Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 937 Betraying Myself

The goblins were not unaware of the undercurrents and crises lurking in the island nation. In fact, they were well aware of the intentions of those humans in searching for an entrance to another world, because it was they who had guided them. Otherwise, why would these greedy humans be so generous with their money?

The problem is that the goblins also know what they are facing: the incredibly terrifying Burning Legion, which has destroyed countless worlds, and the Fallen Titans, whose power is so great that it inspires despair.

They have long since lost their homes and are now nothing more than survivors and refugees.

In this situation, the best approach is to maintain strict vigilance, resolutely prevent any leaks of information, and unite with the island nation to prohibit all exploration of other worlds, ensuring the safety of their final home.

The problem is, they are goblins.
The problem is, they gave too much.
With the idea that if I don't sell, someone else will, although there's no rush to buy, the goblins are like cotton belts, ready to pay up if offered money.

If it were a world without extraordinary foundations, it would probably take a long time to figure things out. However, with the revival of spiritual energy, the extraordinary beings who almost lost their lineage have begun to rise again, and there is a trend of global integration. So even though the goblins deliberately dismantled some key things into pieces, they still managed to piece together some incredible things.

The key point is that humanity has discovered that to colonize other worlds, it needs two professions: mages and warlocks. To be precise, exploration requires mages, and opening doors requires warlocks.

With a clear target in mind, the goblins poured in large sums of gold, decisively selling their last means of survival by selling a wealth of precious and deadly knowledge to the island nation and the alliance.

That's right. The biggest customers who buy extraordinary heritage from the goblins are the island nation and the alliance. Other countries have their own long-standing heritage, so they are not very interested in this kind of knowledge. In addition, the island nation and the alliance have driven up the price, so even fewer people are buying it.

However, it's understandable for the alliance to buy, since they lack extraordinary resources themselves. But it's intriguing for the island nation to buy; you're up to no good, aren't you?

Moreover, the alliance is making a lot of trouble because this is not their territory, and the island nation is also making trouble. Isn't that courting death?

Already overwhelmed with work and frustration, Yan Xu, unable to bear it any longer, barged into a high-level meeting in Japan, beat everyone up without asking any questions, and then spat as he left.

Although the matter was suppressed, the island nation's top officials not only lost face, they were treated like dogs.

Let alone revenge, they don't even dare to complain.

Those who know about this incident understand perfectly well why they were beaten; beating them was the right thing to do.

Even those unaware of this matter understand that something terrible must have happened that they are unaware of.

Because they all knew who Yan Xu was backing and who he represented.

At this point, they were going to beat them up regardless of the decorum of a superior nation, which shows how serious the matter was. Or perhaps someone had done something deadly behind their backs, so an investigation revealed a complete mess.

The Japanese people generally know that the reformers are lackeys of the alliance, but no one expected them to dare to do this.

They've wanted to colonize otherworldly island nations, but the problem is they can't.

With the resources and population of an island nation, the idea of ​​colonizing a world with multiple extraordinary powers and even gods is simply a pipe dream.

The most terrifying thing is that the interdimensional portal is located in the island nation. Once it is opened, it is unknown who will colonize whom. If war breaks out, the island nation may be sunk.

The alliance is aware of this, which is why it encouraged the reformists in the island nation to be the vanguard. If they succeed, they will become the alliance's pawns; if they fail, they can cause trouble for ASEAN, which is right next door.

However, the reformers' actions amounted to selling out the island nation, and doing so without leaving any way out.

Although island nations have been sending large numbers of immigrants to buy land and preparing for mass relocation in recent years, everyone knows that this is not realistic.

With Judas as a prime example, who would dare to make this exception? Besides, the reputation of island nations isn't much better than that of squid.

So, with no clear way out, the reformers sold out the island nation, which was intolerable to others, leading to a back-and-forth infighting.

Yan Xu naturally knew about this, but he didn't even give him a friendly look, because he knew very well that most of it was just an act for him.

The emergence of the Meiji Restoration faction was itself a choice and intention of the island nation, and it was inevitable. Therefore, even if they were all eliminated, their reappearance was only a matter of time.

If island nations want to escape the shadow of ASEAN and rise again, taking this step is essential.

Even goblins know to use alliances as bargaining chips when cooperating with island nations. Of course, island nations aren't stupid either; how could they leave themselves only one way out? Therefore, the reformers who have close ties with the alliance can be suppressed, but they can't be without them.

The matter could only end inconclusively, but it didn't end there; instead, it escalated.

Goblins are indeed shrewd businessmen. Since they'd already sold two ropes capable of strangling themselves, why not sell more before their value depreciates? After all, they can't die twice, so they flooded the market. Complete sets of otherworldly mage and warlock inheritances are too expensive, so many people buy them piecemeal and incorporate them into their own inheritances. The most popular items are naturally those related to otherworldly knowledge, such as teleportation and summoning.

