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Chapter 592 Shen Lingshuang died early (7k monthly ticket required)
"Even more weird?" Qiu Tu chewed on these words, then looked up and asked, "Why are they weird?"

The jackal did not answer the question directly, but looked up at Qiu Tu and asked, "Master, do you know about "technological explosiveness"? "

Hearing what the jackal said, Qiu Tu was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Techno-explosiveism, also known as "effective activism", is a loose organization composed of a group of crazy politicians and scientists.

They believe that in order to save humanity, they must explore and discover new technological singularities, and then detonate new technologies at all costs to start the next cycle.

The reason why this is called a "loose organization" is that it does not have a strict hierarchy or organizational structure, but is more like a political line or political tendency.

The reason why Qiu Tu knew this was because the Lin family was a member of this loose organization back then.

It was they who were radically researching the "Dual Disaster Path" and "Butterfly Transformation Gu", which led to a series of subsequent events. (Chapter 577)
Now hearing Jackal asking about this organization, Qiu Tu immediately had a guess in his mind.

He nodded and gave an affirmative answer, "I know this organization."

"But." At this point, Qiu Tu changed the subject and asked, "You mean, there are members of this organization in Shelter 3?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, the jackal first shook his head, then nodded.

He corrected with a wry smile, "My Lord, Sanctuary 3 does not have any members of this organization. Rather, this organization originated from Sanctuary 3."

He thought about it and roughly guessed that Qiu Tu knew the origin of "technological explosiveness". So, he added,
"I remember that the head of the Lin family of Shelter 7 once visited Shelter 3 and was deeply influenced by their political inclinations."

After hearing what the jackal said, Qiu Tu suddenly showed a hint of enlightenment on his face. He felt that many things were going smoothly.

He nodded, then held out his hand to signal the Jackal to continue.

The jackal moved his knees forward, adjusted himself to a more comfortable kneeling position, and continued, "The reason why Shelter 3 is the origin of "technological explosiveness" is because their situation is rather special."

"After all, they were one of the first shelters built by humans. At that time, they faced great pressure from evil gods and catastrophic creatures, so many of their practices were quite radical, and the competition was also quite intense."

"For example, their political system. Although the highest power is held by the parliament, there are many factions."

"If I remember correctly, there are more than 36 factions in their shelter, and these 458 factions will compete for the seats in the parliament every five years." (Chapter )
“Only the faction that holds the most seats in the new parliament can form a new government and become the new ruler of the sanctuary.”

"This means that all of their factions must strive to evolve, iterate, and develop. Only in this way can they avoid being eliminated."

"Over the years, they have changed the ruling faction seven or eight times. For example, the "Mechanical Faction", "True God Faction", "Fusion Faction" and "Lawful Faction" have been rotating one after another."

"Because they have so many factions, generally speaking, no matter which faction is in power, the other twenty or so factions can discover new explosive new technologies in those five years."

"After that, the strength of that faction will increase rapidly, quickly gaining an absolute advantage in the shelter, and then successfully taking over in the next five years."

At this point, Jackal paused and commented, "To some extent, they do practice the path of 'technological explosiveness'."

Qiu Tu:
Just from listening to what the jackal said, Qiu Tu felt that the Third Shelter was a bit crazy. This made Qiu Tu, who liked to abide by order and stability, feel a little uncomfortable.

So, he asked, "Can you introduce the factions that have governed Sanctuary 3?"

"For example, what are those "mechanical schools", "true god schools", "fusion schools" and "lawful schools"? "

The jackal nodded.

He said, "The Mechanic Faction is actually the earliest faction to emerge in Sanctuary 3."

"Because this faction was founded by some scientists from the National Weapons Research Institute and Arsenal before the Cataclysm Era."

"They believe that even in the Cataclysm Era, the biggest advantage humans have over Cataclysm creatures is still science and machinery."

"Giving up your own strengths to learn the power of catastrophe, and then fighting against those catastrophe creatures who can use the power of catastrophe. In fact, you are using your own strengths to defeat your own strengths."

"So, relying on the legacy of the old times and the arsenal that was the cornerstone of the 3rd Sanctuary, they began to study the integration of the power of the catastrophe and mechanical products."

"This allowed them to develop unmanned ships, honeycomb drones, mechanical wolf packs and other advanced mechanical weapons at the beginning of the Cataclysm Era."

