In the world within the black fog, many areas have changed as the well has been opened.
After Bai Wu returned to Baichuan City and settled the pot master Xu Wei, he sent Yan Jiu to tell Yan Zizai and others about some changes outside the tower.
The Great Purge killed many people in the tower, and the riots destroyed all the buildings in the tower. Rebuilding the tower also requires a lot of resources outside the tower.
It is much more difficult to obtain resources than before.
This requires the Xie family to further delegate some resources and spread the weapons from private guards to everyone.
Most people don’t know that the black fog is spreading. The world within the black fog is still extremely mysterious, and there are still many places to explore.
Under the suggestion of Xie Yingjie and Yan Zizai, the Investigation Corps, whose main purpose was to collect survival resources, obtain intelligence outside the tower and enhance its own strength, became the only corps, and all of the Qin family's original organizations were incorporated into it.
Bai Wu also started to go out to sea after learning all this. Of course, the most important purpose was to... He was not very lucky with the cruise ship and could not find it. He had to wait until Zero finished the cross-sea vehicle.
During this process, Bai Wu also dealt with some matters concerning the high tower.
I believe that when I return to the tower again, I will see a truly brand new tower.
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Outside the fog.
Menan Capital, First Liberty Building.
This building has a long history. As a hegemonic country outside the fog, it can be said that many notorious policies and notoriously arrogant politicians were born here.
Or some mediocre politicians, some policies that are like taking off your pants to fart, and a small number of truly outstanding politicians.
One advantage of a hegemonic country is that there are many followers. Many days ago, at the multinational combat meeting on whether to launch a war on the giant ship, the head of Johnson Island actually thought that humans were too arrogant.
If the discussion continues, there is a high probability that the giant ship will be left alone.
But the Menan military commander who spoke last chose to fight without hesitation.
He also proposed using mutants to fight mutants, and blamed the source of the infection on the ship.
On the one hand, there are indeed many people who think that mutants can fight against mutants, and the source of the infection is the giant ship, and the time information matches.
On the one hand, the hegemonic country Menan's confident counterattack tone made other countries believe that humans still have the strength to fight.
After all, Menan is now the top power.
In the First Liberty Building, in the office of the highest military officer, the person sitting there was not the military officer who spoke so eloquently at the multinational conference.
It was a girl who looked only about 16 or 17 years old. She was talking on the phone with someone.
On the fair wrist, there is a pattern of the Queen of Spades engraved.
The person she was talking to had the Queen of Hearts pattern on his face.
"Provoking that ship may not be a good thing for us. You used your ability to capture the human leaders and provoke a war with that ship. Don't you think you are overstepping your authority?"
The Queen of Hearts still had the same tone that made the Queen of Spades very unhappy. The Queen of Spades said in a commanding tone:
"You and I know very well that to accelerate the distortion, it takes more than just the natural diffusion of distortion. That may take decades, and Dad won't give us that much time."
"So what we can do is to ignite human negative emotions, create anxiety and panic. That ship can completely destroy human confidence. I know this very well. If even the people in power in this world lose their confidence, then the news will be full of panic. Anxiety will spread to the entire world, accelerating the process of distortion, and the tower will appear earlier."
The Queen of Spades trimmed her nails and said in a mocking tone:
"I'm not like you, who only makes small troubles. Dad needs someone like me."
Queen of Hearts said:
"According to my understanding of the human leaders, when something bad happens in the world, the first thing humans do is to conceal it. Your plan will not succeed. As for what I did, it was not a small fight. Only when enough people see the fear is it real fear. The war between the giant ship and humans is invisible to ordinary people."
Spade Q smiled and said:
"So your brain is unable to take into account the development of many things. How do you know that I can't spread the real fear? You don't need to worry about all this. Just continue with your little tricks. You are not qualified to intervene in my affairs."
Thinking about the charming Queen of Hearts who was holding back her anger, Queen of Spades became happier and said something that Queen of Hearts hated the most:
"You're not even K yet. Don't speak like a K. Remember what your dad said about you? You're not as good as K. Hahahahahahaha..."
Communication interrupted.
