Invincible Chapter 757

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For this stubbornness, the price paid is not cheap.

When the puppets were transferred from the Victoria to the Oscar before, a whole boat of people was overturned by the evil creature's attack, including a fire eater, all of whom were lost in the confrontation with the evil creature.

But this sacrifice finally had some effect. It diverted the evil and successfully covered the transfer of the other two lifeboats.

In fact, the overall scale of the deep divers attacking this time is very average, not much more than that of the big storm surge, but the addition of the nightmare environment and the ocean environment makes it much stronger, and the simple tactics are also more deadly. However, the human side has been greatly restrained, and the gap has been widened, so that the battle situation has been one-sided from the beginning.

In addition, this attack is not only the deep divers from the abyss side, but also the dark side. The shulkers appear in the dark area of ​​the ship, and they will actively attack lamps and other lighting facilities to expand the dark area. In the area, they are silent gods of death.

Only after Kane and Kofi dealt with the four shulkers did they stabilize the emotions of Oscar's officers and soldiers, allowing them to perform their duties again.

And the stamina of the deep divers is also longer than Kane imagined. It may be that in addition to the bonus of the nightmare environment, they also get the bonus of the spells launched by the deep divers. In short, they didn't show any signs of fatigue during the three hours of crazy pursuit, and they clung to the Oscar.

Naturally, the puppet tied to the outer layer of the ship's hull and fighting to the death with all water monsters that dared to invade suffered huge losses.

Kane had to create more cannon fodder to replace the lost personnel.

Even he himself, in order to keep the propeller of the ship, went off in person and dealt with the giant hermit crabs rushing up at the stern of the ship.

Fighting until the dawn, and also out of the nightmare area, the mythical creatures who lost their environmental bonuses retreated angrily.

After the news of the successful escape was broadcast to the entire ship, Kane heard the cheers of the survivors.

Oliver found Kane near the rapid-fire turret on the foredeck. Kane was looking at the empty ocean with a dignified expression.

"Were mourning the loss of personnel?"

Kane turned his head and glanced at Oliver, and then looked at the sea. "At one point, 146 officers and soldiers died, mainly because of the need for cannon fodder to protect the ship. I can't help but think,

How are we different from those in command? "

"At the very least, you're making their sacrifice more worthwhile."

"Don't talk about morality, just talk about victory or defeat? That's right. When encountering such an incident, having the best of both worlds is a luxury in itself. Let's not talk about this, return to the civilized world, can our troubles be settled?"

"Samuel asked me to come to you just to talk about this problem."

Samuel was nearly blinded by a ricochet in his left eye during the battle against the shulker. The bullet hit the brow bone near the temple, causing bone fractures and a concussion. He is currently recovering from his injuries.

Oliver said: "Samuel wants to hear your opinion on the possibility of the survival of the rescue fleet."

Kane understood in seconds. If the rescue fleet had a higher survival rate, then most of them, the escapees, would have to be human with their tails between their legs.

As a force, Goliath's overall strength may be okay, but the headquarters represents a coalition of multiple forces. According to their previous behavior, it would be trivial to say that they disobeyed the command and fled.

What's more, they are most afraid of comparison. Compared with the fleet's smashing halberd and sinking into the sand, their escape is a world of difference. Yes, at that time, I am afraid that the most vicious accusations will be poured over.

For example, insisting that their rebellion was worse than the Elizabeth rebellion. It was because of their rebellion that the operation of the headquarters was affected, and the rebellion on the Elizabeth could not be contained in time, and further Make the entire fleet passive.

Such slander is entirely possible.

After the explosion of the Elizabeth, the headquarters ordered several ships to approach the rescue, but the rebels swam onto the ship, causing a secondary disaster. The command once again made a decision to save friendly forces and quell the incident.

After all, failure is the greatest sin.

Not to mention that the entire fleet escaped from birth, even if it retains the minimum decency, one-third of the ships headed by the Enterprise and the Victoria (one is the core of earthly power and the other is the core of extraordinary power) can escape. Come out, the headquarters can also swear that the rescue of the Elizabeth and the second rescue act will be framed as a lofty act of "don't abandon, don't give up".

But the entire fleet has sunk, which means that a series of orders at critical moments are inappropriate, so there were still a few chances of escape, but they were all wiped out by stupidity. Oscar, who rebelled against his fate and finally escaped successfully, is in stark contrast. If he wants not to be nailed to the shame of SB, then he can only blacken Oscar desperately and lower the overall level, instead of making the other party become a witty Synonymous with boldness.

