When Professor Bai rushed to the conference room, Dean Xue Jia had disappeared.
To be precise, the oil painting no longer feels "alive" and has become a real oil portrait.
Infiltrator and others threw the portraits to the corner and stopped paying attention. Instead, they gathered in a circle and looked at Lu Xin expectantly..
At this time Lu Xin couldn't care less about them.
Professor Bai rushed into the conference room, took a look at the oil painting, and his expression suddenly became annoyed and urgent. Almost at the same time, hurried footsteps could be heard in the corridor. Minister Shen and Mr. Su were also walking quickly into the conference room. Unexpectedly, not only them, but also representatives of researchers from Qinggang arrived, and several other gentlemen with gloomy faces also appeared one after another.
It was obvious that they had all learned about what had just happened through various channels.
At this time, everyone is very anxious and under great pressure.
As soon as he entered the conference room, he immediately raised his head and looked at the content on the writing board in the corner of the conference room.
"Task code: Third Descent."
"Mission level: world-destroying level."
"Task reward... the continuation of human order and civilization!"
"..."
Xue Jia Dean had already left after saying what needed to be said, leaving only this writing board as a dazzling reminder to everyone.
Everyone stood in front of the writing board and looked at each other.
Invisible pressure hung over everyone present.
"Chen Jing, report on the situation facing Qinggang now."
Professor Bai was silent for a long time, then took a deep breath, suddenly turned to look at Chen Jing and said.
"Yes."
Chen Jing immediately took all the information from the hands of Mizang next to him. Basically, they were just printed lists one by one. He did not shy away from the side and said directly, "The information sorting status just received is: around Qinggang, Blackwater Town, Cigarette Market, Mist Town, and Soda City, Red Leaf City, who are High Wall City, have all sent emergency support requests to Qinggang."
"Three places have successively sent follow-up details of support requests."
"In the other four places, no one has responded to further calls. It is suspected that the entire army has been wiped out."
"There is a commotion in the Qinggang City external spiritual power research base. Research teams from various High Wall City and laboratories are demanding that they return to their respective High Wall City and gathering points immediately to serve. At the same time, they hope that we, Qinggang, can send reinforcements to escort."
"Qinggang Special Purity Department and City Defense Department intelligence networks have been fully activated to investigate the most urgent local situation."
"More than 70% of the personnel sent back information that an emergency Mental Pollution incident suddenly broke out in the local area."
"The other 30% have no response."
"..."
Her various reports are not over yet.
But every time he said something, everyone present felt a slight sinking in their hearts.
Professor Bai raised his hand to stop him, and then looked at Mr. Su who was standing by the wall wiping his sweat.
"Look at me..."
Mr. Su immediately became a little anxious, but when he saw Lu Xin, Chen Jing and others in the conference room, he still held back. He was obviously very nervous and under great pressure. The muscles on his round face could not help but beat slightly. He took a deep breath and said:
"We need to have a meeting first."
"..."
"Okay."
Professor Bai immediately agreed, then turned his attention to Lu Xin: "Do you want to participate in this meeting?"
"You can just convene it yourself, I have other things to do."
Lu Xin looked at them and could feel the pressure and confusion in each of their hearts.
He could clearly feel that Professor Bai did not want him to participate in this meeting, so he actively refused.
After all, if you attend the meeting yourself, it will inevitably bring a lot of pressure to them.
The results discussed under such pressure somewhat lose their meaning.
"Then, Chen Jing immediately coordinates Kid, Minister Shen, and all Satellite City ability users to do a good job in defense. We cannot rule out the possibility that Mental Pollution will come to Qinggang. We must make all defense preparations and wait for the results of our meeting."
Professor Bai immediately turned around and said to Chen Jing and Minister Shen.
Then, he hesitated slightly, turned to look at Lu Xin, and said softly, "Please."
Lu Xin nodded and walked out of the conference room.
I now have a strong sense of perception, especially when these people are emotional, their inner thoughts are simply clear.
Lu Xin knows that they need to go through inner struggles and does not know what decisions they will make.
So he chose not to look.
