I created the Anomaly Control Bureau

Chapter 992, Section 987: The Horn of Attack

The Prince of Bliss asked:

What exactly can it do?

The fallen angel replied:

"When creating new angels, the six-winged angels can exert a considerable influence on the newly born angels, depending on the current situation, to make them more in line with their needs."

“Normally when we do this, we are completely focused on how to advance the prophecy, but in order to achieve various complex purposes, this influence can actually be quite flexible, even to the point of putting these newly born angels under her control.”

Lin Zhaoheng asked:
"So what exactly is her purpose in doing this?"

The fallen angel replied:

“Angels are all rigid, and while Cherubim also have the rigidity of angels, she has a completely different perspective from other angels, so she may have very different ideas from other angels.”

“Normally, even if there are disagreements, they can eventually reach an agreement. After all, the Cherubim is responsible for making decisions, and the other angels will respect her prophetic abilities.”

"Unless the disagreement is too great, or she has her own ideas."

"But at least when she murdered me, she was still loyal to Heaven, only she was too opinionated and did not even regard her other colleagues as equals."

"This actually exceeds the requirements of a destined returner to some extent, so I don't know if she has become even more overstepping the line now than before. That's all I know."

After listening to his words, Lin Zhaoheng also fell into deep thought.

Marx and Engels suddenly asked:
Do you think now is a good time for us to attack Heaven?

The fallen angel's black eyes turned to him:

"No, but it will be difficult for you to find a better opportunity. In my opinion, you simply cannot find any good opportunities in this war."

"Since the Cherubim has decided to take action, it means she is already confident of victory."

"If you want to win, you must do something she anticipated but it won't work. However, that's probably impossible. The Cherubim can't possibly be completely unprepared for this."

Lin Zhaoheng said unexpectedly:

"You think we can't win."

The fallen angel corrected:

"I know it will be hard for you to win. This is not a fair fight. Even if you have anti-prophecy measures, you don't actually have that many resources at your disposal."

"Although she is not as good at prophecy as Shenxiao, the resources you used this time are far less than those you used when dealing with Shenxiao last time. Not only can the oracle machine not be fully replenished, but there are not as many powerful forces and forces following you in the siege, and you do not have the same determination and ability to act as before."

"You can create too few variables, and even I dare not join forces with you, which makes you almost impossible to hide from her. With sporadic counter-prophecy measures, you cannot stop her."

"When she begins to act, there is not much future left for you, unless you unleash the even more dangerous Divine Firmament now, in which case you may indeed surpass her in prophetic abilities."

“But you can’t do that. She must have foreseen this before she acted.”

Lin Zhaoheng was somewhat unconvinced by this assessment:

"We will release Shenxiao if necessary."

The fallen angel smiled:

“I believe that’s what you think, but you just can’t actually do it.”

Lin Zhaoheng looked at him and asked:
"But that's just your inference, there's no evidence, right?"

The fallen angel replied:

"Of course, you can also believe that you can make the right decisions in the face of the prophet."

Lin Zhaoheng nodded:
“We do want to trust your judgment, but your words are tantamount to saying that all our resistance is meaningless, and although you understand Heaven, you may not understand us.”

“We have our own methods even in places you can’t see.”

"The Federation has defeated the world's most powerful and dangerous prophets. We are not without experience in fighting these dangerous creatures, nor are we unaware of how difficult they are to deal with, and we will not take them lightly."

“We know this will be a tough battle, but we are prepared.”

The fallen angel smiled and said upon hearing this:

"hope so."

The Prince of Bliss also spoke:
"In short, you don't know what she might have accomplished by taking this opportunity, but you think she probably used it to make changes to those newly appeared angels. So what do you think her purpose might be?"

The fallen angel spoke the truth:

"I don't know, and it's hard for me to figure it out. Only prophets can understand what prophets see. The difference between them and us is like that between a swarm of bees and a python. What we can see is just the appearance of the prophets."

"Perhaps she's gone mad, perhaps she wants to resurrect the destined returnees by other means, perhaps she thinks she wants to resurrect the destined returnees but is actually insane, or perhaps she foresaw some unspeakable apocalypse."

"There are countless potential possibilities, and only she herself knows them."

The Prince of Bliss was slightly disappointed:

"But if we don't know what she's capable of, how should we deal with her? Do you have any suggestions?"

The fallen angel shook his head:
"My suggestion is that you release Shenxiao. Although I don't like that guy either, it's one of the few ways that can give us a sure victory. But unfortunately, I know that my suggestion is unlikely to be adopted."

"Apart from this, there is nothing else I can do to help you."

Lin Zhaoheng answered sincerely:
"We will give your suggestion a good consideration."

But it was obvious that the fallen angel didn't think she was telling the truth, and Ma En held the same view. The Federation might really consider releasing Shenxiao, but it would definitely not do so when there was still time.

Unless Shenxiao makes huge concessions to them, but that's not the situation Mar and En want to see.

The Federation and the Fallen Angels then talked for several tens of minutes, but it was all about trivial matters, mostly back-and-forth, and there were no particularly practical results.

The final conclusion reached in this conversation was that this was indeed the work of the cherubim, but although the fallen angels offered their countermeasures, it was a method that the Federation would never adopt.

However, they had no other countermeasures, because they did not actually know the Cherubim's purpose, and the only thing they could use was the almost cheat-like move, Divine Firmament.

As the intervals between conversations grew longer, the Federation gradually ran out of things to ask.

Marne asked a few questions during this process, but didn't extract any particularly useful information, only confirming that it was going to be a tough battle. Now, what he really needed to do was quickly access the next memory, fully restore his mental strength, and prepare for the upcoming fight.

