Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

Clearly, these are aliens from the Evangelical Church of Apocalypse using some kind of cruel biotechnology to mass-produce soldiers.

In the previous riot in the White Eagle Federation, more than ten million people went missing, which means that the Church of Apocalypse may have produced more than 2 soldiers.

2 soldiers may not seem like much, and may be insignificant to a powerful nation, but what if all 2 soldiers were superhumans?

Even if they were all low- to mid-level superhumans, the quantitative change would lead to a qualitative change, and 2 would be enough to plunge any major power into a bitter struggle.

No wonder someone as bold as Erica didn't dare to make this public immediately—doing so would undoubtedly mean a complete break with the Church of Apocalypse, plunging the White Eagle Federation into war.

Although we still have to break off relations, at least we can prepare for war first.

In fact, the White Eagle Federation still has quite a few patriots. At the same time the trial began, the White Eagle Federation's army had already surrounded several churches of the Church of the Apocalypse. There were also many intelligence agency agents present at the trial.

However, Erica's side underestimated the Church of the Apocalypse.

They were wary of the three bishops and politicians who were close to the church, but no one expected that half of the Grand Justices were from the Church of the Apocalypse.

After Erica submitted her evidence, one of the judges declared the Church of the Apocalypse innocent on the spot. Then, while everyone was still in shock, he suddenly opened his mouth wide—the kind that split open completely below his nose—and three tentacles shot out like arrows, heading straight for Erica's brain and heart.

Fortunately, Erica's boyfriend was powerful; the three tentacles caught fire in mid-air and turned to ashes in the phoenix's flames in less than two seconds.

However, while protecting his girlfriend, the Phoenix Warrior clearly couldn't care less about anyone else.

Amid screams, the other judges and the aliens hiding in the trial scene attacked together, instantly turning the place into a bloodbath. Several important figures from the presidential palace and Congress had their chests or heads pierced by tentacles.

Meanwhile, the White Eagle army, which had surrounded several cathedrals but had not yet had time to act, was caught off guard by the Church of the Apocalypse.

The main force attacking them was those mold-like people, with a small number being aliens who had long ago disguised their identities and hidden in the White Eagle army.

These guys are all at the level of superhumans. They can punch a dent into the front armor of an armored vehicle, run at speeds of over 300 kilometers per hour when they are at full power, and only leave blood clots and bruises when their bodies are shot by automatic rifles. They can also completely split open their faces below the nose and shoot out 2 to 6 tentacles for long-range attacks.

Despite having an overwhelming numerical advantage, the White Eagle army suffered a crushing defeat.

The scene at the trial was no better... Phoenix was only concerned with protecting his girlfriend, and the intelligence agency's super agents only cared about protecting the big shots in the presidential palace and Congress.

The 200-plus jurors who were actually there to participate in the trial were in a terrible state. They were powerless against the slaughter of the alien monsters. Even Qin Huanyu, whose identity was that of an elite lawyer, was quickly killed by the area-of-effect attack.

Even more seriously, just minutes after the incident, everyone around the world who was following the trial in the White Eagle Federation discovered that the White Eagle Federation had once again experienced a complete internet outage!

"...The [Heavenly Lock Procedure] has been activated."

Chapter 205 Efficient Solutions

What exactly is this "Heavenly Lock Regulations"?

After the Empress uttered the word, Qin Huanyu looked around and found that there were very few people present who did not know the word. The important figures at the center of national power were all familiar with the word, and even Yi Youyou, who had been serving as the Luantai Siming for almost a year, seemed to have heard of it.

—Well, it's another one of those secrets known only to the core power structure of the country. It's really tough for a lowly technician and henchman like me to blend in with the big shots.

Qin Huanyu sighed inwardly with a hint of resentment, and could only tug at Wu Xiqun and Yi Youyou beside her, asking them to enlighten her.

"I don't know what the [Heavenly Lock Regulations] are either."

Yi Youyou shrugged innocently and whispered:

"I only saw this word when I was sorting through some secret royal documents, but I didn't see the specific content. Those documents were heavily sealed and couldn't be opened casually."

