The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

At the end of the last string of green codes, it should be the percentage of search progress.

According to Sawada Hiroki, this is a software that captures "green signals" in public servers.

As long as the progress reaches 100%, it should be fine.

The next thing is to wait.

Qin Zhibo thought it would take a long time to search for an unusual signal in a large public server.

But in just one cup of coffee, the progress bar reached 48%, which is faster than the progress of full anti-virus.

But just when Qin Zhibo thought he would successfully search for the "green signal", he never expected what happened next.

At the moment when 48% jumps to 49%, the code suddenly prompts an error.

Deleting progress: ERROR!

WARNING: SYSTEM FALLURE!

"Warning, system failed"

Qin Zhibo stared at the English on the screen and murmured.

The code is completely stuck on this line, and no matter how Qin Zhibo types Esc and Enter, it doesn't help.

Is this the end?

No wonder Taku Itakura said the software was not completed.

Qin Zhibo had already had psychological expectations for this result. At this time, there was nothing to be frustrated about. He could only press and hold the power button to turn off the phone and then return to the office.

But just when Qin Zhibo was about to press the power button, another white system prompt box suddenly popped up, appearing in the middle of the black and green code page.

There are some complex digital gibberish above, which may have some meaning, but it requires at least Level 4 computer skills to understand.

And this prompt box stayed for just one second, and the laptop screen suddenly dimmed and the entire screen was lost.

Automatically shut down?

When Qin Zhibo was wondering, a line of words slowly appeared in the middle of the screen.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

As these strange characters appeared, some kind of human murmur came from the computer's speakers, seemingly reciting these obscure words.

This sound was mixed with heavy breathing and electronic noise when the signal reception was not good, and it was strange and abnormal.

After the bastard-like voice finished reciting this long series of indescribable sentences, the sound of the deep sea came from the computer again.

Although they may not be in the same time and space, Qin Zhibo can still feel the dark and cold sea water rippling in his ears from the rumbling sound.

The majestic sea water, as thick as the Pacific Ocean, seemed to pour into Qin Zhibo's brain like a magical voice.

Qin Zhibo has experienced this feeling of "water in the head".

But at this moment, he forgot when he experienced it.

Fortunately, Qin Zhibo has already filled the [Bottled Fear] with Pacific sea water, and his own resistance to sea water is already relatively high.

Qin Zhibo: Will -5

Suddenly, the screen flashed with countless green light spots again, as if the screen was necrotic and corrupted, piecing together a strange pattern.

It was vaguely visible, and it looked like an octopus. The strange tentacles seemed to be twitching with the flickering of the screen, and green firelight kept blooming around it.

Qin Zhibo had seen this picture before, and it was exactly what Hiroki Sawada showed him in the game space of "Cocoon".

It's just that the pattern displayed by Hiroki Sawada is just a pattern. It is a gif cut out by Hiroki Sawada. Although it is also very weird, it has no other effect.

And this pattern seems to possess some kind of magic power, a distorted dream and a projection of hatred.

Those abominable green lines actually make people want to believe that the green on the screen is alive.

At this moment, Qin Zhibo felt countless green lights blooming in front of his eyes.

These green lights have transcended the computer screen and are projected directly in front of the eyes.

Among the countless clusters of green light, a cosmic rift that resembles a black hole, but is actually a "green hole" appears before our eyes.

Endless stars shuttled before our eyes, and the subtle vibrations in the etheric space seemed visible to the naked eye.

Qin Zhibo felt as if he had flesh wings on his body, flying across countless galaxies and passing by planets that humans had not yet explored.

And in a certain deep universe, something seems to be awakening.

Some kind of existence that has been dormant for countless years.

When the stars are in the right position, He will be awakened from R'lyeh, the eternal mansion.

And in the real world

Qin Zhibo stared at the inexplicably twitching tentacles, and frantically pressed the Esc key in the upper left corner with his left hand.

This is the only way to escape from bondage.

Qin Zhibo now feels that he can't take his eyes away. A strong sense of nausea and sacredness coexist at the same time, as if two powerful spirits are tearing apart in his body.

Qin Zhibo: Will -25

Click, click, click

At this moment, Qin Zhibo's hand speed, which he had been single for decades, reached its peak. The speed at which he connected dots on the keyboard was a reflection of his will to survive.

Reason told him that something powerful was coming along the network cable!