Kane believes that the main purpose of Samuel sending Oliver to ask is to make arrangements for the possible future. If a large number of people will survive, then they can only avoid the most important ones, sacrifice their reputation and interests, and then comfort themselves with the fact that at least people have survived, and find ways to make up for the losses through other channels.

If the rescue fleet caught in the black pit of Sino Island narrowly escaped death, then well, Goliath will also do things that turn black and white. What is the first move? Samuel and the others now have this advantage. They can add fuel to discredit the leaders of the headquarters, and try to elevate their image as much as possible. Anyway, there is no proof. Even if the third rescue is successful, Goliath will not be afraid if there are three or two kittens Tear with it.

Winners and losers, extraordinary forces will not go to war purely for revenge. Revenge is often an excuse for conflicting interests. Of course, maintaining or improving the cohesion within the team and maintaining the strong image of the team can also be counted as a benefit.

Kane thought for a while and said: "The main danger after the fall comes from the erosion of the mind. The power of the four elements can still provide help. The earth can provide calm, the wind can provide lightness, water can purify, and the warmth of fire, You've felt it before. We don't send any transcendent beings on the Victoria that can provide the protection of the four-element barrier."

Oliver nodded. Although he didn't encounter any conflicts on the Victoria before, he also thinks that the command side is still a bit good. It's nothing more than seeing that Kane is strong and not easy to deal with. As long as the trouble is not too much, just turn a blind eye. One glance, rather than smashing at any cost, after all, how careless they are in doing things, they should have a point in their psychology.

At this time, I heard Kane say again: "I think the factors that restrict this kind of people who can support the protective barrier mainly come from three aspects. The most important thing is time. It takes a long time, and no one can hold it. Within three days It is one grade, the second grade within a week, the third grade within half a month, and then there is no need to divide the grades. Those who can provide group shelter for more than half a month do not exist on the Victoria, otherwise I would have noticed it when I boarded the ship. "

How to detect it, Kane didn't say deeply, in fact, the main indicator is the strength of the soul. Those who can provide group shelter in the deepening nightmare environment must have a soul strength of demigod level or above. At this level, the suppression effect of the law can be offset to a considerable extent, so that shelter can be provided for a long time.

Or similar to his salary king battle role, by burning soul power and sacrificing himself to support the protection effect.

Kane doesn't think that there are superhumans with paid kings in this world. He doesn't think that there is a lack of people who sacrifice themselves and help others in this world, but he doesn't think that there is a technical system such as paid kings.

You must know that the extraordinary organization that is most likely to produce a technical system at the level of the Salary King is the evil god believer. The reason why a cult is a cult is that an important sign is that everyone is selfish. No matter how fanatical their beliefs are, they still want something. However, those who are sacrificed are caught, and they are specially designed to deceive those stupid people who are blinded by greed, and they become sacrifices unknowingly.

The biggest difference between the sacrificed technology system and the actively sacrificed technology system lies in the energy level and utilization rate of soul power. To put it simply, the latter is like high-grade fuel, which can be burned more fully and release greater power. It can be used as a power source for advanced spells, and it also has a strengthening bonus for low-level spells.

The effect of the victim is much worse in comparison, which is why the flame power of the stickman is far from comparable to his flame power.

Kane continued to analyze Oliver: "The second constraint is the environment. Although the four elements have their own protective powers, on Shino Island, the wind and water have been occupied by Shabu and Cthulhu, and the magic power The gathering is very problematic, and the power will be greatly reduced. I was able to let Kofi and the others set up a small enchantment, which is related to my technical system that uses spiritual power as firewood. It is a special situation. That is to say, the rescue fleet Among those transcendental beings, those who can really help should be transcendental beings who are close to the earth and have reached the level of being able to open the protective barrier for a long time."

Oliver sneered: "As far as I know, the only person on the Victoria that meets the requirements is Moody's brother Faol. It's the misfortune of those people that they chose to stand by us."

Kane did not comment on this, but continued to analyze: "The third constraint is people. Personally, I think that getting as many resources as possible, such as magic crystals and magic tools, and then choosing strong teammates, streamlining the team, and staying away from the group, It is the best choice to survive the next series of crises. From decision to implementation, those people have 10 hours, that is, the time from dawn to dusk today. Unless every ordinary member can All play a huge role, otherwise holding a group for warmth is equivalent to death, because the energy fluctuations generated by the soul force field of the group of human beings, in the eyes of evil things, are like bonfires on the grassland at night."

