NOVEL NEXT Chapter 364: January, Situation, Annihilation of a Country
For some time, Brian remained safe and sound with Susan in their dwelling.
The couple earnestly played the role of paycheck thieves.
Oh, and there was also a dog.
In the blink of an eye,
more than a month had passed.
On this day,
Shi San sat dog-like in front of the computer, checking the status of their salary deposits.
Despite the unrest, their salaries were not to be reduced.
Those above understood this principle, and there were no delays when it came to payday.
However, their salaries were all delegated to Old Hardenn to deposit into the bank.
Susan had some rare leisure time.
Recently, she had become fascinated by watching soap operas; she was now kneeling on the carpet, one hand holding a soda and the other holding a high-calorie dessert, enjoying the pleasurable visual experience brought by the family video.
Brian lay on Susan's thigh, flipping through the latest intelligence sent daily by Dean.
Dean, being a local, had been well-connected for many years; even now, playing dead, he could still obtain the latest firsthand news from the outside world.
From the news of these days,
the current global situation remained in a tense state.
Publicly, several populous countries had already begun to see the emergence of unfamiliar Third Rank Mutant forces.
The lingering light of the day had turned into a rainbow glow, seen by many.
Even if various organizations and forces wanted to tacitly block the news,
those powerful Mutants, having survived until now, were no fools.
Along with the disappearance of the deep sea blockade, some small octopuses from the Dream Clan, unable to withstand loneliness and curiosity, began to wander away from the original encirclement into the oceans.
The Dream Clan, although mostly homebodies, the new generation still retained a curiosity about the outside world.
Previously, there was a blockade; approaching meant death, so they could only play in their collective Heart Domain—the Dream Kingdom.
Now, without the blockade, they immediately dashed all over.
Some wild ones even followed some cruise ships, using their powerful spiritual power to draw the crewmembers into dreams, constructing all sorts of odd dreams for them.
Seeing that the mature Dream Clan octopuses could train the younger ones, they simply instructed them not to harm people randomly and then lazily neglected to intervene.
Occasionally, cargo ships in the open ocean captured the breathing traces of big octopuses, and some coastal areas frequently witnessed groups of people falling into strange dreams, finally convincing those Mutant forces that all official organizations had lost Meme Weapons powerful enough to deter Third Rank Lives.
Over the past month, several Mutant forces had appeared globally, dealing probing blows to those official organizations.
The overall situation remained relatively stable.
However, there had already been some atrocious incidents of small families being wiped out.
Especially in those smaller countries.
Now, some remote small countries had already become playgrounds for the Mutants.
In fact, the harder the living conditions in an area, the more numerous the Mutants, only previously, those Mutant forces, due to the large environmental impact, operated secretly.
Now, they didn't even bother to disguise their actions and directly emerged, wielding their influence openly.
Take, for example, the Original Sect that Brian had encountered before.
In just one month's time,
on the African continent, over fifty percent of the countries had already directly adopted the Original Sect as the state religion.
The remaining countries, which were closer to the European continent, including Britain and France and the official forces from Big Mao's side, still managed to maintain the status quo, but the situation did not look optimistic.
The Original Sect had the demeanor of unifying the entire African continent.
Facing this, with the internal situations of the major countries yet unstable, they naturally had to set aside external matters.
Seeing this, other Mutant forces also grew bold.
In Hua Country, the United States Federation, Europe…
In this past month, cult-like forces kept emerging, creating one horrendous incident after another.
Crucially, these cults were incessant.
One was suppressed, and another immediately appeared.
These were all pawns thrown out to probe.
Once the local official organizations conducted deeper investigations, they would suffer assassinations by Mutant experts from the shadows.
If they could not win, they just fled.
Very despicable.
This group was step by step testing the limits of official organizations, attempting to establish a new living environment and social order.
They wanted to live openly on this planet!
They wanted to claim the benefits they believed they deserved!
They wanted the Mutants, as a group, to become a part of the ruling class, not to be seen as prey!
Conversely,
in White Elephant Country, Japan—countries that had already involved Mutants in governance—the law and order had not worsened but rather improved.
Previously, within these countries, there were voices opposing the rule of Mutants.
Now, most had compromised.
The reason was simple.
Previously, the deterrent of external factors meant that even Third Rank Life Mutants had to hide and be cautious, fearing those forces with Meme Weapons might directly strike them, so they acted timidly, not daring to overstep.
Now it was different.
Most Third Rank Lives were highly sensitive.
Mutants, additionally bolstered by various Blood Moon Gift Talents,
could hide among urban populations, utterly unafraid of nuclear deterrence.
If a nuclear strike were to occur,
they could simply hide.
They could hide, but the ordinary people around them could not.
In such circumstances, even if a country had corresponding Third Rank Experts, it would still be difficult to manage.
The battles among Third Ranks, powered by Life Magnetism, meant ordinary punches and kicks seemed to carry the force of the earth itself, like missile strikes, and the collateral damage from the battles was arguably no less devastating than that caused by nuclear weapons.