Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 133 NO.0084: Wings of Mercury

To put it simply, Deep Blue hopes to carry out more in-depth cooperation with Icarus with the help of its remaining contacts and intelligence resources.

Or to be more specific, she hopes to gain armed support from the Icarus Liberation Front in the future.

According to Booker's previous idea, in the future they will be able to completely control the second to seventh floors of the resettlement area, and establish a real underground government in the resettlement area except for the "tenth floor". By re-regulating the order of these levels, the basic survival problems of the residents here can be solved-with the technology of this era, these should not be difficult.

In this concept, the negative layer with government garrisons should have continued to be controlled by the "tenth layer" government.

But now, Deep Blue hopes that the negative floor can gain a relatively independent status and become a strategic buffer zone for both sides.

It is not the front line of future conflicts.

"But you shouldn't discuss these things with me... I don't have the right to make decisions about these things."

Jiang Zhou didn't quite understand Deep Blue's requests and proposals—shouldn't the other party directly discuss these matters with Booker, the leader of the organization?

Why did you come here to discuss with yourself?

As for Liao Qi's confusion, Deep Blue answered in this way:

"There are many reasons, and the first reason is that Mr. Erwin asked me to discuss this matter with you - he said that all the cooperation details are for me to connect with you."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhou subconsciously adjusted his sitting posture to make himself look less casual.

Then he asked puzzledly:

"Why?"

Give him responsibility? What are you kidding?

What can he be responsible for?

It's not that Jiang Zhou himself is being humble. Liao Qi's current position in the organization is just a senior thug.

He doesn't have any actual power in his hands, and in terms of status, he acts more often as Booker Irwin's deputy.

Of course, this is largely his own choice. After all, according to Liao Qi's personality, he is not suitable for taking power. Compared with complex organizational structure adjustments, project plan formulation, and personnel arrangements and departmental coordination in one place... Liao Qi prefers, or is better at, solving those more practical problems by himself—for example, where to go, Kill a few.

"Why?"

He repeated Liao Qi's question, but this time it was Shen Lan who was confused.

Not only doubts, but also a little shock in her emotions.

She was a little shocked that the young man in front of her hadn't figured out her true position by this time.

Doesn't this guy even have this self-awareness?

"Mr. Liao Qi, what is the name of your organization?"

Clearing her throat, she asked with a serious face.

"Icarus Liberation Front."

Jiang Zhou replied without thinking.

"Then which upgrade path did you choose?"

Deep Blue continued to ask.

The answer immediately came to his lips, but Jiang Zhou, who understood what the other party was expressing, fell silent all of a sudden.

After another long time, he said thoughtfully:

"So... is that so?"

"It has always been like this, whether you want it or not. After you choose this path of promotion, in the future, you are destined to lead the entire Icarus Liberation Front... and this is what Mr. Erwin will put this The reason for entrusting this matter to you."

Deep Blue said so.

"But I don't feel like I have..."

This feeling of being appointed gave Jiang Zhou a headache. So, he subconsciously denied it.

"It's not even about you being able to lead."

Shen Lan interrupted Liao Qi's frustrated words, and then continued:

"It's the best, but even if you don't, you will become the banner in the hearts of others. As the adjuster of Icarus' path, you are destined to become the leader of this organization."

And her words reminded Jiang Zhou that Booker often told him about the organization's goals and operating policies, and how to be a qualified leader.

In addition, at the previous high-level meeting of the organization, Booker also repeatedly emphasized that he is only temporarily serving as the organization leader. After the situation stabilizes, I will take the initiative to resign from this position and hand it over to a more suitable person.

At that time... no, it should be said that until today, Jiang Zhou never thought that the more suitable person he said would be himself.

Or Liao Qi.

He originally thought that it was the customary modesty of a leader when he was in power.

However, letting myself be the leader of the organization is somewhat too hasty...

Jiang Zhou himself is not bad. After all, he was the person in charge of a large-scale scientific research project a hundred years ago, and he has some management experience.

But these bookers don't know... In the other party's perception, Liao Qi's only management experience in the past was the experience of loosely managing less than a dozen street gangs when he was at the bottom of the resettlement area.

Even if the person who takes the Icarus path will be the leader of the organization, but he dares to let himself be the leader like this, he always feels that Booker's heart is big enough...

However, even though he thought so in his heart, the way Jiang Zhou looked at Shenlan changed suddenly.

"I understand...that being the case, I need to figure out now, if the Icarus Liberation Front wants to deepen cooperation with you, what benefits can we gain?"

Jiang Zhou adjusted his sitting posture again, and then asked.

Now that the words have been spread out like this, he quickly entered the state-whether he will be the leader of Icarus in the future, but there is nothing wrong with putting up the airs first.

Seeing that Liao Qi had entered the state so quickly, Shen Lan didn't answer directly, but threw a metallic object at him.

