Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 208 NO.00cf: Deal

Jiang Zhou recalled Liao Qi's previous records—because there was a connection before, the records before his mental index fell into the uncanny valley of mind, and they were instantly synchronized into Jiang Zhou's consciousness.

That is a hundred times more real experience than a real simulating movie.

It was only for a moment, Jiang Zhou clenched his fist unconsciously.

Unspeakable anger and sadness spread in his heart.

Even disconnected, he was part of himself during that time.

No... even if he was never a part of himself, a person like Liao Qi shouldn't end up like this in the end.

He didn't do anything wrong, neither did his mother, nor did his father.

They shouldn't be like this, the world shouldn't be like this.

[Warning: This controllable element is already in a state of high mental pollution, once connected, it may have an unpredictable impact on your mental index]

Perhaps in order to dissuade Jiang Zhou from doing this, the system also popped up Liao Qi's hopeless situation at the moment.

But ignoring these warnings, Jiang Zhou closed the window, intending to directly re-establish an indirect relationship with Liao Qi, who has shown "high risk".

Even if he connects with him, he can't do anything—whether it's forcing the company to compromise, or escaping from the adjuster at depth 7 and killing all the remaining members of Wolfsbane's army.

With Liao Qi's adjustment depth and prosthetic body state at this moment, it is impossible to do.

But at the very least, he wants to witness until the last moment.

Witness until the moment Icarus falls.

However, just as Jiang Zhou was about to complete the connection, a familiar voice echoed behind him.

"Warning all the time, didn't you hear it?"

Hearing the voice, Jiang Zhou turned his head in surprise.

"How... are you here?"

This is the space where he activates the Janus system. Except for Jiang Zhou himself and the connected "controllable elements", no one should be able to come here.

but why……

"Because I can also be your controllable element and keep connected with you... Rather, as a controllable element, there should be no one in this world who is easier to synchronize than me."

Hecate who appeared behind him, compared to Jiang Zhou's indifferent expression when he saw her for the first time, now she has a slightly melancholy temperament on her face for some reason.

"Wait a minute, are you saying..."

Having vaguely guessed what the other party meant, Jiang Zhou had difficulty accepting the reality for a while.

He pointed at the perfect female image like a marble sculpture in front of him, and he was a little tongue-tied.

"The body you printed earlier was transformed into what you see now by me."

Hecate readily nodded and admitted.

Jiang Zhou opened his mouth slightly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Hecate looked over Jiang Zhou, looked at Liao Qi who was shining bright red, and said:

"His time is running out, and so is mine. So to cut a long story short, you now have two choices. First, I will give you back this body and your mind from Tartarus. Copy the model into this body, and then destroy your body in Tartarus. And after that, it will help you complete the adjustment and transformation of the depth 3 of the Path of Theseus.

"After all, this is what belongs to you, and your destiny. I shouldn't get too involved in His legacy. But if this is the case, then the fate between us will come to an end, and I will choose another way to continue to complete your own subject.”

Jiang Zhou originally wanted to say something, but seeing the other party's extremely serious eyes, he finally chose to keep his mouth shut.

He made a "please continue" gesture.

"Or, you can give this body to me, and then connect me into your network as your 'controllable element'. In order to prevent misunderstanding, I will not ask for any control authority from you, and of course I will not I entrust my authority to you—I will do nothing but use it to experience more human emotions. As for you, you will continue to use the body inside Tartarus, deep in Pluto. Under the eyes of those directors of the company, continue to do what you are destined to do."

In other words, although it would cost him to change his gender, the opportunity to escape from Tartarus was right in front of him.

And as long as there is a universal printer, it is not impossible to transform myself back... right?

But in any case, this is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to escape.

"Then...other than that?"

Jiang Zhou didn't directly say his choice, he looked at Hecate, and asked slowly:

"Then the second choice, there should be some interest, right?"

In mythology, Hecate, the goddess of the dark moon, is always associated with words such as mystery, silence, and darkness. As the Titan who once helped Zeus defeat the Cyclops, a great goddess who enjoys respect in the sky, the earth, and the ocean, it seems that there should not be any intense emotions on her body.

However, after Jiang Zhou asked this sentence, Hecate showed an incomparably cruel smile—at this moment, she no longer looked like a goddess of magic in charge of secret witchcraft, but more like a A Valkyrie galloping across the battlefield, bringing honor and victory to herself with sword and shield.

"Before, Liao Qi sacrificed his hatred and anger to me, hoping to give him a chance to burn again."

Hecate said with a cold smile:

"Then for this one time only, I will lend you my strength so that the fallen Icarus can restart again."

Jiang Zhou took a deep breath, tried to calm down his emotions, and finally said in a trembling voice with excitement:

"make a deal."

…………

Back to the present time.

Feathers and wooden branches floating on the sea are now beginning to be reassembled.

Although No. 1 didn't know why Liao Qi, who should have completely dissipated as a human mind, suddenly appeared to be rational. But this does not affect the fact that the other party is powerless to deal with the current situation.

A broken, weak, and exhausted Icarus path depth 4 adjuster has no resistance at all in the current battlefield.

Increased the power of the confinement position, and sealed Liao Qi, who seemed to have regained his sanity, into it again. Number One focused more on Christie, whose body was constantly overloaded by the virus.

After all, the other party is a veteran adjuster who once fought against the leader of the fire thief. Even if it is not her time now, she should be more careful.

"The whole point of you now is to go back with me so that we can dig something out of your dead brain."

While manipulating the drone to change formation, No. 1 replied casually.

"I don't understand..."

He obviously increased the power of the imprisoning position before, but for some reason, the voice of "Liao Qi" still echoed in his ears.

When No. 1 heard this sentence, he immediately turned the camera and looked at the other party.

At this moment, the imprisoned position is slowly fading like water stains under the scorching sun.

And "Liao Qi" tilted his head inside and looked at himself.

How can it be? I have scanned it before, and there is no prosthetic device on the opponent's body that can interfere with the confinement position.

"A thing like you is actually Booker's boss?"

"How the hell are you doing..."

While questioning No. 1, he planned to transform the "Aegis" module into a physical confinement device and lock him up.

But there was no response at all to the commands I issued to the Aegis module—those prosthetic bodies that should have been easily commanded like arms and fingers were all out of control at the moment.

Have you been hacked unknowingly? Or by a depth 4 cyberpsychopath?

Although this kind of conjecture is too absurd, No. 1's tactical literacy, which has been honed over time, made him launch his temporary network domain in the first time.

He intends to block all possible hacking channels of the other party with ice walls.

Just before he entered his temporary network domain, his access command was hijacked by something.

The surrounding scenery changed rapidly, and when he realized it, No. 1 found himself in a fragmented city.

There was a dense fog around him, and in the fog, black dogs and ghosts appeared from time to time.

And in front of him, a person who was pieced together by countless broken color blocks, was also looking down at him.

And the goddess of the moon, Hecate, stood beside him like a maid at this moment.

"paradox……"

Number One said with difficulty.

But the other party just looked at him, and then made a silent gesture and said:

"Don't worry, wait for everyone to arrive."

All here?

What's the meaning?

No. 1's doubts were quickly answered.

In the next instant, three people with bite marks all over their bodies were thrown out from the thick fog.

That was the last remaining member of Wolfsbane's army.