Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 246 NO.00f5: Jumper and apology

The darkness of nothingness, the dreamless sleep—Anthony originally thought this was the true feeling of death.

In such a cruel world, it is natural that there should be no soul, no reincarnation, and no hell to punish sinners.

Therefore, when a bolt of lightning awakened Anthony from death, looking at the infinite pure white around him, he didn't know what he should do for a long time.

"You look confused."

A very sunny-sounding male voice echoed behind him, and he turned around.

In such a pure white world, a handsome young man from East Asia in a suit and leather shoes stood there with his back straight and his hands behind his back.

"I never imagined that God would be an East Asian man dressed as an insurance salesman."

As he spoke, Anthony looked around and then added:

"If this was heaven."

"There is no heaven, Mr. Anthony Guzman. Even if there is, it will not open the door to people like you. Besides, the place where I was born has never believed in any gods - even those from the abyss and the dark web. Indescribable stuff.”

The young man approached him as he spoke, and then said:

"My name is Chen Wan, and I used to be a life experiencer."

"Then Mr. Chen Wan, no matter what you say, I should be dead."

Anthony said.

"indeed so."

The East Asian man nodded and stopped about three steps away from him.

Seeing that the other party did not speak, Anthony continued:

"So you should also find a contradiction."

In principle, dead people should not be able to speak.

"You are dead, Anthony. Medically speaking, irreversibly dead. But I used jumper wires to reactivate your uncorrupted brain so that it can run for a while even without physical power - Imagine a bullfrog's thighs twitching due to external electrical stimulation, and your current state is similar to that."

Chen Wan, who was dressed like an insurance salesman, explained:

"And with my ability, after activating your remaining consciousness, I also found a more compatible substitute program for you. In this way, in this cyberspace, you can still leave a few more last words. Instead of ending up in your own revolving door."

In other words, the current self is just a remnant soul that has been temporarily awakened.

Anthony took three seconds to accept this fact, then sighed and said:

"This sounds much better than the afterlife...Okay, tell me, what do you want to know about disturbing a dead person's peace at all costs?"

Even though the current "self" is just a much more complicated knee-jerk reaction, Anthony can still understand why the other party must be here.

"Do you remember the cause of your death?"

In this regard, Chen Wan was not polite and directly asked a question that should be very offensive to a dead person.

"The cause of my death was...my bodyguard, Jin, went cyberpsychotic. And then..."

Having said this, he asked as if waking up from a dream:

"Donata, she..."

"She's fine."

Chen Wan immediately answered - this is actually a common thing. After all, it is an artificially activated brain. In many cases, the consciousness of the dead is as ethereal as a dream.

Then, Chen Wan continued:

"Your crazy bodyguard was quickly killed, and your daughter was only slightly injured in the end, nothing serious."

Having said this, he pulled out two stools from the void, sat down, spread his hands and said:

"But who did this? Do you have any clue?"

"How do I know this? Xiao Jin suffered from cyberpsychosis..."

Anthony was obviously relieved, and then he said this.

"You are already an outright dead person, are you sure you want to use this set of excuses to try to prevaricate me?"

Chen Wan immediately interrupted, and then continued:

"Who were you dealing with before, and what kind of abnormal information did the guy suffering from cyberpsychosis have before? This is what I want to know."

After hearing this, Anthony sat down on the chair with some dejection. He opened his palms to cover his face and said:

"What's the use of telling you? Can't you still save me?"

Chen Wan shook his head and then said:

"As I said before, you are irreparably dead. But if you have the chance, don't you want to take revenge on the guy who killed you?"

In this regard, Anthony was silent for a long time, and finally slowly said:

"I need you to promise me one thing...no, promise me two things. In this way, I will tell you everything I know."

"Anything I can do."

Chen Wan replied quickly.

"It's all you can do... First of all, I need you to promise not to involve my family in this matter after this. They have nothing to do with this matter, as long as they don't get involved afterwards, There will be no danger in the future.”

Seeing Chen Wu nodding solemnly, Anthony continued:

"The second condition is that I need you to allow me to see Donata again. There are some things I want to say to her in person."

This condition made Chen Wang embarrassed, and he said:

"Unless your daughter has just died, I can't bring her into this cyberspace."

My own "psychic" method is essentially to use more sophisticated "wires" to activate nerves that are not completely dead. But forcing electricity into a normally functioning brain will turn a normal person into an idiot.

However, before the other party's face showed a disappointed expression, Chen Wan continued:

"But by increasing the scale of the discharge, I can make your dead body move again for a period of time...about five to ten seconds. Maybe you can consider formulating a shorter last word?"

"Five to ten seconds..."

Anthony repeated Chen Wan's words, and after a moment of silence, he said:

"I think that's enough...that's it. Whatever you want to know, ask it quickly now."

When Chen Wang heard this, he couldn't help but change his sitting posture to a more serious one, and then asked:

"Who is the financial backer behind you?"

Organizations that have been able to operate underground in the resettlement area for such a long time, except for the Icarus Liberation Front, all have more or less the above background.

"Apollo Creatures. Although the contact person has never admitted it, we smuggle parts and materials and often pass through the Eden Settlement Area - which is the territory of 100% Apollo Creatures."

Anthony replied.

"So, was the person responsible for this assassination someone from the Apollo creature?"

Chen Wan continued to ask.

"Yes...and no."

Anthony gave a contradictory answer.

