How will humanity react in the face of unimaginable horrors?

Panic, confusion, confusion - the initial reaction is similar, followed by self-help or robbery, each with different values and different actions.

But once they realize that it is impossible to save themselves or escape, humanity will begin to perish on its own. Imprisoned in fear and despair, people become self-defeating, competing with each other for life, property, food, chastity, etc., foolishly putting themselves in a state of exhaustion and constant consumption of each other.

The reason why the army was dispatched to provide disaster relief after the catastrophe was, on the one hand, of course, the high efficiency of disaster relief, and on the other hand, the ability to quickly stabilize social order.

From an objective point of view, there is nothing to blame for this. As a living being, it is instinct to avoid death. Even if it's only for a moment, I'll do my best to survive.

It's beautiful to see people struggling with this.

However, it can also be very ugly at times.

It's like the obscure little village of Tars.

What happened in the village of Tals today is a vivid depiction of the ugliness and madness of clinging to life.

After the flashes and wails, the light of fear and suspicion flashed in everyone's eyes, and everyone stared at the person with whom they were with great vigilance.

Everyone is suspicious, everyone is afraid.

It seems that in the blink of an eye, the relationship and trust between people are gone. Residents and soldiers plunder and kill each other. Those who had the only of trust were betrayed in the most ruthless way. A woman who was impaled from behind by a lover, a toddler who was strangled to death by her parents, an old woman who was beaten to death by her grandson, a man who was smashed in the skull with a hammer by a friend......

I don't know when the attack will come from where.

I don't know when someone will become an enemy.

I don't know where to flee and where to be safe.

Now, on the edge of hell where the soul is broken, no one should be expecting any unbinding common sense and reason, and the village will gradually die in the frenzy of violence.

It should have been—so it was.

"Shut the door! If you don't want to die, put your hand on the window and seal the window, and the women and children go inside! Record the name, wound, and blood type and place them separately!"

With a majestic voice echoing in the inn, the people who had been terrified before began to act according to the instructions, whether they wanted to or not, and occasionally one or two muttered, "Is the hairy boy reliable?", and the boy glared at him and immediately obediently did so.

(In the end, he was the one who worshiped the governor, although he had the help of his adoptive father.) But he also has a set of his own. ）

While using the healing technique to stop the bleeding from the wound on the injured arm, Diana cast a thoughtful glance at Roland.

The chaotic but rational villagers were identified at the first time, the rioters were defeated, the villagers and gendarmes were gathered and retreated into the hostel to organize defense, the wounded were treated and reassured, and the people had no time to think about the tragedy just now by assigning work, so as to slowly restore their calm and normal mind.

Obviously, he is only a teenager, but from the calm and reasonable arrangements he showed in dealing with emergencies, he can already vaguely see the talent of a general. Give him enough training and stage, and over time, he will definitely become a star that people can't ignore.

(No wonder the president of the consortium would choose him as his adopted son and train him to become the heir of the consortium, which is indeed a good candidate.) But...... ）

Diana looked around, frowning slightly.

The small space was crowded with wounded patients, and everyone's eyes showed intense vigilance and distrust, and the occasional glance from outside the room could hardly be described as friendly.

And no wonder. The village was already under the control of the gendarmerie, and people had to worry about being told every day. Or the gendarmes "angrily check the water meter", and the gendarmes are worried that the common people will rebel. Both sides have been in a state of mental tension, and now they are suddenly hurt by the people they trust, and there is already a psychological obstacle of "even the most trusted person has betrayed, who else can I trust", so that these people who are already strained in the relationship can establish a minimum of trust. It's a little too difficult to deal with the difficulties in front of us together.

According to Diana's opinion, the time has come to quickly kill the culprits to deter the outlaws, and then carefully screen the survivors for the complicity of the rioters. Although the number of Roland and his party is small. But with their strength, the riots in the village were quickly quelled.

Why didn't Roland do this? Was it his usual kindness? Or was there some other reason?

Retracting the corner of her eye, Diana began to examine the next injury.

"The containment and resettlement of the villagers has been largely completed, do you want to prepare for relocation immediately?"

"No...... Hold your ground for the time being, at least until you have a safe retreat. The current number of wagons is also not enough to evacuate all the survivors at once. ”

After 2 or 3 seconds of silence, Minerva lowered her voice and asked:

"Sure enough, who is behind the scenes?"

Roland nodded, handing Minerva the piece of paper full of survivors' testimonies.

A cursory glance reveals that the testimonies have several things in common.

First, the riots began to spread in the places where the flashes appeared;

Second, all the perpetrators did not have any abnormalities until the flash appeared;

Third, the survivors all had different delusions of being killed before the riots, always feeling that someone was watching them, or someone wanted to kill them;

Fourth, everyone has heard some strange rumors from those around them lately, and they all seem to have corroborated them;

Combining the above four points, it can be confirmed that this is by no means a sudden mass incident, but a well-planned incitement to riot. When the flash appeared, the group of people who had been completely brainwashed burst into trouble, and the already suspicious people immediately fell into a state of panic and began to fight and suspect each other. If nothing happens, in just one night, the village of Tails will become a dead village.

