Chapter 116: Confrontation with “Them”
An invader from outside the world, the Dark Angel.
A fanatical believer who converted under the "guidance" of the Dark Angel and whose nature has completely deviated from humanity.
An existence that goes against common sense, bizarre forms and characteristics, large-scale pollution, power that cannot be countered by existing technology - research means the risk of falling into corruption, but without knowing anything, there is no way to fight against those invaders.
Yu Sheng gradually perfected his impression of the dark angels and those angel believers in his mind, outlining their contours and guessing their nature.
Song Cheng stopped and did not interfere with Yu Sheng's thinking. After a long while, Yu Sheng took the initiative to break the silence: "From what I heard, you have not succeeded in killing any dark angels so far?"
Song Cheng sighed and spread his hands helplessly. Xu Jiali nodded and said in a muffled voice: "We have tried all kinds of methods, and all forces have tried hard, but the existence of the Dark Angels is very... weird. They don't seem to be exactly where they are observed. Any attack will deviate when approaching them. Even if you are lucky enough to hit them, it is extremely difficult to cause damage to their body surface, not to mention that some Dark Angels are simply not in normal material form. How are you supposed to kill a shadow or a ball of light?"
The 2-meter-tall man tutted his tongue when he said this, and was obviously quite unhappy, before continuing: "So far, the closest thing to success was the 'Angel Fall' operation that took place in the Algrade border area ten years ago.
"They prepared for a long time and were extremely lucky to have caught the signal before the angel 'Beauty' descended. An army that had been injected with rational blockers and carried heavy protective equipment gathered on the Great Plains and bombarded the entire area where the angel descended. They also used a gravity bomb in the hope of offsetting the 'deviated' phenomenon that occurred to the angel.
"According to the signals fed back by the monitoring equipment deployed on site, the gravity bomb worked. A large amount of firepower was indeed poured onto the 'Goddess of Beauty' and her throne. That was also the first time that people collected data on the angel's 'physical strength' - it withstood almost all attacks in the early stages, but after a period of continuous bombardment, its body began to crack and dissipate... but that was all.
"After the damage reached a certain level, the 'Goddess of Beauty' disappeared from the plains. The traps and restraints set up in advance did not work at all. When the angel appeared again a few years later, it had fully recovered."
Yu Sheng listened to all this in some astonishment and did not speak for a long time.
The scene described by Xu Jiali had obviously gone beyond the normal actions of the Secret Service. It was already a war, a war between a civilization called "Algrade" and an individual who descended. However, the seemingly one-sided overwhelming firepower bombardment only resulted in a successful "expulsion"...
"This is the maximum damage humans can do to the Dark Angels so far - severely injure them, and then exile them. Considering that in most cases we don't even have the opportunity to lock the location where the angels will land in advance, even this kind of 'exile' depends entirely on luck," Song Cheng said, breaking the silence. "In addition, according to subsequent statistics, even with a large number of protective measures, nearly a thousand soldiers were still affected in the 'Angel Fall' operation. Hundreds of people were transformed into admirers of the goddess of beauty in that battle and had to undergo lifelong psychological treatment."
Irene blinked as she listened, and suddenly exclaimed, "...This feeling is totally unbeatable."
"No," Xu Jiali shook her head immediately. "Although the Angel Fall Operation did not achieve the expected results, it still inspired everyone - because those things can really be hurt. They may not bleed, but at least we are sure that they are not the 'Lord' mentioned by the Angel Cult. Human firepower can hurt them and drive them away. Then one day, we can develop technology that can kill angels. In fact, we may already have this kind of firepower. Next, as long as we can figure out the principle of the Dark Angel's arrival and find a way to warn and trap them, we will definitely be able to deal with them."
Listening to Xu Jiali's serious and firm rebuttal, Irene opened her mouth and said after a long while: "...Your optimism and tenacity are really admirable."
"The good news is that the Dark Angels rarely descend into the real world, and they don't take the initiative to launch any 'attacks' or attack densely populated areas," Song Cheng said. "Most of the time, the Dark Angels that descend into the real world just appear randomly in the civilized world, sometimes in the desolate frontier, and sometimes even in places farther away. At this time, the damage they cause is very limited.
