In the study room covered with blue velvet carpet, Gao Wen was listening to Amber's recent reports on information from all parties. Although the magic tide is approaching, the information sent by Neui civilization has caused huge waves among the top leaders of the alliance, especially among the three empires, the days still have to be passed. Countless ordinary people still have to live, the market and the economy still have to develop. The huge machine of the empire cannot stop, so of course the daily affairs he needs to deal with will not end at all because the end of the world is approaching.

"...We have sent the information of the Magic Tide Observation Device to Tifeng and the Silver Empire. In addition, Tallon and the Siren have set up an expert group to assist in this matter." Amber stood at Gao Wen's desk, trying to read the contents of the folder in his hand with a stern face. At least when making reports every day, she still has a little serious attitude. "At present, we have controlled the spread of relevant news. Except for the necessary participants, the intelligence sent by the Noy people will not cause panic among the people...

"At present, we have made a plan for public publicity about the situation of 'Alien Communication', and have vaguely dealt with the part about the magic tide, mainly focusing on inspiring and generalized expressions, and the same is true for Tifeng and Baiyin.

"In addition, we have recently arrested a small group of cultists who promote the redemption of the Doomsday near Baisha Lake. After the preliminary interrogation, it can be basically confirmed that they have not been affected by the recent exchanges with Neuyi civilization. It is likely that they are just a group of people who have been affected by the end of the world or the eternal sleeper. The lower-class believers have their "doctrines" are shallow and simple, and their organizational structure is low-level and primitive. During the arrest, they did not pose any threat to the officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau. However, the impact of such sporadic remnants on ordinary people after they developed. Now these cultists have been handed over to the theocracy tribunal of the Theocratic Council for handling."

"Have you caught another batch... This is the ninth batch I have caught in the past two years," Gao Wen couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, with a helpless tone, "There are so many cult elements that can't be caught..."

"In fact, if we include the 'doomsians' who are directly held down by local security teams and the 'underground sacrificial grounds' that are specifically used to deceive old men and women in the countryside, the 'cult groups' we catch every month are as many as double-digit," Amber shrugged. "Most ordinary people's thoughts are easy to incite and difficult to keep rational thinking for a long time, so this kind of criminal has always had a soil for existence. As you said, they have to fight a 'long-term war'."

Speaking of this, she curled her lips, her tone was a little strange: "In fact, there have been fewer such guys recently. Before the Talash meeting, there were military intelligence officers or the "judgment monks" from the arbitration tribunal working overtime to the point of dizziness..."

"Has it decreased recently?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, "Is it because of the subsequent impact of the Wasteland War?"

"What else? The Alliance killed the world's largest cult gang and its creation. The Empire's war machines appeared on the news screen, especially the current Dawn battle group is still patrolling the entire empire. The thing can be seen in a radius of hundreds of miles. Most of the 'underground churches' that are nestled in the countryside are not enough to see in front of the real aerospace fortress," Amber said casually, "After all, you can't expect a group of 'cult leaders' who have not even been to big cities several times. Their greatest ability is often to fool the elderly in the village to buy their discounted indulgences with the grain and agricultural subsidies issued by the Government Affairs Department..."

Speaking of this, she sighed: "Now, even the old men and ladies in the village know that the Dawn of the World can be ruined by a hundred miles. In the past, those who promoted the cult can rely on "If you don't believe in religion, the evil spirits will crawl in along the fireplace and kill your whole family" to scare people. But now, what we write on the slogan at the entrance of the village is "If you encounter evil spirits, please actively report them to the township government affairs department."

"In addition, there were people who preached that 'If you don't join the gang, you will be dragged into purgatory by evil spirits'. Later, with the announcement of the "Gate" plan, all cultists in this genre were also destroyed overnight - after all, let alone the evil spirits' purgatory, the kingdom of the God of War was pried by us. In addition, we have been consciously guiding in recent times. Now some more progressive people have begun to think that if the evil spirits or demons really have a purgatory, then the imperial army and the Divine Council's battle group can definitely smash the door of purgatory within three days and throw all the things inside...

