armageddon War" was held, unless the god will end the life of his own body, deliberately lose the qualification of the god general, and pass it on to the descendants of his family, it will be difficult for others to defeat the god general.
To this day, the pattern of the twelve gods is still the pattern of the first "Armageddon War" in 1969, with the United States occupying seven positions, England occupying one position, France occupying one position, Ennoth occupying one position, and in general, the Western world occupies ten seats.
There are two others, one is Nebuchadnezzar, who does not know the exact nationality, and the director of the 749 Research Institute of the Chinese Taiji Dragon Leader.
In 1969, Director Qian participated in the "Armageddon War", won the 10th position of the 12 god generals, and passed the position of god general to Chen Kang, the current director of the 749 Research Institute, when he was older.
And Fran Philippe inherited the qualification of the previous French god of war, Jacques RenΓ© Chirac.
A powerhouse like Bai Xiuxiu, who is ranked eighty-sixth on the heavenly list, can only look up to the god general, in fact, no matter how high he ranks on the heavenly list, the god general is almost synonymous with invincibility.
Divine generals rarely appear in public places, and their whereabouts are almost unknown, such as Chen Kang, the leader of the Taiji Dragon, Bai Xiuxiu has only seen a few faces, and as for the other twelve divine generals, Bai Xiuxiu has only seen pictures.
There are also many battle videos of the gods for sale on the Chosen One forum, which are ridiculously expensive, and most of them are fake, but even so, buyers are flocking to them. Bai Xiuxiu was fortunate to have seen the real god general battle video, it was the 2003 Iraq War, the god of the United States George Walker personally went into battle, and the Iraqi Republican Guard, which Iraq was proud of, was destroyed with the power of decay.
You must know that before the war, Saddam Hussein had an army of more than 1 million and claimed to be the third largest power in the world. Its army was the fourth largest army in the world at that time, and after the baptism of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, it can be described as a powerful army, and even the United States magazine considered it a difficult war. Because in addition to the army, Iraq also has the most powerful air force in the Middle East, as well as a considerable number of navies, and its overall strength cannot be underestimated. All military analysts predict that the Mi army will be plunged into a sea of war between the Iraqi army and the population, and the war will be stalemate, and even if the Mi army wins, it will pay a heavy price.
However, the Mi army was in a no-man's land, and within a few months, Iraq's so-called million-strong army collapsed, collapsed, and even disappeared out of thin air. Moreover, the Air Force did not see the battle, and the Navy had no shadow.
This was, of course, because the Divine General personally destroyed Iraq's Chosen One, Air Force, and Navy, bringing the war into an asymmetrical war, and the Iraqi army suffered a massacre rout.
In fact, in the second Gulf War in the late spring of 2003, nothing surprised the world more than the fact that the Iraqi Air Force, which dominated the Middle East, disappeared and did not show its face in the war at all. After the war, various reasons were analyzed, and the real reasons were known to only a very small number of people, and Bai Xiuxiu was one of them.
Bai Xiuxiu saw a rather blurry video secretly taken by the Qianlong group, and the reason why the Iraqi Air Force was not able to fight was because the god of the United States, George Walker, destroyed the Iraqi Air Force alone. To this day, the video is still fresh in Bai Xiuxiu's mind, George Walker flying over the Baled Air Base in Salah al-Din Province, countless anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft tower guns firing at George Walker, who is not even lit by a light shield.
The yellow chains of fire weaved a dense web in the dark night sky, and from time to time anti-aircraft shells exploded around George Walker like salutes, but they couldn't hurt him in the slightest, and the bullet chains in front of him seemed to meet an iron wall, and automatically moved away. And George Walker used the "Maxwell Electromagnetic Storm" after accumulating energy, so that a radius of 20 kilometers was shrouded in a blue arc of light, countless planes that wanted to take off crashed in the ball of light, and the most powerful air force in the Middle East could not even launch a missile, and the entire Byred Air Force Base was completely destroyed by the "Thor's Fury" created by Maxwell.
The war shocked the world, and for the first time all nations understood what the post-1969 SBC would mean for war. Previously, the Chosen One and the Gods would not be able to change the war on their own, but that changed in 2003 when the Gods entered the war for the first time.
The Chosen ones also thoroughly understood the insurmountable gap between themselves and the Divine Generals, but this also stimulated the fanaticism of all the Chosen Ones to become the Divine Generals.
You must know that for the gods, destroying a country is just a matter of fingers.
Bai Xiuxiu also thought.
Because if you want to destroy the Black Death, you have to kill the leader of the Black Death, Nebuchadnezzar, who will be the second of the twelve gods.
Bai Xiuxiu used to have this dream, but now it seems to be getting more and more slim.
Bai Xiuxiu followed behind Xie Guangling and Claude Gaiang, and sighed quietly in her heart, what was worse was that Claude Gaion had just pushed open the golden door, and Bai Xiuxiu saw Stern King's annoying face.......
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