Zhang Heng stayed in his parents' new home for about half a month, but he declined his father's proposal to travel around Ireland. When his grandfather's plane arrived safely, he booked a ticket back to China the next day.
"Are you leaving so soon?" Zhang Heng's mother was puzzled. "Summer vacation is only halfway through."
"Yes, but there are still some things to solve in China," Zhang Heng said.
"Eh … So mysterious. Is it related to your relationship? Do you have a girlfriend? Ask her to come to Ireland with you. "
"Maybe next time." Zhang Heng took his laptop to the second floor, locked the door, and inserted the untraceable USB drive before logging into the player forum.
For the past two weeks, Zhang Heng had been rather relaxed abroad. Other than teaching a group of racist young people outside the supermarket, he did not fight again. However, things were not peaceful in China during this period.
The players were doing fine. Although some malicious incidents began to appear on the forum, it was not too widespread. The three major guilds were still trying their best to maintain the situation. On the other hand, the organizing committee seemed to be in trouble.
Recently, the frequency of various supernatural phenomena had increased significantly. The organizing committee was also operating at full capacity, mainly to cover up the matter and avoid attracting the attention of ordinary people. However, as time went by, the situation did not improve. Instead, it seemed to be accelerating.
At first, there were only some vague rumors, but as some of the agents were involved, the players also realized that the relationship between the new and old gods was becoming unprecedentedly tense.
In the chat room, an ID named Don't Want to Practice Piano was explaining the current situation to Zhang Heng.
[The person who leaked the player's identity has been found. It's Seth, one of the Nine Pillars of Egypt. He is also the mastermind behind the Dreamland of Death from the three major guilds. He also kidnapped the god of mobile phones.]
[God of Chaos?]
[That's right. The organizing committee sent Thor, the most powerful god in Norse mythology, to deal with him. But for some reason, he escaped in the end, and a new god who went with Thor died there.]
[Seth killed him?]
Zhang Heng typed.
No, if he really died in Seth's hands, there wouldn't have been so much trouble later. The person who killed him was Thor. Although Thor explained that it was Seth's trap, judging from the situation at the scene, Thor … actually had the situation under control, but for some reason, he showed mercy to Seth.
With Thor's personality, he should be easily provoked.
That's right, most people thought so too. But the problem was that when the organizing committee was still investigating the matter, Thor's violent temper flared up again. He escaped from the room where he was temporarily imprisoned and injured the guard, who was also a New God. This action completely intensified the situation. The New Gods were furious. They went to Odin and demanded that Odin hand over Thor.
He did not want to practice the Way of the Zither.
— And then?
Although the Norse gods admitted that Thor was wrong, they refused to make any promises. This action further aroused the protests of the new gods, and caused all the Norse gods to be disconnected from the Internet for the next ten days. They asked the telecommunications company to check several times, but they couldn't do anything.
— Well, this is something I didn't expect.
— Then someone killed Odin's mount, Sleipnir, to retaliate against the Norse gods, which made Odin furious.
— It sounds like someone is trying to sow discord between the New Gods and the Old Gods. Is it Seth?
— It stands to reason that the biggest suspect should be Seth, but after Thor disappeared, Seth came to the organizing committee alone and announced his surrender. He was very cooperative throughout the whole process. Also, I don't know if you've heard about what happened at Copenhagen International Airport.
— What happened?
Zhang Heng's expression changed.
— Three weeks ago, a battle took place there. A team from the organizing committee killed two Valkyries while performing a secret mission there, and another Valkyrie went missing. It was said that the suspect was the Mechanical Deity of the New Gods. A large-caliber anti-personnel weapon made by the Mechanical Deity was also found at the scene.
— Mechanical Deity?
Zhang Heng's fingers paused on the keyboard, and he keenly captured something. The time of the battle should have happened on the same day the Charge 8-300 he was in crashed. Considering the mysterious malfunction of the plane at the time, all the mechanical parts had stopped working.
And the so-called Mechanical Deity appeared at the end of his journey, Copenhagen International Airport, Denmark. If this was a coincidence, and the two had nothing to do with each other, it would be too much of a coincidence.
These days, Zhang Heng was also thinking about whether his identity had been completely exposed to all the gods, and whether he had become the number one target of the gods. But now, the situation should not be as bad as Nyarlathotep said. There was no doubt that the Mechanical Deity was probably the other god besides Kronos, the bartender lady, and Nyarlathotep who knew his identity.
If possible, Zhang Heng would like to find the Mechanical Deity and find out from it how many people knew about his identity and how the other party located his location. But two Valkyries were dead, and another Valkyrie was missing. The organizing committee must have sent a large team to search for the Mechanical Deity.
Now that three weeks had passed, the organizing committee still had no results. In order not to attract the attention of ordinary people, the traces of the previous battle were probably erased. It would not be easy for him to find the Mechanical Deity, so Zhang Heng gave up the idea after a while.
— You are abroad now, right? Then I suggest you continue to stay abroad. There is still some time before school starts anyway.
Don't Want to Practice Piano continued to type.
— Although Seth has surrendered, the conflict between the new and old gods is getting more and more intense. The tension between the two sides did not form overnight. After all, there are only so many believers. If you get more, others will get less faith. It is almost irreconcilable. And this time, these two incidents are more like fuses, igniting the long-suppressed conflict between the new and old gods. I heard that some of the agents have been forced to take sides and participate in some secret confrontations. Sooner or later, these private actions will turn into open conflicts. When that time comes, I don't think we can still be alone. After so many rounds of the game, the surviving players have become a force to be reckoned with. Whether it is the new or old gods, I don't think they will ignore us.
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