Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 252 Across the Ocean: Only One Piece of Good News
A similar meeting is being held on the other side of the ocean.

"any progress?"

“Wang Changyi has gone missing, but his parents have returned to their hometown. Although they have resumed their normal lives, our people have found that they are protected by others and cannot get close to them.”

"Nonsense, with something this big happening, I don't believe the other side wouldn't react."

"What about the Celestial Master's Mansion?" someone asked. "It's the organization that Wang Changyi belongs to."

“Nothing unusual was found,” the host reported. “It’s a tourist area in Tianxia. Although there are many religious people there, they all look like ordinary people. Our people have been searching there for a long time, but they haven’t found anything.”

"WTF! A tourist area? Ordinary people?" A middle-aged man pointed at the photos on the background wall. "They're practically on top of us, and you're telling me you haven't noticed anything?"

In the photo, five-colored thunderclouds cover the sky, golden figures float in mid-air, there is a collapsed building, and dead figures are on the ruins.

"We've already questioned them through clandestine channels, but they say it wasn't them," the host said innocently. "According to the intelligence department's analysis, this is definitely not their style; it must be someone from the civilian sector."

"Can't you use your brain? Even if they didn't know before, with their level of control, they definitely do now!" someone slammed their fist on the table. "This is a provocation! We must retaliate!"

"So what do we do? Send the aircraft carrier over?"

"It's not impossible!"

"Can an aircraft carrier withstand this lightning strike?"

Everyone fell into silence.

They can portray Superman convincingly in movies and TV shows because the authors added debuffs to Superman. In the real world, Homelander would be the normal version of Superman.

"What exactly is that Celestial Master's Mansion?" the old man sitting at the head of the table asked.

"The Celestial Master's Mansion belongs to a branch of an indigenous religion on the other side of the strait. This indigenous religion is called Taoism, which is a polytheistic religion and is said to have a history of nearly two thousand years," the host introduced. "Now it is divided into two schools: Quanzhen Taoism and Zhengyi Taoism."

The host gave a brief overview of Taoism on the other side of the ocean.

First, Taoism has a long history and is deeply rooted in the folk culture, with Taoist temples in various places, just like their churches.

Secondly, the people in Taoist temples are called Taoist priests. Legend has it that they all meditate and practice breathing exercises to cultivate inner energy, which makes them magic masters.

Third, the other side of the strait is vast and rich in resources, with a large population, so there should be quite a few Taoists who have cultivated internal energy.

Fourth, some people have seen Taoists who have cultivated internal energy, but although they are powerful and can defeat Onmyoji with yin-yang skills or Southeast Asian sorcerers at the same level, they are still within the realm of ordinary people and absolutely cannot withstand a bullet.

At this point, the conclusion is quite normal.

If the Berkeley incident hadn't happened that day, they wouldn't have paid any attention to these Taoist priests who had little power, because the other side was a secular country, and their influence was far less than that of their own papacy.

Even if their magic is more profound and they can defeat Onmyoji, sorcerers, or even priests on our side, so what?

Under the firepower of TNT, all carbon-based life forms are equal.

but!

The key point is this "but"!

Everyone looked again at the photos on the background wall. How could these mages, who should be ordinary people, possess such incredible power?
"Our Hollywood movies, like Thor or Shazam, are about this level of quality," someone said with a frustrated laugh. "Is it really true that we're responsible for imagining things, while they're responsible for bringing them to life?"

"It's like this on the technology side, and it's still like this on the science fiction side!" The man's face was gloomy. "When did we fall to this level?"

"Frank, calm down." The elderly man at the head of the group glanced at the man. "Our goal now is to resolve the issue."

"Yes." Frank, the middle-aged man, nodded.

"Taoism has also developed in our country, and we have Taoist priests in our country." The host continued, "We asked the Taoist priests who are based in Citibank, and they told us that the magic performed by the person in the video is called thunder magic, which is one of the most famous magics in Taoism."

"Spells?" someone asked. "Aren't they the innate abilities of gods like Zeus and Thor?"

"No." The host shook his head. "In the legends of Tianxia, ​​most of the gods were cultivated from humans. Their abilities were acquired through cultivation, not bestowed by heaven."

Several people familiar with the legends of Tianxia fell silent. The more they learned about the historical legends and cultural heritage on both sides of the ocean, the more pessimistic they became about the future of their race and nation.

"Then could they use... thunder magic?" the elder in the lead asked.

“They can’t.” The host shook his head. “We investigated all the Taoist temples in the United States, and there were only three Taoist priests who had developed magical powers, but even they couldn’t withstand a bullet.”

The truth is, when they asked those Taoist priests, they were using the Hollywood label, claiming it was the latest Hollywood movie and the people in the video were Eastern Taoist priests, asking them if their designs resembled the characters.

Of course, these Taoist priests also live in the United States and have seen the Berkeley videos online. Whether they truly believe what they say is anyone's guess.

"Where are our people?" someone asked. "There are Taoist priests on the other side, but we have priests too!"

"Yes, yes, are there some hidden masters in our country as well?" someone asked, "People like cardinals or ascetics?"

"Unfortunately, no." The host shook his head. "Our pastors are only interested in money and little boys. Even those who are devout can only be given psychological therapy by the Lord's light."

"WTF, they're all useless cough cough!" The man coughed twice, but ultimately didn't swear.

"So, so far, not a single piece of good news?"

“There is one,” the host sighed. “The Berkeley incident has been overshadowed, and the truth has been covered up.”

"Then why are you sighing?"

"Because now the public believes that the White House and the Hexagonal are using an incredibly stupid idea to cover up the far more evil experiments we are conducting, such as electromagnetic storms and genetic modification."

The host sighed again, "Thanks to the bacterial experiments the Hexagonal Building conducted in the past, the unknown virus in Fort Detrick has led people to believe that we are the ones doing evil rather than that aliens exist."

Everyone, "..."

"A bunch of ignorant idiots!"

“But those who are determined cannot be kept in the dark.” The elder in the lead said calmly, “Our allies have already sent inquiries, and quite a few mages, after making a round of Berkeley, have embarked on their journey to the other side.”

Someone's eyes flickered, "They also want to obtain this power?"

Someone exclaimed, "We must also obtain this power!"

(End of this chapter)