Chapter 1102: Chapter 769: Selling Dog Meat [02] Miracle_2
"..."
Oh, she really is.
"Then I’ll say a few more things to you." Fátima chuckled softly and said calmly, "This project is top secret, because the ’Mechanism City blueprints’ have resurfaced, which is why we obtained the qualification to access the project information through a series of applications."
"Hmm."
"However, it’s quite old; the information back then was all handwritten..."
"So?"
"When we found it, it was already incomplete." Fátima shrugged.
"..."
Can’t this guy do things a bit more reliably?
"The higher-ups’ idea is for us to proceed as planned. Once Mechanism City surfaces, the truth will be revealed."
"Can it?"
Nora Scott thought they might be oversimplifying things.
"Whether it can or can’t, it has to." Fátima tapped her finger on the car hood and then said, "It’s not like we’re a bunch of freeloaders."
"..."
"Anyway, once I’m done with my vacation, this matter won’t be my responsibility." Fátima said indifferently.
"..."
For the first time, Nora Scott felt like she played the role of a hands-off manager less effectively than Fátima.
"The only thing we can be certain of is that Mechanism City is definitely a special building; once it emerges, it will surely become one of the symbolic structures of our country." At this point, Fátima paused and then added, "Even if it’s not completed, or even if it’s incomplete."
"Hmm."
On this point, Nora Scott agreed.
"As you mentioned, the real Mechanism City, even if the model is made, the actual exploration would take quite some time, at least three years." Fátima continued, "So the current plan is that once Mechanism City surfaces, we will eliminate any dangers. If the exploration areas are safe, some areas might be open to the public."
At this point, Fátima shrugged, "Of course, all these decisions can only be made after Mechanism City surfaces."
Thus, although Annabelle Pinto’s online disclosure of Mechanism City caused some trouble for them, it was not absolute.
Because—
Mechanism City can be made public.
The "Mechanism City entrance" is just a key.
The future direction depends on them truly seeing Mechanism City before any specific decisions are made.
Thus, the higher-ups can be said to value Mechanism City’s existence greatly, but at the same time, not so much.
Nora Scott smirked, "Saying it is like not saying it at all."
Nora Scott knew it all too well.
"There’s a story that perhaps you could listen to," Fátima said leisurely.
"Go ahead."
"In a record within the archives, it mentioned Loulanel once witnessed the emergence of a type of ’mutant’ human, who acquired the ability of ’Immortality.’
"Nonsense."
Before finishing listening, Nora Scott dismissed it with one word.
Fátima tilted her head, "Want to listen?"
"...Yeah."
Nora Scott made her decision.
After all, there was nothing else to do, so listening to such absurd stories might pass the time.
"Besides ’Immortality,’ they also excelled in the art of ’prophecy,’ with an accuracy not 100%, but still above 90%."
"Logically speaking, with such abilities, they should thrive in Loulanel. However, this lineage was gentle and indifferent to worldly desires, with no intention of ruling Loulanel, and instead helped the country with prophecies."
"But their willingness to live harmoniously with the people of Loulanel didn’t mean the people wanted to live harmoniously with them."
"They became the outcasts of Loulanel."
"Ordinary people transitioned from initial admiration, to later fear, and finally to disgust—a very rational psychological transformation."
"This lineage worked tirelessly for Loulanel, but the ordinary populace thought about how to make them disappear."
"Finally, through a long-term plan, someone secretly altered a prophecy result, causing significant damage to Loulanel, with half of the population killed or injured. This lineage was labeled as ’demons’ and publicly hanged by the uprising ordinary people."
"A very clichéd story." Top comic artist Nora Scott clicked her tongue, then curiously asked, "Loulanel’s destruction wasn’t because of this lineage’s revenge, was it?"
"...The story indeed developed this way," Fátima said helplessly.
"Boring."
Nora Scott frowned.
Fátima chuckled, "What’s more ridiculous is that behind that story, there’s something revealed: until now, that lineage still has descendants."
"..." Nora Scott was stunned for a moment, "So you’re saying, in the world we live in now, there’s still a group of ’Immortality possessing’ and ’prophecy adept’ divine beings?"
"Who knows."
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