The conference hall was a bit numb for a time.
There were quite a few people who needed to adjust their state of mind in time. Many people had seen Lord Secretdeed's proposal, and they had watched the exchange between Lord Secretdeed and Luo Nan as if it were a lively event. The impact was not that strong.
After all, they had experienced similar scenes many times.
In recent years, both the inner world and the secular world revolved around the problem of distortion. They carried out in-depth discussions and even attacked each other. Some people said that the distortion continued to deepen. Some people said that the situation was turning for the better. Everyone had their reasons, and everyone had their reasons. There had never been a clear winner.
Including the group of Extraordinaries present, most of them still viewed the problem of the aberrations as a politicised operation of an academic problem. Throughout the year, they wished they could say that the aberrations had gone out of control at least once a day. It was nothing more than a way to fight for resources and guide them in the right direction. Over the years, from top to bottom, this was basically how things had been played. It had become a routine.
But at this time, someone suddenly said, "The wolf is really here." Even if the wolf's bloody maw was right in front of their faces, everyone had to rub their eyes, right?
Most people shifted their attention to Apollon for the first time ever since Luo Nan arrived at the conference hall. This powerful genius called himself the Emissary of Hell.
Actually, if Luo Nan hadn't created so many explosive topics in the past few hours, Apollon's participation in the Summit Conference would have become quite the explosive point.
This young Extraordinaire was born in the New Continent and had been involved in gangs since he was young. He had a wealth of experience, and his methods were ruthless. He had made countless enemies, but none of them were his match. He had once single-handedly founded a secret order, the Apocalypse, and was honored as the Son of God. Hmm, perhaps the Son of Satan?
His title wasn't important. What was important was that he was a true Awakened talent. His talent was so great that no one knew when he became an Extraordinary!
Apollon's greatest achievement so far was to unite the gangs, vagrants, and other messy fellows of the New Continent. He used messy methods to gain substantial control over Eagle City in the south-central part of the New Continent. He renamed it Armageddon Town, and the battlefield of the legendary Armageddon War was shortened to Ha City. It was also the world-famous City of Sin. The Star Alliance Committee actually pinched their noses and accepted it.
Perhaps that place wasn't any better to begin with?
It was also possible that the High Lord of the Secret Contract had 'promptly' challenged him and won the battle, putting the reins on him.
No matter what was said, Apollyon himself was a top-notch Extraordinary in the inner world. In the secular world, he was also a world-famous Great Demon King and Great Dictator. His enemies were countless, and his fans were also innumerable.
The announcement made by the Grand Governor of Ha City was no different from a formal administrative order. Regardless of whether it was the reality of the infection rate or the follow-up policies, both left the participants with basic knowledge of social governance speechless.
Even the host, Abner, was taken aback. He was one of the most powerful people in the world, and he was also good at using his power. The information he had was a level higher than most of the people present.
He knew a little about the situation in Ha City, but he didn't expect Apollon to reveal it so openly. Moreover, the data that was exposed was much worse than what he knew.
Because of this, Abner had to bite the bullet and confirm it. "Mr. Apollon, this is a very serious matter. Although this isn't the parliament or the administrative department …"
Apollon's eyelids drooped and he didn't respond at all. It was as if he had come to the meeting today just to say that.
Abner wanted to say more, but at this time, another voice rang out. It came from a seat behind the High Lord of the Secret Contract. "Mr. President, may I say a few words?"
"…" Abner looked over and saw one of the three Extraordinary in the old subcontinent, Bat Guru.
This skinny, middle-aged man, who looked like an ascetic monk, presided over Tin City. He faced the southern part of the subcontinent, which had almost completely become a wilderness after the Third War. He continued to reclaim the land, and at the same time, he had to resist the attacks of Brahma City in the north, Guru Durm and Shakar, two Extraordinary who dreamed of unifying the subcontinent. His days were difficult, but he had perseverance and perseverance.
Therefore, many people thought that the Card Deck had somewhat underestimated him by giving him the number 9 of Spades.
Abner naturally had no reason to refuse, but he smiled bitterly in his heart. At this time, I'm afraid …
Sure enough, Bat Guru's expression was cold. His words were concise and clear. "At present, it seems that the aberration infection has also gone out of control in Tin City. Our detection rate has already exceeded 8%. In fact, the actual situation can only be worse due to the limitations of our detection ability. "
The stiff and numb atmosphere in the venue showed signs of loosening. However, there was a crackling sound of fire.
