Chapter 34 34 Undercurrent surges, wishing to give away everything I have...

The first year of the Reiki Recovery, on the morning of March 30th, in the meeting room of the headquarters of the Alien Bureau.

Zuo Langning walked into the conference room and unexpectedly saw Ning Changkong looking down at his phone.

"I thought you wouldn't come today," Zuo Langning sat down beside him, "You didn't look...well yesterday."

"It's just that I just had a bloodletting, so my condition is not good. I'll be much better after a good sleep." Ning Changkong turned off the screen. Zuo Langning saw the interface of the social media with his sharp eyes, and his heart sank.

The video of yesterday's accident has been going viral online. The tall building was about to collapse, the hall appeared in mid-air, and people were screaming and crying... The most widely circulated part was the last part that publicly accused Phoenix.

There are endless discussions about this on the Internet. Of course, if Zuo Langning were to comment, it can only be called emotional catharsis.

The heat of this incident has nothing to do with casualties. In fact, even if these high-rise buildings really collapsed, the degree of damage can only be considered average among the accidents caused by the resurrection of various spiritual energies - not to mention that they did not collapse at all.

However, an abnormal incident occurred suddenly in the downtown area, and the door to the illusion was opened and closed in front of everyone, which abruptly tore apart the appearance of a stable life after the source of the evil spirit was investigated for the past half month, and clearly told everyone:

“Life is unbearable.”

The past days are gone forever.

What they are facing next is a dangerous world where a door accidentally opened can kill several ordinary people. The survival order and life logic of ordinary people have been completely overturned.

That video was the trigger for the public's emotional outburst, and the Phoenix... was just unfortunately dragged into it, and was regarded as a symbol of a cultivator who had the power to control the life and death of ordinary people, and was used as a target for emotional venting.

However, can the Phoenix, who is young and accustomed to receiving the kind praise of humans, adapt to the sudden turn of public opinion and the fierce war of words on the Internet?

Ning Changkong still spoke most naturally to Zuo Langning among the people in the Alien Bureau. He scratched his head and casually mentioned something he had been planning for a long time:

"Master Zuo, I'm wondering if I should change into the uniform of the Alien Bureau? Hair... I can't cut my hair, but I should be able to use Transfiguration."

Although they no longer need to wear combat uniforms adapted from stage costumes, the newly-made combat uniforms of the Hundred Birds are still not as convenient as modern uniforms for fighting.

The same goes for long hair. As soon as he arrived at the set of a costume martial arts film, he wanted to give himself a buzz cut.

"And with a high ponytail, I'm always worried about someone pulling it." Ning Changkong complained in his mind.

Chu Qingge continued, "What can we do? You can easily find a headband for a ponytail, but a hairband is hard to find and it's easy to fall off."

Zuo Langning digested it for a long time, but still didn't understand what he meant: "...what?"

"Will the uniforms help increase the trust of ordinary citizens in us?" Ning Changkong tilted his head slightly.

He had just been surfing the Internet for a long time and felt that the colorful Taoist and monk robes were indeed not as trustworthy as the black uniforms that looked like those of the police officers in the Foreign Affairs Bureau.

Maybe it's the same with Skynet, they need to design a unified and displayable identity... Ning Changkong was distracted for a while.

Zuo Langning felt bitter in her heart, and decided to stick to her usual style and said directly: "I think you are too...hard on yourself."

"You've already done a lot," she looked Ning Changkong in the eye and said solemnly, "Dress however you like. There's no need to put yourself in a difficult position."

Chu Qingge couldn't help laughing: "Now the situation is complicated. Even if you really change your clothes, she will misunderstand you."

Ning Changkong sighed slightly with sadness, and in Zuo Langning's eyes, it was a rare lonely expression for a phoenix. When she was about to organize her words and say a few more words of comfort, the meeting began.

First, Du Yihe reported the truth of the incident. He said that although the little girl's parents had passed away, based on the circumstances of their death and the descriptions of their neighbors, it was very likely that they were deceived by the cult and took the initiative to make some arrangements that could attract illusions.

