"Boss, why don't we just..."
"Shut up!"
After activating the "Silent Realm", all electromagnetic communications within a certain range can be silenced, cutting off the other party's possibility of seeking help from the outside world. But for the besieged party, this is actually a reverse reminder - someone is already targeting you.
Generally speaking, the raid should be launched immediately after the activation of the "Silent Realm", so as to maximize the surprise victory effect.
The longer it is delayed, the greater the variables will be.
However, at this moment, their leader, Raven-66, leader of the Lobe Gang, has yet to issue an attack order.
The tall and thin man, wrapped in a dustproof black robe, was observing the orphanage called "Chiron House" below the platform.
A small box with a red breathing light flashing was placed at his feet and connected to his brain-computer interface through a dark data cable.
Raven-66's lips moved slowly, and his expression looked like he was talking to someone who was not actually here.
The person who asked the question earlier was a gang member who had just completed his transformation not long ago and was promoted to a depth 1 adjuster. His hands were covered with a layer of metal sheets shaped like snake scales, and those scales were constantly trembling in the night as if they were alive.
It was not the leader Raven-66 who shut him up, but another veteran gang member.
"The boss is in contact with people 'above', don't affect him."
The veteran continued.
"Can we still contact the outside world in the Silent Realm?"
The man with "snake scales" on his hands asked suspiciously.
"Never question what a company, especially the fourteen super corporations of the Order of Olympus, can do with its technology."
The veteran said in awe, and then he continued:
"If 'Icarus' hadn't offended the company, we wouldn't have the opportunity today to replace their underground position in the resettlement area."
"Hiss..."
The sound of something leaking interrupted his words, and the people around him turned to look at the same time.
The small box placed at Raven-66's feet began to flash with fine electric light, getting brighter and brighter.
Just before it looked like it was about to explode, Raven-66, who had been standing there, ripped off the connector on the brain-computer interface and kicked it off the platform.
Half a second later, a ball of lightning the size of a basketball lit up in the air.
"Boss, how are you? Will the company's reinforcements be coming soon..."
someone asked immediately.
"There are no reinforcements left."
After straightening the wrinkles on his robe, Raven-66 replied with a gloomy expression.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone immediately looked at each other.
The veteran from before responded the fastest. He immediately asked:
"Then shall we cancel this operation?"
After all, the people sent to keep an eye on him had already seen Booker Erwin arrive at Chiron's house. It would be unwise to have a head-on conflict with an adjuster with depth level 3 and rich combat experience.
"No……"
Raven-66 turned his head and looked at them, his face full of sternness.
"We don't need the help of those corporate dogs, we can do it alone."
…………
Ye Qian received the order to stop all work at hand and go to the Offensive Security Defense Coordination Center to accept questioning from senior officials.
"Are you satisfied?"
Turning off the quantum communication equipment, the supervisor of the third deepest diving chamber raised his head and looked at the intern employee in front of him who brought the order.
The intern employee... was sent to Tartarus, the company's headquarters, during the internship stage. God knows how high this young man can climb in Pluto Deep Diving in the future.
Thinking of this, combined with the arrogant attitude of the other party at this moment, Ye Qian couldn't help but feel a trace of murderous intent in his heart.
"I was just sent here to deliver the notice from Director Cerberus, I don't have any other intention."
The intern named Lu Yuan answered expressionlessly. After finishing speaking, he added the honorific as if he had missed something:
"Director Ye."
Ye Qian took a deep breath and didn't have an attack. He just stood up from the table and walked slowly towards the door.
When he reached a position alongside the young man named Lu Yuan, he suddenly stopped.
"I just checked your file."
According to the internal system of Pluto Deep Diving Company, unless it is specially encrypted, high-level people can freely check the contents of the personal files of subordinates.
"The files show that you were born in the underground area of the Nord resettlement area. It was through the talent incubation center opened by the company that you were able to escape from the quagmire and reach the sky in one step, right?"
"Yes, Director Ye."
Lu Yuan's tone did not change at all.
"And both of his parents died when he was young, and he spent his childhood in an orphanage, Chiron's House?"
