Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 138 NO.0089: The Hyena

If there was a place where people had no pressure to survive and all material pleasures could be easily satisfied, what would people choose to pursue?

The answer is obviously the pursuit of spiritual satisfaction.

However, spiritual fulfillment itself is an all-encompassing concept.

Pursuing the power to control others and demonstrating one's own authority is a kind of spiritual satisfaction; pursuing the tacit understanding that can understand each other with just one look in an intimate relationship is also a kind of spiritual satisfaction; even pursuing the ultimate carnal experience, constantly passing through Stimulation to fill one's empty heart is also a kind of spiritual satisfaction...

And in the city of sages, in this place where it is forbidden to hurt each other, the concept of personal identity is abolished, and people are not allowed to establish long-term stable relationships. The path of spiritual satisfaction that people pursue, to a large extent, is only the endless exploration of the unknown.

"Here, every citizen can find a suitable topic according to their own interests. And we will provide everyone with the resources needed to research the topic—whether it is computing power or other things—the Apollo Bureau will Every once in a while, the research results are collated and integrated into...yes, integrated into a technology blueprint."

Looking at the surprised expression on Jiang Zhou's face, the woman whose skin was covered with gold powder smiled and said.

It doesn't matter whether the topic has practical significance, because discoveries and inventions that are meaningless today may bring extraordinary achievements tomorrow; it doesn't matter whether the topic is reinventing the wheel, because even if the existing conclusions are finally drawn, Depending on the research path, the process itself can also bring new enlightenment.

After losing the shackles of the physical body, human minds can fly freely here.

As a scholar, Jiang Zhou must admit that this kind of place is definitely a paradise for theoretical research—of course, it is limited to theoretical research. Lack of experimental verification in reality, the reliability of the creations produced here may not be guaranteed.

After all, the base construction program has a limit, just like the performance of a virtual machine running on a computer, it is impossible to exceed the performance of the computer itself.

But even so, this scene is attractive enough...

"So, what is your final answer?"

Seeing that the other party was lost in thought, the woman urged her to ask.

"If I choose to be a citizen here, is the database here..."

Just in case, Jiang Zhou asked carefully.

"Become a citizen here, and the database of the city of sages will be completely open to you - you will be able to browse through all the materials at will, and use the printing permission here. Based on this, you can choose the direction you are interested in , start your own research topic."

The woman covered in gold powder replied like this.

Jiang Zhou had to admit that he was a little moved.

In such a city without identity, it is undoubtedly time-consuming to find Charon's steed. That being the case, I might as well take this opportunity to bring out all the valuable things in the city's database.

After all, the wool that comes for nothing is not gathered for nothing.

"If this is the case, then I will be very happy to become a citizen of the City of Sages."

After a moment of silence, he finally gave his answer.

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"Then finally, you are welcome to join our cause and become one of us."

After the negotiation was over, Jiang Zhou reached out his hand to Shenlan as the end of the conversation.

As for his words, the other party was obviously stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly:

"You're right...I didn't say I wanted to join the Icarus Liberation Front. Don't get me wrong about the nature of our cooperation. It's just an alliance of convenience out of common interests."

But for this, Jiang Zhou shook his head, and didn't mean to take back his hand:

"It doesn't matter whether you are in the name of Icarus, or even what your reasons for doing this are... The key is that your actions have actually helped our cause. In my opinion, at least for now You must be one of us."

Seeing the old-fashioned look of the young man in his early twenties, Shen Lan couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then she immediately covered her mouth when she realized that this was damaging her image.

After calming down his emotions, Shenlan still shook his head with a helpless smile on his face:

"You really know how to speak. Just a few sentences put me on the 'thief ship'... It seems that Erwin did not find the wrong person. Maybe you are born to do this."

Having said that, Shen Lan still shook hands with Liao Qi solemnly.

"In short, I will send the person in charge of the docking later, and I hope everything will go smoothly. Oh, yes..."

Letting go, she took out a golden authentication card from her handbag.

