The door to the Room of Heavenly Decree opened, and a man who looked similar to Harvey stood in the middle of the room. He was York Corben, and beside him stood a boy about twelve or thirteen years old, probably his son. It was easy to recognize them as a family. They had similar facial features, hair, and eyes of the same color. They were all on the plump side, but this probably had nothing to do with genetics. It was mainly due to the rhythm of their lives.
Feng Bujue was the first to step into the room, and Blade Runner and Hank followed behind him. When Feng Bujue saw what was inside the room, he immediately understood why the Corben family forbade outsiders from entering. Inside this so-called Room of Heavenly Decree, there was nothing that had anything to do with religion. The room was filled with control panels and monitors. It was the core control room of this interstellar spaceship.
"Hidden mission completed."
The system announcement rang in the two players' ears. The moment they saw York Corben, the mission was considered a success.
"Your expression is very interesting." Feng Bujue said, "Even though you saw us at the door, you were so calm. Don't you care about Harvey's life at all?"
York replied calmly, "If you kill him, I'll have to say thank you."
"Is that so …" Feng Bujue said. "Looks like the relationship between you two brothers is not that good. Haha … Is it because he has taken the woman that you have set your eyes on, or is he after your throne as the Son of God?"
"You're very clever," York replied. "And mean …"
"Mean?" Feng Bujue took out his gun with a smile. He pulled the trigger and blew up York's son's head with one shot. The other three people in the room were stunned.
Blood and brain matter splattered all over the floor, and the boy's body slumped to the ground. He died right beside his father's feet.
Hank widened his eyes, and he was stunned like a wooden chicken. Even Flashes of Sword was shocked. Even though this was just a game, Feng Bujue's ability to kill without batting an eyelid was not something a normal person could do.
In the next ten seconds, the room was silent, and only their breathing could be heard.
"Hmm … your reaction is very interesting," Feng Bujue said as he looked at York's face.
"You lunatic …" York's expression began to change.
"This is your son, right?" Feng Bujue pointed at the body on the ground.
"Yes," York replied.
"I killed him in front of you, but you didn't even frown." Feng Bujue said, "But when you realized that I killed him just to observe your reaction, you showed some uneasiness." He put the gun away. "With all due respect, Mr. Corben, if we're talking about harshness, your character is far beyond harshness."
"A man who shot a child to death without hesitation. Do you have the right to criticize me?" York retorted.
Blade Runner chimed in from the side. "Hmm … I have to agree with that."
Feng Bujue shrugged. He looked at York and said, "For me, I merely killed a stranger, but for you, the victim is a family member. From your reaction after the fact, it's debatable who is crueler. "
"I'm not going to engage in a pointless argument with you," York replied. "Since …"
"Since things have reached this stage, we should discuss the terms … right?" Feng Bujue continued the man's unfinished sentence.
York said, "Why are you …"
"Do I need you to say that out loud?" Feng Bujue said. "When your brother died, you were unmoved; when your son died, you couldn't care less." He sneered. "You only care about yourself. As the saying goes, where there's life, there's hope. But from the actual situation, you also know that resistance by force is futile. So when we appeared at the door, you were already prepared to negotiate with us.
But my behavior just now … made you think that I might be a lunatic. That's why you panicked because you know that only a normal person would negotiate with you, and a lunatic wouldn't. "
York's face was filled with shock. He did not expect the man to see through so many of his thoughts through the changes in his expression and the reaction in his words. "Who are you?"
"That's right, Brother Feng … I also wish to ask, who exactly are you?" Flashes of Sword mocked from the side.
"Why are you following me?" Feng Bujue replied to Blade Runner and then turned to look at York. "Mr. Corben, I noticed that the control panel behind you has been destroyed. If I'm not mistaken, that is the only communication device that allows the Village of Heavenly Blessing to communicate with the outside world, right?"
"So what if it is?" York replied. Just before Feng Bujue's group entered the room, York used his modified arm to punch the screen of the control panel.
"That is interesting … You did that before we came in." Feng Bujue said, "So, you knew from the beginning that Harvey would not be able to stop us. That was obvious from the expression on your face when the door was opened."
"I say, how many things can you think through when you're in a situation like this …" Blade Runner said. He did not care how the scenario would end. His biggest interest was to see what Feng Bujue would do next.
"Mr. Corben, I see that you are quite a clever person. At least your calculation is quite reliable." Feng Bujue walked as he spoke. He brushed past York and walked to the broken control panel. He bent down to inspect the damage. "When we arrived at the front door of the temple, you were already looking at this, right?"
York didn't say anything, but cold sweat flowed down his temples.
"Your village doesn't even have photos or anything like that, let alone video recording equipment. But I dare say that you have everything on this spaceship. " Feng Bujue said slowly. "Surveillance is a very common device in the outside world, but in the Village of Heavenly Blessing, it is probably a top secret that only you know about. If I were you, I would keep this technology a secret as well. I would not even share it with the priests. At most, I would share it with my own people.
Surveillance is a very effective method. The villagers will feel like their every move is being monitored, but they have no idea why. It is as if there is really a god watching over them. Isn't that perfect? "
As Feng Bujue spoke, he sat down on a stool (the one that he had brought with him). As he worked on the control panel, he continued. "Of course, you couldn't have sat in this room watching the surveillance for the whole day. The number of cameras in the village must be limited, but … today, when you received the news that three intruders had entered the fourth area, you must have rushed here in a hurry and quickly locked onto our location."