Turning the magnetic field hovered it in mid-air, and Jiang Zhou then made it float slowly to his hand at a uniform speed——as he gradually got used to the perception of the magnetic field, his control over the magnetic field was like Like riding a bicycle, I gradually became familiar with it.

The thing thrown by the other party is a memory.

"This is a list, which records some smuggling routes."

Looking at the puzzled expression on Jiang Zhou's face, Shen Lan explained.

Jiang Zhou nodded, and then inserted it into his interface. While flipping through the contents, he listened to the other party continue to say:

"Most of them are related to the printing materials of the geothermal power plant... Of course, it does not include bulk raw materials. The government of the resettlement area also intends to use this to put pressure on you so that you can transfer the control of part of the power plant to them— —At the very least, it cannot break the energy monopoly of the Fusion Bureau on the resettlement area.

"Besides that, you need to pay special attention to the seller at the end of the list. He is the only seller in the Nord resettlement area who can get laboratory-grade 'magnetic fluid'."

Ferrofluids are artificial materials that are extremely difficult to synthesize. Like ferrofluids, they have both the fluidity of liquids and the magnetism of solid magnetic materials, and at the same time have the ability to use magnetic fields to control rheological properties, thermophysical properties, and optical properties. .

However, compared with ordinary ferrofluids, they will produce more changes in physical properties under a magnetic field, and they will be more sensitive to the induction of magnetic fields.

After Shen Lan finished speaking, she looked at Liao Qi's confused expression, smiled slightly and continued:

"I don't quite understand? Then let me put it another way and you will understand. The ferrofluid with superconducting effect is the adjustment and transformation of the Icarus Path Depth 3 core, the printing material of 'Mercury Wings'. And this is also yours. The only hard-to-get material to upgrade to Depth 3."

depth 3?

When will I upgrade to Depth 3?

Hearing the other party's tone as if he wanted to surprise himself, Jiang Zhou thought to himself.

Although the former leader left the Icarus path with a list of adjustment permissions required for depth 3, and this path was upgraded to depth 3, only three adjustments were required. However, the technical blueprint of a specific depth 3 is not so easy to obtain - salvaging it in the abyss dark net is like finding a needle in a haystack, and it takes a lot of luck to buy it on the black market.

Jiang Zhou optimistically estimated that it would take more than half a year for Liao Qi's body to upgrade to depth 3 at the earliest.

Wait a minute... The other party knows that there are "mercury wings" in the adjustment and transformation required for depth 3, and even knows that "ferrofluid" is needed to print the mercury wings!

For a while, Jiang Zhou realized.

"It was Booker who told you that 'magnetic fluid' is the printing material needed for 'Mercury Wings'?"

he asked.

Dark Blue nodded, and then asked with some doubts:

"He has obtained a full set of printing permissions for depth 3, didn't he tell you?"

I must have told myself on the encrypted channel, but I didn't receive it...

Jiang Zhou thought to himself.

Still, the full set of deep 3 printing permissions?

How could it be so fast? This is less than a day...

Jiang Zhou was secretly speechless.

Could it be that this was also obtained through his channels? What channel is so powerful?

There are three adjustment permissions required to upgrade to Icarus Depth 3, namely: Coronal Hearth, Apollo Pituitary, and Mercury Wings.

The corona core is an upgrade of the broad-spectrum energy core, which increases its maximum output by about three times and its energy storage by nearly ten times, and also adds two sets of liquid nitrogen cooling systems outside the body for heat dissipation.

The Apollo pituitary gland is an almond-sized biological protein chip, which can greatly enhance the brain's unconscious calculation ability-report an arbitrary 10-digit number to the adjuster implanted with the Apollo pituitary gland, and he will be able to use it in one day. Tell you how many prime numbers there are between 1 and that number in seconds.

In addition, this adjustment also strengthens the resistance of the brain-computer interface to hackers.

As for the wings of mercury... it is the real core of the Icarus depth 3 adjustment. It can be said that the first two adjustments and transformations are all to better control the front of this thing.

After the adjustment and transformation are completed, about three quarters of the blood in the adjuster's body will be replaced with this silver fluid. In addition, the other half of the "Mercury Wings" will be stored in the liquid nitrogen cooling system as a redundancy.

This special fluid is no different from blood in normal times. But in fact, they have properties similar to magnetic fluids—they change their shape and physical properties due to changes in the magnetic field.

And the Icarus adjuster's ability to control the magnetic field can make the "mercury wings" cover the body. According to your own will, become what you want.

In Liao Qi's memory, when the former team leader Kerrett was covering himself, it was like manipulating the "Mercury Wings" like wings, sheltering him from the enemy's intensive firepower. Then when the pursuers rushed over, they solidified into sharp needles along the fingertips, piercing the enemy's throat precisely.