Jiang Zhou recognized the logo on the card at a glance. It was the logo of Theseus Freight Company.

"Almost forgot, you said before that you hoped to use my help to book the storage service of Theseus's cargo, right?"

Shen Lan asked, the authentication card in her hand represented her status as a gold member of Theseus Freight Company.

But this is not surprising, as the former leader of the underground intelligence in the resettlement area, it would be strange if she did not have the status of the most senior member of the largest smuggling channel.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhou nodded and said:

"At that time, I hope you can take me there to pick the designated storage warehouse - I remember that gold members seem to have this privilege."

Shenlan nodded first, indicating that he would help arrange it, and then asked a little puzzled:

"But why is that? If you're just buying services, there's absolutely no need for you to come to me for help, right?"

Because we plan to take this opportunity to check out the warehouse, and then steal a universal printer from a certain storage room.

Jiang Zhou complained in his heart, but he used the words he had prepared before saying:

"Generally speaking, this is indeed the case. In fact, the former team leader is also a senior member of the Theseus Freight Company. But the incident that happened at the Theseus warehouse really made us a little... no longer welcome by this company. gone."

What he said was the truth - because of the previous battle with the company's disciplinary forces in the warehouse, Icarus is now on the blacklist of Theseus Freight Company. Although it is not to the extent of completely prohibiting business dealings, the security deposit and other restrictions that need to be paid are quite annoying.

In this case, finding a trustworthy person to help open an account and store important supplies of the organization has become a reasonable reason.

From Deep Blue's point of view, this can be regarded as the Icarus Liberation Front, or at least a manifestation of Liao Qi and Booker's trust in their partner.

Or to put it more conspiratorially, maybe what strategic materials they want to stockpile is just a cover—the point is to prove their sincerity of cooperation in this form.

Thinking so wildly, Deep Blue didn't consider the possibility that the other party planned to go to Theseus's warehouse to steal things—after all, except in movies, in reality, few people would think of robbing the vault when they were short of money.

So Shenlan nodded and said:

"Then let's go take a look together when you are free."

Jiang Zhou looked at the other party's expression with a touch of emotion, and a certain sense of guilt after cheating others crept into his heart.

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After seeing off Deep Blue, Jiang Zhou threw himself on the sofa and let out a long sigh of relief.

"I feel like I'm not suitable for this..."

Looking up at the mottled ceiling in the cheap rental house, he muttered to himself.

"But you're doing really well."

A voice he was familiar with suddenly came from a corner of the room.

"who?"

One second Jiang Zhou was still lying lazily on the sofa, and the next second he jumped up, ready to fight.

The "Scorpio" high-energy pulse pistol thrown on the coffee table flew into his hand accurately through the control of the magnetic field.

Not only that, but shortly after, several weapons hidden in hidden corners in the rental house were manipulated to float around him—the safety of the long-range weapons was automatically opened, and the triggers were triggered; as for the melee weapons, they were floating at a distance from him. It is within easy reach for him to use and replace at any time.

Jiang Zhou pointed his gun at the place where the previous voice came from, and said in a threatening tone:

"Who the hell is there?"

Although the sound came from that direction, in Liao Qi's perception, there was no one there.

Whether it was visible light, or infrared vision, or even his magnetic field perception... all detection methods showed that there was nothing there.

That voice sounded like Booker's, but in this day and age, that doesn't mean much.

In terms of sound alone, there are too many ways to camouflage.

It may be that Jiang Zhou's exaggerated movement frightened the invisible guy. The guy was silent for a few seconds, and then said in a tone that seemed a bit scared:

"Do you usually keep so many weapons at home? In short, you should calm down first. I am now two meters away from you, and I will remove the disguise of the 'Hyena's helmet' next, don't you When I got excited, I shot..."

After the words fell, Jiang Zhou saw a mosaic-like distortion in the position described by the other party. Booker, dressed in bright silver armor inlaid with black edges, appeared in front of his eyes like a puzzle.