——Wait a minute! I am the most intelligent person in the group, and my IQ is probably over 20. If I drink this wine, won’t my IQ be over 25?
——What kind of abilities will I gain if I exceed the line of 25?
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Voice input is still not as fast as typing.
The speech is mainly thought out first and then spoken out, unlike typing out what you think in your mind.
The voice recognition has to come back to correct the wrong words...
Anyway, there are two updates today. Follow the doctor's advice and get more sleep. Hopefully I can resume typing by hand tomorrow.
Chapter 427: Island Confrontation (Part )
The more Masha thought about it, the more he felt it was worth a try.
So he picked up the bottle.
"You don't really want to drink it, do you?" The league secretary came up and grabbed Masha's hand. "This looks so weird. Isn't it said that the more gorgeous a drink looks, the more toxic it is?"
"You mean poisonous mushrooms?" Masha said with a smile, "Don't worry, I know what this thing does when I see it. It's an intelligence potion that takes effect in three minutes."
"Intelligence potion?" The League Secretary stared at the glass of wine. "Who has the Galaxy in their intelligence potion?"
Although he was still doubtful about the wine, the League Secretary released his hand that was holding Masha's arm.
Masha smiled at the league secretary, brought the cup to his lips, tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp.
Immediately afterwards, Masha did not feel anything different. He had thought that after drinking it, the world in his eyes would suddenly change, for example, his entire field of vision would be instantly filled with the ultimate truth of the universe42.
"Are there any changes?" the League Secretary asked with concern.
Xiao Shi, who was taking care of the unconscious Jeanne, also looked up at Masha with a worried look on his face.
Chihiro looked like she was ready to watch a good show, as if she was not worried at all that Masha would suffer a loss due to a wrong judgment.
Cai Shi seemed to be worried that something might happen to Masha, but at the same time she felt that it was impossible for anything to happen to Masha. She was in a state of not knowing what expression to show.
Shelley was on edge, as if she thought that Martha would make fun of her after gaining temporary intelligence.
Masha shrugged and looked at the league secretary: "Nothing has changed. I suspect I drank a bottle of fake wine. I thought that after drinking this stuff, I could be like Sherlock Holmes and see you and infer what you did before through the details of you.
"Like figuring out where you went this morning based on the dirt on your legs. But, um, that didn't happen."
——After all, what is added is intelligence, not perception.
Sherlock Holmes is probably a powerful person with extraordinary intelligence and perception.
The girls all looked at Masha - except Xiaoshi. Xiaoshi seemed to think that there was no need to worry about Masha at this time, so she lowered her head and began to concentrate on taking care of the unconscious Jeanne.
Masha thought, this won’t work, there are only three minutes, I have to do something.
——How about trying to trick the low IQ group?
——No, it doesn’t seem to make much sense.
——Or...it's better to calculate the general situation of the world, just like Zhuge Liang did in Longzhong Strategy, and make arrangements for the future - analyze it.
After making the decision, Masha pulled over a chair and sat down, resting his hands on the table, posing in the classic pose of Commander Ding in EVA, and began to analyze the current situation.
The girls looked at each other in bewilderment. Chihiro said teasingly, "Which one of us are you going to use to make Unit-01?"
With amazing concentration, Masha ignored Chihiro's jokes.
His expression became increasingly serious, as if his eyes were staring into the abyss.
The remaining time for the wine passed quickly, and Masha breathed a sigh of relief.
Cai Shi asked nervously, "What happened, Brother? Your expression just now was so scary."
"Because I saw a terrible scene." Masha stood up and tried to find a whiteboard, but there was none on this side of the island wonderland.
So he picked up a stick and started drawing on the ground.
"We took away the Romanian tripods. These tripods were placed separately, probably to cover the entire earth. If we took away a tripod, it means that the area it covered will begin to awaken on a large scale."
"Is that so? But isn't this the situation predicted by the World Government? If we start with one area, it will be easier for the World Government to deal with it, right?" asked the League Secretary.
"In theory, if the world government can act with a unified will, it would be better for awakening to occur in one region first rather than all at once.
"But the actual situation is much more complicated. Although the World Government has been established, the G15 still has their own little calculations. I'm afraid that the politicians will immediately realize that it will be beneficial for them if others awaken first.
"After all, a large-scale awakening will bring turmoil and destruction, and will reduce the power of a region. The increase and decrease of power will change the voice in the world government."
Masha paused, and Xiao Shi handed over the tea at this time as if he had calculated the time precisely.
