Chapter 128 Whimsical

Facing Zhang Dingshan's inquiry, everyone fell silent again at this moment.

Everyone is struggling in their hearts, hesitating, and weighing the pros and cons repeatedly.

The various uncertain risks that Lou Shen may face after escalating the conflict, other unknown means that Lou Shen may have, the counterattack that Lou Shen may make after feeling threatened, the possible desperate measures...

None of these questions have definite answers. Moreover, it is impossible to have a conclusive answer until enough information is obtained. This means that the members of the second action team can only make subjective judgments and can only rely on their own logic and decision-making to make this judgment.

After a long silence, He Wei raised her hand.

"I agree."

Lu Qingliang said the same: "I agree."

Zhang Dingshan looked at Lu Ming.

"And you?"

Lu Ming pondered for a long time before saying: "I just had a new idea. I feel that maybe we can try other methods first. If it still doesn't work, then escalate the conflict."

"oh?"

"Try to appease Lou Shen."

Lu Ming raised his head, faced the surprised looks of his teammates, and repeated his plan: "If Wu Xiuzhu could appease the God of the Tower and make him not rush to break the formation, why can't we?"

This plan was really beyond the expectations of He Wei and others. However, this plan was unexpected and almost instinctively opposed by several people.

"The most critical issue is that Wu Xiuzhu and Wu Qingfu have died a long time ago. God knows what method they used to contact the God of the Tower. If they can't get in touch with the God of the Tower, how can they be comforted?"

"Now that time is urgent, I feel like this is unnecessary. We don't have that much time to find ways to contact us."

"It's so fanciful that I don't think it's feasible."

At this stage, even the existence of wisdom in the God of the Tower, and the fact that the God of the Tower acted as the mastermind behind the scenes and commanded the fungi to destroy the dragon-suppressing pile formation, are only speculations. Now, you want to try to get in touch with Lou Shen directly?

Besides whimsical, He Wei didn't know what other words she could use to describe it.

Lu Ming raised his hand and pressed it down, stopping the objections of He Wei and Lu Qingliang, and explained: "Actually, I think that the method of contacting the Lou Shen may not be troublesome or easy. Difficult. Perhaps we should change our thinking and think like this: If even a middle-aged woman like Wu Xiuzhu, who is in poverty and embarrassment, can master the method of contacting the building god, how difficult can this method be?

Combined with some of the information we already have about Wu Xiuzhu, we can confirm that although Wu Xiuzhu has never shown a clear religious tendency, this person has engaged in many religious sacrifices. We have reason to believe that the religious sacrifices she performed were related to her contact with the building god.

Moreover, Wu Xiuzhu did not know the existence form of Lou Shen in detail at the beginning. She regards the Tower God as some kind of divine being - this can also be seen from the fact that she named this unknown intelligent body in the Binhai Building "Lower God". Then, we can almost conclude that Wu Xiuzhu's method of contacting the God of the Tower must be a way of communicating with the gods in the traditional culture in the usual sense.

So, what is the usual way to communicate with gods? "

After Lu Ming analyzed this, He Wei immediately had the answer in his mind.

I don’t know how many books have recorded this way of communicating with gods. In folk customs and traditional culture, there are also many witches, gods and men who practice this method of communication.

The key points are nothing more than fasting and bathing, washing hands and purifying the body, being respectful and pious, and concentrating on praying wholeheartedly. Of course, there may also be some sacrifices.

He Wei had to admit that Lu Ming's analysis still made some sense. What was originally thought to be impossible to do without a single stroke of the horoscope, now seems not that difficult.

After all, considering Wu Xiuzhu's situation at the time and her personal world view, besides this method, what other method could she adopt to communicate with the God of the Tower?

"Then, do you want to fast and bathe first, and then try to communicate with the God of the Tower by worshiping the gods?" He Wei muttered, "I'm afraid there isn't enough time."

Lu Ming shook his head again: "In my opinion, the so-called fasting, bathing, washing hands and purifying the body are actually just ritualistic things to allow oneself to be calm and focused. Meditation and concentration are the best. Main thing, the rest is unimportant.

Therefore, this attempt actually does not take long. We can totally do it now. If the Lou Shen is successfully appeased, it will be good. If he is not appeased, or simply unable to communicate, then we can still carry out the original plan when we come back. "

Zhang Dingshan finally made a decision: "In that case, let's give it a try. However, how to communicate needs to be determined in advance."

