"The attitudes of the Arbiters?" Long Yuehong suddenly felt that this matter had become very mystical.

How could the changes in the situation of First City involve the Arbiters?

Did the years of war and strife on the graylands have the shadow of the Arbiters?

To Long Yuehong, it was like suddenly being told that God had decided that you would have braised eggplant, grilled chicken wings, white rice, and iced cola for dinner tonight, and if you didn't, it would be disrespectful to God and would invite His intervention.

Jiang Baimian could well understand the feelings of Long Yuehong and Bai Chen:

"To be honest, if I hadn't been wary of the gaze of the Arbiter 'Nether Maiden' when encountering the church in Redstone Collection, I wouldn't have included the attitudes of the Arbiters in the model of the changes in the situation of First City.

"Not to mention us, normal intelligence personnel would certainly not consider this point when analyzing problems, at most paying attention to the tendencies of different denominations."

While saying this, Jiang Baimian turned her body and glanced at Giuseppe "Garibaldi."

This Pangu Biology intelligence officer looked blank:

"What attitudes of the Arbiters?"

Jiang Baimian didn't answer him and continued:

"Perhaps many 'Mind Corridor' level awakeners and members of the Senate would not think about the attitudes of the Arbiters when judging the direction of the situation.

"For so many years, there has been no rumor that the will of the Arbiters has affected the superstructure. The Arbiters seem to be the most standard kind of gods, just looking down from above, accepting faith and offerings, occasionally giving responses, not interfering in secular affairs, and more like legends."

"If you say that, Mr. DiMarco will scold you," Shang Jianyao retorted with "heartfelt grief."

Judging from all the signs and DiMarco's fragmentary words, he should have been suppressed by the Arbiter "Nether Maiden" in the "Underground Ark," and a certain seal was placed to restrict his activities in the "Mind Corridor."

Jiang Baimian said smoothly:

"Although it cannot be ruled out that most of the Arbiters are not interested in the graylands or the secular world, they have as many as thirteen of them, and there will always be a few who like to watch their churches and the changes in the situation in certain places."

"'Nether Maiden' said, you can directly report my electronic card number," Shang Jianyao echoed in a joking manner.

Recalling the battle with DiMarco in the "Underground Ark," Bai Chen, who was driving, nodded and said:

"Indeed, we must not only consider the tendencies of the major denominations in the city, but also pay attention to the attitudes of the Arbiters. At critical moments, perhaps just two gazes cast from the New World will change the course of the situation."

Jiang Baimian's eyes moved slightly, and she "muttered to herself":

"From a preliminary point of view:

"The 'Eternal Era' church helped First City seal Wu Meng. The 'Crystal Consciousness Church' can preach openly in First City and often provides assistance to the official, and the 'Mirror Church' sent 'Mind Corridor' level awakeners to protect Avia and Marcus, the descendants of Olei, indicating that the three Arbiters 'Zhuang Sheng', 'Bodhi', and 'Shattered Mirror' are biased towards the official forces of First City.

"In this series of events, the 'Anti-Intellect Church' and the 'Desire Supreme' church wanted to eliminate the centrists in the Senate, and also left clues pointing to the conservatives, indicating that they hoped that the situation in First City would become chaotic. In other words, the Arbiters 'Last Man' and 'Mandala' are likely standing on the opposite side of the official forces of First City.

"Similarly, the Arbiter 'Overseer' believed in by that 'Performance Artist' should also be like this.

"As for the 'Twisted Shadow,' whose followers are widely distributed in the military, and 'Dawn,' believed in by General Focas, what attitude they hold is currently unclear, but the latter seems to want to use this chaos like us."

As for the Arbiters "Scorching Gate," "Nether Maiden," "Destiny," "Twin Suns," and "Golden Balance," because their followers have not appeared much in the changes in the situation in First City, at least the Old Task Force has not seen them, so it is impossible to judge their attitudes.

Long Yuehong listened carefully and said with doubt:

"Why do the Arbiters attach importance to secular power changes?

"The winning side preaches openly and develops believers, while the losing side sneaks underground and suffers encirclement and suppression?"

This was the most reasonable explanation that Long Yuehong could think of, but those Arbiters usually ignored their believers and rarely responded, which didn't seem to care too much.

"Who knows?" Jiang Baimian replied casually.

The distance between the Arbiters and humans is too far, and many times there is no way to use common sense and experience to analyze.

Long Yuehong didn't expect to get an answer and turned to say:

"Team Leader, according to your analysis just now, it doesn't matter whether we ignore the attitudes of the Arbiters or not, just grasp the tendencies of their denominations, which represents their attitudes.

"And this is not our blind spot, we have been considering it before."

He felt that Jiang Baimian's solemn mention of the Arbiters was meaningless except to scare himself.

