Indescribable cyberpunk

"Regarding the latest video released by Weird Studio, we have learned about it through Colonel Sacco of the Security Department. In response to the epidemic that appeared in Qianfan City, we invited Mr. Newcastle, who is currently the deputy director of the Epidemic Prevention Center, to take over In the future, he will provide us with an in-depth analysis of the cause of the epidemic and the progress of treatment operations."

Surrounding a half-moon-shaped table, the official host of Thousand Sails City looked at Newcastle with a smile as he was finishing up his outfit and getting ready to enter the live broadcast.

Although this press conference can be completed with modern technology, holographic projection or simple Internet connection, live broadcast is still generally regarded as a manifestation of sincerity to the public in the journalism community.

Newcastle or the Qianfan City government was obviously well prepared for this. Both the host's questions and Newcastle's responses were smooth and tight. At one point, Zhu Jue, who was standing nearby waiting to come on stage, thought that this was a rehearsal in advance. of.

Deliberately approaching the press desk, Zhu Jue was not very interested in most of the content during the live news broadcast. On the one hand, it was all cliche official rhetoric. On the other hand, they said that Zhu Jue not only knew, but also I also know more details than they do.

What he really wanted to know was the information that some of the government officials around him inadvertently revealed.

"Currently, based on the successful removal of the contaminated area in Community No. 37, we have extracted substances from some special entities that are beneficial to our development of vaccines and specific drugs. After clinical trials at the Epidemic Prevention Institute, we have initially confirmed that they are There is a certain effect”

Just as Zhu Juezang was paying attention to the conversations of the surrounding people in the crowd, Newcastle's words in the live broadcast room made him involuntarily shift his attention.

Zhu Jue knew that the so-called "special existence" in Newcastle's mouth should be the Gadamon daughter body separated from the bone tree in the contaminated area. It's just that infected people with double mutations in their mind and body can really use it to treat common infectious diseases. Way to cure?

In the past, Zhu Jue would have disapproved of it, but after not long ago personally experiencing that the medicine made by the ancients after transforming the body of Gadamon indeed had miraculous effects, he was now a little unsure.

What if the epidemic prevention center really relies on the Gadamon sub-body and makes a breakthrough in this regard?

With modern technological levels, it seems not completely impossible.

If these infected people can be restored to their original state, does it mean that other mentally infected mutants can also use similar drugs to restore their collapsed minds and bodies?

I wanted to hear more about this aspect, but Newcastle just mentioned it and then stopped going into details. It is probably because it is still in the preliminary experimental stage, so I dare not go into too much detail, lest it be too late. Contradictory.

Compared with the report by Colonel Sacco of the Ministry of Security, Newcastle's talk was not much. In about twenty minutes, the honorees, including Zhu Jue, were notified that they were ready to take the stage.

The whole process has been arranged, so I won’t go into too much detail here. It’s just a matter of showing up and saying a few words about my experience in the lower-class community.

According to the government’s advance notice, this news will end here.

Unexpectedly, he took out his mobile phone and prepared to ask Suzi to come over to "pick him up". Someone next to him informed them that they had to attend a charity dinner funded by the Qianfan City government.

After asking Newcastle on the mobile phone, I found out that this was a charity dinner temporarily initiated by the Wu family. It was said that they wanted to take this opportunity to donate a donation to the underlying communities for reconstruction and improvement of community conditions.

Originally, this was not part of the Qianfan City government's plan. Even Newcastle had just learned of the news, and his reply to Zhu Jue was also full of doubts.

The top consortium in Thousand Sail City cares about the underlying communities?

In the eyes of many people, this is a funny statement that can make them laugh at any time.

However, Wu's Aircraft Group is one of the five major consortiums in Qianfan City.

There are really not many people who can refuse the invitation they sent out, not to mention that this is a charity dinner, which is a good thing. Therefore, even if they did not receive the invitation in advance, other consortiums at the same level still sold their faces and sent their senior officials. participate.

Not to mention Zhu Jue and others. They may not have much to do there, but people must be there.

The charity dinner was held at a luxury hotel in Community No. 1, Xiacheng District, Qianfan City. Zhu Jue and others were specially picked up by a sightseeing airboat dispatched by the Wu Group.

Take this opportunity.

It was Zhu Jue's first time to come to the community closest to the real "City in the Sky".

No matter how brightly lit Community No. 1 is and how beautiful the night view is, from the moment the sightseeing airboat enters Community No. 1, everyone's eyes are inevitably attracted by the scene above and are completely attracted by it in just a few seconds. Get lost in it.

Even though everyone knows that everything in front of them is just an illusion created by the most advanced projection technology of this era.