Oliver asked: "When we were in distress, did it conform to this logic? There were the most people on the big ship, so they were the first to be killed. A lot of manpower was invested in Group A, and everyone's spirit power was active in the combat state, so the second, We are the last ones who plan before moving, and leave the ordinary people (Sergeant Mike and Corporal Alex) who are the most prone to excessive emotions to stay."

"Well, there is a certain relationship, but it's not the same. After all, it was still a characteristic of the marginal world at that time, not the characteristic of the nightmare world."

Oliver asked a few more questions, then went back to the cabin to report to Samuel.

Kane continued to look at the scenery on the deck. The open and majestic scene of the sea made him feel much better, and the depression of many days was almost swept away.

From the point of view of solving puzzles, the whole incident can be said to be a big failure. All kinds of messy half-and-half clues are entangled with each other like a mess, but he is not entangled by this.

His focus is not on these mysteries.

Besides, in the world of the Old Ones, exploring the truth beyond one's ability is tantamount to dying.

As for what constitutes the qualifications to explore the truth, it does not exist, to say the least.

As the saying goes, the end of science is theology, and the end of theology is philosophy. Lovecraftian philosophy, known as cosmism in the original world, has three core themes:

1. There is no divinity that can be fully recognized by humans. The Eastern way of saying is that the sparrow knows the ambition of the swan.

2. God-level beings don't care about humans.

3. Human beings are unimportant, neither the first nor the last nor the most special.

From these three themes, the three essences of Rockwell's horror are condensed:

1. The mainstream thinking of human beings fails to realize their own insignificance, the indifference of higher-level existence, and the nature of the universe.

2. Individuals who have been independent from society for a long time may have a chance to glimpse the truth with a longer-term vision and a grand perspective, but doing so often leads to madness.

3. Regardless of the knowledge and skills learned, the participants in the mysterious event have only a very small probability of affecting the main process of the event or revealing the truth. And even if there is an impact, it is often temporary, or it will lead to a more serious catastrophic impact.

In the final analysis, the core concept of the world of iQiyi for human beings is despair.

The Warhammer world is also hopeless. Its model is that civilization is in the process of unstoppable decline, and any positive struggle seems insignificant and a drop in the bucket.

As for the despair of the old world, the model is that ignorance is bliss, and the closer to the truth, the more dangerous it is. The progress of civilization has its upper limit, and it is far from being as lofty as humans imagined.

Like this time, Kane originally planned to save Oliver's soul from the fungus world, and then stop in-depth contact with the various secrets of Shino Island, but in the end he accidentally used Kesu, which he could not control himself. Lu Nightmare Seed's hole card caused the nightmare world to replace the law of the fringe world, and further spread to a wider range.

On the whole, it fits the characteristics of Rockhorror. It's as if there is a hand of fate in the dark, specifically to increase the probability of such possibilities. Because his own compulsion is high enough, the result of forcibly affecting the progress of the event is to create an epic horror disaster.

That's right, the pot of turning into a nightmare belongs to him, and someone else wouldn't even have the ability to trigger it.

Death, on the contrary, is not a bad result for the mysterious Luo family incident, and it is even worse to die and suffer. Just like now, he didn't want to die aggrieved, and the result would be to drag the whole world into the water.

Guilt, well, a little bit, but nothing serious. In his cognition, the worst result of turning into a nightmare is nothing more than a monster city model, where the day belongs to humans and the night belongs to evil things.

Kane believes that the individual is often the interpretation of the group.

Human beings are very fragile. Sudden death may occur if they do not rest well, and they die.

Human beings are also very strong, fighting bloody battles, dragging their intestines and still fighting desperately.

Human beings are small and limited, and any aspect that is not suitable will cause problems.

Human beings are also great. All kinds of frosts are free. Human beings can stand out and become the overlord of the planet. It is by no means a vain name.

Therefore, extreme crisis elimination will indeed kill many people, especially in the initial stage, it is normal to drop sharply at a rate of percentage, but as time goes on, the rate will become slower, and human beings will quickly adjust themselves, and all untimely patterns All will be destroyed, even if the system reverts to slavery, as long as it adapts to the current environment and is effective for survival and reproduction, it will be born and even become the mainstream.