Jiang Baimian smiled with relief:

"Good, you know how not to blindly believe in authority, and you know how to think independently.

"On the surface, what you said is correct, just put those religious organizations into consideration, but if you take 'the Arbiters may personally come down' as a premise, you will find that in certain key issues, the responses that different forces and different powerhouses will make will definitely change."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian smiled self-deprecatingly:

"Of course, this kind of cognition is very important for people deeply trapped in the situation. For us, just remember one thing:

"In the past few days, no matter which religious organization members we meet, we must not provoke them, and we should also try not to follow the members of friendly denominations, otherwise, we may be affected, and we have no ability to resist at all."

Jiang Baimian still remembered the fear and helplessness brought by the gaze of "Nether Maiden."

"Am I considered a member of a friendly denomination?" Shang Jianyao asked the question.

"No, you have a map of blessings from all the Arbiters." Jiang Baimian perfunctorily replied to Shang Jianyao with an answer that had no logical relationship at all.

At this time, Bai Chen had already driven the car near Emperor Street.

"You can get out of the car." Jiang Baimian turned her body and said to Giuseppe "Garibaldi."

Giuseppe, who had been listening to their discussion about the Arbiters all the way, looked blank, as if he didn't know what time it was or where he was.

What's all this about!

At this moment, Giuseppe always had the absurd feeling that several rookie hunters, car rental company employees, and bathhouse attendants were discussing the replacement of Senate members and the power struggles of the Hunter's Guild in First City.

And the reality is even more exaggerated.

Several humans are actually talking about the attitudes of the Arbiters!

Giuseppe silently pushed open the car door, got out of the jeep, and walked towards a house nearby.

Watching his back disappear near a roadside tree, Jiang Baimian sighed:

"Gaius's speech is really煽动性啊..."

They have been listening to the development of the citizen assembly through the radio station of First City.

"That's because what he said is true, at most he exaggerated a little in some places..." Bai Chen stepped on the accelerator, and the military green jeep entered Emperor Street.

...

Somewhere in the Golden Apple District, in a secret room surrounded by thick curtains.

Beauriss, the governor and commander of First City, looked at the big bed placed in the middle.

Lying on the bed was an old man. His hair had all turned white and looked sparse. His arms and face, which were not covered by the velvet quilt, were skin and bones, with blue blood vessels exposed.

He had metal sensors in many places on his body, a respirator port attached to his nose, and an intravenous needle inserted into his veins, like a vegetative person who had been in a coma for a long time and relied purely on machines to maintain his vital signs.

It could be seen that this old man must have been quite strong when he was young, but now he looked so weak.

This is Cass, one of the founders of First City who has lived from the Old World to the present.

He is already in his nineties.

Beauriss took a few steps forward and said in a respectful tone:

"Your Excellency Cass, things are going very smoothly, the prey has entered the net.

"You can wake up briefly and issue orders to the 'Eight-Man Conference' of the Anti-Intellect Church."

In First City, only a few people know that Cass is the Pope of the Anti-Intellect Church, who is said to have gone to the New World to serve the Arbiter "Last Man" and is responsible for guiding believers!

The Anti-Intellect Church was founded by him before entering the New World.

This time, the Anti-Intellect Church framed Senator Valo and dealt with the centrist Focas, all arranged by Beauriss through Cass, with the aim of luring out all the opposition, making them think they had a chance to take advantage of, and then wiping them out in one fell swoop.

Beauriss, who is already old and may be forced to take up a idle position at the end of his term, hopes to make the Senate truly obey him through such a cleansing!

He is also an ambitious person and greatly admires a saying Olei once said:

"What's so good about being a governor compared to being an emperor?"

As soon as Beauriss finished speaking, Cass lying on the bed opened his eyes.

As those blue eyes reflected the appearance of the ceiling, the surrounding light suddenly shrank sharply, all rushing towards the human body on the bed.

For a time, other areas of the secret room became extremely dark, and one could not see one's fingers.

And Beauriss, who was only one step away from the New World, vaguely felt at this moment that a illusory door had been pushed open.

Clang!

In the next second, Beauriss only felt that his memory had turned into a book, turning uncontrollably in the darkness, and page after page falling out.

This... he looked at the figure sitting up on the bed, devouring all the light, so that it was shrouded in darkness and could not see the specific appearance, and said in a deep voice:

"You, are not Your Excellency Cass..."

The figure sitting on the bed made an empty laugh:

"Yes, you can call me 'Truth'.

"The existence destined to replace 'Last Man' in the future."

...

On Hope Square.

The excited citizens, while shouting "Severely punish Valo," turned their attention to the Senate not far away.

Gaius waved his hand:

"Let's go over and let all the senators hear our shouts!"

"Severely punish Valo!"

"Severely punish Valo!"

Under the guidance of some people, the citizens participating in the assembly flocked to the Senate in a relatively orderly manner.