"First figure out who our opponent is!"
In the conference room, Chen Jing's pupils were faintly red, and his voice sounded unusually calm, "When we came back from Central City, the individual soldier was valued by Eclipse Research Institute and invited him Joined Advanced Talent Club. Through that club, I can access some relatively secret information, and with my support, I purchased a copy of the information about Technological Church and retrieved it first."
After buying the information, Lu Xin had already forwarded the information to her.
At that time, it was not because I thought this information was of any use, but mainly because I spent two million and had to use it to repay the bills.
Soon the full content of the message was displayed on the screen in the hall. "Technological Church Archbishop of Calamity appeared at Water Bay City to deliver a technological sermon. Three hours later, Bishop Technological Church and the residents of Water Bay City disappeared at the same time, leaving Water Bay City as an empty city."
"It is certain that in addition to Archbishop of Calamity, there are three knights accompanying him."
"Purpose: unclear"
"Where to go: unknown"
"..."
The information is also accompanied by a large number of pictures, most of which were taken of an empty, clean and civilized-looking town.
But from the beginning to the end, no one could be seen. This was probably taken after Technological Church took the people away. It was used to expand the thickness of the data. Obviously the data is not so empty. But there doesn't seem to be that much valuable information and photos.
The most attractive one is a photo that was taken using an unknown method and looks very blurry.
The color is dark red and the distance is far away.
You can vaguely see that the main subject of the picture is a man wearing a red hood with his hands raised in the air.
In front of him, there were crowds of people, all with their heads lowered, clustered together like lambs.
The strange thing is that the man with his hands raised seems to be very tall.
Due to the obstruction of the building, his lower body could not be seen, only his torso and raised hands could be seen.
It can be speculated that he is either standing on the shelf or flying in the air.
"It seems that the two million dollars were well spent."
Chen Jing looked at the researchers around him and said, "I need you to try your best to analyze something valuable from this information."
The researchers around him were also cautious at this time and immediately began to study this information.
Soon an old man wearing glasses spoke, it was Professor Chen, one of Qinggang Six Madmen. He raised the pen in his hand and said, "Technological Church has always been very confusing. They also used this method four years ago to take away a large number of people from our Qinggang Satellite City No. 4. Such incidents have happened many times since Crimson Moon incident happened..."
"What we need to understand now is what is their purpose of taking so many people away."
"..."
Another elegantly dressed woman took over the conversation and said, "After Crimson Moon incident, people are a very important resource. For High Wall City, they are an important part of construction and supplementing their own labor. Only with people can we form a gathering point, carry out large-scale reclamation and labor, clean up the city, and attract investment from other major forces and companies..."
"You're just talking about normal functions."
Another person said, "For mysterious events, people's role is not only that. There are many people with abilities. When there are more people around, their abilities will be greatly enhanced. For them, people are a kind of battery, or even... a weapon."
"Technological Church is obviously not the type that gathers people to build a city. If they want to build a city, they already have enough population."
"..."
The atmosphere in the conference room became a little depressed when he said this.
Even though I usually study this field, I still feel a little uncomfortable when I hear that people are just batteries and weapons.
"So, what is the purpose of Technological Church?"
Chen Jing interrupted the pause and asked again.
"From the previous reports between the individual soldiers and Information Gathering Unit, it has been determined that Technological Church is related to Queen of Happy Town. When the knights attacked the city before, the individual soldiers went out of the city to hunt down the knights. It was already confirmed at that time that the knights must have a deeper understanding of Happy Town than we do, otherwise it would be impossible to choose that place as a hiding place."
Professor Chen said, "If it is determined that Technological Church's target this time is Happy Town, then whether it is an enemy or a friend, their preparation of these populations may be related to their abilities. I think this is also the focus we need to focus on now. This time our opponents, if it is really Archbishop of Calamity and the three knights of Technological Church, then what are their abilities?"
Everyone around him was silent, and they didn't know how to answer.
Technological Church has always been mysterious, and every time he appears, he is well prepared and well planned, making it hard for people to react.
I have never been able to find out their internal information.
In other words, I dare not ask.
Because no one knows whether they will also become interested in you when they show interest in Technological Church.
"Technological Church's information is very confidential."
At this time, Mr. Su on the screen crossed his hands, held his chin, and suddenly said, "However, after the incident four years ago, City Defense Department has begun to pay attention to their intelligence, and there is still some relevant information."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the conference room was surprised.
Even Chen Jing was a little surprised. At her level, she didn't know that Qinggang had already conducted an investigation on Technological Church.
"Send the information to them..."
Mr. Su on the screen turned to the side and said something, and then added, "Just send this part Archbishop of Calamity."
Soon, new information appeared on the screen.
Technological Church One of the Four Bishops: Disaster
Ability: unknown,
Level: S level
Subordinate Four Horsemen:
Shenze, rose, blessing, wish
"What... can this mean?"
