This time no one came to drive them away, because even Lieutenant Carol was surprised. He stood on the side of the ship and watched the strange ship with the sailors.
Meanwhile, Sixus received the visitors in the control room. She ignored the others and shook hands with a stiffly cloaked man, saying to him, "I thought you would come, but I'm still a little surprised that you actually came."
"If it's just the soul-guiding incense, Aisuen alone would be enough," the cloaked man said, his voice sounding hoarse and obscure, "but it also involves 'Origin'. If I don't come, some people might be worried."
From the sound of it, it's a female, but it's not just her voice that's strange, her hands and feet also look a bit like prosthetics.
"You mean the annual rings?" Sixus snorted coldly, "They were the ones who created this mess in the first place. She should be the one to deal with the aftermath."
"Ahem! Don't say that!" The black-clad man beside her coughed twice to interrupt her. "Well... that's why we came here. Please allow me to introduce you to... Mr. Rao from the Treeman tribe."
"I'm Rao."
A tall man standing on the other side held out his hand. "Nice to see you again, Dr. Sixus."
But Sixus snorted again and had no intention of shaking hands with him at all.
The man was not embarrassed. He turned to face Ms. Feti and greeted her warmly, "This must be Mr. Lu Anshi's beloved daughter. I heard that you voluntarily gave up the opportunity to be a professor in Pusilint just to teach civilians. Please allow me to express my respect for your noble character."
"This... I don't think I've done anything great..." Feiti shook hands with him in a daze. She looked at this man and then at the black-clad men with amazing aura around them. Suddenly, she felt that she was caught in a very troublesome mysterious vortex.
Would it be better if I didn't accept their employment in the first place?
She regretted it in her heart, but she was reluctant to give up the large sum of money that Hitzfeld donated to the public school.
"This is an urgent matter, so let's be brief."
The coughing man in black was in charge of guiding the conversation. "Ms. Pusangsi brought soul-guiding incense this time. We watched her prepare it... Next, we need to decide which people to select to enter the deep dream to help them. I nominate Dr. Sixus first."
"I'm not going." Sixus tilted his head, "Whoever wants to go can go, but I'm not going."
"Doctor, this may be related to the mystery of the origin." The man named Lao said seriously, "That is the origin...Aren't you curious about what disappeared?"
"Of course I'm curious." The mixed-haired loli turned her head and glared at him, glancing at the others at the same time, "I'm more curious than you all! I was the one who proposed this theory in the first place!"
"If we find it, we will have hope of restarting the Age of Mythology." Rao said word by word, "The power of the extraordinary is too weak compared to the gray fog. Without the Holy Stone Tablet, we would have been finished long ago. Should we just wait to die slowly like this?"
"But who can be sure that getting it back will have a good outcome?" Sixus retorted.
"Instead of 'finding it back', why don't you think about why it disappeared?"
"Based on the results of Aisuen Hitzfeld's investigation in the Red Earth Plains, we have completed a crucial link in the information chain." The coughing agent said, "That is, our goddess may have had some accident... She did not abandon us on her own initiative. She has something to hide."
Is this a topic I can just sit in on?
Ms. Feti opened her mouth wide, suddenly feeling her life was threatened.
It seems like it’s too late to warn them now... I wonder if they will kill me after the discussion.
"What unspeakable secrets!" Sixus exploded, "You keep talking about unspeakable secrets, and you are trying to excuse your own people... You are all stinking bastards!"
"Kante..." The cloaked woman stretched out her voice, "Too rude..."
"I don't mean anything against you, I'm only talking about them!" Sixus still respected her. She nodded and counted on her fingers for them: "Do you think if we find that thing, we will have a chance to regain control of the power of nature?"
"Yes." The coughing agent nodded, "At least the body will be better and the spirit will be stronger, which will help us fight the gray fog."
"Then have you ever thought that this could also be a layer of protection? Not only can we borrow this new power, but our enemies can too? Don't let yourself fail to develop well and attract those monsters that couldn't squeeze in before... Have you ever considered this possibility?"
After she said this, the faces of the people around her became tense again.
Because the consequences are too heavy, and not everyone or any living being can bear it.
"Since we dare to propose this plan, we have naturally considered all the potential risks you can think of." The coughing agent said, "...You can ask Elder Lao about this."
Elder...