"After that, their ambitions grew. They set a goal to dig out and open up all the arsenals and industrial facilities before the world was destroyed. They wanted to rebuild the human industrial system and form an endless mechanical army to fight against the evil gods and the catastrophic creatures."

Hearing the jackal's story, Qiu Tu frowned slightly.

Having lived two lives, Qiu Tu's biggest insight is that the general trend of history is difficult to change by human power. The wheel of history rolls forward and will crush everything that attempts to stop it.
If you are in the right place, even a pig will take off. But if you go against the trend of the times, you are doomed to be eliminated.

As expected, Jackal showed a hint of scorn on his face. He said, "In the beginning, when the concentration of the power of catastrophe in the real world was relatively low, the "mechanical faction" did lead the Third Sanctuary to a golden period of development."

"But later, when the concentration of the catastrophic force in the real world became higher and higher, and the level of catastrophic creatures became higher and higher, and even when there were 3rd, 4th, and even 5th level catastrophic creatures, the "mechanical faction" could no longer withstand it."

"After all, no matter how powerful the mechanical army is, it cannot enter the "Boundless Heart Sea". It is also impossible to capture the elusive catastrophic creatures."

"The turning point of everything is actually a joke of a powerful evil god in the "core area"."

At this point, the jackal paused, then looked up at Qiu Tu and asked, "My Lord, do you know about the book Brave New World and related events?"

When Qiu Tu heard the title of the book "Brave New World", he was stunned.

He recalled and vaguely remembered that Yudie (Qin Shuman) told him the story of this book when he was still in New Territories City.

It seems that this book was popular in major shelters more than ten or twenty years ago. Many people committed suicide or died strangely after reading this book. As a result, a terrible catastrophic creature was born in the "Edge Area of ​​the Infinite Heart Sea".

That terrible catastrophic creature had a special ability. It could directly affect reality by causing disasters in the "Boundless Heart Sea". As a result, it destroyed six or seven cities in the Third Sanctuary one after another. (Chapter 81)
The Third Shelter also spent a huge price to eliminate this catastrophic creature.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but look at the jackal, nodded, and said affirmatively, "I know about that incident."

Seeing this, Jackal didn't talk about the whole story anymore, but explained directly, "At that time, the restrictions of the "Boundless Heart Sea-Core Area" were still relatively high, and evil gods above level 5 could not come to the "Edge Area."

"But the rapid development of technology and machinery in Sanctuary 3 is indeed interesting, so a powerful evil god wrote this book and threw it into Sanctuary 3."

"They want to use human thoughts and distractions to breed a peak level 4 or even level 5 catastrophic creature directly in the "marginal area" to cause trouble for the third shelter."

“I didn’t expect it to be successful.”

"Because that fifth-order catastrophic creature only moves in the 'Boundless Heart Sea', the 'Mechanical Faction''s' mechanical wolf pack, unmanned airships, and honeycomb drones are completely useless. They can only be beaten unilaterally."

"So, under the attack of that catastrophic creature, the entire Shelter 3 suffered heavy losses. In the end, we only managed to survive thanks to the desperate efforts of the experts and the assistance of Shelter 2."

"After that, the 'Mechanic Faction' was impeached and removed from office. It became a small faction, declined, and completely withdrew from the core power stage of Sanctuary 3."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu nodded slightly.

After thinking about it, the jackal gave the "mechanical faction" a fair evaluation, "Of course, even so. The "mechanical faction" has made a lot of contributions to the human camp."

"Like nuclear weapons, there are also various weapons, such as light individual mortars, shoulder-fired light howitzers, P12 rapid-fire machine guns, etc., which they have re-researched, manufactured and provided to major shelters." (Chapter 323)
Hearing this, Qiu Tu was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but pay tribute to the "Mechanical School" in his heart.

He felt that this was just like what Su Wanqing had told him about the "ancestor of the Kou family":
The decline of a family is probably not because they did something wrong, but because the world no longer needs them.
The mechanical school did nothing wrong, it’s just that times have changed.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu asked again, "What about the True God Sect?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, the jackal grinned and said, "My Lord, the True God Sect is even more interesting."

"The True God Faction is the faction that came to power in Sanctuary 3 after the events of Brave New World."

