I write obituaries for the gods

"The rumors have been really bad lately. Everyone's saying the Americans are up to no good, and it seems like it's true?"

“We will provide some friendly anomalies as guards for Guter Street,” Li Zhanyi said. “In return, we need to build a safe house here.”

“Absolutely no problem,” Brother Hao nodded vigorously. “You just focus on fixing it, my men will cooperate with you!”

Early the next morning, Lin Chen disguised himself and led a logistics team to Gute Street, where they began constructing facilities such as a secure room, an armory, and a temporary command center in the basement of the restaurant.

Lin Chen and Hao Ge stood at the restaurant entrance, gazing at the sky together.

“Sigh, we’re just unlucky,” said Brother Hao. “We were finally starting to get by, and then this happened.”

"Everything will pass," Lin Chen said softly.

Hao Ge smiled at Lin Chen.

"You see people in troubled times, brother," he patted Lin Chen on the shoulder, "but don't worry, I told you before..."

"...Brother, there will always be food for you here."

.......

Chapter 56 Thoughts

tide Lena woke up from another nightmare.

Ever since Project Black Star began, she has been having recurring nightmares and hasn't had a good night's sleep in a long time.

"..."

tide Lena stood up from her desk and suddenly felt something slide down her shoulder.

She turned her head and saw that it was a dark blue coat.

tide Lena turned her head and saw Triton standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, seemingly having been waiting for her for a long time.

"Did I wake you?" Triton turned his head. "Sorry."

Every time Xilena sees that familiar yet unfamiliar face, she is reminded of the disaster that struck the abyss.

She smiled faintly:

"You protected me like this when you pulled me out of the abyss."

“My elder brother has recognized your potential and is prepared to turn you into my food,” Triton said, “but I will not allow him to treat my sister like that.”

He always habitually called tide Leina "younger sister".

Xilena got up, walked to the window, and looked out at the rain with Triton.

"Is there a problem?"

“The John F. Kennedy is preparing for a surprise attack,” Tritton said. “Once we start launching the Black Star platforms, they will engage us in a major battle.”

"Can you handle it?" Xileina asked.

“I am enough on my own,” Triton said. “The rest of the demigods will be sent to protect you.”

“I don’t need protection,” Xileina shook her head. “Let them maintain order in the city.”

At this point, Xileina paused, then shook her head again:

"No, demigods are all madmen, violent freaks, and perverts. If things get chaotic, they have no chance of becoming guardians. Let them follow me."

Triton looked at Xileina with a calm expression.

“You are a demigod too,” he said. “Why belittle yourself like this?”

tide Leina laughed self-deprecatingly.

“I’m a Roma, and I still belittle myself,” she said softly.

A hand was placed on her shoulder.

tide Lena looked up and saw her brother smiling at her.

“My elder brother said that as long as we find ‘God,’ all problems will be solved,” he said. “People will no longer be harmed, Katrina will be killed, all prejudices will be erased, and everyone will return to faith in God.”

"Do you believe in God?" Xileina asked softly.

"No, I am a Roma, at least that's what my subconscious tells me."

Triton nodded slightly to Xileina:

“In my eyes, you are the only Rombarro, and you are the one I believe in.”

Seeing Triton's bowed head, Xileina found it somewhat amusing.

She gently patted Triton's hand on her shoulder and murmured:

"It's unnecessary and not worth it."

tide Lena looked up at the overcast sky.

"Get ready for the storm," she said softly.

......

"God? I have indeed come across some related intelligence; it's written in the Hub AI's program, isn't it?"

In the rapid response section's workstation, Black Widow sat with her legs crossed, leaning back in her swivel chair.

Her workstation was decorated as a small, enclosed space, which, according to her, was very people-friendly.

"There are two underlying principles in Hub AI's ironclad rules: 1. Prioritize finding God as the first task. 2. Spread the faith in God to the whole world."

“When I was feeding the AI ​​data, the higher-ups kept insisting that the AI ​​should be like a devout Catholic, and that it should believe that ‘God can solve all disasters.’”

"Sounds really like... a fanatic," Lin Chen remarked.

“God really exists…” Li Zhanyi murmured.

Jiang Zhengge remained silent.

Noticing his seemingly thoughtful eyes, Lin Chen asked:

"Old Jiang, have you thought of anything?"

Jiang Zhengge snapped out of his daze and said:

“During the phone call between tide Leina and her elder brother, it seems that her elder brother mentioned some key words.”

He said...

"God will heal all wounds, including the wounds of the Roma, and your wounds too."

"Hold on to your faith, and one day He will respond to you sincerely."

"I'm wondering, does smoothing over these wounds mean... getting rid of Katrina once and for all?"

After Jiang Zhengge finished speaking his conjecture, everyone fell silent.