Feeling the impotent rage of someone on the other end, the Queen of Spades was very happy, and she actually agreed with what the Queen of Hearts said.
Humans hide information. Most of the time, this society only reports good news and not bad news. No one likes to admit their incompetence or expose their shortcomings.
But in her plan, the distortion will soon affect human technology.
Everything that happened seven hundred years ago will happen again.
By then, I will join hands with Q, who likes to tinker with science, and I will be able to use a technology that can be used in a distorted environment... to complete a mechanical deification.
At that time, all of humanity will feel what true distortion and terror are under the surveillance of technology.
And no one can stop it. And this plan will not last too long. Even if the distortion does not hinder human information technology in the first place, the Queen of Plum Blossoms can directly complete a dimensionality reduction coverage.
Humans will worship the gods in machines.
Dad will eventually approve of his strategy, and he will eventually become the next King of Spades.
In her opinion, what the Queen of Hearts did was indeed a small-scale act.
Trying to create panic in a busy city may be useful in the short term, but as long as people still have faith in their hearts and believe that the accumulated power of human civilization can overcome distortion, then such fear is just fear, not despair.
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Some unknown place on the island of Orlo outside the tower.
The Queen of Hearts hung up the phone with a gloomy face. Silva beside her could see that this adult was in a bad mood.
"My Lord... but what difficulties have you encountered?"
"How is the container preparation going?" asked the Queen of Hearts directly.
"It's almost done. The bugs have spread out. The adult you brought... is truly a great being." Silva seemed quite excited.
Not long ago, he saw a miracle.
A true miracle.
"The Nine of Diamonds is just a container. I will eventually use it. All the nearby cards will be in my hands. I will become the most powerful being in this world."
"Of course, I have no doubt." There was only infinite admiration in Silva's eyes.
The Queen of Hearts has a fierce look in her eyes:
"Only absolute power is the key. Spade Queen is a fool, a self-righteous person who doesn't understand the most valuable thing about distortion.
Humph, the few Ks in history are nothing but trash that escaped from paradise. I will prove to everyone that I have the potential to be even stronger than K-level!"
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While the human and non-human parties were planning some major events, Lao Zhao, the only person who could grasp information no less than that of the leaders of various countries, was also organizing his own forces.
Compared with the prices offered by other countries, Lao Zhao's offer is higher, the content is more relaxed, the protection is more comprehensive, and the living arrangements are more free.
It can be said that the mysterious rich man Lao Zhao has become the biggest obstacle for various countries to recruit mutants.
In order to deal with that ship, countries continue to recruit mutants, and these mutants are willing to fight for their country, but... what Lao Zhao gave is too much.
In short, because of Lao Zhao, the war at sea was delayed. But it was only delayed. There were more and more mutants, and although Lao Zhao used financial resources to hold back the recruitment of various countries, it was still going smoothly.
As for the mutants recruited by Lao Zhao himself, they are currently under the management of Tang Jing.
These people gradually gathered on Orro Island, because those who, like Tang Jing, had the ability to perceive before the black fog spread, all had a premonition that something terrible would happen on Orro Island.
To prevent this from happening, everyone gathered on Orlo Island.
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Tang Jing has been under a lot of pressure these days, as Lao Zhao has handed over a very important organization to him.
Lao Zhao even created a ranking list of supernatural potential values, ranking the people in the organization according to their abilities.
Tang Jing is not in the ranking, he is responsible for commanding all mutants.
This is actually a good thing. But the problem is that Tang Jing is very young, and many mutants, that is, people who have awakened the sequence and companion power, or have special soul props, have their own perceptions.
Tang Jing is... very weak.
Being young and weak, some people were reluctant to obey Tang Jing's arrangements.
For the sake of money, they all obeyed Tang Jing's arrangement and went to investigate the strange events that had happened recently, but in their hearts they did not really approve of this boss who might have gotten to the top through connections.
At least people's disrespect for Tang Jing was not obvious, but it was definitely not hidden either.
On the contrary, the girl behind Tang Jing was not considered a difficult target by these people without exception.
Therefore, some people speculated that Tang Jing's ability was to flirt with girls and cling to powerful people.
