Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 54 NO.0036: Secrets and Telephones

Along the way, both of them remained silent like zombie bodyguards following them.

It wasn't until Jiang Zhou escorted the executive of Pluto's deep dive to the speeding car with the double-dent logo that Perse Fanny took the initiative to speak:

"I checked your information before I came here. I was born on the street at the bottom of the resettlement area. It was not easy... I am glad to see that you finally chose the right position on this matter. This is especially important for you. rare."

For this compliment, Jiang Zhou shook his head.

"If you want me to say, you didn't give us the power to choose."

Although she played the carrot in one hand and the stick in the other hand really wonderfully, it could not conceal the fact that she was coercing them with force and hostages.

"You mean, I coerce you not to choose self-destruction?"

The other party asked back.

"What a 'self-destruction'."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhou couldn't help but sneered:

"Presumably in your logic, those innocent people who died under the suppression of the company should also be blamed for their inability to dodge bullets, right?"

Fanny, who was about to get in the car, stopped, she turned around and looked at Liao Qi, her expression sank slightly.

"I thought you... well, maybe I had too high expectations for you. But have you ever thought that poverty is the number one killer here compared to the company's anti-riot operations? I count However, the number of people who died in company riots in the past few years is not even a fraction of the number who died in gang conflicts in a month.

"I came from the bottom of the notorious Avalon Settlement, where people killed people in the street for a krill cake, and I understand better than you the dangers of poverty - the constant, never-ending bloodletting gap. Even if the mental index is low Pollution and poverty will slowly turn people into the most terrifying monsters. Compared with the pains brought by the company's entry, it is not worth mentioning at all."

Her eyes sparkled with amber excitement as she spoke.

What are you so excited about...

Jiang Zhou originally didn't want to discuss this topic further, but after hearing what she said, he couldn't help but feel a little interested.

"Then the question is, who is wholesale poverty?"

he asked softly.

According to the historical data that Jiang Zhou searched in his spare time, the poverty at the bottom of the resettlement area, and even the establishment of the resettlement area, all "attributed" to the fourteen super companies in the Olympus order from the source.

After the "big shock", they used the black technology left over from super artificial intelligence to bombard each other, destroying 70% of the earth's land into "bad soil" that is not suitable for living. Force the coalition government to build resettlement areas to accommodate war victims. But they enclose those livable lands as so-called ecological reserves.

It was they who bankrupted the coalition government after the war, dismantled it, and finally controlled the major resettlement areas around the world, and almost controlled the entire human intelligence world.

Jiang Zhou is even very puzzled, why after a hundred years of human beings, with countless black technologies beyond the era, the living conditions of the people at the bottom are not even as good as they were in their own era?

Obviously, they only need to leak a little thing from their fingers, and it is enough to make the people at the bottom live like human beings.

In any case, the misery at the bottom of the resettlement area today all comes from the sins of those enterprises, and there is absolutely no mistake in this.

Even though Jiang Zhou feels that he is not a person with a strong sense of social responsibility, when he developed the "digital personality" technology, he definitely did not want a gloomy future like today.

"You say that those are just history. If you are immersed in history for a long time, you will never be able to go to the future. And after the construction of the factory is completed, poverty will also become history here."

Fanny regained her previous calmness. She looked up at the scavengers not far away and continued:

"Forget it... There is no point in continuing to talk to you, no matter how deep the hatred you think we have. In the future, when the people here feel the actual changes, they will naturally appreciate our efforts from the bottom of their hearts. Arrival... This situation has been verified countless times."

"What about the people who died in the process?"

Jiang Zhou asked.

"They are the inevitable price in history. Perhaps we should be more grateful that those who died could not speak than regretting and commemorating."

Fanny shrugged, and then she turned around and opened the bulletproof door of the speeding car.

"Of course the poor don't hate the handouts of the rich any more than the chickens in the farm don't hate the regular feed."

Jiang Zhou said suddenly.

"What's the meaning?"

Fanny turned her head again to look at the young man she admired not long ago.

"My father used to be a worker in a sewage treatment plant. After the sewage plant was outsourced to the company, he also experienced the practical benefits you mentioned. But it didn't take long for him to be devoured by the price behind those 'benefits' But even today, after Icarus regained control of the sewage plant, many workers still miss the era of outsourcing."

Back then, Liao Qi's father, in order to be qualified for that high-quality job and not be eliminated, kept updating his prosthetic body, and was eventually dragged down by the prosthetic body loan and passed away.

"Under my management, nothing like this will be allowed to happen."

Maybe it was because she searched Liao Qi's file before and knew what happened to him, Fanny replied.

But for this, Jiang Zhou chuckled lightly:

"Then, your behavior will be accurately assessed as ineffective. At that time, if you are unwilling to make changes, you will be replaced by a more suitable person. As you said before- You and I are not important, only the will of the company is important."

Maybe the person in front of him who was also from the bottom of the resettlement area could be trusted, but whether it was based on Jiang Zhou's experience or Liao Qi's experience, it was hard for him to believe that the company would do personnel affairs.

"Then since you don't believe that the cooperation can be successful, why did you choose to agree?"

After a few seconds of silence, the other party asked.

"As I said before, you didn't give us the power to choose."