When I walked out of the conference room, I saw my sister hanging on the window. She seemed to be looking outside in fear, so I held my sister in my arms, then jumped out of the window, climbed to the roof of the conference room, and looked at Crimson Moon in the sky from a distance.
He could sense that this city had been enveloped by the spiritual power of Kid.
It can also be felt that drunkards, watchdogs, arhats and others are all heading to the designated location as quickly as possible.
In addition, all the ability users in Qinggang are quickly gathering and rushing towards the Special Purity Department.
Throughout the city, Guard Department has been dispatched.
No warning has been issued for the time being, but everyone's vacation has been cancelled, and people have been sent to various important intersections to maintain law and order.
City Defense Department's troops urgently put on heavy protective equipment and headed to the high wall in batches.
Like a gentle thorn, it began to curl up into a ball, exposing its sharp spines.
Not far from the Special Purity Department, figures No. 3 and No. 5 appeared on the roof of the guest house.
The panicked Number Fourteen seemed to have just woken up from sleep, and rushed out wearing only one pair of underpants, shouting loudly:
"What's wrong?"
"Is Old Director here?"
"Oh, it's not Old Director, so what are you worried about?"
"..."
"..."
He took a deep breath and set his sights further away.
On this desolate and broken land, more and more scenes began to appear in his mind.
In the mid-air, the red moon is bright red.
Under the light of the red moon, Lu Xin saw a strange black train shuttling between various gathering points in the wilderness. It was playing its flute and emitting black smoke. Every window was black. Occasionally, there would be a pale face, which was pressed against the window and looked out, showing a greedy and weird smile to the people running in the gathering point.
I saw a large number of people suddenly falling asleep in some gathering points while running.
Everyone who saw these sleeping people seemed to be affected. They felt dizzy and fell asleep on the ground.
Their dreams intertwined to form a separate space.
In the dream, there was a spider with red eyes, showing off its sharp blades one by one.
I saw Mental Monster, who was as long as a bamboo pole, walking slowly on the ground with sharp eyes.
I saw a monster like an airship flying in the air, its tentacle-like feet hanging down gently.
I saw that a kind of red eye disease was spreading rapidly. It started with one person, running wildly across the ground, like lighting up a lamp. Anyone who saw his red eyes would have their own eyes turn red quickly, and then become as ferocious as the first one, with the body twisting against the joints, and running at an amazing speed in the wilderness.
Anyone who saw his eyes immediately turned into red eyes like his.
Those who didn't see his eyes, or who saw his eyes and didn't change immediately, were quickly torn apart by them.
This is just what I perceive, the chaos I see in this small area around Qinggang.
If you expand your field of vision outward in circles, who knows how much weirdness and chaos you can see?
So, Third Descent, or in other words, the second Crimson Moon incident, really happened?
In such chaos, only Qinggang under Crimson Moon was safe and sound, because Kid was on a tall building not far away. She was wearing a white dress and holding an umbrella lightly in her hands. The air around her formed ripples. Among the ripples, there were white chains one by one, shaking lightly, keeping an eye on Qinggang and defeating any strange creatures that came close.
But in such chaos, Qinggang seems to have become an isolated city.
Outside the city is endless pollution and chaos. People in the city, even most of the residents, are still sleeping, not knowing what is happening.
But is this enough?
Lu Xin cast his sight in the direction outside Satellite City No. 2.
In the large spiritual power research base built with Sword Bearer and Mental Palace as the center, countless research teams from various places are making a fuss. "What are you waiting for? We can't wait, our families and children are all in danger..."
"Let us leave, we want to go back..."
"Qinggang, where are the senior officials of Qinggang? Will you support us?"
"Will it?"
"..."
"..."
Lu Xin also feels unable to answer such a question.
After all, the people who can make this decision are in a meeting right now.
"What can we do?"
In the conference room, there was a gentleman-level person shouting at the top of his lungs, "Just say Third Descent and that's it?"
"We have no idea what the chaos is outside and what kind of pollution is intruding."
"I don't know if the terrifying Mental Monster will descend on our heads in Qinggang in the next moment..."
"Under such circumstances, you told me to go out for support?"
"..."
"Yes, we have decided to implement that plan."
"But what did we discuss just now? We need at least three years to prepare."
