Chapter 231: Chapter 225: The Scheme (6)
Ji Ma made her appearance an hour and a half later.
To avoid potential remote curse attacks, all workgroups were urgently relocated to shelters that had not been used for a long time. These shelters were built during the Cold War to prevent a nuclear war.
The space was cramped, air circulation was handled by fans, and no one could guarantee they could prevent curse attacks.
A young secretary stood at attention: “Report, this is the latest summarized statement.”
Neatly printed papers were handed to members of the leadership team.
Looking at the black text on the copy, the leaders had complex expressions.
Although they knew that the other party’s statements could spread the so-called curse, those who made decisions could not choose not to look at them, even though these statements had been summarized by someone.
“Bang!”
A team member with many years of military experience slammed the copy onto the table.
“The newcomers are not friendly! The people’s army must eliminate these demons!”
“Calm down, calm down.”
“How can we calm down? The entire country is under a curse, and all levels of government are constantly asking us how to handle it. How can you expect us to be calm?”
He tapped his fingers on the copy and said, “Speed is crucial. Last time we were one step too slow and lost the initiative to her.”
“No.” The dove faction opposed: “Negotiation, we need to negotiate immediately. There have been no death reports yet, which indicates she has some caution. What if we immediately tear faces and escalate the war? What if she launches large-scale terrorist attacks?”
“Today we give up five cities, tomorrow we give up ten cities, and then we can sleep peacefully for a night!” The old soldier said, “Look outside, the whole nation is in chaos. It’s because we started with a policy of appeasement that we ended up in this situation; in the end, the Party and the people will judge us!”
“And your plan?”
“Inform the Tianfu Military District.” The old soldier said: “In the name of stabilizing the situation, impose martial law in the city with heavy weapons.”
The dove faction couldn’t help but say: “Do you know what it means for the army to enter the city?”
“Enough. If we don’t make a decisive move this time, we could lose our nation. Tens of millions of lives are in her hands.” The old soldier pointed at a line on the copy.
It said that she could virtually grasp the hearts of many people from a distance, and many were reporting online about their heart pain.
“Once she grabs, thousands of people will die.”
“So we need to negotiate with her.” The dove faction said: “We don’t even know her purpose. What if she is pushed into a corner?”
“Then don’t give her time to react.” The old soldier said: “Inform the Tianfu Theater, deploy fighters, and strike her building with precision missiles.”
“What if it results in collateral damage? That’s a residential building. Right now it’s peak commute time, and chaos reigns outside. If a People’s Army fighter jet flies overhead and bombs a civilian building,” said the dove faction: “The societal impact will be extremely negative and harm the people’s trust in the Party and the state.”
“I’ll take responsibility.” The old soldier took off his hat and placed it on the table, pointing at it while scolding: “If we don’t act decisively now, we might as well be turtles retracting into our shells. Next time it won’t just be tens of millions but billions.”
The head of the leadership team sighed deeply and said nothing. He turned to look at the young secretary standing by the door.
“Call the analyst.”
“Yes!”
The analyst, tasked with helping them review all first-hand materials concerning Ji Ma and summarizing them to prevent the curse from affecting them, although no one could be certain whether this method would be effective.
A young soldier entered, standing at attention: “Analyst Number One is ready.”
“Have you watched her live stream, and confirmed her location?”
“The tech department is investigating, and we will soon have a detailed address.”
The old soldier said: “We must notify the military aircraft to take off immediately.”
Analyst Number One’s lips moved slightly, but he didn’t speak.
“Just say it.” The head of the leadership team said: “No need to worry, we are all comrades.”
“I can confirm that her live stream background is different from the recording video.”
“What recording video?”
“She released surveillance footage, and our police comrades cannot see her at all.”
Everyone recalled the summary on the copy, and the leadership team head raised his head and said: “Does this mean she is no longer in the same place?”
“There’s a high probability.”
At the door, a reporter rushed in.
“Report! The missing police officers have reestablished contact. They’re currently isolating at the crime scene. They discovered a body in the freezer, confirmed by the front-line command as Wan Ziqi’s body.”
As expected.
“Wan Ziqi was merely a shield she put forward.” Someone said: “The ‘draft horse of the production team’ was just a smokescreen she threw.”
“Should we continue deploying the fighters now?” the dove faction asked: “Are we going to blow up the police comrades as well?”
The old soldier insisted: “She is likely mixed in among them.”
The leadership team head waved his hand: “Let’s wait for the report from the tech department comrades.”
A few minutes later.
“Report! Her IP address is in Long City, Longfeng District.”
“How far from Tianfu City?”
“1244 kilometers.”
Unexpected.
The leadership team head asked: “No technical errors?”
“The tech department has verified multiple times with several independent inquiries and confirmed it’s correct.”
To prevent “distraction,” the tech department divided into several groups to independently investigate without communication, which slowed their efficiency.
“Indeed.” The dove faction said: “No one would be foolish enough to stay at the crime scene and broadcast live.”
“False, it has to be false.” The old soldier shook his head: “She is using the same trick again, just wanting to blend in with the police to escape, just like she tricked us last time.”