Fortunately, Wu Xiqun knew about the [Heavenly Lock Regulations]. She whispered and quickly explained it to Qin Huanyu, under Yi Youyou's somewhat jealous gaze.

More than 70 years after the war ended, although the countries of mankind are far from being able to understand each other and coexist peacefully, they have reached some consensus. The most important point is that governments of all countries must strictly control intelligence about supernatural beings and not let too many ordinary people know about it.

This consensus has remained unbroken by all countries, and numerous patches have been added since then, with the "Sky Lock Regulations" being a particularly important one.

With the development of computers and the emergence of the internet, some people immediately realized that the speed at which information spreads online is extremely dangerous. If one day supernatural beings are fully exposed, it will certainly be because the internet has spiraled out of control.

To address this, the "Skylock Protocol," jointly developed by multiple countries, was created. This is a hidden protocol with the highest authority on the Internet root server. Simply put, once a large amount of information related to the supernatural begins to appear on the Internet in a certain region, that region will be forcibly disconnected from the Internet, isolating it from the world in terms of intelligence.

The [Heavenly Lock Procedure] has been triggered a few times before, but it usually only blocked the network of a certain city or province. This is the first time that the network of the entire White Eagle Continent has been blocked like this.

That's why the Empress and her ministers all looked grave. The triggering conditions for the [Heavenly Lock Regulations] are absolute and difficult to interfere with. The fact that the entire White Eagle Continent is now under lockdown indicates that the Church of the Gospel of Revelation has likely erupted in full force. The situation in the White Eagle Federation is extremely serious; it has reached a point where we can no longer afford to watch this unfold.

More importantly, the Church of the Apocalypse is not only deeply rooted in the White Eagle Federation, but it also has a huge influence in the Western Continent, even greater than the Catholic Church in that transmigrator world.

Now that the Evangelical Apocalypse Church has fully erupted in White Eagle Continent, what about the West Continent?

The army of the Holy Zhou Kingdom quickly entered a state of maximum combat readiness, ready to be deployed at any time. The government encouraged the public to stockpile at least two months' worth of food at home, and frequently broadcast wartime first aid knowledge on various programs. Schools also dedicated half a day each day to related courses.

People felt the tension in the air, but there was almost no unrest, and many young people who were unaware of the truth wanted to sign up for the army with great enthusiasm.

Because the government not only kept prices stable, ensuring everyone had supplies to stockpile, but also sentenced unscrupulous merchants who wanted to make a fortune through speculation to treason to death.

At the same time, all air-raid shelters and refugees in various cities were opened, and everyone could find a place to stay amidst the war, so people were not afraid.

Finally, it's only been over 70 years since that war ended, and many veterans who participated are still alive. They have repeatedly encouraged people publicly online:

"What's there to be afraid of? At worst, it'll just be another world war! So what if our enemy is half the world? The other half has always been ours!"

In short, the lives of the people of the Holy Zhou Kingdom will certainly be affected, but everyone is able to face the possible war positively, so the problem is not serious.

However, after several days of intensive preparations, the Holy Zhou Kingdom discovered that the Western Continent and even other parts of the world were quite peaceful, and apart from the White Eagle Continent, it seemed that it had not been affected by the Church of the Gospel Revelation.

Diplomats quickly contacted officials in other member states of the Freedom Alliance for talks, intelligence personnel were frequently dispatched, and the alien probe invented by Qin Hai was launched into geosynchronous orbit by rockets multiple times.

After gathering intelligence from various sources, the Holy Zhou Kingdom finally came to a conclusion.

Qin Hai's alien detector is very powerful, but while it can scan aliens all over the world, it can also be detected by aliens.

This behavior must have provoked the aliens, making them believe that Earth wanted to wage a full-scale war against them.

So the aliens abandoned most of their territory, concentrated all their forces on White Eagle Continent, and secretly prepared a plan to mass-produce cyborg soldiers using living people as materials.

After all, there are only a little over 3 aliens on Earth. If humans can identify and locate them and then defeat them one by one, they have no chance of winning if they are scattered all over the world. It is a logical thing to concentrate them and build up an army to protect themselves.