The technique is roughly understood, the principle has yet to be analyzed, and at present, in addition to arranging the containment, treatment and evacuation of the survivors, the most important thing is -

"What the hell are they trying to do?"

Minerva let out a long breath, his tone filled with melodrama.

The motive for the crime, or rather, the purpose.

In the case of terrorists or resistance groups, it should not be long before someone will admit to committing the crime. What are their claims - this propaganda is one of the important purposes of their actions. At the scene of an incident that gathers the eyes of countries around the world, it is better for the perpetrator himself to directly state his or her own opinions.

But this is just a remote village, still under military control. If it is in a bustling city, terrorists are kidnapping hostages, and after setting up their positions, they can leisurely light a cigar. Spit out a few smoke rings. Anyway, the Knights of the Peace and the National Guard will be "belatedly" as usual. This is a border village under the management of Titans, and the army is not the police, so they will not be late or negotiate with the terrorists. There has always been only one way for those grumpy wooden heads to deal with hostage crises: first kill the hostages, then dance over the corpses with guns raised, shouting "Listen, the hostages have been killed by us, come out and surrender!", and light the fuse of the 12-pounder field gun......

Terrorists with a little brains would never engage in terrorist activities in such a ghostly place. So far, no one has come out to make any statements, which is a good proof of this.

Want to disgust Charlemagne's foreign organization? It's even more impossible. At present, countries are at a stalemate, and no one wants to break the deadlock lightly. At this time, it is refreshing to risk a world war? Fools and madmen do this kind of thing. Besides, even if you want to be cool, you have to choose a place with a lot of people to be cool, is this kind of destruction in a rural village considered self-cool?

Neither of the Consortium nor the Titans, at least Roland couldn't think of any reason why they had to do so.

"The reasons and motives will be investigated later, and the most important thing now is to evacuate the survivors as much as possible, the more you stay in the closed area, the more likely it is to have an accident, and wait until the road to Saalbadu is confirmed to be safe. Organize an evacuation immediately. After that, let the nearby garrison come to restore law and order. ”

"That's all there is to it. ”

Minerva nodded, turned to leave. An apologetic whisper came from behind.

"I'm sorry to let you run into this kind of thing every time you go out. ”

The face that turned back looked at Roland with a flurry expression for a moment.

And then.

"As the daughter of the Wang family, I have long been prepared for this kind of thing. ”

Minerva smiled calmly.

"Compared to the dull court, this kind of day makes me feel more relaxed. ”

Roland sighed reassuringly, watching the girl's back leave the room. Re-read the survivors' accounts of the before and after events.

“...... It's like. ”

Roland flipped a page and grunted softly.

In the past, in the military academy, I had seen similar content.

I remember that it was a teaching book called "Unrestricted Warfare", which was listed as a compulsory course for senior staff officers along with "Total Warfare". Since he had left Alfheim before taking the course, he had not been exposed to the content in depth. However, I have been exposed to some chapters and have a certain impression.

Despite its name, unrestricted warfare is essentially an extension of total warfare – "war is not only against the military, but also against the entire nation." "This thought. Striking at the enemy's front-line troops and fortifications is an act of war, and a long-range attack on the enemy's strategic rear to destroy its rear bases, material hoarding points, military industries, and industrial zones related to the military industry is also an act of war. Launching terrorist attacks, financial attacks, biological attacks, spreading panic and chaos in enemy countries is also an act of war. That's what unrestricted warfare is all about.

The most important of these is the psychological blow to the people of the enemy country, as long as they succeed in making the enemy people feel that victory in the war is impossible, destroying their will to war, allowing anti-war sentiment to spread among the population, and putting pressure on the authorities, it can be said that more than half of the war has been won.

(I recall that the chapter on 'Urban Psychological Warfare' described the purpose of the operation, which was supposed to be to make the ruling authorities of a hostile state, which was favored by the people, a target of public attack, and in turn attacked by the people.) But now...... It's a mess at all, and everyone fights indiscriminately. ）

As a result, this can also serve the purpose of causing chaos for the opponent, but judging by the survivors' vague confessions, it seems that everyone has something difficult to say. Suppose they have some tricks to be grasped or discovered, and some of them have a psychological breakdown and lose control of their behavior, and the current situation can be explained. But it is necessary to uncover all the secrets of everyone in a village, and spread information in a short period of time to induce a riot. How powerful is this intelligence gathering ability and organizational scale, and what is the purpose of targeting this small village with such strength......

Shaking his head, he cleared the words from the book out of his mind. Roland got up and prepared to confirm the retreat. Now in this stall where every second counts, there is really no leisure for him to make baseless associations.

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(The little master's side seems to be going very smoothly, and I have to hurry up here.) ）

Sensing the images from the demons, Jerus secretly sneered with interest, as if victory had already been assured.