Looking at this information, someone hesitated for a long time before whispering.
Such information is undoubtedly extremely simple and incomplete. Regarding Archbishop of Calamity, apart from knowing that he is one of the four bishops, his abilities, identity, and origins are unknown. Even his level is only a simple S level.
Everyone knows what the S-class represents in this wilderness under Crimson Moon.
To be precise, S-class is not even a class.
Because it represents: unknown.
I only know that it is very powerful, but I don't know why it is so powerful, and I don't know how to defeat it. This is S-class.
As for the four knights, they only know one name.
"It explains a lot."
Mr. Su said softly, "Although we have been investigating Technological Church, we dare not make it too obvious."
"After all, we are also worried that they will come to our door again..."
"But what is certain is that Technological Church is very rigorous. The relationship between its bishops and knights is generally inheritance and complementation. Their rigor, as well as the addition of other intelligence, helped us understand their general ability categories."
"What is a disaster?"
"Pain, misfortune, is disaster."
"So, what exactly brings pain and misfortune?"
"..."
Mr. Su said, as if he had forgotten the words, and paused for a moment. When a secretary next to him handed him a piece of information, he opened it and flipped through it before continuing, saying, "There is reason to believe that the names of the four knights are all backwards."
"There are many reasons why people may face disasters, but there are generally only four categories."
"Sudden injuries and illnesses, disasters caused by one's own fault, other people's influence and will conflict..."
"And the collapse of life due to some bad habits or pursuits..."
"From these ideas, we can roughly guess the abilities of the four knights under Archbishop of Calamity."
"It should be that Kanzawa causes injuries to people, roses destroy one's own control, blessings that represent curses and malice, and some kind of fantasy and desire that makes people desperate, blinded by illusions, and ultimately pursued crazily and fell into the abyss..."
"..."
No one answered for a moment in the conference room, only the sound of swishing and snapping.
Chen Jing has no record, just thinking thoughtfully about another question.
"If analyzed from this perspective, it can indeed answer some of the questions we are currently confused about."
Professor Chen was the first to raise his head and gently tapped his pen on the table.
"Of course, even if we know the general categories of their abilities, it is still far from enough for us."
"We don't even know what level of capabilities these enemies are capable of and what their specific manifestations are."
"When it comes to battles involving ability users, mastering intelligence and preparing for battle are the most important."
"But there's no question that we're at a disadvantage in that regard."
"..."
"But Technological Church doesn't understand us either!"
Chen Jing glanced at Mr. Su on the screen and said slowly, "We have also been preparing for the past four years."
"It doesn't matter whether we should send troops now or how sure we are. What is important is that among the staff we are sending out now, there is also a person codenamed Individual Soldier who is fighting Technological Church, so we cannot leave him alone."
"So..."
She said softly, looked at Mr. Su on the screen, and said, "Mr. Su asked me for my opinion, then I will say it directly."
"After four years, Technological Church came to Qinggang again, so..."
Gently gritting his teeth, Chen Jing expressed his attitude. "Our opportunity for revenge has finally come."
The conference room had been extremely quiet.
Everyone heard Chen Jing's attitude, and their mood suddenly became anxious and tangled.
Even if what Chen Jing said makes sense, it cannot change the fact that Qinggang at this time was like an isolated island, with almost no information from the outside, and almost all the people sent out had been wiped out.
Under such circumstances, naturally no one dared to be enthusiastic and immediately supported sending troops or anything else.
After all, those are living people, who can bear to see them die?
Chen Jing's face remained calm and determined.
Mr. Su on the screen, with his hands crossed and holding his round face, also fell into silence.
Some others were entangled, some were silent, and found it difficult to make a decision.
Then at this moment, a loud bell suddenly rang in the conference room, startling everyone.
Someone pressed the answer button and heard someone inside shouting nervously, "It's not good, Kid..."
"Kid went out of town..."
"..."
"What?"
Everyone was a little confused when they heard the news.
"Why?"
Chen Jing all shouted subconsciously, "Why don't you stop her?"
The service staff's voice was anxious and helpless. "I stopped her, but she doesn't seem to be able to hear anything I say..."
Chen Jing took a deep breath. "Isn't there an emergency alternative?"
In the channel, the tone of the service staff was almost crying, "Which plan is not based on persuading her?"
"How can she not hear your advice?"
"..."
Chen Jing was speechless for a moment.
At this time, in the conference room, the phones rang one after another, as anxiously as if there was a meeting.
The staff picked up the phone one after another and heard nervous reports from various departments coming from the other side:
"We are the peripheral monitoring station of the Special Pollution Cleanup Department and found that Kid has left the safe area..."
"We are the City Defense Department No. 2 defense organization. Why do people with abilities openly appear in front of citizens, and even... fly?"
