Chapter 1507 - 491: What to Do? Only Kill! (2)

Chapter 1507: Chapter 491: What to Do? Only Kill! (2)

[May 11, 2067, 23:57]

Because the video was taken late at night, it was very dark, but with the torchlight, you could still see a group of people in red robes gathered around a statue, chanting something. However, loud hymns being played around them made it hard to hear clearly.

And that statue was the same giant owl Brother Ni and his team had seen, the scene was exactly the same.

When the video was halfway through, the chanting finally stopped. The leader in the robe raised a torch in hand and threw it into the altar’s stone plate, igniting a roaring flame. Then a huge cheer erupted from the surrounding crowd.

If it ended here, it wouldn’t seem like much—just like an ordinary religious play.

But everyone heard it—a piercing scream mixed with the cheers, a scream familiar to players, not one of torture or murder, but of painful wailing from being engulfed in flames.

Yet the people around acted as if they hadn’t noticed anything, or rather, they were well aware and used collective willpower to counteract the guilt from sacrificing a living person.

"Holy shit..."

Ruzuo gasped

"I beg you, please apply some feudalism, what’s the meaning of sacrificing humans like in slave societies?"

"Wake up, my dear friend. It wasn’t until the Qing Dynasty that human sacrifices were truly abolished in both official and civilian circles in Tokyo University. Earlier in the Ming, there was still a period when palace maids were buried alive. Guess when the West truly stopped human sacrifices."

New Dynasty Elegance sneered

"Genesis Chapter 22, where God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, born when he was a hundred years old. Without a moment’s hesitation, Abraham placed his son on the altar to kill him with a knife. Of course, God stopped Abraham’s action—not because human sacrifice was immoral, but to prove Abraham’s unconditional loyalty to God. Thus, God mercifully spared the sacrifice."

With or without religion, good people do good deeds, and evil people do evil deeds.

But how do you make good people do evil?

You manipulate them with religion.

Don’t think, just believe. Believe and you’ll live, don’t and you’ll die.

If you’re asked to sacrifice, you sacrifice, even if it’s your own son. Don’t entertain irrelevant thoughts; it’s a test of your loyalty to God.

A reward?

Is there any reward better than loyalty?

On the surface, human sacrifice was officially banned during the Han Dynasty in the East, and Christianity outlawed it during the late Roman period in the West.

But never forget, after the Han Dynasty in the East, there were the five dynasties and ten kingdoms known for cannibalism, and the West went through the long dark Middle Ages.

So human sacrifice was never truly eradicated; it still thrived under various guises in folk traditions. The difference was that in the East, the upper classes wouldn’t engage in human sacrifice—like the brief period of palace maid sacrificing during the Ming Dynasty, which was quickly and forcibly banned by everyone. You can scorn the weak academics of the Ming and Qing for being cowardly, or complain that they swam in cold water, but don’t denigrate their resistance against the barbaric practice of live human sacrifice.

This group of people would literally die in protest in the grand hall over such matters, making this an absolute political correctness among the scholars. And if the upper class ever dared try such things, the folks really would flip tables and kill their families, except maybe in some remote upland areas where the emperor’s rule didn’t reach.

While the Western elites were in collusion, all recorded peasant uprisings were dissolved by them in every way possible.

Victoria selected the White Feather people, mocking about with you.

Now do you understand why when Europe and America meet, they strike a deal immediately?

Turns out, they’re all in the same business—should have said so earlier!

So come on, let us chant and practice rituals together to fight the evil Old Zhong, defeat this damnable slave empire, and the world will belong to us businessmen!

Besides this video, the Jackal was still chiseling data fragments from around the data fortress.

Some were surveillance footage, some were personnel registration records, some were intercepted conversations.

These things seemed quite ordinary, but just the identities of those in the videos and recordings were already a major issue for them to be there.

"If this ever gets out, it’ll be on par with the Epstein incident, don’t you think?"

Brother Ni couldn’t help but curse

"Europeans and Americans are such unimaginable novices."

But realizing he might have accidentally offended his comrade, he quickly apologized to Li De

"Sorry, I didn’t mean you."

"It’s fine. I understand."

That’s what he said, but Li De’s face grew darker and darker because there were too many familiar faces among them—from the current Intelligence Bureau director to the Military Science CEO, Lucas—so many it’d make a great purge list for those bearded comrades.

Even Elizabeth Criss, regarded as the pillar of New America, and former tough-guy president Donald Rendi were among them.

But work is work, and private virtue is private virtue. Understandable, but unacceptable!

The key is everyone’s involved. Could Miles really escape?

Just thinking of how many people this implicated made Li De’s limbs go cold, contemplating ending his involvement and never investigating again.

"It’s definitely bigger than the Epstein incident."

Ruzuo said

"Back in 2025, the United States was world number one, they had plenty of places to deflect topics and focus, worst case, they could overthrow another small-time president, but what can the New American Federation do?"

The New American Federation, before the Cuban War, was on par with Mexico and Thailand, sitting at kiddie tables.

Even if they won against the European expeditionary force in the Cuban War, that was Horizon Corporation’s doing. How much does it actually relate to you insects?

So how are they going to shift public focus?

This isn’t about a few individuals—the whole of New America has been completely torn apart by this incident.

Especially now that Europe and America have completely fallen out, who will come to clean up the mess for these people?

This is something even players can think of.

"Who cares, none of our business."

Brother Ni snorted coldly

"Every cause has its consequence; your retribution is me. Bear responsibility for your own actions; why should the masses suffer for the so-called greater good?"

"Why?"

"If it were truly for the greater good, fine, but whose greater good is it? Is it for these New American wealthy elites’ greater good or the greater good of all Americans? If it remains hidden, they’ll just continue singing and dancing fearlessly."

He gestured a cutting motion with his hand

"What to do? Just kill! Kill those on the island and those coming ashore, create a bright and clear world with slaughter!"

Li De: "...."

He was convinced.

There’s no flaw in this argument, why should the people of New America bear the elites’ greater good?

Yes, making this public would cause nationwide turbulence and tear apart the newly patched New American Federation once again. Li De used to persuade himself with this, but now he also sees a hope for reshaping the nation.

Only by thoroughly disintegrating the entire nation and purging every corner of lingering poison can there be a chance for everyone to live peacefully in a new world.

As for external threats from various countries, with Horizon Corporation’s prestige in defeating Europe, they wouldn’t dare act rashly for now. So now is the best time to resolve this issue.

So...use the Flame Fist on them.

Li De tried his best to control hardware, coordinated with the Jackal to create an inconspicuous bug in the data fortress’s firewall, and sneakily altered the data.

"Your identities are set, using the identities of several Washington State senators, filed as secondary members. The data will be sent to you shortly, but this thing only passes electronic recognition; it’s useless if you meet someone who recognizes you, so avoid contact as much as possible."

The players who had been hiding in the forest hadn’t dared to walk to the mountain’s foot, they were waiting for Li De’s words.

(Lost a lot of time on blind dates today, short by 1000 words, will make up for it tomorrow)