Kane has witnessed a similar evolution of the world-destroying level. To be honest, as a lonely traveler, he can face everything with a far more indifferent attitude than ordinary people, including the sudden death of someone close to him. Accept it with a more peaceful mind, and will not die or live. After all, he is already a selfish person who does not even care about his own life. It is difficult for such a person to love others. It is nothing more than some inertial thinking. As for other people, they still have a conscience and love, but in fact it is very superficial, like a layer of oil on the ice, which looks like a liquid, and the bottom is completely cold.

"The environment and things I have come into contact with have shaped me like this. I know this is out of the mainstream, even a disease, but it is already a fact. Even so, you still intend to approach me?"

When Kane said these words, it was already the 25th day after the gatekeeper rescue operation officially started.

Boarded the Victoria on the 18th, boarded the Oscar at 4 am on the 19th, left the nightmare area at 9 am on the 19th, and returned to the civilized world on the 22nd.

For the past three days, he has stayed in Guangcheng to cooperate with Goliath's series of politically oriented operations. Goliath is a force in the circle of Celestial City-level transcendents. The main way of forming an alliance is marriage. Like Oliver represents, and Samuel represents two different families, and Samuel is Oliver's replacement. Uncle.

Kane doesn't like those overly luxurious top-level residences and supporting services including high-end call girls, and he doesn't like to go to the underground market of casual repair-level supernatural beings to compare clothes on Taobao like Zhafu D. For him, secular entertainment venues are the places to relax and awaken the human side in him.

It turned out that in a bar that wasn't particularly lively, but the wines were very tasty and the music was good, I met a crazy girl, and was actually taken aback by his half-truths and inattentive rhetoric. Words and body movements tease him to go further.

"I'm very brave. PTSD patients can be friends." The woman rubbed Kane's leg intentionally or unintentionally with her useful toe. "At least in my opinion, you are very honest, and you have more feelings than those men who pretend to be perfect intentionally or unintentionally."

Feeling it after speaking, he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.

Maybe it's because the beauty does everything beautifully, or maybe she has contacted countless times in front of the mirror. In short, Kane, who has always been harsh on this woman's flirtatious gesture, gave it a 9 points, which is very sexy.

So a few minutes later, the two started the first round in the back alley of the bar. The woman leaned against the wall, her legs tightly wrapped around Kane's waist, and Kane's strong hands supported the woman's buttocks...

The feisty winter rain failed to extinguish the passion, but combined with the light of street lights on the street not far away, it created a different kind of romance.

There is no shortage of excitement. Halfway through, the two drunkards were thrown into the back alley by the bar. They got up and continued to fight each other.

At the end of the wave, Kane and this woman, who had known each other for less than 2 hours and didn't even remember her name, were carrying a bottle of wine, drinking while walking, talking and laughing, unscrupulous, qualified alcoholic CP.

As the capital of this country, in the eyes of federal politicians, Light City is named after the light of the lighthouse that illuminates the world and guides the direction of civilization, but more ordinary people prefer to believe that its name comes from the neon lights of the city at night.

It is indeed bright, especially some avenues, even at night, are full of people, abnormally bright, and extremely prosperous.

Such an environment also made the two of them more willing to walk around and sober up.

After that, I watched a movie on a whim, and it really seemed like I was in love.

It's really late when you come out of the movie theater. But the two got along very well and were not too sleepy, but they were a little hungry.

So we had supper together, and the place was still chosen by the woman. For this city, Kane was an out-and-out outsider, while the woman seemed very familiar.

Kane has always maintained some habits formed in his hometown, such as eating with ladies is not used to AA, but the South pays the bill. Of course, please talk about etiquette.

This is praised by women, saying that he has the gentlemanly demeanor of the old days. In addition, he did not rush to the second wave at the movie theater, but watched a movie with him very seriously, which is also the embodiment of gentlemanly demeanor.

Kane is naturally not fascinated by this kind of 'rice soup'. But this time he is really different, the experience in this world has taught him not to dig deep into secrets, to find troubles for himself, and to have superficial pleasures. Of course, behind this attitude is the backing of strength and self-confidence.

After supper, the two took a taxi to the woman's place, because the woman thought the hotel affected the atmosphere. However, in Kane’s view, women’s residences are not much better than hotels. The convenient apartment has a strong atmosphere, but lacks the warmth of home. The main reason is that there are too few objects and photos that reflect personality and past life.

