Chapter 579 Foolish and Unhappy

Xia Xiu sat alone by the Miller Lake, with his stool firmly placed on the frozen lake surface, and his fishing rod leisurely extended into the ice hole he had dug. There was only the sound of the silent wind and the occasional slight cracking of the ice surface.

Squeak, squeak, squeak--

He held the silver fishing rod, whose surface was carved with exquisite reliefs, and the gorgeous patterns were particularly dazzling under the cold moonlight.

Suddenly, a smile suddenly appeared on the fisherman's face, as if he could feel some changes in the air.

"The mistake really brought you here. The bait was bitten. It seems that this time it's a big fish." He said to himself, and the fishing rod in his hand began to shake violently, obviously a big fish was hooked.

Squeak!

Squeak!

Squeak--

Xia Xiu stood up and held the fishing rod steadily, quickly and accurately, ensuring that the tension of the fishing line was always kept in the best state to cope with the fierce struggle of large fish.

The ice surface around the ice hole shook slightly because of the movement of the fish, but his steps were still steady.

Puff!

Finally, after some patient pulling, a huge northern pike was pulled out from the water.

It was over 40 inches long and must have weighed over five pounds. It was a large fish in Miller Lake.

"Big fish."

The blond young man smiled brightly as he watched the northern pike fluttering in front of him in the cold wind. Then, as if he had thought of something, he began to adjust his indescribable [elements] and meme medium that made people lose their minds and impressions.

"Since I'm here, I have to show my high-definition photos to the guests. Well... There is always a price to pay for watching high-definition photos online. You have to pay something for what you see. If there is no mosaic, you have to make up for it from another aspect. It's not enough to have [errors] alone, you also need to add some [absurdity]."

The fourth sword-bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven said this while stroking his chin.

In another area a few kilometers away, the scene was completely different.

On this chilly night, on a vast ice surface of Miller Lake.

Alex Reynolds and Lisa Morgan stood out in the moonlight.

Their uniforms were embroidered with the rocket logo - a rocket with flames spurting out of the tail passing through the starry sky, and below the logo was a circle of the team name written in ancient Terra: [San Diego Rockets].

Lisa's big golden wavy hair fluttered in the cold wind, and she held the folder in her hand tightly to prevent it from being blown away.

She was studying one of the special intelligence files carefully. There was a photo on the cover of the file - in the photo, a handsome young man with golden hair and golden eyes was standing in front of a famous landmark in the foggy city, making a scissor hand gesture, showing a warm and bright smile like spring breeze under the sunshine, and the clear portrait without any abstract feeling made people remember his appearance at a glance.

"Is this information enough? Do we really need to intervene directly?"

Alex, whose facial contour was scarred, sounded a little depressed in the cold night sky, and the scar on his face made his face even more gloomy.

"I can understand your eagerness to tackle new beast control subjects after you just completed the writing of the [Gene Compilation Law] of the consortium and became a cadre of the San Diego Rockets. Now all cadres hope to complete the [Beast Control Master Plan] of the consortium, which is a weakened version of the [Dominator] of the third stage of Terra.

But I am not optimistic about this plan. It is wrong for you to think that as long as you can produce more [Beast Control Masters], the beast control system can defeat the traditional genealogy in terms of quantity. First of all, there is one thing you always like to confuse. The existence of the beast control system itself is a branch of the genealogy. Don't always think about independence. It will only be a subclass system of the genealogy."

Lisa's wavy blonde hair fluttered gently in the night breeze. Her frown expressed her dissatisfaction with Alex's doubts.

She did not entangle with Alex about the main branch route of the genealogy. There is always a very strong and absolute answer to such questions, that is - the strength of the beast control system will always be like a son when facing the genealogy.

She agreed with most of what Scarface Alex said, but she disagreed with some of it, which was also related to the pedigree think tank.

"These are all top intelligence dispatched from the [Xilmi] financial pedigree. Why, you don't even believe the think tank of the consortium?"