Therefore, in those churches of the Apocalyptic Church in the Western Continent, the high-ranking aliens had long since fled, leaving only earthling priests and nuns.

But the officials in those Western countries were unaware of this; they still believed that the churches in their countries were filled with alien superhuman warriors. Powerful nations like England and the Aryan Empire were alright, but some smaller countries without even an army were terrified.

That's why there's been almost no reaction in the entire Western Continent these days. Those officials and capitalists had already prepared their own escape routes before sending troops or police to test the local churches, only to find it was a false alarm.

The two long-established powers of the Western Continent, England and Aryan, had discovered this early on, but neither of them informed the Holy Zhou Kingdom. Instead, they chose to keep quiet and make a fortune. The White Eagle Federation, the leading power of the Free Alliance, was on the verge of collapse, and they all wanted to become the new leader, fearing that the Holy Zhou Kingdom would cause trouble.

What exactly the agreement between Yinglan and Aryans was, no one knows, but the White Eagle Federation's resources in the Western Continent were quickly divided up by them, and they even took over some military bases.

The ancestors of the White Eagle Federation were originally criminals exiled to the New World by the Yinglan and Aryans. Now that the White Eagle's garrison in the Western Continent has been incorporated into the Yinglan and Aryans, they feel no pressure at all, treating it as a return to their ancestral home.

Regardless, the Apocalyptic Church in the Western Continent did not spiral out of control, and the whole world breathed a slight sigh of relief—at least a great war would not break out immediately.

The official government of the Holy Zhou Kingdom still did not tell the public the truth, but it did say that the situation was more optimistic than expected and that everyone could resume production and life. However, it was best not to touch the wartime supplies that had been prepared beforehand, and families with spare capacity should store more food. Learning various survival skills was also essential.

Qin Huanyu was still unable to return to Baiguang City to continue her research.

After the activation of the [Heavenly Lock Procedure], White Eagle Continent was completely cut off from the internet and lost contact with the outside world. The Arrogance Power Network once again became the best channel for the Holy Zhou Kingdom to understand the movements of White Eagle Continent.

Therefore, Qin Huanyu has been staying in the palace these days as a micromanagement master, while remotely controlling more than 200 arrogant cultists to act as cameramen throughout White Eagle Continent to collect intelligence.

The situation is a bit bad.

The Church of Apocalypse gradually reduced its strength and abandoned other territories in the recent past. The price was that the White Eagle Federation was heavily infiltrated, from the government to the military.

The deaths of numerous extraordinary agents of the White Eagle Intelligence Agency at the Royal Palace of Saint Zhou and the frequent activities of the Truth Society in White Eagle Continent over the past year have also created an excellent opportunity for the Gospel Revelation Church.

The central and southern parts of White Eagle Continent are now almost completely occupied and controlled by aliens. Apart from a very few individuals still resisting, the local garrison has either withdrawn or been completely wiped out, and even the arrogant cultists who originally lived there are almost all dead.

Fortunately, there were still true patriots in the White Eagle State government and military. They concentrated most of the White Eagle State troops on the west coast to establish a defense line, and also recalled all the naval fleets that were originally deployed in various parts of the Pacific to defend against the Holy Zhou Kingdom. They managed to withstand the alien attack and restore order to the west coast.

The Truth Society also took action, concentrating multiple cult forces directly or indirectly controlled in northern White Eagle Continent to form a united front.

Those freaks who are worshipped as evil gods by cultists were originally elites of the Truth Society, at least at the level of Lord of the Ghost Realm. Now, with many followers, their strength has greatly increased. They can not only open the Ghost Realm to protect their followers, but also bestow power upon them and create extraordinary beings.

Although the most traditional method of creating superhumans is far slower than that of the Evangelical Church, the Evangelical Church does not only have to face enemies in the north, so the Truth Society quickly gained a foothold and even reached a certain tacit understanding with the White Eagle government, which it had been fighting for many years.

Besides these, on the east coast of the White Eagle Federation, there is another force resisting the Church of the Apocalypse. Although this force has the smallest territory and the fewest members, it is the most active. Their leaders are Phoenix Warrior and Erica. These two, imitating a famous movie plot, recruited a large number of like-minded superhumans from the public to form the Hero Association, providing shelter in the largest city on the east coast for White Eagle people who managed to escape here.

