Scarlet Falls

"Their reply was to tell the foundation to stay out of its own business?"

Still in that small bar, when Spider narrated the reply from the Ye family chaebol, it aroused countless people's surprise.

The consortium and the foundation have always maintained a friendly cooperative relationship. The foundation has even set clear classifications for the major consortiums based on the amount of sponsorship between these different consortiums. Through different classifications, the foundation also often provides Various aspects of care, such as the handling of some special events, the priority of the consortium's needs is higher than that of ordinary people, and even some administrative department events.

In the training camps affiliated to the foundation, a considerable number of the extraordinary beings trained every year have entered major consortiums and worked for them.

To a certain extent, many people believe that consortiums and foundations are as close as one family.

It is even said that after all, the foundation has extraordinary power, and the consortium only has money, so when facing the foundation, the consortium often maintains forbearance and restraint.

But now, the consortium actually tells the foundation not to meddle in its own business?

"Surprised?"

Spider put down the phone and said calmly, not even bothering to show surprise: "Perhaps, this is the true face of the consortium. In their eyes, the foundation is just a tool."

"The foundation is just a tool?"

Next to him, Old Crow suddenly said angrily: "Who dares to say that the Foundation is just a tool? Even the Church was driven into the wilderness by the Foundation..."

"So you think the foundation has taken the place of the church because of this?"

Bai Bat suddenly sneered and said: "In the past, when the Church of the Twelve Gods existed, all the major financial groups were vassals of the church. As long as the church said a word, the financial groups would give everything they had. Otherwise, they would not be loyal believers. Christians cannot enjoy everything they have...including their wealth, status, even their health, and their lives..."

"Indeed, many people now, including many of us, believe that the foundation is the most powerful force."

"After all, if the church is expelled, the foundation should replace the church, right?"

"..."

Bai Bat slowly shook his head: "But that's not the case. The consortium's self-positioning has always been higher than that of the foundation."

Old Crow subconsciously retorted: "How is this possible..."

"Nothing is impossible."

Bai Bat said calmly: "My family is a consortium. Of course I know what my father and grandfather think."

"..."

Old Crow didn't know how to answer the question. He originally wanted to say that there were no such fools in the consortium.

"In the view of the consortium, the expulsion of the church was originally done by them and the foundation, and the reason why they expelled the church was because the church could not give them a sense of security."

Bai Bat's answer was very calm, as if he had abandoned his identity as a member of the consortium and was evaluating from a detached perspective.

"The church, the Church of the Twelve Gods, itself is a church that claims to be its protector. However, because it was unable to give the consortium a sufficient sense of security, it led to their betrayal and joint expulsion..."

Everyone present, except Spider, felt somewhat ridiculous for this question: "So, what kind of security do they want?"

"White Bat is right. The consortium has never regarded itself as a subordinate of the foundation."

Spider sighed faintly and said: "Even the foundation thinks so. I am not surprised at all that I will get this answer from the consortium, because I have already understood and firmly believed in the suggestions from the beginning. I gave it to them. I said this was the only way to solve the problem and remove the hat of the biggest fool, but they obviously did not believe my words..."

"They promised to take action, but the action they took was just to express their attitude over the phone..."

"hehe……"

She suddenly sneered: "In my suggestion, the foundation should do whatever it takes to prevent this plan from being implemented at this time."

Everyone was somewhat depressed, and no one spoke.

The black cat, who had a sunny temperament but was somewhat gloomy at this moment, suddenly said coldly: "No need to be so secretive anymore. What do those people in the consortium want to do?"

"This question is too simple."

Spider said: "What do you think the consortium needs most?"

Everyone was silent for a moment. What the consortium needed seemed very simple, but it was actually a little difficult to explain clearly.

What do they need?

They obviously have everything...

"To put it bluntly, it's just a privilege."

Spider said calmly: "The consortium has countless wealth and status, and it has advantages far beyond others, but they are not satisfied, so they maintain a good relationship with the foundation, so that when facing surreal events , they can still maintain a stronger advantage than others, but even so, they are still not satisfied. On this basis, they also want to gain a greater advantage..."

