Chapter five hundred and ninety-two who knows (below)
Ronan didn't expect that the atmosphere in the venue would be so sensitive that he would suddenly become the focus of everyone - then again, this is a matter of course, after all, he is the focus and core of all the problems in the world in recent times.
Now, he is quite dissatisfied with this situation.
Fortunately, I acted as the host of the auction not long ago, so I still have some habit of it. I also raised my hand and greeted everyone in a seemingly familiar tone:
"Sorry, I'm late for something..."
The real host, Abner, showed his function at this time, smiled, and chose a not-so-neutral title: "Everyone knows the reason for Professor Luo's late arrival. It is indeed force majeure..."
"Who said that? Isn't this a fight?" One guy, Pili Yangqiu, said something, as if he was targeting Abner, and it was a bit irritating to Ronan. In short, it was a tone that made both parties unhappy.
"Shaucedo, you are an old man." The blood demon next to him promptly reminded him, "With the title of deputy secretary-general of the federation, he is actually closer to the capital side."
"I know, I've always been neither yin nor yang." Ronan also knew that this fashion expert had always been at odds with His Majesty the Emperor Wu, and the last appraisal meeting did not have any good effect.
Ronan only cared about recognizing people and didn't care about anything else. Abner just pretended not to hear and signaled to the secretary-general behind him to come forward:
"Roman?"
Romanus said nothing and showed no expression. He just sent the draft of the meeting minutes to Ronan through the conference system.
Ronan looked up at this extraordinary being whose name sounded a bit like his. He had heard of Romanus before. One of the new extraordinary beings in recent years, he was said to be a shrewd and low-key person.
The guy. Now it seems that he is indeed low-key.
"You guys talk about your business and I'll take a look." This was not a polite comment. Ronan still needed to adapt to the new environment.
Before tonight, he definitely would not have received such treatment. When he entered the venue, he would most likely be greeted with questions. Now, he actively withdraws from the focus area, as if to give others face.
What Ronan has to do now is indeed related to face: he needs to distinguish the faces and basic information of these extraordinary beings who stand at the top of the world in the venue.
To be honest, such a high-level meeting included hundreds of people in attendance. For Ronan, who is not good at interpersonal communication, it is really difficult to remember so many faces clearly.
"You need a "Deck" at this time." The guy from Blood Demon passed over an electronic document, but it was a classic replica version of the extraordinary poker deck he claimed to launch. Well, it included Gong Qi,
Jin Tong's version.
He looked through it and found that the directory index above was quite complete. After a short search, he knew that Romanus was the 2 of spades, a more comprehensive or more dominant extraordinary species, and Saucedo was the 3 of clubs.
Typical spiritual side.
The blood demon not only gave information, but also took on the important task of explaining: "Basically, the middle circle where we sit on the round table is arranged according to the 'Sixteen Strongest People' of the extraordinary species. Of course, some people basically
It will not happen in this situation, and it is natural to increase or decrease."
As the blood demon said, there are two standards for the "Sixteen Strongest": one includes all A-color cards and character cards, and the other is a slightly relaxed standard that also includes 10 even-numbered goalkeepers.
Number plate.
Regardless of the standard, in this type of highest-level meeting, these 16 to 20 people are located in the core area of the round table. The rest of the people are waiting in more casual seats. In addition, it is a virtual venue, and everyone is not here to attend classes.
For primary school students, the ranking is even more confusing.
Under the blood demon's thoughtful explanation, Ronan immediately gave up the delusion of identifying everyone, and just checked the deck of cards to check the people in the core circle - no matter whether it was 20 people or 16 people, they were not all present.
Ronan counted and found that there were only 18 seats in the core circle, but those who had arrived so far, including him, were only 13. Among them, people from the esper association accounted for a considerable part:
Abner, the currently incompetent President of the General Conference and meeting convenor, moderator, King of Spades;
Malen, the vice-president who had a brief encounter with him, is a strong physical player, Jack of Hearts;
Constance Daler, spiritual side of mysticism, master of enchantment, Queen of Clubs;
Well, President Ouyang doesn’t count, this is the Jack of Spades.
Ronan waved to the other side, Ouyang Chen adjusted his glasses and responded with a smile.
His Majesty Emperor Wu was behind President Ouyang this time, still looking down at his book and paying no attention to him.
The remaining ones that Ronan is familiar with are the Blood Demon and the Black Lion. One of them is a 10 of hearts and the other is a 10 of diamonds. They are both goalkeepers. The black lion was a little further away and waved to Ronan.
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Ronan was not very familiar with the remaining people, but even with his poor knowledge, he had long admired their names. Of course there were two secret cult leaders among them:
Just first offering, Ace of Spades.