"They were inspired by the events of Brave New World. They believed that since the Cataclysm Era was a spiritual "apocalypse", the spirit could change the material world and even give birth to catastrophic creatures."

"Then, humans can also gather their faith and use the thoughts and beliefs of all mankind to give birth to a powerful human god."

"In this way, wouldn't that powerful human god be able to protect humans themselves?"

"So, they began to study various methods to gather spirits and faith, and called on all residents of the Third Sanctuary to gather the deity they named "Wuhuang" together."

"In order to maintain a pure faith, the True God Sect regards the Queen Nuwa as the only true God in the world."

At this point, Jackal paused and talked about something off topic, "So, we, the gods who are opposite to "Emperor Nuwa", are evil gods."

"This is also the origin of our name, the Evil God."

Qiu Tu frowned slightly when he heard this. He said, "This should also fail, right?"

The jackal bared his two rows of sharp teeth and said with a smile, "Of course."

"If it were that easy to create a god, then the powerful evil god wouldn't have written this book specifically to create catastrophic creatures."

"And even if the 'Nuwa Queen' is really born, it may not be a good thing for humans. After all, even if the 'Nuwa Queen' is born, it does not mean that humans can control her."

"If He were to betray us, humanity would suffer a devastating blow."

Qiu Tu nodded slightly, thinking it made sense.

Then, Jackal gave Qiu Tu a detailed account of the situation of several major factions, including the "Fusion Faction", "Agriculture Faction", and "Destruction Faction". They all had their own unique characteristics.

In general, the entire Sanctuary 3 is like a concentration camp for lunatics.

Human diversity flourishes in this space, and various experiments, research, and technological explosions emerge one after another.

Moreover, because the Third Sanctuary has a five-year election cycle, with more than 3 factions competing for 36 seats, there is a lot of blood and gore. Therefore, in the eyes of evil gods like Jackal, they think that the Third Sanctuary is even more evil than them.

Not to mention them. After listening to Jackal's story, Qiu Tu felt that Shelter 3 was a bit abstract.

This also made him think of Yanyan.
He remembered that Yanyan seemed to have studied in Shelter No. 3. (Chapter 228)
Qiu Tu remembered that the intelligence at that time showed that Yanyan went to the third shelter [Agricultural University] for further studies. She was studying animal and plant breeding and hybridization.
Hmm. Inexplicably, Qiu Tu felt that Yanyan’s contrasting and weird behavior seemed to make sense.

Even the fact that Yanyan was a matchmaker for him and helped him bring women back every day had a more reasonable reason: that girl couldn't be doing her job and trying every means to help Qiu Tu with breeding and hybridization!
After talking about the major factions and history of Sanctuary 3, the two finally talked about the current ruling faction of Sanctuary 3, the "Lawful Faction" to which Shen Lingshuang's father belonged.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but when talking about the "lawful system", Qiu Tu clearly felt that the jackal's expression became much more solemn.

The jackal knelt on the ground, then raised his head, his eyes full of seriousness, and said, "My Lord."

"I actually have always had a bad impression of Sanctuary 3. The main reason is that their current ruling faction is the "Lawful Faction". "

He said, "The Lawful School is a major faction that has existed since the creation of Sanctuary 3. And its strength has always been ranked in the top three."

"Over the years, the Lawful School has been developing peacefully. No matter which faction comes to power, they are always being wooed, which has allowed their power to expand rapidly."

“第3庇护所的7位6阶灾变者里，有3位都在他们派系。”“而且我们怀疑，「守序系」里还存在7阶灾变生灵压阵。”

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu nodded slightly: He was not actually surprised that there was a level 3 Catastrophist in the 7rd Shelter.

After all, the two major thresholds for Cataclysm are actually "Catastrophic Awakening" and "Level 4". The former may die after taking the medicine, while the latter is "Yellow Demon Disaster".

After passing the 4th level, each subsequent step is difficult but not as dangerous.

In addition, those who had reached level 4 back then were all gifted people. Therefore, even if the "Cataclysm Path" was relatively ordinary, there was still a chance that one or two level 7s could be achieved through hard work over the years.

However, just as Qiu Tu was thinking this, the jackal suddenly repeated, "My Lord, I'm not talking about a 7th-level Cataclysm, I'm talking about a 7th-level Cataclysm Creature."

