Chapter 49: Differences in Concepts
Kong Zheng turned around, glanced at Chen Xuan, and said quietly:
"You'll report back later."
"I?"
Chen Xuan pointed at himself, his eyes widening.
Zheng Guofu echoed beside him:
"Yes, yes, you are now the head of the Ghost Agency. This is your chance to show off in front of the Prime Minister!"
Zheng Guofu's encouragement made Kong Zheng narrow his eyes, but after thinking about it carefully, he was the most suitable person to report.
At this time, Shangcheng has begun to explain his current dilemma and solution.
Mayor Zhao Cheng stood up. His eyes were calm but a little frightened, his mouth curled downwards. He picked up the report with his smoke-stained hands, scanned it with a quick glance, then put it down, stared at everyone present, and said:
"Captain Wu, regarding this 'Daoxian' incident, we in Shangcheng have summarized a set of plans based on the current economic situation, military strength, the social characteristics of the development of Daoxian, and the characteristics of Daoxian."
"That means the entire city will remain silent for three days, allowing the Taoist believers to kill each other."
Everyone looked up at Zhao Cheng, but Zhao Cheng's eyes were filled with indifference, and he still said calmly:
"We will enter the market when the number drops sharply."
"According to the current situation, if we rely on firearms to deal with Taoist believers, the efficiency is very low. We often need a team to ensure that there are no casualties in dealing with Taoist believers, and it consumes a lot of guns and ammunition."
"With the existing police and military forces, it will take at least three months for the upper city to achieve initial stability."
"Three months... and still ensuring social order and safety, I think it's completely impossible."
"However, if a Taoist immortal kills another Taoist immortal, there will be a 'refining' step. Not only will they not be healed, but they will die completely."
"So I suggest that all residents of Shangcheng remain silent at home for three days, allowing the Taoist believers outside to engage in a round of fighting first, and then the army will be dispatched to eliminate the remaining targets. I think this will be the fastest way to eliminate the targets."
Zhao Cheng landed with a bang, and soon someone raised a question:
"The fighting between Daoxian followers will only help each other break through. If we allow them to evolve recklessly, wouldn't it be possible to cultivate an unstoppable existence?"
"Won't."
At this time, Zhang Huaiyi behind him added that he had also participated in the discussion of this plan and naturally thought about this issue.
"According to the data, the ones who kill the most ordinary people now are not the Taoist immortals who have broken through, but the Taoist immortals at the very beginning. This is because after breaking through, the believers will gradually develop side effects. The most common ones are loss of hearing and vision, and in more serious cases, they can't walk. They become obsessed with Taoism, which gives ordinary people a way out."
"If we eventually cultivate an extremely powerful 'Stone', perhaps we humans can make use of it."
After saying this, Zhang Huaiyi added:
"If all else fails, we can lure this monster to a deserted place and use our most advanced technology... that's the only solution. "
After Zhang Huaiyi finished speaking, everyone began to think about the feasibility of this plan.
Kong Zheng and Zheng Guofu also looked at Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan looked calm and waited to speak.
No one at the scene expressed any opinion. Seeing this, Wu Chi looked at Kong Zheng with a smile and said:
"Then Mayor Kong, what plan do you have?"
Kong Zheng straightened his clothes, but did not stand up. Instead, he said:
"Captain Wu, I won't be the one to introduce Tangcheng's plan. Instead, I'll announce to everyone that, based on the current situation, Tangcheng has temporarily established a Ghost Agency to specifically handle 'ghost'-related incidents. The person next to me is the head of the Ghost Agency—Chen Xuan."
"Next, he will explain our Tang City plan."
"Ghost mechanism?"
Chen Xuan stood up, and the people below whispered to each other and looked at him with scrutiny, especially Zhang Huaiyi, who looked at Chen Xuan with suspicion.
He vaguely heard the name Chen Xuan. Kong Zheng had mentioned this name during the live broadcast, but he didn't take it seriously at the time.
What proposal will he come up with?
Chen Xuan spoke, not caring about everyone's scrutiny, and said without hesitation:
"I believe that we must completely eliminate them before the Dao Immortals even reach their realm of enlightenment."
Zhang Huaiyi's heartbeat slowed down a bit. He looked at Chen Xuan with a questioning look in his eyes, his mouth slightly open.
He couldn't understand Chen Xuan's plan. Was it because he had just heard Shangcheng's plan that he wanted to go against Shangcheng?
This is a completely opposite point of view!
There was a lot of discussion around, some were enjoying the show, some were questioning, but everyone was staring at Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan continued to explain the report:
"Last night, our special research institute immediately formulated a 'return plan' based on the characteristics of the 'Daoxian believers' recovery."
"The plan is, since they locked our people in the statue, we will lock their believers back in the box."
Chen Xuan explained the pumpkin experiment in detail, and at the same time, he extrapolated it to the Daoist Immortal himself, discussed its success, and finally put away the report and concluded:
"This is our Tang City plan."
This time, the person being scrutinized became Chen Xuan.
"Absurd, absolutely ridiculous."
“This is an idealist’s plan.”
Zhao Cheng looked at Chen Xuan with annoyance, his breathing became a little rapid, his fist clenched around the paper tightened, and he looked at Zhang Huaiyi.
Zhang Huaiyi was also thinking about the feasibility of the plan at this moment. He crossed his hands and drew a cross with his fingers on the table. Then he looked up and stared into Chen Xuan's eyes:
"It's the same reason. With hundreds of thousands of Taoist believers, given the current police and military forces, even if we use their healing abilities to counterattack, it will still take a long time to clear them out."
"What's more, this is a very risky thing to do. Locking the Taoist immortal in a box is the ideal situation, but if someone opens the box, will the Taoist immortal inside be released again? Will some people with ulterior motives deliberately do things that disrupt social order?"
"Finally... this plan doesn't necessarily have to be used on junior Taoist believers. If there's only one Taoist believer left in the world, wouldn't it be easier to lock him in a safe? This plan should be more focused on reducing the impact of numbers."
“But I don’t think the situation is that ideal.”
Chen Xuan directly denied Zhang Huaiyi's question, his eyes firm, and he reiterated his policy:
"I still think that we can't blindly use the power of ghosts yet."
"To force Taoist believers to kill each other is essentially using ghosts to fight ghosts. But if you can't even understand the existence of ghosts, how can you ensure the success of using them?"
"We should stop the ghosts and prevent them from getting what they want."
"And in practical terms, my doubts about your city are—"
"First, the Taoist believers killed people randomly and remained silent for three days, almost completely placing the responsibility of survival on the masses. Was this outcome due to rationality or cowardice?"
The heavy questioning tore off the first fig leaf of this plan. The so-called "silence" was just a joke. When he came, Chen Xuan had already seen Taoist believers breaking into the house and killing people.
"second."
"I don't think that the Daoxian believers' breakthroughs are a decreasing threat to humanity. On the contrary... this is an illusion."
"To lose one's eyes is to abandon the distractions of the world; to scrape one's ears is to remove the annoying noise; to be unable to move is to shrink the earth into an inch; to be lost in the discussion of the Tao is to seek the truth and soar into the sky in broad daylight."
Chen Xuan looked towards the sky, his tone unconsciously heavy, with sighs and sadness:
“They’re making progress.”
"At a point unknown to humans, perhaps these Daoist Immortal believers, who are still in their early stages, will actually possess the ability to kill Daoist Immortals in the end?"
"If they can even kill Taoist immortals... what about humans?"
A terrifying thought.
The meeting continues and the discussion on Taoist immortals continues.
But how could it be that Taoist immortals are the only ones who threaten the survival of mankind?
