【December 4, 2021, 15:00 pm】

【Main God World·Twelve District Server】

In the conference room, doors and windows are closed and guarded closely.

The participants wearing silver five-pointed stars sat upright by the square table with flowers.

Paper files and notes are spread out on the table, and the recorder sits aside and taps the keyboard.

Just as he sat down, a middle-aged man with a white military cap, speaking solemnly:

"At the beginning, few people valued this disaster."

“…But then, the development of the situation has begun to exceed our expectations.”

He said with a serious expression:

"Since November 30, when the first batch of adventure players returned, the world of the main gods has undergone great changes... According to observations, the mental state of these returnees has declined significantly..."

"One-third of the more than 20,000 people who have mental illnesses are known to have irreversible trauma... and the remaining returnees, our limited treatment methods have little effect."

He looked solemn, his voice was slow, and the rest of the participants also had serious expressions.

He said, looking at a blonde woman flipping through the archives:

"A summary of the current situation...Kelosa, come and report it."

"yes."

Kailosa stood up, the silver thread on her shoulders shining in the stable lights of the conference room.

"At 35 a.m. on November 30, 2021, the first group of adventurers returned. At that time, we did not take any measures to do so until some players came to our service area for help." She said, her voice was extremely powerful.

"As of 10:00 a.m. on the 30th, more than 1,200 players have come to various service areas to join the General Psychological Department to seek help from foreign countries. There is a gradually tight beds in various places and a shortage of supply."

"At 12 noon on the 30th, the joint group's "Adventure Player Spiritual Rescue Plan" was officially launched, aiming to help adventure players recover. With the program of "not giving up every human being", it also activates backup measures, invests a lot of medical resources, and opens a large number of idle beds."

“…but it has little effect.”

"To be fair, there are many problems with our plan. The total resources, personnel action efficiency, and project implementation effect of the current joint mission... are not satisfactory. This is inevitable. We lack the necessary management system and supervision measures. After all, this is not the previous world. Since the world of the Lord God prohibits fighting, we do not have compulsory enforcement measures, and everything can only be voluntary."

“…This, in a sense, allows the outbreak of subsequent disasters.”

"As of 12 noon on December 1, in just 24 hours, the number of players who came to seek medical treatment had reached 100,000. Note that this is just the number of players who came to seek help on their own initiative, and they were already in a state of madness, or who did not choose to seek medical treatment could not count."

"Although we have maximized the mobilization of idle resources and provided expert staff... the situation is still deteriorating."

“There are problems in all aspects.”

"Where is the funding of our program coming from, who funded the machinery and equipment, where does the hospital's medical staff come from... personnel, venue, technology, time... we are urgently needed these things, and each of them, cannot be separated from costs."

"The cost is limited after all."

“…As of 12 noon on December 3, the overall psychological layout of each service area has been full of beds in the foreign region.”

"Even... there have been many cases where patients actively create battles, attack doctors, and create chaos."

"The panic spreads rapidly, and this spread cannot be stopped in time."

"During the period when various service areas are stepping up treatment, hundreds of suicide-style attacks on players have occurred, creating extremely bad situations in which real deaths have occurred."

"People are beginning to develop fear of adventurers - this is a real, fundamental crisis."

“…As of 12 noon on December 4, before the meeting began, according to incomplete statistics, the number of medical players has reached 500,000.”

"And the real data must be far more than that."

“…”

After reporting here, Kailosa's voice was already choked.

She is a person who truly volunteered to join the joint mission and made selfless contributions to the future of mankind. In the past world, she was an ambassador of a multinational voluntary organization. She had traveled to various countries to help those living in dire straits.

Now, she reports here, working, not getting points, not getting rewards, not fame and fortune.

She is a true love.

When she heard the real death event in numbers and saw the total number of mentally collapsed players soaring, she felt real sadness.

...The sadness of people's current situation.

The choking in her words was obvious, and even the few people sitting and listening to the report showed sad expressions.