Hearing the jackal's repetition, Qiu Tu was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help but look up at the jackal.

The jackal grinned, revealing his two rows of sharp teeth.

He said, "You may not know that your political line of "using evil gods to fight evil gods" was not the first one to be proposed."

"At first, a small faction in Sanctuary 3 also proposed it. Later, that small faction was swallowed up by the "Order School"."

"After that, the Lawful School seemed to be tinkering with some weird things."

"For example, their vice-chairman Shen Yuzhou. There's something wrong with his daughter."

Qiu Tu was shocked when he heard the jackal's words. He didn't show it on the surface, but he was alert inside.

He looked at the jackal and asked, "What's wrong?"

After saying this, he kept his eyes closely watching the changes in the jackal's expression, trying to see if the jackal mentioned Shen Yuzhou on purpose.

The jackal seemed to be talking about this. He hesitated and said, "I can't say for sure."

"But, my Lord, you know. I am a dog. I have a very good nose and sense."

"I just feel like Shen Yuzhou's daughter has become a different person over the years."

Qiu Tu keenly caught the words used by the jackal. He frowned slightly and asked, "Changed the person?"

He glanced at the Jackal's loyalty of 72 points again, and then asked tentatively, "Are you sure it's not because her soul was separated that her aura changed?"

Upon hearing this, the jackal shook his head and said, "Definitely not. She has just become a different person. And she has a strong smell of the "evil god". "

"But I don't know what the Lawful Order did to that girl. And what replaced her."

"Maybe some kind of horrible experiment on the human body or soul?"

Hearing this, Qiu Tu's expression finally became too serious to conceal.

He still remembered when Zhao Ji examined Shen Lingshuang. She said that Shen Lingshuang's soul was not complete, only one soul and one spirit. (Chapter 467)
Afterwards, Zhao Ji speculated that Shen Lingshuang's true body was probably some kind of special catastrophe path, which required splitting the soul and removing the "impurities" in her soul; or she had encountered some kind of major change and her spirit was stimulated (Chapter 468)
Now it seems likely to be the latter.

Combined with the information revealed by the jackal, Qiu Tu couldn't help but have a very scary guess in his mind.
In order to strengthen their own strength, the "lawful faction" is so crazy and radical that it cultivates evil gods to devour humans, or uses humans to give birth to evil gods.

Afterwards, through some means, they controlled the cultivated evil gods, replaced the original human identities, and fought for them.

And Shen Lingshuang is likely to be the chosen "sacrifice".

But due to some coincidence, Shen Lingshuang's soul was not completely devoured, but floated to the 8th shelter. Finally, under the influence of the "Flower of the Earth Vein", she was resurrected as a half-baked pharmacist with only incomplete memories.
Thinking of this, Qiu Tu clenched his hands involuntarily, feeling that he might be close to the truth.
Meanwhile. Shelter 3. Parliament Building.

As the highest authority in Sanctuary 3, the parliament building is like a silent beast, entrenched in the center of the city.

The entire exterior wall of the building is made of cold black marble. Every stone looks like it has been hammered in dark purgatory for thousands of years, exuding a biting chill.

And on the top floor of this black parliament building, in a black room, an old man was talking with a middle-aged man.

The old man had white hair and beard, a stern expression, and a frown that was like deep grooves carved into his face. His long face looked a little serious.

He said slowly, "According to what you said, Qiu Tu is following the same path as us, 'using evil gods to defeat evil gods'?"

The middle-aged man responded with a serious expression.

He looks to be nearly 40 years old, and his facial features are vaguely similar to Shen Lingshuang, which makes him look elegant and handsome even though he has been ravaged by time.

If Qiu Tu was here, he would be able to recognize him at a glance as the vice-president of the Supreme Council of Shelter 3, Shen Yuzhou, the father of Shen Lingshuang.

And in the entire Sanctuary 3, the only person who could speak to him as a superior was obviously the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Sanctuary 3, the head of the "Order System": Xing Su.

After hearing what Xing Su said, Shen Yuzhou nodded slightly, then shook his head, "Qiu Tu's political line is indeed similar to ours, but it is not the same."

"He doesn't control the evil god through some means like we do. Instead, he uses 'emotions' or 'personal charm'."

"Haha." Xing Su sneered twice and commented, "Feelings are the most unreliable and the easiest to deteriorate."

