The Witch's Taste

For example, always let people see hope?

…Even if it’s a false, disguised hope?

When I opened the book before, I said that the male protagonist this time was a character who abides by justice, but I never said that he was an honest person.In fact, everyone can also see that in the world view and background of this book, honest people will definitely not live long, so the character of the male protagonist also needs to be changed, from rigid procedural justice to gradual transition to consequential justice. .As long as more people can survive, it doesn't matter what means are used in the process. This is also the necessary ability and quality for any person in power to manage their power.

294. Chapter 293 Watch carefully, this is how the blood curse works

There is nothing new under the sun.

As Chen Ziang expected, the military troops who suddenly returned to Jibei City were regarded as life-saving straws by almost all witnesses - everyone believed that the military definitely had a way to escape Gao Tianyuan.

Even if it doesn’t happen, we don’t believe it!

After repeated infiltrations all ended in failure, these gangsters also realized that there was absolutely no chance of winning by using force, so they threw away their weapons and turned back into civilians. Then they began to look for other residents in nearby hideouts and quickly spread the news:

"The military has returned to Jibei City! The Shinjuku City Public Security Bureau is currently organizing rescue operations. If we go later, we will be late!"

Human beings' power in the face of survival is indeed endless.It is now 1 o'clock in the morning, and people fleeing the disaster have already gathered at the entrance of the Sheriff's Department after hearing the news. A rough count of the number of people is even thousands, filling the streets outside.

If so many people gathered to attack the entrance of the Sheriff's Department... of course they would all die, but the impact would be bad after all.

Soon, under the command of Chen Ziang, two soldiers came out and set up a row of waterproof awnings, tables and chairs.

There is a plastic sheet hanging on the top of each awning, with three big words written in paint:

registry.

Strange to say.Before the soldiers came out, the faces of the crowd gathered outside were numb, sluggish, and depressed, as if they would stand at the door until they freeze to death, and as if they would madly attack the entrance of the Public Security Hall in the next second - Island The two seemingly contradictory characteristics of the ethnic people's "submission to authority" and "subduing superiority from below" are most vividly apparent at this time.

However, as the "Registration Office" appeared, everyone seemed to have changed their spirits and quickly lined up in front of each awning.

"Name? Age? Nationality? Occupation? How many people are in the family?" the soldiers asked mechanically, filling in the relevant information in the registration book, and then sent the number paper spit out by the machine to the other party - the machine called the number from a nearby restaurant The machine was picked up directly on the spot, "We will start screening and calling at noon tomorrow. We will not wait if it is late."

People who got the number slips seemed to have lights in their eyes. They quickly folded them and hid them on their bodies, and then hurried to a nearby building to take shelter from the rain, fearing that the number slips would get wet by the rain outside.

"It's amazing." Inside the office building, Xia Zili exclaimed in surprise when she saw the crowds of people queuing outside through the window, "Why is this happening?"

"Because there is an old saying." Chen Ziang replied, "No matter how miserable order is, it is better than disorder."

"In a completely disordered environment, people will do anything illegal and immoral in order to survive. Once there is order and hope, many people will subconsciously give up thinking and follow the rules. The more people are born and raised in big cities, This is especially true for people who have been highly domesticated by modern society."

"But what should we do next?" Xia Zili asked worriedly, "Not everyone who gets the ticket number will be called in the end."

"So we have to give them a hope that they will be called next time." Chen Ziang replied, "The number is called on time at 12 o'clock every day, and a group of people are let in. Those who did not get their turn are asked to wait for the next day. "

"As long as we call the number on time every noon to release people and make them believe that we have no intention of running away immediately, who is willing to risk being shot to death and storm the base?"

"So that's it." Xia Zili suddenly realized, "Is the call a complete lottery selection?"

"Of course it's not random." Chen Ziang replied, "But as long as we don't admit it, there's nothing they can do."

Xia Zili: ……………

so weird.

At this point in time, my husband from the previous life was definitely not as good at deceiving as he was.

However, after experiencing the tragedy in her previous life, Xia Zili also knows the essence of "propaganda", which is actually just another "relatively legal" deception.

Not to mention that in this doomsday environment, as long as we can try to save more people, what does it matter even if we lie?

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Three in the morning.

In order to compete with natural disasters, soldiers almost always work in two shifts.The team that escorted the experts back took a break for the time being, and another team that was originally on standby quickly set off to ensure that the rescue activities would not stop for 24 hours.

Chen Zi'ang, on the other hand, has "no shift" and has not rested at all since landing.While guarding the communicator to confirm the situation on the front line, he was also arranging and adjusting the next escort plan. From time to time, he had to pay attention to the "registration status" at the door... It could be said that he was too busy with his tasks and had no time to sleep at all.