"So overall, the cult beliefs in various places are still decreasing, but just like you said... no matter how fewer they reduce, they will never catch them. As long as there is a chance, they will always grow out."

Listening to Amber's muttering voice, Gao Wen couldn't help but smile, and he leaned on the chair with a relaxed attitude: "The popularization of education, the advancement of technology and the establishment of official authority will continuously compress the cultist's survival soil. Now it seems that the Dawn battle group has indeed made a better effect than we expected in the entire empire, but... people who want to cause trouble will always exist, and they cannot always keep their eyes closed. These methods will also keep pace with the times."

Amber immediately patted his chest: "Of course, I'm watching this. The operators of the Internal Affairs Department and the judges of the Arbitral Tribunal were born for this."

Gao Wen nodded slightly: "Well, you and the Theocracy Council should pay more attention to this matter. This matter not only involves internal national security... Especially at this stage, we have established exchanges with the Noi people. Although the news about the coming of the demon tide is still in a tight blockade, as some major projects gradually unfold in the future, we will have to consider the rumors in society and the situation of doomsday theorists taking advantage of the situation. After all,... we cannot expect everyone to be rational."

Amber nodded seriously, then his eyebrows frowned slightly: "In addition, the operators of the External Affairs Department have also recently reported some concerning situations..."

"External Affairs Department?" Gao Wen frowned immediately, "Will anyone still want to make trouble in this alliance situation?"

"It's really not within the alliance, it's the Violet Kingdom in the north," Amber said while recalling the information he received recently. "The operators who have successfully taken root in several Violet border cities recently reported that... the 'atmosphere' over there is a bit strange. Since about a month ago, local high-level mage nobles rarely appear in the public eye, and the caravans that regularly operate between cities have suddenly decreased a lot..."

The expression on Gao Wen's face became serious little by little. He put away his lazily sitting position: "It turned out to be Violet..."

For a long time, this mysterious hidden country has almost completely disappeared from the world. It has been shrouded in the depths of a fog for hundreds of years. Even if the war in the wasteland had almost overturned the world, even if the sentinel warship turned into a meteor fire rain fell from the near-Earth orbit, the thunder of the god of tide when it was dying across half the continent, the isolated island country that faced Loren across the sea had never shown any sign of "movement".

In fact, sometimes even Gao Wen would "forget" that there was such a neighbor next to the mainland, but the state machinery he created was still operating loyally - Amber's military intelligence agency was always paying attention to the movement of the isolated island on the sea. Although the infiltration into the Violet Kingdom in the interior has been declared a failure, at least on the edge of the island country, a few military intelligence agencies who landed on the island as merchants and scholars have successfully taken root. These military intelligence agencies who have successfully taken root will occasionally send back some information about the mysterious kingdom, maintaining the empire's basic understanding of the Violet Kingdom within a limited range.

As far as Gao Wen knows, there are actually more than Cecil who does this. The Tifeng Empire also has similar intelligence activities there. The Violet Kingdom is so mysterious and suspicious that even if it does nothing, it will attract the curious eyes of others. What's more, this country is actually restless while adhering to the hidden policy. In the past few hundred years, this "magistrate kingdom" has been affecting the magician group of Loren continent vaguely. The Loren countries did not understand this enough and lacked enough strength. Now, great powers like Cecil and Tifeng have reacted and will naturally turn their attention to the fog.

After all, even Tarronde and the Deep Sea Kingdom have established diplomatic relations with each other these days - the fog of Violet seems particularly unsettling.

"Is there any more detailed information coming?" Gao Wen frowned and looked at Amber, "The situation you mentioned just now is a bit...general."

Amber thought carefully: "In addition to the fact that the upper-level mage nobles lived in seclusion and the sudden decrease in caravans between cities, some operators who were operating in the coastal city of "Prandal" also reported that the local "post office" is now very deserted, and all mails flowing into the city are greatly reduced, and a messenger who had been traveling between Plandal and the kingdom had not appeared for a long time.

