In a mass movement, extreme extremists, or those with a firm will, would only make up the minority. Most of the people were here to join in the fun. There were only a few reasons why these people would appear in such an occasion.
First, they believed that 'the law does not punish heavy people' or 'the power of the crowd'. Because there were too many people on my side, those who opposed me would definitely feel troubled, so they would compromise and retreat. As the saying went, 'the power of unity is great'. This was another manifestation of this mentality. It was actually very rare for everyone to be united. Even if the host succeeded in stirring up emotions, it would only be temporary.
Second, they did it in passing: Most of the people involved believed that this matter was very simple, and that they would just do it in passing. They did not need to pay a huge price to achieve their goals, to satisfy their vanity, or to obtain immediate benefits. What they needed to do was to stand on the side with the most people. At most, they would reap the fruits of victory. Some people were more daring, while others were more timid.
To put it simply, those who came to join in the fun did not necessarily agree with the opinions of the crowd. They just thought that as long as they paid a small price, they would be able to gain a huge advantage. This kind of mentality was causing trouble. That was why a certain person thought that the nobles who joined forces to deal with him were just a mob.
Of course, at this time, those who were at the helm with better methods would try to escalate the situation and let the participants suffer a little bit of loss, thus arousing the mentality of resistance. Then, they would continue to accumulate the damage and malicious thoughts of both sides until an uncontrollable conflict broke out, leaving no one with a path of retreat.
After all, if the difficulty was Hell at the beginning, it would definitely dissuade many people. However, if the difficulty was raised step by step from Beginner to Hell, no one would be able to leave this quagmire in the end.
It was not too difficult to deal with such a mob. It was when the participants realized that the price they had to pay was too great to bear or did not match the benefits they would receive in the end, before the situation escalated to the later stages of the game. At that time, those who were not so determined and whose positions were not so extreme would consider quitting the game.
It would definitely be easier to put out the fire at the beginning than to put out a prairie fire.
"Then, how do you plan to put out the fire at the beginning?" Fen asked.
"This is simple. After confirming the identities of those nobles, use the Arcane Eyes to monitor them. When one or both of them go to bed, I will go and greet them. If we ask them a few more times, I think they'll understand our difficulties and be magnanimous enough to let us repair the airship, "Lin Ci Benevolent said.
At this moment, a certain sword let out an untimely laugh and said as it pulled, "Haha, you're really too talented. While they were sleeping, he would run into their room and sharpen his knife. Then, he would print some bloody handprints or leave a few cursed words. I won't allow you to leave me behind on such an interesting event. I must go with you. Even if I don't let you sharpen my sword, I can still make some sound effects, the kind that will give people nightmares. What do you think? Let's go now. "
"Tsk, don't make my persuasion sound like a threat. I'm being sincere. Moreover, it was only dinner time now. Who would go to bed? I haven't even decided who to look for. If you go to a random passerby's house to sharpen your knife, it won't help us at all. "
A certain someone spoke very matter-of-factly, and the others were speechless.
Sharpening a knife while others were sleeping … What kind of rotten idea was that?
But … it felt like it would really work.
Everyone was doubting their own brains, wondering if there was something wrong with them.
For the man who had the Blink spell, the difficulty in this whole matter was how to determine the target. It was a little impractical to target all the nobles in Abadan at once because there were too many people.
A certain someone's plan was also a painstaking effort. It would take time to prepare for the final result. If he didn't want to play to the point of no return, this kind of trouble would be difficult to avoid.
But Lin didn't want to spend too much time on this. Life was beautiful, and there was no need to waste it on scheming against others. So, the choice between the two became a difficult problem.
All the arrangements would only begin the next day.
If they followed the traditional method, of course, they would send people out to scout for information and then make a plan. Lin did the same thing. This included the goblin father and daughter, the four silver bearded dwarves, Uzov, and Halloumi. They were responsible for scouting for information about the nobles, the more the better.
At the same time, they also negotiated with the various workshops. At first, they hid the information about the Sid and probed the workshop owners to see if they could find a breach.
As for which aspect of the work they wanted to focus on, a certain someone didn't care. After all, most of them were not professional spies. If they really only focused on scouting for information, they would most likely give themselves away, and then lead the enemy to their door.
Rather than that, it was better to give them different tasks so that they could ask questions in between. It seemed more natural, and they could cover for each other. In short, their own safety was the most important.
