Chapter 814 The Resisting Elliot
As an industrial city shouldering the responsibility of maintaining channels, Folkestone naturally has a port.
The port of Folkestone is the English Channel. After the baptism of rising sea levels, the English Channel has widened a lot, and the area that can be used as a seaport has also shifted. So this Folkestone, and Lille know Folkestone is not a location in Marvel.
At the same time, the port is not grand: there is indeed shipping here, but not much.
Since the rabies virus broke out in the old network, a large number of AIs with autonomous consciousness have in turn controlled war machines, among which submarines are the most popular:
A total of four corporate wars took place before the collapse of the old network. The second and fourth corporate wars both had major conflicts on the ocean. Nuclear submarines were the most lethal maritime military units at the time.
In order to protect their own assets at sea and attack local assets at sea, both combatants built many nuclear submarines. With the release of the rabies virus, these combat units have become real maritime ghosts.
AI has inherited human experience and even done better. It is familiar with every waterway and can even detect the waterway. The risk of shipping by sea is too great.
Currently, the English-French Channel is escorted by human-controlled nuclear submarines and patrols composed of biological and chemical weapons such as cyber dolphins, but the scale should not be too large. The main material transportation of this channel is oil and gas, and it also carries network cables. .
Real bulk goods are now transported by airships and air freighters improved by airships.
The airfreight point does not need to be set up in Folkestone, a town that may be hit by typhoons and tsunamis at any time, so the port is not large.
But you can see things that you can't see in Night City: the whale's black and blue back and barnacle-covered tail fin churning on the sea.
This sea area definitely belongs to the company, but I don’t know which company it belongs to.
Elliot walked into the warehouse area of the port. The situation here was not optimistic: compared to the work he did at the Eurotunnel factory, it was purely physical work.
Beside the automated cranes and forklifts, workers wear outdated exoskeletons and use smoking prosthetics to move goods
Seeing them, Elliot felt like he saw himself—no, far lower than himself.
“Working here, earning 1,000 a month is super hard, unstable and harmful to the body.” Elliot said with emotion, “Did you know that the British launched a revolution a hundred years ago? The second 'Glorious Revolution', it was said nicely at the time, that the King of England would protect his people and make oppression and violence no longer exist."
[Lille: Hush! Stop talking! This is a sensitive word! 】
Elliot was stunned for a moment, carefully closed his mouth, and said in his heart:
"What's wrong? I usually post on the Internet every day, and I haven't seen any Internet surveillance. Let me talk”
[Lille: Is there something wrong with your head? You are an ordinary civilian, and your inner assessment is that you are the safest person. Of course, no one cares if you say a few words on the Internet. 】
[Lille: You are currently discussing with EC officials how to extract project funds to other companies. Now that you are talking about this, are you not afraid that the gendarmerie will deal with you? 】
[Lille: You have to remember that you are no longer 2,000 euros, but 200,000, or even 10 million, 100 million, or even a billion. 】
【Lille: I have one billion in my pocket. If I think of an excuse to rob you, this is an organization with strong moral values and discipline. It is even more serious to come up and rob you without saying a word. normal. 】
After hearing this, Eliot thought silently:
I'm a billion now
His heart beat so fast that he almost couldn't breathe.
Having calculated that one billion is too much, let’s start with two hundred thousand.
After adjusting his mood, Elliot put his hand on the fingerprint recognition lock——
This is an abandoned warehouse listed on the European Community Real Estate Trading Network, from a poorly managed company. Small businesses seized by European banks.
[Identification system version: European Barrier Ver.2077.332044]
[Fingerprint recognition passed]
[ID card verification passed]
[Biometrics passed]
< br>【You have passed the certification, you are welcome to visit. 】
[Email name: Foreclosed property No. A335128]
[Sender: Severs]
[Sevens: Elliot, this property comes from the previous one. One is not important The company has gone bankrupt, and their boss ran away to avoid bankruptcy liquidation. 】[Sevens: European banks have put the rights to use the real estate on the Internet. There are eight months of use rights left, and the starting price is 90,000 euros. For some reasons, the last auction failed, and the next auction will take two hours. Finally, feel free to shoot. 】
[Sevens: This warehouse is not big, but it is small and safe. It should be enough to accommodate you and your fellow workers. 】
[Sevens: I'm going through the formalities for you, go check out the place. 】
This place is really not big, covering an area of more than 2,000 square meters, basically the size of four basketball courts, with an indoor height of 10 meters, a single-story roof, and a three-story structure on the side with 8 offices. .
Except it looks dusty, the floor is all oily, and it smells weird.
Everything is fine.
Spacious and bright - although it is a cloudy day today, even if it is cloudy, it is nice to have a window that can really see the sky outside. Even if it rains, it is not bad, and you can still hear the sound of raindrops.
Elliot suddenly felt a strange sense of satisfaction: "This place is really nice, after me"
[Lille: We will live here until the matter is finished. 】
【Lille: Go in and take a look now. Johnny? 】
When Elliot walked through the aisle on the second floor and passed the window, Johnny happened to appear at the window:
[Johnny: There are two people following us but they left. , it seems like just stepping on the spot. 】
Elliot's heart trembled: "Then let's change the place?"
[Lille: Change to what? Folkestone is such a big place, let alone cheap and easy-to-use land. A man worth 200,000 cannot even hold a small warehouse, so he can find a place to bury himself. 】
【Lille: Hey, can you have some backbone? When the enemy wants to demolish your home, you just say dejectedly: How about moving to another place? 】
【Lille: You are such a coward! 】
Maybe it’s because he’s been with Johnny for a long time, or maybe Elliot’s cowardice has exceeded Lear’s imagination, or maybe it’s because Lear has been in the extraordinary world for too long, facing Lear was already a little angry with Eliot, who often made repeated distinctions between "soft" and "hard"——
Even if this kid has a weak mind, can't concentrate on studies, and is full of sentimental feelings, his courage hasn't increased a bit yet!
Elliot scratched his head in embarrassment, suddenly feeling overwhelmed with shame.
Muramasa had scolded him, Johnny had scolded him too, but Lil never really got angry.
Now that three people and three AIs have said this, Elliot finally couldn’t keep it off his face.
But. But he was really scared. He was afraid that one day he would die in bed, while eating, or while walking on the road.
And these are just his daily life, the peaceful time he once had after work. When he thinks that these time will be broken, he is afraid, irritable and even a little resistant
Resisting to enter this new world.
Elliot also felt bad about himself, but he just couldn't get rid of this feeling.
Johnny disappeared from sight, replaced by Lear.
Leal stood in front of Eliot, and the little fat man raised his head and looked at Leal's steel face. At the same time, he felt a hard steel palm placed on his shoulder. ：
"Think about the things you post on the Internet, think about your colleagues, and then think about yourself.
If you still resist and argue on the Internet while resisting, that can only mean one thing. Thing:
You deserve all the dissatisfaction you have with this world. You have a share of the credit for making this arrogant world what it is now.”
“I”.
Click.
An abnormal soft sound came to mind, and everything Elliot wanted to say was suppressed in his stomach, and Leal disappeared.
[Lille: Someone. 】
(End of this chapter)