Chapter 44 Helper
Rooftop terrace.
Zhao Dafu and several technicians from Weixing Group who came with him were gathering around several devices to restore the data in the hard drives.
Ghost Burning in Ashes stood quietly in the Rubik's Cube array constructed by the projection sphere.
He seemed to have nothing to do, waiting to see how far these 'grown-ups' could go.
The original number of people in the live broadcast room has reached the upper limit of the live broadcast platform's server load;
The live broadcast footage that was diverted also attracted more and more humans from the home planet.
At this moment, on the augmented reality interface above Pearl Harbor, there are already countless virtual images floating in the air, staring at the roof of the building.
Wang Ze's physical strength was a little unbearable, so he and He Chou sat in a portable chair to rest.
The guards still maintained their posture with their guns drawn. They must maintain the 'formalistic' suppression of the ghosts before receiving further orders.
This is a reflection of their professionalism.
Zhao Dafu quickly ran over and passed a video file to Wang Ze.
Wang Ze glanced at Burning to Ashes and played the video without much hesitation.
This is a candid shot, in which several men and women wearing white coats appear, each with their brows furrowed.
"Professor Ifa, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Otherwise?" the voice of the video shooter was the clearest, "Do we still have a choice? If we don't cooperate, we will be assassinated immediately, and our family will be implicated. If we cooperate with them, we will only lose the memory of this period, and we can still gain control of our home planet. support for our future research efforts.”
A man frowned and said: "Professor Yifa, I still don't quite understand why you are obsessed with research on the anti-Eternals? Wouldn't it be a greater disaster if the Eternals get a body?"
"This is not the reason why we are gathered here this time," the video shooter said with a smile, "It's probably a personal hobby of mine. We already know the flaws of the Eternals. When they are separated from the body and only have artificial brains, It is easy to fall into self-collapse and self-discipline is necessary
"Is this kind of eternity really eternal? And if we can reverse eternity and switch back and forth between the body and the simulated brain, then that is the real immortality. We can use machinery as a carrier and bionics that simulate our biological attributes. Robot, this idea is interesting, isn’t it? ”
Several scientific researchers shook their heads at the same time.
"Professor Ifa, we only work with you out of helplessness and out of consideration for the future development of our home planet. We do not agree with your academic views."
"Okay, you are not morally qualified to criticize me."
The photographer turned around, and a large screen appeared in the video. On the screen was a game screen, with hundreds of figures gathering for training.
"Look at our joint masterpieces, they are so perfect."
The video ends abruptly here.
Zhao Dafu said: "The follow-up is still recovering, very soon."
"Thank you, Director Zhao, for your hard work," Wang Ze agreed with a smile.
He discussed with He Chou in a low voice, then stood up and walked towards Burning Ashes again.
The ghost boy's expression was full of frustration.
"Virtual can never cover up the physical world," Wang Ze said with a smile, "Do you want to correct your previous lies?"
Burning in the embers is silent.
Wang Ze said: "Actually, it is now very clear. The senior officials of the home planet planned the atrocities against Euler, but the executioners were not the players who participated in the Creation Titan Special Operations expansion pack."
The number of barrages in the live broadcast room has become much smaller;
The audience was listening attentively.
"Before this video came out, I only had three clues - the mental state analysis report of Wen Quan and others, the list, and the 'unknown login' that appeared when Wen Quan's case occurred.
"The others are indeed deceiving you, but the current evidence shows that my thinking is not wrong."
Wang Ze continued:
"I initially deduced the Euler tragedy based on the clues you gave me, but there were many illogicalities in it.
"First of all, according to the information given to me by my friends, there were thousands of players who participated in the public beta test of the expansion pack... Thousands of mechas were dispatched at the same time to maintain and replace the mechas. This was already a huge event. A medium-sized interstellar war
"This is unreasonable.
"Furthermore, after the demilitarization of the home star, the development of the military industry has been restricted. Based on the existing military industry foundation of the home star, we can produce thousands of sets of interstellar remote control systems outside the monitoring of the nine star clusters. Controlled mecha?
“Although I am not involved in the management of Tianze Technology, common sense tells me that this is also unreasonable.
"The wars that these high-level officials of the home planet can launch are bound to be small-scale, resource-limited, and cannot be resisted by the Euler people.
"You can explain this."
There was a sense of relaxation in Wang Ze's smile.
There is indeed some happiness when a hypothesis is confirmed by evidence and truth.
Wang Ze asked: "Shall I say it?"
"Let me tell you," Ran Yuashe whispered, "the participants in the war were...hundreds of soldiers."
Wang Zedao: "Warrior? Virtual warrior?"
"Yes...Virtual Warrior," Ran Yuhui said in a low voice while suppressing his anger, "I admit that I lied before because I didn't want to cause trouble or let people insult my teammates."
Wang Ze asked: "The expansion pack is used to collect user information and create brain simulations?"
"Well," Ran Yuashe whispered, "They selected a few hundred of the best people. The terrain of the expansion pack is the terrain of Euler Star that was divided into regions and re-disorganized.
