Chapter 106: Chapter 105: On How to Cover Up a Major Incident
Shen Sui watched as Lin Zhen disappeared and then looked at Feng Lindu waking up.
In the instant he regained consciousness, Feng Lindu curled up in agony, and waves of wailing echoed through the empty venue, pitiful enough to tug at the heartstrings.
Shen Sui, being someone with a kind heart, couldn’t bear to see his suffering.
So, he kindly cast a Healing Technique on Feng Lindu.
Although this would lead to any treatment methods being unable to save Feng Lindu’s life, and any medication failing to alleviate his pain, at least it could let him live a few more days.
I’m still too kind-hearted.
Shen Sui sighed in his heart, realizing he was indeed too much of a Holy Mother.
While he was thinking, suddenly a window beside him was violently kicked open, and a figure jumped through the shattered window.
Upon closer inspection, it was Zhang Fang.
"Ah. Director Zhang, you this..." Shen Sui looked in surprise at the window behind Zhang Fang and then at Zhang Fang’s muscular build, a bit startled at how robust this young director was.
"I did some necessary training back when I was competing. Although I’m retired now, I still keep up the habit of exercising." Zhang Fang said.
Why would one need to do that kind of training to compete?!
Zhang Fang smiled at Shen Sui and said, "I’ve watched your duels and suggest you do some similar training; it would make your opponents happier."
That smile, definitely the smile of someone from the Underworld.
Shen Sui immediately concluded,
Joking aside, Zhang Fang turned his gaze to Feng Lindu, who was on the ground.
"Did he go back?" A formidable enemy who silently sped through the Modu special operations team couldn’t possibly appear so vulnerable; the only possibility was he had already left Feng Lindu’s body, and the person before him was the real Feng Lindu.
"Mm, I won." Shen Sui stated the fact, though it was only part of the truth.
"Looks like the forced duel module is useful after all." Zhang Fang sighed with relief, saying that at least this way, they had some means to protect themselves against these Otherworldly extraordinary beings invading.
It’s a fact that invasion is arduous, but without any means of coping, a single extraordinary invasion could spark a global catastrophe.
Shen Sui awkwardly remarked, "I might just be an exception."
He couldn’t very well say it was because the opponent couldn’t beat him, making it easy for him to initiate the duel, could he?
While talking, the medical team notified by Zhang Fang arrived quickly to perform emergency treatment on Feng Lindu.
Zhang Fang didn’t care at all about Feng Lindu’s survival; any Life Card Master who valued their Soul Card would disdain Feng Lindu’s actions.
Shen Sui mentioned the Suffering Poetry Society to Zhang Fang; the matter itself was unrelated to him, though he didn’t mind encountering the so-called Suffering Bodhisattva.
While playing games in the past, Shen Sui didn’t feel much, but once a game character came into reality, he realized that the production team of "Dawn Link" gave players an overpowered advantage; with the Five Elements buff in place, just standing there made him invincible, let alone facing fifteenth or sixteenth tiers, he even suspected that a seventeenth-tied Saint of the Mythical World couldn’t do anything to him.
Of course, combat power is essentially Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong; without truly testing, no one knows who’s stronger or weaker.
Hearing about Suffering Bodhisattva and the Suffering Poetry Society, Zhang Fang had a serious expression but said nothing to Shen Sui, merely letting him leave first.
"Aahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!"
In the distance, came the scream of Bu Pei.
Shen Sui looked in the direction of the sound and saw Bu Pei being chased and beaten by a middle-aged man, seemingly a relative of Bu Pei.
"Bu Mingrui," Zhang Fang introduced to Shen Sui, "Bu Pei’s father, one of our nation’s most important researchers, the forced duel module is his work."
"If the forced duel module is a new means to deal with extraordinary invasions, how did they cope with extraordinary invasions before it?" Shen Sui asked curiously.
Zhang Fang shook his head, "Unknown, no one systematically researched these strange phenomena worldwide before the introduction of scientific thinking in research. However, just looking at Huaxia’s history, every time such seemingly supernatural forces appear, there emerges an opposing nemesis..."
Shen Sui understood, this should be the world’s consciousness rejecting extraordinary beings.
This antagonist is probably the chosen one in the true sense.
Only, judging from just now, the world’s consciousness seemed unable to deal with him.
"We will handle the subsequent matters." Zhang Fang said to Shen Sui before leaving, "This time, letting you fall into danger was our oversight, the Exploration Bureau will compensate you with an extra Life Card."
After pausing, Zhang Fang said again, "A fifteen-star Life Card."
Fifteen-star Life Cards, the entire Exploration Bureau has only a few, used to reward key missions, and giving one as compensation to Shen Sui this time shows Zhang Fang’s high regard for Shen Sui.
"The matter I mentioned earlier, please keep an eye on it." Zhang Fang patted Shen Sui on the shoulder.
A fifteen-star Life Card is a delightful surprise for Shen Sui.
As for finding Vivian, that was something he was already doing.
Bu Pei was being fiercely educated by his father, seemingly unable to send Shen Sui back, so Wu Ziqin dispatched Ye Qing to send Shen Sui back.
"The fifth Ranking Tournament, roughly when is it?" Shen Sui glanced at the Dueling Device to confirm Alice’s schedule, only to find that Alice and the others had suddenly accelerated their pace to the War God Temple.
[The friction between the Daylight Church and the War God Church has reached a fever pitch, and at this time, Oshana, as the legitimate daughter of the Price Clan, was formally invited to the War God Temple to participate in their quadrennial sacrificial ceremony.]
[To ensure Oshana’s safety, the Price Clan dispatched the Assos Holy Sword.]
[Oshana told Alice about this, and Alice decided to head to the War God Temple immediately.]
"The fifth one is probably the day after tomorrow." Ye Qing said, "Today was a completely impromptu arrangement, an exception."
"Speaking of which, today’s commotion wasn’t small, right? How do you plan to explain this to the public?" Shen Sui was very curious about this.
And this was precisely the matter giving Wu Ziqin a headache.
Zhang Fang looked at the departing troops, appearing very relaxed.
"The top brass has already sent inquiries, asking us to quickly cover up the incident, to prevent public panic."
To have the public accept the existence of extraordinary powers also requires gradual progress; a sudden announcement would only result in societal turmoil and could even foster a large group of human traitors who worship extraordinary beings and deliberately introduce them into reality.
History has proven countless times that humanity is not short of such bad seeds.
"Doesn’t the United States have existing experiences for us to refer to?" Zhang Fang seemed to already have an idea, "Didn’t they recently encounter an extraordinary invasion incident as well? How did our counterparts cover it up?"
"Ah...are you talking about the weather balloon incident, the chemical train explosion, or perhaps the nuclear leak?"
"I’m talking about the time they admitted the existence of aliens..." Zhang Fang’s mouth twitched; on the matter of covering up extraordinary powers, their American counterparts were evidently more adept and ruthless.
"Ah, I didn’t notice, they’ve already admitted the existence of aliens for the fourth time." Wu Ziqin coughed twice and quickly changed the subject, "Then what reason should we use?"
"Isn’t the news already prepared? Why did we hold the Ranking Tournament ahead of schedule?"
"It says the Life Card Association had issues......"
Zhang Fang looked at Wu Ziqin, revealing a brilliant smile:
"This is big news, the public loves to see this."
"But behind the Life Card Association..."
"Some people falling out is also great news."
"Then I think the Life Card Association indeed needs to have an issue." Wu Ziqin nodded, asserting.