Chapter 106: Coercion One Person a Day
Gu Jinsheng and Ji An looked at each other, both of them looked extremely ugly. Kong Zhongcheng cursed directly: "R country is despicable and shameless, they only use these dirty tricks!"
Wan Xueying sneered: "With Country R's useless brain, what good things can they come up with?"
Zhou Qin's eyes were filled with worry. "Boss, Country R has resorted to conspiracy when their overt plot failed. Although the method is disgusting, it works well."
Ji An said: "Let's see what the situation is first. No matter what, the people must be saved."
Gu Jinsheng turned on the public channel, and Ichiro Obashi's face appeared on the TV screen.
Ichiro Kobashi is only about 1.6 meters tall. Standing among a group of tall psychics, he looks like a stunted dwarf. He has standard human features, a flat frame, a mustache, small eyes, and a cloudy and mean look.
The background behind Ichiro Kobashi at this moment should be the execution ground of Country R. It is desolate and dilapidated, yet exudes a chilling chill. The ground beneath his feet is solidified with clumps of brown dried liquid.
Perhaps intentionally, the camera stayed on the bloodstains for dozens of seconds, giving the entire video a depressing and terrifying atmosphere.
Ichiro Kobashi seemed to be in a very happy mood, as if he was not in a gloomy and terrifying execution ground, but in a relaxing club that made people feel happy and relaxed.
"Let me see how many people are watching my live broadcast now." Kobashi Ichiro smiled, and he seemed very happy. "One hundred and ten bases. Oh~, very good. The protagonist of our live broadcast today, Jingshi Base, is also online. I am very happy. This saves me a lot of trouble."
"Commander Gu, look at these faces. Do they look familiar to you?" Kobashi Ichiro waved to the assistant beside him. The assistant's live camera was immediately aimed at the faces of the psychics who were forced to kneel on the ground behind Kobashi Ichiro.
Ichiro Kobashi walked over and grabbed the head of the psychic who was kneeling in the first row. The psychic was forced to raise his head. He glared at Ichiro Kobashi fiercely, and because of the rag stuffed in his mouth, he could only make whimpering sounds. He looked like he wished he could bite off a piece of flesh from Ichiro Kobashi.
Ichiro Kobashi did not feel angry. Instead, he admired the look in the eyes of the psychic with a smile, "General Commander Gu Jinsheng should know this person, right? He was a very famous researcher in your Xia country before the end of the world!"
"If Commander Gu can't remember it right away, I can help you recall it. This person is called Gao Wanli. He was once a well-known scientist in Xia Country and made many scientific contributions to your country."
At the same time, the staff of the Beijing base also found Gao Wanli's information. Zhou Qin said, "Boss, the reason why Gao Wanli appeared in Country R was because of an international academic exchange before the end of the world. Gao Wanli went to Country R as a member of the delegation to provide technical guidance. Later, the end of the world suddenly broke out, and he was stranded in Country R."
Ji An immediately asked, "What technical guidance?"
Zhou Qin said: "We can't find out the details here. It should be related to the confidentiality of technical information. Later, the data was destroyed in the end of the world, so we can't find out the specific confidential content.
But based on the information we can find, we speculate that Gao Wanli went to Country R because of the water pollution problem. At the same time Gao Wanli went there, delegations from other countries also went there. "
"Is this how Country R treats the people who help them?" He Tao said angrily.
Ji An sneered, "Repaying kindness with hatred, a lackey of capitalism, isn't this the usual style of R Base?"
Gu Jinsheng's eyes were cold, "Connect to Kobashi Ichiro's live broadcast room."
"good."
Gu Jinsheng gave the order, and the assistant immediately carried it out. During the live broadcast, Kobashi Ichiro's assistant appeared on the screen and whispered a few words to Kobashi Ichiro. Kobashi Ichiro immediately showed a playful expression on his face, "Oh, Commander-in-Chief Gu Jinsheng wants to connect with me, right? Of course I can."
Ichiro Kobashi nodded, and the live broadcast room entered Gu Jinsheng's video, and Gu Jinsheng's figure appeared in the live broadcast room.
Kobashi Ichiro said with a smile, "I thought Commander Gu would at least wait until I had introduced myself one by one before asking to connect with me. I didn't expect you to be so impatient."
Gu Jinsheng was not as angry as Kobashi Ichiro had imagined. His expression was indifferent and Kobashi Ichiro could not tell whether Gu Jinsheng was happy or angry from his face.
