"autonomy?"
Jiang Zhou confirmed.
Governance implies responsibility, and companies have never been interested in domination per se.
Whether it is a resettlement area, a gathering point, or an ecological reserve... No matter who is ruling, or what kind of system is used, as long as the ruler is open to trade and does not interfere with the free market, those super corporations will not have any power issues.
In other words, Booker is now targeting not only the company, but also the "ten layers" of government in the resettlement area.
Shen Lan was stunned for a moment.
"At this time, do you plan to have a conflict with the tenth level of government?"
She looked in disbelief.
As far as she knew, in order to maintain the stability of all underground levels, the current interim government of the settlement area planned to strongly support Icarus - as long as they did not plan to continue to have conflicts with the Pluto Deep Diving Company.
"This may be the only chance."
Booker answered.
He said, turning to Deep Blue:
"I know you are from the tenth floor, but I have checked your information and know that you were also born underground in the resettlement area in the past. So I believe that you can understand many things even if I don't tell you... If there is such an opportunity now , if you can free all nine underground levels from the control of the temporary government in the resettlement area, whose side will you side with?"
The governance rights of all underground levels in the Nord Resettlement Area have always been a bad deal.
Legally speaking, the governance of the entire resettlement area should belong to the former United World Government. But the coalition government of that year has long since become history along with the AD of the old calendar.
The current "tenth floor" of the resettlement area is a provisional government re-established with major companies taking shares based on the remaining framework of the coalition government.
They viewed all underground levels as landfills for dumping garbage - whether it was literal garbage or discarded low-quality people - and implemented an extremely strict one-way segregation policy, using the entire underground level as a buffer Zone isolation zone.
But on the other hand, they do their best to squeeze out the last bit of value from the dense underground population.
Needless to say, they transferred low-end and highly polluting industries. Using the status of official citizens in the resettlement areas as a temptation, they easily recruited the talented elites emerging from all underground levels to the upper levels, cutting off the possibility of all underground levels to escape poverty.
Therefore, although they have never fulfilled the government's obligations to the underground of the resettlement area. But they have been unwilling to give up their legal rights to govern all underground classes.
The "Structural Security Maintenance Force" stationed on the first floor is still the largest and most well-equipped force in the hands of the Nord resettlement area government. And they have only one purpose of existence - to carry out devastating attacks on civilian armed forces at all levels underground at any time.
Even after the Icarus Liberation Front rose and actually controlled the area from minus seven to minus two, they still had no intention of releasing their governance power, but only used Icarus as a useful stability maintenance tool.
In Liao Qi's memory, if it hadn't been for Pluto Deep Dive's sudden high-profile announcement that it would come to the resettlement area to build a factory underground. The original focus of the organization's next struggle should be to win the autonomy of all underground classes.
Unfortunately, the original dimensionality reduction attack from the company's disciplinary force directly destroyed most of the organization's combat effectiveness. Now it seems that the goal of gaining autonomy is far away. Even now, they have to cooperate with ten levels of governments to overcome the next difficulties.
But Booker suddenly came like this...
As for Booker's question, Shen Lan was silent for a long time, and finally she said:
"If you want to use those two grams of antimatter to build a deterrent and hold millions of people in the resettlement area hostage, I will not agree to it even if I die."
"What if I say no?"
Booker continued.
Deep Blue was silent again.
After a while, she nodded.
After receiving a positive answer, Booker immediately looked at Liao Qi.
"I am also opposed to the use of antimatter as a deterrent."
Jiang Zhou replied:
"The reason is simple, because no one among us has the decisiveness to press that button, so the deterrence plan will eventually fail. But if you have other plans besides this, and it is indeed feasible... I will definitely do my best to help you."
Seeing this, Booker breathed a long sigh of relief, and then he sent a document to each of the two people's communication channels, and then explained in a slow and logical manner:
"My plan is like this..."
After Booker finished explaining his plan, Jiang Zhou and Shenlan couldn't help but look at each other.
"It sounds feasible, but..."
After a long time, Jiang Zhou hesitated and said.
Shenlan on the side took over Jiang Zhou's words and continued to ask:
"But how do you get the things you need? Including the five hundred grams of helium-3 you mentioned earlier. In just two months, this is unrealistic..."
"I said, I have my own channels."
Booker replied:
"So, there is only one thing we are lacking right now, and that is time."
When Booker said this, in his sight, a line of pale characters slowly emerged after being activated through the mandala.
That's a countdown.
66:12:59:04
His words fell to the ground, and the 04 at the end of the countdown quickly jumped to 03. …
After Booker left, Jiang Zhou once again felt strongly that Booker had a secret that he was hiding from him.
Regardless of the other party's previous mysterious remarks and the ambitious plan - these two things are almost overflowing with suspicion. .
Regarding Booker's previous promotion path, Perseus and Jiang Zhou investigated it afterwards.
Although the public information that can be found on the World Wide Web is very limited, it is almost certain that during the Second Cyber War, someone had deduced this path to the depth of 7 the limit of human intelligence. As for whether it has broken through to the abyssal zone, there are different opinions on the World Wide Web.