At this moment, the computer screen suddenly turned off.

Everything just now disappeared, the weird patterns, the hateful lines, and the green fire.

finished?

Is the Esc method successful?

Qin Zhibo was stunned. He came back to his senses and checked briefly, only to find that the laptop was out of power.

The last few screens were displayed for only one minute and consumed 40% of the computer's power.

Fortunately, those patterns consumed a lot of power, so I was able to escape.

Qin Zhibo held his forehead, his exhausted body lying on the blanket, sweat dripping down his neck.

The complicated picture I just saw in my mind kept flashing in my mind,

There are obelisks with twisted green patterns, a huge and dizzying stone city, and stone statues that are half human and half octopus.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo's eyes suddenly widened.

Isn't that stone statue the "foreign Bodhisattva"?

Qin Zhibo suddenly remembered that he met Akube Tsu, the son of a famous sculptor, in the murder case of an antique collector not long ago.

His father suffered from madness after the earthquake in 1980. While the disease was not cured, he created a sculpture called "Sleeping Poseidon".

And this work cannot be said to have nothing to do with the illusion I just saw, it can only be said to be exactly the same.

"They are the same"

"'Poseidon' is Cthulhu"

"Cthulhu"

Qin Zhibo said these words as if he was demented.

As soon as he finished speaking, a notification tone came from the system.

[Congratulations, you have gained 2000 mysterious knowledge and skill proficiency! 】

The system prompt appeared so suddenly that Qin Zhibo was stunned for a moment before he gradually accepted it.

Although 2,000 occult knowledge skill proficiency seems like a lot, Qin Zhibo's skill has already reached level 4. To upgrade it, he needs 8,000 proficiency.

Adding this 2000 proficiency level is still not enough to upgrade.

But this side shows that this information is very valuable.

In the past, the secret knowledge gave a proficiency of several hundred, but this one only gave 2,000.

"Foreign Bodhisattva Stone Statue of Cthulhu"

"The eternal mansion, where the stars return."

Qin Zhibo felt that the 2000 proficiency level might be the summary value of the information contained in the illusion.

However, Qin Zhibo's brain was still a mess when it came to sorting out this information, and he couldn't figure out his ideas clearly.

But the key now is not these, but the purpose of the black organization and how to save Sawada Hiroki.

First of all, the purpose of the black organization is quite intriguing.

Although Taku Itakura invented the software before, he may have been bewitched by someone and was not aware of the dangers at first.

After realizing the danger, it is already too late to withdraw.

If this software spreads widely on the Internet, the consequences will be disastrous.

Qin Zhibo alone had a total of 30 will points shaved off.

An ordinary person's 50 Willpower, minus 30 Willpower, would already be a little delirious.

If they were weak-minded people like Mao Lilan and Aso, they would immediately go insane.

As for Itakura Taku's will, he should be very high compared to ordinary people. He has been developing software for such a long time, but he has a serious heart disease, and his brain is still very clear.

The software itself is very dangerous, so it cannot be leaked, this is what Itakura Taku must have thought.

What Qin Zhibo cares about is that the woman from the black organization used such a sentence in reply to Itakura Taku.

Fight against the torrent of time and revive the sleeper.

Does it mean reviving Cthulhu?

Qin Zhibo subconsciously rubbed his temples on both sides, still unable to understand.

According to some dark secrets I felt from the vision, Cthulhu's resurrection seems to be related to the astronomical phenomenon of "the stars return to alignment."

However, from the current point of view, the black organization does not seem to be involved in aerospace business.

Drugs and software are the two main research and development forces currently seen by black organizations, and it is difficult to associate them with "The Stars Return".

In other words, astronomical phenomena themselves are beyond human control and can only wait to happen.

Speaking of waiting, Qin Zhibo thought of the boss of the Beast Brotherhood. He hoped to wait for the Great Halley's Comet, which returns once every 10,000 years, and use Pandora, the Stone of Life, to achieve immortality.

This is related to astronomical phenomena, but it does not mention "the stars returning to their original positions" because there is only one star returning to their original positions.

Still unable to figure out the purpose of the organization, Qin Zhibo could only turn his thinking to the current main task, saving Sawada Hiroki.

This task required the use of Taku Itakura's software. Judging from the current use results, the software is indeed not completed.

The software function designed by Itakura Taku is to capture packets, but the current function only searches for green signals, which is considered incomplete.