Everyone understood that the ability to detect mutated infections was the same in both Xicheng and Ha City. Perhaps it could be said that the entire world was no better. The massive number of infected people in the secondary stage was a cruel test for the technology and financial resources of all the major cities.
That was not all.
Bat Guru hadn't finished his speech. His gaze crossed the central round table and stared at a person on the side. "It's not just Tin City. Brahma City has maliciously used phenomena such as the Red Tide to attack Tin City's defense line. However, their methods are crude and terrible. On the other hand, Shakar, Durm, and the others have taken advantage of administrative and religious convenience to carry out improper propaganda about the 'aberration,' calling it 'Brahma's Test.' It has become a trend in the subcontinent. The degree of infection in Brahma City can only be higher than in Tin City."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Today, the eloquent Guru Durm of Brahma City was absent for some reason. Only Shakar, who was known as the Grandmaster of Breathing, had come. Though Shakar was an expert in breathing techniques, his eloquence wasn't that great. He just gave a dry reply and didn't say anything else.
The Extraordinaries in the meeting had their own judgment as to whether or not they believed him. There was no need for others to do it. However, someone discovered at this time that the most active people in the meeting room had practically formed a string.
They were roughly in the position opposite of Abner. Lord Mitchison and Luo Nan were in the middle. Blood Demon and Apollon were on either side. It was hard not to think:
Do these people have some sort of tacit understanding?
It was at this time that Lord Mitchison slightly shifted his gaze. He bypassed Apollon on the left and cast his gaze towards the next seat. He didn't say anything, but the one he was looking at, Black Lion, had an ugly expression on his face. One could read the meaning of 'a pot is falling from the sky' from his face.
But he couldn't fool this topic even if he played the fool. In the end, he could only spread his hands. "Don't look at me. You all know the situation over there."
That was right. Things had gone out of control over there long ago.
It seemed like the tacit connection was going to continue to extend.
Lord Mitchison took the initiative to call a halt at this time. He called a halt by turning his head to seek Luo Nan's opinion. "I'm afraid we'll stray off topic if we continue talking."
Luo Nan's mind had wandered a bit when Apollon and the others had voiced their confirmation one after another. Lord Mitchison had called his attention back. Lord Mitchison laughed.
"I don't really understand what you're talking about when it comes to Distortion. But it's not purely a matter of natural phenomena and biology. There's also a bit of sociological probing …. Yes, there's also a warning. It should be done. "
Blood Demon gave him a thumbs up.
Luo Nan rolled his eyes back.
"It should be done like this." Lord Mitchison placed the information in his hands on the virtual desktop. "Speaking up to this point, I'm very apologetic. The topic text pursued objectivity, so it didn't elaborate much on the practical meaning.
"Of course, when I formed the text, I did indeed have the intention of deliberately simplifying it. Otherwise, I'm afraid that this topic would have to undergo more careful discussions and require more extensive participation. The accuracy could be increased …. But if I did that, there wouldn't be enough time."
Lord Mitchison looked all around. He was neither fast nor slow, communicating with practically every Extraordinary present with his gaze. From this moment on, he had completely taken away Abner's role as host. He made the topic of the conference change in the direction he wished for.
"The rising trend line is the truth reflected in the data. The loss of control in Ha City, Tin City, and South Central Africa is the truth of social governance …. But they aren't comprehensive.
"There are many people in the conference room right now. It can still be said that the loopholes in the defense lines of relatively backward and chaotic regions aren't much. After all, the current state of autonomy of the city states and the restriction of the flow of population make it so that the predicament of two or three nodes won't affect the overall situation of human society.
"I don't want to refute this. After all, this is a complicated problem of social governance. It's more appropriate to hand it over to a more professional person to handle. There should be people here who have a bigger headache than me.
"However, the rising trend line still has other effects. It affects us, ability users like us — and there aren't any defense lines or nodes because it directly affects us."
Almost as soon as Lord Mitchison finished his sentence, Wan Liuhua, who had been sitting quietly in the area directly behind him, spoke in a timely manner. "Since the second half of January, the fourth phase of the Grandmaster of Combat project that I'm hosting has reached seven people with physical awakening. The probability of awakening has increased by 600% compared to the same period last year. Of course, this is also because there was only one awakening last year. The success rate was too low.
