Abyssal Wanderer

Jiang Zhou walked to the corpse and slowly squatted down.

The opponent's head was equipped with subcutaneous armor, so although his previous shot was deadly enough, it did not shatter it beyond recognition.

Because of this, Jiang Zhou was able to see an implant that was suspected to be a biological protein chip "Pegasus".

Yes……

Slightly pushing aside some fragments of the subcutaneous armor and skull to expose the wounds, Jiang Zhou further confirmed that the flying wing-shaped gelatinous organ was the "Pegasus".

In this way, some of the previous doubts were explained.

Jiang Zhou thought.

Before the battle, when Jim observed the other party's representation topology, he noticed that the other party's symptoms of cyberpsychosis were thin self-awareness. The target's intent cannot be observed until it is activated.

Although there are many kinds of diseases that can cause similar phenomena, the other party's performance is most similar to the state of "zombie man".

As Jiang Zhou knew, there were two ways to enter the "zombie" state.

One is to perform transformation surgery on "zombie slave workers".

Through pruning and adjusting the frontal cortex, superior parietal lobule and left angular gyrus, and laying out a series of nanotube lines. In the end, the reformer's self-awareness is completely wiped out, making him a slave at will. The sophistication of the surgery will determine the complexity of the work that the zombie slaves can perform - ranging from the lowest level of sex dolls who can simply cater to the automated programming wetware capable of writing beautiful code.

This technology became popular during the Second Corporate War, and "zombie people" with various functions were widely put into use by various companies. It was not completely banned until the passage of the Biological Rights Protection Act, but until now, at least more than two million transformed zombies are still circulating on the black market.

The second is the depth 3 adjustment and transformation of Theseus' path, and the implantation of "Pegasus".

Unlike the former, the "zombie state" of Pegasus implanters is not irreversible. Adjusters can choose to enter or exit such a state freely, and during the period of becoming a "zombie", their self-awareness can also feel everything around them, but they have temporarily lost control of their bodies.

Jiang Zhou originally thought that the other party lost control due to the former transformation, but he did not expect that it was the latter.

"Speaking of which..."

Tartarus, New Abyss Office.

Jiang Zhou, who was looking through relevant information carefully, suddenly raised his head and asked:

"Is Pegasus' printing authority for adjustment and transformation widely circulated in the private market?"

Fanny, who was working at her desk, also raised her head when she heard this. She looked at Jiang Zhou and replied helplessly:

"How is it possible? This is the printing permission of depth 3, and it also involves the taboo of the 'Path of Theseus'... Even in Tartarus, there is not much reserve in the company's 'authority library'. If the Abyss Wanderer who dives for salvage can bring back a Pegasus, it will definitely be an achievement worthy of awards."

In response to this answer, Jiang Zhou nodded and stood up from the head-shot corpse.

If even companies like Pluto Deep Diving don't have too many "Pegasus" in reserve. How could a low-level gang like the Classic Coffee Gang install this thing on their thugs?

As a result, scattered clues one after another began to connect in Jiang Zhou's mind and gradually took shape.

During the Second Corporate War, the Dionysians split from the Order of Elysium. The latter became one of the present-day Olympians, the Order of Bacchus. The former insists that there is a human god conceived in the abyss and dark web. Prayers to the God of Mankind actually gave them the meme virus called "Rave".

This memetic virus is activated by a special picture and can instantly transform church believers from ordinary people with no combat experience into cold-blooded killing machines that even veterans of hundreds of battles will fear.

Later, the Dionysian sect merged with the Church of the Holy Trinity. They believe that the God of humanity who was conceived in the dark web of the abyss is the Son of the Holy Trinity...that is, Jiang Zhou himself.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou couldn't help but frown.

It would be fine if he just used his name as a tiger flag. As a "historical figure", he wouldn't think that it was an infringement of his reputation and he would have to charge copyright fees or something.

But judging from the final outcome after the Dionysus sect and the Holy Trinity sect merged, there is a high probability that they really came up with something extraordinary...