Of course, this does not affect the second wave in the bed and the third wave in the bathroom. It was past 4 o'clock in the morning when I went to bed, but within an hour, I was disturbed by a wave of intruders.

In the usual way, this kind of uninvited guests who came to the door in the early morning would be unlucky for Kane, and Kane was used to dealing with it. But this time, they came to find a woman.

Fortunately, Kane was relatively calm and did not rush to start the fight. Only after observing the interaction between the visitor and the woman, did he realize that the woman dared to be the eldest sister of an official violent organization. The situation needs to be called to wake up in this way.

The woman was also very calm, she was not embarrassed to be stared at by four thick and heavily armed men, she took off her bathrobe and changed her clothes, and after a while she dressed up as a heroic female man, and she was very manly. He gave Kane a parting kiss, comforting Kane to continue sleeping with peace of mind.

Kane was naturally dumbfounded, this was the first time he was coaxed as a weak girl, and the freshness made up for the embarrassment to a certain extent.

Of course he won't really stay in bed and continue to sleep heartlessly. Although the woman vaguely expressed the attitude that he gets along well and that a one-night stand can develop into a sex, but his time is precious, and there is no shortage of women. Leaving the waterfall As soon as the town left, there was no news for a month. If I had time to spare, I should go back and see Jenny and Lana.

Kane thought this one-night stand was a fairly fresh and unique episode, but he didn't expect that the world is sometimes small, and it didn't take long for him to meet this woman again.

This time it wasn't because of the bar fishing or being hanged, but because he had made some demands on Oliver before.

"Give me some lists of criminals. Ordinary people will do. I'm short of qualified personnel."

Oliver knew the intention behind Kane's request. Before the Oscar entered the port, he witnessed with his own eyes the scene where nearly a hundred puppets were turned into flying ash when they were forcibly promoted to fire eaters. What they got in exchange was just two more fire eaters.

The rest of the officers and soldiers on the Oscar were hypnotized. This was the basic cleanup after the defection. Only a few people knew the truth, and the soldiers on the Oscar were not among them.

Considering Kane's value and the need to win over, Goliath readily agreed to Kane's request.

In fact, this is a benign interaction. Kane himself is a vigilante, and it is completely possible to create fire eaters while fighting criminals, and the official side does not need to explain it. Although the villain is usually very arrogant, once he encounters an even more arrogant gangster, he will become extremely weak.

There is a saying in Taoism that it is one of the unspoken rules of the underworld, that is, if you have something to do, you should not go to the official, and the rivers and lakes are the world's affairs.

It sounds tough and has a very personality, but the actual situation is that going to the official often does not lead to good results. The official's low-level clerks are also human beings. It's good whether you work hard or not.

Therefore, Kane changed his direction and hoped that Goliath would cover up a little bit. In fact, he was giving favors to Goliath. After all, relationships are enhanced in the interaction between you and me.

Goliath is also very good at playing. While taking favors from Kane and Guangcheng, they used their power to directly express their attitudes to relevant organizations. In recent years, there are some stubborn and hard-to-handle diehards. , Hand in the list, and the supernatural will help to sweep the wave. The official only needs to follow behind and wash the ground. The political achievements are official, and the supernatural only wants real social stability.

In this way, Kane met the woman again.

"This is Nia Carlson, a senior detective from Guangcheng Special Affairs Bureau."

In social networking, the basic practice of referrals is to introduce low-ranking people to high-ranking people first.

So as soon as Nia heard the introduction, she knew that this NSA MF investigator would be the leader of a series of actions in the future.

"It's nice to see you again. It's a bit unexpected, but it makes sense after thinking about it."

Kane shook Nia's outstretched hand, "Similarly, I am surprised that you appear here, and it makes sense after thinking about it."

The senior official from the Special Affairs Bureau who made the recommendation laughed and joked: "It turns out that the two know each other. As far as I know, this is the first time Mr. Fox has visited Guangcheng."

"Well, I went shopping the day before yesterday and met Miss Carlson at a bar, and had a one-night stand."

"Ahem!" Kane's bluntness made the senior officials of the Special Affairs Bureau so embarrassed that they didn't know how to respond.

Nia said: "I think I understand why you can be so honest."

"Thank you for the compliment."

"Are you interested in continuing the intimate interaction after the series of actions is over?"

"Well, I will regard it as an extra gain for the success of the operation and a reward from Guangcheng."...

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