Abyss Express

Chapter 7dixes③ All the Dark Places·All dark places

Youth does not refer to a certain period of life, but to a state of mind.

——Sey Ullman

"Listen! Listen carefully!"

The heavy iron cable hooks interlocked with each other, suddenly pulling the carriage, and the train drove towards the distant mountains between the lava lakes.

BOSS took off his top hat and had just dismissed a lot of people. There was also a meeting about the cabinet think tank and important members of the Council of Elders. The theme was related to the final battle.

"Listen carefully."

Aohen Mingde solemnly held his fists and stood on the main podium.

The people who were listening to the boss's lecture were sitting on the hearth carpet with a carefree appearance and no pretense.

Whether they are mortals or psychics, these social elites who hold high positions and hold power, the governors of various ministries, states and administrative regions in the underground world, the important officials of the economic center or the political center - in front of the proud and ruthless Mingde, they are always just waiting. Good cat story telling for little kids.

"The train is already running, and Eureka Volcano City's shipping cargo throughput is close to saturation - the weekly cargo throughput should be 360,000 tons. We don't have better ships or more advanced ship flood systems. , there is no Beidou satellite, sending and receiving messages depends entirely on ringtones.”

"But enough is enough, enough is enough."

BOSS nodded vigorously——

"——It's enough. Our inhabited cities and all the dark places have been lit with the candle of civilization."

"For the soldiers on the front line, this level of transport capacity is enough."

"It's enough to kill Judas completely."

The transport capacity of 160,000 tons on Wednesday, regardless of the gross weight, net weight, wind and wave effects and self-load losses, means that every day, the four major ports of the Abyss Railway can transport soldiers and supplies continuously to Shambhala in six waterways. ,ordnance.

To this day, the Jiujie Platform sends the first special load-carrying freight train to Eureka - based on the railway section from Manzhouli Port to Transbaikalsk, the annual cargo throughput fluctuates around 20 million tons, but in fact it reaches This is not an accurate measure. Heavy equipment is required for cargo loading and unloading, and the establishment of a transportation and logistics port system also takes time.

But it is enough. Every day, eight thousand TEUs of material units are transported to the front line. Everything needed for the war itself is clenched into an indestructible fist by countless fingers and closely connected agencies, organizations, companies and individuals. .

It is full of power, almost more than sixty years of grievances and resentment, and it is unleashed by the courage and anger emanating from countless people and countless tragedies. It does so slowly and relatively quickly.

Judas couldn't catch this punch at all.

"My children, I have watched you grow up." The good cat pulled off his tie, discarded the useless red tape, took off his suit jacket, and unbuttoned the stand collar of his shirt, revealing a tuft of white hair from his chin to his chest.

It glanced at the more than thirty people in the cabinet, which were almost the smartest group of people in the underground world. Most of them were in their forties or fifties, and some were older, with almost gray beards and all their teeth.

"Since the end of World War II, it seems that the whole world has changed and become weird and bizarre."

BOSS shrugged and smiled, tapping on the small blackboard.

"The representatives of the Security Council want us to solve this problem ourselves - that's what they said at the beginning. Philosophers don't have time to deal with things in the underground world."

"Because today's world order is also in a mess. Not only are the conflicts between the old and new poles escalating, but there are also various wars. It is like a powder keg that can explode at any time."

"Any armed army from the mortal world coming to us, or going to Shambhala, is a betrayal of the "Crown Convention". The garrison is only the first step, and then there will be more and more topics about the regime. Sensitive, conflicts will continue to escalate.”

“Thanks to philosophers, at least we don’t have to get involved in deeper humanitarian crises, and we don’t have to face more complex geopolitical myths—we don’t have to think about how to solve the problems above our heads, we just need to care about the ground below.”

"There is no left or right, no LGBT, no guns, gods, homosexuals, and fetuses - it seems that the pressure of survival here is terrible, and we can only think about it desperately."

The BOSS waved his pointer and hit the bright red crazy butterfly on the blackboard.

"I can only desperately figure out how to survive."

"When something becomes romantic, it actually means it is dying."