The man in the white military cap was silent for a moment and suddenly spoke:

"Is there any news from the Information Department?"

"Yes, it's the craze of return, Mr. Ashkell, things are getting worse and worse," replied a young man in a uniform and tie next to him.

He said, flipping through the documents in his hand: "At present, a large number of players have posted on the forum to promote panic and confusing emotions. Many people even have pictures and videos of fear attacks, which makes their posts more topical... Panic is spreading rapidly. Sir, even if we take measures to try to use other topics, such as the smooth progress of players on the list, and the outlook for the new world, the results are still very little..."

Aschcolle silently.

He had already anticipated what was going on now.

After all, the Internet here is not under their control. The newspaper business they have recently started, trying to control public opinion, has just begun.

In the world forum where countless new posts appear every second... In this era of information explosion and uncontrollable, their ability to guide public opinion is limited. Unless it motivates the public and lets the public spontaneously move with the trend, their voices are destined to be unable to cover up so many players.

Information is limited, so authoritative voices cannot be transmitted to every corner.

Public opinion is chaotic and the dragon has no leader, and panic will spread rapidly.

The unknown causes chaos.

Listening to this situation, the atmosphere in the conference room became solemn.

People lowered their heads, remained silent, and said nothing.

Ashecole glanced at the people with his head down, bent his fingers and knocked on the table.

“—Why should I bow my head?”

He asked.

He is Ashkell, the current chief of staff of the Joint Regiment.

He comes from a country located southeast of the Mediterranean Sea, and is the local Air Force wing captain, rank of colonel, and service air force.

Their country has always been committed to the technological research and development of human science and engineering, and has made outstanding contributions to the entire world in genetics, computer science and other aspects.

War and struggle run through the history of their country. The people who have emerged from the war have a natural fighting spirit flowing in their bones.

Even in such an era when humans cannot see the sky, he has never felt hopeless.

No matter how desperate he was, even targeted by the entire world war, they survived. Even if the situation is extremely bad now, he would not accept his fate at such a moment.

The more dangerous the moment, the more we need human mission and sense of responsibility.

"I'll ask you, why do you bow your head?" he asked again.

The participants who had originally expressed sad expressions but did not say a word slowly raised their heads.

Ashecole looked at them, his dark gray eyes were bright.

"People, please think about it carefully."

"Originally, at the beginning of the game, our people were scattered, our overall environment was in chaos, we even lacked the contact information of each other, and were still in their own closed personal spaces, like isolated islands... we survived it when it was so difficult."

"We gathered together and took the program of 'let the majority live' and took various measures to quickly make the disorderly large groups order, let the chaotic people find the marker and establish the order."

“Now, when people mention the concepts of ‘public’, ‘firefighters’, ‘organization’, the first noun that comes to mind is us.”

"Raise your heads and don't let people down."

As soon as his words came out, people looked up, and flames ignited in their eyes.

At the same time, Ashecole's voice continued:

“…But should we be proud of it?”

His gaze searchlight swept across, and everyone staring at him was facing his gaze.

"No." He said, his voice rumbling and echoing in the quiet conference room:

“—We should be honored by this.”

“We are honored that even in such a world, people are willing to believe us.”

“We should be honored that even in such desperate situations, we are still honored to be the leaders of people and lead them into the future.”

"We are honored that there are 972 district servers in the main god world. So far, more than half of the district servers have district stations of the joint group."

"We are honored... in the most critical situation, we can help those in difficulties and provide a ray of light for those who fall into the trough."

"If players on the list and adventure players are the great pioneers who charge forward. And we should be their powerful reinforcements and not let them distract from any events in the rear."

"Comrade Mutual Assistance Association, Blue Ground Force, Joint Reporting Exercise, Love Family Search Group, Volunteer Departments of various servers..."

Ashecole counts the contributions made by the United Corps, and his voice is full of pride:

“We have achieved so much in such a chaotic situation.”

"Even if the environment is so harsh, even if the situation is so desperate..."
To be continued...