But for Qin Zhibo, this is enough.

Taking a page from the game "Cocoon", green signals can be embodied in games that connect to the human brain's consciousness.

In other words, you only need to use the software to search for the green signal first.

Then connect the software to a completely virtual game, and you can once again enter the consciousness space where Hiroki Sawada was abducted.

Complete virtual game

Qin Zhibo thought about it for a moment. The only completely virtual game currently on the market is actually the originator - Cocoon.

Sindora Company is facing bankruptcy due to three major crises: the death of its chairman, the collapse of market reputation, and the inability to withdraw R\u0026D funds.

In this situation where all parties have to settle bad debts and there is extreme chaos both internally and externally, the "Cocoon" game console may not have been completely destroyed.

Maybe I can play "cocoon" again.

But where will the "cocoon" be now?

Qin Zhibo thought for a moment, and suddenly thought of someone who might know inside information.

Now that he had some possible clues, without further ado, Qin Zhibo roughly opened the optical drive and put the disc back into his pocket.

As for the dead laptop, Qin Zhibo looked at it with disgust and threw it directly into the trash can.

In this way, the service life of the top-end laptop on the market is less than one day.

Back at the office, Qin Zhibo dialed the phone number of the person who might have inside information.

"Yuanzi? My name is Qin Zhibo."

Qin Zhibo said what he wanted to ask.

Sonoko was not on guard, after all, he was a man who had been kind to him and the Suzuki family many times.

If Qin Zhibo hadn't shut down the game, Suzuki Consortium, one of the important investors in the "Cocoon" project, would have lost a lot of prestige.

So Yuanzi directly told Qin Zhibo the inside story of the matter.

It turns out that after that incident, the Suzuki Consortium started negotiations with Sindora Company.

Although the failure of the product to be launched is a normal risk of investment, the Suzuki Consortium and Sindora should share the losses.

But the problem is that the products of the invested projects have already been put into production and the relevant technologies are relatively complete.

The Suzuki Consortium is not a fool. Naturally, it wants to obtain these equipment and technologies. Even if it cannot be sold on the market for money, it can try to recover some losses as a technical reserve.

However, this proposal was rejected by representatives of the US government on the grounds that this core technology cannot be exported to other countries.

At the end of the negotiation, both parties took a step back.

Suzuki can retain the equipment and some technologies, but it must wait 20 years after the equipment equipped with the technology is re-launched by a domestic company in the United States before it can release equipment products with related technologies.

Exactly one patent protection period.

Due to its status as an investor, the Suzuki Consortium can retain major technologies, but it needs to take care of the interests of domestic American companies.

This negotiation was somewhat frustrating for Suzuki, but there was nothing they could do about it. The other party had the backing of the U.S. government, and this was already the greatest benefit that could be obtained.

This is not the worst thing. The worst thing is the banks of Japan's Ezhe chaebol group.

Jiang Zhe's family has always been engaged in investment. He has no market resources and is not suitable to directly intervene in various businesses. In addition, the share of this investment is very small, so it is useless to ask for a little bit of technology.

They want some monetary compensation, but the other party doesn't care about them at all.

The reason for this is very simple. The business scope of the Suzuki Consortium has long gone beyond Japan and has spread all over the world. Even the United States has many important investment and industrial projects. The negotiating parties must be somewhat wary of this influence.

As for the Jiang Zhe family's chaebol, in the final analysis, they are just bankers. They make a fortune by plundering Japanese people's wealth and anointing. Americans certainly don't care.

In the end, the Suzuki family, who got the technology and equipment, made a small compensation, and the Jiang Zhe family, who got nothing except letting their grandson play a life-defying game, paid full compensation.

"Mr. Qin, why do you suddenly ask these questions?"

Qin Zhibo got straight to the point and expressed his thoughts, "I am still very interested in the game that day. If possible, I would like to play it again."

Hearing this, Yuanzi couldn't help but frown.

Play again. Did I hear you right?

"Well, it's okay, but our engineers from the Suzuki Consortium are dismantling and studying the mess inside. It will take some time to fully understand it."

"How long will it take? It should be done before next week?" Qin Zhibo asked quickly.

Yuanzi thought for a moment and showed a confident smile that belonged to the daughter of a consortium.

"Since Mr. Qin has spoken, it must be okay!"