At 6:30 in the morning, Song Lan received a text message from Qi He. The subject of the text message was to invite them to attend an internal meeting. The participants were Qi He, Gustav and Monica.
"What's the matter?"
Lu Xiang glanced at Song Lan, who was staring at the screen of his mobile phone and fell into a daze. The stupid bird was obviously not awake yet, and a small bunch of hair stood up on his forehead. According to his schedule, he had to sleep until 8 o'clock every day. Meets his definition of adequate sleep.
According to her observation, getting up early may be the time when Song Lan is at her weakest.
My consciousness is blurred and my thinking is no longer coherent.
But for Lu Xiang, this is not a good thing. She can often take advantage of Song Lan's tortured state to do whatever she wants.
"Hell, don't these people even sleep? I worked until past 10pm yesterday!"
On this day, Song Lan finally recalled the terror of public officials.
Even during breaks, you have to pay attention to your mobile phone from time to time. Your superiors may send you unexpected work messages at any time. In this field, they are like professional killers, making it difficult to detect.
Although he has never worked with Qi He, Song Lan has already classified him into the "unscrupulous superiors" group in his heart, and sincerely sympathizes with Qi He's subordinates.
"Huh? Why do I remember that you spent the whole day shopping in the food court and commercial street, and waited until 10 o'clock in the evening to report to the program team?"
Lu Xiang immediately exposed Song Lan's lie.
With such a work attitude, the program team of "Rescuer Master" is really a fool.
Considering that the stupid bird kept to himself while shopping yesterday and did not watch the beautiful women dancing on the street like last time, Lu Xiang did not criticize him as appropriate.
"That's work, too."
Song Lan plausibly said, "It's like the teacher in your physical education class lets you move around freely. Doesn't it count as class?"
As a good teacher, he took full consideration of the students' interests and hobbies and gave them a whole day off. This was a benefit that he had not enjoyed even during his school days.
"Daystar does not have physical education classes, and as far as I know, there are usually some teaching activities before free activities."
"I arranged it."
"What's arranged?"
"Inviting them to eat ramen increased the cohesion of the team."
History has proven countless times that fighting skills are just a matter of fun. When it comes to a critical moment, only friendship and bonds can play a role in changing the situation of the war.
This fully demonstrates his foresight as a mentor. While other players are still fighting openly and secretly, he has already begun to cultivate the bond between Veronica and Valian.
"you--"
Lu Xiang was speechless for a moment. She didn't know if it was an illusion. She always felt that Song Lan was becoming more and more unscrupulous in front of her. She recalled that when they first met, the other party would always hide and tuck in when he was lazy and fishy. Now this dumb bird is not only Not ashamed at all, and even created a set of crooked theories!
"Get up quickly, or you'll be late if you linger any longer!"
She couldn't defeat Song Lan in the field of heresy for a while, so she immediately changed her strategy and urged him to get up, "What? Do you still want me to carry you down?"
"Get up, get up!"
Song Lan was startled and quickly suppressed the suggestion of "sleep for another five minutes".
Based on his understanding of Lu Xiang, Lu Xiang is often the weakest in the early morning. He is so weak that he can't even stand firmly. Helping him to get up often ends in failure, and there is a high probability that he will "fall under his feet". "I slipped" and fell onto the bed.
He had to avoid such unexpected discoveries or he would be really late.
After getting up, washing up, and enjoying the hotel's decent breakfast, the hovercar sent by Qihe had already parked on the rooftop terrace of the Eden Hotel.
The arrival of Song Lan and Lu Xiang relaxed the somewhat solemn atmosphere in the conference room.
As Song Lan's "old enemy", Gustav took the initiative to raise his hand and say hello.
This is the safe house built by Qi He in District 4. Even the Ragus Foundation knows nothing about it. Monica has been staying here for the past two days. It’s no wonder that Vadim is about to leave District 4. District turned around and couldn't find his mission target.
The safe house has sufficient supplies and even has a kitchen. The refrigerator is full of prepared dishes. For people in 2167, this can be considered a delicacy. All kinds of drinks are available, and there are also special The recreation room looks like it was built to survive a "doomsday crisis."
Song Lan felt that the best outcome for Monica was to rest in the safe house for a few more days and wait for Vadim to be automatically dealt with by the company if he exceeded the time limit set by the company.