After the Federation exhausted all its problems, Prince Elysium once again activated the magic circle to dispel the fallen angels, but the meeting did not end there.

"What are your thoughts?" Lin Zhaoheng asked after the fallen angels had left for more than ten minutes.

The Prince of Bliss spoke first:

"I don't really like his opinion. To be honest, I think we can handle Heaven ourselves. We just need to change our current strategy a little, become more proactive, or even launch a full-scale attack on Heaven."

Victor agreed:
“That’s right. Shenxiao’s return is not good for anyone. We don’t need her world. The returnee is destined not to come back yet, but if we release Shenxiao, the situation won’t be much different.”

"They all want to control the world with their own will."

But the one-eyed woman, Black Crow, had a different opinion:

“I’ve seen Shenxiao before. When she was active, things weren’t too bad. We don’t know what the Destined Returner will do. If it’s just a few massacres, it might be okay. But if he turns us into some kind of mentally abnormal monsters, we might live an eternal life that’s worse than death.”

“I’m not a risk-taker. If there’s a sure way to win, I don’t mind paying a price, but the decision isn’t in my hands, and you probably won’t listen to me anyway.”

Lin Zhaoheng nodded somewhat impolitely:
"Yes."

It seems there's a reason why Black Raven retired from the Federation.

At this point, everyone's eyes fell on Ma En.

He slowly began to speak:

“I believe what the fallen angels said. As Black Raven said, releasing Shenxiao is not an unbearable price to pay. However, I can also understand that it is a price that you cannot bear, after all, you mortals are afraid of her revenge.”

"So if you want to release Shenxiao, I can negotiate on your behalf and get her to make corresponding promises to ensure that you and the group you represent will not suffer any harm."

"As for any other conditions you may have, I can try to get her to agree. I believe that Shenxiao will make the right decision when faced with such a real problem. All she needs is a suitable advisor."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhaoheng replied:
“We are also negotiating with her, and we have the most professional team.”

Marx and Engels arrogantly said:
"The speaker is often more important than what is said."

Lin Zhaoheng nodded with a calm expression:

"We will consider your proposal, and we have indeed begun to consider the Fallen Angels' suggestion. The Federation will soon begin to create a special system that will allow us to automatically release the Divine Firmament in urgent situations."

"As I said, we are not foolish enough to give up the whole world for Shenxiao."

Ma En knew very well that the real problem was not their will. The fallen angel was right; Lin Zhaoheng might have truly made up his mind to release Shenxiao when necessary.

But the truth is, they have a hard time achieving this goal when they should be doing so.

Marx and Engels nodded slightly.

"Anyway, Shenxiao is yours, so you can do whatever you want with it. But this war absolutely cannot continue as it is now. If we continue to just react to each move and let the Cherubim exert their power, it will definitely drag us into an abyss of no return."

"We must strike first and catch the Cherubim off guard, or we must do something she cannot stop, so that even if she knows what we are going to do, she can only accept the reality that is about to come."

"We need to wage war against Heaven."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this. For the Federation, this was certainly a decision with enormous risks, but conversely, they were also unsure of what the Cherubim were doing at the moment. The situation was no longer something they could clearly control, and waiting was not the best option either.

Moreover, this is indeed a better option than releasing Shenxiao.

The Prince of Bliss suddenly spoke:

"If we want to attack Heaven, Hell can provide enough help. We have done a lot of research on Heaven and have also prepared weapons specifically designed to destroy it, although the weapons are not yet fully ready..."

"But it's enough."

Victor also said:
“I agree with Sera. At least waiting is absolutely not an option. I’ve lived long enough to know when retreating is just a slow death.”

Black Crow said with an even more triumphant expression:
"I have no problem with that either. Fighter jets are precious, and we must strike when the time comes, otherwise we may never have another chance to change the status quo."

Although they didn't fully understand the current situation, they were all decisive enough.

Lin Zhaoheng countered with a question:

"What if this is Cherubim's purpose? What if she knows that dragging this out won't work, so she wants us to fight them ahead of schedule? What if she has already set a trap?"

Marx and Engels smiled:
"If that's really what she thinks, then you should start celebrating now, celebrating that our opponent is such a stupid guy."

If what she said is true, then it's almost the best-case scenario. All they need is the combat power and strategy to completely crush the trap and Heaven itself.

This is something the federal government cannot do, provided it is willing to pay the price.

Kong Shanzhi suddenly spoke:

“But in this battle, we will be the first to lose our strongest fighting force. Sera, you can’t leave the Southern Federation. How are you going to get to Heaven? Or are you just going to stand by and watch?”

Marx and Engels said calmly:

“I cannot leave the Southern Federation, but those angels can come. And for you, it wouldn’t be difficult to create a reason for them to have to go to the Southern Federation, would it? It’s a war.”

"War can occur in many places at the same time."

Kong Shanzhi looked thoughtful:
"It will force her to divert her resources to fight you in the Southern Federation..."

Although Maren couldn't think of a particularly good solution, he believed that this was not a problem for the Federation. This was precisely the kind of thing the Federation excelled at, and it shouldn't be handled by a major fighting force like himself.

Lin Zhaoheng said with a somewhat gloomy expression:

"Do you all think we should go to war? What if we lose..."

The shadow suddenly interjected:
"If we can still lose like this, how can we possibly stop Cherubim's plan? She must be well aware that her actions will raise alarms, but she still chose to do it."

"I'm afraid if we don't stop her in time, we'll soon have no chance left."

Hearing the words from the shadow, Lin Zhaoheng finally gave up resisting:

"Alright, I'll discuss it with the others. If the Strategy Department also feels it's necessary, we'll immediately begin preparations for the attack on Heaven."