They couldn't allow this to happen, so they had no choice but to deal with it coldly.
Let's put Dai Lin on ice first. If she wants to carry forward her spirit to protect her hometown, then let her do it.
Anyway, she is still young... She is not even 35 years old this year. There are almost no evil disasters on Bartlett Beach that require a gold-level person to take serious action. Even though eight years have passed, the metal toxins accumulated in her body are not many, and she still has a long time to serve the cult.
"How could you think that?"
But Xia Yibing was not one to indulge the other party, and immediately retorted: "The key point is clearly stated by your teacher - society needs to pay a price to function. Maybe you have seen some things that you don't like and find difficult to accept, but letting them exist can save more people - that's enough."
“Is that really enough?” The female knight lowered her head.
"Why not?" Xia Yibing frowned. "Let me give you the simplest example...Churches in various places have Huishi orchards, and the food, fruits, and sugar produced in them will eventually be used to help refugees. You are in this system and you know that the church has done well enough in every link, almost to the extreme, but even so, it still cannot guarantee the elimination of corruption - then what can you do?"
"Of course it's to serve as a warning to others." Dai Lin looked at her and curled his lips. "For the sake of the overall situation, all sacrifices are worth it."
"Well said!" Xia Yibing was amused by her anger. "Then let's follow your advice - for the sake of the overall situation! Let's assume what the consequences of doing this will be."
"First of all, there are problems with the major supply channels... Do you really think that anyone has no shit under their ass? You are talking about small profits and small benefits... But how do you define this standard? How much counts? How much doesn't count? This will directly cause widespread panic. In the end, no one will be willing to do it, and we will only rely on the cult... Isn't the cult made up of people?"
The female knight curled her lips and did not refute.
"In the end, no one did it!" Xia Yibing insisted, "Then the entire supply chain was paralyzed! No one bought the fruits, and no one sold the grains. They were piled up there and rotted! Who benefited? Even more victims starved to death than before?"
The female knight still didn't reply.
Xia Yibing thought she had convinced her, and looked at Hitzfeld proudly, with an expression that said, "You should praise me."
But at this moment, Dai Lin spoke faintly: "I know something...about Blackwood Town."
"Blackwood Town, two evil god curses, more than a hundred thousand people died in total..."
The two people opposite each other felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.
Death is of course a heavy topic, but what is even heavier here is that many people did not die from the curse, but were killed artificially for the purpose of eliminating the curse.
This is the tragedy of the weak, an absolute human tragedy.
“I’m not doing this to mock anyone.”
Dai Lin continued.
"How should I put it...If there were no gray fog and no monsters, I would agree with you."
"But this is different... When we face the possibility of extinction every time we encounter them, I can understand you talking to me about the overall situation, but I really can't accept it."
“But what you’re trying to do is hard.”
Hitzfeld said suddenly.
"It's so difficult...it's almost impossible...is that why you like animals more?"
"No." The female knight turned and looked at the dark clouds.
"I just don't understand. All lives are created equal, so why gradually, gradually..."
"The gap will be so big."
Chapter 27 Exploring the Cape
Until Jindu howled outside to inform them that they had reached the cape, Hitzfeld was still thinking about the conversation just now.
Dai Lin...she really is a weirdo.
She first said that she "doesn't think her fellow human beings are more reliable than animals," and then revealed that she believes "all lives should be created equal."
Is she the kind of reformer I understand her to be?
If I understand correctly, she hopes that the royal family can do something more extreme? Something like the ultimate, super iron-blooded rule, treating everyone as an object, everyone has their own duties, otherwise they will be killed? Completely turning society into a machine?
A bit too horrifying.
Not to mention the Changxia world where technology is relatively backward, even on modern Earth, I’m afraid not many people would think this statement is correct.
What she said should be more about the future of super technology explosion, and the future of artificial intelligence taking power - by then, AI can put humans in petri dishes and make them into biological batteries, and they will be useful whether a person likes it or not.
It might be a bit exaggerated, but the essence is the same. Hitzfeld can't agree with this view anyway. If society really becomes like that, I'm afraid even living will be a pain.
Dai Lin...she was considering this from an extremely noble and moral perspective, hoping to ensure more people survive in this way.
She wanted to save people, wanted to save more people... The evil god factor she mentioned later undoubtedly proved this point. But she probably never thought about what people live for, and whether there is more to pursue after "living".
"Woo~"
There was a whimper from beneath my feet.
Looking down, it was Lily.
She didn't know when the Shelby had gotten into her skirt. When she looked down, she could only see the dog's butt sticking out. Then she felt a strange, soft and wet feeling in her calves.
"..." He lifted up Lily's skirt expressionlessly, pinched her ears and pulled her out. For a moment, Hitzfeld didn't know whether to scold her or praise her.
Bad habits die hard, but it's true that the opportunity for that conversation just now was also created by this idiot.
You can't blame the person who started the team fight, right?
I have to change clothes when I get home anyway, so I might as well forget it.
"Just spoil her." Xia Yibing opened the back door, swayed her body, put a can of lemon juice on the table, and a string of rough paper cups were on her fingers.