Buddhist monks are actually quite similar to scientists; they are both filled with an irrepressible curiosity.

To put it simply, if the gates of hell were placed before scientists, no matter how severe the consequences were described, given a thousand chances, scientists would still open them a thousand times. Even if they regretted it immensely afterward, it wouldn't stop their eager little hands, because the essence of science is to study the unknown. Whether it's harmful or beneficial, basically, success benefits humanity, and failure means everyone shares the consequences. In a sense, it's quite fair, except that it doesn't give ordinary people any choice.

As for mages, regardless of the world they come from, courting death is their instinct. So when faced with the gates of hell, they would use their magical powers to open them ten thousand times, a hundred thousand times, and countless times, firmly believing that they could control everything.

In contrast, warlocks are much simpler. They don't play any tricks. They'll sell anything for power. It's that simple. In other words, the full-scale invasion from another world is already on its countdown.

In fact, when simple rituals of life sacrifice and summoning demons began to circulate among the people, the island nation knew that things were getting serious.

Island people know their own character best; they have a serious tendency toward self-destruction.

Before, without superpowers, at most one could just grab a street politician and randomly take them away with a double-barreled weapon. Now that they have superpowers, high-ranking officials and powerful figures are definitely not going to escape. However, the inhuman president and the tyrannical Yakuza are the first unlucky ones, and their mortality rate is definitely higher than in the Conan world.

In any case, once the supernatural ritual spreads, no one can bear the consequences.

The upper echelons will become targets of revenge from the lower classes, and the lower classes will become sacrifices to madmen. The entire country is not far from destruction.

It was too late to panic then, because someone had deliberately spread information about the supernatural ritual. As for who was behind it all, it's really hard to guess.

However, the most urgent task is to collect the supernatural rituals that have been scattered among the people. These supernatural rituals, which exchange blood sacrifices for power and to summon demons, are themselves the root of the turmoil.

However, the spread of related knowledge is difficult to control because this knowledge is not only carried by the internet and books, but also passed down orally in the form of urban legends, making it impossible for island nations to effectively control.

Moreover, people have a rebellious streak; the more they are forbidden from doing something, the more curious they become. If the authorities actually issue a formal order, it will only make the situation worse.

The only saving grace is that the medium for extraordinary rituals must be extraordinary materials. In other words, a ritual made by searching for random things online and using chicken blood, candles, or dead cats will only scare others and give you a little excitement; it's completely useless. However, in this world with extraordinary abilities, it's easy to attract some ghosts and spirits, and then you'll be in for some bad luck.

Therefore, all the island nation had to do was keep a close eye on the circulation and smuggling of those extraordinary materials, while Yan Xu was responsible for clearing them out, destroying them, and sealing them up, giving the island nation no chance to intervene at all, which clearly showed that he did not trust the other party.

Although the island nation is in an awkward position, its foundation is not clean to begin with, and given Yan Xu's strength and background, it can only acquiesce.

In fact, compared to their own people, the island nation trusts Yan Xu, who has a special background, more, because his only goal is stability, not destruction, which is quite ironic.

A nation rife with contradictions and self-destruction must be saved by others applying the brakes.

Yan Xu is now focusing most of his energy on sealing, which has affected his own strength and made him increasingly reliant on external objects.

Fortunately, he has ASEAN behind him. Although top-tier combatants and experts cannot spare the time to support him, a large number of elites are still fine.

However, Yan Xu had no intention of having ASEAN people fight to the death for the island nation; he provided more support in other areas, and the operation mainly relied on the Beast Corps.

Because of the success of the Five Colors Team, when Yan Xu brought up the Beastman Soldier Plan again, it was approved with almost no resistance.

Unlike the Five Colors Team, which is composed of naive and foolish college students, the Beast Soldiers are all trash. They are all transformed from incorrigible violent criminals, each of them acting like they own the place, and none of them are willing to submit to anyone.

Despite their unruly demeanor, after being reformed, they are all incredibly well-behaved.

Disobedient and causing trouble, haha, have you heard of the art of pitying the heart?

To put it simply, if Yan Xu told them to commit suicide, they would all show expressions of gratitude and relief, fearing that he would change his mind. So it was impossible for them to disobey orders. After all, many of them who had stood up for others had now become musical instruments, like flesh and blood harps, and they would occasionally have a big chorus to cheer them up.

With this group of loyal lackeys, Yan Xu can directly bypass the Japanese government and intervene in supernatural events; otherwise, the Japanese government wouldn't be so obedient.

What troubled Yan Xu was that those most interested in and the largest number of people involved in the extraordinary rituals were not the oppressed lower class, nor the desperate avengers, but rather otaku.

They were filled with a thirst for specific supernatural knowledge and formed organizations and churches of all sizes in an attempt to summon demons.

The question is, what does a shut-in + summoning demons equal?
(End of this chapter)