Xia Zili was also very distressed and persuaded:

"Why don't you go get some sleep first and I'll pick you up from work."

"It doesn't matter." Chen Ziang shook his head and said, "I'm not sleepy yet."

"Your eyes are bloodshot." Xia Zili retorted, "And if you drink a cup of strong tea every ten minutes, your body won't be able to bear it if you continue like this, right?"

"If you can't hold on, give me some power." Chen Ziang joked, "I heard that you know blood spells? Is there any blood spell that makes people unable to sleep?"

Xia Zili was startled when she heard this, and then said after a long while:

"Who told you? Suzuna Tsukimiya?"

"Yes." Chen Ziang nodded and said, "She only mentioned that you knew blood spells, but didn't say what it was for."

"Hmph. Have I told you about her?" Xia Zili sneered, "You don't know how white lotus she used to be."

"At first, she was just a rich girl. She met you when you were working on a case. Later, she stalked you and even asked her father to use his connections to arrange for her to join you where you work."

"Not only that, she also deliberately approached me and pretended to be a good best friend. During the best period of our relationship, I was even naive enough to think that she was helping me take care of you, such as supervising you to be on time when you were busiest. Have a meal……"

"Uh..." Chen Ziang was speechless.

It does sound like something Suzuna would do. After all, this sweet island girl's attitude towards love is like the war of nomads. She is full of initiative and aggression and will not let go of any opportunity.

Of course, if the target is a married woman, this overly proactive personality will turn into an "offensive mistress" that women particularly hate. It's no wonder Xia Zili hates her so much.

"Anyway, I'm not saying this to put any pressure on you." Xia Zili sighed, "I'm not naive enough to force you in this life to acknowledge and accept a marriage in your previous life that you don't remember at all."

"But... at least you should be able to understand why I have a bad feeling for her, right?"

"I understand," Chen Zi'ang said quickly, "Actually, I just hope that you won't be too hostile to each other, at least not to affect what we are doing. And after all, I don't know much about your hatred in the previous life. 'Don't advise others if you don't know their sufferings. I also know the truth that others are kind."

"Chen Zi'ang." Xia Zili stared at him quietly, her eyes gradually softening, "So in this life, you must not take your life and health seriously."

"If something really happens to you, let's not talk about other things... Our fragile cooperative relationship will definitely fall apart immediately."

Chen Ziang nodded and was about to say something when Xia Zili stretched out a finger and touched his forehead like a dragonfly touching water.

"...So, have a good sleep."

Strong sleepiness hit him instantly, his head drooped, and he fell into Xia Zili's warm embrace.

In the Ever Given bridge command room, Tsukimiya Suzuna, who was curled up in a chair, suddenly shuddered.

"Is the air conditioner turned on a little too cold?" She turned around and asked Chen Xiaozhu.

Chen Xiaozhu didn't answer.

295. Chapter 294 Necromancer?No, it's the mind flayer.

Hazy, as if falling into a completely lightless world.

"You did a good job." Quartz's very distinctive voice sounded like metal friction. "As we agreed before, the power of my master witch belongs to you."

Chen Ziang's mind immediately gained a lot of knowledge about power.

[Psychic Torrent]: You can diffuse your own mind through metal and use it to convey messages.

[Execution Crystal Cluster]: Summons huge crystal clusters to cut, tear and crush the victim mercilessly.

The power pool was once again expanded, but Chen Ziang was not in a hurry to digest the new knowledge, but quickly asked the other party:

"How should the awakened gods respond?"

"There is no way to deal with it." Quartz replied, "The only thing you can do is to stay away from that god as soon as possible. Don't contact, don't ask for knowledge, don't think."

This answer was also expected by Chen Ziang. He asked more just to be on the safe side and continued:

"There are volcanoes erupting everywhere in Takamagahara now. Is there any way to delay the coming of natural disasters?"

"Can you stop the sun from rising?" Quartz asked him.

Chen Ziang was speechless, only to hear the other party say again:

"It is impossible to delay the awakening of the gods. If you just want to save your companions, it will be much simpler."

"How to do it?" Chen Ziang's eyes lit up.

"It's very simple. Kill them all." Quartz said matter-of-factly. "Flesh and blood are inherently weak. Every minute and every second of life, there is a risk of suffering great pain. It's better to kill them in advance, then there will be no There is the suffering of being destroyed by natural disasters.”

Chen Ziang: ……………

If your scalp is itchy, you should just behead it, right?Sure enough, you shouldn't ask the metal race for this kind of question. Their thinking is completely incompatible with humans.

"Speaking of which, have you come into contact with Zeta recently?" Quartz said suddenly.

"Zeta? What is it?" Chen Ziang asked with a frown.

"A race that also lives in metal." Quartz replied, "If you want to communicate with them, [Psychic Torrent] is a very useful power, allowing you to talk to them directly regardless of the language barrier."

