"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
Townsend's voice echoed in the villa. This handsome man had always been a well-groomed reporter, but now, his face was full of stubble, dark circles under his eyes, and even his clothes were stained, but his expression was indescribably excited and angry.
"What do they think I am? A psychopath who speaks without thinking? Or a foreign spy who betrayed his country? Or do I, Townsend, look like a terrorist to them? "
Townsend vented while drinking a bottle of whiskey. He looked very decadent. In fact, one couldn't blame him. It had been a week since he saw the robot. In this week, he had almost traveled to one-fifth of the United States, and most of them were in the busiest areas of the East Coast. He had found no less than a hundred people, including shareholders of news agencies, upper-level managers, some politicians, some rich people, and well-informed people in society. Townsend had put his heart and soul into his work. He really wanted to stop the apocalypse, but the results almost knocked him down.
Out of the hundreds of people he found, not a single one believed him. The nicer ones asked him if he was being held hostage, while the worse ones directly cursed him. There were even some who wanted to call the police to arrest him. All these experiences made him feel like he had become a psychopath. There was no greater blow to him than this.
In this villa, everyone in Team Nordic was here. Everyone could clearly see Townsend's depression. In fact, it wasn't just Townsend who had suffered continuous setbacks this week. Ares, Zhang Heng, Lu Zixue, Ali, and Xi Kong had all suffered different degrees of interference or failure in their operations. After the two major cases they had committed in New York, there were still many things that needed to be arranged and planned. The United States government machine had already been activated. This force was boundless and unparalleled, and was not something that an individual could resist. This villa was already the third residence they had changed in this week. If this continued, this group of people would very likely be forced into a desperate situation by the government and then uprooted. Unless … unless Team Nordic had the strength of the X Organization Invaders, or at least the strength of team Great Western Continent, it was wishful thinking to think that an individual could resist the state machine.
Therefore, Tang Weisen's grumbling and decadence made the people around him empathize with him. Among all of them, only Chu Hao maintained his gentle smile, as if he was not affected by the current situation at all.
At this moment, everyone was fiercely discussing what to do. According to the plan that Chu Hao had previously set, they had already obtained a large amount of funds, both covert and on the surface, at least hundreds of billions of dollars. Although this amount of money was a drop in the bucket for the entire United States, if this amount of money was only used for one plan and only for a dozen people to use, then it would be an exaggeration.
"… No, if we continue to look for connections, it'll be even easier to expose our location. This is already the third location. Although we still have a few places to stay, if we continue to be exposed, it'll be harder and harder for us to escape." Ares shook his head and rejected Townsend's suggestion.
At this time, Zhang Heng said in a bored tone, "It seems that our plan to save the world is about to fail. This won't work, that won't work. Why don't we just escape to Mexico, organize an army, and run back to the United States to play guerrilla warfare?"
This was a joke, and no one took it seriously. However, at this time, Xi Kong said, "It's a pity that we're not strong enough. Otherwise, as Zhang Heng said, using strength to prove one's Dao is not bad. It's ten thousand times faster than relying on loopholes in the rules to achieve our goal. I know that the United States is the strongest country in this era."
At this time, Chu Hao spoke. He asked curiously, "Proving one's Dao with strength? What do you mean? Isn't this a term used in cultivation? "
"What kind of cultivation term is this?"
Xi Kong glanced at Chu Hao, but still said, "If the reason is unclear, prove one's Dao with strength. Many things can be substituted. The most direct way to describe it is: if I have a reason, and the world denies it, then I'll hold a sword and kill all those who deny my reason. This is using strength to prove one's Dao. In the end, my strength is the strongest, and my reason is the strongest."
After a long time, Tang Weisen said, "What you said doesn't make sense. It's pure tyrant theory, and the truth can't be killed. The more people you kill, the more unreasonable you will be. In the end, you will lose. If you continue to do this, more and more people will deny your point of view."
Xi Kong shook her head indifferently and said, "If there are still people who deny my reason in the world, then it only proves that my strength is not enough. If killing one person doesn't work, then I'll kill ten. If killing ten people doesn't work, then I'll kill a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand … Kill all those who deny my point of view, and kill all those who don't deny my point of view, and kill all those who don't agree with my point of view. The remaining people will only kneel down and worship my reason. Of course, what you said could also happen, and it's even simpler. I can just directly destroy the world. Destroy all those who deny my point of view, and then my Dao will be complete. Therefore, there has always been a lack of strength, and there is no Dao that can't be proven, that's all."
These words were incomparably cold, without the slightest murderous intent or ruthlessness. However, everyone present felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this. Immediately, no one dared to speak as they all stared blankly at Xi Kong.
"Actually, this logic is not wrong, but the murderous intent is too strong." Chu Hao spoke at this time. "There has always been a lack of strength, and there is no Dao that can't be proven. This saying is not wrong, and it's also true from our situation. If our strength is greater than all the military forces of the United States combined, then why do we need to hide? We can directly rush to the door and capture the President, the leaders of several wealthy consortiums, and all the members of parliament to see if there are any robots among them. Then, we can do our best to stop Skynet's research. Why do we need to do so many things now … But it's precisely because we're not strong enough that we need to supplement it with wisdom and strategy. This is nothing, but … "
"Actually, we have a big advantage."
Chu Hao saw that the people around him had turned their eyes away from Xi Kong, and he breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Xi Kong was now a member of Team Nordic. If the team was divided because of her words, then it would be fatal to the future development of the team and even this movie world. In fact, Xi Kong was really a little incompatible with them. Whether it was her murderous intent, or the coldness that kept people thousands of miles away … There had to be some way to solve it.
Of course, Chu Hao's words just now were not just to draw everyone's attention away from Xi Kong. He did have something to say.
"The general trend of this world is actually on our side."
Chu Hao said so, but the eyes of the people around him were full of disbelief. Ares said directly, "How is that possible? No matter how you think about it, we're just a minority, okay? The government has been infiltrated by Skynet robots. In fact, we don't even know if the government has been infiltrated by Skynet robots, or if Skynet was really created by the government. Not only the government, but even among the people, we're also an absolute minority. No one believes our origins at all.
Ares's words reflected the thoughts of almost everyone present. They didn't believe Chu Hao's general trend. Chu Hao was not flustered. He smiled and took a sip of tea. Under the anxious gazes of the crowd, he said, "The general trend I'm talking about … is that the government wants to kill everyone who knows the truth. This is the beginning of the general trend. Once the general trend is formed, it will sweep across the world. No power weaker than the general trend will be able to stop it, including the entire United States. You have to know … the United States military, those soldiers, are also human beings.
"I know you've been curious about why I emphasized that we must save the Terminator when we rescued them from the mental hospital, right?
"Also, Townsend, your efforts in the past week have not been in vain. I've memorized the names and addresses of all the people that you've found. These people's connections cover almost every aspect of society. They're exactly the people that we need to build our general trend …"
"The first step of the plan has been completed. The second step of the plan will now begin …
"I will let you see a wave called the general trend."
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