The arbiter of the Olympian order, the most mysterious and powerful god-king Jupiter, his doomsday weapon "Big Thunder" is recorded to have only been used three times: once when Juno Finance united the gods to attack the top of Olympus. , when he tried to usurp the throne of the God King, he used the great thunder to annihilate the combined forces of the gods;

The other time was when Neptune Traffic, under unfavorable conditions in the war, wanted to disrupt the huge tide of self-proliferating predator drones in the sky and ocean, and guide them to the major resettlement areas to perish together. Jupiter's thunder destroyed half of the giant floating island called "Atlantis", the headquarters of Neptune Communications, as a punishment.

The third time was after the merger of the Holy Trinity and the Dionysian sect. The Big Thunder completely wiped the Phoenix Islands, the seat of their Holy See, off the map.

Although the official records on this matter are very vague, there is no doubt that the threats posed by those two churches are at least on the same level as the previous two.

So here comes the question - what kind of big job did the Church of the Holy Trinity and the Dionysian sect do that is worthy of Jupiter taking direct action to wipe out an entire archipelago?

According to the current information, Jiang Zhou can only temporarily believe that the "God of Humanity" they believe in really exists and may be inextricably linked to Janus.

Of course, he didn't think that the "Holy Son" in the Book of Revelation really referred to him - after all, his body was still living incognito and lingering in Tartarus. He really doesn't have the ability to do anything worthy of the God King's wrath.

Then, focus on the present...

Jiang Zhou looked at the corpse.

According to the information he received, not long ago, cyberpsychosis began to break out frequently underground in the Nord settlement area. Referring to what I heard from Black Falcon-111 before, the common characteristic of those cyberpsychotic patients is that they painted graffiti on some cruel theme before the onset of the disease.

This is very consistent with the pattern of meme virus "carnival" attacks.

This, coupled with the fact that Chen Wang said earlier that the cyber madman's fever pattern is very familiar. Jiang Zhou was very suspicious that this series of events was the work of the remnants of the Dionysian sect.

Speaking of which, those people worshiped themselves as the "human god and holy son" they worshiped. If you really find the mastermind behind the scenes and take the initiative to reveal your identity, I don’t know if it will work...

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou could not help but think of a sentence:

"I, Jiang Zhou, make money."

He couldn't help but shook his head.

On the other hand, the implant "Pegasus" found in the cyber madman's brain further verified his conjecture-you know, the Holy Trinity Church is inextricably linked to the path to ascension, Theseus. contact. I'm afraid they are the only ones who can so generously take out the "Pegasus" and install it on small characters like the Classic Coffee Gang.

I have to talk to Anthony again...

You have to use tougher methods to make him vomit out everything he knows.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou reloaded a few bullets into the "Persuader" in his hand.

Using the "Alice Illusion" to create fear, one's own ability to interrogate and extract confessions may be much more powerful than those of darkened mind adjusters.

However, before he could take a few steps toward the Dark Blue Zone Bar, the armed speed car that had rushed over for reinforcements had already hovered above him.

"Put down your weapons! Put your hands on your head and squat down. Squat down!"

Along with a stern warning sound, several laser-aimed red dots appeared on his body. Jiang Zhou had no doubt that once he showed any intention of resisting, he would be instantly beaten to ashes by the heavy firepower of the vehicle.

[Chen Wan, can you help me right now? 】

Jiang Zhou asked for help on the communication channel.

[Don’t worry, Master, these people won’t do anything to you. But don’t talk to me anymore. If they discover my existence, I will be the unlucky one.】

Chen Wan replied in the channel.

Jiang Zhou raised his head when he heard this.

The logo on the armed speedster was a pattern that I was very familiar with - it was an equidistant projection of a world map centered on the North Pole, supported by a garland of crossed olive branches. But compared with the symbol Jiang Zhou was familiar with, the original concentric circle grid was now broken. In addition, many places on the world map are marked as riddled with holes and devastated to symbolize pollution by bad soil.

This is a broken United Nations symbol. Nowadays, what bears this symbol is the ultimate bottom line for human society to be maintained. It also symbolizes the last remaining organization of the former coalition government——

Anthroposophical Ethics Monitoring Committee. (End of chapter)