This time the plenary meeting was very short, and Xie Guangling did not say much substantive content at all, but repeatedly emphasized discipline and required everyone to absolutely obey any orders conveyed by the female snail, which are all clichés. As for the "Asgardian mission" this time, Xie Guangling only mentioned a few words, asking everyone to unite and strive for a good result, but he didn't say anything else, not even chicken blood, and announced the dismissal of the meeting.

The content of Xie Guangling's speech was very ordinary, but Cheng Mo felt different, although Xie Guangling has always liked to hold it and was very serious, but this time the feeling of speaking was very different from usual, not only aggravating the tone, but even the rhythm was faster than usual, so solemn that Cheng Mo felt a kind of urgency before the big war.

And the Chinese tradition is that the shorter the speech, the more important the matter, assuming that Xie Guangling's speech is a long speech will not make Cheng Mo feel unusual, it is just a routine. However, if you gather everyone together and speak for less than ten minutes, it shows that today's speech is very important, but why is it important not to tell you these little minions below.

Others will not pay attention to these details, Cheng Mo will definitely not let go, he guessed that something big happened, but what happened, Cheng Mo has too little information in his hands, there is no way to speculate.

As a delicate egoist, when he can't see the situation clearly, it is the best choice to run away decisively, but unfortunately he has now been tied to the chariot of the Taiji Dragon, and there is no way to run away at all. As a member of the collective, you can only be coerced forward by the collective, and it is difficult for the fate of the individual to be controlled by the individual. Cheng Mo is helpless, but the reality is that his status and ability are limited, and he must accept such a reality.

However, Cheng Mo is not a person who goes with the flow with peace of mind, even if he is shackled, he will try his best to exert his subjective initiative and put himself in the most advantageous position in the collective. Being in the midst of a collective, giving up thinking and going with the flow is definitely not the right thing to do. You must know that when the torrent arrives, if you are prepared, you will have the opportunity to observe many low-cost moments, and as long as you pay a small price to make a choice that seems inconsequential at the time, you may be able to change the trajectory of your life to a great extent.

Just like after 1979 (Great Man Painting Circle), before 2002 (joining the WTO), people who decided to go to Shenzhen to develop, maybe to do business, maybe to work, or even just to pick up garbage, it doesn't matter what you do, as long as you are determined to develop in Shenzhen, your life will change.

The vast majority of them don't realize what decision they've made at the time.

Real life is like that, and this moment is enough to change life itself.

If you realize why you are making the decision you are making, it is not just about changing your life, but about giving you real control over your life.

Of course, this situation is just a flow of times.

In the adverse current of the times, people with the ability to think independently can better preserve themselves, rather than slumping or even being swallowed up by the tide with the countercurrent of the times.

Just like after 1933 (when the Führer came to power) and before 1939 (the outbreak of World War II), Jews who decided to leave Germany, for whatever reason, as long as you choose to leave Germany, you have won your precious life.

There are countless examples of this kind, and Cheng Mo has a clear understanding of this, and at this time he still thinks that he has the ability to control his own destiny to a certain extent.

This may be exactly what the "god of fate" wants him to think.

On December 21, 2020, there are only 9 days left until 2021, a year when the global economy is in a downturn, ethnic conflicts are becoming more acute, populist ideas are re-emerging, and there is no end to the recession.

In Christianfield, a town with a population of only a few tens of thousands, something earth-shattering happened, and people later called this awkward town "Twilight Town".

At this moment, the vast majority of people in it are just a set of data or a background that supports the torrent of history, or an NPC or a puppet in a certain plot.

They will soon be forgotten by the masses.

And some of them will be remembered by history forever.

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Xie Guangling announced the adjournment of the meeting, and the Taiji Dragon members in the hall left in an orderly manner, most of them did not have as much information as Cheng Mo in contact with them, plus they were all flowers in the greenhouse, and their sense of crisis was far less acute than that of people like Cheng Mo, so they didn't realize that the mountain rain was coming.

Even if the morale is low, there is no lack of gossip, so they are all talking about the-for-tat confrontation between Cheng Mo and Gu Feifei just now.

The vast majority of people are on Gu Feifei's side, after all, everyone thinks that Gu Feifei and Cheng Mo are both people who are set up as domineering presidents, but Gu Feifei knew that he was going to die yesterday, and he had to stand up for his girlfriend There are a lot of fans, which has greatly changed the impression of many people on Gu Feifei, especially the girls.