He didn't think it was self-righteous or prematurely happy. From the moment the game begins, victory is already assured, and all he does is show the process.

How can a beast flee into a jungle that is deep and dense and full of wild beasts, how can you hunt this beast quickly and easily?

It's as simple as setting it on fire.

Light the flames, wait on the only escape route, and shoot the escaped animals one by one. This ensures the death of the target.

Humans are much more intelligent than wild beasts, so the way they hunt wild beasts may not be effective for humans. But precisely because unlike wild beasts, they also tend to ignore some taboos in the animal kingdom.

For example: elimination within a small group.

Cannibalism rarely occurs within small groups in the animal kingdom, and even if there is, it is limited to the competition for the position of the boss, the right to mate, and the distribution of food.

The intelligent species, especially humans, are completely different.

It could be that the intelligence is too high, or it may be that the competition is too fierce. Humans are very keen on eliminating others.

Yes, it's hard for people to trust each other.

The induction of brain quantum waves interprets everyone's superficial thinking. In this way, the other party is induced and hypnotized, and all the information hidden in the depths is discovered, and then the required information is screened out from the middle, and the relevant information is instilled in the specific subject, so that they feel betrayed, and then catalyze the delusion of victimization. This is called "sowing".

It can be done only by "seeding" and hypnosis. It is not enough for people to completely lose their decision-making ability, and people will not follow instructions that violate their own views of good and evil, morality.

In other words, as long as the subject has the slightest resistance to the killing, it is difficult to force the victim to kill, even if the hypnotic suggestion is repeated repeatedly.

Usually. That's all there is to wait for the seeds to germinate, but now there are two special elements that can help catalyze.

For one, this is the occupied territory of Titans, a place where death and violence can occur at any time, and the spirits of the inhabitants and garrisons have long been suppressed to the point of not being healthy. People's perceptions of right and wrong are not as clear as they are in peacetime, which provides an effective aid to intensified hypnosis.

Another element is the flash, which is the newly developed "visual poison" technique.

Viral infections can be broadly divided into three categories, namely respiratory tract infections, digestive tract infections and skin infections, while visual viruses are an unprecedented fourth type of infection.

The effects of light on the brain, the simpler concept is light pollution, dizziness caused by the reflection of light guides from mirrored buildings, and discomfort caused by unreasonable night lights. In addition, there is also "photoallergic epilepsy syndrome", the specific case is a large number of flash effects used in a certain cartoon, and it happens that the main color is red, blue and white, the three most sensitive colors of the human eye, coupled with nearly 30 strong flashes per second for four consecutive seconds, which leads the audience to have an allergic reaction. Based on the above principles, Tong Guò studied the effects of light on the brain and developed a complex combination of light rays that stimulate the brain to secrete specific hormones and then synthesize toxins in the body. It is the "visual poison" that Jelles uses to synthesize a large amount of adrenaline in the victim's body, and at the same time stimulates the R-complex of reptiles that control aggressive behavior, causing people to have an impulse to attack.

The two were superimposed in an instant, instantly catalyzing the germination of the seeds sown before, followed by a large number of villagers and soldiers, and the crowd dominated by anger and fear fought each other, and the village of Tars became a hell on earth......

Only then did the battle really begin.

There are two biggest obstacles to the current operation:

One is that it is impossible to determine the goal;

One is Roland's storage zài;

In order to solve these two troubles at the same time, Gelles deliberately created the current situation and arranged a suitable place for those two troubles.

The good old man, Young Master Roland, will not give up on those survivors, contain, treat, and arrange evacuation routes...... Until this is done and action can be taken, at least 2 hours of space will be left for this side.

Since the suspicious state of the villagers and gendarmes has reached the limit, after all, even the companions who used to get along day and night have become untrustworthy, unless they have great strength and authority like the little young master, and have enough skills to convince people's hearts, outsiders will only be regarded as enemies, including outsiders who have modified test animals

On top of that, the beast had been lurking in the village and had not shown its face, and it was almost time before it was hungry to the limit, and now the village was full of dead bodies and random prey, driven by a sense of crisis and hunger, it was only a matter of time before it appeared.

Everything...... Only the saintess in front of him was still idling, but Jerus was not in a hurry, and the touch of metal came from the fingers in his trouser pocket.

As soon as that thing is activated, the village, the mob, the animals, and the saint in front of them will die cleanly, and all evidence will be completely gone, and after two or three days, even the slightest trace will disappear.

Jelles subconsciously raised his eyes to look at the sky where the three moons were hanging, an altitude beyond the reach of the human eye, a balloon constantly adjusting its position, always maintaining a height perpendicular to Tails. At the same time, the balloon is lowering its altitude a little.

Underneath the balloon hangs a small box with a yellow and black circular logo painted on the top. The black outer rim, the yellow background, and the middle black circle center are surrounded by three evenly spaced fans. It looks like a piece of chocolate cake that has been divided, and it looks like a black sun that glows black. In the hazy moonlight, the word "Neutron" could be faintly seen swaying in the wind along with the black sun. (To be continued......)