Volume 14: The Universe at 23 Degrees Celsius Chapter 3 Visitors to the Magellan Line (Part 2)
The civilians who pursue a policy of ignorance have no idea what is happening in this universe, but they can clearly feel a sense of tension.
The inexplicable depression, the restlessness of the people around them, the uneasiness in their hearts, all of these mean that their lives can no longer be considered peaceful. They will have to face some terrible things, things that are difficult to describe in words, but are terrible enough.
However, due to their lack of conscience and spirit, they are not clear enough about what they are facing, and this leads to collective anxiety and restlessness . Just like rats that hear an earthquake will swarm out of the ground and run away quickly, when humans see this scene, even if they don't know what it is, they will feel an instinctive sense of panic. This is the anxiety and restlessness brought about by witnessing an abnormal phenomenon.
Something beyond their imagination is happening, they think.
"The public security has been getting worse recently, and you didn't come at a particularly good time. In the past, there were many places to play, but now there are not many."
"Why?"
"The public security is not good. Many places are under martial law... I don't know what's going on these days. Some people have started to go crazy since a while ago."
"Crazy? What's going on? Some kind of disease?"
"That's crazy. It's unbelievable, isn't it? Generally speaking, when magic power is awakened, there won't be any mental problems unless there are special needs. After all, it is directly reflected in the magic power. However, how should I put it, it's different here. It's the kind of, how should I put it, because the intuition is too high, which leads to some uneasy consequences. At the beginning, those prophets, those people with particularly high intuition, began to talk nonsense and spread some doomsday remarks everywhere."
"Apocalyptic talk? Tell me about it?"
"It's said to be confidential, but in fact everyone knows about it. He went crazy in public, and everyone in the local area knew about it, so I told you..."
It's not a big secret.
This somewhat strange monster waved dozens of tentacles in the air, and the spaceship was gradually pushed into a narrow passage.
Judging from the air that was gradually gushing out from the inside, this seemed to be a superstructure to deal with the internal heat energy and abandoned ventilation ducts. It was filled with toxins that could make people faint and related not-so-good viruses. However, it was obvious that the smugglers were very responsible and directly opened a flesh membrane to wrap the spacecraft and began to communicate only with the mind.
'They say that this world will be flattened sooner or later, and the entire superstructure will be destroyed in a sea of fire. They also say that an unspeakable big man is gradually reaching deep into Magellan, approaching here every day, and the tentacles he extends will touch the entire star ring today. They also say that in their nightmares, they saw a monster with seven heads and ten crowns, dragging the stars in the sky to destroy the entire Magellan... Ha, it sounds like a legend, right? '
'It seems to make some sense, but isn't this just common religious talk?'
'Yes, but the official reaction was very interesting. They arrested everyone and put them all in the magic area for centralized supervision. My God, that was centralized supervision. My friend's son's wife, a promising blasphemous priest, was arrested just because she had a dream at night. My God. She was arrested for having a dream.'
'In other words, no one actually takes it seriously?'
"How can anyone take this seriously?"
Whoever takes it seriously is not stupid?
There was a feeling of disdain in the soul wave, and the spacecraft turned slightly and walked in along a smaller route. However, the impurities in the air were obviously close to the suitable breathing environment for human beings. It seemed that the person in charge of smuggling also knew what kind of people were carried .
He waved something like a card around, and the detection array and light disappeared temporarily. Originally, this kind of place must be detected by array for a long time, but it is obvious that this place has been developed by the local garrison into a place similar to a smuggling channel. In Li Lin's perception, there seemed to be more than just Li Lin's boat moving in the corridor separated by dozens of meters above, below, left and right. It seemed to be a busy smuggling channel.
After communicating with a person who looked like an inspector outside, the monster still had that weird, smiling expression on his face and gave the inspector some soul crystal fragments.
Then after a while, it floated to Li Lin's spaceship and continued to push it.
'Now that the world is so stable and harmonious, where would a war madman come from to conquer the world? Doesn't war cost money? Doesn't war need people? War is definitely for profit. Although the Free Alliance had a lot of unpleasantness with us in the past, it didn't go to the point of fighting directly. I think it's probably some evil god who wants to come here to do some magic, but he is embarrassed to attack mortals on a large scale, so he can only vent his anger on the mediums.'
"... Looking at it this way, the law enforcement team seems to be quite overbearing."
"That's right. We work hard all day to earn a little money, but they take most of it. We have to put on a smile, otherwise we won't get any work. I used to envy those psychics, but I didn't expect that the people below would die just by the mouth of the big shots. It's so scary."
'Even so, you don't think it's too much? Don't you think the world is a little hard to accept? Why don't you try to fight it? In our place, if you encounter such a thing, you can file a complaint or report it, and it can basically be handled on the same day. If it is found that there is really a serious dereliction of duty, we will directly impose the death penalty to express our absolute zero tolerance. This is the most basic attitude issue.'
'Then you must be a wealthy member of the Liberty League.'
"What do you mean?"
"From your conversation and thoughts, you don't seem like a local. Instead, you seem... well, let's be frank. Each place has its own characteristics. I won't say more. There are a lot of surveillance cameras around here. I have to go and deal with them."
It's absolutely amazing.
Wrapping Li Lin in the spaceship, this strange creature carefully smiled at the camera that seemed to be hidden somewhere, and then complained to Li Lin in his mind. The mental fluctuations full of helplessness proved that he really thought so, and he really thought that there was something wrong with this world.
But they never had any intention of resisting, and even thought that this idea itself was extremely rebellious.
This should be the idea of the grassroots people themselves. Without any special help.
Recalling the word "naive" that flashed across the driver's mind, Li Lin also gained a little understanding of the administrative system within the entire superstructure.
