The image of the press conference, with dark blue light, was projected onto Monk's face in front of the screen. He was leaning on the recliner in the secret room. When Bridge announced the key information of the memory card, Monk almost jumped out of the chair.
Playing with the two-centimeter-square black memory card, he placed it in front of his eyes. The details on the memory card were clearly visible. He looked at it as if the thing in his hand was the eye of the storm. Under the calm appearance, there was infinite lethality hidden.
Munch opened the arm implant and carefully placed the memory card into the deepest encryption area.
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First Leadership Center in Tozcana.
The large indoor space exudes main colors that match the sky in real time. There is a semi-circular conference table placed by the window. On the table is a 20 cm high glass bottle, which contains a cloud that is constantly changing and crashing around. The richly decorated high-backed chair behind the table became the visual center of the room. Sammy Anderson sat slumped on it, with his fingers intertwined and placed on his navel, saying nothing.
All staff can only wait in a specific area after applying at the door. The special diffuse reflection device of the high-back chair emits a halo of divine color to the surroundings. The strong backlight turns the scene behind the table into a black silhouette.
The floating robot designed in the shape of angel wings delivered the documents that needed to be signed to Sami. After a brief browse, he raised his finger and sketched the signature area in the air, then waved his hand and dismissed everyone.
After tapping twice on the armrest of the high-backed chair, a hidden secret door slowly opened on the side wall to Sammy's right. A young man with dreadlocks, wearing a suit, stood respectfully. in front of Sammy.
Under the control of the man, all the windows in the room immediately became opaque. With the high-backed chair as the center, a circle of white mechanical nozzles rose up. High-precision fibers spewed out like silk, rapidly. The ground weaves together, forming an absolutely safe information cocoon in the center of the room, wrapping the two of them.
"Paul, how are things going?" Sammy turned his seat and said to the young man next to him, casually loosening a few buttons on his clothes.
"Commander, we are fully investigating. The video data of that night was artificially destroyed... It seems that there is a mysterious force secretly preventing our actions, including the uneasy City Security Bureau."
The man's name is Paul Pitt, Sammy's personal secretary. As a young man with an avant-garde appearance, he rarely has any body implants.
Looking at Sami who looked displeased, Paul quickly added: "There are many temporary resettlement areas around Sike Street in Noord District, and the people are extremely messy. We are using the crowd tactics to investigate one by one. It does... It will take some time." .”
Sammy tilted his head away and thought for a moment. "As soon as possible, help me find a few candidates for the managers of the City Security Bureau, and at the same time, warn Xia Bridge. If this chess piece does not obey the control, then it can only be canceled." Then he stretched out his hand and pushed Paul to the high-backed chair. The armrests were pulled up, and the buttons on the clothes had been completely unbuttoned, revealing a greasy and hairy belly.
"How is the condition of the living body?"
"Dr. Arif is waiting in the laboratory and can be checked at any time."
Sammy nodded in agreement.
Paul connected to Adam's laboratory through the encrypted frequency band. Arif was wearing a white coat and simple medical glasses on his head, waiting quietly in front of the screen. He was the only one in the huge space, and all other irrelevant people had been temporarily eliminated. The display racks on both sides are filled with experimental instruments, test tubes, beakers, evaporating dishes, etc.
Sammy smiled slightly and patted his thigh at the same time, his fat trembling horizontally. Paul suppressed the change of emotion on his face, put his hand around Sammy's neck, leaned against his open skirt, and slid from the armrest to sit on his lap.
Arif in front of the screen watched all this with a calm expression. He still stood quietly, waiting for Sammy to give instructions.
"Dr. Arif, let me see how the living subjects are doing?"
"Dear Commander, following your will, I will take you to see him immediately." Arif switched the transmission signal source to the medical glasses on his head.
Behind Arif lie a dozen glass jars. There are white metal edges on the top and bottom, and the top is connected to countless small transparent hoses, in which green liquid flows and gathers in the metal squares on the ceiling. In the middle of the tank, an oval-shaped control panel is embedded, which displays real-time data inside the tank.
The tank is filled with green viscous liquid, and a naked body is immersed in it, in a suspended state. A round glass mask is worn on the head, connected to a small hose on the top of the tank. The bottom metal is engraved with Beverly Andrew's name, associated with a heart icon.
Beverly closed his eyes tightly, his face expressionless. The real-time data on the jar was evidence that he was still alive at this moment.
"Dear Commander, your body is in good condition, don't worry, it's just..." Arif hesitated, his eyes evasive, "According to my monitoring of your body, please complete the organ transplant as soon as possible, otherwise..."
Sami coughed and signaled Arif not to continue, "You should report to me the condition of the living body at any time, especially Beverly, and there can't be any problems. When the time is right, I will notify you to perform the operation." After that, it ended. The call was made.
Sammy tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, and Paul pressed his face against Sammy's chest, quietly listening to his heartbeat. It was a sound full of traces of time, and even more, a sound full of flaws.
"Commander, I think you should complete the transplant operation as soon as possible. Being able to become a part of your body is the highest honor for that guy named Beverly. Death will be a supreme gift to him!"
When Sami heard this, his mood fluctuated a bit, and he pushed Paul off his body.
