Chapter 181: Surge

The many martial artists all had their own plans.

A small number of people wanted to return to the country to make arrangements for their sect members and schools, while others needed to order or retrieve their weapons and armor. In the end, only Xie Shen, Zhou Qingqing, and Yang Shaojun followed Wu Pifu back to the Human Freedom Federation.

However, although the martial artists were scattered, they truly belonged to the same organization now. They had their own organizational codenames, titles, and even organizational benefits—such as carbon-based nano-unit repair (prototype), which could be used once a year to repair even missing limbs. This truly left the martial artists pleasantly surprised.

"Actually, there aren't many hidden corners that require us martial artists to mobilize. Most hidden corners are handled by ordinary organization members. Although the sacrifices are great, how many martial artists are there really? This is just the fate of ordinary people."

Weng Tianfang accompanied Wu Pifu and the other martial artists to the airport. During the waiting time before they boarded the plane, Weng Tianfang was busy brainwashing Zhou Qingqing and the others.

Zhou Qingqing and the others were immediately filled with awe. Even Xie Shen was silent, his eyes full of admiration.

Weng Tianfang continued, "According to the current frequency, there might only be one mission per week that requires martial artists to mobilize. Moreover, not every mission requires so many martial artists to move out at once. Generally speaking, three or five martial artists can handle it, so everyone will still have plenty of rest time."

Yang Shaojun said with a smile, "You aren't a martial artist, so you might not know how precious and important these real-combat opportunities are to us. Plus, the organization has technology that can repair severed limbs—this is simply the best place for us."

Weng Tianfang just smiled reservedly.

Everyone felt they had made a huge profit, while Wu Pifu, watching all this from the middle, was the most speechless.

But in all seriousness, for a martial artist who practices traditional Chinese martial arts, if there really is technology that can repair severed limbs, then as long as this person isn't a complete idiot, their future is basically limitless. The difference between being able to fight without holding back and practicing bitterly while being tied down is immeasurable.

Just like that, Wu Pifu and the others boarded the plane and went their separate ways, while Weng Tianfang returned to the base to continue overseeing the maintenance of the veil's weak points in this sector.

On the other side, as temporary employees of the "organization," the special operations team leader and members returned to the Supreme Empire's intelligence department, where they submitted their reconnaissance report on this group of martial artists.

The report showed that they were actually there to film on location, seemingly wanting to make a blockbuster movie promoting martial artists to rally for the gradually declining martial arts world. Simply put, it was to trigger world public opinion favorable to martial artists.

But unfortunately, during their investigation, they happened to pass by a natural gas pipeline explosion site. Unaware of this, and due to a misunderstanding of the martial artists' filming, they thought they were fighting and killing people, so they opened fire. This resulted in an even larger explosion of the natural gas pipeline, and some among them even died—the kind where no remains were left.

The team leader wrote a profound self-criticism, and the team members also wrote their own reports, waiting for the intelligence department superiors to deal with them.

During this period, the team leader and members actively joined the organization's various meetings and discussions. Unlike the martial artists, they were elite intelligence personnel, special agents, and investigators, so they could participate in the clearing of most veil weak points.

Among all the veil weak points, less than one-fifth required the use of force. Although most veil weak points seemed terrifying, with rule-based kills and curses, once the method of exploration was found, they were actually simpler for experienced personnel than the veil weak points that required fighting and killing.

The team leader and his members were clearly such talents.

In just a few days, he and his team members solved three veil weak points within the Supreme Empire. As these eight people participated in the solutions themselves, they became deeply convinced of the "hidden corner" narrative.

This was actually half-truth and half-falsehood. Apart from the origins of the maintenance personnel and the inside/outside of the veil, hidden corners and veil weak points were actually interchangeable terms.

And because they participated personally and became deeply convinced, these eight people began to propose various suggestions within the organization, including recruiting more elite personnel, increasing the transparency of the organization's internal structure, improving title benefits, and establishing limited contact with world leaders.

"... The number of personnel in the organization is still too small. Although we are still external personnel and need some time before we can become full-time, judging from the three missions I participated in, there are fewer than five organization members per city district on average. This includes logistics, command, and combat personnel. This is truly too irresponsible!"

"Although recruiting more elites will expand the number of people who know, as long as the knowledge is restricted to the elite class, there will be a limit to this expansion. The key is that we can solve hidden corners faster and with fewer sacrifices!"

"Moreover, establishing a certain level of contact with the powerful and high-level officials will help the organization's survival and legitimacy. It can also help us obtain better shielding channels from them. For example, martial artists like Mr. Wu are top-tier combat power within the organization, but their numbers are too few, and they can only be used as firefighters. So, how can they reach the battlefield in the shortest possible time?"

