My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 230 The Truth Behind the Smog Incident (Second Update)
After a moment's thought, Chu Zhu shook her head. "Then, this temporarily missing person is now the least suspicious of the three!"

It's a very simple principle: if you really want to go along with the crowd, you should maintain your normal behavior, especially in situations like these!
With that attitude, are you afraid others won't find out you have a problem?
Furthermore, if we truly adopt an omnipotent perspective, at a crucial moment when chaos is about to erupt, those who cannot be controlled should be eliminated beforehand! This way, when the upheaval begins, those we support can better grasp the overall situation!

“…But, President Su and President Lu!” Huo Qiming paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, “I personally don’t think they would be Omnipotent’s undercover agents! Because Omnipotent simply doesn’t have that qualification…even if it were ten years ago, at the height of their power, they couldn’t have done it!”

"Now is not the time to discuss who is at fault!" Chu Zhu steered the conversation back on track: "Just explain my previous confusion!"

"...Tianjing was indeed related to Omnipotence at the time. But I can't say the specifics! That's a top secret." Huo Qiming said firmly.

If it were truly confirmed that Omnipotent was causing trouble, he might reveal some of his side of the story to a limited extent... The problem is, right now it's all just Chu Zhu's side of the story!
He did trust Chu Zhu, which is why he completely adopted Chu Zhu's perspective and even dared to question the two leaders! However, trust cannot completely replace evidence.

Li Kang was completely dumbfounded, cold sweat pouring down his face. He simply couldn't understand... why Huo Qiming and Chu Zhu had such a high level of mutual trust. He felt that if he were in Huo Qiming's position, he wouldn't be able to answer Chu Zhu so tacitly!
He needed to find out exactly what Chu Zhu had discovered.

This makes absolutely no sense... Judging from the last time Chu Zhu and Captain Huo met, wasn't that their first meeting? Could they really build such a deep trust on their first meeting? He couldn't possibly have time-traveled, could he...?

"But if they really do it again!" Huo Qiming finally hinted, "It could be related to the spread of supernatural powers!"

Huo Qiming opened his mouth several times, but ultimately couldn't continue, changing the subject instead: "Alright, regarding the drone situation, I'll investigate other suspicious points... Give me a fixed timeframe..."

"One o'clock in the afternoon will be fine!" Chu Zhu fell into thought. In fact, it was unlikely that anyone would pursue this matter by noon, but Chu Zhu considered that he might take action next, which might delay the occurrence of the heavy smog, so he still left some room for maneuver.

He pondered Fok Kai-ming's advice carefully!
Extraordinary diffusion...

and many more!

"The resources for cultivators are the other cultivators, and all sorts of monsters... thrown into nuclear facilities, where their blood and cores are constantly extracted!"

"The spread of the extraordinary... means that ordinary people should also know about the extraordinary! But this is a huge taboo... However, this setting is very likely something that Nuwa inscribed at the very beginning of civilization!"

"..."

"Old Huo!" Chu Zhu suddenly spoke, his face expressionless, his voice unusually serious: "Tell me, is the official allocation of resources becoming increasingly strained?"

"...No, that's not true!" Huo Qiming's voice clearly wavered.

"I understand." Chu Zhu nodded, then added, "Take your time investigating!"

He hung up the phone, his face turning cold.

He gradually pieced together the blueprint for the current shantytown redevelopment project.

It is known that cultivation resources are becoming increasingly scarce! And the very source of these resources is the extraordinary individuals themselves...

Answer: We must expand the number of superhumans at all costs.

It is known that the opposition's actions against him and even the labor union are aimed at seizing control of the shantytown redevelopment area. However, they previously showed no interest in the shantytown redevelopment area, clearly indicating their disregard for its rights.

Answer: They have some kind of conspiracy targeting the shantytown redevelopment area that doesn't involve rights!

It is known that the dissemination of extraordinary information is forbidden, which is an ironclad rule issued by the goddess Nuwa! Nuwa resides in the Imperial Ancestral Temple and, as the founder of the human race, holds an unimaginable position within the entire imperial system! Even during dynastic changes, no one has ever wanted to remove Nuwa from the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the capital.

Answer: Because of Nuwa, the number of superhumans is not allowed to spread at all costs!
It is known that many extraordinary individuals now hold high-ranking positions in the Empire!

The answer, um...

In summary, these seemingly contradictory conditions...

"Using the shantytown redevelopment area as an experiment?!" Chu Zhu's mind was in turmoil.

Is that thick black fog related to the supernatural or information pollution?

They continuously kill millions of people in the shantytown redevelopment area, and then select a large number of superhumans from them... or, select a group of monsters?

Then, either throw them into nuclear facilities or hunt them down as resources!

at the same time……

No... that could also be a test for Nuwa! A test to see where Nuwa's bottom line lies.

Chu Zhu's brows furrowed. If Nuwa hadn't intervened directly afterward, wouldn't they have become even more unscrupulous, with those high-ranking superhumans treating the entire world like a pasture, constantly reaping its benefits?
Even without Nuwa's deterrent power, they might do more things that Nuwa might forbid!