Gu Jinsheng said, "Mr. Kobashi Ichiro, I called you via video just to remind you that when you introduced Gao Wanli, did you forget to introduce his other identity? The reason why Gao Wanli appeared in Country R was because you asked for support from Country Xia to solve the sewage problem. Gao Wanli was the leader of the scientific research delegation at that time."
Gu Jinsheng stared into Ichiro Obashi's eyes in the video, "Now tell me, is this how you treat the people from your country who helped you?"
Ichiro Kobashi's expression changed immediately, and he looked at Gu Jinsheng gloomily. He did not look like a base commander at all, but more like a serious criminal who had committed a crime.
His eyes were horribly cold. He looked at Gu Jinsheng and said, "Commander-in-Chief Gu called in just to say this nonsense! Then forget it. Commander-in-Chief Gu will be silenced. Anyway, as long as Commander-in-Chief Gu is here for this live broadcast, we don't need your opinions."
The assistant clicked on the phone, and Zhou Qin in the Beijing base said to Gu Jinsheng: "Ichiro Kobashi has banned you."
Wan Xueying said, "He thought that this would be enough to silence everyone."
Ji An said: "You think Kobashi Ichiro cares about these things, if he cares he wouldn't do this."
Sure enough, Ichiro Kobashi in the video clearly had something to say but he tried to hold it back, and finally couldn't hold it back anymore, and said to the live camera: "Waste, your researchers in Xia country are a bunch of waste, when you first came here you boasted that you would do your best to help us solve the ocean problem.
But in the end, nothing helped, the mutation continued, the zombies still appeared, and the end of the world still came."
"Even so, you still dare to say that you are here to help us. Maybe it is because of your help that something wrong was thrown into the ocean, which led to the arrival of the apocalypse and the appearance of zombies."
"How else can you explain that before your researchers came to our country R, there were mutant creatures on Earth, but no zombies at all. As soon as you came to our country R, acid rain followed one after another, and zombies and the end of the world all came. If you ask me, all this is the fault of you Xia people. You must have released some unknown chemicals into nature to cause all this."
"The end of the world happened because of your mistakes, the Xia people!"
Outside the live broadcast room, Zhou Qin and others were so angry at Kobashi Ichiro's shameless words that they almost died. He Tao couldn't believe it and said, "How thick-skinned is Kobashi Ichiro to say such a thing!"
Wan Xueying said coldly: "Kobashi Ichiro is trying to push the responsibility onto us Xia people, and he wants us to take the blame for him!"
Kong Zhongcheng cursed angrily, "He is dreaming. The whole world knows that the end of the world is coming because of acid rain, and the formation of acid rain is due to ocean pollution."
Zhou Qin also said: "There were many ways to deal with the sewage at the beginning. Discharging it into the ocean was not the only option. It's just that discharging it into the ocean was the most cost-effective option. For the sake of money, they chose to harm the interests of all mankind. As a result, now they are turning the tables and even want to put the blame on us for the destruction of the world. Everyone knows that the end of the world is caused by their selfishness."
Ji An said: "So what if you know, just don't admit it, and you think everyone knows the truth, but you will see, after Kobashi Ichiro goes off the air today, the wind direction on the Internet will change, and someone will definitely push the pot onto us. M Base and H Base will stand up to support R Base, proving that it was our Xia Country's mistake that led to the arrival of the end of the world.
Country R is so shameless, and Country M uses this tactic. "
Zhou Qin and others looked gloomy. Kong Zhongcheng said, "Are we just going to watch and do nothing?"
Ji An shook his head and said, "No. I have a hunch that we will have a battle with M Base one day, and that day will not be too far away!"
Everyone fell silent. Although they really wanted to fight the M base with real weapons, they did not want war. No matter when and where war broke out, the common people would suffer.
Kobashi Ichiro finished speaking in one breath, as if he had finally let out all the anger in his heart, and a smile returned to his face. He said to the video: "So please don't say such things again, Commander Gu. Xia Country has not helped my base at all, but is the sinner of the whole world."
"Okay, now that we have explained everything, let me introduce the next person to you." Kobashi Ichiro came to the second psychic and said, "This person is..."
Ichiro Kobashi introduced several distinguished psychics to Gu Jinsheng one by one. The rest were ordinary people. Ichiro Kobashi did not introduce them, but let the camera scan each face to make sure that each face was captured clearly so that if they were family members, they could recognize them at the first time.
