Overturned Tower

The heavy rain has not stopped yet.

Not far away, the accumulated water was constantly broken by raindrops, causing the neon lights to reflect a beautiful brilliance.

"Ha...ha...uh..."

She woke up from coma for the third time and gasped violently.

The blood stuck in her throat, causing her to cough several times before she recovered.

The roaring sound of the rain intertwined with the ringing in her ears, giving her the illusion that she was being surrounded from all directions.

But that's just an illusion.

She pushed herself up with difficulty.

Her long black hair was wet from the rain and clung to her back, which was only wearing a white vest.

The diluted blood on the back was intertwined with sweat and rain, spreading on the tight vest and dyeing it a light red. The open wounds became swollen and purple under the soaking of the rain. It's already infected, and I'm afraid it's about to become inflamed.

The chip on the back of her neck is a constant reminder that her body is in an endangered state.

A red light kept flashing at the edge of her vision, and a harsh warning sounded in her ears... Thanks to these warnings, she didn't faint directly in the heavy rain.

——I am about to die.

She knew this very well.

But there was no trace of fear in her eyes.

She completely ignored the chip's reminder that "it is sending an assistance signal to the nearby execution department", and casually crossed out the friendly reminder "please choose a doctor in the nearby area" and hung up the emergency call that the chip made on its own initiative. .

She exhaled the virtual panel, and with her right hand, which was trembling due to blood loss, she quickly typed on the keyboard that only appeared in her field of vision and began to send a text message to someone.

Soon, her vision dimmed.

A tall figure appeared in front of her, blocking the neon light in front of her.

The heavy rain fell on him, and it was like an illusion that he was directly immersed in it and disappeared into thin air.

Because she had no light behind her, even if she tried her best to raise her head, she could only see a dark shadow.

"Have you finished writing your last words?"

A cold voice sounded.

She waved her hand to turn off the screen and raised her head to look at the visitor.

"Are you going to take action?"

She asked in a hoarse voice, word for word.

"It looks like it's finished."

The man spoke calmly, casting his indifferent gaze at the seriously injured girl in front of him.

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1202, July 31, Saturday, 9:00 am.

Russell was awakened by an alarm clock playing brisk electronic music.

The alarm clock played directly in the brain through the chip is the most efficient music to wake up without causing long-term mental damage.

"Wake-up music" and "sleep-aid music" themselves are the "Happy Life" series of technologies developed by Tianen Group... But in Russell's view, the greatest value of this thing is that it allows him to ruin one less song.

He yawned and rolled around on the bed. He closed his eyes and turned off the alarm clock and opened Tian'en Daily, listening to Miss Bai Xue's soft voice.

"Ah, it's still about the Lower City area..."

Russell murmured drowsily.

Generally speaking, Tian En Daily starts at 6:30 and ends at 7:00 every morning.

But there is a replay at nine o'clock...which is why Russell gets up at nine o'clock every day.

Normally, he would have been up by now.

However, I have something important to do tonight and I have to go out, so I will probably have to stay up late. It's better to squint a little more and get some sleep...

It has been more than a month since Russell got his third mask.

In the past half month, the media pressure on Delphinium's bombing of the factory in Xiacheng District has been reduced a lot. Russell has been interviewed three times in the past month and a half, each of which was not directly related to that incident.

It is also possible that as the new incident intensified, people have forgotten about it.

It was a week ago that the mages held a gathering in Crystal Skeleton City. But the people present were not just missing Quanzhou and Maze... but there were only a pitiful six people left in total.

I don't know if the remaining people haven't arrived at Crystal Skeleton City in a month, or if they don't plan to come and have decided to go it alone.

Of course, it is also possible that he is dead.

After Paradise Bird joined the Cyber ​​Church and became a bishop...for some reason, the board of directors suddenly relented and let the angels into the lower city.

In the past half month, the company has no longer sent its enforcement department to the lower city area, but the gangs and mages in the lower city area have become even more miserable.

The execution department that originally hung around, kept each other's hands, and fought every day was suddenly replaced by an angel team that was merciless and determined to eliminate evil at any cost.

