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Chapter 275 Chapter 270·"This is a War"

[December 12, 4:15 p.m.]

[Lord God World Twelve District Servers]

In the meeting room, the doors and windows were closed and the guards were tight.

At the square table with flowers, the participants wearing silver five-pointed stars sat upright.

Paper files and notes were spread out on the table, and the recorder sat on the side and typed on the keyboard.

A middle-aged man with a western face wearing a white military cap was sitting right at the seat, speaking in a solemn voice:
"In the beginning, very few people took this disaster seriously."

"...but then things started to develop beyond our expectations."

He said, with a solemn expression:
"Since the return of the first batch of adventure players on November 11th, great changes have taken place in the world of the Lord God... According to observations, the mental state of these returnees has declined sharply..."

"Of the more than 2 returnees known to have mental illness, one-third have experienced irreversible trauma... and for the remaining returnees, our limited treatment methods have little effect on them."

He looked solemn and spoke slowly, and the rest of the participants also looked serious.

He said, looking at a blond woman flipping through files:
"A summary of the current situation... Kai Luosha, you report."

"Yes."

Kairosa stood up, the silver thread on her shoulders gleaming in the steady light of the conference room.

"At 2023:11 am on November 30, 35, the first batch of adventure players returned. At that time, we did not take any measures until some players came to our service area for help." She said, her voice Very powerful.

"As of 30:[-] am on the [-]th, more than [-] players have come to the various service areas and the General Psychological Department to ask for help in the foreign areas. The shortage of beds is gradually appearing in various places, and the supply exceeds demand."

"At 30:[-] noon on the [-]th, the United Group's "Adventurer Spirit Rescue Plan" was officially launched, aiming to help adventurers recover. With the principle of "don't give up every human being", at the same time, backup measures were launched, and a large amount of medical resources were invested. A large number of unused beds have been opened up."

"...but with little success."

"In all fairness, there are many problems in our plan. The total resources of the current joint mission, the efficiency of personnel actions, and the effect of project implementation...are not satisfactory. This is unavoidable, and we lack the necessary management system and supervision measures. After all, this is not the past Since fighting is prohibited in the main god world, we have no mandatory enforcement measures, and everything can only be done voluntarily."

"...In a sense, this allowed the subsequent disaster to erupt."

"As of noon on December 12st, in just 1 hours, the number of players who have come to seek medical treatment has reached the 24 level. Note that this is only the number of players who came to seek help. They have fallen into madness, or The number of players who do not choose to seek medical attention cannot be counted."

"Even though we have maximized idle resources and provided expert manpower...the situation is still deteriorating."

"There are problems in every way."

"Where does our plan come from, who pays for the machinery and equipment, where does the hospital's medical staff come from... personnel, venues, technology, time... these things, everything, we are in urgent need of, and these things, Everything is inseparable from the cost."

"And the cost is limited after all."

"...As of noon on December 12, all service areas and the general psychological layout of the external areas are full of beds."

"There are even... There have been many cases where patients took the initiative to create fights, attack doctors, and create chaos."

"The panic is spreading rapidly, and the spread cannot be stopped in time."

"During the intensive treatment in various service areas, there were also hundreds of cases of adventurers attacking players by suicide, causing real deaths in extremely bad situations."

"People are starting to have a fear of adventurers—it's a real, fundamental crisis."

"...As of noon on December 12th, before the meeting started, according to incomplete statistics, the number of players seeking medical treatment has reached 4."

"And the real data must be much more than that."

"..."

After reporting here, Kai Luosha's voice was a little choked up.

She is a person who really voluntarily joins the Federation and makes selfless contributions to the future of mankind.In a previous world, she was an ambassador for a multinational voluntary organization. She traveled to various countries to help those living in dire straits.

Now, she reports and works here without points, remuneration, or fame.

She is a true lover.

When she heard about the number of real deaths and saw the number of mentally broken players soaring, she felt real sadness.

...the sadness of the current situation of people.

The choking in her words was obvious, and even the few people who were sitting and listening to the report showed sad expressions.

The man in the white military cap was silent for a moment, then suddenly said:
"Is there any news from the Ministry of Information?"

"Yes, it's the peak period for returning, Mr. Ashkelle, and the situation is getting worse and worse." A young man in uniform and tie beside him replied.

He said, flipping through the documents in his hand: "Currently, a large number of players have posted on the forum to promote panic and chaos. Many people even included pictures and videos of terrorist attacks, which made their posts more topical. Speed... Panic is spreading rapidly, sir, even if we take measures and try to use other topics, such as the smooth progress of the top players, and the prospect of the new world, it still has little effect... "

Ashkelle remained silent.

He had anticipated the current situation.

After all, the Internet here is not under their control, and their new newspaper business, which is trying to control public opinion, has just begun.

In the world forum where countless new posts appear every second... In this era of information explosion and uncontrollable, their ability to guide public opinion is limited.Unless the public is attracted and the public is allowed to spontaneously follow the trend, their voices are destined to be unable to cover so many players.

With limited information, it is impossible to deliver an authoritative voice to every corner.

When public opinion is chaotic and there is no leader, panic will spread rapidly.

The unknown creates confusion.

Hearing such a situation, the atmosphere in the meeting room also became dignified.

People lowered their heads, remained silent, and said nothing.

Ashkelle glanced at the people with their heads down, curled up his fingers, and tapped on the table.

"——why do you bow your head?"

he asked.

He is Ashkelle, the current Chief of Staff of the United Regiment.

He comes from a country located in the southeast of the Mediterranean Sea. He is the captain of the local Air Force Wing, the rank of colonel, and the air force of the service.

Their country has always been committed to the technological research and development of human science and engineering, and has made outstanding contributions to the entire world in terms of genetics and computer science.

