Indescribable cyberpunk

The flames spit out from the spray gun inlaid with artificial agate stones ignite the liquid on the skin of the steak, turning it from orange to dark blue.

After a while, it spread to several flowers carved from unknown vegetables next to the steak, with a light blue color at the tips.

"This is our signature dish, dark blue rose. I wish you both a pleasant meal."

The waiter said congratulations and bowed out of the box. Zhu Jue looked at the excellent-looking meals in front of him and began to think of the large steaks and enoki mushroom bacon skewers he used for barbecue.

"You haven't answered the question I just asked on the sidewalk. Does Mr. Rona have any new information to tell you?"

Unlike Zhu Jue who really wanted to eat, Newcastle was obviously not hungry. He took a sip of red wine to moisten his throat and asked.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the conversation, he specially chose a separate box on the second floor of the restaurant.

The walls were covered with iris wallpaper and wall lamps in the same flower pattern. Classic jazz music was originally playing, but was turned off in advance at his request.

"Of course, Mr. Rona asked me to convey before leaving that the two contaminated areas in the lower-level community are far from the end. The Ouroboros organization can control the infected body and use bone trees to create something that can enhance or catalyze the infected body and tissue. The fruit of the member’s mutation, what they are planning is definitely not just a terrorist activity!”

With Rona as an excuse and his "information channel", Zhu Jue naturally revealed some of his intentions.

"If possible, can you give more details, such as clear goals and areas for next action?"

Regarding the series of activities carried out by the Ouroboros organization, the Thousand Sail City government also felt that they most likely had follow-up plans. I don't know how many investigators were sent out secretly, but there was very little feedback.

"I'm sorry, I didn't get more information. In fact, Mr. Rona also wanted me to get some information currently known to the Qianfan City government from you. He said that this would make it easier for him to entrust people to conduct investigations through some special methods. , as for the results obtained, I will naturally share them with you when the time comes.”

Zhu Jue, who had left the lower-class community, was also at a deadlock in his investigation of the Ouroboros organization. He needed more clues to support his follow-up investigation, and no valuable information had yet been received from the Rangers.

"A special way?"

Newcastle repeated Zhu Jue's words and immediately realized that this was probably a cooperative message released to him by that man Torona.

Yes!

This is Thousand Sails City after all. Putting aside everything else, whether it is manpower, material resources, or various information channels, the resources owned by the Thousand Sails City government are undoubtedly No. 1.

Even he needs to use government channels to understand the latest information at some point, but because he doesn't want to expose his identity, he communicates with himself in this way of entrusting others to communicate.

Instead of continuing to inquire about the other party's whereabouts, it is better to take this opportunity to sublimate the transaction relationship between the two parties into a cooperative relationship, even one with an intermediary.

At this thought, Newcastle's expression suddenly became much brighter, but unfortunately it did not last long.

The reason is simple. The Security Department seems to have not found any decent information so far, which makes him not know what to say for a while.

Of course, this may also have something to do with his identity. There is obviously no need to report to the deputy director of the Epidemic Prevention Institute when investigating cases of the Ministry of Security.

The opportunity for cooperation is right in front of us, should we just let it slip away?

Zhu Jue, whose eyes were always on Newcastle, noticed his embarrassment and was not prepared to let the first conversation between the two become fruitless. After thinking about it, he said: "The person who attacked Mr. Rona before, Is there any news?"

"Well, this. I have asked the patrol team of Community No. 17 to try their best to investigate, but they were all masked at the time. During the battle, they also used some kind of jamming device to destroy the surrounding monitors. It will take a certain amount of time to fully track them. time."

The so-called "it takes a certain amount of time" can actually be equated with the statement of losing the goal.

Highly developed technology may make most crimes invisible, but on the other hand, it also helps some people hide their crimes more perfectly.

Since the attacker dared to attack Rona and Gu Yingxing in public, he was naturally well prepared.

"How are the infections developing in other communities in Xiacheng District? I remember that before the scavenger plan started, infected people also appeared in the medium-sized communities in Xiacheng District, right?"

Zhu Jue decided to return the question to Newcastle's major. He could always answer this aspect of the matter.

"Ah! Regarding this, the Epidemic Prevention Center has made new discoveries recently."

When it comes to his own work, Newcastle, who was embarrassed a second ago, immediately showed his professionalism as the deputy director of the epidemic prevention institute.