Speaking of which, this is not the first time Ronan has interacted with this person. When he wiped out the main force of the Justice Order branch at the Frost River Reality Flagship Store, he had contact with this person from a distance. Of course, as a person at that time,
The main combatants are President Ouyang and His Majesty Emperor Wu.
But who would have thought that this powerful man who dominates the most powerful secret sect is actually a seemingly gentle and amiable woman?
There is no direction in the virtual venue, and if the direction in front of the host Abner is true north, the location of the fair first sacrifice is due west. It is at a small diagonal with Ronan. At this time, the line of sight is also projected, as if for observation.
Ronan's expression changed, he was very focused and...interested.
Lord of the Secret Contract, Ace of Hearts.
This old gentleman looks to be quite old. His hair is snow-white, which should be very hard, and stands tenaciously. He also has a white beard around his mouth, which is neatly groomed. He looks hale and fresh.
He has been flipping through the materials, his eyes are lowered, his face is calm, and he can't see anything else. The only thing that is more eye-catching is a few dark lines on his face, which seem to be faded tattoos, but they feel messy and cannot form a pattern.
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As for why Ronan could see so clearly, in addition to the restoration of the virtual venue itself, it was also because the old gentleman was on the other side of Ronan. Together with the blood demon, he was sandwiched in the middle. Even if the diameter of the central round table was extremely
Big, the distance between them should be relatively wide, but thinking about the cooperation intention proposed by the blood demon before and rejected by him, Ronan always felt that it tasted strange.
The Master of the Secret Contract went through the materials on his own, which gave Ronan a buffer and room to think.
He is also an old man. The one at the round table who is comparable to or even older than the Lord of the Secret Contract is probably the Dead Witch. This is the Jack of Clubs. He looks even younger than the nominal junior Constance.
One person, but a very dangerous person. She was almost half bald, had very few hairs, and no eyebrows left, and the look she stared at was very unfriendly.
Furthermore, Mou Zhengye and Mou Dong are, in a sense, the most powerful capitalist in the world, the King of Hearts. I have never interacted with them, but they are barely acquaintances.
There are two other people whom I have never met before.
One is the No. 2 figure in the Order of Justice, the chief priest Lanier, the King of Plum Blossoms. Legend has it that he is a powerful supernatural being who is best at entering dreams and can steal away people's souls in their sleep.
The other one is the strongman who nominally belongs to the "Eye of the Secret Contract", the Hell Messenger Apollyon. The position on the deck is the J of Diamonds. This is a white man who looks very young, about thirty years old at most.
, but there was blood in his eyes, and the gloom and coldness made people tremble in their hearts.
I heard that this person is by no means a fuel-efficient person. He is usually unruly and unruly. He always listens to the instructions but not the propaganda. I don’t know why he came to the meeting today.
As for those who didn't come, Ronan turned over the deck of cards and determined that they either belonged to the Star Alliance Committee or the military and had public power, including Lieutenant General Joseph, who was the mainstay of the Air and Space Army and who had been in Ancheng for many years.
Anton Sheng, the retired high-ranking official of the Star Alliance Committee Bai Hao, can come or not; or he is the strong man in the wilderness who will almost never attend the meeting, including the clown Rabbi, the northern lord Steel Rust, oh, and Poseidon.
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As for the true God, the Pope, he is not here today, so that is another matter.
When Ronan was sizing these people up, these people were also sizing him up. Those were not the only ones sizing up Ronan. No matter what Ronan just said, he was still the focus of the audience. The previous heated discussion was not because of his "
Everyone, please carry on” advice, and it really came back to life.
Returning to the silent venue, it is difficult to break out of the waves. There is no other direction except to proceed formally.
Only then did Ronan have time to look at the agenda. The first two items on the agenda, namely the two matters related to Gong Qi: finding the murderer and filling the power vacuum after death, were all solved. The following is the third item - the secret
The project proposed by Lord Qi seems to be more academic.
His eyes turned to the side, where the Lord of the Secret Contract was still flipping through the documents in his hand, calm, focused and serious.
Abner began to push forward: "Then now is the third agenda. Please let the Lord of Secret Contract report the latest observation and research results in the abyss area. The data inside corresponds to the particularity of extraordinary power and is highly professional.
It is extremely precious. The relevant documents have been sent to everyone before the meeting...are you ready to read them again?"
Abner also showed a particularly respectful attitude, even though the age difference between the two was almost the same.
Lord Secret Contract shook his head slightly: "No need to read it, those who are interested will read it, those who are not interested will not read it, and they will not understand it even if they read it... Professor Luo, have you read it?"
Ronan didn't expect that the first exchange between the Lord of Secret Contract and him would be like this. He blinked and said, "I looked at it a little bit, but I didn't look very carefully. Well, as you said, I really don't understand much.