"The monsters that the players fight are also simulated attack patterns of the Ora Stars. The real war took place in the fourth month after the expansion pack was closed.
"I also participated, as the teacher's favorite disciple, but what I was told was to simulate the black box game process of human beings. The feedback I got... was to destroy monsters in ordinary ways.
"As for those artificial brains that were created, they all thought that they were human beings who were trapped in the game world and their bodies could not wake up... The scientists of the home planet, including my teacher, deceived us.
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"Virtual warriors built based on the way of thinking of ordinary players can easily collapse themselves if they forcibly change their concepts or write war procedures."
Wang Ze asked: "Where is the server that supports virtual warriors located?"
Burning in Ashes smiled bitterly and whispered:
"Do you have to ask so clearly?
"On the outskirts of Euler Star, there were twelve commercial transport ships at that time, forming the surface network of Euler Star. After the war made good progress, they were set up directly on the ground of Euler Star, thus achieving ultra-low war requirements. Delay.”
"Yes, the story I told before is half true and half false.
"The atrocities that occurred on Euler are true. You can verify them at will. The traces cannot be erased," Ran Yuehui whispered, "I just concealed the true form of the war. Compared with the former, this is not What an important secret.”
"No, this involves four lives, which is also very important."
Wang Ze asked: "After the war, how will the virtual warriors be dealt with?"
"They shut down the server."
"You survived?"
"I was originally the teacher's disciple," Jhin looked at Wang Ze, "I belong to the teacher's laboratory."
"Very good. Besides you and your teammates, were the data taken away by Professor Yifa?" Wang Zedao, "Then, did Professor Yifa conduct experiments on reverse eternity on Wen Quan, Zhang Li and others?"
Ran Yueyan fell silent again and avoided Wang Ze's sight.
Wang Ze waited for half a minute, nodded to Ran Yu ashes, and walked back to his portable seat.
Based on the confession of Wen Quan's wife Lin Xiaoxia and the police's previous investigation of Zhang Li and Gu Wanzhong's colleagues and family members, Wang Ze had previously discovered an obvious clue.
So he has been saying that it is possible that the deceased was mind-controlled or suffered some kind of interference.
They all started a few years ago. They occasionally become irritable and often anxious. They seem to have some mental problems and are under great pressure.
If Wang Ze was just making bold assumptions before, after seeing Yifa's file, he started to make some associations.
The data that Zhao Dafu and the others are trying to recover now is the best evidence.
He Qiu held his mobile phone to maintain the live broadcast angle, and couldn't help muttering at this moment:
"What the hell is going on? I understand it this way now. Do you think there is something wrong with it?"
"Well, you say, let's summarize our ideas together."
Wang Ze responded casually.
The live broadcast suddenly filled the screen with 'touched' emoticons.
He Qiu said: "The current situation is that the tragedy of Euler Star did happen. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of humans died due to the greed of the top politicians and capitalists of the home star... But the tangled point is that war is What form and how to implement it?”
Wang Ze nodded: "Yes, Jhin and I were arguing about this twelve minutes ago."
"According to the ghost," He Qiu glanced at Burning to Ashes, "the player's feedback was modified during the game. In fact, playing the game to control the virtual character is to remotely control the mecha."
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"This has been falsified," Wang Zedao, "Although this plan sounds more provocative, the home planet does not have this industrial base."
"Listen to what I have to say, my brain is running slowly...and now I am dug out by you. In fact, it has no direct relationship with ordinary players. Wei Xing Group has collected information about players, and among them, the brains of hundreds of the most powerful players are Based on the prototype, hundreds of simulated brains were produced, hundreds of virtual warriors were created, and the virtual warriors joined the mecha and fought the war.”
Wang Zedao: "The current evidence supports this argument."
He Qiu sighed: "The key figures are those scientists, especially Professor Yifa, but these scientists have been secretly eliminated by the senior officials of the home planet.
"Is that so?"
"Absolutely," Wang Zedao, "So the question I need to verify now is whether Wen Quan and the others have been reversely influenced and controlled by their respective virtual warriors, or have their personalities merged."
"This..."
He Qiu pondered for a few times: "Then I have another question, why do they insist on bringing you into the game?"
"They're using me to tell their stories, that's one of them."
Wang Ze thought for a while and said slowly:
"When I deduced the result they wanted, it was actually in their plan. My second role was to introduce the forces of the Sixth Star Cluster to prevent Euler Star from falling into the hands of the Third Star Cluster.< br>
"If the third star cluster reaches some kind of deal with the mother star, it is likely to cover up the scandal of the mother star.
"Jhin and the others do not believe in the Third Star Cluster, but they must borrow the power of the Third Star Cluster to break the blockade of public opinion by some high-level officials of the home star and obtain some military products.
"I had already figured this out when I was in the bathroom in the morning. I called my uncle, who is the controller of Tianze Technology, and briefly talked about Euler Star. The other party should have reported this to the Sixth Star Cluster military. Question.
"If my calculation is correct, the fleet of the Sixth Star Cluster and the starship of the Third Star Cluster will arrive in the airspace near Euler at about the same time and confront each other in synchronous orbit.