At this point, the good cat showed a proud sneer on his face.

"For example, we can uncover Judas's clothes, chat with him, understand his heart deeply, and watch his death."

"It seems that we can sit on the same chair and discuss things without having to mythologize this person. The evil god who should have been cut to pieces will never enter the shrine to receive incense again - he is going to die."

"I went to the Anonymous Club last week and occasionally heard some interesting stories."

"Like last year, there was also an issue with the administrative district's physical examination standards, and we had to fight for the results for our children."

Aohun Mingde casually talked about this incident, a short story about sports and education——

"——Father came alone, from an ordinary family in District 9."

"The girl in his family has great physical fitness, but if she wants to pass the Psyker Youth Cup competition standard, she needs the nod from three local departments."

"One is the Psychic Disaster Management Office, the other is the local sports bureau, and there is a registration process for the education bureau."

"As long as she knocks on these three badges, this girl can become a youth athlete and can be admitted to the Galahad Branch in District 9 - actually this is a very simple matter."

"As I listened, I understood what kind of help this father wanted from Anonymous. The window period for his daughter to go to school is very short, and it is too difficult to complete the process. Psychic talent comes as soon as it comes, and there are only sixteen days. ——He couldn’t wait any longer and had no choice but to ask for help from Anonymous.”

"This was last year and I haven't heard a story like this again this year."

Ao ruthless Mingde covered her mouth, her expression suddenly became funny——

"——But there's no guarantee it won't happen again in the future."

With a little more cleverness, the staff in charge of the joint area immediately understood what BOSS meant.

Someone immediately responded: "BOSS, I want to ask, is Judas the same?"

Someone immediately asked: "Yes, is it the same for Judas?"

Everyone present knows and understands——

——Judas is just an incarnation. Whether it is the physical level or the spiritual level, he is the phantom of the crazy butterfly, just like the soul power.

By beating him to the brink of death, carnivoreism only lost a carrier.

It only takes a little time, and the biosphere built by the original seed will always breed another Judas again.

His name can be changed. He can no longer be called Judah, but he can be called Jew, or he can be called Cat or Dog——

——The hosts that raise the crazy butterflies will always appear, and this fighting seems to never end.

King Xin can kill viruses with sunlight. Similarly, these scorching suns also need human flesh, which also explains the painful reincarnation of carnivorism.

There seems to be no one-size-fits-all solution, no one-size-fits-all solution.

"We can seize the opportunity and harvest the fruits of victory." An old voice sounded. It was the chief of the Huangshi Senate who had lived for a century. He had lived since World War I and was based on the family structure and power hierarchy of the Huangshi people. Come to think of it, this is the elder among elders - as long as he is alive, sunflowers and golden spoons will not be able to overturn the sky, and the Senate will be extremely stable.

"BOSS." The chief elder leaned on a cane and saluted Aohen Mingde. He also wanted to say clearly: "What happened last year did not happen this year. This is good - will it happen again in the future? Then That’s a matter for the future.”

"He's right!" Aoheng Mingde clapped softly: "The Van Persie family is a family with a long history, and there are many talented people with profound knowledge, just as the chief of the Senate said."

"In every era, there is a group of people who hope to use "The End of History" to solve the bestiality of human beings once and for all."

"Philosophy or theology, as reference books, constantly transform people's thinking, redefining morality and law again and again, and redrawing the boundary between man and beast."

"But it has never disappeared. Just like now when I open the mobile APP - I see that the end point of the company is to lend money, and the end point of the individual is to bring goods."

"Borrowing money with interest and idol worship are still the mainstream. They make money as fast as the others, but all living beings are bitten in one or two painless bites without feeling that their flesh and blood have been eaten away - not so It hurts."

BOSS also took off his shirt, unbuttoned his belt, and lost these "human" features.

It turned back into a ferocious beast, sitting naked beside the podium, taking off its glasses and throwing them into the desk drawer.

"Just keep going."

"If you ask me, will Judas come back?"

"Then I would say—that is a good thing, my boy."

"In this long journey, time is endless, but civilization is just accidental."

"Death is endless, life is just accidental."

