Chapter 295 Disguise

"It's really lucky to say that Asia has suffered the first, second, third and fourth collapses in succession, and the wealthy coastal areas have long been in ruins.

"Europe experienced the fifth, sixth and eleventh collapses, and even the European branches were almost wiped out. What's more, the best climate area in southern Europe was also affected by the fourth collapse. The water levels of the originally calm White Sea and Black Sea rose rapidly, submerging a large number of settlements.

"Mu Continent suffered the eighth and ninth collapses, and the world bubble formed by its involution has not yet been found. Of course, because it is too close, Australia has also been affected, and now there are not many residents.

"Africa was not affected much, but the original level of development there was too low. Before the collapse, the coalition government had not been able to effectively manage it. Now, with war, disease, and collapse, it has long been a hell on earth. Occasionally, humans will run to the coast of North Africa and be incorporated into our management system, but most of the survivors have retreated to the rainforest and live the same life as their ancestors 50,000 years ago.

"In this way, the damage suffered by America is less. Of course, all kinds of collapse have not been left behind, but they have not experienced the destruction of the Herrscher."

In the spacious cabin, Mei was holding a stack of paper files and sorting out the situation of the whole world, while Mikael closed his eyes and leaned on the seat, wishing that he would arrive at his destination when he woke up.

But he was just pretending. Even if this was an avatar, he still did not have the ability to sleep that he had lost long ago. Therefore, the more he closed his eyes to rest, the more awake and energetic he became.

"So, you chose America to inspect this time, because you want to see what kind of Feng Shui treasure land is here that can avoid the first eleven collapses?"

"That must not be it."

Mei instinctively wanted to push the eye on her nose, but unfortunately it fell in vain. She wanted to rub her sore eyes again, but thinking of the blue beautiful contact lenses in her eyes, she finally gave up.

Her hairstyle has also changed. The bangs that have not changed for thousands of years have been sloppily combed back and piled on top of her head with the rest of her hair that has been dyed white - there is too much hair, which is proportional to her workload. This is very wrong. The normal curve should be inversely proportional. Could she be the legendary "Hair Ruler"?

Just telling a cold joke...

She no longer wears that white coat, but changes into an ordinary uniform.

At first glance, who would have thought that this is Mei, not Kevin in women's clothing? Let alone Mikael, she herself is still not very accepting of her current changes.

In order to obtain more authentic information, disguise is necessary. Mikael's clone is no exception. He pinched his face to look like Qianjie. It can be seen that if you don't count the scars on his face, he is quite handsome. Anyway, Qianjie was wearing a mask even in the ID photo in the Fire Moth file, so no one could recognize him.

Even the two pilots didn't know who they were carrying.

"Fire Moth has long planned to concentrate the remaining 2 billion humans in the world in the paradise of America. This will also facilitate management and production. The geographical conditions of America can fully accommodate such a large population. So far, more than 1.2 billion people have been settled in America. If I remember correctly, the plan should have been submitted to you for review 275 days ago, and you stamped it on the same day."

"275 days ago..."

Mikael tilted his head and thought for a while, as if he didn't need to think about it, it was just a daily slacking.

But he didn't feel embarrassed. Anyway, he was a clone, and the one slacking was the original body. What does it have to do with his clone that was created not long ago?

Compared to the almost non-existent embarrassment, he was more worried:

"Mei, you should be very clear about the power of the twelfth Herrscher. No, its power is not necessarily the same as before, but in any case, gathering everyone in one area is equivalent to giving the Herrscher an opportunity to easily wipe everyone out, just like we did with the tenth Herrscher."

"Don't worry, I won't make such a low-level mistake, but..."

"But?"

Mei scratched her head with the end of the ballpoint pen and let out a long sigh:

"Mikael, we must consider the opinions and demands of humans themselves."

"Humans...themselves?"

"Yeah."

Mei nodded heavily. She had a lot of hair, which was coiled on top of her head like a small mountain. Such a large nod even made Mikael feel a little scared, fearing that her hair would fall down like a snowy mountain avalanche in the next moment. Fortunately, she coiled it very tightly, and the "disaster" did not happen.

Some words seemed to have been passed through her mind countless times, so that she could put her thoughts into words without even choosing her words as usual:

"In this war against Honkai, our enemies are not only Honkai, but also humans themselves.