This... is not wrong. After all, Tang Jing's master has reached the pinnacle of skill in this area.
Tang Jing himself didn't care, but Xu Ling felt a little unfair.
In short, the purpose of this team called the Card Sealers is to find the "dealer" and eliminate him.
No one in the team is willing to submit to anyone else. The white people look down on the black people, and the black people look down on the white people. Of course, Tang Jing, who has yellow skin, is also discriminated against.
But with the influence of Lao Zhao's money, a kind of self-evident order is maintained within the sealing organization.
Moreover, there are many strange things on Orlo Island, and everyone has his or her own job, so some conflicts have not broken out.
At this time, Tang Jing and Xu Ling were talking on the phone with Lao Zhao.
A mysterious virus has recently appeared on Orlo Island. Lao Zhao discovered the fusion human through satellite monitoring... a very strange existence.
The left side of the face is a middle-aged man, and the right side is part child and part woman... It's like one person put together.
Lao Zhao had a feeling that there was some extremely terrible evil conspiracy brewing behind this, so he wanted to arrange for someone from the Sealing Organization to investigate the matter.
Old Zhao was still wearing a mask.
Before the official topic began, Tang Jing was very curious about the mask and said:
"There are so many masks, why are you wearing this one?"
“This is passed down from our ancestors.”
Tang Jing found it interesting. So Lao Zhao's wealth was a continuation of his wealth, rather than his own entrepreneurship
"Can I know what your family does? This mask has a long history?"
"We have a lot of business, and we do a lot of things. As for this mask, it does have a long history. Seven hundred years ago... a man wearing a mask appeared and left this mask to my ancestor, and gave him some other things."
Old Zhao did not hide anything from Tang Jing:
"He said that the world will be in chaos in the future. Money may not be able to solve the crisis of the end of the world, but it can definitely play a big role. He wanted my ancestors... to start preparing seven hundred years ago and become the world's richest and top chaebol."
"Ah... this sounds like a prophecy."
"It is indeed a prophecy. But the man wearing the mask has displayed many magical powers. My ancestors said that he is a perfect god, a god who can change the world."
"Seven hundred years ago... Could it be the black fog..."
"Yes, it was during the time when the Black Mist locked Sheng Country in place. At that time, people were even more panicked than they are now. Later, many countries organized rescue teams to go inside the Black Mist, but none of them returned."
"All countries were afraid of the spread of the black fog, but it's strange to say that you know what happened later. Countries still noticed the black fog, but seemed to have forgotten that it would spread."
"It is difficult for science and technology around the world to make breakthrough progress. Maybe the black fog has only spread now, but maybe the initial spread and the disappearance of Sheng Nation also brought about some mutations around the world."
Tang Jingshen agreed.
Lao Zhao said:
"In short, with the help of the masked man, my ancestors gained great wealth. They also believed that the masked man was a god, a savior. The savior came from the future and brought prophecies."
"In order to allow the Zhao family to have a way to deal with the prophecy when it comes, our ancestors began to accumulate wealth. With the help of some things brought by the masked man, our ancestors gained huge wealth and created countless miracles."
"All descendants of our Zhao family will be informed of the meaning of the mask. Although there have been some problems over the past seven hundred years, including some... useless people who are not very good at making money and only squander it, the masked man left behind many tricks. The Zhao family even changed its head several times."
"And I am the newest head of the family. The apocalypse prophecy that has never come true in the past seven hundred years has now happened to me. I believe that this mask will guide me to meet the right person. Even if the person wearing the mask dies... it will guide me to find someone with the same will."
After hearing all this, Tang Jing thought it was amazing.
He remembered what his master said, that someone had already started planning in the world outside the fog, but there were also heroes who had started planning seven hundred years ago.
Although there are many doubts here, such as how the hero appeared outside the black fog and what happened to the hero later.
If he could enter and exit the black fog freely, why didn't he appear later
Master also said that people inside the black fog have no memories of what was outside the black fog and their cognition has been cut off, just like people outside the black fog cannot feel the expansion of the black fog and their cognition has also been cut off.
So is the owner of this mask not subject to these restrictions
Who is he