From the end of the world

Chapter 246 Saving Ma Zao
Fu Feng’s words surprised me.

“Is the country planning to take this opportunity to admit to the masses the existence of the strange world?”

I think that if we were to say which group of people least want the weird world to be exposed to the public, it would definitely be the current ruling class.

"It's not that quick. You have to eat one bite at a time, and the same applies to announcing the existence of the strange world. However, the official forces at least intend to admit to the public that there are indeed phenomena in society that cannot be explained by existing science, and this unknown phenomenon is gradually spreading in society." Fu Feng said, "This will certainly cause a considerable degree of panic, and will also accelerate the public's understanding of the strange world, but they must be helpless.

"The number of patients with amnesia is increasing, and the frequency of strange events is also increasing. Rather than letting someone with ulterior motives collect all the evidence of the existence of the strange world and then make it public at once, it is better for them to admit it first. This will also have a relatively low backlash on themselves."

This is the same logic as me admitting my sincerity to Ma Zao first. Lies are bound to be exposed anyway, so it is better to admit that I lied first than to be pointed at and exposed. I really agree with politicians in an unexpected and annoying way.

However, their actions were much faster than I expected. Although it is not surprising that the strange world is exposed to the public at any time, according to the feeling when Zhu Shi and I communicated before, the official forces will delay for at least another half a year before entering the stage of recognizing the strange world. Is the speed so fast now because Zhu Shi and I were too naive, or because of the social impact caused by the fierce battle between me and Yin Yue?

"Also, the nuclear explosion thrown by Yin Yue also had a decisive impact."

Fu Feng continued speaking as if he could hear my thoughts, but I found it hard to understand what he said next: "After all, the number of amnesia patients might increase dramatically because of this. What else can they do except admit it first?"

"Wait..." I said, "I don't understand. Is there any causal relationship between the nuclear explosion of Silver Moon and the increase in the number of patients with amnesia?"

Fu Feng was stunned at first, then suddenly realized and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't explain it to you in advance. There is indeed a high possibility that there is a causal relationship between these two incidents. Hmm... where should I start?"

He thought for a moment, then said, "First of all, you should know that the increase in the number of amnesiacs is just like the increasing frequency of strange events. The curve is gradually climbing up. The former started four years ago, while the latter is generally considered to have started three years ago, which is the same time as the Fantian incident.

"This statement is actually inaccurate. Strictly speaking, the frequent occurrence of strange events, like the amnesia incident, started four years ago. It's just that the curve was still within the error range at that time, and it was not until three years ago that it began to be taken seriously.

"Even the Fantian incident is the same. Although it was not known to Luo Shan until three years ago, it was actually known to a small circle four years ago. In other words, it was known to the Great Impermanence and those of us who are at the Great Completion level. It's just that we didn't intend to make a big deal about it at the time. We wanted to secretly investigate the truth of the incident."

“Four years ago… that sounds like a pretty critical time,” I said.

At the same time, I thought about myself. My superpowers also appeared four years ago. To be exact, it was four and a half years. Although there was a difference of half a year, it can be said that it was a fairly close time point. Could it be that there was some kind of inside story here? I wanted to explore it in depth, but I could only find a fog.

"Because of the coincidence in time, we usually believe that the frequent occurrence of strange events, the Fantian events, and the amnesia events essentially have the same source. Among them, the amnesia events are more often considered to be the by-products of the former two." Fu Feng nodded, "As we deepen our investigation into amnesia and combine various mystical and scientific research methods, we believe that the increase curve of the number of amnesia patients is related to the frequency curve of strange events. In other words, the more strange events occur in society, the more random increases in the number of amnesia patients will be...

“However, some people have proposed a seemingly unfounded hypothesis, which believes that the increase in the number of amnesiacs is not so much due to the frequent occurrence of strange events, but rather the fusion of the common sense world and the strange world.

"This hypothesis holds that the more secular society is aware of the existence of strange things... or the more ordinary people know about the existence of strange things, the more likely it is that the number of amnesiacs in society will increase. And amnesiacs do not appear from the group of people who know about it, but appear randomly from the entire society.

"We didn't take this hypothesis seriously at first, but the official forces seemed to use social engineering and statistics to conduct data analysis and research, and finally regarded it as the most credible theory at the moment."