"If there is a certain level of cooperation with high-level officials, we could use the government's most advanced equipment, such as shuttles, to cross continents and reach the hidden corner battlefield within two hours. Even if technology is useless inside the hidden corner, its effectiveness in terms of logistics is irreplaceable!"

Precisely because they genuinely identified with the reality of the organization, the team leader and his members truly began to care about this organization. On one hand, it was that deep sense of belonging to saving the world; on the other hand, they all had family living in this world, so even if it was just for themselves, they had to participate fanatically.

Regarding these suggestions, many maintenance personnel were actually against them. Because no matter how small the number, as long as the people of this world knew the truth behind the veil, the veil's damage level would rise. Before completely clarifying the relationship between the veil's damage level and the redemption level, they did not intend to borrow the power of the natives of this world. Whether it was the martial artists or this small team, they were actually just products of accidents.

They really didn't intend to take any more risks.

But the subsequent situation did not allow them to avoid risks.

As time passed, in just ten days, veil weak points across the world began to appear in a blowout trend. Moreover, when maintenance personnel solved these veil weak points, accidents would always occur, leading to outsiders knowing about them. Most of these were ordinary people, as well as a small number of police officers, firefighters, and the like. In ten days, over ten thousand natives of this world saw or entered the veil weak points. Ninety percent died, but the remaining ten percent still saw the horror behind the veil.

Although spread across the world, such a large number of deaths, plus over a thousand people seeing the truth behind the veil, immediately attracted the attention of local municipal governments. Although it hadn't fully fermented because the time was short, there was no doubt that the truth of the veil was in danger of being exposed!

"This shouldn't be..."

At the base, Wang Yihui was full of anxiety, constantly modifying calculation formulas. He opened a video conference, discussing the recent situation with researchers from other teams.

A researcher on the video said, "According to the number of veil weak points we obtained, the veil damage ratio, and the redemption percentage, we are still in the early stages of the veil mission. Veil weak points shouldn't be appearing on such a large scale!"

Another researcher on the screen also shouted, "Judging from the calculation formulas, the magnitude of veil weak points that appeared in these ten days is at least ten times higher than our calculated magnitude! This number of veil weak points should only appear when the veil damage level is at seventy percent. How could they appear on such a large scale now!"

Wang Yihui, while performing big data calculations, asked, "Is there any coefficient we missed? Or rather... did Chu Minghao lose on his end?"

A researcher immediately retorted, "If there was any coefficient we missed, then the number of veil weak points ten days ago shouldn't have matched our calculations. At the same time, the redemption level is still rising, and the speed of the rise is accelerating. This proves that Chu Minghao is still occupying the advantage... There must be some new situation, and we haven't been able to add it to the calculation magnitude!"

Many personnel were silent, each starting a new round of calculations.

Suddenly, red light appeared on many other video screens simultaneously. Many researchers were stunned at the same time, stopping their calculations and modifications, staring foolishly at the red light on the video screens.

A few dozen seconds later, personnel appeared on these videos, all reporting the appearance of veil weak points in their respective areas.

!

In fact, there was no need for them to report, because on the world map displayed by the main brain, black dots began to appear densely, one after another. In an instant, the entire map was almost covered by black dots.

Wang Yihui's face turned pale. He pushed the keyboard away and looked at the many researchers, saying, "No need to self-check or search, the answer is already out..."

"Our past has been determined!"

Many researchers looked at each other. Most were confused, not knowing what Wang Yihui was talking about. Only a few people had pale faces, and they asked almost in unison, "'He' has awakened?"

Wang Yihui looked at the map scene displayed by the main brain and said, "It can only be this. The past is unchangeable... 'He' chose one of the pasts and fixed it. This chosen past is one where veil weak points erupt simultaneously one after another, and then what we see is the arrival of the doomsday scene."

"Retreat, everyone, retreat completely, head to the doomsday shelter island!"

Wu Pifu had been watching silently, and then he suddenly said, "Although it looks like there are many veil weak points, they are all concentrated in the suburbs, wilderness, and various uninhabited areas. There aren't many veil weak points in cities and densely populated areas, so..."

Wang Yihui shook his head and said, "You underestimate 'his' madness. Watch, this is just the beginning. Very soon, in the cities..."

Before Wang Yihui finished speaking, a huge black circle suddenly appeared at the location of the Human Freedom Federation capital, covering almost half of the city district.

"Today happens to be the Human Freedom Federation's presidential election vote-counting day..." Wang Yihui also saw this scene. He sighed and said to Wu Pifu, "Let's go, let's go to the shelter together. We have no other way. This is a grudge between 'him' and Chu Minghao. We..."

"No!"

Wu Pifu lowered his eyes.

"This is a grudge between him and us, a grudge between him and me."

After saying this, Wu Pifu walked out of the room.

Wang Yihui was stunned and immediately asked, "Where do you want to go?"

"To the capital."

"'He' is there! I have this intuition!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 182 =====