The leadership team head said:
“If it’s true, then she has some ability to cross over thousands of kilometers in a short time. If it’s false, then she possesses “distraction,” which cannot be resolved by aircraft or precision missiles regardless of the method.”
The old soldier fell silent suddenly.
Someone who did not understand military matters asked: “Can we launch a missile immediately based on the IP address?”
The old soldier said: “Missiles are powerful; lock onto the target and boom, the target is blown up. But if we can’t lock onto the target, the missile is blind and won’t hit anything.”
The dove faction said:
“So, it doesn’t necessarily mean that nothing will be hit. She can make us feel that a pile of air includes the police and Wan Ziqi, and she can also make us believe the people in the streets are her when a missile flies past.”
The old soldier shook his head, repeatedly saying “no,” mentioning infrared and radar waves that can distinguish between crowds and an individual.
The dove faction said:
“Old Wei, it seems the distraction obscures our vision, not the instruments. If the instruments see her, what’s the use? We are still being deceived. Look at the cameras; they clearly captured nothing, yet all of us feel there is someone there.”
Even more frighteningly, she might also have the ability to cross over a distance of thousands of kilometers in a short time.
The old soldier understood deeply what this represented.
It meant that even the quick response forces of Huaxia in battle preparation, as soon as their vehicles hit the road, she could run to a new city.
“Are we left helpless?”
The leadership team head shook his head and set the tone:
“To seek peace through struggle means survival; to compromise in seeking peace means death. Since she claims we are ants, we must unite and fiercely bite her a thousand times and see if she can withstand it.”
After establishing the tone, the workgroup members discussed Ji Ma’s weaknesses.
They had very little information, only that Ji Ma’s appearance resembled the succubus from Western religious legends, and her statements, curses, and intentions only aimed to enslave all beings.
“We can see she has had plans all along. What is she after?” Someone said: “I don’t know what she’s after, but all her actions serve one purpose: to make more people pay attention to her.”
“So she spreads the curse.” Another person said: “She just wants us to submit.”
“If she wants us, Huaxia, to submit, there are evidently better ways.” Someone said: “So far, she hasn’t actively killed anyone, which is entirely different from her statements.”
After some discussion, everyone concluded there were a few possibilities.
“She lacks sufficient power and can only pull minor tricks to torment people.”
“She has concerns, possibly the Jade Emperor or something else, preventing her from being reckless.”
“She has demands and doesn’t want to escalate things to the point of armed conflict.”
The leadership team head had a flash of inspiration and said: “Have you noticed? Except for those on Zhihu who directly banned her account, all those who were silenced merely became mute.”
Someone rummaged through intelligence: “Which page?”
“Volume 19, page 26.”
“It seems she intentionally held back, giving those who were cursed the opportunity to go online and complain. Why would a vengeful female demon do this?”
The group members continued their discussion, and they received calls from higher-ups, increasing the pressure.
After the meeting concluded, they drew many contradictory conclusions, unable to ascertain the necessary information.
However, regardless, as long as the enemy desires it, they cannot give it to her.
Three hours after Ji Ma’s appearance.
The results of the workgroup discussion came out.
“Seal! We must seal! Don’t let her spread her message online. We need to apply to shut down the entire national internet.”
But they were not high and mighty gods with ultimate power; their authority was not that great yet and needed unified thought.
This discussion result would spark controversy as it involved many issues of livelihoods, interests, and international public opinion.
Four hours after Ji Ma’s appearance.
The American embassy condemned Huaxia for conducting human experiments on extraordinary individuals, violating human rights and leading to retaliation against society.
The original text said: “… calls on Huaxia to immediately release all detained extraordinary individuals, abolish the detention system, detention camps, house arrest, and forced labor…”
Seven and a half hours after Ji Ma’s appearance.
Huaxia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded,
The fabricated information concerning “extraordinary individuals” propagated by certain anti-Huaxia politicians is a “century lie.”
….. If certain American politicians and officials really want to understand the truth about extraordinary individuals, they should carefully read the transcript of the press conference instead of quoting the so-called “extraordinary report” fabricated by certain anti-Huaxia forces to continue spreading false information and misleading the international community.
Eight and a half hours after Ji Ma’s appearance.
The exhausted Ji Ma yawned, realizing that the dreams she had cultivated had expanded to all of Huaxia, with the fastest parts even spreading to America.
She yawned, walked through the dreams, wantonly consuming her boundless magical power, spanning a great distance, and finally returned to the real world.
In a five-star hotel.
The transformed Lin Feng was lying on the bed, unconscious, falling into a deep sleep.
Ji Ma had just used him as an anchor point to quickly navigate through dreams.
Ji Ma stepped on the carpet, walked over to the curtains, and pulled them open, sunlight slanting in from outside.
It was already early morning in Huaxia, but the afternoon sun here was very fierce; she had arrived at the other side of the Earth, on the territory of America.
Earlier, she had expanded the dream, and once it spread to a city, she immediately navigated through dreams to shift locations.
Finally running to the distant Long City for a live broadcast, after finishing the live stream, she jumped to another city and slipped to the Imperial Capital, where she felt secure enough to expand the dream.
“Now you can’t just drop a nuclear bomb to blow me into the sky,” Ji Ma said, raising her middle finger to the sunlight: “Sunlight, really dazzling.”