So when passing by Gu Feifei, who was standing at the edge of the hall and thinking about it, it was indispensable to express support for Gu Feifei, and the male students all quietly gave Gu Feifei a thumbs up, either praising Gu Feifei as a "real man", or appreciating Gu Feifei for "saying it well" just now.

As for the girls passing by, they would say something like "come on!" or "support you!" to Gu Feifei. Gu Feifei's girlfriend Jin Zihan stood directly beside him to accompany him, and took a firm stance to show her attitude.

On the other hand, Cheng Mo, no one looked at him, just like the deputy team leader in his name, the actual team leader does not exist.

Fortunately, Fu Yuanzhuo did not abandon or give up, and came together with the negative character of Cheng Mo, he grabbed the arm of Cheng Mo, who fell at the back of the team, and asked in a mysterious whisper: "Cheng Mo, is it you the bird-beak doctor who saved me at the edge of the Millennium Forest just now?"

Cheng Mo didn't want others to know about this for the time being, so he pretended to be suspicious and said, "Doctor Bird's Beak?

"You don't even know the Birdbeak Doctor, do you?"

"I know Doctor Birdbeak, but according to Asgard's timeline, there shouldn't be Doctor Birdbill at this time. If you're not talking about NPCs, I don't know which organization would dress up as a bird's beak doctor. Cheng Mo said indifferently.

Fu Yuanzhuo's expression was slightly disappointed, and he explained in a low voice: "In the early hours of the morning, the people of the Star Gate raided us and the people of the Sunflower Banner, and at that time, Du Leng took those of us who did not join the Sunflower Banner to monitor the other Chosen Ones on the periphery, and as a result, Daniel King and Frederick of the Star Gate attacked us by the way, and we rookies are the opponents of the masters of the Heavenly Rank, but the other party didn't take us seriously, and threw a few skills and left, but even so, we can't bear the 'Volcanic Flame Demon' and' Absolute Zero's such an awesome skill, the whole team is in danger! At this time, a man who wore a bird's beak came and saved a lot of students who didn't hang up on the spot......" Fu Yuanzhuo sighed: "I thought that person was you." If it were you, I don't think anyone would be qualified to say anything about you. ”

"I was near the Star Gate station, and when I arrived at the battlefield, the battle had already come to an end, and I judged that the gap in strength was too big, and it didn't make sense for me to go up, so I asked you to go offline immediately.....

Fu Yuanzhuo hesitated for a moment, and then whispered earnestly: "Cheng Mo, I know that you have always had your own ideas, but it's not a matter if you are too detached from the masses, now everyone has some opinions about you, I think you still need to pay attention, you are so proficient in psychology, it's not that you can't have a good relationship with them, why don't you try?"

Cheng Mo shook his head and said in a low voice: "If you want to have a good relationship with these three generations, the time cost is too high, and it doesn't mean much to me, it's better to spend time on improving yourself or communicating with the people above, these two things are fundamental in Taijilong, and it doesn't matter if they support me or not." ”

Fu Yuanzhuo was speechless, covered his face and said, "You're too realistic, aren't you?"

"I am 'rational', not 'realistic', and don't confuse reality with rationality. Cheng Mo said.

"What's the difference?" Fu Yuanzhuo disagreed.

"'Reality' is based on personal interest orientation, and the choice to do so is because it is only beneficial to me personally, while 'rationality' is not based on individual interest orientation many times, maybe it is based on the interests of the collective, maybe it is based on the whole society, in short, the choice of 'reality' is always beneficial to oneself, and rational choice is not necessarily beneficial to oneself, and even goes against one's own interests. ”

"Okay!You're reasonable!" Fu Yuanzhuo sighed again, "But if you bite the text and chew the words to your extent, you will have no friends!"

"It's not called chewing words......"

"Stop, stop, stop!" Fu Yuanzhuo made a pause gesture, "Brother, I was wrong!"

"Think clearly about what is wrong, come to me again!" Cheng Mo had a rare sense of humor and made a joke in Bai Xiuxiu's words.

But Fu Yuanzhuo didn't laugh, but had a strange expression, squeezing his eyebrows at Cheng Mo, but he just didn't say anything.

