Embers Ad Infinitum

"What's the attitude of the senior executives?" Long Yuehong suddenly felt that this matter had become very mysterious.

How come the changes in the situation in "Primary City" involve Zhi Sui?

Could it be that the many years of wars and disputes on the dusty earth all have the shadow of Zhi Sui?

For Long Yuehong, this was like suddenly telling him that God has decided that you will eat braised eggplant, grilled chicken wings, white rice and iced Coke tonight. If you don't do this, you will be disrespectful to God and will attract His intervention.

Jiang Baimian can understand the feelings of Long Yuehong and Bai Chen:

"To be honest, if I hadn't encountered the gaze of Zhi Sui's 'Young Gu' at the Red Rock Church, I would not have included Zhi Sui's attitude into the model of the changes in the situation in the original city.

"Don't talk about us. Normal intelligence personnel will definitely not consider this when analyzing problems. At most, they will focus on the tendencies of different sects."

When saying this, Jiang Baimian turned sideways and glanced at "Garibaldi" Giuseppe.

The "Pangu creature" intelligence officer looked confused:

"What kind of attitude is this?"

Jiang Baimian did not answer him and continued:

"Perhaps many awakened persons and members of the Senate at the 'soul corridor' level will not consider Zhi Sui's attitude when judging the direction of the situation.

"Over the years, there have been few rumors that Zhi Sui's will affects the superstructure. Zhi Sui seems to be the most standard kind of god. He only watches from above, accepts beliefs and offerings, and sometimes responds. He does not interfere with the secular world, and is closer to legend. .”

"If you say that, Mr. Di Marco will scold you." Shang Jianyao retorted with "heartbroken".

Judging from various signs and Di Marco's few words, he should have been suppressed in the "Underground Ark" by the old "ghost girl", and a certain seal was made to restrict his activities in the "Soul Corridor".

Jiang Baimian took advantage of the situation and said:

"Although it is not ruled out that most of the elders are not interested in the earth and the secular world, it cannot be ruled out that there are thirteen of them. There will always be a few among them who like to watch their own churches and watch the changes in the situation in certain places. .”

"'Yougu' said, you can just report my electronic card number." Shang Jianyao echoed in a joking way.

Recalling the battle with Di Marco in the "Underground Ark", Bai Chen, who was driving, nodded and said:

"Indeed, we must not only consider the tendencies of the major sects in the city, but also pay attention to the attitudes of the leaders. At the critical moment, maybe just two glances from the New World will change the development of the situation."

Jiang Baimian's eyes moved slightly and he started "talking to himself":

"Preliminary view:

"The 'Eternal Years' sect helped the 'First City' to seal Wu Meng. The 'Crystal Consciousness Sect' can openly preach in the First City and often provides help to the officials. The 'Mirror Sect' has sent awakened people at the 'Soul Corridor' level to protect Ah. Via and Marcus, the two descendants of Ole, show that the three leaders, Zhuang Sheng, Bodhi and Broken Mirror, are biased towards the official forces of the Prime City.

"In various incidents this time, the 'Anti-Intellectual Cult' and the 'Desire Saint' sect wanted to kill the centrists in the Senate, and they also left clues to the conservatives, indicating that they wanted the situation in the First City to be chaotic. In other words, Zhi Sui's 'Moren' and 'Mandala' are likely to stand opposite the official forces of the 'Primordial City'.

“Similarly, the same should be true for the year-old ‘supervisor’ of the ‘performance artist’s’ beliefs.

"As for the attitudes of the 'Twisted Shadow', whose followers are widely distributed in the military, and the 'Dawn' believed by General Phocas, it is still unclear, but the latter seems to want to take advantage of this chaos just like us."

As for the "Scorching Gate", "Yugu", "Si Ming", "Double Sun" and "Golden Scale", because their believers have not played much part in the changes in the situation in the original city. , at least the "Old Tune Team" has not seen it, so there is no way to judge their attitude.

Long Yuehong listened carefully and said doubtfully:

“Why should senior executives pay attention to secular changes in power?

"The winning side preaches openly and develops believers, while the losing side goes underground and suffers siege and suppression?"

This is the most reasonable explanation that Long Yuehong can think of, but those Zhi Sui usually ignore the believers and hardly respond. They don't seem to care too much.

"Who knows?" Jiang Baimian replied casually.

The distance between Zhi Sui and human beings is too far, and in many cases it is impossible to use common sense and experience to analyze it.

Long Yuehong didn't expect to get the answer, so she said instead:

"Team leader, according to the analysis you just made, it actually doesn't matter if we ignore Zhi Sui's attitude, as long as we grasp the tendencies of their sect, this represents their attitude.

"And this is not a blind spot for us. We have been considering it before."

He felt that Jiang Baimian's mention of Zhi Sui so solemnly had no meaning other than scaring him.

