Chapter 152 Neutralization, Deception and the Future (1/2)

Chapter 152 Neutralization, Deception, and the Future

(This chapter is actually 152 + original 153)

"There's an earthquake!"

I don’t know who shouted the first sound.

Voices of panic and fear came from all directions, and the crowd quickly ran out of shops and restaurants, as if fleeing, but many people just stood there, not knowing what to do. They had not experienced disaster prevention drills. Think your own house is the safest place.

The panic caused by the small earthquake did not last long, and an investigation later found that the stampede that caused the most deaths was actually the cause.

The earthquake did not hit as they imagined. The ground stopped shaking after a slight but continuous vibration.

Everyone looked at the Leyline Tower in the distance that began to gradually disintegrate in the flow of light. It was entering the process of self-destruction. There was no shocking explosion. A beam of light that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye used the Leyline Tower as a transit to connect the sky and the ground. If you get very close, you can hear the sound of the building structure disintegrating bit by bit.

It fell apart until all that was left of the towering Leyline Tower was its foundation.

Then, it seemed that the energy in the sky had reached its limit and began to flow back into the earth again, or that the stones thrown upward would eventually fall back to the ground under the influence of gravity.

Invisible waves swept across the ground beneath their feet, and then calm returned.

it's over?

Ji Lin looked at Wang Qing and seemed to be wondering that the impact of the moderate earthquake was not related to the earthquake.

Wang Qing was even more shocked. Because the Leyline Tower was connected to the earth's veins, it was actually the strongest building here. It was a temporary carrier of the earth's energy. The existence of the earth's veins would greatly strengthen the structural strength of the Leyline Tower.

The structural strength is so high that even a heavy crossbow cannot penetrate the outer wall of the Leyline Tower.

Now the town is safe after experiencing a round of minor earthquakes, but the strongest Leyline Tower self-destructed in such a shocking way...Wang Qing didn't even know if self-destruction was the right word to describe it. This was obviously self-destruction, and it was not the same as self-destruction. The explosion had nothing to do with it.

Ji Lin looked at Wang Qing, as if he wanted to hear his explanation, while Wang Qing stared at Lin Sen, as if asking him what he had done.

"I, I installed a neutralizing device in this ley line tower, hoping to use the ley line tower as a transit node to offset the negative effects of earthquakes and natural disasters."

The latter looked down like a child who had made a mistake.

"Komori, you didn't make the neutralization device, did you?"

Ji Lin is an outsider, so it's not clear. Wang Qing is fully aware that the child he brought with him is not skilled enough in mechanical skills to allow him to make any improvements to the Leyline Tower... The mountains of technical information piled up in the pile of old papers are just... Just looking at it makes one's scalp tingle, and only advanced craftsmen can piece together a complete structural diagram from it.

And making improvements from it can only be done by extremely talented people.

Lin Sen said, with a bit of panic in his voice.

"During maintenance, I discovered that the accumulated chaos here has reached its peak. If the pressure is forcibly released... I remembered the neutralization device that the chief gave me, which was made using mechanism skills... But she said that this is not enough. Unverified...let me not use it casually.”

Wang Qing looked at the entire Leyline Tower that had evaporated in the distance, and nodded with some difficulty. The Leyline Tower, which was the neutralization carrier, was evaporated together with the Leyline Core.

Now that the technology has been verified, the neutralization device will temporarily balance the natural disaster at the cost of an entire Leyline Tower.

After all, no one has the luxury to use a Leyline Tower as a one-time experimental material. They just follow the builder's design drawings to maintain these towers that have been running for hundreds of thousands of years. Natural disasters and earthquakes may occur in ten years. Not necessarily once.

But times have changed.

Some are trying to be firefighters.

Others are thinking about how to use Leyline Towers to minimize these pressures since disasters are inevitable.

The previous Leyline Tower could suppress geological disasters in the entire area and operate stably for thousands of years without the need for external assistance. Now they can only treat a dead horse as a live doctor.

Both sides are treating the symptoms in their own different ways.

But the situation was so critical that even a child like Lin Sen, who had not completed his formal training as a Star Pulse Master, had to go to work. All he could undertake was the most basic maintenance work.