Cheng Mo immediately realized that his joke should be heard by someone who shouldn't have heard it, he twitched his nose slightly, and he smelled the fragrance that belonged to Bai Xiuxiu, he had studied Bai Xiuxiu, and knew that this kind of perfume brand called "Juliet with gun" was rarely used by Chinese women, it was really not friendly enough for ordinary girls, but Bai Xiuxiu, as a hardcore perfume player, was often used.

The top notes of agarwood and patchouli are two medicinal bombs put together, which will make people feel very difficult to get used to, and it feels like an old herb shop. But after a while, when the slightly sweet roses and light saffron appear, the fragrance will soften and sweeten from the bitterness, revealing a deep and feminine taste. And agarwood will show its unpredictable nature in the base notes, and the more you taste, the more attractive it will be.

It's like a gin and tonic.

Cheng Mo couldn't help but take a deep breath quietly, there was no doubt that Bai Xiuxiu was behind him, and he immediately said, "Don't say it..... If it weren't for a leader like Instructor Bai, I wouldn't have been able to mingle in Taijilong for a long time, and I really don't know how to express my ..... to Instructor Bai Grateful ....."

Fu Yuanzhuo had never seen Cheng Mo have such a flattering moment, he was a little dumbfounded, completely forgot how to answer, opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, he could only smirk awkwardly.

"Fu Yuanzhuo, you go back to the dormitory first!" said Bai Xiuxiu, who was standing behind Cheng Mo.

Fu Yuanzhuo was relieved, and hurriedly said "yes", gave Cheng Mo a look of self-help and ran away, the students were both respectful and afraid of Instructor Bai, and they were loved because Instructor Bai was a great man who was fair and good-looking, and he was afraid because Instructor Bai was quite strict and demanding, and Fu Yuanzhuo was no exception.

Only Cheng Mo is an exception, he is so bold that even Instructor Bai dares to tease, fortunately, no one knows about this, and if it is known by the students of Taiji Dragon, he will be beaten to death a long time ago.

Cheng Mo turned around, and Bai Xiuxiu said angrily: "Your sycophant is too blunt, right?"

"I'm talking more directly, but it's all heartfelt, and there's no exaggeration. Cheng Mo's face was sincere, he really felt so, that's why he said that, not deliberately patting sycophants. Moreover, every time he says something presumptuous to Bai Xiuxiu, Cheng Mo's heart will gain a strong sense of block, which is completely different from the sweetness of falling in love with Xie Minyun, like conquering a math problem that others can't solve.

Bai Xiuxiu chuckled, but this smile was fleeting, and she immediately retracted, and said with a serious expression: "Cheng Mo, I don't know what you think, but I still support you to do it according to your plan." It doesn't matter if you succeed or not, don't put too much pressure on yourself, after all, this time the opponent is too strong, the environment is very unfavorable for us, and the result is not good, and our leadership has already expected it. Bai Xiuxiu raised her hand to pat Cheng Mo, but she seemed to feel that it was inappropriate, so she changed to a hair-brushing posture in mid-air, "So don't think too much, just do your best." ”

Cheng Mo couldn't help staring at Bai Xiuxiu's movements, her long fingers pressed her golden hair, her eyes were moist, and there was a soft and dazzling light flowing in them, like a river shining at sunset, full of charm and gentle and demure. Cheng Mo's heart trembled slightly, his heartbeat suddenly became faster, and his throat suddenly became indescribably dry, and he couldn't even speak.

Fortunately, I heard that Bai Xiuxiu didn't ask herself what her plans were, probably because she didn't have any hope, so there was no need to say what she had discovered, after all, it was too early to say that she could win the "Singer's Horn", so Cheng Mo just stared at Bai Xiuxiu and nodded.

"Don't take Gu Feifei's words to heart, his personality is a bit problematic, but he still knows what he can do and what he can't do, I will ask him to write a review and apologize to you later." ”

"There's no need to apologize, he doesn't really apologize anyway, and I don't care what he thinks. Cheng Mo said.

"You've just said so good things, and you still have to uphold the authority of your leader. Bai Xiuxiu said with a smile.

Cheng Mo saw through Bai Xiuxiu's smile that there was no happiness from the heart, and his expression was a little tired, like a flower after the rain, which made people feel pity. Cheng Mo hesitated, not only Li Jiting but also her recommended himself as the deputy team leader, presumably her performance was not good, she also took on a lot of pressure, Cheng Mo wanted to comfort Bai Xiuxiu, telling her that the "singer's horn" was not without a chance to get it, but he didn't want to promise again and again, and he was really not so sure.

