Indescribable cyberpunk

Human Rights March!

At the beginning of the video, the text pushed in the upper left corner of the screen defines the entire video, and the content does fit the title.

The shooting angle should be from a news agency in Qianfan City at that time. Most of the people in the parade were civilians in simple clothes. They held up black markers and wrote words such as "Floor ≠ Class", "Civilians should be valued", "Humanity" It doesn’t just need to be recharged” type of theory.

To be honest, Zhu Jue didn't understand the meaning of the third wooden sign when he saw it. What does human beings have to do with charging?

Until he discovered that there were two people carrying a long electronic screen, one on the left and one on the right, on which two pixel pictures were explaining the meaning of this sentence.

On the left is an old-school robot that many people think of. It has an antenna on its head and balls at its joints. It was moving bricks at first, and then it was standing next to a socket board with its chest extended. A data cable is drawn out, which obviously means charging.

The pixel image on the right is much richer. It first shows humans moving bricks, but then changes from charging content to eating, not just eating alone, but eating with family members.

There is a big "≠" symbol between the two pixel images!

The meaning couldn't be more clear. Intelligent robots can work 24 hours an hour without restriction after replenishing energy, but humans need to maintain their daily lives, so it is absolutely unacceptable to treat humans the same way we treat robots.

To put it bluntly, this march should be about fighting for rights and other things.

"This parade took place in March 4 years ago. At that time, quite a few disasters had broken out around the world. At this time, Qianfan City, as a large city owned by the three major machinery groups, was undergoing preliminary transformation into a super city. , in January, the top management approved the construction plan called "Thousand Sails Race"."

While Motoko was talking, the electronic brain was still collecting information. Such auxiliary information was not difficult to find, and the controller of Thousand Sail City had no intention of covering it up.

"The name sounds pretty good, and Thousand Sails Race is quite poetic."

Zhu Jue always had a considerable fondness for some words and phrases with an oriental flavor, just like the feeling he had when he saw the alchemy furnace and the surrounding ancient characters in the ruins.

Even though there was indescribable knowledge hidden behind them, Zhu Jue still chose to snatch them from the hands of the Archaeological Association without hesitation.

Initially, Zhu Jue thought this was somewhat unkind, but in the subsequent conversation, August said that he had done a very good job and was full of praise for him.

The sincere kind.

"The name of the construction plan is indeed nice, but the content is a bit disgusting."

Fu Yingxiong's words interrupted Zhu Jue's thinking. After noticing that the latter looked at him doubtfully, he continued,

"The core building of the "Thousand Sails Race" construction plan is the origin of the name of Thousand Sails City. It is a unique landmark building in the world and a high-altitude city - Thousand Sails Race!"

"This city is located at an altitude of 100 meters and has a population of 700,000 residents. Whether it is ecological environment, urban construction, intelligent equipment level and various aspects of welfare security, it has reached the forefront of the world and is even close to the top level. The 'top' here means Every street in the Thousand Sail Racing City has the standards of the Shuguang City Center, not to mention that there is also a core area in this city called the Ten Courtyard Pillars, which are ten masts that look like huge sailing ships."

In order to allow Zhu Jue to understand the construction plan more intuitively, Suzi extracted a part of the online introduction for comparison and description.

No matter what era, human beings like to magnify certain things. Saying that ten masts are a thousand sails, insisting that it is eighteen centimeters even though the length is ordinary, and insisting that the head is very wide are mostly the preferences of men.

"But the operation of this kind of city must be based on a huge supply of resources, right?"

Zhu Jue immediately realized what Suzi and Fu Yingxiong really wanted to say.

"That's right, there are only 700,000 people in Thousand Sails City, but there are nearly 12 million people in the entire Thousand Sails City. If Thousand Sails City is a ship, then these people are the sea that carries it. They make this ship The boat moved forward, but the people on board paid no attention to them.”

After exaggerating the data comparison, an old saying appeared in Zhu Jue's mind.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!

"What does this parade have to do with those two people?"

"The driver, that is, the middle-aged man who transports the volunteers, look at this section."

Zooming in on the video and moving it to the middle of the march, sure enough, a man holding a wooden sign high and shouting something loudly to the people around him was exactly the same man who appeared in the city of Chester.

"Can you even find this?"

