Wild Evolution: I am the real-life Demon God!

Chapter 060 Reactions from All Parties

Hearing Cao Er say this, Meng Shisan was about to speak when he suddenly asked, "Why are you back? Have you calmed everyone at the Ministry of Energy down?"

"Those people are stronger than you think," Cao Er said with a smile. "They just can't accept it for a while, but their belief has always been to resist."

In this respect, you're better than me.

When Cao Er said the last sentence, his tone was noticeably more self-deprecating.

"So what is their attitude towards Shen Mo?" Meng Shisan asked curiously.

"We haven't discussed that yet," Cao Er said. "Let's talk about it when Shen Mo wakes up."

Without dwelling on the matter, Meng Shisan thought for a moment and said, "Forget about them for now, let's get back to the previous topic."

Upon hearing this, Yang Jiu said, "If you ask me, it's too early to negotiate with Liu Jiaming now. We should take some action first and then talk."

That way, at least Liu Jiaming won't be on guard, and we can catch them off guard.

"That's what I think too." Meng Shisan nodded. "Negotiating with them for now would only alert them. A surprise attack might give us a different kind of surprise from that bunker."

"But Liu Jiaming will definitely guess our intentions, and he might be making preparations right now," Cao Er said. "Put yourself in their shoes, if I were them, I would definitely think the same way."

After all, a new bunker is incredibly tempting for us.

"That's a problem too," Meng Shisan said after a long pause. "But I still prefer to give it a try first."

He didn't intend to negotiate with Liu Jiaming now. When Liu Jiaming led the Extreme Ice Squad not back to the bunker but headed straight for the wasteland, he knew that Liu Jiaming must value that secret bunker very much.

In this situation, it is unrealistic to try to achieve the goal through negotiation.

More importantly, he doesn't want to give up here yet.

At least not for now; so many people still need this place as their base camp for adapting to the wilderness.

"Are you confident in launching a full-scale attack?" Cao Er asked. "That's not near the base. You know, although we have more than 10,000 people, there are only a little over 100 pioneers. Even if you include Yan Zhiyu and the others, there are still less than 200 people."

"A direct assault on a bunker is unlikely to be successful unless it's completely destroyed, right?"

"That's true." Hearing this, even Yang Jiu nodded in strong agreement. "In terms of numbers, we are indeed at a disadvantage, and we can't possibly send out all our forces, otherwise we wouldn't be able to take care of this area."

"It's alright here. As long as we guard the entrance, it won't be so easy for Liu Jiaming to break out." Cao Er wasn't too worried about that. "But what if Wen Shixin and his gang try to cause trouble at this time?"

"We can rest assured about Wen Shixin and the others," Meng Shisan said after thinking for a moment. "The one we should really worry about is Shen Mo."

Ultimately, only Shen Mo was single-mindedly focused on destroying the world.

However, dealing with Him won't just be our problem; I reckon Wen Shixin and Bei Douchen will both be willing to lend a hand.

What he said was true. Among them, they could fight each other however they wanted, but once Shen Mo was involved, everyone was willing to unite.

After all, Shen Mo's goal was too extreme, practically cutting off all avenues for everyone.

"Then you can decide what to do," Cao Er said, seeing the situation. "Putting everything else aside, I can hold this place for you."

"Alright, let's all rest today and talk about it tomorrow."

……

Just as Meng Shisan and the others were discussing it.

Base, meeting room.

The expressions of Liu Jiaming and his group were extremely solemn.

The Minister of Armed Forces slammed his fist on the conference table in anger, shouting, "If I had known that Meng Shisan would do this, I should have killed him long ago to prevent future troubles."

"Now the secret of the Arctic Squad is completely exposed."

"So what if it's exposed?" Liu Jiaming wasn't as angry as him. He immediately smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It was going to be exposed sooner or later. It's not too early to expose it now."

At least it proves that our value is not...

As he spoke, he looked at the monitor next to him and smiled, "Are you right?"

Don't think that just because you're not saying anything, I don't know you've been listening.

"You really surprised me." Wen Shixin's voice came from the monitor. "I know you've been doing something behind our backs, but I never thought you'd actually go this far. It's truly unexpected."

I'm very curious, how did you do that?