"The local operator thought the disappearance of the messenger was suspicious and tried to investigate his whereabouts, but found nothing. Our operators' activities in the Violet Kingdom have been very unsuccessful. Although trade and foreigners are allowed in the Violet border area, all roads leading inland are blocked by strange "mystery locks". The professional training and personal skills of the operators appear to be useless in the face of endless forests and intersections that have come to an abrupt end in the fog.

"As far as I know, the 'observer' sent to Violet by other countries is similar in the situation, and everyone can only operate in the border areas."

Gao Wen supported one hand on the table and the other hand on the forehead. He slowly said while thinking: "It sounds like... the border city of Violet seems to be in a state of "isolation", and all commercial activities and civil communications are decreasing... Are the locals not responding? The Violet people's own lives are not affected?"

"This is the more weird thing - according to the operator's return, the locals seemed to have no idea of ​​the changes in the city, and their lives seemed to be really unaffected," Amber said seriously. "There are fewer caravans, but the things on the market have not decreased at all. The goods that originally needed to be transported from the city seem to have suddenly become local self-sufficient goods. The residents did not care about the disappearance of the messenger. Everyone was still talking about daily topics, but they naturally disappeared in the conversation."

Speaking of this, a strange expression appeared on her face: "To describe it as an operator's description in the report, it means 'the whole city seemed to have changed a stage without realizing it. The residents did not change, the buildings did not change, the scenery inside and outside the city did not change, but the whole city changed quietly in all details', giving people the feeling... strange."

"It seems to be an extraordinary vision... This extraordinary vision is more nervous than ordinary natural disasters and man-made disasters, especially in the kingdom of mages that reveals strangeness," Gao Wen murmured with a frown, "Wait, these strange changes have occurred in various cities. What is the situation of the operators we sent here?"

"They were not affected in any way. Although some of the operators were nervous, the changes in the city seemed to bypass the 'outsiders' like them," Amber nodded. "Of course, I have reminded all operators who are outside to pay attention to their own safety. Once the vision begins to affect themselves, safe evacuation is a priority - after all, we send them to Violet just to 'snap'."

Gao Wen nodded, and then he was about to say something, but a sudden call from his mind interrupted his behavior.

"You wait a moment," Gao Wen waved his hand immediately, "There is news from Nicholas."

As soon as Amber heard this, she walked towards the chair next to her with ease: "Okay, I'll help you guard here."

Gao Wen nodded, and then he had already concentrated on his mind and began to respond to the "call". His consciousness continued to rise in illusion, and soon transcended the current body, transcended the earth, and instead connected to the sky far away in space in the form of a pure mental state. As his vision gradually stabilized in the dark, Asharena appeared in front of his eyes.

The surrounding environment looks like the latest "safety zone" opened by the Joint Engineering Team. He can see a brightly lit corridor and several dragon mechanics who are guarding nearby.

"What's going on above?" Gao Wen asked, his voice echoing through the synthesis device in the empty corridor where Asharena was.

"We found a hall covered by shadow power," Asharena replied immediately, speaking quickly, "There are traces left in the hall that are suspected of being contaminated against the tide!"

"……ah?!"

In just a moment, Gao Wen's spirit almost broke out from the connection state - although he thought his concentration was fine on weekdays, he did not expect that the sudden news from Asharena could be so exciting!

Traces of anti-tide pollution were found in Cangkong Station?

Suddenly, the situation Amber reported just now was temporarily put aside by him, and Gao Wen's tone became extremely serious: "Report the specific situation - what's going on in that hall? What's going on with the pollution you found?"

"Yes, the hall is located at the end of the cabin section with temporary number C-7. At present, it is preliminarily judged that it should be a connecting area between two rings. The size of the hall is equivalent to the "assembly hall" of the traffic cabin section. Its interior is filled with abnormal shadow forces. The entire hall remains in a "dark" state. The external light source is greatly suppressed inside it. In the center of the hall, we found a huge structure composed of purple-black thorny crystals interwoven. The structure contains a large equipment of unknown purpose. At the bottom of the structure, we found traces of highly suspected anti-tide pollution...
Chapter completed!