"For example?" Mi
Lord Qi asked.
"..."
Ronan glanced at the blood demon and wondered if it was because he refused to cooperate with this group of people and was then faced with a difficult situation.
Of course, this is just a thought. Ronan is not lying. Under the strong recommendation of the Blood Demon, he did take the time to read the draft of the Secret Contract Lord's bill. He was very concerned about the continuous changes in the Abyss Zone described in it, as well as the
Some digitized expressions have memories.
It is precisely because it is too data-based that it is difficult for him, and probably most people, to have an intuitive impression.
Ronan laughed: "Actually, I would rather have an intuitive diagram, or a clear conclusion, or a guess... At present, I have the impression that there is a concept called 'trend line', is it called this? See
In the end, I don’t quite understand what the actual meaning it corresponds to.”
"Corresponding to the relationship between the distortion process of the earth's biosphere and the change of a special 'radiation amount' in the abyssal zone. Because of the complexity of the abyssal zone, it is difficult to accurately quantify it. We can only comprehensively consider the relevant elements and observe its rough
Trend dynamics.”
Ronan actually understood this rather awkward statement. Just as he was pondering over the meaning, Lord Secret Contract continued to explain:
"This concept stems from a hypothesis: It is assumed that the chaotic energy turbulence in the abyss area, or a certain element in it, is the main factor causing the distortion era, and it is still acting. The direction of observation and research is to
Find this element and analyze it qualitatively and quantitatively."
Ronan frowned: "This hypothesis seems..."
"The observational results did not prove this hypothesis, but we did find a subtle correlation between the changes in the intensity and properties of the energy turbulence in the abyss and the current distortion process.
"The 'radiation amount' in the abyss zone increases, and the distortion infection rate of the earth's biosphere also increases, which is manifested as an upward trend line; the 'radiation amount' in the abyss zone decreases, and the distortion infection rate also begins to decrease, which is manifested as a downward trend line. There is
There is an obvious positive correlation.
"It's just that we are not sure which is the 'cause' and which is the 'effect' - especially if we believe in the logic that 'exhaust emissions caused by human and livestock breathing will cause global warming', it is even more difficult to distinguish.
The place of cause and effect."
The Lord of the Secret Contract speaks in an unhurried manner and takes care of the priorities very appropriately, making it easy for people to understand the key points of his words.
Ronan immediately knew that this old gentleman was more inclined to believe that the changes in the abyss were the cause and the distortion was the effect. He just did not say it explicitly out of rigor.
The well-planned agenda inexplicably turned into a separate exchange between the Lord of the Secret Contract and Ronan, but the people present could still accept this model - any situation that could facilitate their observation and inspection of Ronan was acceptable.
Not to mention, the words also touch on two extremely explosive topics: "Abyss Zone" and "Distortion".
Ronan's interest was also aroused: "Not to mention the abyssal zone observation, how can the distortion process of the earth's biosphere... be quantified?"
"Of course it's the number of aberration-infected people and their spread." The blood demon spoke up on the other side, immediately revealing his position.
"Do you have data on the number?"
"Is the statistical data basically reliable?" was answered by Blood Demon, but he himself was not too sure. After all, the current research on distortion is not in-depth enough, and traditional statistical techniques and sample selection may not be consistent with reality.
Ronan did not chase after him, and mathematics was not his strong point. He just asked questions - judging from the appearance of the Lord of the Secret Contract, he didn't really want to give it to him, nor to the other extraordinary species present.
Statistical analysis course.
Everyone is very realistic. As Ronan said before, I just want to hear the conclusion, even conjectures are fine.
"So, the performance of the 'trend line' is..." Ronan was suspected of knowingly asking.
"Continue to rise." Lord Secret Contract raised his cheek, his gaze starting from Ronan's face, scanning the entire round table and even the venue, "The data in this material only ends on December 31, 2096. In fact, starting from the beginning of this year
, the trend line has completely entered an exponential growth mode, behaving more and more like an out-of-control virus. It should be said that the scope and number of infections are out of control."
"Is there any clear evidence?" Abner asked with a frown.
The Lord of the Secret Contract did not respond. But on the other side of him, the young white man who had been sitting quietly, "Hell Messenger" Apollyon, raised his hand casually:
"here."
"Mr. Apollyon?" Abner frowned even more.
Apollyon raised his face, his eyeballs were like red-hot coals, radiating heat that made people palpitate, but his words were cold to the bone:
"In view of the fact that the measurable infection rate among citizens has exceeded 10%, which is beyond the controllable range. From now on, Harbin City will abandon all abnormal infection control measures to save medical and survival resources and deal with subsequent events... That's it."