"Old Zhang, why did I see the nuclear bomb flying out? Qinggang... is it over?"
"..."
"..."
Chen Jing and other researchers were stunned at the same time. Professor Chen threw down the pen in a hurry and shouted, "Hurry up and chase..."
"Pa..."
At this time, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and several people walked in. It was the drunkard, Gecko, and the goddess who had been resting in the separate office. They seemed to want to come in and say something, but they happened to hear the news that Kid was leaving the city.
I was shocked all of a sudden.
In Qinggang, anyone who knows the truth undoubtedly understands what it means for Kid to leave the city.
"Mr. Su."
Chen Jing reacted quickly and turned to look at the screen.
Mr. Su gently waved his hand, indicating that Chen Jing could make a decision.
"Okay."
Chen Jing nodded heavily and said to the channel, "Let Kid come back first."
The service staff on the channel was still anxiously saying, "She can't hear anything..."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Jing said, "Tell her that we will go with her faster than she can go by herself."
The service team member in the channel was stunned for a moment and cut off the sound.
A moment later it sounded, "Kid heard it, and... it's flying back towards us."
After saying that, he added worriedly, "We have never done anything to deceive Kid, and no one knows the consequences..."
"We don't lie to her."
Chen Jing took a deep breath, turned around, and said loudly, "In view of the current chaotic situation outside the city, which should be unknown, a special investigation team was immediately formed to go out of the city to support individual soldiers. It is too dangerous for ordinary soldiers to participate in this matter. We will not let ordinary people go out and take such risks without any choice. Therefore, this special investigation team will only select people with abilities to join."
"The chosen ones with abilities are: Drunkard, Gecko, Goddess, Troublemaker Kid, me, and...Kid!"
As she said that, she glanced in the direction of the office door and said softly, "It is our job at the Special Purity Department to clean up special pollution. You are not soldiers, and Special Purity Department has no reason to force you to perform the task. I can only say that I hope you can accept this task, whether it is for yourself, your relatives, or Qinggang. I hope you make a decision soon."
"We need to use the fastest transportation equipment and rush to the scene immediately!"
"So, we will gather on the rooftop in five minutes. You will have five minutes to choose whether to set off with me."
"..."
There was silence in the conference room for a moment, and then there was a bang and bustle.
Some people immediately prepared various weapons, some prepared transportation, and some continued to return to their posts to collect information. The entire conference room seemed to be orderly because everyone knew what they were going to do.
"Huh?"
Gecko glanced at the drunkard, his eyes a little blank.
"Haha..."
The drunkard glanced at Gecko and said with a smile, "What's wrong, young man?"
Gecko muttered, "It's different from what I thought. Originally, I wanted to talk about the difficulties we faced after coming here, and then show our uprightness and duty. When the team leader promised favorable conditions, I gave Linda a touching kiss goodbye, and then boarded the helicopter out of the city like a hero in the eyes of everyone's admiration and emotion. But now..."
The drunkard patted Gecko on the shoulder. "You are still young, young man..."
"It's easy to get angry when you're excited, and it's easy to have bad breath when you're angry. Can it taste good when you kiss me goodbye?"
"So, why not spray on breath freshener and kiss slowly when you return home..."
"..."
As he spoke, he screwed on the lid of his thermos cup and walked up slowly.
"Ah this?"
Gecko woke up and felt like he was enlightened.
Suddenly, he quickly chased after the drunkard and kept shouting, "Uncle, I underestimated you, uncle..."
"Where did you get all this experience, uncle..."
"..."
The goddess who was applying lipstick to her makeup box casually came to the conference room where she was resting and knocked on the door. Troublemaker Kid, who did homework when there was no one there, and slept on the table when no one was around, suddenly woke up and looked around sleepily.
"What's wrong? Want to eat?"
The goddess walked upstairs and said casually, "No, I have to go out of town for a business trip."
"Oh."
Troublemaker Kid got up, picked up his bag, and trotted to catch up with her.
"Have you really decided to take action?"
It was also at this time, Qinggang General Administrative Hall, in front of a long conference table.
Mr. Su's secretary turned off the photography equipment in front of him and gently took it aside.
The other gentlemen sitting in front of this conference table all looked at Mr. Su, with many hesitant and anxious eyes.
"This is a crisis."
Mr. Su looked at the other gentlemen calmly and said, "But it may not be an opportunity to advance Heavenly Kingdom Plan."
"Everyone, we have talked many times after the Sea Nation incident."
"In an era where children hold deadly weapons in their hands and may accidentally fire and injure others at any time, we do not intend to be the ones who take the initiative to shoot at others. So, what we can do is tell everyone that if we are shot, we will definitely fight back."
"This has nothing to do with self-interest, but the impression we want to give to the world!"
One more chapter!