Gangs throughout the Lower City have entered a phase of contraction. In the past half month, the frequency of robberies, rapes, shootings, kidnappings and other vicious incidents has dropped by three-quarters.

Likewise, as the angels destroyed a large number of factories, prices in the uptown area continued to rise.

Compared with the same period last month, prices in Shangcheng District have generally increased by more than 30%, and some products have begun to be in short supply islandwide. Although Tianen Group began to urgently mobilize supplies to other air islands, the prices increased directly at a rate of five to six times to seven to eight times.

However, the reduction of a large number of vicious incidents cannot stop people from complaining——

Just as the former "godfather" had predicted: it was no longer the executive department and the company that were burned, but the church and angels. There was also a demonstration against the angels' settlement on the floating island.

Russell and the Inferior actually took action once... because the 30% rise in prices across the island coupled with the shortage of supply was actually very scary. As a result, some companies were unable to obtain raw materials or their capital chains were broken. As a result, many people lost their jobs and were forced to move into "secondary jobs." Coupled with the "happiness test" problem caused by anxiety, it even directly gave birth to a demon that has not yet been fully hatched.

Although prices only increased by 30%, when it was finally reflected in some families, the cost of living increased by far more than 30%.

According to Russell's prediction of public opinion, the pressure of public opinion on the church has reached its limit.

People are extremely harsh on these original "helpers" around them, and just one mistake can be magnified several times. Not to mention, they have actually affected the lives of more than 40 million people in the urban area of ​​Xingfu Island...

Even if the unemployment rate is only 0.8%, it means that at least more than 300,000 families have suffered misfortune.

If we add the 200,000 people in the Lower City who were being annihilated and massacred by the angels, that would be the resentment of at least one million people. More than 80% of them have chips and can vent online at any time.

Even if the angel's will to annihilate the mage is strong enough... the mortals in the church cannot bear this kind of mental pressure.

They may even be attacked by relatives and friends just because they work in the church.

These clergymen working in the church are basically voluntary jobs - as mentioned before, the work here has no income and no future at all.

For those priests who have not yet awakened to the power of Holy Orders, they basically work for the recognition, smiles, and happiness of others.

This pure and real resentment, which cannot even be blamed or escaped, is too strong a shock to them.

If they cannot bear the pressure and leave the church in large numbers, the Cyber ​​Church will not only become a joke, but also lose a lot of its authority and persuasiveness, and will also be unable to occupy a dominant position in negotiations with the Tianen Group.

At the very beginning of August, not even mid-August, the church will be unable to withstand the pressure and take back the angels and freeze them again.

By then, the company will happily pick peaches.

The worst groups in downtown are repeatedly swept away by the Angels. The angels gathered in small groups attacked the mages and illegal psykers, just like helicopter gunships licking infantry. The opponents had almost no ability to resist - because among the angels assigned in Happy Island, there was a "noble one" who could empower other angels. The ability to fly... So it finally became like this.

As the people's hatred of angels deepens, they can't help but anger the church... Relatively speaking, the company's right to speak has increased; and these organizations that have been crippled by angels will soon It cannot be slowed down. After the Angels evacuate, the factory is rebuilt, and prices stabilize and recover, it will become a situation where "the new actions of the Executive Department in recent months have effectively reduced the crime rate in Xiacheng District."

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Before that, Russell really had no job to speak of.

Even the execution department next door has started a rare vacation... which can probably be regarded as a break.

Although at the beginning of the month, Bad Day told Russell that nothing would happen on the day at the end of the month.

But after Russell saw the calendar clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief.

——The 31st is a Saturday.

Theoretically, the Special Execution Department has one day off per week, but in reality it only takes one and a half days off.

On Saturday, I have to go to the company to sign in before noon, and then have a free and sumptuous lunch in the staff canteen before walking home from get off work.

Although it doesn’t matter where you go to play… for Russell, taking a vacation doesn’t really make much difference. He would rather play games in the office, at least he can chat with Delphinium when he is tired.

