Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 887 Special Warfare Methods on the Historical Line (Part 3)

"Minister, are you kidding me?" Jiang Wengao felt a chill run down his spine. He suddenly remembered that the exact time of "The Fall of Kyoto" was fifty years later.

Could it be that I haven't transmigrated into the game itself, but rather into a loop of the game's past history?!
But that's not right either. Kyoto Sinks is only fifty years in the future, but the modern era that Brother Shou just mentioned is almost five hundred years in the future.

While Jiang Wengao's brain was still racing, Xia Shou had already thrown out more heavyweight intelligence. Each piece of intelligence was like a bombshell hitting Jiang Wengao's cerebral cortex, shattering his already chaotic thoughts.

"Do you remember the Blood Cave incident? The Underworld is a lost history that floats in different historical periods for various reasons. When the Blood Cave first appeared, everyone thought it was a coincidence, but in fact, it was the Underworld that had floated to the modern era that fell down and then passed by our era."

Of course, the Bureau of Control could not reveal the real reason to the outside world. After all, disguising itself as the present world has always been one of the best strategies to resist the invasion of the old world. The Bureau of Control always considers the worst-case scenario, which is that the inhabitants of the old world successfully invade the present world and eventually reveal their identities.

So… in this worst-case scenario, what strategy should the control bureau use to respond?

Jiang Wengao got goosebumps all over his body. In an instant, he seemed to understand Xia Shou's logic, and the clues in his mind finally clicked.

He swallowed hard, lowered his voice, and said as if afraid of revealing a top secret: "The best way is to disguise a certain period of history as the present world. That way, when people from the past invade this period of history, they will stop their progress and start trying to make their names in this period of history."

However, because that is cyclical history, not the present world, even if they accomplished the greatest feats in that period of history, they could not truly be named!

“That’s right, this is the Control Bureau’s last resort.” Xia Shou’s calm tone added credibility to his words.

"I completely understand!" Jiang Wengao took a deep breath, trying to calm his surging emotions.

Xia Shou then said, "Now you know what we should do, right?"

"As long as we continue to pretend that we are the real world, that will be fine," Jiang Wengao said confidently.

Xia Shou pointed at Jiang Wengao, then turned to Shangguan Yan: "Minister, what should we do?"

"It's hopeless," Shangguan Yan laughed.

Jiang Wengao looked surprised and doubtful, his gaze shifting between the two men: "Am I wrong?"

Shangguan Yan said, "What do you think is right? It's completely wrong. What we just said was all a lie to you. This is the present world at the very tip of the history tree, not some kind of cyclical history at all."

Jiang Wengao was stunned. He looked at Xia Shou in shock, like a poor student who couldn't solve a problem and could only ask the top student for help when the teacher asked him. He cast a questioning and confused look at Xia Shou.

Xia Shou sighed and raised his hand to explain, "It was all fake. Just now, I created a scenario that made it easier for you to understand the Bureau's strategy. And Xiao Gao, your answer was wrong too."

What we need to do is not pretend this is the present world; what we need to do is disguise other cyclical histories as the present world.

Jiang Wengao understood again, but at the same time a new question arose: "But didn't Spreadt know that this is the real world?"

"Are you brain overloaded, you idiot?" Xia Shou scolded calmly. "We're not trying to deceive Sprite, we're trying to cooperate with Sprite."

Sprite's goal is to ascend to the present world. He has the same goal as us: to prevent too many people from competing for a spot in the present world. The reason he tells people from other eras the truth about the cycle of history is simply to use their power to advance the battle and break through the Bureau of Control's defenses in each era.

Therefore, if he's smart enough, he won't directly explain what the present world is like, but will only reveal that they are currently in a historical loop. If we want to put on an act, Spreadt will even cooperate.

The two sides will reach a balance point through this peculiar negotiation, a balance that will satisfy some of our and Spreadt's objectives.

That is... Spreadt needs a location close enough to the present world, a place where she is well-known, and what we want is to avoid amplifying the impact of the truth's spread.

Shangguan Yan said, "The most difficult thing is if the truth is spread on a large scale, because the reset time of each history is different. If the truth becomes common knowledge, the efficiency of dissemination will be greatly improved. Then even if a history is reset, it will be easier to know the truth that you are in the cycle of history."

To give an example, the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties are all cyclical histories, and everyone knows the truth of history and that the real present world is the 21st century. So even if the history of the Song dynasty is reset, as long as he goes back to the past and arrives in the Tang dynasty, he will find that everyone in the Tang dynasty is discussing the 21st century, and he will know all the truth in an instant.

Therefore, preventing the truth from becoming completely public is one of the most important tasks in this regard.

"Aww! I get it! I really get it now!" Jiang Wengao exclaimed, clapping his hands excitedly. "So that's how it is!"

At this moment, Su Weiyu, who had been silent all along, also stood up, crossed her arms, and confidently exclaimed, "Such a simple truth, and Xiao Gao only just realized it now. He's still too young."

Xia Shou glanced at Su Weiyu but didn't expose her.

He knew that Su Weiyu hadn't figured this out at first either; her expression clearly showed it.

If you really want to say where she's better than Xiao Gao, it's that she pretends to know what she doesn't, and keeps quiet when she doesn't understand something.

However, the Bureau's strategy did give Xia Shou some inspiration.

No one can know whether the era they live in is truly the present world, just as every inhabitant of the old world would believe that they live in the present world.

This made Xia Shou start to think: if he were someone living in a cycle of history, what would he do?

If we knew the future, we could solve many of our current problems at once, and perhaps we could live the life we ​​want directly. It would be great if Wei Yu and Xiao Yue could retire early.

Money is no problem at all. If it's just ordinary anomalies... my current strength should be enough to handle it, right?
But the thought that history can be reset, and that we will have to go through the dangers and difficulties we have already experienced again, makes this illusory beauty seem less alluring.

Thinking about it this way, it's quite confusing.

Perhaps... the future self in the book was influenced by various factors and made the decision to travel outside the book.

Shangguan Yan glanced sharply at Jiang Wengao and Xia Shou, and smiled, "Don't overthink it. Thinking too much will only lead you into the mental trap of being trapped in a jar, which is pointless."

We still need to do our current tasks well.

Xia, go to the Blood Dynasty to prepare, and take Gao with you.

(End of this chapter)