Ichiro Kobashi smiled and said, "I personally ordered the high-level psychics in our base to go to their homes and invite these people here door to door. Some people may think that I am a bad person and don't want to go with me. They try to resist. I'm sorry, but our psychics are too powerful and accidentally seriously injured or killed some of them. Of course, there are also some who are guests in the prison of our base. I will introduce these people to you one by one later."
Kobashi Ichiro shook his head in a pretentious manner and said, "Why don't you understand my painstaking efforts? I am doing this completely for their own good. They have been in a foreign country for so long, they must be homesick. Isn't this to help them return home as soon as possible?"
Kobashi Ichiro suddenly leaned closer to the screen, his entire face pressed against the phone, "Commander-in-Chief Gu, no matter what, you will take them back, right?"
"Despicable and shameless!" Kong Zhongcheng cursed viciously.
Ji An said: "But it works."
Ji An held the terminal in his hand and projected the light screen into the air. Everyone saw that some netizens were broadcasting the live show on the terminal. At the same time, comments were flashing below. Many people recognized their families through Ichiro Kobashi's camera.
The family members who were thought to be dead were suddenly told that they were still alive. Before they could even feel happy, they began to face the threat of death. It is conceivable how unstable these family members' moods would be. One barrage of comments after another urged Gu Jinsheng to agree to any conditions and to save these people.
"That's my father. He was one of the staff members sent to help R Base. He didn't go to R Country voluntarily. He went there for work. You can't just ignore him now. You must bring him back!"
"My daughter is an exchange student. She went abroad with the approval of the school. You can't just ignore her!"
"Although my grandfather went to Country R for business, he did not forget his roots. Before the end of the world, every time Country Xia encountered a disaster, he would donate a large amount of money to his motherland. The sentence he said most often was that he was a Xia citizen, and Xia's blood flowed in his bones. He loved Xia so much, and Xia couldn't let him down now!"
Ji An and others were looking at the messages on the terminal. Xiaoqiao Yilang seemed to be reading as well. He even asked someone to pick out a few messages to read. After reading them, he said, "Commander-in-Chief Gu, everyone is waiting for you to pick up their families. Don't you like to be in the limelight? Now I will satisfy you and let you be in the limelight. I just hope you don't let everyone down!"
"Boss, what should we do now?" Zhou Qin asked.
"He will state the conditions." Gu Jinsheng said.
Ichiro Kobashi said, "Commander-in-Chief Gu, if you want to take the person away, our R base can fully cooperate with you, and we can even help you send the person back to the Jing City base. As for the conditions, they are also very simple. For your base, it's just a matter of raising your hand."
"I want all the space storage items, nutrients, treatment cabins, mental scanners, and holographic core technologies!"
Zhou Qin gasped, "Ichiro Kobashi has a big appetite."
Wan Xueying said, "It seems that I underestimated Kobashi Ichiro's courage. I thought he would only ask for a few skills at most, but I didn't expect that he would want all of them."
Ji An said: "He opened his mouth so wide, and he didn't even check if he could swallow it. He might choke to death!"
Kobashi Ichiro said to his assistant, "Now open Commander Gu's speaking privileges. Let's listen to Commander Gu's answer."
The assistant immediately opened the speaking privilege, and Ichiro Kobashi asked Gu Jinsheng, "So what is Commander Gu's answer now? In your eyes, are the lives of so many Xia people worth those technologies?"
Kobashi Ichiro thought he would hear Gu Jinsheng's voice begging for peace, begging humbly, but Gu Jinsheng's voice sounded, as cold as usual without any change. He said: "I want to take the person back, but I will never give you the technology!"
Ichiro Kobashi never expected that Gu Jinsheng would still be so tough at this time. He was stunned for a moment, then became furious. He directly released his supernatural power and smashed the head of a foreign student on the spot.
Ichiro Kobashi even pointed the camera at the foreign student's head, and in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live broadcast room, he cut open the student's skull and took out the superpower crystal core in the student's brain.
"Oh, a deep blue crystal core. He was a water-type mutant. He had great abilities. What a pity. He died at such a young age. It seems that data now shows that the natural lifespan of a mutant can reach over 200 years. What a pity. He died before his life even began."
Gu Jinsheng's eyes were solemn, and the expression on his face made it increasingly difficult to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Ichiro Kobashi glanced at Gu Jinsheng and said, "How about this. Although those technologies are nothing special, they may be very valuable in the eyes of your Jingshi base. If I ask you to hand them over, you can't make a decision immediately. I will give you seven days."
