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Chapter 36 The Tower of Babel

After hearing this sentence, the shadow-seekers did not react in any special way, but they had heard this name many times and were a little curious. However, Delia, the little girl beside Shuer, performed very strangely. This name made her shake her whole body and her whole body was trembling slightly, but she refused to show it, hiding her feelings with all her might and trying to keep her face free from a trace of expression. Her trembling body and stiff face made the girl look particularly strange.

"Tower of Babel, is the channel for the transmission of energy to the floating city as the President mentioned just now?" Shuer touched Delia's head. Under the touch of warm big hands, the girl's body tremble gradually stopped, "Is there anything special?"

"Sorry, I cannot explain this now. Maybe I can not tell you until the two sides formally negotiated." The president's answer was not hesitant. Obviously, there was no room for negotiation. "I can only say that there is a large amount of confidential information hidden there, including most of the lost information and technology that was lost before the end of the machinery."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Xiu said with a smile, "If that's all, why don't you investigate it yourself?"

“It’s too dangerous to get in.”

"Are there many mechanical beasts?" Shure guessed, "I think if the military and the city hall join forces and the troops of both sides are united, relying on raid tactics, it may not be impossible to attack a tower unless there are more special dangers in the tower."

"The name of the Tower of Babel comes from ancient myths and is the passage from the mortal world to the dwellings of gods. Of course, the Tower of Babel we are talking about now is just borrowing this name, because it is an energy transmitter connecting the sky on the ground." The president suddenly mentioned an irrelevant topic, but Shuer did not urge him, but listened patiently, "The Tower of Babel is full of high concentration of energy. If you stay in it for a little longer, your health will be affected. If you stay for too long, it will even cause fatal damage directly."

"Ha? Then you still want us to go?" Shuer and Moria Saf quickly exchanged glances, destructive energy? No, it shouldn't be what he described, probably just ordinary high-concentration energy, "Your Excellency President, do you really have the sincerity to negotiate?"

"Uh, I misunderstood. The energy concentration is not a difficult problem that cannot be solved. We have equipment to protect it. Although the effect is not perfect, it can at least bear it." The president coughed and explained with a wry smile. "The problem is that there is now a mechanical territory. There are countless mechanical beasts entrenched in it. The higher the energy concentration, the stronger the mechanical beasts will be. The black market and the military have sent reconnaissance troops, but no one came back alive. What is the specific situation inside is still a mystery."

"Then how do you know that the more you go up, the stronger the mechanical beast is?"

"Because my people... have climbed to the sixth floor." The president hesitated for a moment and gave an answer. "Based on normal strength, we may not even be able to break through the third floor. The military can probably see the fourth floor. However, six years ago, our black market sent a five-man unit to infiltrate the sixth floor through some special method, but this is also the limit."

"Well, so you like that we can come and go freely in the mechanical beast group, and want us to use this feature to sneak in." Shur put in Mia's ear and muttered a few words. Mia shook her head and nodded again. Shur pondered for a moment and asked, "Can you ask casually, what was your special way back then?"

"Feel sorry."

"Okay, since you have to keep it confidential, it's all right." Shuer didn't force it, "We..."

"...Six years ago...that's my parents." Delia finally couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly stood up, staring at the president with red eyes, and growled, "Why do you slander them as mechanics, and why do you say they betrayed the city?"

"Song of the name of the Lord." Shuer raised his hand and pressed it on the girl's head again. The light shone through. The girl felt that her irritable mood relaxed and she calmed down again. She heard Shuer's voice again, "Don't be impatient, don't be impulsive, the Lord said, all questions have answers, impulse and anger are meaningless, only by patiently seeking can you understand the truth."

"Hu..." The girl sat down powerlessly, and tears that had been enduring in front of others finally shed.

"Your Excellency President, the situation is different now. You should have seen my attitude towards Delia. Even in order to ensure that she does good things for me during this period, I need to help her find the truth. Haha, can you help me?"

"Okay, this is actually a shame for our black market." The president was not surprised at all about Delia's performance and explained lightly, "Her parents were originally arranged in the inside of the city hall in the city hall and have been helping us. Well, yes, it has not been modified, but they recognize our concept. Six years ago, I summoned five absolutely loyal insiders to perform tasks, including Delia's parents."

"Is it the infiltration plan you just mentioned?" Shuer smiled sarcastically, "and took the initiative to bear the stigma of worshipping the mechanical scholars, was rejected by everyone, and then was absorbed by the real worshipping the mechanical scholars, and obtained the qualification to worship the mechanical scholars, and then waited for an opportunity to send back the found information."

"Well, at that time, the mechanic worshipers were not as strict as they are now. After their identity as a believer was exposed, they were just exiled to the West Outer Ring District."

"Just? This word is well used." Shure smiled mockingly. "For their ideals and pursuits, it may be just this word, but for this child, I don't think the word "just" is so simple."

"I didn't force them." The president said with a stern face. "I've given them a chance to choose, and it's their own decision."

"Ha, I have also had the experience of sending a dead man undercover in the past, so I can understand what you said, including if you don't wash away their stigma, and I understand that it must be because doing so will involve others, or I am worried that it will affect the use of similar methods in the future. Well, if it were me, I would make the same choice and hide everything." Shuer patted Delia's head, "But I will at least take good care of this child, otherwise I will have nightmares even if I sleep. In other words, this is a great time to win people's hearts. I don't understand why you didn't do this."

"Mr. Shur, I really can't do this. Even if I help her move into the inner city, the descendants of the church will always be rejected by everyone around her. Even if others are kind to her on the surface, they will not truly accept her." The president glanced at Delia and immediately looked away, obviously feeling a little guilty, "And no one knows how many church members around us are involved in the mechanical camp. I treat her with special treatment, but I just hurt her."

"Uncle." Seeing what else Shuer wanted to say, the girl held his hand, "I'm fine, don't say it, really."

"Okay." Xiuer shook his head helplessly. This kind of thing was a difficult choice. Even if he had been struggling for a hundred years, he could not find any right or wrong. "I have to ask the local government for your request. But even if the local government agrees to us participate in the investigation, I also need you to provide detailed information during the negotiation, otherwise the agreement will be invalid."

"No problem, then thank you Mr. Shuer. Regarding the talks, I will reply to you before 6 pm tomorrow. I hope everyone can cooperate happily by then."
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