"However, the period from January to April is indeed the period with the highest number of awakened people since the establishment of the Grandmaster of Combat project. The frequency of their appearance has even exceeded that of the original Golden Period. "At the same time, in the collaborative project with the military's Team AB, a new round of experiments has a high chance of helping a Burner become an Extraordinary. The results will probably be out in the first half of the year …"
"Is it Tian Bang?" someone asked.
Wan Liuhua did not explicitly state it. He directly summarized, "Compared to the previous three phases, our training method has improved, but it isn't decisive. We have to consider the influence of the external environment."
"Isn't that a good thing?" Marlon, the first vice president of the association, joked with Blood Demon. "It's just that the release date of the new edition of 'Deck of Cards' has to be pushed back … Do you have the cash flow?"
Blood Demon replied with a chuckle.
Lord Mitchison's fingertips lightly tapped on the table, just like in the real world.
In the midst of the tapping sound, he said softly, "That's the good side. However, the spiritual side that is more closely connected to the environment of the abyss, especially the spiritual side of the Architect and above, doesn't seem to be that ideal … Don't you feel it?"
Marlon opened his mouth subconsciously, but no sound came out. He turned to look at Abner beside him. When he did not get a clear hint, he looked at Constance who was on the other side.
The latter's face was still covered under the hood, so nothing could be seen. However, his slender fingers were intertwining subconsciously, and the speed was getting faster and faster.
Marlon pursed his lips.
All he heard was Lord Mitchison speak at his usual speed, "Since January 1st, there have been over 70 people of the Architect and above who have suffered the backlash of the abyss during their regular cultivation. The most trouble has occurred when experiencing the turbulent interference of the abyss, and the most obvious. Next is the attempt at the out-of-body state. In addition … Professor Luo, Old You's body hasn't been too well recently? "
Luo Nan spent half a second to match Old You and Old You, and he nodded silently.
"Psychics are too sensitive. Their skeletal structures are relatively weak, so they are easily affected. Also, Morgana, on your side …. "
Who was Morgana?
Luo Nan was baffled when he saw the death shaman's gloomy and miserable gaze shoot over.
Oh, it's this one.
The death shaman did not speak, but under these circumstances, not speaking was a tacit agreement.
It was a bit far-fetched to talk about the cultivation data of the Architect and Old You. But when it came to the death shaman, with his status as an Extraordinary, the nature of the matter was completely different.
Noise gradually rose in the conference hall.
During this time, another person asked a question. It was Mou Zhengye, who sat diagonally across from Luo Nan, to the side of the empty seat of the Pope of the Hundred Gatherings. "The Lord has been emphasizing the point of January 1st, because …."
"Because of the Light of the Polar Domain."
Lord Secret Deed answered as if it was a matter of course, and Luo Nan's eyelids twitched a bit. However, what the High Lord of Secretdeed said was completely different from what Luo Nan first thought.
"The first Light of the Polar Domain occurred in the early 50s of this century. To be precise, it should be in the year 52?" Lord Secret Deed asked for the opinions of others.
The only people present who could respond to him were Abner and the death shaman.
The death shaman looked at him with cold eyes, but Abner nodded. "It was in the year 52. It's just that the inner world had yet to take shape at that time. The cultivation of ability users had just begun, so there weren't many who could sense it. There were practically no living ones. "
Abner subconsciously looked at Luo Nan when he spoke to this point. Gong Qi, who had once experienced it, had been erased by this person.
Lord Secret Deed nodded slightly. "From then on, from my personal experience, Earth really did become more and more suitable for cultivation. It wasn't just because everyone had free time after the war …. Another seven or eight years passed. It was the year 59, right? In the year 59, Morgana, you psychics were the first to discover the abyssal region. Then people like me also came into contact with it."
The death shaman's stiff, wrinkled face twitched for a moment. That was definitely not a good memory for her.
Lord Secret Deed also sighed with emotion. "It's truly marvelous. Why is there such a level and such a form of power? It easily swallowed up ignorant people, yet it pushed us to knock on the threshold of the limits of the human body … … Did it always exist while we were ignorant? Or did it only complete its primitive accumulation at that time and truly appear? "
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