"We are not gods, and we cannot force humans to do things they don't want to do. When necessary, we have to compromise with them. After all, we can't tell them all the truth, and we can't make them completely believe our words, nor can we guarantee the consequences of doing so.

"Many people even now refuse to admit the existence of Honkai. They only believe that it is a man-made genetic virus - a disaster caused by a small group of people due to selfish desires, and ultimately borne by all mankind. This is very consistent with human beings. Aesthetics and the values ​​​​shaped by history over the past tens of thousands of years, so the hatred of the fire-chasing moth is inevitable. "

"Then, what role do humans play in this matter?"

Mikael didn't seem to want to hear this.

To be precise, he didn't want to know the reason so clearly.

Maybe it's because the person sitting in front of May is just a clone. He is just a clone created by the real Mikael to complete a certain task. He has always been born as an executor. He doesn't need to know why. Just need to know how to do it.

"No matter how you say it, these are the end of the world. When everything materialistic disappears, people will turn to religion and pursue spiritual tranquility. And in religious classics, it is difficult for them not to notice about ' Records of 'The Last Day', 'Noah's Ark', and 'Promised Land'."

"Hmph... So, they regard America, which has never suffered large-scale collapse, as a paradise in the end. As long as they get there, they can sit on Noah's Ark and avoid the disaster of destruction."

"...Does anyone believe this?"

"Huh? Isn't it weird? It is impossible to verify when exactly this rumor became popular. It may have existed very early, and it was just accumulated until now. In short, because of this rumor, many people are scrambling to get it as soon as possible. The competition for qualifications to go to the Americas even led to a small-scale stoppage. Fortunately, we adopted a very pure 'lottery' mechanism, which was fair and uncompromising."

"That is to say..."

Mikael opened the window. He didn't know when the sparkling sea was quietly replaced by the dark gray land, and every flower and tree became particularly clear. It was obvious that the plane was landing. Destination, the largest settlement on the American coast: Third New Paradise City.

"Actually, the decision to migrate people is not entirely due to human beings' own demands, right?"

"You may have misunderstood. Humanity's appeal is not specifically about that rumor. Concentrating all people in the Americas can create the illusion of a relatively densely populated area. This is also a way to appease people's hearts."

"All right……"

"But you're right."

Mei also noticed the landing posture of the plane. She knew that the time for free conversation was running out. She took out a pair of mirrors and carefully checked whether there were any flaws in her disguise. She explained quickly:

"The parliament proposed this plan more out of economic and political considerations. Putting aside what has been said before, taking care of human beings' own demands, in an economic sense, centralized management of scattered human beings can reduce the cost of A lot of management costs, material transportation costs, and enhanced management organization. In short, there are many benefits. ”

"But the disadvantages are equally obvious. It's easy to catch them all... Anyway, the parliament has been purged. Why don't you try to disclose some information to them?"

"Forget it."

Mei shook her head quickly, and Mikael was frightened again. She really didn't know how these women could move their heads freely with their mountain-like hair - would they really not get spinal disease?

"The cleansing of the borrowed knife killings can only be said to have removed the unstable factors in subjective consciousness. But considering the pervasive power of the Twelfth Herrscher, what if any congressman took some notes in the electronic memo after returning... Haha ”

"It's a dilemma..."

"Bang--"

There was a loud noise, and the entire cabin heaved up and down.

Anyone with some imagination can complete such a scene in their mind——

The plane raised its head and pushed its two rear wheels down, just like its feet about to land. The pilot should have opened the landing flaps, and the trajectory of the airflow changed, causing a sharp roar.

But the pilot undoubtedly did not control the landing speed well. The plane's rear wheels almost contacted the concrete runway in a "collision" manner. The elastic tires and landing gear trembled like springs, and the fuselage also felt this. undulating movement. What followed was the lengthy echo of the friction between the tires and the rough runway surface.

"Really, do these guys think they are flying fighter jets?"

Mikael complained fiercely, and the unexpected shock almost made him bite off his tongue.

Mei's hair was also scattered a little by the vibration. She held the hair on her head with both hands and winked at Mikael:

"Of course, there are no absolute pros and cons in everything. Moving everyone to the Americas can greatly reduce our combat radius. In the past, because the combat radius was too large, even the quick reaction forces of each branch could not rush to the battlefield quickly. Therefore, nuclear weapons mainly based on long-range ballistic missiles are still necessary to exist, and now..."