"What's the meaning?"

Chen Wang asked.

"The weapons used to assassinate those high-level officials were indeed hinted at by the liaison for us to sell them. But the customers are a group of outsiders who have never dealt with them before... And you have to know that among the people who were assassinated, There are executives from Apollo Biotech.”

Anthony replied.

"Then what is their purpose for doing this? Do you have any idea?"

Chen Wan continued to ask.

"I don't know...but the only thing my contact person told me at that time was to put the blame for the assassination of those high-level officials on the Icarus Liberation Front."

Anthony's answer confused Jim, who had been synchronizing the conversation between the two parties.

Let Icarus be the scapegoat? But killing a few politicians and company executives who usually have a bad reputation, as long as both parties do not fall out, is simply a wasted reputation for Icarus.

"What are the origins of those people who come to you to buy weapons?"

Chen Wan was not aware of this relationship. He continued the previous topic and asked:

"I don't know. The accounts they use for transactions belong to ordinary people underground in the resettlement area, and they have no contact with each other... By the way, their only contact person calls himself 'Orps'."

Hearing this, Jim instantly became energetic.

Orpheus?

So, is this the reason why he was also killed?

In response to this, Chen Wan nodded thoughtfully, and then asked:

"Your bodyguard who suffered from cyberpsychosis, did he have any abnormal behavior before?"

This question made Anthony think about it for a while, and it took him a long time before he said hesitantly:

"Not long ago, for some reason, he suddenly developed a hobby of painting bizarre graffiti with religious themes. As for where this hobby came from, let me think about it... I think it was after the last time I went to the seventh floor above ground to see the Mind Adjuster?

"He said the doctor asked him to draw to relieve stress... I couldn't understand the things he drew,"

Chen Wan nodded. After asking Anthony for the contact information of the mind adjuster, he asked the last question:

"Your bodyguard, when did he install the depth 3 implant, the biological protein chip 'Pegasus'? Where did you get this thing?"

This is the most critical of all issues.

Other clues may be unreliable in one way or another, but only the adjustment and transformation of Depth 3 from the Abyss Dark Web is definitely related to a certain big force.

And this is the real breakthrough to solve the problem.

However……

"What is Pegasus?"

Regarding this question, Anthony asked in confusion.

"Xiao Jin has never made any adjustments to the multi-purpose printer."

…………

"Let me go... let me go! Let me go! Let me go!"

Donata struggled in Jim's hands, constantly trying to break free from his grasp, trying to rush towards her father who was nailed to the wall of the bar - he who was blushing and angry at her before now had a pale face now. The paper is white and there is no breath.

"He is already dead. Just wait a little longer."

In this regard, Jim said with a very cold expression.

"What on earth did you do to my father?!"

After hearing Jim's words, Donata looked at him with an angry face and said bitterly.

In fact, this is no wonder for her attitude. After all, Anthony's head is covered with a superconducting "veil" as thin as a spider web at the moment, and many sharp electrodes are densely inserted.

Countless data lines connected them, and finally merged into a suitcase that looked very suspicious--this was the one Jim Leiter was carrying earlier.

"If you must say it..."

Looking at this little girl whose eyes seemed to be able to spit out flames, Jim shrugged and said:

"This is considered hospice care."

"spit!"

Jim had long sensed that the other party was about to spit at him, so Jim turned his head to avoid the other party's incompetent anger.

"Your father is dead. There is a person in the bar who can testify that it was his bodyguard who did it, and I helped him avenge it. As for the thing I connected to him, it is to ensure that you can listen. To his last words, it’s that simple.”

Then, he turned the other person's body to face him, stared into Donata's eyes and said:

"Then I will let go, and you can choose to run over and mess up the pile of precision instruments. Then the last memory you have with your dad in this life is that you insulted him and he slapped you. "

After saying that, Jim really let go of his hand.

"If you're willing to do this, please do so. Or you can wait with me until he can return to his former glory...ah, that's all."

Jim, who originally planned to comfort Donata again, suddenly relaxed his expression.

He pushed Donata's shoulder and said eagerly:

"Go quickly, there is not much time to redeem yourself from Hades."

While Jim was talking, Anthony, who was nailed to the wall, really started to move - his body was shaking like an insect with its head cut off, and then he tremblingly opened his long-lost eyes.

"Much...Donata?"

He called out as if gibbering.

Donata didn't say anything, and rushed in front of her father who had temporarily returned to the human world.

"I...I'm here."

She held her father's already cold hand and choked.

"Zizzi..."

A slight sound of electric current came from the electrode inserted in her father's arm. The long-dead father stiffly raised his hand and gently touched his cheek.

What does he want to say about himself?

What would he say about himself?

Knowing that her father was about to speak his last words, even the sadness was diluted for a moment - replaced by intense fear and uneasiness.

Will he be disappointed with what he has done?

Or will you feel angry because of your previous outspoken words?

Or, in this dying moment, he will try to deceive himself once. In fact, he has always been proud of himself?

She didn't know, and she was afraid of knowing.

What kind of image do you have in your father's mind?

And at the end, Anthony squeezed out the last air from his lungs and left his last words for his daughter in a sharp tone.

"Yes...I'm sorry..."

What he was touching was the place where he had slapped her before - the redness and swelling that had not subsided.

"Does it still hurt?"

He asked distressedly as he tried to use cold hands to make the redness and swelling subside.