"We have a negotiator in the logistics support team. I'll contact him and ask him to give us some advice."

Regarding the details of the murderous house case, of course, the negotiator cannot be disclosed to him at this moment because the confidentiality level is not high enough. But this will not prevent the negotiator from contributing his wisdom to this incident.

All that is needed is some packaging for this event.

Less than ten minutes after Lu Qingliang went offline, he came online again. Moreover, another middle-aged man who looked very capable and had thin lips also joined the virtual meeting room.

"Chief Tan, I'm sorry to bother you so late."

"It doesn't matter, it's all for work."

The negotiator known as Section Chief Tan said very friendly: "What is the specific matter?"

"We hope that through communication, we can make an enemy give up doing something that is extremely harmful. Well, other methods may not be very effective. It would be best if it can be resolved through negotiation."

Chief Tan nodded: "Understood. So, can you tell me the enemy's detailed information? I need to analyze him to determine the plan. And, what are our advantages and reliance? In what ways can we cause damage to the enemy? What kind of threats and restrictions are there? What are the enemy's advantages and reliance on us? What are the troublesome aspects of it for us?"

Zhang Dingshan pondered: "We don't know the enemy at all, but we can probably compare it to an alien. He may not have the morals and values ​​of us normal people, and his logic of behavior is also different from us normal people."

"A psychotic criminal? This is really not easy to deal with."

Section Chief Tan commented on this.

"Our advantage and reliance is that he is currently restricted by us, but we are not sure how long this restriction will last.

If we go all out, we can completely eliminate it at a greater cost. But the cost is too high and we don’t want to get to that point.

Enemy? We currently have no good way to stop him from doing that extremely harmful thing. There are some hypothetical methods that may be effective, but they are not certain. At the same time, if we use those imaginary methods, it is very likely to anger the enemy, causing him to make a desperate move and respond more violently.

Overall, that's probably it. "

Chief Tan pondered for about ten minutes. During this process, Lu Ming and others waited quietly without any urging.

After that, Section Chief Tan rubbed his forehead and said slowly: "I don't have a grasp of the specific situation, and I don't feel good enough to make a specific judgment.

But there is actually a principle for things like negotiation. You must know that negotiation is actually the art of compromise. Under the premise that there is conflict between the two parties, each should take a step back, seek common ground while reserving differences as much as possible, and avoid the expected greater loss of interests with a smaller loss of interests.

Specifically, during negotiations, you should first clarify which interests your side must ensure and draw red lines first.

Above the red line, look at things separately, distinguish what can be exchanged with the other party, and what the price will be if exchanged. Prioritize and identify which benefits should be prioritized.

We can also set up some fake chips, that is, we don’t care about these chips originally, or even do not exist at all. They are made out of nothing, but during the negotiation, we can also throw them out to win other aspects for ourselves. Benefit.

Generally speaking, negotiation is also a very complicated matter, and I can't explain it to you in too much detail or clarity. This is a science that requires specialized study. Well, yes, it’s science. "

Lu Ming felt a little headache. He felt that he seemed to have thought of the negotiations too simply. Now it seems that this kind of thing still needs to be done by professionals.

"Captain, I think that Chief Tan should be specifically responsible for this kind of thing."

The second operation team has the right to apply to superiors. After completing some procedures and going through some procedures, Chief Tan's confidentiality level can be temporarily raised, giving him the authority to know all the information on the case.

Zhang Dingshan pondered for a moment and said to Chief Tan: "Tan Ke, this is it. We hope that you can carry out the specific negotiations. However, this matter may involve certain risks, even life-threatening. The degree of danger, If we measure it, it’s probably around 1%. It’s up to you to decide whether you want to participate.”

At present, what we can tell Chief Tan is only the figure of 1%. If he thinks about it and thinks the risk is acceptable, Zhang Dingshan will tell him more details of the case. Of course, at that time, he was not allowed to withdraw.

A look of struggle appeared on Section Chief Tan's face. After a long time, he took a deep breath and nodded: "I took it."

"Okay. Qing Liang, you go and go through the formalities. It will be done within half an hour. Tan Ke, you can leave for Yangyuan City immediately. After Qing Liang has completed the formalities, I will immediately send you the details of the case. . You have to read it as quickly as possible and formulate a negotiation plan. As soon as you arrive, start negotiating immediately."