Jiang Zhou had carefully thought about what kind of social ecology would be formed by those wandering people locked in the abyss and dark web.
The stand-in program does not need to eat, and it will not get sick or age; although it will truly simulate the fatigue and sleepiness of the real body, it is only limited to the feeling - its purpose is just to remind the wanderers not to be high-intensity for a long time Tighten your nerves to reduce mental stress.
These factors, combined with the fact that there are no malicious threats roaming the Narcissus Plains. It can be said that for the wanderers trapped in the Abyss Dark Web, as long as the safety of the body in the base reality is not considered, this place can definitely be regarded as a true data utopia.
And just as human consciousness is a reflection of its material body, the social form of a society is also a reflection of each individual's life goal. According to the logic of development, these wanderers living in the Narcissus Plain should spontaneously form some unprecedented social form.
However……
Jiang Zhou, who was hiding his figure at the side, silently observed the guards approaching in his direction.
Each of them wore full anti-riot armor, and the one-way goggles on their helmets made it difficult for Jiang Zhou to see each other's appearance.
In their hands, each held a stun baton that kept flashing with electric light, and hanging on their waists where they could reach out was a subsonic non-lethal gun.
They were extremely cautious when marching, and they covered each other's blind spots, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
In addition, the person walking at the end of the team has a clear captain's logo on his helmet. As they advanced, it was he who directed the formation.
Well...it is basically certain that among these people, there is not only a social division of labor, but also a clear order of superiors and subordinates.
Jiang Zhou came to this preliminary conclusion.
But that shouldn’t be the case…
He could understand that the wanderers would most likely live in groups - after all, humans are collective animals and have an innate need for social interaction. However, without the limitations of survival materials, the wanderers who stay here should not have a social division of labor and the need to establish a leadership order...
Is it because there are armed conflicts between different wanderer groups?
Jiang Zhou thought of another possibility.
In addition to collecting survival resources, there is another reason for humans to accept the order of power - the need to jointly respond to threats from foreign enemies.
Considering that the female stand-in who followed him along the way was probably killed many times before his consciousness was finally wiped away. Jiang Zhou speculated that these people would form a social division of labor and a superior-subordinate order, possibly because they had to deal with attacks from other wanderers.
But soon, he denied this conjecture himself.
Because if this is the case, then the weapons carried by these guards seem too trivial - they are only non-lethal weapons, which are not enough to suppress workers' demonstrations. If a life-and-death conflict really arises, what they have in their hands can be said to be completely inadequate.
Anyway, let’s observe first…
Jiang Zhou, who was hiding aside, didn't think much, and silently watched the guards getting closer and closer.
When they finally surrounded the ghost-like girl, the man who looked like the captain who had been at the end stepped forward.
He looked at the translucent girl and said with some surprise:
"Wandering ghost? How long ago did you run away last time? Why did you come back again?"
The man's voice sounded a little dull because it had been processed by a filter.
"I don't know, boss... maybe she likes our place."
The guard closest to the captain said this.
"Qi... I thought there was a new person coming. What a pity... How long has it been since we held a carnival day?"
At the same time, another guard next to him complained.
Along with his complaints, the people next to him also nodded in agreement.
"Okay, that's it!"
The captain raised his voice, interrupting everyone's chatter.
It wasn't until he confirmed that everyone's attention was on him that he continued:
"According to the process, just guide her to the Sage City first, and then hand it over to the people of the 'Dionysus Bureau'. Although it is not as good as finding a new person, you can still get some wine in exchange for finding a wandering soul. God ordered it.”
"Look, we're home, we're home... we're done..."
The girl pointed to the city not far away, and her voice once again stuttered like a broken repeater.
Everyone around nodded when they saw this. The captain immediately walked to the girl's side and waved his hand in front of her dull and bright eyes.
"Okay, okay, let's go home."
He said this in a tone that sounded like coaxing a child.
But the girl ignored him completely. Instead, she turned to look at an empty place on the side - where Jiang Zhou was hiding.
"We're home, let's go back together."
As if she could see Jiang Zhou hidden there, she said again.
This made the latter feel bad.
"Huh? Aren't these wandering souls following along? Doesn't it mean that as long as they meet someone who is still alive, they will be like brown sugar and can't be shaken off?"
In response, one of the guards asked curiously.
"Usually that's the case."
The captain said, stopping his other movements and pulling out the subsonic non-lethal gun from his waist.
Then, he followed the wandering soul's gaze and pointed the gun at the seemingly empty space.
"Generally speaking, there is another possibility... it is possible that this ghost did not wander back by itself, but came back with someone."
The captain said so.
Then, he decisively pulled the trigger in the direction of Jiang Zhou.
"Snapped……"
The rubber bullets propelled by low-intensity gunpowder came out of the short muzzle of the gun without making much noise.
Thin flames and indifferent smoke were shot out immediately after the bullet, but their kinetic energy could not catch up with the bullet, and they just dissipated in mid-air like mist.
In fact, this kind of non-lethal weapon can be said to be completely unworthy of mention for Liao Qi's body. Even if the power is increased five times, it will only be enough to waste some of his plastic steel armor under the skin.
Jiang Zhou could even stand here and let the opponent use up the entire magazine. To him, these subsonic rubber bullets are no different from water gun bullets.
But now that he has been discovered, Jiang Zhou plans to shock the other party first - this will help with subsequent communication.
Under the activation of adrenaline, everything around him slowed down in his eyes. In the past, when he was at depth 1, this ultra-high-speed reflex nerve often made him feel frustrated that his movements could not keep up with his reactions.
However, after completing the depth 2 adjustment and transformation, his body was able to completely control this feeling.
As if he had entered bullet time, Jiang Zhou could clearly see the trajectory of the subsonic bullet with his naked eyes, and saw how the bullet hit his chest.
Then, he gently made an "OK" gesture with his index finger and thumb, and easily held the bullet on his fingertips.
At the same time, he turned off his concealment program - with a slight change of color blocks, he appeared directly in front of many guards.
"Hello."
Jiang Zhou gently twisted the bullet and said calmly.
Perhaps the sudden change into a living person had stimulated the other party. The captain who had shot him before said nothing and pulled the trigger continuously, emptying the magazine in less than two seconds.
"Click, click, click, click... click click click..."
An entire magazine was empty, leaving only the hollow reverberation of the trigger.
The person he was aiming at, Jiang Zhou, just held a small handful of warm rubber bullets in his hand and shrugged at the crowd. Then, he let the bullets slip through his fingers and bounce around like gummy candies on the ground.
No way, are these guys all natives?
Jiang Zhou caught all the bullets easily and looked at the people who were stunned in place, Jiang Zhou thought like this.
The other guards around the captain reacted quickly and immediately took out their guns and pointed them at him - five in total. Jiang Zhou was too lazy to take the bullets one after another like he did in the audio game. After all, whether you avoid it yourself or rely on the subcutaneous armor to ignore it, these things are not a threat at all.
However, this is also the time...
"Wait a minute, wait a minute! Put your guns down! He is a new guy!"
So said the captain who had finished playing a whole shuttle to him earlier.
Today I will update one day, and tomorrow I will resume two updates. I have been delayed by something at home these two days.
(End of chapter)