Let alone the fact that all electronic devices are aware of our senses, even if they were, how would you manage to control other people?

Consciousness invasion?

Wen Shixin was genuinely surprised.

This is also why his attitude changed earlier.

No one knows better than them how sophisticated human code is.

Not to mention Liu Jiaming, even they couldn't completely control a person, yet Liu Jiaming and his group managed to do so.

"You don't need to worry about that," Liu Jiaming said with a smile. "Now, do we even qualify for cooperation?"

"Yes," Wen Shixin said without any pretense. "Tell me, how do you want to cooperate?"

"Let's do a loop," Liu Jiaming said. "I can tell you value this technology a lot. We can use this technology to exchange for the backdoor control technology."

This deal is fair to everyone, right?

Previously, Liu Jiaming didn't know these guys' purpose, which often put him at a disadvantage. Now that he knows their purpose and background, there's a lot to talk about.

"It sounds great, but how do I know if your technology will be useful to us?"

Moreover, all we've ever wanted to do is expose the ugly side of humanity and let more people know the truth. It's silence, not us, that truly cannot tolerate you.

"It doesn't matter who it is," Liu Jiaming said. "In the end, it was you who brought us here, wasn't it?"

To put it bluntly, the truth isn't that important to us.

Now that we know the truth, what good is it?

Our only demand right now is to survive. Whoever stands in our way is our enemy.

We understand that for now, we really can't do anything to you. You live in the internet age, and unless we cut off the internet and electricity and stop all electronic devices, we really can't deal with you.

But don't forget, when people are driven to the brink of desperation, they are capable of anything.

Meng Shisan was right when he said, "I can't even survive, why should I care about so many other things?"

Our current priority is survival, is that possible?

Survival is their only desire.

This has always been the base's objective.

"Okay." Wen Shixin smiled. "Since we've come this far, there's nothing wrong with it. But you should know that even if we tell you the technology to control the backdoor, you might not be able to do it."

If we can't do it, it's not our problem.

"That's not your concern," Liu Jiaming laughed. "Let's make a deal."

At this point, neither of them argued further, and they quickly reached a deal.

Liu Jiaming immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

After so many years, they finally took this first step and immediately said to Wen Shixin, "From now on, in the bunker, you can only appear in these electronic devices."

Once outside the bunker, in case of an emergency, actions can be taken as needed, but only one person can be controlled at a time without permission.

This is our bottom line.

"It's alright, we didn't mean any harm." Wen Shixin didn't seem to mind.

If it weren't for Meng Shisan's earlier actions, they wouldn't have wanted to be exposed to the public.

Controlling others is also quite costly for them.

"By the way, if you can come up with something that interests us, we'd be happy to help you find Shen Mo hiding among you."

"No need," Liu Jiaming waved his hand and said, "Providing this technology has already emptied our coffers, and I reckon we can't offer anything else that will interest you all."

As for silence, let Him hide if He likes to. I don't believe you won't care.

Ultimately, He really wants to deal with you, not us.

Liu Jiaming knew that Wen Shixin was trying to probe his background, so he immediately refused.

"If that's the case, then forget it. You can continue." After Wen Shixin finished speaking, the monitor went dark.

The Minister of Armed Forces then asked, "Is there any hidden trap in his technology?"

Liu Jiaming shook his head: "Who knows? But their target is definitely not us. Let the technical department study it first. If it works, we'll use it. If it doesn't, we'll think of another way."

We urgently need to solve this problem now; otherwise, in the future, when critical moments arise, someone could use a backdoor to control us, and that would be a huge problem.

"And what about silence?" the Minister of Armed Forces continued to ask.

"Most of the field operations team members have been taken away by Li Maoran," Liu Jiaming said. "Don't you know what to do with the few remaining ones?"

Don't blame us for being heartless; we can't afford to gamble with the lives of over 100,000 people.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

They understood Liu Jiaming's meaning, but even though Li Maoran had taken away more than half of the field operations team members, there were still over a hundred people in the field operations team.

Those were the people who had followed them all the way here, and when it came to actually taking action, they were still somewhat reluctant.