Thus, the Church of Apocalypse occupied the central and southern regions, the White Eagle Government was on the west coast, the Truth Society was in the north, and the Hero Association was on the east coast, dividing the original White Eagle Federation.

The White Eagle government and the Truth Society have a tacit understanding of non-aggression, but the Hero Association does not. They not only attack the Gospel Apocalypse Church, but also the Truth Society's cult alliance.

Phoenix Warrior is extremely powerful. The elites of the Truth Society are no match for him in a one-on-one fight. Even when three or five of them gang up on him, they often get beaten up. The most suitable person to deal with him is Lei Mingming, but he has not shown up or been heard from during this period.

The aliens at the Church of the Gospel of Revelation were also behaving strangely.

According to the settings in many science fiction works, the alien invaders who invade Earth are generally technologically superior to Earth.

However, the aliens of the Church of Apocalypse have never been able to produce any decent technology. They do not have spaceships or weapons of mass destruction, and their industrial technology is even inferior to that of the White Eagle government. They have been repeatedly destroyed by the White Eagle fleet's firepower.

However, these aliens have advanced biotechnology. They captured most of the White Eagle people in the occupied areas and used them as materials to create bio-warriors.

Those bio-warriors were called Apocalypse Warriors by the aliens. At first, there were only a little over 20,000 Apocalypse Warriors.

After more than half a month of fighting, at least 10,000 Apocalypse Warriors died, but the total number did not decrease but increased instead. Since they had already broken off relations, the aliens stopped pretending and ravaged all the White Eagle people in the occupied areas, with a number of at least tens of millions.

If the White Eagle military still had a large number of nuclear missiles at its disposal, it would probably have used them long ago. Unfortunately, the White Eagle Federation was nearly emptied out during the New Year's Eve attack, and since then, there have been a series of unforeseen events, preventing the redeployment of nuclear missiles from being carried out, and now it has been indefinitely postponed.

However, the White Eagle Federation does indeed possess other advanced and powerful weapons. During the war against the Church of Apocalypse on the West Coast, the White Eagle Federation used a super weapon called Mind Storm.

The core of this super weapon appears to be the brainwave enhancement device that Qin Huanyu speculated about, which can gather and amplify the abilities of multiple psychic individuals, creating a destructive force no less powerful than a nuclear missile.

However, this superweapon seems to have some flaws. The White Eagle Federation used it once and never used it again, even though they had many opportunities to use it to severely damage the Apocalypse Warrior Legion.

After the war situation in White Eagle became relatively clear, Saint Zhou, England, and Aryan all took the initiative to contact the White Eagle government.

While the White Eagle's nuclear missiles are gone, the other three nuclear superpowers still have theirs. If they unleash a full-scale nuclear strike on the White Eagle continent, the war should end quickly—this is the view of many military experts. The aliens have not yet demonstrated the ability to counter a nuclear strike.

Therefore, Saint Zhou, England, and the Aryans all proposed to the White Eagle government that they could send troops to support the White Eagle from both the west and east coasts at the same time, first bombing the central and southern parts of the White Eagle with nuclear bombs, and then sending troops to occupy the territory on the ground and slowly take back the lost land.

In any case, most of the people in central and southern White Eagle have been captured by the Church of the Apocalypse to be used as biological material for mass-producing Apocalypse Warriors. Nuclear bombing will not cause much collateral damage. Military experts believe that this is the most efficient tactic.

Unfortunately, the White Eagle government sternly rejected this offer. They even issued a stern warning to the armies of Saint Zhou, England, and the Aryan Kingdom not to enter White Eagle territory at will, otherwise they would treat those armies as invaders.

Clearly, the White Eagle government was also aware of the three countries' plans.

With the help of three nations, defeating the Church of Apocalypse might be swift, but the White Eagle Federation would be utterly finished. It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away; those supporting troops certainly won't withdraw easily, and the White Eagle will likely lose its military autonomy in the future.

"I didn't expect those officials and capitalists to have such backbone."

Qin Huanyu commented on this, but was quickly proven wrong.