"Madness and fear are almost endless, but courage and inspiration are fleeting."

"Another Judas comes. In the deserted wilderness, or God gives up a child, the devil will laugh - because of carnism, in the process of constant pursuit, there will always be an incarnation of evil coming to the world. , trying to find relief from this painful cycle of eating and being eaten.”

"He's as much in the pursuit of answers as we are."

"He will also wonder if one day there will be no more kindness and kindness in this cruel world, and he will naturally be able to use all [meat] freely, and the weak will naturally be delivered to the mouths of the strong - that is a beautiful world. ”

"There will always be people who say that there is nothing new under the sun. There will always be people who will say that the only lesson humans learn from history is that they cannot learn lessons."

"And I would say that's pessimists and slobs trying to sum up the laws of history - but the reality is, this boxing match will never end."

BOSS spread his claws and dropped a colorless stone from his palm.

"I guess, now that there's a new Judas."

"There will be a new Anonymous, a new you and me."

"A new bell is ringing, and the bell of the ring is ringing too."

"All kinds of things are new, and there's nothing more romantic and exciting than that."

"You will feel empty, because that is the distant future, our short life cannot touch these things, it seems that everything related to it has disappeared - not being able to witness the future, this fear is too strong, maybe it is Give birth to the Alliance of Eternal Ones.”

"But in another billion years, I am afraid that there will be no trace of human existence on the earth. With today's technology, materials science and information communication technology, humans will not be qualified to leave a tombstone for themselves."

"So what are you worrying about? Family members, take your soul back and let it stay in your body."

"In the battle report sent from the front line, there is a picture and text information about Fickwood Abby."

"This guy was the protective feather of Judas and a scientific researcher. He died in the pursuit of truth."

"If I think about it carefully, this old man is so happy to have sex——"

"——How many people have been eaten and how much power has been expended to help him complete such a grand vision."

"How many free and brilliant lives poured all their efforts into this bad thing."

"Isn't this also the charm of Mad Butterfly?"

When BOSS asked this question, he saw many people looking away involuntarily, unwilling to take the initiative to look at each other.

Only a few people are still staring at the golden eyes of Ao Mingde——

——This is human nature, which cannot be changed, and is more cruel than fate.

Destiny can be changed by personal will and actual actions, but [nature] is very difficult to change.

How enviable is that power? What a magnificent and gorgeous wish?

Just one idea and one ideal can make so much manpower and material resources available for one's own use!

Even a centralized empire in the feudal era could not do this, nor could it naturally and logically consume so many human lives - this scientific research project, which was almost like a sacrificial ceremony, left most people present mentally traumatized.

"Meeting adjourned!" BOSS waved his paw, and the fluorescent lights in the cabinet dimmed.

Only rustling noises could be heard in the darkness, and people from various Senates walked the fastest.

In the dark environment, people couldn't see each other clearly, couldn't recognize family crests and seals, and couldn't identify people by the accessories of their walking sticks. Naturally, they were not particular about it and just walked as fast as they wanted - occasionally someone said goodbye to the BOSS." "Child", also confused about the direction, groping towards the desk, bowing and waving.

The people in the cabinet walked slower, as if they were still hesitating, as if they were reluctant to leave - because in these years, except for the expedition period, when hot wars were frequent and conflicts were intense, busy people like them could often see the BOSS, and they could not see the BOSS at other times. Leave it to work and life.

Finally, there was a young man from the Hongshi Senate who was a representative of the Ministry of Industry and Construction in Shigongfang. He was only twenty-seven or eighty-years-old and was promoted very quickly - he was the hope for the future.

"BOSS!" The young man did not leave. Instead, he bravely squeezed closer to the desk with a small notebook in his arms. "BOSS, I have a few more questions to ask you! Can I ask you alone?" Do you have time?"

The red stone man always said what he said directly, even if his uncles and uncles who had not yet had time to leave were looking at him, he didn't care at all.

The more Aohun Mingde watched, the more he liked it: "You ask."

The man has glossy black curly hair and eyes like two pieces of amber. As a red stone man, his appearance is more feminine.