"At times like these, the worst thing you can do is be soft-hearted." Liu Jiaming tapped the table. "Remember, we've come this far, and countless people have sacrificed their lives. We're about to see hope, and anyone can sacrifice themselves!"

Don't forget, just before that, we even abandoned our own children.

All we've done is try to find a way for everyone to survive.

Upon hearing this, everyone became excited.

Exactly, if they can sacrifice their own children, what about others?

Once you've convinced yourself, the rest will be much easier.

"What about Meng Shisan?"

"The bunker outside has been exposed, and given Meng Shisan's personality, he must have been eyeing it."

There's nothing we can do about it, but we can use this opportunity to talk to him and give them the bunker.

I discovered that none of the ordinary people among them died today.

That means their methods are effective, and we might be able to borrow some of their techniques.

Speaking of this, Liu Jiaming is genuinely envious.

They were too conservative before.

But you can't blame them; the base initially had nearly a million people.

However, due to the efforts to reclaim the land, there are now less than 200,000 people left. Anyone would be more cautious in that situation.

……

On the other side, the Department of Energy.

Li Maoran was actually aware of what had happened outside today; it was simply because Wen Shixin had been there.

For Wen Shixin, revealing it to Li Maoran was the most reasonable course of action.

Of course, He was also testing whether Li Maoran and Shen Mo were having an affair.

He always felt that Li Maoran had someone supporting him behind the scenes.

Otherwise, there would be no reason for Li Maoran to break with Liu Jiaming so easily.

"I have no idea." Seeing that Li Maoran remained silent after hearing the news, as if he was deep in thought, Wen Shixin couldn't help but ask.

Li Maoran, who had been looking down, raised his head upon hearing this and asked, "So what if you have ideas?"

Given my current abilities and situation, what more do you want me to do?

How to expose Shen Mo?

Stop joking around. Compared to them, I'm the easiest target, right?

If Shen Mo is truly caught, it's hard to say who will emerge victorious.

"What about Liu Jiaming? They have the means to control the Extreme Ice Squad, so you don't have any resentment?" Wen Shixin continued to ask.

"Alright, stop trying to trick me into revealing information." Li Maoran waved his hand. "I don't know the details about the Extreme Ice Squad, but I do know a thing or two."

But this is also to deal with you guys. Do you think I would tell you even if I knew?

After saying that, Li Maoran ignored Wen Shixin and continued to ponder.

This left Wen Shixin speechless. This guy wasn't even pretending anymore. Didn't he know what was going on in his head?

This guy actually summoned silence in his mind...

At this point, Wen Shixin couldn't figure out whether this guy had any relationship with Shen Mo.

At the same time, in the wasteland.

Yan Zhiyu and her group huddled together just like that night.

For a long time, no one spoke, and no one was even thinking; they just stared blankly into the distance.

After a long pause, someone finally said, "Aren't we all acting a little strange?"

"I feel the same way," Lu Ping immediately added.

"Logically, we shouldn't feel so guilty, but right now, I feel like I've done something heinous..."

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

This is the knot that binds them all.

Yes, they all feel that way.

Especially when Yang Qi and his group had taken over their bodies, they didn't even have the thought of resisting. They just watched helplessly as Yang Qi and his group controlled their bodies and did whatever they wanted.

"Exactly! We used to be lawless troublemakers, how come our personalities have changed after coming to this godforsaken place?" Xie Linbo immediately said, "If it were before, if anyone said they could control my body, I would fight them to the death."

Now look what's happened, I don't even have the most basic hatred...

"It's a ghost."

He truly couldn't understand it.

He knew himself all too well.

"Do you think we're still being controlled by someone's mind?"

Hearing them say this, Xie Linyuan immediately said, "We have indeed been acting strangely these past few days. Could it be that someone is secretly manipulating our consciousness, or subtly influencing it, just like Shen Mo?"

His words immediately sparked a discussion among the crowd.

That night, they spent almost the entire night discussing the feasibility of this issue.

Only Yan Zhiyu remained silent, lying on the ground, staring blankly at the starry sky.

Everyone assumed she was just badly injured and didn't pay much attention. But late at night, when the whole world was silent, Yan Zhiyu suddenly sat up with a jolt.

This scene startled Lu Ping, who was still on night duty.

"Sister Yan, what's wrong?"