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Facing Eddie's question, Duwei's answer seemed very straightforward.

"I want you to do something for me, and I want you to give me half of the nzt-48, and I will find someone to improve this drug.

It should be clear to you by now that this is the right choice.

And you should put your talents to good use and embark on the road of campaigning.

Use your gifts to change this bad world."

Eddie shook his head:

"No, my mind has never told me so clearly what I need.

What I need is money and freedom, not a campaign."

Du Wei smiled slightly:

"Really? Remember the first thing I told you? Now you don't know what you want.

Believe me, you will end up on the campaign trail even without my intervention.

Because without the protection of rights, no matter how much money you have, you cannot buy freedom.

Besides, have you ever thought about what stands behind nzt-48?

Now you are like a guinea pig in their observation range.

But what if one day the guinea pig wants to escape from the laboratory? What will happen?

I think you are a smart man and should understand how people would treat those mice that escaped from the laboratory.

That's the second thing I want to tell you, you will never be safe without changing the world."

Eddie, who was sitting behind the dining table, stared closely at Duwei's facial expression, trying to see some signs of disguise.

But in the end he failed.

He saw no sign that Duwei was lying, and Eddie, who took nzt-48 and thought he owned the whole world, felt inexplicably frustrated.

He was so strong that he was led by the nose by an ordinary person.

The control of discourse in the conversation rested entirely with Du Wei.

He has been passively following the trajectory planned by Du Wei.

It felt like it was not him who developed the brain, but Du Wei.

Realizing this, Eddie tried to take back the initiative in the conversation.

"Since you need me to run for office to help you change the world.

But why do I think you, a doctor, can change the world?

Although you have money to hire two bodyguards, you also said that you don't always have security in this world if you have money.

For example, right now, I have ten ways to kill you.

So, you are so fragile and want to trick me into working for you by relying on the nzt information you got from nowhere? This is too simple."

Du Wei smiled and shook his head, then dipped his finger into some of the foam on the coffee and drew a circle on the table.

"It seems that I overestimated the effectiveness of nzt-48.

It can indeed develop the brain, but it cannot expand people's cognition.

What you see is just such a circle, but there is something broader outside this circle.

You are right to think that I am a doctor. I am indeed a doctor, just an intern.

But this is just what I let you see. Do you remember the first sentence? You cannot be omniscient and omnipotent.

So if you want to see the world outside the circle, come with me."

After finishing speaking, Duwei stood up and walked to Michael's side and said "free time".

Understanding, Michael and his colleagues disappeared from Duwei's sight.

Then Du Wei got into the online car-hailing car he had made an appointment with early in the morning. After counting five numbers silently in his mind, Eddie also opened the back seat door and got into the online-hailing car.

The corner of Du Wei's mouth curled up slightly. It was true that Eddie had developed 99% of his brain, but he couldn't withstand the 100% developed brain that Du Wei got after sacrificing his life.

One step first, every step first.

What Eddie can't do is omniscient and omnipotent, Duwei can!

Soon, the car stopped a block away, and Duwei took Eddie on foot to the entrance of the abandoned library.

Eddie glanced at the surrounding environment and knew something about it, because he found the well-camouflaged network cable through comparison.

He immediately realized that this would be a good place for a secret base.

Secret base? Dual identity? He felt that he was beginning to understand Du Wei.

But is this what Du Wei wants to show him? It seems not enough.

When he opened the door and walked in, Eddie couldn't help but frown at the dilapidated scene inside.

It would be too shabby to say that this is Du Wei's secret base.

Then Eddie raised his head and looked towards the second floor, because just now he saw dust falling from the ceiling on the first floor.

This proves that there are still people here.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, two heads appeared in front of the railing of the corridor on the second floor.

A person with a resolute face should have some service experience.

The other person looked like an IT nerd at first glance, as his lenses as thick as the bottom of a bottle and his face that looked a little pale due to lack of sunlight all proved this.

Strange combination.

Eddie made a judgment in his mind.

A doctor, a retired soldier, and an IT otaku.

Eddie really didn't know what their group was doing in this secret library.

He understood that he was still missing some key information, some information that could connect the three people together.

He looked at Du Wei, trying to get Du Wei's explanation.

Du Wei just smiled and walked towards the stairs first, gesturing for him to follow.

After arriving on the second floor, Eddie obtained more information through the environment.

The rows of bookcases that were originally there have long since disappeared, replaced by a spacious office that has been renovated.

The several monitors and keyboards on the desk proved that his guess about Finch's identity was not wrong.

At the same time, the fake documents scattered on the table also attracted his attention. When he saw the wall of "irrelevant numbers" filled with social security numbers and photo notes, he looked at them again.

Eddie's pupils shrank suddenly.

These are citizens’ private information!

Are these people in the business of buying and selling citizens’ private information? So they need to campaign to act as a protective umbrella for them?

Just as he was thinking this, Finch, who had already learned of Eddie's existence, took the lead and said:

"Is he the Eddie you want? It doesn't look like he's undergone a mysterious transformation into a genius writer."

