Indescribable cyberpunk

A woman wearing a crown of thorns on her head, with her hands on her chest and her head bowed.

Zhu Jue turned over the rough wood carving in his hand and turned on the lights in the room. Rona was looking for information in the studio nearby. His wife and children both had their own things to do. One was in the company and the other was in school, so there was nothing in the room. There were only two of them, which was probably why Rona invited Zhu Jue to his home to talk things over.

Not long after, Rona came out of the back room carrying two paper bags.

Zhu Jue wanted to say something, but he raised his hand to stop him. The latter turned around, picked up the remote control on the sofa, and pressed it twice against the ceiling.

"Eavesdropping shielding system, this is for safety reasons."

Shaking the remote control in his hand, Rona didn't say much. They were the thorns in the side of the Qianfan City government, and some necessary means were indispensable.

“It’s a bit rare these days to still have paper records of events.”

Zhu Jue took over the two document bags and opened the coils wrapped around the seals. He raised his eyes and asked,

"Is this also to guard against the Qianfan City government?"

"Yes, the human rights demonstration is a sensitive matter in Qianfan City. Qianfan Intelligence has listed this term as a keyword, and most of the information on the Internet will be checked by it. If there is a threat, such as these documents They will destroy the things mentioned in the article as soon as possible and trace the source, so a long time ago, we still used the most original notes and physical photos to record some key information.”

Rona said and walked around the kitchen. The bulging pocket containing two rolls of cash deflated, and there was an extra snack fruit plate in his hand.

"The religion of the procession you want to say is this goddess of thorns?"

Most of the information in the document is about this sect that arose during the march. It was obviously this sect that Rona wanted to say in the cafe before but did not speak out.

"The Thorn Cult, the root of its belief lies in this wooden sculpture, also known as the Thorn Goddess. Its timing and teachings are very weird. In fact, if you want to find reasons for the failure of the human rights march, it accounted for nearly half of them."

Today, five years later, the construction of Qianfan Jingdu is almost complete, and the community environment in the lower-ranked Xiacheng District, where the lower class people live, has not been improved. This in itself is a reflection of failure.

"Can you tell me more about it?"

The mention of the sect immediately aroused Zhu Jue's interest.

"According to our insider reports during the march, this sect first appeared when the human rights marches reached a certain scale and had a broad social impact."

Looking through the documents in his hand, Rona recalled the situation three years ago through the words recorded above.

What are the two most critical things for the emergence of a sect?

One is faith, and the other is believers.

The two undoubtedly complement each other. Faith attracts believers, and believers in turn spread their faith, which in turn attracts more believers.

"The beliefs of the Thorn Sect are different from any other sect I know. I am not a believer of them, so I can only roughly describe their belief that the end is coming. If humans want to continue to survive, they must follow the goddess of Thorns. After experiencing After suffering comes great rebirth.”

"Standard cult propaganda model, do people believe this?"

Zhu Jue curled his lips. He had encountered many cults and naturally scorned this kind of propaganda.

"If you just talk about it, there will be people who believe it, but definitely not many. And the data shows that this sect has succeeded in front of hundreds of people, which is the great rebirth mentioned in their teachings!"

"Has it been successful? Let someone go through suffering and then be reborn?"

"Yes, it is said that in front of the crowd of onlookers, the believers of this sect immediately selected one person and asked him to step forward and kill a devout believer with a shooting. Just a few minutes later, the person who was The believer who is confirmed dead will be resurrected, and even the wounds will disappear."

"Are there any photos or videos of the scene?"

Zhu Jue didn't believe in such things as resurrection from the dead, but he believed that there were some special powers that could achieve something close to resurrection from the dead.

"Sorry, filming was not allowed at that time. It was already a few days later when we learned about this incident. The rumors had spread in an irreversible manner. Even if we wanted to, we could not do anything to stop it. This sect put its beliefs in the entire parade. Spread among the ranks, eventually causing irreversible religious fanaticism and subsequent counterattack by the Qianfan City government!"

Can human rights demonstrations gain widespread recognition by relying on large-scale demonstrations?

of course not!

The reason why they have been able to develop so rapidly is that the reasonable demands of these lower-class people are in line with the common demands of the current people. This is why the entire march can have such a large number of supporters and an influence that even the capital consortia have to pay attention to.

Because of this, when the pure pursuit of a better life was affected by some strange trends of thought, all previous efforts were reported in Thousand Sails City as fanatical actions carried out by a group of religious elements to promote doctrines.