Kobashi Ichiro made a seven gesture to the live camera, "After seven days, Commander Gu, please give me an answer. If the answer is still no, then I will kill a Xia countryman every day until all the Xia countrymen are killed, or Commander Gu is willing to change his mind."
Ichiro Kobashi smiled and waved to the camera, "Then goodbye, Commander Gu. See you in seven days!"
Ichiro Kobashi turned off the live broadcast and ignored the bloody storm on the Internet.
Although this live broadcast was initially only broadcast on the terminal, it was soon reposted on the Internet. For a time, everyone was paying attention to this matter. The popularity on the Internet remained high, with a large number of netizens browsing it every day and leaving tens of thousands of messages.
Faced with the fermentation on the Internet, DeWitt and Charles were very satisfied. Charles even praised DeWitt for a rare time. DeWitt was in a good mood and turned around to praise Ichiro Kobashi.
"You did a great job this time. Commander-in-Chief Charles praised you to me." DeWitt rarely smiled at Ichiro Kobashi.
Ichiro Kobashi was like a puppy who had received praise from his master. He wagged his tail and begged for mercy to DeWitt. "Thank you, Commander DeWitt, for your praise. I will definitely live up to Commander-in-Chief Charles's expectations. I will continue to work hard."
DeWitt was very satisfied with Kobashi Ichiro's attitude. He nodded to Kobashi Ichiro reservedly and said, "After seven days, if Gu Jinsheng still doesn't agree to you, you will kill those Xia people live. The more cruel the better. If one is not enough, then you will kill three a day, one each in the morning, noon and evening. I don't believe that the relatives of those who were killed will not hate Gu Jinsheng when they see their loved ones die tragically because of Gu Jinsheng's stubbornness.
There is an old saying in the Xia Kingdom that goes, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"
"Boss, what should we do?" After Kobashi Ichiro's live broadcast was shut down, Zhou Qin immediately asked Gu Jinsheng.
Gu Jinsheng pondered and did not answer immediately.
Ji An said: "We must take the people back, but we must not hand over the core technology. It's not that I feel sorry for the technology, but R and M countries are so mean. Even if we hand over the technology honestly, we may not be able to take the people back. They will definitely ask for more and take the opportunity to make other demands, and then erode Xia country step by step."
Wan Xueying followed up and said, "I agree with what Ji Shen said."
Zhou Qin also said: "Besides, Country R and Country M have always been eyeing our Xia country with wolfish ambitions. If these technologies are handed over to them, once they strengthen their own strength, they will definitely start a war against us, and more Xia people will die at that time."
Gu Jinsheng listened to what Ji An and others said, but he himself did not express any opinion.
He Tao worriedly said, "But if we don't agree, how are we going to explain this to the residents at the base? This matter has become a hot topic online and there's a lot of noise going on!"
Gu Jinsheng looked at Ji An, and Ji An said, "Seven days is enough. Jinsheng, you keep the residents of the base stable. I will go into the laboratory now. In seven days, I will definitely be able to come up with something to save everyone!"
Ji An's eyes were firm, as if no difficulties or obstacles could stop his determination to move forward.
"Okay." Gu Jinsheng chose to trust Ji An unconditionally. Ji An smiled at Gu Jinsheng and turned to enter the laboratory.
He Tao was worried, "Boss, can Researcher Ji do it in such a short time?"
"Xiao An can definitely do it, I believe in him!" Gu Jinsheng looked into He Tao's eyes with a firm look.
Zhou Qin touched his leg and said, "I also believe in Ji Shen. If he can't do it, then no one in this world can."
As soon as Ji An entered the laboratory, Wu Youyang and others surrounded him. Today, Zhou Fanxiu and Bai Na did not go out alone. They handed over the work in their hands to their assistants.
As for the training of resisting mental force, face-to-face teaching was required before. Since the advent of holography, offline teaching is no longer necessary. Basically, whichever senior psychic in the research institute has time will be the researcher who gives the lecture on the terminal.
"Xiao An, I saw the broadcast on the terminal." Zhou Fanxiu said anxiously: "R Base is despicable and cruel. What should we do? What does Commander Gu think? Are we really going to hand over those technologies like that? Or are we going to watch our compatriots being killed one by one?"
Ji An asked: "Teacher, do you think that if we just hand over our technology so easily, this matter will really end here?"
"No, absolutely not!" Bai Na said, "With Kobashi Ichiro's shamelessness, if he finds that holding hostages is really useful and he can do whatever he wants to the Jingshi base, he will definitely not release the hostages. Instead, he will hold these hostages tightly in his hands and make more excessive demands on the base. If the base cannot meet their demands, they will do the same and continue to force the base to kill people."