The old crow raised his head: "What is that?"

Spider rolled his eyes: "If you get to this point, what do you want?"

The old crow was stunned: "You have nothing to do but kill a god for fun?"

"..."

Spider's mood was suddenly interrupted, and he paused before saying: "I'm not as ambitious as you."

"They just hope..."

She seemed to try to formulate some words: "God will always be on their side."

"It's not the kind of station that was promised, but the kind of station that needs to be secured in the form of a contract, and the initiative is in their hands."

"They don't believe in the agreement, because they themselves don't quite keep it, so they just want to be more sure, a kind of certainty that can make them feel at ease."

"..."

"A reassuring assurance..."

"You can just say that they want to put shackles on God. Isn't this the same idea that the Church of Order had at the beginning, tying a chain around God's neck?"

The old crow was speechless, and then he said angrily: "Is their appetite so big now?"

"Not now, it started a long time ago."

Spider replied softly: "Have you also heard about the failed sacrifice of the three major consortiums?"

"Before this, the foundation has used this sacrifice many times to warn everyone, how stupid is it to try to make people believe in the ambition of the consortium?"

"But have you ever thought about what if the sacrifice didn't fail?"

"..."

She slowly stood up and stretched slightly. There was a distant laziness and exhaustion on her face: "Now, they just want to continue their previous plan."

"That's why they don't want the foundation to meddle."

"Because the previous plan was originally what the Foundation had allowed them to do."

"..."

"..."

"No matter who allowed it or didn't allow it, they were doing it."

Black Cat leaned back slightly. He didn't know who he learned this hobby from, so he took out the gun, wiped it, and disassembled it. At the same time, he said lightly:

"But they happened to provoke Brother Wei's woman..."

"..."

He curled his lips as he spoke. He had met that woman before and always felt that she was still a bit unworthy of Brother Wei.

She's obviously extremely thin, so shouldn't Wei Wei be worthy of a top-notch woman with big breasts and a big ass?

But thinking that this was his own choice, he continued calmly: "So, what matters is what we do."

"this……"

The others immediately looked at the black cat hesitantly.

"Brother Wei's friends are my friends, his team members are my team members, and his girlfriend is..."

Black Cat paused and said, "No matter what it is, we can't ignore it."

"If he really cares about this woman so much..."

Bai Bat raised his head slightly hesitantly: "Why doesn't he come by himself?"

"Maybe he will come."

Spider said: "Maybe he won't, and both of these are the things I'm most worried about."

"Not coming?"

Old Crow was startled and said: "Although that guy is perverted, he has always been quite humane. When he used to fight with others, he would always come to the scene and bring his guy with him..."

"Person……"

Spider rubbed his temples tiredly and said, "Don't you know that if he can return safely from the sacred realm, he must have shown an ability beyond the sixth level?"

"And for the seventh level, it is a totem, which is a symbol..."

"When a person becomes a symbol, it is like mastering the power of a strong wind blowing across the earth. With this kind of power, how can he protect his little candlelight?"

"..."

As she spoke, the worry on her face became more and more serious: "So, I'm worried that if he reaches the seventh level, he will no longer care about this girl..."

"When promoted to the seventh level, humanity is usually diluted and erased."

"You should have heard at some point that the reason why the Foundation does not have a seventh level is that the Pioneer Laboratory here is not incapable of sending people to the seventh level."

"It's just that they can't guarantee that the person being sent up is not a human being..."

"..."

"Humanity is diluted..."

Bai Bat was stunned for a long time, then suddenly said: "Then if he comes, what are you worried about?"

Spider whispered: "If he comes, he will fall into the trap of those people. They will be happy to turn him into a real... god!"

…

…

"Captain, you really didn't take any action at all?"

At the same time, in Scrap Iron City, Captain Ouyang was lying on a wicker chair in the yard, staring blankly at the gray sky, as if in a trance.

The team members seemed to be busy with their own things, but the more they were busy, the more they realized that they had nothing to do. Their movements slowly stopped, and each of them was stunned.

The first person to ask questions was Sister Lucky.