“Using an Omega-class entity to fight an Alpha-class entity,” Li Zhanyi said softly, “sounds reasonable.”

"Is that why tide Leina helped the foundation?" Lin Chen said softly.

“AI logic includes spreading the belief in God to the whole world,” Jiang Zhengge sighed. “I think this probably means some kind of global mind control.”

“An Omega-level anomalous entity definitely has this level of potential,” Li Zhanyi nodded.

"Is it really worth unleashing a global mental plague just to eliminate Katrina?" Lin Chen said softly.

"..."

Seeing that everyone had fallen silent, Black Widow waved her hand:

"Alright, alright, what were you guys talking about? Didn't you come to ask me about the progress of the virus?"

"How's the progress?" Lin Chen brought the conversation back on track.

"It's finished."

Black Widow casually typed a few words on the keyboard and then unplugged a small USB drive.

"The virus is stored in this USB drive; it will take effect as soon as it's plugged in."

“It seems the hub AI doesn’t have an insertion panel,” Li Zhanyi recalled. “Where should we insert it?”

"It's not inserted into the hub AI."

Black Widow shook her head:

"That thing is a server room, and one of countless server rooms, so it's impossible to hack into it from a physical perspective."

"Your target for hacking is actually the 'main star' structure of Black Star."

"Hacking into the main planet?" Jiang Zhengge frowned. "Does that mean our plan to attack the space islands must revolve around 'shoving the virus into the main planet'?"

"Yes."

Black Widow nodded:

"First of all, I want to make it clear to you that many of Black Star's Starlink systems have already been deployed into low Earth orbit. What Space Islands is going to launch is the most critical 'main star' of the Black Star system."

"According to the algorithm of the hub AI, it can control the structure of at least five primary stars at the same time, which means that at least five primary stars of Black Star will be launched into low Earth orbit that night."

"Don't even think about destroying the main star platform. If you destroy one, there will be many alternatives, and there are definitely more than just the Space Islands as a launch site. You can't destroy them all."

"What you need to do is install the virus onto the 'main star' and let the main star carry the virus up there."

After Black Widow finished speaking, Lin Chen immediately realized the problem.

"So you mean we not only can't destroy the main planet, but we also have to ensure it can launch?"

“That’s right,” Black Widow nodded. “If the American fleet blows up the main planet, then we’re doomed, because the main planet certainly won’t just launch from one place, and the Americans with intellectual problems naturally won’t think of that, they’ll just bomb it to death.”

"Now that you mention it, I feel like the pressure on us has suddenly increased..." Jiang Zhengge scratched the back of his head.

Who can argue with that? Not only do we need to get our hands on the main planet's rocket, but we also need to ensure it can actually get up there...

After saying goodbye to Black Widow, Lin Chen took out the list in his memo and crossed out the "Black Star Virus" column.

"Next, it's time to test the poison gas weapons," he said.

......

"It's very simple to use. Just use your M320 grenade launcher, insert it directly and you can fire."

Inside the isolation room, Lin Chen, clad in deep-sea armor, took the grenade handed to him by Professor Isabel and weighed it in his hand.

"It's quite heavy," he said.

“After all, there’s a complex gas diffusion prevention system here,” Professor Isabel shrugged. “Come on, give it a try.”

After saying that, Professor Isabel left the isolation room.

Lin Chen looked across the isolation room: a human-shaped target was standing there, about the same height as Terry.

He flung open the side of the M320 grenade launcher, shoved the "Skunk" inside, and aimed—

emission--

"Oh!"

The grenade spun rapidly as it flew out, exploding instantly upon hitting the target.

"boom!"

The poisonous gas quickly spread to a radius of about three meters before being contained by a faint blue light, preventing it from spreading further.

After thirty seconds, the blue light crackled and popped, neutralizing the yellow poisonous gas.

"Measurement in progress... the poison gas has been neutralized," Professor Isabel breathed a sigh of relief. "The experiment went very smoothly."

Next, each member of the Rapid Response Division 1 tried grenade firing, since apart from violent enthusiasts like Lin Chen and Lucy, they didn't usually use grenades.

However, Lin Chen didn't care. When it came to actual combat, he could help him cheat.

Each grenade would land steadily on Triton.

"..."

After training, Li Zhanyi, covered in sweat, went to the cafeteria shop with Lin Chen and got an ice pop.

"Phew, staying at low depths in the Deep-Sea Armor is really uncomfortable," Li Zhanyi wiped away sweat. "I need to work out more..."

"I feel alright," Lin Chen said, taking a sip of his watermelon-flavored popsicle. "However, I'm still a little unsure."

Triton is, after all, an Alpha-level demigod. The Deep-Diving Armor at most prevents him from instantly exploding everyone's bodies, but it doesn't allow him to defeat Triton.