No matter what era, there are people who are extremely obsessed with combat effectiveness. As far as the rankings Jiang Zhou saw in some beast-fighting forums, the promotion path named after Perseus, the mythical hero who beheaded the Gorgon Medusa, could basically be used in debates. Ranking in the top five, and sometimes even reaching third place - only under the two paths of Hercules and Argyleus.
A path like this could only be in the hands of those companies in the Olympus Order.
According to the network war records found by Jiang Zhou, whether they are true or false, Jupiter Group, Minerva Information Technology, Diana Lunar Development, and Mercury Consortium have all made adjustments to the path of Perseus. Records of people's participation in war.
Combined with what the other party said before, that he had channels to obtain printing materials that were strictly controlled by large companies, Jiang Zhou had to wonder whether Booker had something to do with certain companies - or was sent to resettle by certain companies. A hidden pile in the area?
In particular, if the "plan" previously proposed by the other party is followed, once it fails, the entire Icarus will definitely be uprooted. And the bottom layer of the Nord Resettlement Area will never be able to stand up again.
But on the other hand, if the other party really wants to do this, there seems to be no need to take such a big detour and take such a big risk - the more fancy the plan, the greater the probability of eventual failure.
So, should I continue to trust him...
Jiang Zhou asked the bartender for another gin and tonic. He felt very distressed, but he couldn't think of a reason.
Even if he asked Booker directly before, the other party just said that he would tell him everything exactly as it was after everything settled.
never mind.
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou changed his thinking angle.
His top priority right now is to get his body out of the prison in Tartarus as soon as possible. And currently, it seems that
At least on the issue of releasing prisoners, the other party is on the same front as him.
Then a minimal partnership will suffice.
in addition……
Jiang Zhou took another sip of wine.
If I still have the opportunity to mine on the Abyss Darknet again before I am released from prison, I will see if I can think of a way to scare Booker with my identity of "Paradox". Maybe I can get something effective. Information comes.
"result……"
At this time, a voice filled with resentment sounded beside Jiang Zhou.
Shen Lan was frowning and looking at Jiang Zhou:
"It turns out that what I said earlier came true. Liao Qi, you actually came to work in my bar...it's just that it's completely different from what I thought before."
"Booker believes in you."
In this regard, Jiang Zhou replied like this.
He picked up the wine glass and continued:
"Actually, I am willing to believe you, but there is no room for mistakes in what we are going to do next... I think you can understand, right?"
This is the new task Booker assigned to Jiang Zhou - to stay at the Deep Blue Zone Bar as the lady's bodyguard until those two grams of antimatter are printed.
Of course, bodyguard is just a nominal term. In fact, what Jiang Zhou wanted to do was to prevent her from telling the "tenth level" of the government this secret.
"Understood, of course I can understand it. I would probably do the same thing, after all, trust is too precious in this era. But this does not alleviate the discomfort caused by it... What Erwin said earlier was that he wanted you Follow me twenty-four hours a day.”
Deep Blue stroked his forehead as if he had a headache, and answered helplessly.
I'm very sorry……
Jiang Zhou spread his hands.
In fact, it would be a good thing if we can win the support of the dark blue zone bar.
Although this bar only relied on the force of the resettlement area government, it was able to become a talker in the underground world on the ground floor of the resettlement area. But before completely falling out with the ten-level government, the connections and resources in the dark blue area are real benefits.
Not to mention, Shenlan can also act as Icarus and drive into the resettlement area government's hidden stakes.
If she really proves herself trustworthy.
"in addition……"
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou placed the empty wine glass on the table and said:
"As mentioned before, the top-level treatment still counts now?"
At this time, the black and white siblings from before came over.
"Boss, do you really want to hire this guy to come here to watch the show?"
Probably after hearing what Jiang Zhou said before, the white-skinned younger brother said angrily.
Shen Lan shook his head, and then said:
"I'm not here to watch the show, but I'm responsible for my personal safety."
The black and white siblings were dumbfounded.
"what about me?"
The dark-skinned sister asked, pointing at herself.
"You are responsible for watching the show, ma'am."
Jiang Zhou, who felt a little tipsy after a few glasses of wine, said provocatively.
When the other party heard this, he immediately stared at him.
"Uh, actually..."
Shenlan on the side suddenly spoke.
"Mr. Black is the younger brother."
This time Jiang Zhou was stunned.
Then he just slapped my ass? …
"It's time to wake up, caveman."
While sleeping, Jiang Zhou was woken up by noisy sounds.
It was the boos of countless inmates, and a familiar voice.
Opening his eyes, Ye Qian was standing in front of the cell door looking at him.
He had a subtle smile on his face, looking like a cat playing with a mouse.
"To make a long story short...fortunately, your previous deep dive operation has indeed proved your worth. Therefore, I will give you what I promised
award.
"As a reward, you will be upgraded to the Path of Theseus, depth 1 adjuster."