"But now, it's not even three hours!"
"... Actually we've arrived."
"Not even now. Who can make such a decision in such a short period of time?"
"..."
Lu Xin on the roof does not want to hear the content of this meeting because it does not comply with the regulations.
But because he was also concerned about this issue subconsciously, he still heard the entire meeting. He could even see a gentleman from Qinggang, looking anxious and depressed, with layers of sweat on his face, and waving his hands feebly. "How can such a decisive plan be implemented in a hurry, without understanding the situation?"
"Who dares to make such a decision?"
"..."
Lu Xin's mind was slightly tense, because even he felt that their consideration was reasonable.
"Yes, it's too hasty. Each of us knows that it's too hasty..."
While Lu Xin was thinking about it, he mentally saw Professor Bai standing up and punching the conference table in excitement.
At this time, he was somewhat different from his usual calmness and calmness:
"But in this era, who has been given the opportunity to prepare?"
"We are lucky because we now have the most professional, largest and most staffed psychic power research base besides Eclipse Research Institute. The most outstanding research team in the entire wilderness is now in our base. We have the direction pointed out by the smartest genius researchers in the world, and we also have the most powerful ability users in history to help us..."
"In this case, should we choose to stay in the city and turn a blind eye to the crisis outside?"
"Yes, normal people know that there is too little information at this time, and further observation is needed before a decision can be made."
"However, the contamination occurs so quickly that every second we observe it, many people will die."
"If we observe according to normal conditions, Qinggang may have truly become an island by the time we get the answer."
"..."
There was a long silence in the meeting room, as several gentlemen imagined the scene described by Professor Bai.
His shoulders were slightly shuddered, but his expression was still tangled.
Under this invisible pressure, some people even feel as if they are going crazy with frustration:
"Oh my gosh, normally, aren't we supposed to be politicians who cringe?"
"We are all villains in the TV series. We are all so fat that we can only decide when someone points a gun at us, right?"
"Why the hell do we have to do such a fucking plan?"
"..."
"..."
The depression and boredom, the chaos and entanglement in the conference room have made it unbearable for everyone.
This extremely urgent meeting could not effectively discuss the results at all.
Everyone is in pain and extremely stressed.
Even Lu Xin, who was listening to their discussion, felt extremely confused at this moment.
Because, in this meeting, even those who held opposing views could not dislike him...
"Huh..."
It was also at this time that Mr. Su, who had not spoken in the entire meeting, suddenly let out a long sigh.
He raised his head and glanced at the crowd, his face calm. "This question may be very simple."
Everyone was slightly startled and turned to look at him.
Mr. Su said quietly, "Everyone, does anyone remember the test question we took when Qinggang was first established?"
"That is the ultimate torture in the apocalypse, and it is also the condition for us to screen each other."
"You have a safe basement in the middle of a wilderness full of crazy people."
"It stores enough food and water for you to live for three months, and the outside is full of madmen and panicked people."
"You can choose to stay in the basement, spend these three months safely, and be prepared to face the fact that you will be the only living person in the world in three months. You can also choose to go out and save a few people now, but there is a possibility that you will be torn apart by a madman as soon as you go out..."
"What would you choose?"
"..."
Facing this question, the entire conference room suddenly fell silent.
Everyone fell silent and looked at each other. Some felt powerless, while others were slightly touched.
"I know that the issues we are discussing now are very urgent and anxious. That plan is so crazy to begin with. Once implemented, we may attract a generation of researchers, other careerists, countless Mental Monster, and even ultimate hostility. It will be too difficult for Qinggang, which has only been stable for a few years. Although it has some advantages, these advantages are not obvious."
"It's possible that if you're not careful, all your previous efforts will be wasted."
"But..."
He took a deep breath and said, "When we faced that multiple-choice question back then, we all chose the latter, right?"
"Maybe it's just to fool me, just to show my responsibility, maybe it's just hypocrisy in attitude."
"But now, we really have such a problem."
"..."
When he said these words, he stood up, put his hands on the conference table, and had a solemn expression on his round face.
"So..."
"Everyone, I think the promise we made back then was awesome..."
"...it's time to cash in."
That's it for today. I'll review it later.