While Masha was drinking tea, the League Secretary asked: "So, the World Government will not go all out to the areas where awakening has broken out to control the situation?"
"Yes, and the Soviet zone probably doesn't want the World Government to intervene too much, because they will quickly realize the benefits of awakening first. That is the opportunity to accommodate a large number of people with super powers before the rest of the world." Masha put down his teacup and said with a very serious expression.
"Once they get through this, the Soviet Union will have a huge advantage. They will be far ahead in terms of super-talent reserves and related technology research.
"Because of this, the other members of G15 will not only not help the Soviet Union region restore order, but will also secretly hinder it. And for the Soviet Union region, after the outbreak reaches a certain level, grabbing a tripod to suppress the outbreak becomes the best option.
"This way they will have a buffer period to digest the previous large-scale outbreak. It would be even better if this tripod comes from a region that is overall weak and will definitely be destroyed by a large-scale awakening."
After saying this, Masha looked at the girls, as if expecting someone among them to be able to name the area.
But none of the girls spoke.
“There is no place more vulnerable than the Bedouin region,” Masha said.
"So, you mean, the World Government is going to start fighting for the Tripod?" The League Secretary stared at Masha with wide eyes. "I thought the World Government had been established for so many years, and they were planning to unite as one."
Masha shrugged: "I can only say that this beautiful wish will only come true after the world is truly united."
“So, the war will resume in the Bedouin region?”
"Yes, this region has never had a strong dominant country. It has always been a powder keg before and after the establishment of the World Government. This is serious, bang. In addition to this place, other places where Ding may exist will also be targeted by powerful countries."
Masha shrugged. "After all, as long as we analyze the awakening statistics, we will definitely find a few places where the awakening probability is significantly lower than the average. There is a high possibility that the Ding is located there."
At this time, Qianxun suddenly thought of something, and said: "The awakening rate in our Yuezhou must be very low, because the tripod is here."
"And the awakening rate in Yuezhou will be even lower in the future," Masha said, "because there are two tripods here now. Think about it, the tripod is not in the real world, and it can also suppress the spiritual energy in the real world. Now that we put the tripod in the plane, it will most likely have an impact on the real world."
The League Secretary asked a realistic question: "What should we do now?"
"We need to do an experiment first to verify a hypothesis, and then decide what to do." Masha snapped his fingers at Shelley, "Miss Shelley, please put on your power armor and move the tripod over here."
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Although I still feel a little weak today, it shouldn’t be a big problem.
I will post a single chapter later to settle the arrears, and also explain the progress of the illustrations.
Chapter 428: Passed Unanimously (Part )
After Shelley brought the tripod over, Masha said to Xiao Shi, "Come and feel the flow of spiritual energy."
Xiao Shi looked confused: "Me? I still have this ability?"
"You are a miko who is obsessed with spiritual energy. Come and feel it."
Masha said in an unquestionable tone.
Under Masha's guidance, Xiao Shi stood under the big banyan tree, closed his eyes, and felt it.
"I feel the wind... No, it's not the wind, but something like the wind blowing towards me." Xiao Shi raised her hand and pointed at the big banyan tree behind her, "Towards this side."
Masha nodded, then said to Shelley, "Move the tripod over here."
Shelley followed Masha's instructions and changed the position of the tripod.
Xiao Shi pointed in the opposite direction of Ding: "The wind is blowing this way now."
Masha instructed Shelley to change the position of the tripod again, and the "wind direction" that Xiao Shi felt also changed accordingly.
"It can't be wrong." Masha made a "stop" gesture, so Shelley took his hand off the tripod.
She said: "I feel like there is a kind of pressure on my brain when I move this thing. Although it is very slight, it is always there. After a long time, it will be very tiring."
"Because the tripod has not completely lost its function." Masha said, "This tripod is still suppressing the spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy will move away from it, just like air will continue to flow from high pressure to low pressure on the same plane.
"In other words, the spiritual energy of the world is now flowing towards the Soviet Union. What kind of wind did Xiao Shi feel just now?"
Xiao Shi tilted her head: "Uh...what do you mean?"
"I mean, the 'wind' that just blew on you, was it 'the spring breeze in February is like a pair of scissors', or 'the cool summer breeze of clear springs and green trees', or 'the storm, the storm is coming'..."
"Like a pair of scissors." Xiao Shi said with certainty.
"Very good, we roughly know the speed at which spiritual energy moves. This tripod is about to fail. It is probably the weakest of all the tripods. The 'pressure' provided by other tripods should be stronger.