Jiang Zhou answered in this way, then he thought for a while, and then continued:

"Also, even if the final result will not change, in the process, we can get a lot of things we need."

History is always a spiral.

He said so.

Before getting into the car, Perth Fanny gave Jiang Zhou a deep look for the last time:

"Anyway, your prediction was wrong, and I will prove it."

"While not expecting it, I also hope so."

Jiang Zhou replied.

…………

The blood-vessel-like red line lights up at the bottom of the speeding car, and the anti-gravity engine runs silently, holding the speeding car and rushing away, quickly disappearing at the end of the gray sky.

Jiang Zhou stood there looking at the central navigation light belt in mid-air for a long time, until someone patted him on the shoulder before he came back to his senses.

Booker walked behind him at some point.

"Sorry, I embarrassed you earlier."

He was referring to the matter that caused Liao Qi to express his opinion in public.

Booker was apologetic.

"That's why you believed her, because she was also from the bottom of the resettlement area? Because you believed in her empathy?"

Jiang Zhou asked without emotion.

"Let's just say it's one of the reasons."

Booker answered vaguely.

"So you've been hiding something from us."

Jiang Zhou was thoughtful.

"Some things that I will tell you at a certain time, right now I can only guarantee that everything I do is for Icarus."

He confessed frankly, his voice very sincere.

And firm.

Jiang Zhou didn't continue to ask.

Subjectively, it is good for something, but objectively, it is not helpful for many things... He could have questioned Booker in this way.

But when I think about it, I may be the same as Booker now. It may even be worse in nature—after all, what he needs to ensure most now is that his body can leave Tartarus safely.

Accepting the cooperation with Pluto Shenqian as "Liao Qi", if Liao Qi is still alive, would he really choose to do so?

As for secrets... everyone has more or less secrets.

And no one should have a bigger secret than your own.

"At the next organizational meeting, we will decide where you will go."

Liao Qi didn't ask any further questions, and Booker tactfully changed the subject.

"Do you have any preference for this? They unanimously hope that you can go to the action team or the security department. After all, your performance in the 'House of Chiron' was really amazing."

Of course, it must start as a deputy at the beginning.

Booker added.

As for this, Jiang Zhou had already planned.

"I want to be responsible for the security of universal printers."

He said so.

Booker had a "sure enough" expression on his face.

"I think Shen L, the leader of the action team, will definitely not agree, but this proposal should be passed in the end. After all, the security of the universal printer is definitely the top priority of the organization."

He was referring to the need to use a universal printer in the future to repair the geothermal power plant on the seventh floor of the resettlement area.

"but……"

Having said that, Booker's tone hesitated:

"Actually, you really don't need to take such risks."

From Booker's point of view, Liao Qi offered to guard the universal printer just to make it easier for him to accept the "paradox" trial again, so that he could quickly become stronger.

And this trust made Jiang Zhou feel embarrassed.

But he still said cheekily:

"Time is not on our side, I need to use all means that can make myself stronger in a short period of time."

Hearing this, Booker took a deep look at Jiang Zhou, and then put his hand on his shoulder very solemnly.

"I will help you find the final accessories for upgrading Icarus Depth 2 as soon as possible, and the printing authority required for Depth 3 will also help you pay attention... This can help you increase your survival rate to some extent."

Jiang Zhou also nodded solemnly.

"how about you?"

He then asked:

"The depth 4 transformation permission left by the former team leader, do you plan to install it on yourself..."

Jiang Zhou asked this purely out of practical reference. After all, he knows how long it will take until he can be upgraded to a depth of 4, and if Booker uses the transformation authority of that depth 4 now, it will immediately enhance the combat effectiveness of the organization.

But Booker shook his head:

"That transformation authority is not for me."

Jiang Zhou was a little puzzled. He remembered that Booker's mental index was quite high, and it was also very stable—at least there would be absolutely no problems at depth 4 now.

"This is one of my secrets."

Booker smiled, then said:

"I think it's okay to tell you now... In fact, I have an incomplete path up to depth 3. Before I get the modification list of depth 4, I probably won't carry out the adjustment and modification of depth 4."

"What's the name of that path?"

Jiang Zhou asked tentatively.

Booker coughed lightly, then lowered his voice and said:

"Ascension Path Perseus."

…………

In the speeding car driven by the anti-gravity engine, Perse Fanny looked thoughtfully at the leaden sky and the ant nest-like buildings outside the window, and her thoughts drifted back to how long ago.

At this time, an incoming call screen suddenly appeared on the car window.

Instant quantum communication, encrypted channel.

She picked up the phone.

"Ms. Fanny, may I ask the status of the negotiations? Finally..."

A calm male voice with a little anxiety came from the other end of the phone.

"Successful, so be it."

Fanny murmured, not sounding like she was telling anyone but talking to herself.

"Is it?"

There was a confused voice on the other end of the phone.

Fanny did not explain, but continued:

"The person named Liao Qi is not as rigid as you describe, but he is difficult in another sense... The arrangement you took away the authority from him at that time, in my opinion, is superfluous. "

"I'm sorry, I just..."

The man on the other end of the phone immediately apologized.

Fanny did not continue this topic, but went on to ask:

"However, you used this secret line to call, isn't it just to inquire about the outcome of the negotiation?

"Lu Yuan."