Latent Syndrome

Chapter 157 156. Spiral Collapse

In the sealed-off Luo City, a strange phenomenon spawned under the already fearful and precarious environment.

The strange scene from some time ago reappeared again, and the whole city seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit.

One after another, people wearing the same uniforms, with their hair shaved to less than a centimeter, and their faces like machines, began to stand guard at intersections and various traffic arteries. The difference from the last time was that this time they even held guns, like sculptures. Still motionless.

The last time such an incident occurred, it caused a large-scale sensation, and these people later even began to appear in hospitals and schools, causing various news media to rush to report.

But now even though all mouthpieces are under control, there is still an uproar. These people never take the initiative to attack, do nothing, just stand there.

Whenever someone approaches within a distance of two meters, they will speak the dialogue that is generally set by the game NPC.

"SIR! Everything is under control, SIR!"

This situation lasted for two days.

The entire Luo City exploded because these people were directly challenging the army that blocked the city, and their consequences were as expected.

A special news channel in Los Angeles pointed out that these people were all patients infected with the brain virus and had serious anti-social and anti-human tendencies. The army would shoot them and ordered citizens not to approach them.

The reason why the military cannot directly arrest and control people to reduce their influence is because although these people will not take action against ordinary people, as long as someone wearing camouflage uniforms or holding a gun passes by, they will directly open fire and shoot them. The danger of killing was quite high, so we had no choice but to execute the law on the spot.

As the number of corpses shot on the street increases, people gradually discover the brutality of the military. Because the brain virus is contagious, and with the weekly psychological test, will it be their turn next?

By the end of the day, the army had shot and killed so many of the men standing guard like this, no fewer than a hundred, that there was gunfire and blood splattered in the streets.

The scary thing is that those people have no fear, as if they are already dead.

I thought things would end like this.

But there is an endless stream of such weirdos, one after another, coming to the street and continuing to stand guard. Whenever someone passes by, they will shout ear-splitting roars.

"SIR! Everything is under control, SIR!"

They call anyone their chief, and they don't know who they serve.

Although there have been so many lessons learned, these people still went to stand guard one after another, and then were shot and killed, which made some soldiers fearful, as if they were not killing human beings, but being possessed by some evil spirit. The huge murderer hidden behind has not yet been revealed.

The reconstruction work of Santa Maria District and Hollywood is still in progress, but at this point, resources cannot be wasted in useless places. Most of the military forces have also been stationed at the traffic arteries of major urban areas to prevent this situation from happening again. , and the further offensive of these terrifying freaks.

Finally, these short-haired men no longer stood guard, but moved their positions, targeting many power generation facilities and urban infrastructure, water supply and drainage facilities, postal and telecommunications facilities, and even around many communities.

This degree of dispersion makes it difficult for the army to guard against it.

Whenever someone passes by, they shout out that everything is under control.

This gave the citizens a strong feeling that there was a powerful, well-trained, and disciplined organization fighting against the ruling authorities in Los Angeles, and the officials were struggling to cope.

Not only that.

The Testicular Cancer Mutual Aid Association, which was previously classified as an illegal organization, has expanded even more in this chaotic situation. More and more people have joined, and more and more people have begun to accept that set of theories and stand with the ruling authorities. The opposite.

The organizations compiled by SCT are also in good order and are operating against the countermeasures bureau's encirclement and suppression.

Slowly, Los Angeles is becoming more and more chaotic. No one will go to work anymore, and children will not go to school. The prices of food and daily necessities are soaring. Under the curfew system, greater fear has enveloped everyone.

It's not that they doubt the capabilities of the military.

It was because a crazy rumor spread and became an open secret among the people of Los Angeles.

This is not a brain virus.

But latent disease.

It is an infectious disease with a very high fatality rate. People whose personal thoughts are derailed from the symbolic world will have reduced immunity.

Under huge mental shock, they often collapse and die violently.

But if you have a strong willpower and can survive it, you can gain extraordinary strength, but it will only take a while, and it will not help in the end.

They will all be eroded by the abyss and fall into madness.

And the officials are going to carry out a big purge.

All "disobedient" people will be massacred.

Two days later.

Inside the Imperial Crown Building, in a guest room.

Ash has already gone to work on the preparations for "manifesting matter".

Before he left, he told Di Wei an unexpected piece of news. After Ya Xiu carefully investigated all the details and reviewed all events.

Finally found the undercover agent hiding in SCT, Sifu.

Without him, many operations would go much smoother.

But Di Wei did not summon him immediately, perhaps this could be his trump card in the final game of chess.

Di Wei looked down at the scene in Luo City from the floor-to-ceiling window and was very proud. Things were progressing very quickly. It seemed that people's psychological defenses were far more fragile than imagined. Not everyone was a macho man, they were all addicted to pacifiers. Just a giant baby.

Just have to wait for the next mayor's press conference and it will happen.

"I have to say, Ash is really damn capable. Soon there was armed firepower equivalent to that of the Freedom Alliance army landing from the cross-ocean transport."

"So these soldiers of the Freedom Alliance who have no faith are nothing more than thieves."

"The show is about to begin."

"The human will is really vulnerable, are you right?"

Di Wei asked for Hugo's opinion. This was the eleventh item in the combat catalogue. Asking him to carry out assassinations was like destroying mosquitoes with Star Destroyers. He alone was a country, and it was no exaggeration.

"Maybe not."

Hugo also stood aside, overlooking the street scene. It seemed that it would indeed take less than half a month. When Ash's preparations were completed, the final action could begin.

"Yeah...it seems you have a better view."

Di Wei smiled, he just wanted to say something cool, this person always tried his best to undermine him.

"The spiral of silence."

"Introduction to Communication Studies."

“When people express their thoughts and see that the views they agree with are welcomed, they will actively participate, and such views will become more bold in expressing and spreading.”

"And if you find that no one or few people pay attention to a certain point of view, or even attacked by everyone, you will remain silent even if you agree with it."

“The silence of one party’s opinions leads to the increase of the opinions of the other party, and this cycle continues, forming a spiral development process in which one party’s voice becomes stronger and stronger, and the other party becomes more and more silent.”

"This spiral will be stable most of the time, but once it encounters chaos, it will fall apart, just like Los Angeles is now."

Hugo picked up the catalog of important members of Section 11 and looked through it. In order to reduce combat time and end the business trip, these preparations were necessary.

"Even if there is no SCT and no latent syndrome, according to statistics, the number of people who support the official is only 30% at most."

"It's just that these 30% of people are attacking too quickly, so the remaining people can only superficially agree."

"Now even these 30% of people have begun to waver in their beliefs, and the rest have naturally exposed their true nature."

"That's all."

After Hugo finished speaking, he picked up the water glass and took a sip.

"Awesome brother."

Di Wei applauded lightly. He was worthy of being a master in psychiatry and had profound knowledge.

Next he called Heath. If the mayor's daughter was also obtained, Los Angeles would already be in the bag.

After a while the call was connected.

"How are things going?"

Di Wei asked.

"Pretty smooth, Jessica is already under my control."

Heath replied.

"Ah...that's wonderful. I'll open the champagne and wait for you. I heard that she is a beauty herself."

"You are so fucking blessed, enjoy it slowly."

Di Wei hung up the phone and called his friend in Liberty City again, preparing to show off.