"I have actually known about Feifei for a long time. Her father told me about it."

Captain Ouyang took a while and then spoke slowly: "I even know more, because Chiyu told me some secrets."

"As for Xiao Wei..."

He paused and said: "What happened here in Scrap Iron City last time has already made us understand that Xiao Wei has far exceeded our expectations. He has already entered a new level."

"We should avoid him..."

"Just like what Mangming warned us in the shared memory pool, we should stay far away from the vortex related to them..."

"..."

Sister Lucky felt nothing new after listening to these words. Instead of solving the problem, she felt anxious. After a slight hesitation, she was about to speak: "But..."

"lucky..."

Captain Ouyang interrupted her in advance and said, "Are you really not afraid of death?"

Sister Lucky fell silent for a moment.

"We will all die..."

Captain Ouyang murmured: "As you all know, we are just a group of people on the run. We only hope to keep running until we escape the sight of the devil..."

"We are obviously going to succeed..."

"We have violated our own principles many times and did things we shouldn't do for the sake of the so-called bottom line..."

"But this time, it's really too dangerous..."

"It's not that we are not brave enough, but because we all know that if we intervene this time, someone will really die. It may be you, or it may be me..."

"That's really beyond our capabilities..."

"..."

Captain Ouyang's words made everyone present feel a little depressed and heavy, and they didn't know what to say.

In this depression, Brother Piggy blinked his eyes carefully and said: "But Captain, the two of them..."

"They all call you captain..."

"..."

"..."

"Kid, it's time for you to go up."

In the second city defense line, in the study of Mr. Ye Jia of the third-level consortium, the piece of flesh on the bed was saying gently to Ye Feifei: "We will all watch you step into that position with the most respectful eyes."

"No……"

But Ye Feifei shouted out in fear.

She couldn't help but take a step back, but she didn't know where to retreat, because there were people in black robes everywhere around her.

Each one of them seems to respect themselves very much, but under the surface of this respect, each one of them is extremely indifferent, so indifferent that they have no mercy at all, and some are only endlessly greedy.

She found that she was still as timid as before, and her voice was trembling when she spoke: "No matter what it is, I don't want to go."

"you……"

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"..."

"I just want to help you out, my child."

A tall and thin old man next to him gently looked up at Ye Feifei, with his hands on his chest in a pious and mysterious posture: "Those powers have been sealed in your body for too long. .”

"You're troubled by it too, aren't you?"

"I can imagine how hard it has been for you in the past ten years, because reality is not compatible with your soul, so it will cause you to hit walls everywhere."

"But now, finally, it's time."

"Wouldn't it be nice to break away from the shackles of the present and usher in true freedom and advent?"

"..."

His voice was very gentle, and when he said these words, he stepped forward lightly, and others followed suit, with warm and excited eyes.

Ye Feifei was frightened by the enthusiasm, and even felt a little dizzy.

It was as if there were scenes of bizarre scenes emerging in her mind, like pieces of data with different meanings, intertwining with something in her mind to form new seriousness.

But this new seriousness frightened her.

It seems that he will be lost at any time and become another monster.

She even had the urge to escape, shouting loudly and holding her temples with her hands to prevent her brain from escaping.

"What exactly do you want to do to me?"

Her voice was filled with tears because of panic: "I don't want to be here, I want to leave. Captain, Brother Wei, mom and dad, they are all waiting for me..."

"No one will be waiting for you, because you don't belong to this world."

The clan master on the bed, or rather the pile of flesh and skin, was saying in a weird and low voice: "And don't be afraid, don't worry..."

"Isn't what we are doing now what you told us to do back then?"

"We just followed your instructions, sealed your knowledge at that inappropriate time, and then..."

"When this critical moment comes, I will just wake you up again..."

"..."

"..."

Buzz buzz...

If memory can also have bombs, Ye Feifei felt that clusters of memory fragments were exploding in his mind.

She felt a splitting headache, and memories that were not hers were quickly awakening.

This made her feel panic at an instinctive level. At the end of the panic, she let out an unconscious scream. This became her most desperate moment, her cry for help from the entire world...