"Once a conflict arises between the two sides and there is no check and balance, it is very likely that everything will be lost."

Shen Yuzhou nodded slightly, then said seriously, "That's it."

"Moreover, the relationship is maintained only by feelings. In fact, the two parties are just in a cooperative relationship."

"Once the other party turns against us, the whole situation could immediately deteriorate."

"So, I plan to take Lingshuang to the Northwest Region again. I want to meet Qiu Tu and see what he is like."

Shen Yuzhou paused for a moment, then said, "It just so happens that today Shelter No. 7 sent a request for help to Shelter No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5. I hope our three shelters can lend a helping hand to him."

"Shelter No. 5 rejected it, but the "Iron Ladies" from Shelter No. 4 were very interested in Qiu Tu."

"After all, their long-time rivals, the Nine-Headed Lion and the Jackal, were killed and captured alive. They are also very curious about what Qiu Tu, who ended their two rivals, is like."

"Plus, Shelter No. 2 is also somewhat interested in Qiu Tu and asked us to judge Qiu Tu's potential."

“See if there is any value in connecting to the ‘core area’.”

"So, I plan to take Lingshuang and the Iron Women's Army to the Northwest Region to meet the famous Qiu Tu."

After hearing Shen Yuzhou's words, Xing Su was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly and slowly gave his answer, "Yes."

After getting Xing Su's approval, Shen Yuzhou smiled and prepared to leave.

As a result, at this moment, Xing Su called him again.

"Jade Island."

Shen Yuzhou stopped and looked at Xing Su.

Xing Su said in an old voice, "Ling Shuang's strength has increased so much in this period of time. Can you still control it?"

Hearing Xing Su's words, Shen Yuzhou smiled, "Dad, don't worry. Everything is under control."

At this point, he raised his hand, showing a jade ring on his thumb, and said, "I still have it here."

After hearing Shen Yuzhou's words, Xing Su nodded slightly and waved his hand.

After leaving the Speaker's office, a girl who looked exactly like Shen Lingshuang was waiting at the door.

However, that girl was obviously not as well-behaved as Shen Lingshuang. She wore a black navel-baring top with a black leather jacket on the outside, and hot pants, fishnet stockings, and black shoes under her smooth belly.

Coupled with the fact that she was casually blowing bubble gum, she looked like a bohemian and spirited girl on the street.

Seeing Shen Yuzhou coming out, the girl's eyes stayed on Shen Yuzhou's jade ring for a second and called out, "Dad."

Then, he looked up at Shen Yuzhou and nonchalantly called out, "Old Deng. Are you done? Let's go."

Seeing the girl dressed like this, Shen Yuzhou's face darkened slightly. He said softly, "I've told you so many times, you have to be conscious of being the Speaker's daughter when you are outside."

"What are you wearing?"

The girl turned her head away indifferently when she heard that, and said disdainfully, "Who wants to be the daughter of the Speaker?"

Shen Yuzhou:
Shen Yuzhou took a deep breath, then turned the jade ring on his thumb and said in a deep voice, "Stop talking nonsense. Pack up, we are going to the "Northwest Region"."

The girl was immediately unhappy when she heard this. "Going to the Northwest Region again? Didn't we just go there last year?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuzhou looked at her expressionlessly and said, "This time it's an important matter."

After that, he paused and said softly, "Shen Lingshuang seems to be alive"

Hearing Shen Yuzhou's words, the girl's pupils first shrank slightly, and then an evil smile appeared on her face.

"Interesting, interesting."

Meanwhile, in the Northwest region, the 7th Shelter, Fengqi State, the state capital.

Qiu Tu was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, thinking while giving orders to Guan Xiao.

"Let Lariluo send Shen Lingshuang to the East City area, to Zhao Ji."

"During this period of time, tell her not to leave Zhao Ji's side. Just tell her that you are practicing for her."

"Then, let the jackal go, let him unite the evil gods around the 7th Sanctuary, and then block the passage between the 7th Sanctuary and the "Boundless Heart Sea - Core Area." "

"Notify Princess Xi and Tang Feifei. Ask them to speed up the process."

At this point, Qiu Tu opened his eyes and said with a gleam in his eyes, "I hope that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we will see the capture of Shelter 7!"
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