Chapter 271: We Are Not Alone
"It's time you told us your plan, isn't it?" A month later, at a high-level meeting in Ziliu Sea, Bai Mo was asked this question by the others.
"All you need to do is have the air force drop the apples I have stored in my cold storage into the various cities of Maysuo at the time I designate."
"But there's a problem here. Won't our air force be intercepted?" Someone immediately raised a question.
"At that time, few of them will have the mind to worry about such things," Bai Mo said coolly. "Perhaps many will even thank us for dropping the apples."
"Another issue is, how are you so confident that we can devour half of Maysuo? To ensure the overall stability of our nation, the most we can dispatch right now is two hundred thousand troops. If we were to take their territory, even dealing with civilian resistance would be difficult," Wen Jian also posed a question.
"If you're afraid of choking, then bring Russia, the European Union, and the Luminous Holy Church to the negotiating table. Jointly devour Maysuo, and then split the cake. Maysuo, stripped of its faith's backing, is nothing but a second-rate power."
"Moreover, by then, no one should have any thought of resistance. People whose faith has collapsed will likely lie there like salted fish who've lost the meaning of life."
"Relying on armed faith, nearly five million of Maysuo's one hundred million people are cult members who can use what they call divine arts. They are the true pillars of Maysuo," Bai Mo explained, sentence after sentence.
"So all questions boil down to this: how will you pull out their backbone—faith?" Everyone uniformly looked at Bai Mo, awaiting his reply.
"I've found someone, and he will find the answer for me."
"Is it Ning Yan Huo?" Seeing Bai Mo still playing coy, Chen Bo simply said it for him.
With the control the upper echelons of the Hua-Ya Federation had over their country, investigating such a person was simply too easy. From the abnormal consumption records on his Contribution Point Crystal Card alone, the intelligence department had long ago essentially determined the identity of the person acting as Bai Mo's pawn.
How could a poor boy whose parents had both died, openly use a Crystal Card with a hundred thousand contribution points to extensively purchase cultivation resources without alarming the surveillance personnel?
"Precisely, his curse."
"Similar to what they're thinking, trying to utilize the Reincarnation Tribulation?" Chen Bo continued to confirm.
Bai Mo nodded.
"Since you also think this way, you must know that no matter how strong the power drawn by the Reincarnation Tribulation, it has its limits; it cannot kill hundreds of millions of people."
"To destroy faith, one doesn't necessarily need to kill personally. If you have to resort to killing, it already proves that you've lost to faith and can only achieve your goal through physical annihilation."
"Then we await with bated breath."
The group watched Bai Mo, who was full of confidence, and didn't ask what he intended to gain from this plan, for asking would be pointless.
Moreover, as part of the transaction, if he could propose this plan, he certainly had a high degree of success guaranteed.
Maysuo and the Hua-Ya Federation's relationship had been at a freezing point for several years, ever since the anti-cult campaign.
This time, giving the other side a hard time, even if it ultimately didn't succeed, the humiliating act of air-dropping apples would still allow them to vent some pent-up frustration. Many of them had grown up watching news of the One-Wheel Cult's arrogant and domineering behavior in Huaxia and held no good feelings towards them.
Ultimately, as the governing body of Huaxia, most of them were still impetuous young people, possessing great strength themselves, and thus wouldn't overthink their actions too much.
"You haven't broken through yet?" Bai Mo asked Chen Bo. He knew Chen Bo had accumulated enough, ready to advance to the Chemosynthesis stage at any time.
"Ultimately, it's another life-or-death tribulation. Without complete preparations, I won't step forward."
"I just didn't expect this tribulation to be a complete genetic collapse. I truly don't know how you ever thought of replacing DNA with your primordial spirit back then." RAN#0BEs
"To survive, people will always squeeze out all of their potential," Bai Mo replied expressionlessly.
"Oh, right, there's something very important I need to tell you. Two months ago, we collaborated with the United States on the first moon landing after the disaster. We discovered an astonishing fact on the Moon."
"Several Unmelting Realm ability users tasked with investigating the Moon's Spirit Qi levels discovered that Spirit Qi also existed on the Moon. What shocked them even more was the existence of primitive silicon-based lifeforms on the Moon, their bodies composed of lunar dust."
"Just as they were about to capture them, a colossal monster of the same kind appeared and fought a great battle with them, with neither side gaining an advantage. Then the other silicon-based lifeforms also disappeared amidst the chaos."
"After they returned, this news was reported to us. To avoid causing panic, it is currently under a news blackout."
"So the Moon also has Spirit Qi, and other forms of life have appeared there too?" Bai Mo wasn't too shocked after hearing this news; he himself had just artificially created Ying Huo, a terrifying, self-aware existence. The power of Spirit Qi was beyond imagination.
"Then it's possible for other planets as well."
"We have secretly launched probes to other planets in the solar system, but apart from Venus and Mars, the remaining planets are too far from Earth, requiring a long verification period."
"The data obtained solely from astronomical telescopes is too little, not enough to determine the conditions of other planets. But at least, the monsters on the Moon are basically confirmed to still be in a primitive civilization stage."
"So what are your plans?"
"Strike first to gain the upper hand, to avoid them becoming too big to control, like the Sea Race is now. After we deal with the One-Wheel Cult, several of us will send out our avatars to the Moon."
"Understood."
As time passed, the Ten Thousand Phantoms Sutra, a cultivation technique originally created by Bai Mo, had become mandatory study for many. The skill of creating avatars greatly improved work efficiency and safety in various situations.
A small number of people with persecutory delusions even kept their main bodies dormant, cultivating in secret chambers, entrusting all matters requiring their appearance to their avatars.
However, there were still many problems. For example, the power of avatars was still lacking, less than a fifth of the main body's. Although many people had improved them, allowing avatars to use the main body's various abilities, the sheer quantity of power was still too deficient.
Only this group of Fifth Tier individuals possessed avatars whose combat power remained ferocious, capable of serving as fearless main combat forces.
Chen Bo, at least, after comparing the situation to his memories, believed he now had the strength to prove himself in a one-on-one battle with Sarcasky. One of his avatars, assuming the opponent didn't self-destruct, could defeat ten peak Unmelting Realm cultivators without issue.
And he, having cultivated the Ten Thousand Phantoms Sutra to its current highest, the third layer, could produce eight such avatars.
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