"But considering the scale of this global spiritual energy flow, I think the speed is roughly close to the level of 'the spring breeze in February is like scissors'.
"Although the speed is not fast, the Soviet Union region will still quickly become the area with the highest concentration of spiritual energy."
The girls all looked at Masha, and Shelley said, "Are you trying to say that we should take the tripods from other places in advance to balance the distribution of spiritual energy and prevent Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union from falling into an awakening that is stronger than expected?"
"Of course not." Masha shook his head, "If we take the tripod, Greater China will become the region with the slowest spiritual energy recovery, which is not a good thing.
"We should refer to the progress of the spiritual energy recovery and take the tripod over at the appropriate time to ensure that Greater China is in a continuous and controllable awakening process."
Shelley frowned slightly: "As a British, I kind of want to oppose this proposal."
"Don't worry, we will of course use the Ding to adjust the spiritual energy on a global scale. If we can understand the operating mechanism of the Ding, things will become much simpler." Masha paused and looked around at his girls. "Understanding the operating mechanism of the Ding is the long-term goal, global spiritual energy regulation is the mid-term goal, and our short-term goal is to thoroughly establish the reputation of the vigilantes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe."
The girls looked at each other, and even the league secretary frowned with a puzzled look.
The girls in the 10th intelligence group are so excited that their heads are smoking.
"Why?" the League Secretary asked on behalf of everyone.
"Xiao Shi, feel it for a moment. Recall how you felt when you were dancing Kagura under this big banyan tree before, and compare it with how you feel now."
Xiao Shi frowned: "You gave me such vague instructions again. I don't understand what you are doing at all!"
But she still closed her eyes.
After a short while of “hmm”, Xiao Shi said, “Indeed, when I was dancing the Kagura dance, I felt like I was in the middle of summer, and now it’s early spring.”
"That's right. The spiritual energy here has become thinner because Kagura Mai and our witch Miss Jeanna's potion - the magic wine - have consumed the spiritual energy. But in our fairyland, there is nothing that can produce spiritual energy."
Masha looked at everyone and said, "So, our short-term goal is to replenish spiritual energy. Only with spiritual energy can we use the abilities of Xiao Shi and Jeanna, two SSSs. Only with spiritual energy can we support further experiments."
"Ah, I understand!" Qianxun clapped her hands, "So we have to go to Eastern Europe to carry out vigilante activities, because we need to capture those awakened people who have committed serious crimes to replenish our spiritual energy!"
"Yes! Also, it's time to settle the accounts with the Salamandra. They still have three SSS! And they must have committed many evil deeds," Masha rubbed his hands together excitedly, like a village bully who was about to slaughter a free-range black pig that he had carefully raised for a year to satisfy his appetite. "Transform them into spiritual energy and make them shine for the common destiny of mankind. This is their best destination!"
Xiao Shi gave a bitter smile: "Asha, you make me feel like I'm on a pirate ship. Are we actually the biggest shady and evil organization in this world?"
"That's right, our other name is Xioka!" Masha made up something and was beaten by the league secretary.
"That's enough! Stop giving us weird names!"
"You don't understand, Ah Tuan!"
"Who is Ah Tuan?"
"round and round!"
“It will 404!”
"Fangfang!"
"Who is Fang... That's more like it!"
The girls all laughed as they looked at the League Secretary who almost got himself into trouble.
"Fang Fang, you don't understand!" Masha was still in character, "The more names we have, the more muddy the water will be, and it will be easier for us to fish in troubled waters."
After taking a punch from the League Secretary, Masha finally returned to normal and glanced at Shelley.
"Next, we have to act separately. I will take Qianxun and Fangfang to Eastern Europe and pick a city to deal with superpower criminals and replenish our spiritual energy. Shelley, your mission is to go to Strasbourg, the superpower research institute of the World Government. I want the research information there."
Shelley looked at Masha and said, "I think we should go to Strasbourg together. With the ability of the regiment secretary and your command, the invasion will be more effective with less effort."
"I am the only one who can catch superpower criminals." Chihiro said, "Keep in touch with me, and when I catch one, just open the door and pick me up."
"Okay." Masha nodded. "Xiao Shi, take Jeanna to the planet's wonderland. I'll open the door and call you over when I need your treatment."
If Jeanna wakes up, she will probably cause trouble. If she gets a few more glasses of wine, 80% of the spiritual energy of this island wonderland will be absorbed into it, and it will be replenished faster than she can waste it.