Less than three days after the White Eagle government sternly rejected the aid from Saint Zhou, England, and the Aryan Kingdom, many high-ranking officials and big capitalists secretly contacted Saint Zhou, indicating that they were willing to surrender.

They are willing to join the Holy Zhou Kingdom with a large amount of wealth and cutting-edge technology, but the Holy Zhou Kingdom must guarantee their safety and allow them to continue to run companies, do business, make money, and enjoy the wealthy life of the top echelons of society.

On the other hand, although Yinglan and Aryan did not say it explicitly, it is easy to guess that they must have received a lot of secret defections from White Eagle officials and capitalists.

"That's why there are two types of people you absolutely cannot trust."

Upon receiving this message, Wu Xiqun's face was full of mockery:

"You can't believe a single word a politician or capitalist says! People say our royal family is a feudal remnant, autocratic and tyrannical, but no matter what, our royal family has never abandoned its loyal subjects, and in every war, we always lead the charge! When attacking, we always charge at the forefront, and when retreating, we always stay behind to cover the rear! The capitalist system may indeed be much more advanced than our feudal system, but capitalists are not necessarily more human than our feudal nobles."

Qin Huanyu neither wanted to participate in nor cared about such topics of ideology and system; she only cared about how the Holy Zhou Kingdom would choose this time.

Qin Huanyu looked down on the so-called wealth brought by those White Eagle officials and capitalists, but she was still very interested in those cutting-edge technologies.

If those technologies are indeed valuable, then accepting their participation is not out of the question.

Qin Huanyu's current status in the scientific research community of Shengzhou is that of an absolute pillar, even though she herself is somewhat unaware of it.

When Fengge and the royal family were discussing how to deal with those White Eagle officials and capitalists, they also called Qin Huanyu over to seek her opinion on technical matters and ask her how to supplement the requirements.

"I want their complete set of data-driven research findings on the soul."

Qin Huanyu made this request without thinking.

The mechanical spider technology, which is already in mass production and deployed in actual combat, has great reference value for Qin Huanyu. The White Eagle Federation is definitely going to go even further on this path, and Qin Huanyu has long coveted these technologies.

"Don't you want their brainwave enhancement device?"

An elderly minister with white hair asked curiously, but after asking, he noticed that his two old colleagues gave him a somewhat disdainful look, and he knew that his question was uninformed.

Sure enough, Qin Huanyu smiled at him and explained in a gentle tone, like a kindergarten teacher answering a child's question:

"Sir, you must not understand technology, right? The core technology of the brainwave enhancement device is the technology of soul datafication, I am very certain of that. If we can obtain their complete research results on soul datafication technology, I can build as many brainwave enhancement devices as you want."

After some discussion, the Holy Zhou Kingdom finally accepted the surrender of the White Eagle officials and capitalists, but added two conditions.

First, there's the condition Qin Huanyu proposed: the White Eagle officials and capitalists must hand over the complete set of soul data technology.

Secondly, after those officials and capitalists joined the Holy Zhou Kingdom, they could continue to use their wealth to do business, but they had to abide by the laws of the Holy Zhou Kingdom and would not have any special privileges.

The officials and capitalists in White Eagle were naturally very dissatisfied with this, but they had no other choice.

The conditions for England and the Aryans are much more lenient, but England and the Aryans do not have the strength to safely cross the White Eagle Continent to pick them up... If they want to go to England and the Aryans, they must first travel from the west coast to the east coast themselves.

Previously, this would have been a simple matter of buying a plane ticket, but now it's different—in the border region between the central and northern parts of the White Eagle Federation, Apocalypse Warriors of the Church of Apocalypse and cultists of the Truth Society are arresting people every day, and wealth and power have no effect on them.

Cultists will kidnap people and brainwash them into becoming new cult members, but that's already considered good. The Apocalypse Church of the Gospel directly uses humanity as expendable resources.

The White Eagle Army on the West Coast still seems strong, but the West Coast's productivity alone is definitely not enough to support such a large army. Once the army's reserves are exhausted, it may collapse from within without even needing the Apocalypse Warrior Legion to attack, and order will be completely destroyed.