However, the state displayed by the parade at that time was indeed the same.

The Qianfan City government may be under great pressure from public opinion when it comes to arresting public figures who are fighting for people's rights, but what about arresting cultists?

Not to mention the pressure, public opinion will applaud it!

This caused the originally vigorous parade to end hastily in a short period of time in a dramatic way, without even putting up any decent resistance, because when these people are defined as religious fanatics, the Thousand Sail City government will not have any "will" towards them. mercy".

"I didn't expect that there was such an inside story. So, is it possible that the Thorns Sect was arranged by the Thousand Sail City government? Wait, if a cult appeared in the parade, does this mean that some of them think If there is a change, they will inevitably be affected, right?”

Zhu Jue frowned and suddenly looked at Rona and asked.

"Huh? Probably. Maybe."

Rona didn't understand Zhu Jue's meaning for a moment and could only nod subconsciously. The latter had already stood up from the sofa and started pacing around the living room.

Zhu Jue has not forgotten his main reason for investigating the human rights march.

He wasn't here to hear a story from three years ago.

His goal is to find out how Sean and his deputies who appeared in the city of Chester transformed from warriors fighting for civil rights in the human rights march to two evil men who assisted in the killing game in two years. Organization members.

As long as he finds the connection, he can follow the clues to find the organization that is related to the Mi·Go family.

The sudden appearance of the Thorn Sect undoubtedly pointed the direction for Zhu Jue. From a certain perspective, it changed the nature of the human rights march and also caused the dismal ending of this mighty civil rights movement.

The great rebirth of M.G. cult thought?

Resurrection from the dead sounds quite mysterious, but isn’t its actual meaning the disappearance and rebirth of life consciousness?

is it possible.

The thoughts in his mind became more and more complicated. Zhu Jue raised his index finger and pressed his upper lip lightly, thinking about various possibilities. However, because there was no concrete evidence, these thoughts could only remain speculations.

"What about the follow-up situation of the Thorn Sect? They must have gained a lot of believers with this parade. How will Thousand Sails City deal with them?"

"It's nothing more than being arrested and sent to prison for rehabilitation. Since these believers have no actual illegal actions except for ideological fanaticism, the Qianfan City government cannot convict these people. At most, they are disturbing public order. As for the issue of belief, Qianfan City allows people to believe. exist."

Thousand Sail City is not a religious city. Due to the different races of the people, religious beliefs are very complicated. Various sects have a certain number of believers here. It is unrealistic to arrest people based on religious beliefs.

"You mean this Thorn Sect still exists in Thousand Sails City?"

Since the Qianfan City government has not taken action against the Thorn Sect, does this mean that it acquiesces to the existence of this sect?

Could it be that he was grateful that they helped him solve the big problem of human rights demonstrations in return?

"It doesn't exist on the surface!"

Rona's answer was a little vague, and after thinking for a while, he continued,

"Thousand Sails City does not recognize the existence of this sect, and does not allow believers of the Thorn Sect to hold public gatherings and propaganda, but does not make clear regulations on private gatherings. After the human rights march, because the plan failed, we entered a situation of comprehensive contraction. There has been no follow-up in this regard, so I don’t know the situation of the Thorn Sect now.”

The human rights march can be said to be the federal government's last attempt in Thousand Sails City. The massive investment of resources left them unable to cope with the subsequent resistance, let alone using excess resources to track down this cult organization that received no reward.

"I need you to help me investigate the Thorns Cult and the Sean I told you about on the way here. He is probably a member of the Thorns Cult."

No matter what, there must be something fishy hidden in this Thorn Sect. Zhu Jue intuitively told him that this clue was very important, and whether he could figure out the inside story of this sect would be the key.

"I will use the resources of the office to investigate as much as possible, but after all, this happened three years ago. Without continuous follow-up, it may be difficult to find information about this sect in a short period of time."

Today is different from the past. There are really not many things that the federal government can do in Thousand Sails City. Rona does not dare to guarantee what he can do. After all, he is not a detective.

"The base price for each piece of valuable information is 10,000 federal coins. If you can directly find the stronghold or believers of this sect in Qianfan City, the price will increase several times, no, more than ten times!"

Zhu Jue grabbed an apple from the fruit plate and took a bite, shrugged and continued,

"Do you think you can overcome this now?"

"Oh~ Mr. Hannibal, you may not know, but I have always been a person who likes to face difficulties!"

Thinking of the possible big profits in the future, this nearly forty-year-old man suddenly found that life is still full of passion!