Wang Qing sighed, thinking that one of his colleagues gave him this device that was still under experiment in order to help him, so that he could try it when he had no strength.

However, although the Leyline Tower self-destructed, this town of ten thousand people survived. The shops along the street were damaged by only a few jerry-built buildings. Most people did not even realize that the earthquake was happening.

One thing for one thing... in exchange for the lives and wealth of these ten thousand people, it is considered worthwhile.

But without the Leyline Tower, farming here...

When those extreme celestial phenomena come again, how can we solve them without relying on the Leyline Tower... The difficult times have just begun, but the agency people may be able to help them recover some losses.

Wang Qing was worried about the people, while Ji Lin was staring into the distance, where the Earthline Tower used to be, but now he could see nothing.

A fairly good plan was constructed while thinking.

"Don't you want the core?"

Wang Qing was attracted by his voice.

"Then come and act out a play with me."

He knew how to leave behind the three leyline cores he was escorting.

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"Everyone, you should have seen the Leyline Tower explosion. Due to the changes in the Leyline, we found that the original road was no longer passable."

Ji Lin introduced the two Mohist disciples to them. On this point, he did not lie or deceive, and he did not lie or deceive.

"I have military orders, but this matter was indeed an accident."

Ji Lin said to his rangers expressionlessly.

"There is a large area of ​​collapse and water accumulation on the road ahead. The weight of the vehicle we are carrying is too heavy to pass. We may have to stay here for a while. I have sent a chief to lead a team to conduct reconnaissance on the specific situation."

Sending people to conduct reconnaissance is always more credible than making empty claims. Seeing the existence of the rotten land in person will continue to increase the credibility of the content. This is what Ji Lin used to increase the credibility of his statement. plan.

The plan is not complicated, it is essentially a double act.

He first pretended to be surprised when these two Mohist disciples came to his door, and made an impression on the rangers who had just experienced the earthquake and witnessed the collapse of the Leyline Tower.

The road ahead is impassable and they need to wait here.

But since they are unable to move forward, they can make their demands in the light of the situation, and Ji Lin will reluctantly agree to their requests.

They created man-made bad areas that blocked the progress of heavy vehicles.

As for the terrain, Ji Lin was familiar with this aspect. He used his own experience to guide Lin Sen on how to create a rotten land on the land. Star Vein Magicians who left the earth veins had little combat effectiveness, and they could not use the power of the earth veins to forcibly Change large areas of land, but you can still change the terrain on a small scale.

Ji Lin repeatedly confirmed this small-scale terrain change, the number of times it was used, and the specific changes with Lin Sen.

They don't want to create a bad land, but they want to create a bad land that "seems impassable."

Ji Lin used his experience to draw multiple marked locations on the map in his hand. This was his experience as an officer. An officer who has not studied the terrain cannot become a good officer. All of them are key points on the road, and there are also a lot of bad areas for cover. Wang Qing took this fledgling star pulse magician to change the terrain.

He went to Zhuji again to confirm.

Not long after, the commander on a fast horse led his team back from the exploration outside the city gate. He shook his head at everyone and saluted Ji Lin.

"Centurion, I have completed the exploration. The way forward...is indeed impassable."

Without Ji Lin's wink, Wang Qing took a step forward.

"What you are transporting is the core of the earth's veins?"

The rangers looked at each other and had no idea what Wang Qing was talking about. However, a few commanders with extensive knowledge began to talk in low voices with their soldiers.

"We have long-range detection methods that can sense the core of the surrounding earth veins. That is the center of the earth vein tower..."

Wang Qing slowly introduced the riders.

When Lin Sen took out the small bagua trap box and showed it to the rangers, their last doubts were dispelled. No one knows the Leyline Tower better than the holders of these mechanism arts, these star pulse magicians. Everyone respects these... priest-like figures who can make the environment smooth.

This era has never emerged from ignorance, but the first batch of star pulse magicians and organ magic holders adhered to their own thoughts and concepts and did not dare to claim that they were descendants of heaven who could communicate with gods.

They are a school of thought, and what they practice are only techniques circulated within the school.