From their perspective, what they can see is the majestic hull of the nearly 10,000-meter-long keel looming in the sea of ​​clouds at night, which seems to reflect the infinite glory of No. 1 Community. In addition, there are hundreds of huge wooden pieces on both sides of the ship. The oars floated and swayed uniformly, a shape incomparable to any ship, like a Kunpeng spreading its wings.

Even though they were nearly 100 meters apart, people were still worried about whether there would be cloud waves falling from the sky and overturning the entire sightseeing boat. Even the stars and the bright moon in the distance had become a "city in the sky" at this moment. "The foil!"

I heard from the driver in the front row that they were very lucky. Normally, "City in the Sky" would turn on the protection mode to save energy. Today, it happened to be one of the few times a month when it would turn on "full special effects."

The sightseeing boat was filled with cheers for a while. Only Zhu Jue leaned against the window and looked at the boat with a calm expression. What came to his mind were the dilapidated ruins and ragged clothes in the settlements that he saw in the lower-level communities a few days ago. crowd.

No one dislikes the grand scene that belongs to this era in front of him. What makes Zhu Jue feel regretful is that behind this grand scene is immeasurable exploitation and depravity.

Of course, Zhu Jue also understood in his heart that this was a social change brought about by the changing times, and change could not be accomplished overnight.

So when the sightseeing boat took them to the top floor of the hotel, Zhu Jue's mood became a little "sticky" because of what he had just seen and thought. He thought that mashed potatoes mixed with honey mustard sauce looked good. , but it really makes people unable to taste it.

Fortunately, Zhu Jue has never been a sentimental poet. When he followed the android waiter into the banquet, his mood had returned to normal.

As I thought before, the honorees seemed to be receiving great courtesy from outside. But when they arrived at the Vanity Fair full of celebrities, in fact, no one cared about them at all. Even the android waiter didn't know who they were. The instructions were to set aside a dining area for them, so that they were like animals in a zoo, receiving unexplained observations from all directions.

To be honest, this feels bad.

If he hadn't used the identity of Hannibal Lecter now, with Zhu Jue's temperament, he might have asked those who stared at him: What are you looking at!

Fortunately, it didn't take long for someone from the Wu Group, the organizer of the charity dinner, to step up and host the entire dinner, drawing everyone's attention to it.

Since Zhu Jue had nothing to do, he listened for a while and was fed a lot of beautiful words to his surprise. After thinking about it, he simply found a corner in their area and started eating at the table filled with all kinds of exquisite food. Pick the portion you want to eat.

After the party was over and the banquet entered free time, Zhu Jue tasted the food alone in the corner and made up his mind to run away when he found an opportunity.

This kind of upper-class banquet doesn't suit him!

"Sir, do you want any sauce?"

Zhu Jue was eating when a female android from the crowd next to her came up to her and asked, holding a dinner plate covered with a silver metal cover.

"Huh? Sauce?"

As soon as the steak was brought to his mouth, Zhu Jue didn't remember that he asked the waiter for sauce.

"You sent the wrong one, I didn't order the sauce."

"But someone said this is the sauce you need."

As he spoke, the android opened the silver cover on the dinner plate and took out the dishes. He did not put them directly on the table, but hung them in mid-air, as if waiting for Zhu Jue to pick them up.

"Who asked you to send it?"

Looking at the things in the dishes, Zhu Jue suddenly frowned and asked as a familiar smell lingered between his nose.

Minced garlic and soy sauce, this is his favorite sauce combination.

"Sorry, sir."

The android didn't answer Zhu Jue's question, but kept handing out the dishes without moving at all.

He stretched out his hand to take over the dishes, and the moment he touched the bottom of the bowl, Zhu Jue realized that there was something underneath. He calmly put the dishes on the table and wiped the bottom of the bowl with his index finger in advance.

After a pause, he leaned back and glanced down.

A folded paper towel strip, with writing vaguely visible inside, unfolded it with one hand.

‘The attacker, Community No. 28, the third house on the right side of the Gravity Tavern. ’

That's all it said on the note.

Who are the attackers?

Is this address their residence?

Why tell yourself this address?

You must know that this reception is a temporary decision of the Wu Group, and even Newcastle has not received the news. Who would know in advance and arrange for the android to give this note to him?

What's more, he is now Hannibal Lecter, an ordinary clinic doctor.

If there were no soy sauce dishes mixed with minced garlic, Zhu Jue would almost certainly have sent it to the wrong person.

But this little quirk, which only a few people who knew him well knew, made Zhu Jue vaguely feel that this note was sent to him.

To be precise, it was passed on to myself as Zhu Jue!

Confusing thoughts flashed through his mind one after another. Zhu Jue still wanted to confirm who sent the thing, but when he looked up again, the android who was standing next to him just now had blended into the crowd and disappeared.

Due to the fact that the infectious disease community has been closed these days, I heard that the outbreak will still occur in the next two days. Readers, please stay at home like a fox if it is not necessary.

The body is the most important!