·Combat meeting minutes from Qiluo app·
John: "I would like to formally confirm once, is there the possibility of cooperation between us and Gaius Optimis?"
Gongsun Ce: "Yes, that man will not mind joining forces with us if necessary."
Shigure Rei: "Then join Gaius first to stop Situ Yi?"
Aurus: "Unfortunately, Huanyue Zun, this is the most basic issue of trust. Gaius's plan requires the help of the Wuxiang God. Jihui Division will definitely suspect that Gaius is pretending to cooperate but actually seeking opportunities to betray and sneak attacks. Gaius The Sri Lankan side also has the same concerns. Only when one side obtains an absolute 'advantage' on the battlefield can cooperation change from a fantasy to a real possibility."
Gongsun Ce: "Summarize his nonsense. Conquer him first before negotiating."
John: "(Sigh) Isn't it just a gang negotiation..."
Orus: "There are few fundamental differences between violent gang conflicts."
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For the 126th time, Gaius Optimis dreamed of that night 15 years ago.
At that time, the sinister Claudius was still the leader of this ancient family, and Aurelian was the most high-profile rising star in the world. Celebrities gathered at the ancient house of the Ultimus family to discuss the huge impact of Aurelian's wedding, the arms orders that were rolling in, the ancient weapons as gifts, and the huge impact brought by Prince Aurelian. praise and fame.
People in gorgeous clothes danced under the crystal chandelier, and their laughter echoed in the clinking of glasses. The marble floor was as bright as a mirror, reflecting the men's formal suits and the women's flying skirts. Everything was like a palace drama on the screen. So flashy. Gaius stood in an inconspicuous corner, wearing an ugly military uniform and an out-of-place haircut. No one noticed him, and no one showed the slightest interest in him. Everyone's focus was on the door that had not yet been opened.
Then the door finally opened, and Aurelian entered the venue with dancing steps, a bright smile on his face. Everyone cheered and cheered, and even Claudius showed an ugly smile. The stars outside the window were bright, and star souls were hovering in the sky. The bright light illuminated the face of "brother", and he spoke to everyone...
"How boring," said Gaius.
He woke up. It was dark outside the window and it was not yet dawn. He went to do a simple wash, put on his usual formal clothes, and walked to the office.
Gaius has not returned to his nominal home for a long time. Since Aurus went to the Sky City, he no longer needs to live as a "father" and no longer needs to go to a superficial family. Now he lives most often in the presidential palace, and occasionally returns to the family headquarters to communicate with Totem. He returned to the office and took out his plan and began to deduce one item after another, gradually thinking and doubting. All this lasted until Klein kicked the door open dozens of seconds later.
"Damn it, can you look at what time it is?" The President of the United States glared, "4:40! Think about your partner, okay?"
"You no longer need sleep."
"I just like to sleep." Klein sat down on the sofa, "What are you doing if you don't sleep so early in the morning?"
"I'm thinking about unstable factors." Gaius said, "Meteor City's defense is theoretically foolproof, but the sword holder and his team should take proactive action."
Klein nodded: "It's me and I will take the initiative. Do you think they will start a war early or sneak into the capital?"
"When fighting head-on, you have to resist the formation. I will choose to sneak in first. As for the means..." Gaius closed his eyes, "Sometimes Yu Lian is around, and divination methods are ineffective. The opponent also has information life forms, and the detection of the Hidden Law Lord It is not omnipotent. Impermanence and superpowers will be limited, but they also know this."
The Vice President looked a little tired: "I can't guess."
The president found a frozen sandwich from the refrigerator and started eating a late-night snack: "Old man, one thing I have always admired about you is that you have a sufficient understanding of your own capabilities. There were loopholes that you couldn't even think of during the long-day operational meeting yesterday. Then I won’t be able to figure it out out of thin air even if I think about it for a long time today. Give up! A flash of inspiration is the privilege of genius, and it has never been yours!”
Gaius was silent for a long time and sighed: "After all, you can only follow the rules, you are a mediocre person."
"You see, you are no longer interesting." Klein shook his head repeatedly and raised his right arm as if making a speech. "Cheer up! Think about how you recruited me back then."
"I remember, shut up."