"Relatively speaking, the damage they cause when they descend on alien worlds is actually a bit greater. Aliens that have been parasitized by angels will become at least one level more dangerous. Some alien worlds that were originally stable and harmless will also become dangerous 'traps' in the real world. There have even been cases where angels changed the restrictions on alien worlds, causing some entities to briefly enter the real world... For an organization like the Secret Service, this is an even greater disaster."
Yu Sheng's eyes involuntarily swept across the documents on the table again.
After a moment, he turned the topic back to the events in Jie City.
"So, what exactly are those two Angel Cultists in the museum trying to do?"
"Summon their 'Lord' here." Song Cheng said in a deep voice.
Irene: “…They are sick!”
"Yes, a normal person wouldn't become a cultist," Xu Jiali shook her head. "They are just keen on this kind of thing - performing mysterious 'sacrifices' in foreign lands. Because dark angels are more likely to descend in foreign lands, they think using special rituals to pollute foreign lands can attract their 'lord'."
"Is this method effective?" Yu Sheng couldn't help but feel curious.
"In most cases, it is actually useless and will only increase the number of victims. After all, the Dark Angels will not really respond to the prayers of those believers," Song Cheng waved his hand, "but what we should be afraid of is the low-probability event - they make all kinds of evil and chaotic sacrifices, which are essentially attracting the angels' attention. Once the number increases, one of them may really succeed. There are indeed records of such "summoning to come" in history, and more than once or twice.
"So, promptly killing those Angel Cultists who show up has become a very important and effective means to fight against the Dark Angels. It may be difficult for us to kill an 'angel', but by eliminating those sacrificial activities, we can greatly reduce the chances of the Dark Angels descending. On the other hand, eliminating those Angel Cultists is also controlling the spread of the Dark Angels' information pollution."
Song Cheng paused for a moment, organized his thoughts, and continued, "Our people will enter the 'museum' tonight, deal with the remaining sacrifice site there, and confirm the identity of the victim. In addition, we will conduct a comprehensive inspection of the entire museum and the 'theater' outside to see if the angel believers have left any other hidden dangers."
"They infiltrated the foreign land and bypassed the node's monitoring," Yu Sheng reminded, "Have you found the reason for this?"
"We are investigating, but not so fast," Song Cheng shook his head. "The node monitoring network has been operating normally. With the ability of the Angel Cult, it is impossible for them to destroy the node network in a place like the border without being discovered. Apart from anything else, they can't hide from our director's 'eyes'. At present, we speculate that they may have found another 'entrance', an entrance to the museum... that has not been registered in the database and has not been discovered by anyone."
Yu Sheng was surprised: "Is there another entrance?"
"The probability is very low, but not zero," Song Cheng nodded. "In the final analysis, the 'foreign domain' is a special information structure that is subject to rules and has 'limited overlap' with the real world. In other words, as long as its entry rules are met, any place can become the entrance to the foreign domain. However, under normal circumstances, except for a few abnormal types, the entry rules of normal foreign domains are strongly bound to specific places in the real world. At the border, these places are all under the surveillance of the Secret Service - but as I said, there is no 100% chance of no accidents in this world."
Yu Sheng stroked his chin and muttered, "There is such a thing...'Accidents' are really hard to guard against."
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Li Lin, who had been silent from the beginning, finally couldn't help it and looked up at Yu Sheng: "When you opened the door, it was the 'accident' for us."
Yu Sheng immediately changed his sitting posture to a more serious one, as if the words just now were not said by him.
"We came here today mainly to talk to you about these things," Song Cheng cleared his throat, as if he had not heard the conversation between Yu Sheng and Li Lin. "As for the 'Dark Angels', you have already dealt with them, so in the days to come, the probability of you coming into contact with them again will be much higher than that of ordinary people - accumulating some knowledge in this area in advance may come in handy in the future.
"Besides that, if you need any help from the Secret Service, whether it's in the work of the spirit world detectives or in the troubles caused by alien worlds and entities, you can always tell us if you encounter any difficulties. The Secret Service has always attached great importance to its 'partners'."
When Yu Sheng heard this, he really thought about it seriously, and then before Song Cheng got up to say goodbye, he suddenly remembered something.
"Oh, there is something I want to ask you guys. I wonder if you can help me."
Song Cheng was stunned: "Ah...you say."
Yu Sheng thought about it and felt a little embarrassed: "Do you have any way to solve the problem that the takeaway courier can't come to No. 66 Wutong Road?"
Song Cheng: “…Ah?”
(End of this chapter)
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