Augustus couldn't move freely, and as a black dragon, he had the same problem as Fen. He didn't care about such delicate operations. If anyone gave him trouble, no matter how big or small, the black dragon would turn the table and kick them out. If he won, everyone would be happy. If he lost, he would admit defeat.
In his human form, he especially liked to tease Ezio. Although he said it was annoying, as long as the child stumbled over, the man and the dragon instantly became playmates of the same age. So, in this form, he was more suitable to take care of the child. It could also be regarded as freeing up the manpower of others so that they could focus on the tasks assigned by a certain someone.
Kaya and Fen, who were left behind, had a very important thing to do, which was the abnormal thing they made before – the forum index. Simply put, it was the monitoring and searching system that had super authority on the forum.
The magic stone used for the forum had been open to the entire Bewildered Land for more than half a year. Of course, the number of users had also increased explosively. The number of information and gossip about various aspects could be said to have shown a geometric growth, and the area covered also spread from the original southwest peninsula to the entire Bewildered Land.
It could be said that the convenience of the forum made the natives of the Bewildered Land, who hadn't yet realized the danger, put all the information on it without hesitation. It was as if the mere authority management was an unbreakable law. A certain someone couldn't help but imagine what would happen if one day the myth of the forum collapsed.
If someone wanted to, they could use the web server system that a certain someone once released and set up a new forum in a new magic tower. In fact, the Sika District branch of the Society of Sorcerers did this, but it seemed that there were too few users, so it was abandoned. Only the Sika District branch was still in use for official purposes.
But the people who were greedy for convenience, and those who weren't familiar with Language P and couldn't modify the internal settings, happily swallowed the poison called "forum" without realizing it.
This was, of course, a matter worthy of celebration for a certain someone. Lin directly asked Kaya to search for information related to the Sid, and extend three nodes outwards and organize them at the same time. At the same time, he asked the Lich for help. After all, in the eyes of a certain someone, the forum index was still a rather simple system, and there was no one-click operation mode that could be done by an idiot.
After organizing, it was Fen's turn. She used the program to analyze the data and determine the important nodes of the information that was circulating on the forum. In fact, she just needed to find someone who might have a considerable amount of weight in this incident and was considered a core figure. Such a person must be specially taken care of to prevent the already collapsed morale from being forcibly gathered by these people and forced to take the final step.
As for himself, he went to set up the large Arcane Eye that had been transformed by the Evil God Satellite 1 somewhere and began to monitor the entire Abadan City. In fact, this was already a basic operation.
Standing at the highest point of Abadan City, on the temple symbol at the top of a pointed tower on the city wall, Lin had just firmly tied up the Evil God Satellite 1.
Although this mutated Arcane Eye couldn't move at will, it had become a creature in a sense and could still move around randomly. Although this didn't affect the effect of the Arcane Eye, Lin still had to make sure that the item didn't leave its fixed position and fall to other places or even be picked up by others.
After everything was done, Lin wasn't in a hurry to leave. Instead, he stood at the highest point and looked down at everything in the city. It was quite the feeling of going to a bird's eye view in the game Assassin's Creed. But the difference was that this was what he saw with his own eyes. This feeling was completely different.
After returning to the inn where they were temporarily staying, they had been busy for the whole day. At night, it was time to exchange their results. Sure enough, except for Uzov, the two goblins and the four dwarves just strolled around the workshops and asked for information. They didn't have any useful information about which nobles they could target, other than the rumors that they had heard about them and that they were in the city.
Hallumi basically followed Uzov and was familiar with the secret intelligence network of the Turtledove Alliance. Although the girl had received recognition from the World Tree Wadwo and the Wood Elf Kalamaharang could be considered her guide, she had no idea how to effectively use the Turtledove Alliance's worldwide communication network. With Uzov, who knew the way, leading her, it could be considered as making up for her shortcomings.
After knowing the cause and effect of the matter and having a clear goal, Uzov Gantia did indeed bring back some useful information. What was more surprising was that some of the data he had was not on Kaya's forum index.
Thinking about it seriously, this was quite reasonable. The forum had only been on the trend of popularization for the past half a year. For some current news, they could check the relevant records. But for historical information, the Turtledove Alliance, which had been established for quite some time, would have more accurate information.
As for the forum index, like instant messaging, someone didn't want too many people to know about it. So, he had Kaya organize the information before the others returned.
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