And by attracting talented people from all over the world, the machine skills and earth connection skills will advance rapidly.

And when these two Mohist disciples were really sure that what the rangers were escorting was the core of the Earth Line, they could only agree so. They were just well-trained, at most two points higher than ordinary soldiers, and could not compete with the orthodox disciples of the Mohist Family. compared to.

However, the Rangers also learned about it from Wang Qing's mouth, and naturally thought that such a precious thing must be transported anonymously.

When Wang Qing saw that the rangers responded and revealed his true purpose, he clenched his hands and felt a little excited.

"The Leyline Tower here has collapsed. If the Leyline Tower is not rebuilt in time, it will lead to the climate collapse of this area. We are already contacting senior Star Vein Magicians to rebuild a Leyline Tower here. During this period, we need to use three Leyline Cores to form Stabilize the structure to maintain the stability of the ground in this area.”

Climate collapse is a lie. Some people within their school have already pointed out that the real cause of climate collapse is that they are too subject to the government's dispatch and excessively regulate the weather in certain areas. They excessively change the climate of the area, causing the climate to be unstable, and the more unstable the climate, the more Star Vein Masters are needed to adjust it.

It’s not that they don’t adjust, nor that they don’t pay attention to natural cycles... But humans can’t figure out the full picture of nature. Every time they make a little mistake, they will eventually accumulate into mountains.

In program terms, the program composed of this mountain of shit code was finally overwhelmed by the constant small bugs and was on the verge of collapse.

This year, the newly appointed county magistrate in a certain place needs to increase the production of the towns under his jurisdiction. In a few years, he feels that the rainfall in a certain place is not enough. In a few years, he may even want a new landscape river. This kind of thing is tempting to them. It's so great that once you use it, it's hard to stop.

A vicious cycle begins.

The natural environment is supposed to reach a balance in its operation, but their arbitrary control of the weather will one day cause the entire local system to become unbalanced and out of control.

However, this is used to intimidate soldiers who do not understand the internal theories of their school at all. Wang Qing would say a lot of such nonsense.

The rangers looked at Ji Lin, and he nodded gently, indicating that he had negotiated with the two of them. The matter was urgent, and the Star Vein Master was also one of the huge forces in this world, so this matter was settled.

Confirming that there was no problem with this matter, he brought the two of them in from outside just now because they informed him that there would be a natural disaster here.

Now the natural disaster has come true, but since the other party mentioned the core of the earth vein to them, they must have something to ask of them, and they would not do something without reason.

He brought the two Mohist disciples here to tell the rangers this.

In this way, a complete logical chain was formed. If Ji Lin could not gain the temporary trust of these rangers, he would not be able to take away these military secrets anyway. There was also a limit to the forced order. If they became suspicious, the whole thing would become quite troublesome.

Now even if outsiders come, outsiders will find that their reasons are within the range that everyone can accept, and everyone can find a reasonable "motive".

After hearing this, the Rangers had more respect for the officer who was willing to discuss information with them openly... They had heard of too many cases of officers being arbitrary and arbitrary, and officers being arbitrary and causing the tragic deaths of their soldiers were not isolated cases. They rarely saw an unusually significant sense of responsibility from the officer in front of them.

In addition, for the Rangers, this officer was airborne, which meant that he was very concerned about the higher-ups. How could such a person help others for his own benefit? Isn't this just a traitor?

Ji Lin really just traitored. He didn't have any sense of identity with the army here. What responsibility, what inheritance, didn't exist.

He would help whoever made sense and had the potential to change the world.

His goal was never to be a small officer in the mission world.

When he determined his direction, his thinking direction would tilt accordingly... Since he didn't know what the future would look like, he would take it one step at a time.

"Everyone, I will bear the losses caused by the delay and the use of the earth vein core here alone. Don't worry."

Ji Lin smiled at Wang Qing, then turned to the soldiers and said.

"These two gentlemen will need our help in the next few days."

Wang Qing immediately understood.

"Don't worry, we will never let your efforts to help stabilize the local land veins go to waste. We will definitely nominate one or two for you. I hope you can encourage each other."

(This chapter is actually 152+original 153)