"Although this jade pendant is the key to opening the Yaochi, the two suspects probably don't know this." Du Yihe read the report, "According to the little girl's own confession, she was originally in poor health, but she got much better after wearing the jade pendant. Her parents didn't let her tell anyone else."

It seems that this has frightened the little girl's parents. Ning Changkong was thoughtful.

When he handled the jade pendant, he quickly checked it and found simple runes for healing the body. It was probably activated by the divine energy, and the effect was particularly significant.

"What is the relationship between that piece of jade and Yan Xiaoling's jade pendant?" Zuo Langning asked.

"The auras are similar, so it is preliminarily determined that the same piece of jade was used, and it is very likely the white jade tube that Queen Mother of the West gave to Shun."

"As for how the white jade tube was made into a jade pendant and how it ended up on the market, the information is currently unclear."

Chu Qingge suddenly spoke up: "Chi Zhaoming's heartbeat and blood pressure have changed."

Ning Changkong was shocked by her: "Aren't you also in a meeting there?"

"I'm slacking off. Slacking off is part of my personality, so it's also part of my job." Chu Qingge said sullenly, and then continued to report:

"It's not just him. I've counted the small movements and physical indicators of several people... They're basically of Chi Zhaoming's generation, or even older."

Then the answer was obvious. Ning Changkong restrained his desire to make a small move.

——What happened ten years ago?

How come even the white jade tube of the Queen Mother of the West was found?

The first year of the spiritual recovery, the morning of March 30th, Tiangong Technology Headquarters.

The meeting, which was destined to be long, came to a break. Jiang Yunxiao opened the door of the lounge, and Chu Qingge and Yan Yian followed him. The other employees tacitly left space for the three CEOs.

Yan Yian sat down on the sofa with a haggard look on his face and gulped down two mouthfuls of coffee: "Why is our 'Skynet' going to be born prematurely?"

Jiang Yunxiao also sat down and rubbed his brows: "The higher-ups want to use us to suppress public opinion and trending searches, what can we do?"

"Win in danger." Chu Qingge, who was in the best condition among the three, said lightly.

The number of incidents caused by illusions across the country is increasing, and the staff of the Alien Bureau simply cannot handle each instance one by one. Wild practitioners want to go in and give it a try, but they encounter problems in forming a team and obtaining exploration authorization.

The "Skynet" can help solve these problems.

"That being said," Yan Yian counted on his fingers, "the Spirit Stone Factory will have to wait until at least June to start production. The current laboratory production efficiency is too low, and whether there are enough Spirit Stones to be redeemed for points is still a question."

"But what attracts practitioners now is not the cultivation resources." Jiang Yunxiao said, "but the spoils obtained from exploring the illusion."

"Just think of it as cultivating user habits." Chu Qingge adjusted the hem of her skirt. "At this stage, the products we can offer are only cultivation manuals and monetary subsidies, which are more attractive."

Both of these can be done completely online, making up for the fact that their offline sites are not fully equipped.

As for the secret manual of cultivation... Chu Qingge thought, she couldn't even write the promotional copy and research and development plan, and she still had to do her job as a system engineer, so it was reasonable to throw it to Ning Changkong to write, right?

The first year of the Reiki Recovery, on the morning of March 30th, in the meeting room of the Alien Bureau headquarters.

"Regarding the subsequent handling of public opinion, the current plan is to let Tiangong Technology release the news of 'Skynet'..."

After the intelligence chief reported on the current operations, he coughed and said, "Another very thorny issue is the conflict between humans and demons on the Internet."

Ning Changkong pretended not to notice the eyes cast towards him in the conference room.

Because of the demon tribe's public appearance, the Lingxi Division, which is responsible for the demon tribe's publicity, is vigorously encouraging young demons to integrate into human society. The demon tribe ID card can finally be registered with a human mobile phone number. The demons who have been bound by the "Practitioner* Convention" for a long time have flooded into major social platforms, scrambling to read and post posts, and watch and post videos.