So the identity of this tree man is not simple.
Feti-Lyuens looked at Lao and felt that he was completely numb emotionally.
Although he is called a tree man, Lao looks like a completely healthy human man. After hearing his companion's signal, he also coughed: "Ahem, it's like this... Doctor, you should know that the reason why Bartlett had such a thing was because of some hidden dangers... We haven't dealt with the hidden dangers left over from the last era."
Sixus opened his mouth sneerfully, with an arrogant expression that you also know.
"The remains of the mother tree... indeed, it is very troublesome to deal with them... just finding them is troublesome... this can only be done by us tree people. To some extent, this is our obligation to stay."
But the more Rao spoke, the firmer his voice became, as if he had mustered up the courage to face his mistakes.
"I'm sorry for the crime Cindy committed back then... We are indeed divided into two factions. One faction believes that the Mother Tree is her and should not be offended. The other faction believes that she is dead or has abandoned us, and her remaining traces will inevitably cause harm to the new world."
"Cindy is the mother tree faction. She broke the 'tree needle trays', causing us to lose the ability to find them."
"Hmph..." Sixus sneered again, closed his eyes and sighed.
"But, Kant, you've put forward so many hypotheses before. I wonder if you've ever thought about it - what if Cindy is right?"
Rao's tone gradually became excited.
"What if she really didn't...what if she's still here?"
"After all, the situation of His Majesty Aisuen Hitzfeld can be explained by bloodline reproduction, but what about her? Why can she repeatedly provoke a response from the artifact? Don't you think this is strange?"
His eyebrows jumped and Sixus stared.
"So you not only hope to get 'it' back, but also want to use it to try to communicate... communicate that..."
She was so shocked that she began to stutter.
"That's it, Doctor." The coughing agent concluded, "We are not reckless fools... This is the result of many people discussing it day and night without sleep, and most people think it is feasible."
"That's why I followed them."
Pursi said hoarsely.
"After all, if it works... Sarah won't need a sitting puppet anymore."
There was a murmur among them, and then finally—as Ms. Feti stared in horror—they looked toward her.
"I didn't hear anything!"
she cried, showing them her ears, which she had been plugging.
"Ahem...don't get excited, ma'am."
The coughing agent coughed again and came over to calm her down.
"Regarding our next move... well."
"I heard that Mr. Lu Anshi once had a talented student named Bricher?"
what?
Feiti stared at him blankly.
The topic jumped so quickly that she couldn't react for a moment.
"Don't worry, don't worry."
The agent smiled at her.
"If you can make a contribution and know some secrets, you won't die."
"And we have the most professional dream weavers..."
"I promise you won't remember any secrets after this is over~"
Chapter 67: God-making
"Mr. Atlans..."
Hitzfeld's heart sank as he fixed his eyes on the unknown humanoid creature that had appeared.
It can't be said that it was unexpected. After all, she was attacked by the other party when she first entered the Ocean Dream. There is no reason why she could do it then and not now, so Hitzfeld had anticipated this situation.
She didn't intend to waste time talking to Dai Lin, and asked her directly: "What do you want to do to stop the volcano from erupting?"
"Why do you want to stop it?" Dai Lin looked at her with surprise. "Is there any essential difference between it and the wind and rain?"
"Because wind and rain won't kill people, but the Pushen Crater is too big!" Xia Yibing said sternly, "If it erupts as an active volcano, how many people will die and live in pain - have you never thought about it before you do it?"
"I've thought about it more than ten thousand times..." Dai Lin's eyes darkened, and he whispered, "But...as I just said, is there any difference between them?"
"The eruption of Poussin Crater will kill a lot of people, yes."
"But if we count the years, there have been many naturally occurring volcanic eruptions."
"Every year, more than 700 volcanoes in the volcanic belt alone erupt to varying degrees, and you have never intervened. Now that the disaster may affect you, you intervene."
"Why? The animals and wild people that died in earthquakes, lava, and volcanic ash before are not considered life. Only those who are under your protection and have registered their names and IDs are considered life? Only then are they worthy of your protection?"
"What kind of twisted logic is this..." Xia Yibing frowned.
"Is that a perverse theory?" Dai Lin raised his voice even higher. "Then how is your discriminatory treatment different from the nobles looking down on the common people?"