Lisa's voice was unquestionably cold and hard. She was dissatisfied with Scarface's questioning of the think tank's intelligence and ideas.

She had read the resume of her teammate and knew that he was a veteran of the Federation who had participated in the Battle of Oaxaca. That war was the longest war in the history of the Federation and was called the "quagmire" of the Federation.

The Battle of Oaxaca, which lasted for more than ten years, cost the Edisi Federation at least 250 billion Western dollars. This war caused great mental damage to the people of the Federation - both the extraordinary side and ordinary people.

This longest and bloodiest conflict in the history of the Federation not only consumed huge resources, but also left an indelible mark in the hearts of the participants.

More than ten years of fighting, huge losses of extraordinary and ordinary people, and the fact that the government lacked effective support for veterans after the war have made many soldiers like Alex have deep doubts about the federal system.

In addition to the long duration of the war and the extremely cruel scenes of the war, the mental trauma of the veterans of the Battle of Oaxaca was particularly serious.

They generally have social problems such as mental illness, homelessness, and drug abuse.

They often express a lack of adequate public and institutional support upon return.

The distrust of most extraordinary sides towards federal financial genealogy think tanks started from this battle.

[Hermes] is called contemptuously by these veterans of the Battle of Oaxaca - the God of Thieves.

They believe that the federal think tank is a dangerous existence that creates wars, disputes, disasters, and conflicts everywhere, a bastard without an asshole.

They scorn that federal think tanks will do anything for financial expansion.

[Hermes] is so shameless that he can bully a weak country at will, yet he shouts for democracy and freedom.

To the veteran, [Hermes] is like a thief who steals everything that should belong to mankind.

Most veterans suffer from serious social problems such as shootings or drug abuse due to long-term psychological trauma or physical disabilities.

Even so, there are still some veterans who have integrated into various social classes in the Federation and even achieved brilliance.

Alex is a veteran who has integrated into the consortium, but Lisa doesn't like this veteran who always likes to doubt the think tank's decisions.

This man with a scar and a fierce look was twenty years younger than her. They were of different age groups, and there was an obvious generation gap and era gap in their understanding of federal think tanks.

"We cannot let our personal emotions affect our actions. Don't forget that Team Rocket's mission will never come out of nowhere. [Hermi] is a super think tank born out of [Hermes]. How could he make mistakes?"

Lisa, who had wavy blond hair, continued to speak in a lowered voice, her eyes firm and serious, "The leader of the team this time is Lord Ernest. With him here, our actions will only be more rigorous."

When Alex, who was wearing a scar, heard the pronunciation of "He", his face showed obvious displeasure.

He doesn't like the younger generation to go to Shinhwa think tanks and worship think tanks.

The Edici Federation is not the Daevite Empire, so it does not need to deify the think tank, nor does it need too much godly thought and personality worship.

He doesn't understand why, today's think tanks are like dead great men - they are always brought up by young people.

And understand and worship them in an almost fanatical way of worship and absolute truth.

In his eyes, this method is undoubtedly a kind of "whipping the corpse."

"You should not take the think tank too seriously. It is just a tool."

Scarface continued coldly: "He always robs us of our thoughts and forces us to represent us. And he is not infallible. He can be deceived."

"Sometimes I really suspect that you have been brainwashed by the thoughts of Heaven." Lisa looked at Alex's fierce face with dissatisfaction.

"The think tanks of the Kingdom of Heaven will also make mistakes, and they probably make a lot of mistakes." Scarface said coldly, "It's just that the think tanks of the Kingdom of Heaven can be tied to those angels, just like the sun."

"That's why they are despised unilateralists, who often do not rely on international organizations or cooperation from other countries, and always mess around." Lisa retorted.

"The federal think tank thinks that Eden, the think tank of the Kingdom of Heaven, is the ultimate unilateralist. I think the God of Thieves is the real shameless unilateralism. At least the butt of the Kingdom of Heaven sits on the side of humans. Which side does the butt of [Hermes] sit on? I do not know yet."

