The name of Shambhala was well-known both in China and abroad. It was also translated as Shangri-La, which meant paradise.
It was a paradise in religious legends, the ultimate paradise that believers yearned for.
Rumor had it that in the Himalayas, in a secret place deep in the snowy mountains, there was a sacred place surrounded by two layers of snowy mountains.
The snowy peaks were continuous, the canyons were deep, and there were vast grassland pastures, lush virgin forests, and mountains and lakes scattered all over the place.
People gave the sacred place all the beauty imaginable.
Because of this, it was only a legend. People from all over the world had tried to find Shambhala, but in the end, they did not find anything. They either disappeared from the world or returned in vain.
Even now, people gradually stopped believing in the existence of Shambhala and thought that it was just a myth with religious overtones.
"Shambhala? It really exists? "
Lan Mu thought it was an unknown area, but he did not expect it to be the famous Shambhala.
"It exists. CANC found Shambhala a long time ago, but the people who entered never came out. And the way and location of entry seemed to be random. After so many years, no one knew how big Shambhala was, nor did they know the details of where and how to enter. We only know that its approximate range is the border between Bhutan and Hua, an area in the Himalayas. "
Bai Ze told him everything he knew. "CANC originally sent people to surround the no man's land and set up four bases as a way to contain the people there. At the same time, they were also looking for the exact entrance to Shambhala."
"Since the establishment of Qianlong, Hua strictly required them to deal with the anomalies in their country, so CANC gave up two bases on the border of Hua."
"That is also the only area jointly managed by the two major organizations. After all, the entrance to Shambhala is too special. It is separated by the territory of the two countries. CANC is looking for it in Bhutan, and the other side of the Himalayas is within the range of Hua. "
Lan Mu understood. It was probably a place that people knew existed but could not go.
Initially, CANC found it, but everyone who went in disappeared, so it was equivalent to not finding it.
Qianlong should be in a similar situation. Perhaps the two organizations did not know whether to continue the search.
"After entering Shambhala, he never came out. If you don't enter, you won't know that you've found it. "
Lan Mu was puzzled. "It seems that Shambhala only has the ability to make people disappear, and it is located in a no-man's land. This kind of abnormal area is basically harmless. Why are the two organizations searching for it?"
Bai Ze explained, "Qianlong sent a few exploration teams to search but to no avail, so he basically gave up. A large amount of manpower and material resources have been withdrawn, and only a small number of people have been stationed at the border base to guard it, preventing outsiders from entering. Just treat it as a shelter. "
"As for CANC, as far as I know, they have never given up looking for Shambhala. Every year, they send people to search the snowy mountains, one mountain at a time, narrowing down the search area."
Lan Mu asked, "Why?"
Bai Ze was stunned. He didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean why?"
"In my opinion, that abnormal area can only be entered, but not exited. So what if CANC found the entrance?" Lan Mu said bluntly, "Besides, Shambhala is hidden deep in the mountains. First, it doesn't actively harm humans. Second, it doesn't disturb the order of the world. Third, it doesn't destroy nature. Why waste a lot of manpower and material resources to find an abnormal area that has no benefits, no harm, and can almost be treated as if it doesn't exist? "
Bai Ze heard this and sighed. He organized his thoughts and said, "This is the principle of the principle.
They are committed to the purity of the world, and they never judge whether a supernatural existence is a threat to humanity from the surface. Once upon a time, there was an anomaly 20,000 kilometers under the sea. It had the appearance of a floating pyramid that stood calmly without any support points. The anomaly was that no matter how much external force was applied to it, it was as if it was nailed to space and would not move. "
Bai Ze shrugged and said, "That's all. It doesn't emit any radiation, nor does it have any fluctuations. It can't be detected in depth. It just exists. I estimate that after a few years, when the world is destroyed, it might still be standing there. "
"However, it is precisely this kind of silent existence that is the most helpless supernatural. CANC tried everything, but still couldn't move its position at all. It is forever nailed to a certain position relative to the earth. "
Lan Mu listened with interest and asked, "And then? How did CANC deal with it? "
Bai Ze smiled and said, "They spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and spent 40 years to build an unprecedentedly grand deep-sea prison. They completely sealed it off, and with a perfect containment system, it was almost like an underwater city."