Du Wei smiled mysteriously:

"That's not necessarily true. Has the machine spit out new numbers recently?

Give him the relevant information and he will give you a surprise."

Finch dubiously handed a social security number to Eddie, a veteran named Joey.

According to Riese's preliminary investigation, this guy was apparently a hotel security guard, an upright man, and had a girlfriend who was not yet married.

But Joey also adopted a daughter.

Finch hasn't had time to investigate the daughter's identity yet.

But what is puzzling is that this supposedly happy family has somehow participated in multiple bank robberies led by a retired Gulf War veteran.

So Finch is preparing to let Reese sneak in and act as an undercover agent to find out what is going on.

Now after hearing Du Wei's request, he told Eddie the known information without reservation.

After getting this information, Eddie immediately realized that this group of people was not engaging in illegal communication to sell private information, but rather acting as vigilantes!

Eddie suppressed the doubts in his mind for the time being. He began to recall the interviews he had seen about veterans who had retired from the battlefield and the official welfare policy for veterans.

He came to the conclusion almost within a few seconds:

"Obviously he is short of money, a lot of money.

Because he not only has to support himself, but also the relatives of his comrades who died.

That daughter is most likely the widow of his dead comrade.

If she only relied on that little pension, I'm afraid the girl's life would be very bad.

This is the real reason that prompted Joey to join the robbery.

However, judging from past experience, these veterans will eventually die.

Either because of uneven distribution of the spoils, or because they learned something and were going to be silenced.

So does the machine Du Wei talks about have the ability to warn of criminal incidents?"

Finch was a little surprised. He didn't answer, but started tapping quickly on the keyboard with his fingers.

After getting the direction, information about Joey's daughter soon appeared in front of Finch.

This daughter is indeed the widow of Joey’s comrade in arms!

At the same time, Finch monitored a new call that had just been made to the Gulf War veteran.

The guy on the other end of the phone offered him 400,000 US dollars to go to the police station’s evidence section to steal something labeled ‘Elijah’.

At the same time, they also demanded that Joey and others be killed and silenced.

The development trajectory of this matter is exactly the same as what Eddie said!

Finch was as shocked as when he learned that Duwei could share the machine's vision.

According to the intelligence he had obtained in advance, Eddie did not have such excellent analytical skills.

It can even be said that the Eddie now and the Eddie before are two completely different people!

And now Eddie is obviously better!

Finch immediately realized that this was the transformation Duwei said, and Eddie had indeed become different.

Finch first suppressed the shock in his heart and arranged for Reese to rescue Joey. Then he looked at Du Weidao:

"It is absolutely impossible for a person to undergo such a huge change in a short period of time. What happened to him?!"

"Drug, a test drug nzt-48 that has powerful side effects and can develop the brain.

The pharmaceutical companies behind the high-end tables deliberately entered the market and sold miracle drugs for $800 a pill.

It has different effects on different people, and the guy behind us is the first ordinary person who can rely on nzt-48 to develop his brain to 99%."

Testing drugs?

Develop your brain? 99%?

High table again?

Fincher keenly captured the key words.

After seeing Eddie's performance, he certainly understood how miraculous this drug was.

It can almost turn a waste lying waiting for death into a being with superior intelligence.

With this kind of IQ, Eddie's reaching the top of his life is almost within reach, let alone running for office.

Now Finch finally understood the meaning of what Duwei said.

It is true that Eddie is a loser, but with the nzt-48, Eddie has transformed into the most shining star in the world.

If it weren't for the side effects of nzt-48, Finch would have difficulty imagining Eddie's achievements in the future.

But Eddie, who was like a dazzling new star in Finch's eyes, was also shocked inside.

As Du Wei said when we met, he cannot be omniscient and omnipotent.

So when Du Wei said about testing drugs, powerful side effects, 99% brain development, and high-end tables.

Eddie also had to admit that he was indeed just a frog in the well.

Because all the information revealed in Du Wei's words was information that he had never been exposed to before.

Du Wei also said that he didn’t understand nzt-48?

This performance is clearly more like taking nzt-48 than Eddie!

Now he is more eager than Finch to know what the high table is!

But before he could speak, Du Wei took the lead and said as if he had seen through everything:

"Don't worry, you have two choices in life.

One is to follow your own plan and rely on this bag of nzt-48 that will be used up sooner or later to reach the top of your life and realize the so-called money and freedom.

Of course, it will definitely arouse the covetousness of many people during this period.

It might even make the guy who developed nzt-48 notice your existence and realize that someone can use it to develop the brain to 99% of its height.

The second route is a little more thrilling. I am not afraid to tell you that although we are small in number, our goals are very ambitious.

Our goal is to save the world and make everything that threatens human survival disappear before it explodes.

As you just saw, Reese is trying to prevent a crime.

And the high table hidden in the shadow of society is the target we want to defeat at this stage.

So which path do you choose?"