Xingmen is too strong, seeing Daniil King's operation this morning, Cheng Mo is really a little suffocated, it is visible to the naked eye, and at this moment Cheng Mo really complains that his strength is not enough.

Noticing that Cheng Mo's expression was a little trance-like, Bai Xiuxiu waved her hand and clenched her fists at Cheng Mo, made a signature move of Sister Chi Ling, and said softly: "Come on!"

Cheng Mo came back to his senses, in this situation, Bai Xiuxiu still cheered up for himself, which made Cheng Mo inexplicably sorry, and he didn't dare to look at Bai Xiuxiu's eyes, he nodded, and finally didn't say anything, but secretly decided in his heart to get the "singer's horn".

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Cheng Mo returned to the dormitory, first flipped through the news, the situation in Europa is still in chaos, especially in Germany, after Aunt Mo announced the complete failure of diversification, he once again strongly refused to increase military spending in the United States, and united France to form the Europa Army, the United States announced the temporary closure of the base in Germany and was ready to withdraw at any time, it seems that the United States is completely in trouble with Germany, but in fact, the United States is not without leeway, but only announced the temporary closure, did not immediately withdraw the troops to give Germany a buffer period, just to pull Germany to the negotiating table。

Second, the World Bank announced that the dollar is losing its status as a world currency, and many countries have issued digital currencies tied to gold or oil, resulting in a sharp depreciation of the dollar against gold.

The global economy is stagnant and inflation is intensifying, and 5G has not yet brought revolutionary changes, and countries around the world urgently need to find new economic growth points.

The current affairs news mainly revolves around these three, and other than that, it is all entertainment news, and there is nothing else particularly worth paying attention to. There are still too few clues to be found on the Internet, and Cheng Mo is not qualified to see any internal references, so he really can't guess what big things will happen.

After thinking about it for an afternoon, he didn't gain much, Cheng Mo sent an email to Xiyuan Temple Red Pill again, but Xiyuan Temple Red Pill didn't reply immediately, and Cheng Mo didn't send it again.

Then Cheng Mo found Du Leng at dinner, and asked Du Leng to arrange a few people not to go online for the time being, stagger the time with him, and form a team that can track and escort witches twenty-four hours a day. In private, Cheng Mo asked Fu Yuanzhuo to pay attention to Leohard's movements.

On December 22, 2020, not much happened in the land of Asgard Ruins, the number of witches of the Sunflower Banner had been gathered, and the church received the task of going to Gisfield, but because they were the second team to complete the capture of witches, they could not enjoy the benefits of the church sending people to send people, so they could only escort them themselves, which made the progress of the alliance team of Sunflower Banner and Taiji Dragon lag behind by more than one day.

Cheng Mo completely ignored the combined team of the Sunflower Banner and the Taiji Dragon, and had been following Leohard's city lord, and when he was about to go offline at noon, Cheng Mo also specially arranged for Fu Yuanzhuo to take over his class, and he hurried at full speed for a while, setting the resurrection point in advance on the necessary road from the Millennium Forest to Gisfield.

On December 23, 2020, only 2 days before Christmas, Cheng Mo returned to the Millennium Forest again, at this time the team escorting the witch had passed the activation point, and Cheng Mo did not know where the team escorting the witch had arrived after a day's trek, he chased in the direction of Gisfield along the messy ruts and footprints, and it took more than three hours to catch up with the escort team.

This time is much longer than Cheng Mo expected, according to Cheng Mo's observation that the large army has just set up camp by the stream, it seems that they have lit torches and are hurrying day and night, Cheng Mo opened the map and looked at it, at this speed, the escort team will arrive in Gisfield earlier than the Christmas scheduled by the bishop, that is, it will arrive in Gisfield tomorrow.

Cheng Mo contacted Guan Bojun, who was in charge of keeping an eye on Leohard, and told him that he could go offline, and then he repeated his old trick and used teleportation to infiltrate Leohard's city lord's tent again.....

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Berlin, Brandenburg Gate.

At night, the lime tree street is brightly lit like a ribbon, leading straight to the tall and majestic Brandenburg Gate, and the golden Brandenburg Gate illuminated by the spotlights is like a castle in the sky, and the beauty is particularly solemn.