Chu Zhu paced back and forth, his pace quickening. This was his current guess, and he felt it was the most reasonable one at the moment!

Only this can satisfy... Huo Qiming's talk of extraordinary diffusion, and the official disregard for these two points to a certain extent.

Only this situation can explain... why high-ranking officials in Jinghai City might be involved, yet these officials show no concern whatsoever about being implicated and dismissed after such a major incident...

Because this matter may not be just a problem for Jinghai City!
It represents a certain trend of thought within the capital city and even among the entire upper echelons of the Great Qian Dynasty.

As for the residents of the shantytown who may die... those are just necessary sacrifices! If the final result satisfies the masterminds behind the scenes, they may even be credited.

From this perspective, while the apparent mastermind is Eleven, the true mastermind might be a powerful figure in the capital, or even...

"No!" Chu Zhu suddenly stopped in his tracks. He looked north with a blank expression, as if he could see the abyss hidden in the capital.

He took a deep breath and dialed the number again: "Zhang Hai! Where are you?"

The official stance is currently unreliable... at least, it cannot be completely trusted! Even if it's Huo Qiming, if the other side dares to play their cards openly... it would be good enough if they didn't cause him trouble. Although the chances of them playing their cards openly are probably slim!
After all, if they really dared to openly do this, they wouldn't have sent the all-powerful black glove to do it now, would they?
"...I'm helping you retrieve your forbidden artifact!" Zhang Hai was somewhat bewildered. "Did you time-travel?"

“That’s not important!” Chu Zhu said slowly and deliberately, clearly stating the information he knew, and finally concluded: “Now, immediately, call Bishop Hu! At the same time, you personally go to the First District Church! Urgently mobilize the church’s resources.”

Since the credibility of the official sources is questionable, it seems that for now we can only rely on the power of the church!

Chu Zhu did indeed know a lot of information about church disaster relief efforts in the past.

Although churches are indeed often problematic, for example, priests like to play with little boys, and there are constant scandals, and even Chu Zhu occasionally modifies real-world Su Lian jokes into God Worshipping Church jokes in the shantytown... they are, on the surface, the main force in maintaining order!
This included providing porridge to the poor and treating illnesses.

It can only be said that every organization must have its own advantages at the beginning, otherwise it would not be able to be recognized by people and spread. Even Christianity in the real world is the same... But the problem is that they will all become corrupt over time... It depends on how well this corruption is controlled in the end!
It is quite obvious that the God Worshippers' control, while not perfect, is above average.

“…I understand!” Zhang Hai’s attitude was completely different now. He didn’t ask why Chu Zhu didn’t call Bishop Hu himself—it was obvious that Chu Zhu couldn’t go to the First District Church in person right now.

The call was disconnected again.

Chu Zhu closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then made another call, this time to Mo Ban, explaining something similar.

“…Yes! Mr. Xiaozhu, I really want to believe you,” Mo Ban sighed softly, “but the problem is, I can’t!”

"?" Chu Zhu frowned.

"According to the religious treaty signed by our generation of Mohist leaders and other religions with the founding emperor at the beginning of the nation!" Mo Ban's slow voice came from the phone, "There are only two possibilities for the Mohist sect to mobilize on such a large scale."

"One option is to accept an official commission! The other is to discover large-scale damage to the site... We must enter the site without a valid reason to carry out extensive repairs! Under these circumstances, we possess a certain degree of 'self-defense capability'..."

Chu Zhu's expression was subtle. This self-preservation... it's getting more and more interesting the more you think about it! Does it mean that in a chaotic situation, the Mo family also has the right to enter and maintain order and control?
After a brief pause, Mo Ban continued slowly and deliberately: "Speaking of Tianjing... Hehe, back then, the Tianjing Industrial Park was almost completely destroyed by the smog... The reason that place was able to be barely restored to use within three days was thanks to us."

Chu Zhu: "..."

What the hell? It was completely pulverized... and you guys fixed it in three days?
Moreover, an industrial park... no matter how you calculate the area, it can't be small!
Let alone in this era, even the real world would be astonished by this efficiency.

I'm not even going to act anymore! You're human, I'll eat you.

Chu Zhu quickly came to terms with it. If he could even repair electronic products that were at least a thousand years old, then it seemed understandable that he could do all this... right?

“So…” Mo Ban said meaningfully, “You can’t exactly destroy an entire neighborhood to lure us into the city, can you? So, in this situation, we really can’t do anything about it! We’re very sorry… Or, you could wait until another major smog event occurs, then we’ll enter the city immediately!”

"I understand." Chu Zhu understood and hung up the phone.

"...Wait a minute!" Li Kang was drenched in sweat, hesitant to speak. How could he not understand what that old man Mo Ban was saying?
He's worried that Chu Zhu might actually be planning to go out and cause trouble.
The area outside is all shantytown redevelopment zone... He didn't believe Chu Zhu would harm those people who were already living in dire straits and were protected by the union!

So where are you planning to smash this?

Is it the Third District Government Office?

Or perhaps... an affluent neighborhood?

(End of this chapter)