Eddie had already analyzed the pros and cons in his mind while Duwei was narrating.

It sounds like he has two choices, but in fact he only has one choice.

That is to join Du Wei's salvation organization and defeat the High Table.

Because since nzt-48 is related to the high table, a unique existence like him in the world is bound to be caught in the laboratory for slice research.

Only when the high table collapses can he realize his freedom.

Or...he still has a third way, to give up taking nzt-48 and live an ordinary life again.

Then his life would not have to be involved in this treacherous situation.

It's a pity that Du Wei didn't mention this third way. It's not because Du Wei didn't think of it.

But Du Wei was convinced that he had taken nzt-48 and could no longer get rid of this drug addiction that controlled everything.

After all, besides the frustration Eddie felt with Duwei, what he found in other people was a sense of superiority like a bird's eye view!

This charming feeling is irresistible.

Give up, it is absolutely impossible to give up!

"Okay, I promise you, I will participate in the election, but I need start-up funds and the protection of relevant personnel!"

Du Wei was not surprised by this result, he just stretched out his hand as if waiting for something.

A look of pain flashed across Eddie's face, and he took out the nzt-48 in the ziplock bag from his inner pocket.

Then he poured half of it, about 200 pills, to Du Wei.

After getting nzt-48, Du Wei just randomly found a plastic medicine bottle and put it in it.

This thing is not photophobic anyway and does not need a special brown bottle.

After doing all this, Du Wei turned his attention to their financial backer Finch.

"Finch, you also heard that he needs start-up funds for the campaign. This money matter..."

Finch said very wisely:

"I'll take care of it."

Du Wei nodded with satisfaction:

"In addition, I need to recruit some people to improve this nzt-48, so the money..."

"I'll take care of it."

"very good."

Du Wei took out three nzt-48 and handed them to Finch:

"This medicine is for you, Rise, and Michael, for use in emergencies. Remember, this medicine has 30 seconds to activate.

If the situation is critical, don’t hesitate to eat it and you will discover a new world.”

Facing this highly addictive nzt-48, Finch had a look of hesitation in his eyes.

But he quickly took it over.

It's an emergency thing, who knows if there will be a chance of use.

In the final analysis, this thing is like installing a miniature 'machine' in the mind, so Finch understands how effective this thing can be at critical moments.

After Finch collected the NZT-48, Duwei asked Finch for the address of Walter White (Breaking Bad), then turned to Eddie and said:

"Come with me now."

Eddie nodded. Now that he has joined the Salvation Organization, he naturally follows Duwei's lead.

What's more, he could see that Du Wei had something to say to him.

After leaving the secret base, Duwei narrowed his eyes and said something that Eddie couldn't think of.

"I need you to help me plan the perfect crime."

Eddie found that he was increasingly confused about Duwei's thoughts.

It was obvious that one second it was claiming to be a salvation organization, so why did it start committing assassinations the next second?

However, Eddie, who had learned well, did not ask questions. He knew that Duwei had something else to say.

"...Every member who joins the Salvation Alliance will play a pivotal role in the future world.

But if they die young, their future value will naturally be greatly reduced.

And those who threaten them are hidden among us, but they just don't show it.

However, they are all quite decent people, so they disdain to use some inferior means, and are not even willing to eliminate threats in advance when others do not threaten them.

Therefore, you should understand that every organization must have people who can do things that others are not willing to do.

You will understand this better after the election.

So I need someone who can help me nip the danger in the bud, and you can also regard it as a test for you."

Having said this, Duwei handed Eddie a piece of information with a photo on it.

"Pete, on the surface he is a neurologist, but secretly he is the exclusive doctor of the Continental Hotel.

As for the reason for killing him, I don’t think I need to explain it.”

Eddie nodded after taking the information, and quickly recalled in his mind the movies and books he had seen about perfect crimes and coincidental murders.

Duwei was very satisfied with Eddie's performance. It was easy to talk to smart people.

Because the stakes have long been clearly defined in their minds.

"By the way, if you need bodyguards, have you seen the two guys who protect me?

I need you to hire them, and then I'll hire regular assassins to assassinate you while you're campaigning.

I believe that with nzt-48, you will be able to successfully evade that assassination, but just evading is not enough.

I want you to be grazed by a bullet and the next day's newspaper headlines will be the image of Eddie heroically surviving an assassination attempt.

At the same time, I want you to use security negligence as an excuse to put pressure on the 3A-level security company and let them fire those two bodyguards. Do you understand?

I need them to have no job, and then we give them a job, a more personal job."

Eddie nodded again, just as Duwei felt it was easy to talk to smart people.

For Eddie, every word Duwei said had a plan for the future.

He didn't even need to use 99% of his brain to think about why, he just nodded and that was it.

At this moment, an idea suddenly popped into Eddie's mind. This is probably the so-called IQ suppression?

"Come on, let's go meet Walter White."

(Thanks to Qianye Lingdong, book friend 20220419181730206, the monthly ticket of a bookworm in the world, thank you!)