"The difference is that the example you gave earlier was comparing animals to humans, but nobles and commoners are both humans, the same species." Hitzfeld said, "If you remove the 'savages' you mentioned, it's like this... different species cannot be compared."
She also felt that this man was a little possessed, actually comparing the animals that died in the disaster with humans.
How can this be compared? If you really want to compare, that person still raises pigs and sheep for meat! According to her, this is "life eating life", and there is nothing more cruel than this.
Fortunately, the other party showed up and had no intention of attacking. Considering that she might have guessed that her identity was exposed and did not attack the townspeople under this premise, Hitzfeld judged that she could still be saved and the matter might be resolved through communication.
"Mr. Atlans... maybe I should call you Dailin..." the girl advised, "Stop now. There is still a chance to save everything."
"You're lying." Dai Lin looked at her expressionlessly. "I've been his student for eighteen years, and I went to Wayne quite often. Do you think I don't know what the Department of Homeland Security does?"
Hitzfeld frowned slightly.
"Of course I can swear that I didn't kill anyone. I just transformed them into other forms... I have a clear conscience!" Dai Lin said sternly, "But does the Department of Homeland Security really want to accept this statement?"
"If I stop as you said, can you really pretend that I didn't kill anyone? And turn a blind eye to those corpses, missing persons, and families who lost their loved ones?"
This is of course impossible.
Hitzfeld licked his lips, and really had no words to refute.
According to Shadow Lion's assessment, Dai Lin had killed nearly a hundred people. He also completely destroyed a settlement of 60,000 people, and caused irreversible horrific damage to many of the terrain that could have been used.
If she was sentenced seriously, she could be hanged more than ten times. This damn evil god might not be able to cause such destruction. In addition to fewer deaths, the destructive power is even greater.
So I am actually negotiating with a lunatic who, although not a heretic, is essentially more dangerous than a heretic?
It was rare that Hitzfeld was a little confused. She was wondering if she was acting on impulse: Dai Lin was not worth negotiating with words, and her preferential treatment of her was only because she did not kill Ocean Dream the first time.
"I respect you, Miss Hitzfeld." Dai Lin lowered her voice, ignoring Xia Yibing's dangerous gaze and said bluntly: "I even want to admire you a little bit."
What the hell?
Hitzfeld was a little surprised.
She didn't expect the topic to turn to this... Recalling her previous interactions with Dai Lin, she didn't seem to show it?
"Maybe it's because of my past identity that I've never met a girl as gentle as you."
But... even the "world-destroying" level plan has been exposed, and Dai Lin doesn't care about exposing more. She continued to talk: "Long before I decided to do this, I thought about whether they would send you... I have heard some rumors about you before, and you have a good reputation in any group."
"The nobles talk about your mystery and wisdom, and the common people talk about your approachability... I heard that you take on cases regardless of the other party's identity. As long as the person truly needs help, you will take the case even if you can't afford to pay a penny."
"...I don't think it's a big deal." Hitzfeld was embarrassed and wanted to shirk responsibility.
"That's amazing!" Dai Lin interrupted her, a little angry, "After all, I am a Golden Knight! Do you think my information channels are really closed? I meet with Deka at least once a year! He will tell me everything that happened during this period!"
"So you know everything?" Xia Yibing narrowed her eyes. "Those files are at least level seven or above..."
"Even if there are some unclear points, I can still infer them." Dai Lin nodded and stared at the girl. "For example, you really came into the sight of the big shots after Ramadan in 1983. The solution to the golem curse in Blackwood Town was related to you."
"There was also the rebellion launched by the old royal party, the troop mobilization in Green Town, and the worm curse in the red soil plains... Your traces are engraved in their files. You also made meritorious deeds step by step, and you are only one step away from the throne..."
"I don't care if you're Dai Linbulu or that academic lunatic, you'd better watch your mouth and stop talking nonsense..."
Xia Yibing really couldn't bear it anymore.
Look at what she said?
What does "one step away from the throne" mean?
What would others think if they heard this? Would they think Hitzfeld was planning a rebellion?
"Is this really bullshit?"
Dai Lin glanced at the woman with a smile in his eyes.
"Why can she repeatedly trigger a response from the divine weapon?"
"Although the number of Devourers is limited, you can definitely find quite a few. Why is she the only one you treat with favor and not controlled by you with violence and sliced up for research?"
