"As early as two years ago, before Pluto Deep Diving Company made a high-profile announcement to settle on the 12th floor of the resettlement area, there were people within the company who had connections with some underground gangs, and the Lobotomy Gang was the key target of support."
After the interrogation, Booker flipped through the interrogation records on the data pad and concluded.
In a sense, this is a basic operation for large companies before settling in the resettlement area. Before the strong rise of the Icarus Liberation Front in the Nord settlement, large-scale disputes between underground gangs were no different from mini-versions of proxy wars.
After all, the company needs to maintain the surface dignity, and the street gangs that have been supported are not only excellent hawks to suppress the lower-level workers, but also a useful tool to put pressure on the provisional government of the resettlement area.
And most importantly, they are very, very cheap.
"Then no one came to Icarus?"
Jiang Zhou suddenly thought of this question.
"have."
Booker answered very briefly, as if he didn't want to continue on this topic.
But then, he raised his head as if something was wrong.
Seeing that Liao Qi was really staring at him, he continued helplessly:
"Of course, after all, the organization's influence at all levels of the underground was already very great at that time. The attitude of the other party was friendly, and the conditions offered were also very good... But in the end, the former team leader Koret still sternly refused proposal for cooperation.”
As he spoke, he sighed again:
"On this point, we do have some differences. I tried to persuade him to consider it, but he also refused."
"Is it because cooperating with the company violates the organization's program?"
Jiang Zhou asked.
Booker shook his head:
"Of course not. There are also various factions within those super enterprises. The one who was really in charge of the Nord Resettlement Area at that time was Ye Qian's faction. And Corritt judged that the faction that came to us would have some words related to the Nord Resettlement Area. They don’t have much power. That’s why they seek cooperation with ‘anti-corporate rebels’ like us, but in the end they just treat us as pawns and cannon fodder.”
As he spoke, his eyes were slightly out of focus, lost in memories.
"He believes that it is only a matter of time before we end up falling out with them regarding Pluto's plan for the potential resettlement area. Therefore, it is extremely unfair to affect the morale of the organization for the sake of immediate benefits."
Jiang Zhou searched through Liao Qi's memory and then asked:
"You mean, Pluto Deep Dive's plan to build an intelligent car factory on the ground floor of the resettlement area?"
Booker nodded and said:
"Yes... Completely shut down the energy-intensive sewage purification plant to build their auxiliary anti-gravity engine car factory. They assured the residents here that the factory can bring a lot of employment to the underground area. But the price is For the remaining residents who have not been able to enter the factory and cannot afford the company’s purified water, their domestic water supply will seriously exceed radiation standards in the future.”
So the Icarus Liberation Front blew up the intelligent control center under construction, and triggered a series of subsequent events.
In fact, Icarus's highlight moment, blowing up the intelligent control center, ultimately only slowed down the planning progress of Pluto's deep dive.
Jiang Zhou suddenly felt that it might be more appropriate to change the name of the organization to "Sisyphus".
When talking about this, the conversation between the two was briefly interrupted for a few seconds, and then Booker suddenly broke the silence and said:
"Pluto Deep Dive's new intelligent control factory is already under planning and construction, and the faction taking over the Nord Resettlement Area seems to be the same faction that has contacted us before to seek cooperation."
Hearing the other party suddenly mention this, Jiang Zhou was a little unsure whether the other party was implying something.
After all, I have undergone the adjustment and transformation of Depth 1, and I have also been bound to use the universal printer. It can be said that there is only one voting meeting left, and it is certain that he will enter the upper echelons of the organization soon.
Could it be that the other party hopes to get his support in this matter?
Jiang Zhou, who didn't know how to express his position for a while, finally chose to take the initiative to change the subject:
"Then what kind of people are the people who contacted us before?"
After hearing this, Booker turned his attention to the data board again:
"Perse Fanny, a neuroscientist hired by Pluto Deep Diving Company from Apollo Biology at a great cost. I don't know if you have heard of her. It is said that she has made great achievements in biological protein chips. .”
He said this in a popular tone, basically assuming that Liao Qi had never heard of it.
Liao Qi had indeed never heard of this person.
But just like "Ye Qian", Jiang Zhou knew this person.
Although he had never met her, if he hadn't taken the risk and volunteered to work as a human resources miner on the Abyss Dark Web when he first crossed over, he should have been sent to the Medical Department. Under the hands of human beings, their prefrontal lobes were removed and transformed into mindless technical slaves.
Jiang Zhou didn't think that this kind of person would be much more compassionate than the previous person in charge.
Therefore, he also doesn't think the organization can gain much benefit from cooperating with such people.
But he couldn't take the initiative to talk about it right now.
But fortunately, Booker doesn't seem to be planning to continue on this topic.
"Speaking of which, this is called the 'Puppet Loop' Depth 2 transformation..."
Booker suddenly said:
"I still don't quite understand. According to his description, isn't this to the level of mind control?"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhou also picked up the data pad in his hand.
Puppet circuit: Depth 2 modification authority, divided into main machine and slave machine. Each master machine can connect to up to six slave machines.
The host function strengthens the transformer's ability to control his own emotions. He can force himself into strong emotions such as joy, anger, sadness, fear, etc. by inputting instructions.
By extension, one can activate one's own potential by stimulating emotions, such as: entering a state of anger to obtain a super responsiveness similar to a "raging adrenaline pump"; by changing the dopamine reward circuit, greatly strengthening one's own learning ability; shielding Emotions such as pain and fear keep you in an absolutely rational state during battle; control your heart rate, blood pressure, pupil contraction and other physiological phenomena, making most lie detectors and even some older versions of mental index measuring instruments ineffective .
"And absolutely realistic acting skills. After all, after installing a puppet circuit, they can fabricate the most realistic emotional reactions at will. Things like lying so hard that you believe it were something that only a small number of NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) people could do in the past. Do it, but for this kind of person, it’s just a matter of instructions in the mind.”
Jiang Zhou said, putting down the data tablet, and then said:
"They can even edit their own ideological stamps to make themselves absolutely convinced of a certain belief."
Booker felt a little emotional:
"Luckily you took out his puppet circuit from the beginning, otherwise all our interrogations afterwards would be in vain."
But these are not the most powerful aspects of this transformation authority.
After implanting the main machine of the "puppet circuit", the adjuster can also choose to print no more than six auxiliary machines. Each auxiliary machine can be installed into other people's bodies through simple implantation surgery.
For people who have been implanted with the secondary machine, they are equivalent to getting a monkey version of the "turbulent adrenaline pump", but for those who have been implanted with the main machine, those who have been implanted with the secondary machine have become him. Marionette in hand.
He can control the other person's emotions to influence the other person's thinking.
You can even directly ignore the other person's consciousness and take over body control when the other person's consciousness is unclear, such as when sleeping or under the influence of drugs.
To put it simply, this effect sounds a bit like the hypnotic-themed film and television works that Jiang Zhou knew in the past.
The puppet circuit is just like the magical pocket watch in those works.