It would be too lonely when you are at home alone.

He even walked around the Tower of Babel headquarters twice without any trouble, but still didn't meet anyone except the deer-headed statue.

As he calmly waits for the end of this month, Russell has already cleared four large games in the office.

He even made a card game before and wanted to play cards with Delphinium.

But it's a pity that Delphinium is still busy with work every day, like an earthbound spirit growing on the minister's chair...even too lazy to go out for shopping, eating and drinking.

Faced with Russell's invitation to "let's fish together", Miss Minister seriously refused. He scolded Maomao lightly for dragging other colleagues away from their duties in the company.

Russell immediately understood what Delphinium meant: You can play with yourself, don't ask me to play with you.

So Russell, who had made up his mind to live in peace, had no choice but to find a corner of the sofa to curl up and play.

During the day, I spend time in the office catching up on dramas and playing games, and at night, I go to the Dream World every now and then to level up - it can be said to be a quite fulfilling and interesting life.

Occasionally, Russell would show his kindness and wander to the angels' dormitory area to provide psychological counseling to the angels.

Although the little bishop is not here, the angels are also people with good personalities. Moreover, they are all "old antiques" from an era when the Internet was not yet developed, and their ability to resist spraying is not strong enough... They are obviously worried. Russell couldn't let them all be driven crazy, so he went to enlighten them when he had nothing to do.

This is probably the only serious thing Russell has done in the past half month.

"Um……?"

When Russell regained consciousness, he suddenly saw someone sending an email to the "Ultramarine" account.

Now Russell is quite famous.

Many people have added his "code name" and occasionally contact him for business.

But Russell's desire was relatively low and he was very cautious. He almost didn't accept any endorsement deals... The only one that came next was his favorite brand of Coke.

Therefore, in order to avoid interruption, the mailbox with the codename "Ultramarine" is generally prompt-free - he will check it again when he is free. Only messages sent by relatives and friends who are "directly connected" to him can directly pop up to wake him up when he is playing games or sleeping.

Anyway, if it was really urgent, Delphinium would definitely come over to urge him one more time.

At that time, you just need to pretend to know about it, say "I have already gone out" and "I am on the way", and then wash up and go out urgently, and it will be fine.

There is nothing Delphinium can do against him. He could only shake his head helplessly, sigh and say something like, "Forget it, cats are like this."

Russell knows that he is very cute and lovable... and he can guess the other person's bottom line without any guidance.

Even though he seems arrogant, because he has never touched the other person's bottom line and will immediately do something warm or caring when he is about to annoy the other person, he has naturally become closer to many people.

These include angels, his colleagues, some bosses he met through entertainment... and even two of his own directors.

As a result, in a sense, Russell's words are more effective than Delphinium's when he is outside now.

"Who sent it..."

Russell originally frowned, wanting to see if a boss he knew had arranged a new job, and mentally thought of a polite rejection reply; or someone was planning to treat him or take him out to play, so he checked. Can you arrange time in next month's schedule?

But at this moment, he was a little surprised to find out... This was news from Miss Morgan, who had never contacted him since he added the code name "Ultramarine" as a friend.

After he opened it, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Russell suddenly woke up and sat upright from the bed to watch carefully.

The email said this:

“I don’t have much time left, Ultramarine. By the time you get this email, I’ll be dead.

"I didn't tell you what my profession was last time... In fact, I am a killer who is directly employed by a certain director. In order not to expose my identity, I have many part-time jobs. You saw me last time When I was there, one of my drivers worked part-time.

"My employer seems to think I've done enough and it's time to 'retire.' But I know too much... and he's going to kill me in order to leave no trace.

"I won't tell you his name, because that may make your situation dangerous. I am sending you this email just to inform you why I disappeared and to advise you not to come to me - no matter what happens Don't try to find me or reply to my letters. Although I will die, I won't make it easy for him.

"Goodbye, ultramarine hero."

The story of volume three begins!

The first chapter is not suitable as an introduction to be divided into chapters, so I published it in two parts~