Jiang Baimian smiled happily and said:

"Yes, I have learned not to be superstitious about authority, and I have learned to think independently.

"On the surface, what you said is fine. Just take those religious organizations into consideration. But if you take 'the leader may die personally' as the premise, you will find that on some key issues, different There will definitely be changes in the responses that strong people with different powers will make."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian laughed at himself:

“Of course, this understanding is very important for people who are deeply involved in the situation. For us, just remember one thing:

"No matter which religious organization you meet in the past few days, you must not provoke them, and try not to follow members of friendly sects. Otherwise, they may be affected, and we have no ability to resist."

Jiang Baimian still vividly remembers the fear and helplessness caused by "Yougu"'s gaze.

"Am I considered a member of the friendly sect?" Shang Jianyao asked.

"No, you have the blessings of the gods." Jiang Baimian responded to Shang Jianyao with an answer that had no logical relationship at all.

At this time, Bai Chen had already driven the car near Emperor Street.

"You can get off the car." Jiang Baimian turned sideways and said to "Garibaldi" Giuseppe.

After listening to their discussion, Giuseppe looked confused, as if he didn't know what night it was and where he was.

What is this?

At this moment, Giuseppe always had a sense of absurdity that a few rookie hunters, car rental company employees, and bathroom waiters were discussing the replacement of staff in the Senate of the "Prime City" and the power struggle of the Hunter Guild.

The reality is even more exaggerated.

A few humans are actually talking about the attitude of holding on to the old age!

Giuseppe opened the car door silently, got out of the jeep, and walked to a nearby house.

After watching his figure disappear near a street tree, Jiang Baimian sighed:

"Gaius's speech was really inflammatory..."

They had been listening to the development of the citizens' rally on the original city's radio station.

"That's because everything he said is true. At most, he exaggerated in some places..." Bai Chen stepped on the accelerator and let the military green jeep enter Emperor Street.

…………

Somewhere in the Golden Apple District, there is a secret room that is blocked by a thick curtain.

Beuris, the consul and commander of the "Prime City", looked at the big bed placed in the middle.

There was an old man lying on the bed. His hair had all turned white and appeared sparse. His arms and face that were not covered by the velvet quilt were all skin and bones, and his blue blood vessels were exposed.

There are metal sensors in many places on his body, his nose is attached to the ventilator port, and an infusion needle is inserted into his veins. He looks like a vegetative person who has been comatose for a long time and relies solely on machines to maintain his vital signs.

It can be seen that this old man must have been quite strong when he was young, but now he looks so thin.

This is Kas, one of the founders of the "Primary City", who has lived from the old world to the present.

He is over ninety years old.

Beuris took a few steps forward and said in a respectful tone:

"Sir Cass, things are going very smoothly and the prey has been caught in the net.

"You can wake up briefly and give orders to the 'eight-person meeting' of the 'anti-intellectual religion'."

In the "Primary City", only a few people know that Cass is the pope of the "Anti-Intellectual Cult" who is said to have gone to the New World to serve the "Last Man" and is responsible for guiding believers!

"Anti-Intellectualism" is a sect he founded before entering the "new world".

This time, the "Anti-Intellectual Cult" framed the senator Varro and dealt with the centrist Phocas. It was all arranged by Beuris through Cass. The purpose was to draw out all the opposition, so that they would think they had an opportunity and then be wiped out.

Beuris, who is already quite young and may be forced to serve as a sinecure at the end of his term, hopes that through such a "purge", the Senate will truly obey his orders!

He is also an ambitious person and appreciates what Ole said very much:

"How can a consul be as good as an emperor?"

As soon as Beuris finished speaking, Cass, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes.

As those blue eyes reflected the appearance of the ceiling, the surrounding light suddenly shrunk sharply and all rushed towards the human body on the bed.

Suddenly, other areas of the secret room became extremely dark, making it impossible to see even one's fingers.

At this moment, Beuris, who was only one step away from the "new world", felt that an illusory door had been pushed open.

Bang!

The next second, Beuris felt that his memory had turned into a book, turning pages uncontrollably in the darkness, and page after page falling out.

This... He looked at the figure who sat up on the bed and swallowed up all the light, so that it was shrouded in darkness and couldn't see the specific appearance. He said in a deep voice:

"You are not Mr. Cass..."

The figure sitting on the bed let out a hollow laugh:

"Yes, you can call me 'Truth'.

"The existence that is destined to replace the 'Last Man' in the future."

…………

On Hope Square.

The citizens with high emotions chanted "Severe punishment for Varro" and turned their attention to the Senate not far away.

Gaius waved his hand:

"Let's go over and let all the elders hear our cry!"

"Punish Varo severely!"

"Punish Varo severely!"

Under the guidance of some people, the citizens who participated in the rally rushed towards the Senate in an orderly manner.