"Yes, Director Ye."
His tone still didn't change at all.
Ye Qian said "ha" as if he thought it was a little funny, and then started talking about another seemingly unrelated topic:
"Don't you want to know who I was talking to just now?"
"I have no right to know what you do."
Lu Yuan answered immediately.
"A gang leader who deals in the black market of dry nerves and wetware. As someone who was born in the Nord resettlement area, you should have some impression of the name 'Lobotomy Gang', right?"
Ye Qian ignored it and gave the answer to himself.
After hearing this, Lu Yuan became silent.
"They originally planned to visit an orphanage, but I just dissuaded them. Although the leader's mood was not very good, I firmly believe that he will still follow the company's guidance.
"So, maybe you protected your precious childhood memories unintentionally."
Observing the subtle changes in the expression on the face of the intern employee in front of him, Ye Qian showed a heartfelt smile for the first time.
"It's such a small world, isn't it?"
After speaking, Ye Qian patted the other party's shoulder and strode out.
Lu Yuan stood at the door for a long time.
There was no movement for a long time.
Finally, he put the index and middle fingers of his right hand together and lightly touched his forehead, lips and heart in sequence.
This is a prayer gesture used by some street religion.
…………
"Let me be clear, what does it mean to be surrounded?"
Booker stood up directly from the bed and removed the remaining plug wires from his body.
"The realm of silence."
Winston said as he called up the surveillance matrix around "Chiron's House", all of which had turned into snowflake screens.
"Two minutes ago, someone launched a realm of silence around us, and now all our radio signals are blocked."
"Where's the laser beacon for emergency contact?"
Booker asked as he took off his shirt.
Winston shook his head:
"It has been opened, but now the organization does not have that many manpower, and there is a shortage of people everywhere. The people who were previously stationed at several 'beacon towers' sentries around have been transferred to the lower levels. In other words, unless our With enough luck, someone will see this emergency...ah, it has been extinguished."
Winston reluctantly raised the data board in his hand. The emergency contact location on it showed "destroyed."
"Intelligence about the enemy?"
"It's unclear. At present, we can only confirm that there are three sources of the silent realm, which are located in these three locations."
Winston said, immediately marking three high points on the terrain map.
Booker threw his coat aside, now wearing only a black vest on his upper body.
Only then did Jiang Zhou discover that Booker's chest was connected to a large piece of thin shell armor.
"First evacuate the children and the staff to the safe house, and assign one-third of the remaining security personnel to protect the children. The others will come here to guard the multi-purpose printer."
As he spoke, Booker pressed his chest, and the piece of shell armor began to deform and expand as if alive, quickly covering his entire torso and beginning to spread toward his limbs.
"What about you? Go to the three sources of destruction of the Silent Realm so that we can contact reinforcements?"
asked Winston.
The constantly deforming shell covered Booker's face, making him look like some kind of metallic insect.
"Even if reinforcements are contacted, it will be too late by the time they arrive."
After his entire face was covered, Booker's voice became as deep as if it was reverberated.
After moving his neck, he raised his eyes and looked at the ceiling:
"My high-energy detector discovered an abnormal heat source that is moving at high speed. Let me kill that high-threat target first."
"what about me?"
Jiang Zhou suddenly asked.
The two people turned to look at him at the same time, as if they had just remembered that such a person existed.
"What do you need me to do?"
Looking at Liao Qi's eager eyes, Winston cleared his throat and said:
"Ahem... Liao Qi, just go to the safe house with the others to protect those children..."
"Winston, please go get the materials on this list."
Booker, whose whole body was covered with a layer of dark silver metal carapace, interrupted Winston's words.
"Huh? What?"
Winston used his eye tracking device to open the list sent by the other party. After taking a rough look, he looked up at Booker in confusion:
"These are not..."
Booker did not answer his words, but turned to look at Liao Qi.
He looked at the other party deeply, and then said:
"The organization has decided that you will bind the startup permission of the universal printer. And after you complete the adjustment and transformation of depth 1, you will immediately go into battle... Is that okay?"
"completely fine!"