It was just a video from four years ago, but it still appeared in the middle of hundreds of people, and Mozi actually locked onto the other party.

In Zhu Jue's opinion, this is not data analysis, but a mysterious ability similar to precognition that is much more reliable than his own blind dreams.

Speaking of this incident, Zhu Jue seemed to have no dreams about the incident.

Of course, this does not rule out the fact that he has been busy with various affairs recently.

"Of course I didn't find it by video. If I had such a powerful ability, I wouldn't need to use these little people to find the mysterious organization. What really prompted me to find him was the report about the parade, which had his image on it. "

Suzi was a little dissatisfied with Zhu Jue's gaze as if he was looking at a monster, and scrolled through the video to a text report.

Just as she said, there was a middle-aged man's attention above.

"Sean, one of the leaders who planned this unauthorized and disorderly march, was arrested at his home at 9:15 tonight. According to the news currently known to this station, he may face the risk of disrupting society. There are many charges such as disorderly conduct, destruction of public property, premeditated harm to public servants, etc. If he cannot prove the legality of his actions, then he will spend at least the next five years in prison."

Next to the avatar is the resume of this middle-aged man. To be honest, Zhu Jue is actually quite confused about this paragraph of text.

Four years ago, he was an "insightful person" participating in the human rights movement. Four years later, he became a member of an organization that carries volunteers and does not treat people as human beings.

This span is too big.

"He did not go to jail. I checked the follow-up reports about Sean. A week after the police brought him back to the police station, he was released and then disappeared without a trace!"

Suzi deliberately emphasized "whereabouts unknown", which meant that Sean might have joined an organization.

And this is probably a compromise he made under the premise of facing prison, asking this organization to help him clear his identity at the cost of joining them.

Then everything will make sense.

Sean becomes a key clue in the investigation!

"This is all the reports. If you want to continue investigating along this line, I'm afraid you have to go to Thousand Sails City."

After all, Sean is just a small character. The news agency of Qianfan City is so full that it will publish lengthy reports on such a civilian. Therefore, no matter how capable Motoko is, it is impossible to find information that does not exist in the first place. , and it is impossible to enter the information network of Thousand Sail City without preparation, let alone the intelligent brain surveillance hidden in the network of such a super city.

However, Sean is the only clue they have at the moment. If they want to figure out this organization that is colluding with the intelligent race among the monsters that are the source of mental pollution, they will undoubtedly have to go there to investigate in person. If nothing unexpected happens, this will It is a process that takes a long time because no one knows how many things are involved.

Because of this, the pressure came to Zhu Jue.

Fu Yingxiong and Suzi also subconsciously turned their eyes to Zhu Jue, wondering what decision the latter would make.

Frankly speaking, he wanted to go to Thousand Sails City in person. A few months ago, he might have left without hesitation, because at that time, there was nothing that worried him about Dawn City, but it was different now. I just slept in the villa I bought for one night!

Not to mention that the space crack leading to the Dreamland cannot be moved. If something unexpected happens while he is away, it will be a question of whether he, who is far away in Thousand Sails City, can receive the message immediately and rush back.

As for the trip to the Great Library of Solan City, there is no problem. When I talked with Atal before, the latter did not set a time, and I also got the dream potion to go to Solan City, which can be used at any time. A fixed location is required.

There is also the affairs of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce. Lisanna's loyalty has been tested several times and she has passed it, so there seems to be no problem in leaving it to her.

This means that it is this space crack that is restricting his steps now. Zhu Jue frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly looked up at Suzi and asked: "How long does it take to take the fastest transportation between Shuguang City and Qianfan City?"

"Thousand Sails City is in North America. It takes about 5 hours to get there from Dawn City by the fastest plane. I mean civilian planes. As for those faster ones, you can't take them now."

The whole world is currently under the threat of a large-scale mental pollution monster. Leaving a safe super city, the probability of encountering mental pollution monsters outside is greatly increased. Therefore, long-distance ground transportation uses steel trains equipped with powerful firepower.

Long-distance air transportation is no exception. A large number of original routes have long been deleted. Currently, the only air routes that can maintain normal operation in the world are those that connect major super cities and are escorted regularly every day. So even if These aircraft are called civilian aircraft, but in fact real civilians cannot afford them at all.

Because the price of air tickets is at least ten times more expensive than five years ago!