But once this fellow from District 17 is missing, the excitement of this season of "Master Rescuer" will be greatly reduced.
"I'm really sorry. There were some mistakes in the Foundation's business in the 'outside world'. I had to leave District 4 early, so today's meeting was moved forward."
Qi He smiled and expressed his apology. After getting to know Song Lan, they found that he was actually an easy person to deal with. He added, "You are the experts I specially invited. The expert fee will be transferred to your card in a moment." .”
"expert?"
Hearing this, Monica stared at the two dressed up carefully for a long time, then suddenly raised her right hand and pointed at Song Lan in surprise, "I recognize you, the CEO of CP0! It turns out that you have arranged it from the beginning!"
Gustav suddenly froze, and as expected, Monica looked at him with eyes full of suspicion, "You were acting together at the Colo Film Studio that night!"
She still remembered that Gustave broke through the window and ran away shouting "This is my escape route" at the end, and she worried about this for a long time.
If she hadn't seen this man named Rob Lucci in this room, she might have continued to be kept in the dark.
"That's wrong. Mr. Gustave and I are strangers to each other."
Song Lan waved her hand, "As you saw that night, we fought with the determination to kill each other, but there are no eternal enemies in this world. I soon realized that the situation in District 4 was far beyond me. The real enemy is still hiding in the dark."
Gustave nodded repeatedly and gave Song Lan a thumbs up secretly.
As expected of a man who is called a professional swindler, he has become very proficient in talking when he opens his mouth, easily covering up the fact that he bribed the CEO of MI7 in the security office that night.
Monica, who was new to the world, obviously believed it and showed an expression of sudden realization.
She thought about it carefully and found that what the CEO said did make some sense.
The purpose of their initial establishment of the organization was just to assassinate the founder of Kolo Films, to uphold justice and avenge their father at the same time. But who would have thought that this matter would involve biological experiments and the cloning technology that the company has been secretly researching? And some kind of data space that can upload and store human consciousness?
Although Qi He explained the whole story to her, Monica is still a little confused until now.
It's like watching some of the Chloë films, where a group of small-town drag racers end up inexplicably setting out to save the world.
And now she is in this vortex.
Her father's clone gave her a chip, which Gustave said would most likely lead to her death.
To this day, she doesn't know what to do next.
Qi He interrupted his thoughts. He invited everyone to take a seat, and then went straight to the topic, "I wonder what you two know about the Mechanicus?"
"A group of potential cyberpsychopaths who have highly cyborgized themselves."
Lu Xiang said.
This is not the first time they have heard the name "Mechanicus". There is currently a branch of the Mechanicus in District 17. Their sources of prosthetics usually come from unconventional channels such as the black market and "outside" arms dealers. The lack of customization has resulted in many of them looking like humans or ghosts.
Even if they do nothing, they will be classified as dangerous because of their appearance.
"But as far as I know, the probability of cyberpsychosis among them is extremely low. Almost 80% of the cases of cyberpsychosis attacks are caused by uninformed people spreading rumors. This is not consistent with our current research conclusions on prosthetics. Does not match."
Non-customized prostheses, black goods, and private surgeries.
The followers of the Mechanicus are almost filled with all the auras that make them become cyberpsychotics, but most of them can stay awake. "This reminds me of the Eclipse Cult. The residents of the fourth neutral country have become psychic." The probability of being successful is also astonishingly high, and I once suspected that this was the reward brought by faith.”
"You haven't investigated them?"
Lu Xiang felt that sitting here with a group of them and guessing was not as practical as finding a few members of the Mechanicus for research.
These believers believe in the God of Machinery, the "Mother" mentioned in RT6, but as of now, she does not know how their faith can protect them from cyberpsychosis. If their situation is different from that of the Lunar Eclipse Cult, Believers are similar, so they are a huge threat.
During their trip to the Fourth Neutral Kingdom, they cracked the secrets of the church.
"All Psychics" is just an experiment by the Lord of Genes. He planted the seeds of abnormal change in the bodies of the believers and gave them some characteristics of psychics. When the Lord of Genes deems it necessary, these seeds They will take root and sprout, transforming them into aberration structures.
What about the followers of the Mechanicum?
Will they all suddenly be transformed into Frankenstein someday in the future?
