I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early

"Generally speaking, there will always be a few cities unwilling to open up."

"We can assume there's a backstage manipulator orchestrating everything; this makes logical sense."

"Have you noticed any strange occurrences during your usual interactions?" Li Chunhong rubbed his temples, trying hard to remain calm.

The more one thought about it, the more terrifying the situation became upon deeper reflection.

They only just realized they were at death's door!

No, it's not too late; as long as extinction hasn't occurred, there's still a chance to turn the tables.

"Actually, we know very little about other cities." Zhang Hui frowned, "After all, we can only communicate remotely and can't conduct on-site inspections…

"But sometimes we do find that some cities are quite strange. How do I put it, some administrative orders can be forcibly implemented."

The work of the populace is actually very difficult to manage.

You can't expect everyone to be absolutely rational.

In the course of vigorously developing the military, a lot of personal interests inevitably had to be sacrificed, yet they still managed to do it. Does Yunhai City think too little of others?

"Oh right, let's ask that pilot from Xini City now."

Soon, the F35 pilot arrived on the scene. Although he was a soldier, hearing that humans were on the brink of extinction and three cities had already been destroyed, he was almost paralyzed with fear.

"Don't be nervous; we need more intelligence now! Tell me everything you know."

"Strange places?"

This pilot took a heavy gulp of water: "Our city is indeed very strange. In the past, the atmosphere was relatively relaxed and absorbed a lot of immigrants. As you know, we were an immigrant nation, one person, one vote, elected by voting."

"But in recent years, it turned into a dictatorship! A guy named James came to power, and all major consortia inexplicably supported him!"

"Everyone is frantically working… there's no freedom or democracy at all!"

"What if they don't work? What about strikes?" Li Chunhong asked.

"They control most of the weapons and food. Not working means starving to death."

"All the rebels were shot dead! Fuck, everything is to defeat this 'Demon'."

"But to repeal the Safe Zone requires voting, so they enforced… If the Safe Zone isn't opened, they'll execute more people!"

This guy's mood swayed drastically, one moment agitated, then despondent: "But now, it's over; I forgot everything… Should've known not to open the Safe Zone; they could've survived for a few more centuries."

Li Chunhong's face twitched a few times and he quickly let this dispirited guy leave the meeting room.

"In other words, for this goal, indeed other cities exerted a lot of effort, and the leadership was united and unanimous… They indeed did a lot of work, even if forced."

"But this seemingly reasonable action is actually the most unreasonable!"

"It's not that the citizens of other cities can't endure hardship, but… theoretically, there should always be some opposition!"

Yunhai City has some confidence because Lu Yuan provided a trump card.

Even though Lu Yuan can't be contacted now, the 'Light Screen Spirit Language' can still be used once; this is technology from a third-level civilization, which once severely injured the 'Demon'!

The citizens of Yunhai City witnessed this trump card firsthand, giving them enough confidence.

Other cities don't have this trump card, so why are they so bold?

"Interesting."

Professor Zhang Hui rubbed his hands together as if discovering an important clue and began to search the database for information transmitted by Lu Yuan: "A backstage manipulator definitely exists."

A few minutes later, a critical piece of information was found by everyone.

Now everyone was sweating like rain.

"The ability to control!"

"A long, long time ago, when Lu Yuan was in the Rize Civilization, he had already sent data about this unique Divine Skill!"

"This ability is so powerful it can influence the structure of civilizations and change the course of history. This ability is exceptionally rare; among hundreds of civilizations, even thousands, there might not be one 'Control' Divine Skill."

"And after we obtained this information, following his advice, just in case, we turned off the ability transmission function of the Communicator. Whether the function has been turned off in other cities, we do not know."

Li Chunhong and the surrounding officers were stunned!

They indeed vaguely remember, it was just office talk back then, everyone drinking tea, sighing that 'there are deep waters in Pangu Continent,' and 'there are such Divine Skills in the world.'

That was it; it was never thought that they would encounter it themselves.

When this ability truly appeared, it was utterly terrifying, as if their souls were frozen.

"No wonder, no wonder London City showed no resistance; their leader must have been controlled, hence no nuclear button was pressed."

"You mean the ability to control has long been widely spread through the Communicator, with the backstage controller having planned this conspiracy for five years." Li Chunhong's face turned blue, his heart pounding, "Its goal is to make most cities open the Safe Zone?"

"Exactly."

"Could it be that he just wants to wipe out all humanity? What kind of antisocial personality is this?" Everyone almost cursed.

"No, it's not necessarily antisocial, but to control this 'Demon'."

"Harnessing such a catastrophe-level anomaly must consume a huge amount of Spirit Essence. Hence, they can only use human lives as the cost… These cities are all metropolises with tens of millions of people."

"I don't know the details in between, but this is definitely the most logical guess!" Zhang Hui slammed the table hard.

Li Chunhong took a deep breath, the culprit wasn't the 'Demon,' but humanity.

This fact was truly dizzying.

It's easy to guess who this person is; he's most likely in Lingbo City!

Most likely the person who came to power from a military coup at that time… Most likely…

"It must be him!"

"Digdit!"

"Alright, now these things are just conjectures… We must prevent the disaster from continuing! Otherwise, it'll soon be our turn!"

"First, we need to make the information about 'Control' public." Zhang Hui resolutely said.

"But in other cities, perhaps the leaders have already been 'controlled.' Does our disclosure have any meaning?"

"It does! According to the information provided by Lu Yuan, 'Control' is an ability that consumes a large amount of energy; he can control a few people, but he can't control everyone."

"Those in the middle and lower tiers, once they receive this information, will definitely find ways to save themselves."

Soon, corresponding electromagnetic waves began to spread widely between cities, triggering the greatest extent of panic.

…

"The ability to control?! Our leaders might have already been controlled!"

"No wonder, damn it!"

"Bakayarou! He controlled the Emperor, he destroyed our city!"

This is a sleepless night.

Some roared to the sky in anger, some initiated military coups, and others were suspiciously eliminating the candidates of 'being controlled'…

Even more, some were considering surrender!

Yes, if a human was controlling everything, is there still time to surrender?

But Death will not wait for them, the footsteps of doom are near!