Of course, in addition to official encouragement, the new internet celebrity Miss Blue Bird also made an indelible contribution to this.

Seeing those monsters absorbing human culture like a sponge and evolving into wearing ancient costumes, showing animal ears and dancing social dance within half a month is really an interesting social experiment.

...If this hadn't happened, we could have had more fun watching it. Damn it.

Ning Changkong lowered his eyes and looked at his toes, his mind empty. In the eyes of others, he looked disappointed and lonely.

Even though these monsters have loved to run to the human world to indulge in pleasure since ancient times, they know that cultural output is cultural output and stance is stance.

As soon as the video was posted online, the demon tribe was outraged.

The deputy director of the Soul Protection Department officially appointed by the Juying Pavilion of the demon tribe, the young master of the Hundred Birds tribe, a legitimate divine bird and phoenix, came to your human world to do good deeds, but he was scolded? What kind of logic is this?

If you can endure it and keep silent, you will bring shame to the entire demon race.

Even though most of the great demons were jealous of Ning Changkong's good reputation in the mortal world, they still spoke up for him under the influence of public opinion.

Ning Changkong helplessly adjusted the mask. The most important thing is that the demon race pays the most attention to blood and strength.

The descendant of the Phoenix has achieved the ultimate in both aspects, but has not received basic respect from the human world. This issue can be elevated to a conflict of values ​​between humans and monsters.

"Maybe I'll have to ask Naruki-kun for help..." The Chief of Intelligence looked at him.

Ning Changkong replied crisply: "I will attend the press conference tomorrow and give an explanation."

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly relaxed. Although I always knew that Mingqi had a good temper and was cooperative, I still had to wait until he personally agreed to it before I could put my heart at ease.

Many people and monsters were shocked yesterday. The monster ambassador to humans went to Jinwu Garden to express his condolences. Zhang Xuan, who was in charge of contacting the Alien Bureau, was sent to test Ning Changkong's attitude. In the end, Bai Xian said that "Mingqi has rested and cannot see guests." He drank a cup of tea and was driven out.

The only good news was that Bai Xian was still in Jinwu Garden, which meant that Feng Huang was not unhappy enough to go back to Penglai. He just didn't want to see guests or talk to people. Du Yihe sent a message asking him whether he would attend the meeting tomorrow, but he didn't reply.

Ning Changkong was helpless about this: as soon as he returned to Jinwu Garden yesterday, Bai Xian stuffed him into the quilt and took away his cell phone.

He had been bleeding and doing things all morning, and he was exhausted, so he fell asleep with his head on the pillow. He woke up once during dinner, but he went back to sleep after eating a few bites.

It was good. I was so tired that I didn't care about the pain all over my body. I felt that the quality of my sleep was quite high.

Chu Qingge interrupted: "I think you are either tired or weak."

Ning Chang rolled his eyes inwardly, but he had no time to pay attention to her. Director Chi had just announced the end of the meeting and he still had things to do.

"Director Shi, I want to ask you something." The young Phoenix called out to the director of the research department who was walking out.

The two of them walked outside the conference room and to a secluded corner in the corridor.

Ning Changkong said, "I looked up some materials and papers. Theoretically, if I receive a blood transfusion, the blood drawn out after a period of time will still carry the phoenix spiritual power."

"So I was wondering..."

Shi Jianguo took off his glasses, wiped them, and interrupted in a low voice: "I think human blood will only cause rejection reaction in you, Senior Ning."

However, the demon race does not have a complete blood bank system.

Ning Changkong still didn't give up. He said: "Maybe I..." can withstand the rejection reaction.

Shi Jianguo changed the subject: "Lang Ning said that you didn't look well yesterday. If you need medical help, the research department will do its best."

After being interrupted twice in a row, Phoenix's face was obviously stunned even though it was hidden by a mask.

"Mingqi-kun." Shi Jianguo changed to a more formal address and said solemnly, "You have done enough for mankind."

Don't be like this, wanting to give away everything you have.

When he was rejected, he looked bewildered.