"Of course, the real power of this power doesn't end there. If you continue to upgrade it, the two-way transmission of messages will evolve into unilateral sensory manipulation, or even direct killing of the soul."

"Sensory manipulation?" Chen Ziang quickly became alert.

"For example, if you use this power on a human being, then as long as the power is activated, all his perceptions of the outside world will not only be felt by you, but also rewritten arbitrarily by your will."

"You can let him see the pictures you weave and hear the sounds you designed, or you can turn him into a waste with no senses. All the information he can get is under your control."

"Manipulation of perception, right?" Chen Ziang could sense the evil in it just by listening to his description.

If the Cold Scythe kills people, the Bloated Touch turns people crazy, and the Song of the Drowned turns people immortal, then the Torrent of the Heart turns people into puppets that can be manipulated at will... No wonder there are people in the mysterious world. There is a classic saying, "Death is the best outcome." There are many powers that are more evil than killing!

No, power itself has no distinction between good and evil, only the user has.

For example, someone like Trauch who is hostile to humanity can murder thousands of people even without using any mysterious powers at all.

In other words, if you use psychic torrents to manipulate them, even if this method sounds evil, it will actually save the lives of countless innocent people, right?

"How do I upgrade this power?" Chen Ziang asked calmly.

"First of all, you need to convert to our mist camp and throw yourself into the embrace of pursuing infinite knowledge." Quartz chanted with a strange electronic sound, "flesh and blood are not enough to rely on, and the body is not enough to rely on. Only knowledge will last forever..."

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After consuming 2000 points of fire, Chen Ziang finally obtained the [Psychic Torrent] that "can perfectly control perception", and also obtained the "Ring of Origin", which is shaped like a sticker depicting the starry sky in the universe... Considering the "Shadow Cloak" It's not a cloak, the "blood spot brooch" is not a brooch, then the "origin ring" is not a ring, which is also a normal thing.

In addition to being a symbol of "joining the mist camp", the origin ring also has an additional function, which is "identification".

It's not the kind of appraisal that "answers everything you ask", but the appraisal that "answers everything you ask".

For example, if you want to identify whether there is poison in a bowl of water, more than 99% of the identification results are "poisonous", because the definition of "toxic" is "substances harmful to the human body", and this bowl of water will definitely contain bacteria - even if With just one bacterium, its harm to humans is almost minimal, and it theoretically meets the definition of "harmful to the human body."

Chen Ziang tried it casually for a while, and found that in order to fully utilize this ability, he had to ask very precise questions - it had to be 100% without any ambiguity, even 99.99% of it would not work, so that he couldn't think of it for a while. No use.

And in his sleep, he vaguely recalled that he seemed to be doing something important before going to bed...

Forget it, let’s wake up first.

Chen Ziang lowered his consciousness and quickly broke away from the "Lightless Shura" and returned to the real world.

When I regained consciousness, there was a soft touch on the back of my head; when I opened my eyes, there was only yellow in front of me.

Chen Ziang quickly realized that he was lying on Xia Zili's thigh, which was the so-called knee pillow.The large area of ​​yellow covering her eyes was actually the color of the T-shirt she was wearing.

"You're awake." Xia Zili lowered her head and said, then realized that she couldn't see her husband's face at all.

"Well." Chen Ziang sat up with difficulty, "How long have I slept?"

"It's 4 o'clock in the afternoon." Xia Zili replied.

So I slept for 13 hours... Chen Ziang looked out the window. The weather was still gray, but the rain seemed to have stopped.

"Where's the troopship?"

"We've already been here. We just picked up the last batch of people." Xia Zili replied, "Sister praised you for coming up with great ideas! She has arranged for manpower to be deployed at the Public Security Bureaus of Ping'an, Sanhe and Jinchuan Districts. The same registration office has been set up so that citizens who apply to be rescued can come and register on their own initiative."

"How is it possible?" Chen Ziang shook his head, "How is it possible for Xia Qingyu to praise others?"

"Well, although she didn't say that, my sister must have thought so in her heart." Xia Zili said seriously, "Otherwise, how could I carry out your plan?"

"Actually, she is just too lazy to use her brain." Chen Ziang imitated Xia Qingyu's indifferent tone and said vividly, "Although it is a stupid plan full of flaws that can only score 60 points, but considering that passing this exam is enough, it is not It cannot be applied.”

Xia Zili laughed dryly, obviously not agreeing with Chen Ziang's statement, but she would not argue with him.

"In short." She changed the topic and said, "The experts on the list have basically been evacuated, and there are still a lot of positions on the Forever. The next step is to select ordinary citizens for rescue."

"Chen Ziang, what do you think about the screening conditions?"

Chen Ziang thought about it.