"Ah!" Lily started barking as soon as she saw her. "Ah, ah, ah!"
Xia Yibing raised her foot as if to kick it.
"Woo woo!" Lily hid under the stool with her tail between her legs.
"A fool who only bullies the weak and fears the strong!" Xia Yibing laughed sarcastically, and then asked the girl, "Would you like to drink?"
Hitzfeld shook his head.
"No... I don't have any thoughts."
"The ship has stopped." Xia Yibing glanced outside the door. "The others should be getting ready. Once the fleet finds a place to drop anchor, they will probably start moving."
Hitzfeld bowed his head and said nothing.
"Are you still thinking about that silly girl?" Xia Yibing couldn't stand it anymore, so she lowered her head, held the girl's chin with her hand, and forced her to lift her face up.
"I always feel that something will go wrong with Dai Lin doing this." Hitzfeld let her tease him and said dryly, "Believe me... I have seen many similar examples. This kind of paranoid personality will cause trouble if left alone."
"What kind of paranoid personality is this!" The woman was amused. "Don't you see that the townspeople worship her as a god? She's already pretty good—"
Xia Yibing really believed this. She had been handling cases for many years and had seen so many weirdos that she couldn't even count them on her toes. There were countless lunatics and fools among them. Compared to them, what was Dai Lin? Nothing.
At least she knew how to think about the poor, and she didn't cry or make a fuss when her ideals were thwarted, but just chose to put it into practice with practical actions.
This is really good. If all the "paranoids" could be like Dai Lin, the workload of the Security Bureau could probably be reduced by half.
"That's what I said..."
Hitzfeld muttered, recalling the first time he met Daelin.
That was at the entrance of the chapel. Countless parents whose children had been in trouble regarded Dai Lin as their only hope. They rushed towards her and gently reached out to touch her armor and hair...
The scene was like a pilgrimage, which left a deep impression on her. She thought about it in the context of the scene and felt that what the woman said made sense.
In any case, no matter what Dai Lin herself thinks, what she did was good, which was helpful to the society and Bartlett Beach - that's enough.
What else could you ask of her?
Can’t even think about it?
Then I'm afraid I'll have to go to jail first...
after all.
Hitzfeld looked up and quickly glanced at the woman's chest.
She did fantasize about some criminal scenarios.
Xia Yibing once again suggested drinking some lemon juice to refresh herself, and this time the girl did not refuse.
Then they walked forward, and sure enough, several people in the cabin were getting dressed, looking ready to leave at any time.
"It's too exaggerated." The only exception was Sixus, who kept shaking her head.
"You don't really think you need to go diving to check, do you? I beg you to have some sense of being a lady?"
"You are the one who has no right to say this here!"
Xia Yibing walked past her and responded sarcastically.
"…Imaar, you'd better put on your diving suit in advance, so that you won't drown when I kick you down."
"Just come on." Xia Yibing was not afraid of her. "See if I can take you with me. I remember your diving skills are not very good."
"Diving suit?" Hitzfeld came over and asked.
"Oh, that's it." A hand stretched out from the side, holding a stack of gray-black cloth.
Hitzfeld touched it and felt the skin was very rough.
"Don't be fooled by its rough appearance. It's actually very smooth inside."
Dai Lin took his hand back and continued to explain: "It's just a tights made of shark skin. It can reduce resistance and water pressure... but we probably won't be able to use it."
"How was this researched?" Hitzfeld stared at it with some curiosity.
"jeweler."
Ms. Feti interjected.
"Pearls are produced by clams... The expansion of clam farms requires clam divers. At first, clam divers hardly brought any equipment when diving, so the loss rate was very high. This was invented to save costs."
After chatting for a while, Jindu shouted at them to get out.
After coming out, the first thing you see is beams of light.
The time now should be past eight o'clock in the evening... It is completely dark on the sea and it is impossible to do anything without strong lighting.
"It's in front!" Jindu pointed, "Do you see that dark shadow? That's the Cape Cliff."
Looking up in that direction, Hitzfeld indeed saw a huge shadow.
Looking at other boats, many people on the nearby boats had already put on those gray and black tights, and it seemed that they were planning to dive.
"I plan to send someone down to investigate the situation first!"
Leaping over the plank again, Bill waved his cane to keep his balance.
"First, explore the bottom, and then see if there are any caves!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a chain specially used for measuring was thrown into the water.
The rattling sound of the chains echoed on the sea. It was probably ten minutes before Hitzfeld heard a "click".
The ship that was chained suddenly let out a cry of surprise.
"what happened?"
Bill asked loudly over there.
"It seems to be deeper than expected..."
Xia Yibing tried hard to identify the gestures made over there.
She knows sign language.
"Two hundred... no more than two hundred and sixty meters..."
"I'm not sure how deep it goes because the chain they carry is only this long."
"Damn..."
Bill cursed under his breath.
Hitzfeld's guess came true.
Just like what she felt when diving in her dream, the water depth below the southeast cape was not normal.
"Let them go down and look for it!"
Bill continued to command.
After thinking for a while, he reminded again: "...Be careful!"
Pfft!