I now understood what he said before: "Silver Moon's nuclear explosion will accelerate the public's understanding of the strange world, so the number of amnesia patients will increase dramatically... Is that right?" From this point of view, it seems that it is not a good move for the official forces to announce the existence of amnesia in advance. However, the existence of amnesia will be exposed anyway because of the sharp increase in the number of amnesia patients, and perhaps it will not make any difference in the end.

No wonder Fu Feng said that there might be rumors about the Hegemony because of my battle with Yin Yue. Although I was not the one who irresponsibly launched the nuclear explosion, that battle really had a bad impact on the increasingly chaotic world, which was even worse than adding insult to injury.

"You don't need to feel too burdened. What's more important now is how to solve the increasingly serious cases of amnesia. If we allow this strange phenomenon to continue, social order will inevitably collapse completely."

Fu Feng spoke calmly, as if he was used to seeing big storms, and then changed the subject: "So... can Miss Ma Zao cooperate with our research in the future? Unlike those extraordinary people who are indifferent to the lives of ordinary people, we are very sincere and urgent in seeking clues to cure amnesia. Please help us."

Ma Zao had been listening to our conversation silently, but now her eyes wavered and changed. Fu Feng, the old fox, had laid so much groundwork before, and it turned out that he was waiting for us here.

"Can't the Great God of Death solve the problem of amnesia? I heard that as long as the Great God of Death takes action, a mere case of amnesia is nothing to worry about." I said.

"That's just a common misunderstanding in Luoshan. Most demon hunters have unconditional confidence and blind faith in the Great Impermanence. Only those of us who have reached the Great Accomplishment level can vaguely glimpse the boundaries of the Great Impermanence." Fu Feng said, "The soul loss incident is likely to be a disaster closely related to the frequent occurrence of Fantian incidents and strange incidents. The latter two are phenomena that the Great Impermanence cannot understand. Therefore, the soul loss incident is likely to be something that the Great Impermanence cannot reach. We can't put our hopes on gods for everything."

"As long as Ma Zao is willing, it is not impossible for her to cooperate with you. However, as her partner, I also have a condition that I cannot compromise, and that is that you must first tell me who the Da Wuchang behind the magic gun is. If we can't pull the Da Wuchang who endangers Ma Zao out of the dark and find out the truth about why Da Wuchang covets Ma Zao, I can't feel at ease watching your people from Luoshan have in-depth contact with her." I said.

Even if it is politicalism, I don't think it can be trusted. Ma Zao might be hoping for a chance and cooperate with them in some research, but that kind of thinking is probably a manifestation of her world-weariness.

And, maybe I sound hypocritical when I say this, but it is precisely because Ma Zao may be the key to curing amnesia that we must not rashly hand it over to someone who may have ulterior motives. Maybe Fa Zheng has the same idea as the Great Impermanence behind the magic gun, and wants to kill Ma Zao for some reason. Just thinking about it makes me feel unforgivable.

"Sorry, I don't have the authority to tell you." Fu Feng said regretfully.

"Then let's wait until Fa Zheng arrives before discussing anything else." I used a firm tone.

"...That's it." He sighed.

So, we finished looking at the last area of ​​Fufeng Base, and then Fufeng took us back to the residential area. After a brief farewell, he turned around and left. Ma Zao and I went back to the room to rest.

Ma Zao sat down on the bed with a heavy heart, and she was obviously thinking about what had just happened. When there were outsiders present, she would not speak if she could, and leave all the "diplomatic" matters to me, but that definitely did not mean that she was a puppet without her own ideas, or a tool that only provided convenient functions.

She must really want to save those amnesiacs. Saving the world is such a distant task, but saving amnesiacs seems to be within reach. She also said that as long as the other party's ultimate goal is to cure amnesia, she will cooperate even if they have ulterior motives. But to what extent does she intend to cooperate? Maybe even at the cost of her death, she will consider whether to agree to it.

I wanted to save her. Not only from those who wanted to endanger her life, but also from her depressed and sad heart. I wanted to tell her that I was the one you had been waiting for, the one who could accept all your misfortunes and misfortunes.

And now, at last, I was alone with her.

(End of this chapter)