He paused for a moment before continuing, "In the fourth area, we only encountered sporadic resistance. However, we were able to demonstrate enough during that confrontation. You will soon realize … our strength is extremely strong. Knowing that resistance was likely to be futile, you came up with a set of countermeasures.
Then, you called two family members over and had your son enter the Room of Heavenly Decree with you while Harvey stood guard outside the door. I don't know what kind of lies you used to trick your little brother into guarding the door, but with his intelligence, I believe you can do whatever you want.
From Harvey's reaction, you definitely didn't tell him our real power. That was why he appeared so confident before he was killed. He didn't even know that he had fallen into a trap.
In reality, you've used someone else to do your dirty work. Just like what you said earlier, Harvey's death was exactly what you wanted. "
At this point, Feng Bujue turned around from the control panel to face York. "You kept your son with you for safety reasons. It's good to have a child as a shield at a crucial moment. When a normal person enters the door and sees a person with a child who shows no sign of resistance, they won't kill him for no reason. "
"So, you're indirectly admitting that you're not normal, right?" Blade Runner laughed drily.
"Don't change the subject," Feng Bujue said. "Mr. Corben, I know what you're planning. If Harvey didn't die and succeeded in killing us, you would have used the chance to kill him and pushed his death onto us, the intruders. That would have been the best ending.
But you know very well that things won't go that smoothly. The most likely scenario is that the three of us kill Harvey and come to you. Based on this development, you have to consider how you're going to deal with us.
No matter what, it's impossible for us to contact the outside world. Once the Village of Heavenly Blessing's existence is exposed to the outside world, the dictatorship that the Corben family has built for so many years will come to an end. Even if you die, you don't want that to happen.
Therefore, you first destroyed the communication device with the outside world to ensure that nothing will go wrong. Then, you only need to calm us down, and we can slowly negotiate the terms. "
"Haha … Hahaha …" York laughed. "I really want to clap for you. Hahaha …" He suddenly looked relaxed. "That's a pretty speech, but you're not that kind of person, are you? You didn't kill me but told me everything. That's just to increase your bargaining chip. " He scoffed. "Fine, you win. My two guests, and you …" He looked at Hank. "You can have whatever you want. The women and resources in this village, you can enjoy them as much as you want."
York kicked his son's body away. "I can come up with a reason to say that you're God's messengers and have you move into this' temple '." He used his hands to make quotation marks. It was clear that even he thought the term 'temple' was ridiculous. "After all, the bunch of idiots believe everything. As long as we show them some tricks that they haven't seen before, they'll think it's a miracle. Haha …
How about that? Think about it. I know how you outsiders think. My ancestor has met a few outsiders before. Perhaps their initial thought was for the villagers to return to the so-called civilized society, but in the end, they gave in. "
Feng Bujue interrupted him. "Most of the equipment in this Room of Heavenly Decree was repaired or updated by the outsiders, right?"
"Haha … That's right." York did not deny it. "It was indeed them who created these communication devices that can communicate with the outside world. Of course, these devices have not been used even once. Unless this place encounters another catastrophe like a nuclear war, my descendants and I will not use them. "
"You can use these devices to capture the signal of human spaceships from the outside world, right?" Feng Bujue asked.
"You even know this?" York replied with a gloomy expression.
"This came to me when I was on the way here in the shark cabin." Feng Bujue said. "At the time, I was thinking, how did the scavengers find the Crystal Lake lab? Where did the coordinates in the autopilot system come from? Soon, I thought of a possibility … In this village, there are certain people, most likely the rulers … who have the ability to track the signal of spaceships from the outside world.
Because humans from the outside world would occasionally come to Old Earth to do some exploration and archeology, by secretly observing the signals of these teams and remembering their movement route and the time they stayed, they could roughly predict the coordinates of the ruins that they discovered. After these teams left, you would send the coordinates to the relevant departments and have them send people to scavenge the ruins. The order would be passed down and the scavengers would be the ones to carry it out. "
Hearing that, realization dawned on Hank. "So that's the truth behind the coordinates!" In the past, he had always been very puzzled about where the coordinates of the ruins that his superiors had asked them to go to came from. Now, he finally had an answer.
"You b * stard! Your Corben family has always had the ability to communicate with the outside world! But you have used lies to enslave us! You have trapped our thoughts and prevented us from knowing the truth! " The more Hank thought about it, the angrier he became. He, his family, and his ancestors, their lives were pitiful. From birth to death, they were controlled by others.
"Humph … the truth?" York laughed coldly. "Without those things, the people in this village are living a good life, aren't they?" He even raised his voice and said confidently, "It is us, the Corben family, who gave you a purpose in life and gave you faith. From birth to death, as long as you know your place and do the work you should do, you will have a house to live in, clothes to wear, food to eat, get married, have children, and die of old age without any confusion or dissatisfaction in your heart. What is so bad about that? "He turned to Hank and laughed coldly." Do you understand the outside world? Do you really think the outside world is better than here? I have read the real history of Old Earth, and I know very well that the humans of today have not learned their lesson. They are still the same as before. As long as there are people, desire and conflict will not stop, whether the stage is on Earth or in space.
Only the Village of Heavenly Blessing is heaven! It is us, the Corben family, who gave you this paradise! "
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