Klein vividly imitated the tone of his old friend: "Remember, I am Gaius Optimis. This is the name of the man who will achieve great things in Usters! The venue where you and I are talking now is Dirty trenches, but one day we will reach the top of this country together, I promise you on my honor!"
Gaius rested his forehead on his hands and groaned silently. Klein smiled like a fool: "Looking back at the time when you were wearing a shabby military uniform and a steel helmet, you dared to make such heroic remarks. How can you be so frustrated now that something big is about to happen?"
"I was still young," Gaius sighed.
"Then adjust your youthful mentality and show off your foolish energy that is even more like your son's. Just be prepared and don't be scared if you say something depressing." Klein lowered his head and looked at his phone. "I have a piece of good news. Your hypersensitivity is really useful. That little girl is coming to Meteor City."
"Who?" Gaius asked subconsciously, and then realized what his old friend was talking about. He stood up suddenly and hurried out of the office. "Take me to her!"
"You must give me a salary increase when this trip is over, I'm serious."
"If I'm still alive."
As soon as he left the presidential palace, he saw the young girl with colorful hair. She was sitting on a fire hydrant on the street, chewing on a freshly printed election poster.
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"Do you really think this method works?" Rei Shigure expressed deep doubts. "Last time we did this, it was exposed after just one night."
"You might as well give it a try." Gongsun Ce said, "In the worst case, I'll switch to plan B."
Qiluo cried with a sad face: "Isn't our plan just to turn around and face it?! This is not a preliminary plan at all, it's just a broken plan!"
"Du~dudu~" Qin Qianbai was playing the drop-shaped flute in the passenger seat. In recent days, she had never tired of turning Wanhua into a musical instrument. Alandia slowed down the car. Half a minute ago, a bright yellow flash passed across the road. The road a hundred meters ahead was cut off by a milk river that cut across the sky. A group of car owners blocked the road in front of the river.
The owner of a black Beetle next door got out of the car to smoke. Gongsun Ce stuck his head out and said, "Hey, buddy! I'm a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. How should I deal with this situation?"
"What a coincidence, I am also a country boy who goes to the city to watch the meteor shower." The Beetle owner spoke with a strong western accent, "Can any kind-hearted modern man help me?"
An old woman with gray hair stepped out of her little Buick and asked a redneck to borrow a fire.
"A kind-hearted modern lady can share her experience with you." The old woman lit the cigarette, "Go get a glass of milk while it's fresh, and wait patiently for 7 minutes."
The Beetle owner looked surprised: "Do you really drink milk from the ground? There is no other meaning. I am a farmer..."
"I have lived here for 70 years and I have never heard of anyone getting into trouble after eating Huangguang products." The old woman disagreed.
Gongsun Ce dug out a few cups and ran to get some milk for his fellow travelers. To be fair, the milk tastes ordinary, but the idea of fishing for drinks on the ground is quite novel to everyone. They spent seven minutes chatting casually about the Capitol, running for president and gossiping about celebrities. Then the orange light appeared again and the Milk River turned into a rugged mountain road.
"I hate bumps!" the old lady cursed and returned to her car first. The farmer stared at the path, eyes wide. "So they wait until things get better? What if the terrain gets worse?"
"Think of another way, or call the police." Gongsun Ce said.
The off-road vehicle with five people in it started up again after a short stop. The smell of milk and honey still lingered in the air, and the jungle-like buildings in the distance painted half of the sky into urban dark blue and gray-black. Many cars on the road have their windows open, letting music, chatter and radio blast into other people's ears. Few people care about the feelings of others. Most people go their own way. There is no common ground in their dress and conversation. Strong personal characteristics are everywhere. Even the traffic policeman who stopped the car on the roadside looked like a fired secret agent or a frustrated modern poet.
"I think they can adapt to the Capital of the Sky." Gongsun Ce said.
"Nonsense, most of the buildings in Cangdu were built by this group of Hezhong people. When the name didn't come out, we called it Little Meteor City." Rei Shigure poked his waist, "Be prepared to inspect. ”
Gongsun Ce curled his lips, and a traffic policeman came to Weatherlight with a small device, "For security inspection, please show your ID and answer a few questions."
Alandia handed him the documents of a carload of people.