"You have worked in lower-class communities and have been exposed to infectious agents. At first, we thought this was some kind of irreversible genetic mutation caused by the development of the epidemic at the end of the epidemic, but this is not the case. According to recent experiments by the epidemic prevention and control center, During the same period when infectious bodies appeared in the lower-class communities, some patients who were admitted to the hospital in advance did not show any mutations. They still showed symptoms of the epidemic. This means that it is very likely that the infected persons transformed into infectious bodies. Because of the triggering factors created by the Ouroboros organization!"

Newcastle didn't know what he was talking about. Not only did Zhu Jue know it clearly, but there was also a person who had witnessed it, but the latter had no intention of interrupting Newcastle.

If you want to get some useful information, you have to open up Newcastle's chat box first, right?

Zhu Jue's patience soon paid off.

"Why doesn't the Ouroboros organization just 'detonate' these time bomb-like patients together, and what's the point of leaving these infected people behind? This goes against common sense, because according to the conclusion drawn by the Ministry of Security, the Ouroboros organization has Those who have the ability to remotely control the mutation of infected people, through internal observation experiments at the epidemic prevention center, we found that these infected people without exception have extremely serious hallucinations when the disease enters the final stage!"

Mentioning this aspect, Newcastle took a puff of his cigarette and unconsciously wiped the corners of his eyes and sides of his cheeks with his left hand, letting the smoke escape from the gaps between his knuckles.

For the first time, this middle-aged man, who had taken the position of deputy director of the epidemic prevention center in his prime, showed his exhaustion and depression in front of Zhu Jue.

"What kind of hallucination?"

Zhu Jue stabbed the whole steak with the fork in his hand, bit into it, and asked vaguely.

He had no choice but to keep up his appearance, but this steak was really delicious!

"The academic community has not yet clearly defined this mental state. I asked the professor of human psychology at Qianfan University and several psychologists who have made great achievements in this field. The answer they gave is the collapse of the worldview or the collapse of the world view. Talk about a full range of cognitive disorders!”

"Um"

This time it was Zhu Jue's turn to be unable to understand.

"I have had several brief conversations with them. Those people have huge problems with their thinking logic and understanding of external things. To give a simple example, if you see people wearing white coats and masks, What’s the first thing that comes to someone’s mind when they have a stethoscope hanging around their neck?”

"Doctor, of course, a doctor."

This is the identity image that everyone associates with it.

"Monster, that's what the infected call the doctor in your mouth!"

Newcastle leaned back on the bench, with cigarette ash between his two fingers falling onto the dinner plate in front of him as his body swayed. The uneaten steak was stained with cigarette ash, and the tender red skin was inevitably stained with soot. "stains" appear,

"They regard those of us who want to help them as monsters. They think that there is nothing wrong with them but they are imprisoned. Not only do they not cooperate with treatment, they are even looking for opportunities to attack the employees of the epidemic prevention center. If it were opened by Life Medical Group, Hospital, this kind of behavior will only make them lose the opportunity to see a doctor for life, but we are an epidemic prevention center, so we can only regard their behavior as an accidental behavior in a seriously ill state."

"Just attacking the doctor, nothing else special? You just said that they had severe hallucinations, and as far as I know from Mr. Rona, these people are probably also affected by some kind of spirit spread by the Ouroboros organization. The effects of pollutants and their hallucinations may also have reference significance.”

Zhu Jue has experienced that special state. Although his crazy fantasies continue to erode his sanity, if he can get through it, he can often feel some messages from it.

Prophecy is the best example.

These infected people are obviously affected by the influence of Gadamon's sub-body to become like this. When they fall into madness, they are bound to see some special illusions, which may be unreasonable to ordinary people. But Zhu Jue believes that there may be valuable information hidden in it.

"Performance. Infected people who fall into severe fantasy will often babble, saying that we have all been deceived and that this world is not the real world. Occasionally, their eyes will focus on an unoccupied corner of the room, and then they will talk to that place, as if that There was a person standing next to him looking at him. I didn’t listen too much to these crazy words, it was a headache. If necessary, I can find someone to record and record part of the content.”

No one cares about the words of madmen, let alone those guys who are extremely aggressive and contagious.

"I think it's necessary. We can't miss any possible clues right now."

The Ouroboros organization obviously left these infected people behind, not because they forgot about them, but perhaps because they wanted them to infect more people, or to achieve some other purpose.

No matter what, Zhu Jue believes that there is a need to explore.

"No problem, I will pay attention to this aspect."

This is not something that is difficult to do. From Newcastle's perspective, since it was something that the person mentioned deliberately, there is no problem in the epidemic prevention office paying special attention to it.

The conversation between the two continued for about half an hour.

As Newcastle's phone rang, the pair were forced to return to the news agency.