The plane's taxiing speed gradually slowed down, and it no longer had the vibration that would almost knock out earwax.

Mikael narrowed his eyes, did not answer Mei's words, and started to sort out the things he wanted to carry.

Because there is no need to say more - if all human beings gather in the Americas and throw away some unnecessary buildings, such as parks, squares and shopping malls, in fact, two billion people will not need to occupy a large area to survive. .

Then the combat radius of the Fire Moth will be reduced to the point where it does not need to rely on long-range ballistic missiles, or even nuclear weapons.

In other words, nuclear weapons no longer need to exist.

Anyway, this thing is probably useless against the End, and now it has no value at all, so it is better to dismantle it.

As long as all the nuclear warheads are destroyed, although it cannot completely prevent the damage caused by the Twelfth Herrscher, at least the worst possible situation has been eliminated.

Moreover, nuclear propellants can also obtain some nuclear fuel to supply nuclear power plants through special treatment. Although this process seems to be accompanied by a lot of losses, if these things are not done, the value of these things is zero, or even negative. From a certain perspective, this is a profitable process, not a loss-making process.

But Mikael did have one question that he did not ask:

"Is it too late?"

Even though most of the world's nuclear weapons have been immersed in the quantum sea with Mu Continent, there are still more than 3,000 nuclear warheads of various types in stock.

The destruction of nuclear weapons is extremely costly and time-consuming, and a large number of processes must be done manually.

Now, even if the destruction work is carried out at full speed at all costs, it will never be completed within a year.

And only one tenth of these nuclear warheads are enough to destroy the human civilization that was at its peak before the collapse.

"Heh..."

Mikael shook his head and was too lazy to delve into it.

"Anyway, that's the main body's headache, and it has nothing to do with me."

His birth has a strong purpose, which is to protect the disguised Mei to complete this inspection. Apart from that, he doesn't need to meddle in other things.

He even suspected that when the main body created him, did it also give him a mental suggestion similar to the commandment?

If it were him, he would probably do so.

However, he did not use the power of consciousness that he had been allocated to search his consciousness, and it seemed that there was no such commandment.

Well, maybe, after all, all the powers he was allocated were extremely limited, enough for him to complete the task of protecting Mei, but it was definitely not comparable to the main body. With the huge gap between the powers they possessed, he could also make that kind of psychological suggestion difficult to detect.

But Mikael, let's call him "Mikael", doesn't care about these precautions. After all, although they are different individuals, he is a replica of Mikael's consciousness, and he is different from Mikael but the same as him.

Since they are the same, is it possible that he will play the "I kill myself" drama?

But it's good for him to be so cautious. After all, he is the biggest threat to humans.

If he really wants to destroy the world at all costs, with eleven Herrscher powers, there is almost no weakness. It's hard to say whether Kevin and others can stop him with their current combat power.

Shaking his head again, Mikael put his mind in order and stood at the cabin door before May.

"By the way, who is coming? And they want us to pick them up in person? It can't be that Mei is coming in person, right?"

"Impossible? My friend at the headquarters said that Mei was seen eating in the cafeteria at noon today. Tsk, I heard that her boyfriend left her alone to go on vacation with the anti-entropy guy? I said, how could any man like her stinky face that never changes for thousands of years?"

"Ahem!"

The scene was silent for a while, and a group of well-dressed city hall officials stared at the ground at their feet nervously. Only the clinking sound of Mikael's footsteps could be heard when he walked down the ladder.

"In this way, she really looks like Lulu back then..."

In fact, the difference is quite big. There is no comparison between a small passenger plane and the largest floating warship in human history. Although this place is located on the coast and there is some sea breeze, it is not as humid and salty as Pohnpei Island.

Mikael is not seen in the crowd, and I still don't understand whether it corresponds to Otto.

But at least, he was happy before he died.

The politicians were still a little far from the plane, and their whispers were mixed in the noise, so normal people couldn't hear them clearly.

Mikael was not a normal person, so he heard everything.

But he said nothing, and even wanted to laugh - who would have thought that the "Mei" eating in the cafeteria was actually another avatar of Mikael?

With a sneer on his lips, he stepped towards the trembling politicians step by step.