"Of course, at first, the deep-sea prison was indeed built to contain the seemingly harmless pyramid. Later on, it was expanded and gradually became a comprehensive containment base. Many anomalies were imprisoned there, and its security level was the highest, MAX level. It was countless times higher than the Lost Island, and was even called the [Unbreakable Fortress] by a BOSS that resided there. "
Lan Mu opened his eyes wide. He had interacted with CANC a few times, and occasionally heard the name of the deep-sea prison. Of course, it was only because he accidentally scanned it with his inner sight that he didn't know what it meant.
But now that he heard Bai Ze's explanation, he finally understood the meaning of the deep-sea prison's existence.
"Unbreakable Fortress? Is that the organization's absolute confidence? "Lan Mu asked.
Bai Ze was a bit confused, thought for a bit and said, "I don't know, but it probably means that it can't be broken through. Because it contains too many terrifying things, if a 'containment failure' were to occur, it would be a disaster for the entire human race. "
Lan Mu sighed and said, "This organization …"
He was speechless for a bit, not knowing how to evaluate the largest secret organization in the history of the world.
Bai Ze continued: "When the deep-sea prison was first built, it was the best example of the organization's principles. To fight against all supernatural entities, we must have absolute control over them, or even destroy them. To achieve this goal, we can pay an unimaginable price.
"The Undersea Pyramid is as harmless as Shambhala, perhaps even more so. Far away in the deep sea, it doesn't affect humans at all, but if it can't be controlled by humans, it will be disharmonious. So even if we have to forcefully contain it, we still have to contain it! We can't just do nothing! Even a little threat is a threat, if disaster befalls us, we'll definitely regret it.
Lan Mu was stunned and asked, "Human supremacy?"
"That's right!" Bai Ze firmly said, "The entire CANC, including a realistic member like myself, are all human supremacists."
"Whether it's the principled or the realistic, they're essentially the same. They both want to control all supernatural entities that are harmful to humanity, to conduct absolute control and research. To thoroughly study supernatural entities is natural. If it's something that humans can't control, then destroy it. If it can't be destroyed, then try to contain it as much as possible.
"The only contradiction between the principled and realistic factions is the use of anomalies.
Regarding the use of anomalies, Lan Mu understood.
But he still listened to Bai Ze: "The principled faction believes that all anomalies that haven't been thoroughly understood are potentially dangerous. As humans use them more and more, there will be unforeseen disasters. Because of that, the principled faction strictly controls anomalies, each use is greatly limited, some can't even be used at all. "
"The realistic faction believes that a lot of anomalies aren't that dangerous and can be used by humans, such as Bastet Metal. This anomaly is used as a conventional weapon by the Super Mobile Squad, which is the beginning of the realistic faction. They're committed to letting go of the use of anomalies, focusing on immediate benefits and increasing the strength of the organization.
Lan Mu chuckled. To put it bluntly, the two factions were one that focused on immediate benefits, while the other was more far-sighted and worried about unforeseen disasters in the future.
"Then is there any basis for the principled faction's worries? They're not just worrying for nothing, are they? Has something like that ever happened before? "
Bai Ze thought for a bit before answering: "I heard that the Spanish flu was a disaster caused by the overuse of an anomaly. It swept through almost 70% of the world's population, killing around 1 billion people and killing over 70 million people"
"The root cause of this was the organization's uncontrolled abuse of a harmless anomaly, which led to this disaster. Fortunately, CANC quickly resolved this matter and used 18 months to destroy that anomaly"
"As soon as that anomaly was destroyed, the world's flu also disappeared without a trace. This was also the reason why the Spanish flu had never been discovered before."
Lan Mu was speechless. The Spanish flu was a human disaster at the beginning of the 20th century, over a hundred years ago.
He shook his head, or rather, his entire body, then bounced up and fell into Bai Ze's arms.
Bai Ze instinctively reached out and hugged the pink ball of flesh.
Lan Mu said: "Let's go, we'll take care of the bronze teapot and go find Shambhala"
"If CANC can't find it, that doesn't mean I can't find it … perhaps there's even the energy I need there …"
Saying so, he sighed again: "An organization with human supremacy, I actually quite admire them."
"Unfortunately, I'm already a non-human … and a collection of non-humans at that!"
"The future is already unpredictable …"
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