Zhou Fanxiu also said: "After Country R obtains the technology, it will definitely give it to Country M. Country M's technology is not backward, and it is only a matter of time before it can crack those technologies. By then, it will make a leap in technology and vigorously develop its economy and weapons. Only then will it be the end of Country Xia, and they will definitely launch a war against our base without hesitation.
Xia Country is vast and rich in resources, Country M has been coveting it for a long time. "
Wu Youyang said: "We can all see clearly what is going on, but netizens and residents of our base may not be able to see clearly the conspiracy of Country R and Country M."
Ji An said: "No matter what, the technology must not be handed over."
"Researcher Ji." Just at this moment Na Boyu walked in from outside.
Na Boyu was still on Han Yaokun's side, while Zhou Fanxiu and Bai Na had already switched to Ji An's side. Zhou Fanxiu felt a little embarrassed when meeting Na Boyu.
Ji An said politely, "Then, Vice Dean, what brings you here?"
Na Boyu said, "I've seen everything on the Internet. I know you might be researching something that can help Commander Gu, so I came to see if there's anything I can help you with. You can rest assured that although I'm Han Yaokun's man, I can sign a confidentiality agreement and will never disclose this research to anyone."
Ji An said: "Of course I believe in your character, Dean. I'm in urgent need of manpower here, so please come with me."
Na Boyu didn't expect Ji An to agree so readily. He thought Ji An would at least say something, or let him sign a lot of confidential documents, but he didn't expect that. For a moment, Na Boyu secretly thought that he was a mean person, and at the same time, he admired Ji An's broad mind even more.
Ji An brought most of the elites in the research institute into the laboratory and began to work overtime day and night on research.
As expected, the Internet was in turmoil at this time, with all kinds of messages being updated on the official website of the Beijing base every day.
"Please ask the base to immediately bring back our compatriots stranded in other countries!"
"Please Commander Gu, rescue our hero!"
"Commander Gu, please hand over those technologies in exchange for our compatriots!"
"Technology is just cold data, but our compatriots are living lives!"
There have been tens of thousands of messages online asking Gu Jinsheng to immediately use his technology to bring back his compatriots stranded abroad. Some sober netizens also thought that this was not feasible and questioned the conspiracy of Country R and Country M. However, these people were almost immediately labeled as cold-blooded and cruel, and having no love for their compatriots. Some even said that they had been in the apocalypse for too long, had killed too many zombies, and had psychological problems, so they did not take human lives seriously.
At the same time offline, Gu Jinsheng also received many calls from the base's chief commanders. Most of the commanders were still rational. They withstood the pressure from the base residents and asked Gu Jinsheng to think carefully and never act on impulse.
Others, like Li Mo, the commander of Z Base, who saw his relatives among the stranded people in Country R, could no longer hold back and called Gu Jinsheng, saying fiercely, "Gu Jinsheng, those are human lives. Can you really be so cruel as to watch Kobashi Ichiro kill people every day?"
"Is it because none of your relatives or friends are among them that you don't care? I don't believe that if your lover is among them, you can still remain indifferent!"
Gu Jinsheng has gotten used to it these days. He receives such calls every day. Some require him to immediately replace people with technology, while others require Gu Jinsheng to absolutely not replace people with technology. Anyway, there are all kinds of comments, both nice and ugly. Gu Jinsheng listens to them all. But when Li Mo mentions Ji An, Gu Jinsheng really can't stand it.
Gu Jinsheng said coldly: "Since you are so capable, go and change someone yourself!"
Li Mo choked, and then said coldly: "Gu Jinsheng, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"
Zhou Qin asked: "What does Li Mo mean by this?"
Gu Jinsheng narrowed his eyes slightly, "Perhaps, he wants to use the technology of the mental scanner to exchange for his family in private!"
Previously, for the safety of various bases, Ji An disclosed the core technology of the mind scanner to all bases, large and small. Ji An did not take the opportunity to ask for any rich materials, and did not even ask for a penny. He provided free training and promised to teach you until you learned it. He only asked these bases to agree to one condition of the Beijing base, that is, not to tell these technologies to foreigners, including bases controlled by foreign countries.
But now it seems that Base Z does not intend to abide by this agreement.
In the evening, Kobashi Ichiro broadcast the conversation between him and Li Mo in the live broadcast room. Li Mo actually used the technology of the mind scanner to exchange for his family.
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