Scarface mocked the Federation's God of Thieves with a hint of teasing, and then, for some reason, something that he was very concerned about before suddenly popped up.

"Furthermore, the angel sitting in Hell's Kitchen does not seem to be unilateralist. The existence of the New Alliance, the thunderous means of the Administration to clean up local hubs, and the actions of that person who flirted with the Second Reserve Bank President afterwards... "

When talking about the guy from Hell's Kitchen, Alex always felt like he was vaguely aware of something that made him feel uneasy.

However, this uneasiness suddenly disappeared in the blink of an eye. When he tried to think along his feelings and thoughts again, he always felt a hazy feeling of fog and confusion.

"You said that the guy from Hell's Kitchen was flirting with the second reserve bank president, so we have to pay more attention to the details." Lisa flicked the information in her hand.

"I have a hunch that this smiling blond face is definitely a big fish. The gene seed of the beast master in his hand may be able to add another [beast master route] to the consortium." Lisa with wavy blond hair Said with unusual confidence.

This sentence sounds very brainless. For a senior cadre of an organization, this kind of behavior is full of stupidity and mistakes, and it is also a bit far-fetched from a logical perspective.

Alex had a trace of uneasiness on his face and deep doubts in his eyes, while Lisa held the file with strange power in her hands tightly.

However, the two cadres were not aware of this bizarre scene.

Lisa's voice sounded extremely firm in the cold wind. However, her logic and reasoning seemed far-fetched and stupid under ordinary circumstances, but in the current environment full of unknowns and weirdness, it seemed reasonable.

No, Alex seemed to have noticed something, but there was something affecting their thinking through some medium.

Originally, I wanted to dissuade Lisa from acting cautiously. Even if she had the endorsement of a think tank, she would still need a few more rounds of review and evaluation before taking action...

Alex's eyes wandered, and he seemed to feel something. An invisible influence was manipulating their thinking, distorting their judgment.

He wanted to warn Lisa, telling her that even with the support of the think tank, more review and evaluation were needed before the action.

However, when his eyes fell on the photo in Lisa's hand again, all his vigilance suddenly disappeared.

『Don Quixote Absurd Influence——』

『Trigger! 』

The face of the blond young man in the photo seemed to have some mysterious power. His smiling expression and the posture that seemed to challenge the viewer aroused the strange feelings deep in Alex's heart.

For some reason, the photo caused the contradiction in his mind to shift, and his vigilance and logical thinking ability were temporarily weakened.

Lisa did not notice Alex's inner hesitation, and continued firmly:

"This action must be decisive. We can't miss the opportunity because of individual doubts. This is not only to catch a possible big fish, but also to verify the strength of the consortium."

This strange scene is full of illogical reasoning and decision-making, but in the current environment that is deeply affected, all logic seems to begin to obey the unknown power contained in the strange photo.

"Let's go, Alex." Lisa took out a flesh-and-blood capsule from her palm.

After making the decision to arrest Hamilton and his beast, Lisa summoned a [Horned Snake] from her special beast capsule that shared the [Gene Compilation] link with her.

This beast came from Terra, from the native mythology of the Federation, and from the hub monster that the natives of this land believed in in the past.

"Roar--"

The body of the [Horned Snake] was covered with dark green scales, flashing silver light, and its eyes were like two burning emerald gems. Two exquisite horns extended from its skull, exuding an awe-inspiring aura.

"Move towards the goal."

Lisa ordered softly, and the [Horned Snake] moved quickly and gracefully. Its huge body twisted gently, and it chiseled the ice of Miller Lake with powerful force, forming a wide ice cave.

Bang--

The entrance of the cave was just near Hamilton's expected fishing location, providing an ideal ambush point for the next action.

As the horned snake gracefully swayed its long body, its dark green scales shimmered in the cold lake water, and its tongue flickered out gently, probing the underwater environment.