"Don't mention anything about Beverly in front of me in the future. I will tell you when I need it. Notify the core members of the Eternal Life Society immediately, and an emergency meeting will be held in an hour. In addition, the capture of young living bodies will be suspended in the near future. , deal with all the people who participated in the previous operation. The old rules are to sacrifice to the sky."
Looking at Paul with a solemn expression, Sami pulled him close to him, brushed his right hand through his braid, reached his face, and finally stopped at the corner of his mouth. "Go on, Paul, don't let me down this time!"
Turning to leave, Paul took out a square towel from his suit, wiped his face vigorously, and immediately changed his face to a serious one.
After 58 minutes, Tozcana City led the first center.
Sammy was at the center of the circular barrier, at the top of the area where the high-backed chairs were, and the ceiling dropped to reveal circles of imaging devices. The light overlapped each other, creating an infinitely extending mirror space in front of Sami. Sami's figure kept replicating in the reflection of the light.
When the time is up, a gradient pattern in the shape of a Möbius strip rises in the center of the mirror space, with a text at the bottom: The universe is infinite and life is eternal. The pattern spun faster, then disintegrated. As the mirror space disappeared, a giant virtual round table appeared in front of Sami.
A total of six men in black robes, including Sami, were sitting on the round table divided equally at sixty-degree angles. Except for Sami, everyone else's face is like a blank sheet of paper without any facial features. This is a rule set by Sami. Except for him, other members of the Eternal Life Society cannot communicate with each other, including identity information.
Starting from Sammy's right hand, five marks, No. 1 to No. 5, appeared on the high-backed chair of the faceless man. Sammy closed his eyes tightly and just tapped the armrest with his right hand rhythmically without speaking.
silence.
Finally, Faceless Man No. 3 took the lead to speak. "Commander, do you have any orders for summoning us so urgently?"
"No matter what your instructions are, we will carry them out without hesitation." Faceless Man No. 1 lowered his head to show respect for Sami.
Sami slowly opened his eyes and pushed an organ transplant list to the center of the round table. "Now, there is a copy of the list, but its whereabouts are unknown. Once the contents are leaked, it will be a fatal blow to the Everlasting Society. From today on, the capture of living bodies will be stopped, and the sacrificial activities of the Everlasting Society will also be suspended until the card is stored. Until he is found."
"There are still many members who have not found a matching living body. Stopping the capture now may affect the cohesion of the organization, especially in this sensitive period. If there are too many objections, it will also be greatly detrimental to the leader's prestige. "Faceless Man No. 2 reminded him seemingly in good faith.
Sami heard the implication. After today's press conference, anyone with a discerning eye in the organization could see that Sami's authority was gradually being challenged.
Several other faceless people lowered their heads and said nothing. The best way now is to remain silent.
"No. 2, this is not your concern." Sami sat on a high-backed chair, looking disdainfully ahead, with no one in his eyes.
"Dear Commander, if the live capture is suspended, does it mean that we can start the nationwide body implantation plan in advance? These humble lower-class people are an important foundation for our great plan. As long as we start to implement the plan, wealth, labor, weapons, etc. Wait, everything will keep flowing in.”
"No. 2, you have crossed the line." Sammy's voice was low. "If you forget the teachings of the Eternal Life Society, it is necessary for others to remind you."
The other faceless people stood up at the same time, took a step forward, knelt down in front of the high-backed chair, crossed their palms, covered their faces, and chanted loudly: "The universe is infinite, life is eternal. The secrets of eternal life are scattered in the bodies of all things Above, the pure body is the cornerstone towards eternal life. Following the glory of the leader, we will eventually live forever.”
"Pure body! No. 2, tell me, is a human body that has received a machine implant still pure? Let engine oil flow in the blood vessels and let foreign matter persist in the muscles. What is the difference between such a body and a machine! Once it is implemented The National Body Implantation Program, without enough complete young bodies, how can we achieve the great cause of eternal life! Everything you just said is nothing compared to eternal life!"
Sami was very emotional. After making the impassioned speech just now, he controlled his tone and said to the faceless man in front of him: "Everyone, please remember what I just said." He looked around the round table solemnly, with his last look. It fell on the faceless man No. 2, "Tonight, the night sky in the southwest of Tozcana City will bloom for you, and for all future transgressors. Okay, please step back."
The giant virtual round table disappears into the space with the image of a faceless person.
Faceless Man No. 2 brushed the hair falling from his forehead with his hand, looking calm and without fear. His face was clearly printed on the smooth and flat tabletop. He was the second ruler of Tozcana City, Casper Fan.
Casp was sitting on a chair, with an old man standing next to him, holding a delicate crutch in his left hand and his right hand on his back. He was the man standing in front of Monk at the 0216 material distribution site.
Casp leaned against the old man's ear and whispered a few words. After the old man turned and left, he stared at the parasitic tower outside the window in trance until late at night a few hours later, at the Cyber Center in the southwest of Tozcana City. A beautiful explosion cloud rose in the sky.
With the loud explosion, Casp's door was knocked open. Paul led a group of heavily armed men in black and put Casp in a daze on a hovering airship. He did not resist, and his mouth was still hanging. Smiling unnoticed.