He seemed to feel that the atmosphere and spiritual pressure were slowly changing. More people were stopping in front of the porch and tunnel. He didn't have time to walk back to the Five Kings Council. He stopped and listened a few more words out of curiosity.

The man opened his diary and asked bluntly.

"After this Security Council visit, will you continue to stay here?"

This is also what people want to ask the most——

——Due to the existence of the "Crown Convention", the underground world is a reserve protected from the threat of nuclear war. Such an important settlement, as the last bastion of human civilization, has always been managed by Ao Mingde.

It is not Homo sapiens. Strictly speaking, it has no human rights or property rights of natural persons. It cannot have rights protected by the law of the sea or international conventions. To explain in plain language - this young man from the Redstone Senate is very worried about the safety of BOSS.

Since the Security Council has no time to deal with Judas, the assessment of dangerous goods for spiritual disasters in the Cauldron of Dagda has been fully delegated to Ao Ruimingde. The smarter cabinet ministers have already figured it out.

This may be an opportunity, another way of driving away the tiger and swallowing the wolf, causing both sides to lose. If Aoru Mingde wants to attack Judah, it will inevitably use a series of unconventional means, including weapons and equipment expressly prohibited by the "Crown Convention".

It has crossed the safety line and violated the rules of the human world, and will definitely be subject to restrictions and sanctions.

Although its physical body can steadily produce elixirs, the harvest season has just passed, which is a perfect opportunity for the power structure of the mortal world to seep underground, and it has more than fifty years to slowly mend the diplomatic relationship between humans and monsters. As long as we can take the first step to expand our territory, the Nine Realms will slowly return to the hands of humans - with Homo sapiens as the supreme governor, gradually replacing the administrative system centered on the will of the beasts.

This is not fair to BOSS at all, but there is never anything fair in this world. It was ready from the beginning,

"This is not something you should care about." Ao Mingde responded casually: "Youth does not refer to a certain period of life, but to a mental state."

"This is the truth that Homo sapiens taught me. Ten years ago, the most powerful country in your secular world had to choose a president from two weirdos whose combined age was over 160 years old. They couldn't speak clearly when they went on stage to give speeches. They started to lie and scold each other and accused each other. They wanted to expose all the negative information about each other's family members and use it as a weapon to win the hearts of the people. It was just like a live broadcast of a celebrity PKing for votes."

"What a magical world this is!~"

Aohen Mingde laughed loudly--

"--But this is also the common karma of all living beings. It's hard to imagine, right?"

"It's like a huge makeshift team. You don't know how it works. Anyway, we are still alive and have to live on. It seems that we can live to the end of our lives."

"If people don't need me anymore, they have to choose two talk show actors whose families have enough money to feed mice to come to this small house to play a voting game. If you are happy, I will leave."

The BOSS opened his eyes wide, his cat eyes were watery, and his voice turned back to a deep baritone.

"Of course, you have to give me a pension. You can't let me work for so long for nothing. I've reached retirement age a long time ago, right?"

A cheerful laugh came from the porch, as if taking these questions and answers as a joke——

——People gradually left, leaving only a lonely shadow under the lamp.

Until the hunter king was close to the boss, she half-knelt down and pressed her cheek against the boss's forehead.

"You should rest."

The boss licked his paw, still full of energy.

It took out the newspaper sent from the front line from under the file bag, and had no intention of catching up on sleep.

"I want to watch it again! Hehehe!~"

The King Hunter asked in a low voice: "Does the United Nations really not care?"

"Of course it does." Aohen Mingde replied in a low voice: "But I can't say it openly. If any gangster above dares to shout loudly, just hand over the arms to me. It's like the Soviet Union deploying nuclear weapons in Cuba. Believe it or not, a nuclear war crisis will break out the next day-all kinds of suspicions and potential problems will be exposed at once."

"Where do you think I got the Xiaolong fighter? Did I really pick it up from the desert? Even if I picked it up, no one would be able to fly it!~ When did Galahad have this ability? Is there a military academy dedicated to training pilots?"

"Of course, it's reasonable to have a few pilots in the desert, right?"