A man dressed as Santa Claus appeared out of thin air in the main entrance passage of the Brandenburg Gate, and until the abdication of the last German Emperor Wilhelm II in 1918, only members of the royal family and guests invited by the King were allowed to enter and exit through the passage in the middle of the Brandenburg Gate. After World War II, when East and West Germany were divided, the Berlin Wall was erected to the west of the Brandenburg Gate, so no one passed through it for decades.

Today, it is nothing more than an ordinary tourist attraction that has witnessed the rise and fall of Germany for two hundred years.

Because of the recent security situation in Berlin, there were no tourists hanging out at midnight, except for a balding painter with glasses standing in front of the wall on the inside of the gate, facing a drawing board and tracing figures in relief.

Santa Claus, who was carrying a large red cloth bag on his shoulder, walked leisurely next to the painter, bent down to look at the bald painter's drawing board, and suddenly said, "What are you painting?"

The painter who was engrossed in attention was taken aback, and when he looked back, he turned out to be Santa Claus, and the strange thing was that the Santa Claus in front of him had a white paint on his face, and his mouth was pulled by the red paint, almost across his entire cheek, and he was wearing a huge clown red nose on his nose, just looking at his face was a clown, not Santa Claus, he grinned, and his mouth was painted with red paint, like a bloody mouth that was devoured by people.

The bald painter was inexplicably frightened, and he replied tremblingly: "I'm in.... Draw Minova, the goddess of wisdom, the patron goddess of artists and craftsmen in Roman mythology..... The corresponding is Athena in Greek mythology...."

"Oh! what a great painting, you have the potential to be a painter!" said Santa the Clown, straightening up and complimenting him in a serious manner.

"Thank you!" replied the bald painter in a modest tone, swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

"Do you want a present?" said Santa Claus, putting down the red cloth bag on his shoulder, looking at the bald painter, "Christmas present?"

"I.... I don't have any money. "The bald painter thought that the other party was a salesman who was forcibly selling goods. Immediately and without hesitation, refuse.

"No, no, you're mistaken, as God's prize giver, how can I take your money....." Santa Claus took out a wrapped gift box from the scarlet cloth bag, this red gift box slightly larger than the palm of his hand was tied with a pink ribbon, which was particularly textured in the bright yellow light, he handed the gift box to the bald painter, chuckled and said, "Merry Christmas! It's a little early, but it's better to be early than late!"

"You really don't want money?" said the bald painter with some doubts.

"Of course!" Santa Claus grabbed the painter's left hand and placed the gift box in his hand.

"That'..... Thank you....." The bald painter no longer refused.

"No, no thanks, it's all fate!" said Santa Claus, smiling with a strange sincerity, as he bent down to lift his red cloth bag again, "it's getting late, I should go, I have to go to Paris! The Parisians are waiting for me to deliver the gifts!" said Santa Claus, walking towards the Brandenburg Gate.

"Thank you, goodbye!" the bald painter shouted again at Santa's back.

Santa Claus turned around and waved at the bald painter, then jumped up and down and sang, "Oh, Jingle bells, jingle bells,

Jingle all the way (jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells.)

Oh，what fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh (We had so much fun skiing, we sat on the sled.)

Jingle bells，jingle bells

Jingle all the way

Oh，what fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh”

......

“A day or two ago

I thought I take a ride

And soon Miss Fanny Bright

was seated by my side

The horse was lean and lank

Misfortune seemed his lot

Hes got into a drifted bank

And we， we got upsot”

A day or two before I wanted to go out and wander

The beautiful little girl, she sat next to me

The horse was thin and old, and its fate was inauspicious

We suffered by crashing the sled into the mud

........

Santa's singing faded away, the bald painter looked at the gift box in his hand, the red silk cloth box was shining, it was not a bargain at first glance, he looked up at the cheerful Santa Claus and shrugged his shoulders, and said to himself, "What a weirdo! I don't know what kind of ..... will be inside."

The bald painter hung the pencil in his hand on his ear and began to untie the pink ribbon, which opened as soon as it was pulled, but the gift box was not so easy to open, and he took some effort to open the box, and looked inside with his eyes through the light, five red cylinders tied together and an electronic clock ticking and beating.

The electronic clock says "00:04", and then it immediately arrives "00:03".

The bald painter was stunned, his scalp was numb and his body was cold, but he subconsciously looked at the beating electronic watch and whispered: "What is this?"

At midnight in Berlin, Santa's singing has become ethereal and distant, and he is answered with a loud "bang.......