Chapter 725
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Chapter 725: Unrealistic
Lin Qiye’s expression suddenly stiffened.
Wu Xiangnan, who was smiling and shaking hands with Ayumi Seihui, froze in place. After a moment, he slowly turned his head, his gaze towards Lin Qiye somewhat strange.
Having studied Japanese culture for so many years, Wu Xiangnan certainly knew what the “cowherd profession” was. After hearing the series of titles Ayumi Seihui had assigned to Lin Qiye, his mind had already conjured up a series of indescribable images.
Wu Xiangnan looked at Lin Qiye, his eyes seemingly saying, “You little rascal, are you playing so extravagantly in Japan?!”
Lin Qiye’s mouth twitched uncontrollably. He took two steps forward and whispered to Ayumi Seihui, “Why are you saying this? I did those… that was all for the mission…”
Ayumi Seihui replied without changing her expression, “Asan, one must not forget their roots. We’ve made quite a bit of money in He Wutong; how can you not even recognize your own identity?”
This was something Lin Qiye had said to Ayumi Seihui before, and now it was being thrown back at him word for word. At that moment, Lin Qiye felt as if he had swallowed a fly.
After a moment, he let out a long sigh…
Fortunately, only Wu Xiangnan understood. Jialan didn’t know Japanese and didn’t grasp the meaning of the words, so it shouldn’t be a big problem…
His lifetime reputation was still intact!
Just as Lin Qiye turned to say something, he felt a jolt.
He noticed that at some point, Wu Xiangnan had leaned in close to Jialan’s ear, seemingly whispering something, and Jialan’s gaze towards Lin Qiye visibly changed.
Lin Qiye’s mind went blank.
After Wu Xiangnan finished speaking, Jialan pursed her lips, her eyes filled with resentment as she looked at Lin Qiye. Without waiting for him to explain, she huffed and turned her head away, no longer looking at him.
Lin Qiye: …
Lin Qiye knew that his lifetime reputation was mostly ruined. He sighed helplessly and walked over to the still-sleeping Baili Pangpang, crouching down to check on him.
Baili Pangpang’s eyes were tightly closed, his breathing steady. Even after being carried such a long distance by Wei Dong and Ayumi Seihui, there were still no signs of waking up.
It seemed he was in a deep sleep…
“What happened to him?” Jialan also noticed Baili Pangpang lying on the ground, temporarily putting aside Lin Qiye’s misdeeds, and walked over to ask with concern.
“I don’t know. He should have been forced to activate the Forbidden Ruins for too long, and his brain needs a lot of sleep to recover. I don’t know when he will wake up,” Lin Qiye sighed deeply.
Carrying the sleeping Baili Pangpang, it seemed unlikely they could take the Shinkansen. It looked like he could only send a message to Shen Qingzhu to have someone come pick them up… Lin Qiye thought to himself.
After the Xieye Society and the Night Watchmen joined forces, they followed Lin Qiye into the “Human Circle” from where they had infiltrated. However, the problem was that Wu Xiangnan and the others had not brought diving equipment when they arrived at the ruins, and Baili Pangpang was unable to wear the equipment and ascend.
Fortunately, Lin Qiye had Baili Pangpang’s [Free Space] and directly created a small light sphere with [Yaoguang], carrying everyone up towards the surface of the sea.
Inside the cramped light sphere, after Lin Qiye sent the message, he turned to look at the other few people.
“This ‘Human Circle’ is even more terrifying than we imagined,” Wei Dong said solemnly to the Knight based on the intelligence he had gathered. “A complete territory, with a population of over fifty million, and the technological means here are extremely advanced, with energy consumption reaching astronomical figures. I’ve never seen such a ‘Human Circle’…”
Listening to Wei Dong’s report, the Knight’s expression grew increasingly grave.
“To destroy a ‘Human Circle’ of this scale, relying on manpower is indeed very difficult… With such a large area, even using S-class pixel bombs would require an astronomical number of bombs. Even if we used all the reserves of the Xieye Society, it might not be enough, and it would consume a lot of manpower and time.”
“What should we do then?”
“…I don’t have any ideas yet,” the Knight replied honestly. “We have never destroyed a ‘Human Circle’ of this scale before. The specific destruction plan will have to wait until I see this country with my own eyes.”
After hearing this, Wei Dong hesitated and asked, “How about we report to the president first? Let her come in person? The president is quite skilled in destruction and demolition.”
The Knight shook his head. “It’s not realistic to have the president come over now. You entered this ‘Human Circle’ too early and aren’t very clear about the recent actions of the Xieye Society. The president has discovered another Cthulhu Mythos ruin in North America and is currently leading a team to explore it. She won’t be able to come here in the short term.
Moreover, we can’t rely on the president for everything. Even if this ‘Human Circle’ is large, there must be a way to destroy it…”
“Another Cthulhu ruin?” Wei Dong’s brows immediately furrowed. “Isn’t this the third one?”
“Yes, things are a bit suspicious.”
The two members of the Xieye Society fell into silence simultaneously.
After a moment, the Knight spoke again, “The matter of the Cthulhu ruins is not something we need to worry about. We just need to complete our current task… Assess the situation, formulate a destruction plan, report to the Xieye Society, lead the other members into action, and then bring back fifty thousand people to ‘Utopia.’
By the way, have you investigated the thoughts of the residents here and the extent of their divine authority’s influence?”
“I have investigated,” Wei Dong nodded. “The people’s faith in divine authority has rotted to the core, making it ‘extremely difficult to change.’ We can basically abandon any measures for ideological rescue; it’s simply unrealistic.”
Considering that Ayumi Seihui was present, the two spoke in Chinese. Lin Qiye, hearing this, blinked in confusion.
“Ideological rescue? Is it really that hard?” Lin Qiye asked, puzzled.
“Of course,” the Knight explained, repeating the reasoning he had previously given to Jialan and the others. “…There are too many people here. Not to mention liberating the thoughts of so many people, even changing the thoughts of a few individuals is an extremely difficult task. We don’t need to waste time on this.”
Lin Qiye shrugged and said nothing.
Not long after, the light sphere of [Yaoguang] surfaced, and under Lin Qiye’s control, it quickly approached the shore.
After the group landed, they followed the route that Ayumi Seihui and Lin Qiye had taken to find the car. However, due to the large number of people, they couldn’t all fit in, and they immediately became distressed.
“How about this: you guys take this unconscious brother in the car, and the two of us will think of another way to get there,” the Knight said as he joined Wei Dong.
“There’s no rush,” Lin Qiye suddenly spoke up. He turned his head to look at the other side of the road and slowly said, “Someone will come to pick us up soon.”