Lu Xiang has always been skeptical of faith. Any faith will bring corresponding costs, even those who try to believe in Song Lan are no exception.
They have all become salty fish or funny characters.
This may also be another level of "distortion".
"That's the problem. Any matters related to the Mechanicus in the Foundation have been vetoed. According to my investigation, not only within the Foundation, neither the reformers, neutrals, nor conservatives have launched any investigation into the Mechanicus. Although they live in various cities within the territory, they seem to be outside the coalition government."
In addition, the Cult of Mechanicus never publicizes their doctrines to the outside world, and the threshold for becoming a believer is extremely harsh, so they have never appeared in the discussion topics of the Council.
This shows that someone within the coalition government is "covering" them, otherwise those curious researchers will never let go of these research materials.
"Do you remember that chip? I marked some companies under the Foundation in it. I speculated that they may be closely related to the Mechanicus. I have been pursuing the clues they left for the past few years. It wasn’t until this time that progress was finally made.”
And these developments were brought about by him taking huge risks and going deep into the "Sea of Souls".
"I have investigated within Khloe Films, and the internal fighting among their senior executives has indeed reached a fever pitch, but it is not Kolo Films that has been providing prosthetic transplant services to Vadim and his men for many years. Man, Zingosi outsourced this job to Military Technology, and the person currently instructing Vadim behind the scenes is also someone from Military Technology."
"Can you find out his specific identity?"
"All relevant information has been destroyed, and my technicians also discovered that he has appeared in multiple guises, which is more consistent with the characteristics of artificial intelligence."
But……
An artificial intelligence with autonomous consciousness that can control humans and even companies?
Qi He couldn't think of any company on the market today that could create such artificial intelligence.
He originally suspected that this was the conspiracy of the Senate President, but the recent turmoil in District 1 denied this.
The chairman of the Senate was almost assassinated, and the High Council once became the highest authority of the coalition government, but artificial intelligence did not intervene in that dispute.
"They seem to be able to come forward on behalf of any company when necessary, and even this time is no exception. My investigation has just started, and problems have arisen in the foundation's affairs in the 'outside world'. The council named me and asked me to go there in person. , just to make sure I leave District 4.”
This was also the purpose why Qi He had to find the two people before leaving the fourth area. He felt that only Song Lan could uncover the mystery of the Mechanicus.
The deeper he investigates, the more he feels that they are like puppets on strings, as if there is an invisible hand controlling their and the fate of the coalition government from an invisible place.
"Speaking of which, I have to thank you. Without your help, my long-term investigation may have come to an end."
"You're welcome, as long as the expert fees and conference fees are paid in time."
Song Lan didn't feel any psychological pressure when she spoke to Qi He.
Because the rising housing prices in the 17th arrondissement are obviously caused by the Ragus Foundation.
"That's natural."
Qi He glanced at the time. He received a temporary notice and the council did not leave him much time. "By the way, there is one more thing. I have always had a strange feeling. Maybe what I have been pursuing is not An independent entity, but the company itself."
He paused and added, "Maybe that's what the company is really like."
Thanks for the 102 starting coins for looking at this!
The small theater has two hundred and twenty-five:
A certain day of a certain year, a certain day of the month, Sunday, in the morning
Lu Xiang has always felt that if Song Lan was put on the market, it would definitely be a popular "product." More than one person has expressed to her the idea of "renting" Song Lan.
Council, department cafeteria, friends represented by Hannah.
Now there's another night heron.
The safe didn't seem to stop this kid from embarking on a gourmet journey. Early this morning, Lu Xiang discovered the teeth marks on the safe, and the luggage packed inside had disappeared.
Accordingly, Ye Heron slept on a small bed with a bag shaped like luggage, which was tightly covered with a quilt.
The whole morning, she squatted beside her bed, feeling like she was protecting her food.
The child has reached the rebellious stage and becomes increasingly disobedient.
Lu Xiang actually felt like this.
"I think it was you who stimulated her."
Song Lan, holding an electronic newspaper in her hand, expressed her opinion.
"I?"
Lu Xiang was a little surprised.
"You're keeping her home for a bad reason."
"There are so many bad people out there? Why is this bad?"
"The 'bad guy' is in Night Heron's food chain, and she's always wanted a taste of the big city folk."
Song Lan said, "It's no different than telling her, 'Everything is delicious outside.'"