"The Harvey family, from the Kingdom of Morton..." The police officer carefully compared the information with the real people, a couple from the Kingdom and their 12-year-old son, as well as Aunt Mary and her daughter who were traveling together. The little boy in the passenger seat was playing the flute "dudu", and his silly look made people laugh.
The big database provides their itinerary for the past three months in just one second. The police officer asked: "Have you been to Molten Valley City this month?"
"It's this week." Mr. Harvey corrected, "Are the records of United Nations always so rough? In our kingdom..."
In fact, it was an insurance strike ordered by superiors, but the traffic police was too lazy to tell outsiders. "Thank you for your cooperation, may the saints bless you!" He blocked the mouth of the Kingdom's old man with a blessing in time, and waved to let the vehicle pass. They passed the security checkpoint unimpeded and drove onto the highway to the electronic sound of "Welcome to Meteor City."
The people in the car were talking about useless topics like the most ordinary tourists, until the girl who played the flute put down her instrument, nodded and said: "The surveillance has been withdrawn, there is no need to pretend."
The atmosphere in the car suddenly changed, and the loose family tour group became five times more cheerful than before. Rei Shigure—Mrs. Harvey—was shocked: "Where's the alarm? Where's the martial law? Where's the investigation by official agents? Is this it?"
"That's it, dear." Gongsun Ce (Mr. Harvey) whistled, "Now is the general election period that occurs once every four years. Hundreds of thousands of people are pouring into Meteor City every day. We have no use for impermanence. The law doesn’t have superpowers. How are you going to find five good, law-abiding citizens among hundreds of thousands of people?”
"But there will be records in that person's script, right?" Shigure Rei lowered his voice subconsciously.
"I think the script will record our actions truthfully, but the script may not recognize our identities clearly." Alandia, who plays Aunt Mary, and Qiluo, who plays the daughter, lean together, "We drove Mr. and Mrs. Harvey's car , took the Harveys' ID cards and traveled all the way from the Harveys' home, so why does the script determine that we are not the Harveys, but the 'crew of the Day Star'?"
This is a plan jointly discussed by Gongsun Ce and Alandia, using Situ Yi's beloved "identity" as the entry point for infiltration. The Wuxiang God always likes to assign "roles" based on identity, and now everyone has taken the initiative to play five supporting roles. Except for a transaction that temporarily took them out of "sight", the rest were just some props from Cangdu and replacement identities arranged by the Mithril Pillar. Gaius set up a dragnet for protection, but the simplest method became a breakthrough.
"He should really order the police officers to pull people's faces one by one." Qin Qianbai said.
"It's impossible! If you dare to issue such an order, it will cause a commotion within half a day. It will be more beneficial to us if the situation is messed up." Qiluo said, "Besides, ordinary disguises are useless, right? After all, this is a place of ever-changing light. State.”
As he spoke, another yellow light flashed, and an unlucky sports car turned into a wooden car, and the entire right half of the viaduct became a classical and elegant wooden hollow structure. The first half of the viaduct slowly deformed during the emergency adjustment, guiding the traffic flow down the middle level and into the main road of Meteor City in advance. Buildings with cutting-edge shapes flooded into Gongsun Ce's field of vision. Hezhong's specialty aircraft shuttled in the huge holographic projection in the daytime. For a moment, he thought he had arrived at the second sound screen city, another one he was tired of seeing. of modern city-states. But then he realized that he was wrong. This city would probably never be boring for the rest of his life, because everything in Meteor City was changing.
The cylindrical glass house rolled amidst the screams of people, and in the middle it became a fully enclosed cage made of black iron. The 67-meter-high "876 Building" flashed into a completely transparent pure crystal building, and everyone's actions could be clearly seen by pedestrians outside. Gongsun Ce didn't have time to create an impression on the city. The whole city was like a mirage. From a distance, it looked colorful and beautiful, but when you looked closely, it was full of irregularly moving colors. They poured into this crazy metropolis like a few fish swimming into a crazy ocean.
"Get ready, ladies." Gongsun Ce admired it for a second, and then said to everyone and himself, "We won't be able to use the impermanent method until the action begins. We must be good agents who don't reveal their flaws."
(End of chapter)