War and struggle run through the history of their country. The people who have emerged from the flames of war have a natural fighting spirit flowing in their blood.

Even in such an era when humans cannot look up and see the sky, he has never felt hopeless.

No matter how desperate they were, even being targeted by the entire world war, they survived. Even if the current situation is extremely bad, he will not accept his fate at this juncture.

The more dangerous the moment, the more we need human mission and sense of responsibility.

"I ask you, why do you bow your head?" He asked again.

The participants who were originally sad and silent, slowly raised their heads.

Ashkelle watched them, his dark gray eyes sparkling.

"Everyone, please think about it carefully."

"Originally, at the beginning of the game, our personnel were scattered, our general environment was in chaos, we even lacked the means of contacting each other, and we were still in our own closed personal spaces, like isolated islands... At such a difficult time, We made it through."

"We gathered together, with the principle of 'let the majority of people live', and took various measures to quickly make the disordered large groups into order, so that the chaotic people could find the pointer and establish order."

"Nowadays, when people mention concepts such as 'public', 'firefighters' and 'organization', the first term that comes to mind is us."

"Keep your heads up and don't betray people's trust."

As soon as his words came out, people looked up one after another, their eyes seemed to be on fire.

Meanwhile, Ashkel's voice continued:
"...but should we be proud of it?"

His gaze swept like a searchlight, and everyone who looked at him met his gaze.

"No." He said, his voice was resounding, echoing in the quiet conference room:

"—we should be honored for that."

"We're honored that even in a world like this, people are willing to trust us."

"We should be honored that even in such desperate circumstances, we have the honor of being a leader for people to lead them into the future."

"We are very honored that the Lord God World has a total of 970 and two regional servers. So far, more than half of the regional servers have sub-regions of the United Regiment."

"We are honored...in the most dire situations, we can help those who are in trouble. We can provide a ray of light for people who are in the bottom."

"If we say that the top players and adventure players are the great pioneers who charge into the battle. And we should act as their powerful backup army and prevent them from being distracted by any incidents in the rear."

"Compatriots Mutual Aid Association, Blue Land Troops, Joint Reporting Exercise, Love Family Searching Group, Volunteer Departments Stationed in Various Servers..."

Ashkelle counted the contributions made by the joint group, and his voice was full of pride:
"We've accomplished so much in such chaotic circumstances."

"Even if the environment is so bad, even if the situation is so hopeless..."

"Even so, we can still think of every way, concentrate every resource, overcome all difficulties, and fight hard to the end."

"Under the guidance of Dr. Zhuang Yan, who is an expert in urban planning, we have established an orderly headquarters of the joint regiment and vacated the training ground for the training of the troops."

"Under the guidance of Sopel and his students, our players can use all kinds of firearms reasonably, and their combat capabilities have been improved on a large scale and on a large scale."

"Donna of Ailan is from the top international Hyde Research Laboratory. With his help, our potion refining level has been greatly improved."

"We have the joint cooperation of the General Staff Department, the General Political Department, the General Security Department, the General Science and Technology Department, and the General Liaison Department, and we have a human self-help research team to provide personnel support."

"We have various evergreen universities, independent institutes, research institutes of major multinational corporations in the world research center, and members of the central research institutes of various countries provide technology free of charge."

"The top scholars selected from all over the world work together. Everyone, whether it is an adventure player, a life player, or a casual player, is contributing to a 'tomorrow'. We have no reason to give up here."

"Without the courage to face disasters and the spirit of unity in the face of disasters... our civilization would not have come this far."

"There is one and only one topic for our discussion."

"—how to keep civilization alive and let mankind fight in the face of such a disaster."

"This is a war!"

"The future of mankind will not stop because of anything!"

When he said this, he paused and took a sip of the mineral water on the table.

People looked at him with bright eyes, and there was a silent surging emotion in the meeting room.

But at this moment, a red-haired young man who seemed to have stepped out of a cartoon raised his hand.

Ashkelle frowned indiscernibly: "Alger, tell me."

The red-haired young man stood up carelessly.

"...Mr. Ashkelle, your words are indeed inspiring. Even my blood boiled after hearing it." He yawned suddenly as he spoke.

His frivolous attitude made the already passionate people frown.

"...But it turns out that it's really difficult now." After Alger yawned, he spread his hands, and the two bracelets with iron rings on his hands jingled: "Think about it, Aishiko Mr. Er, people are like this. When you give a bite of food, he will smile at you and be grateful to you. But if you don’t give it one day, he will blame you for being cruel... Now, I don’t know how many adventurers, in Complaining that the United Regiment was not fully prepared, saying that some of them were cruelly abandoned. This kind of behavior of biting back and tarnishing the reputation of the United Regiment, in my opinion, is no different from those beggars..."

"Then what is your specific suggestion, Alger?"

Normally in the conference room, such a young man who is doing nothing in the past would definitely be thrown out directly, but now, facing this yawning guy, Ashkel has a good attitude, and even asked him for follow-up suggestions .

"It's very simple." The red-haired young man shrugged and smiled easily: "The problem now is that the supply exceeds the demand and the resources are tight...Isn't it?"

"..." Ashkel listened with a blank expression on his face.

"Then we should use resources rationally, save those who should be saved, give up those who should give up, concentrate our efforts, support those groups that are beneficial to us, and let these people be grateful to us... As for the others, they will only Complaining, white-eyed wolf-like players, or members of organizations whose interests are contrary to ours, simply give up... Anyway, they are useless, aren't they?" Alger said with a smile: "Resources should be used rationally and supported well. Yes, give up the bad ones. Just like the legendary Noah’s Ark, only a group of the most important people are kept...so as not to disperse everyone’s rescue resources, and everyone will die together..."

(End of this chapter)