"In this way, more star clusters will participate, so that the tragedy on Euler will not be covered up again. Because of the weak status of the parent star, this tragedy should be written into human history."
"Is it so complicated?" He Qiu murmured.
Wang Zedao: "He has been preparing for today for a long time. It is impossible for the senior officials of the home planet to have a chance to overturn the verdict."
Wang Ze paused in his words, frowned slightly, looked at He Chou aside, and then at Ran Yu Ashes.
Something wasn't right, it seemed like he had overlooked some key information.
What is it?
At the same time, in the president's office on the top floor of the building.
The voices of Wang Ze and He Chou analyzing the case continued to echo in the dark room.
Mr. Wen's face was ashen, and the generals and politicians beside him remained silent.
At the lowest position, Gao Wengong stood there with his head bowed, his fingers trembling slightly.
"This Detective Wang Ze is troublesome," a fat figure whispered, "It's better to shut him up now."
"Don't take his idea, we will still have use for this person in the future," Mr. Wen said in a deep voice, "The ghost actually cooperated with the third star cluster. This is something we did not expect. If he announces this matter from the third star cluster , we can also deny that the next public riot on the home planet is the most difficult trouble now.”
"We worked hard to win Euler..."
"Don't think too much about the interests that are gone. Inform the defense forces to destroy the satellite where the ghost server is located as quickly as possible. This live broadcast should also be cut off." Mr. Wen looked at Gao Wengong, "Xiao Gao, what you just said Where is the PR? She made this plan?”
Mr. Wen lowered his head and glanced at the desktop screen.
This idea also made his eyes light up.
"Yes," Gao Wengong whispered as if he was grabbing a straw from a drowning victim, "she is right outside the door."
"Let her come in," Mr. Wen said warmly, "If she is a good talent and willing to make progress, then we will naturally support the younger generations."
Several people looked at each other, and two of them turned around and walked to a nearby suite.
After Gao Wengong waited for the two of them to enter, he turned and walked to the door, opened the wooden door, and called out in a breathy voice:
"Vina, come in."
Outside the door, the guards once again took out several detection instruments and carefully sensed them for a few seconds before nodding to Lin Weilin.
Lin Weilin smiled slightly at the guard, stepped into the house on high heels, and closed the wooden door naturally.
She looked a little nervous, but she just exhaled softly and followed Gao Wengong to the center of the room.
On the rooftop above them.
"The live broadcast has been cut off!" He Qiu suddenly shouted, "How dare you cut off the live broadcast now!"
Wang Ze frowned and glanced at the live broadcast page, which showed a black screen after the data stream was cut off.
These old guys from the home planet really don’t change their past ways.
Not far away, Ran Yuyan suddenly smiled.
At this moment, a fireball quickly rose into the sky on the sea outside Pearl Harbor.
It was an anti-air missile. The source of the fire at this moment was not the quiet thrust engine at the bottom, but the missile's excessive speed, and the outer paint was burning in the atmosphere.
The firelight shone on the face of Burning Yu Huan, making his virtual image look a little more frail.
He shrugged at Wang Ze and whispered: "Thanks, Detective Wang."
Wang Ze stood up a little irritably.
He always feels that something is happening now, but there are too few clues and too little information, and he has not yet been able to grasp the key.
Will Ghost unleash the virus in full force?
Probably not.
What is that.
"Detective Wang," the ghost whispered, "the first question you asked me was about how to appease those participants back then."
Wang Ze looked up at the ghost.
Wisps of black energy appeared around the latter's body, and his figure returned to its original appearance again, with a somewhat relieved smile on his face.
"You are the answer."
Wang Ze was startled.
The ghost slowly closed his eyes, and four shadows seemed to appear beside him.
The spherical projectors were arranged in an array, and the five of them gathered in a group, seeming to be praying continuously, like roars in the dark night, echoing in the wind:
[They should pay for their mistakes. 】
[They will be punished for their sins. 】
Wang Ze's eyelids suddenly jumped.
Five people? Five people... five!
A player from the Creation Titan once appeared on the big screen in the police dispatch hall and said:
'Almost all of Creation Titan's team missions are in six-person team mode, but his fixed team is usually five people with five different professions... Depending on the bounty mission, foreign aid with suitable professions will be found...'
Yes, there is a sixth person.
There is one foreign aid among the five of them!
Wang Ze turned around and rushed toward the stairs. He Chou quickly followed to protect him. The guards hesitated slightly, but made way for Wang Ze.
The prayers continue:
[The souls of injustice who cannot rest in peace roar in the dark night. 】
[The starlight that should have been bright was annihilated in the flames. 】
In the CEO's office, Lin Weilin glanced at the light coming from the gap in the curtains, and the corners of his eyebrows turned slightly downward.
She raised her hand to untie the hairpin on her head, still whispering:
"The sudden appearance of the third star cluster gave us the opportunity to fight back. Our main idea next is to shape all this into a conspiracy of the third star cluster.
"In this process, we don't care what the people of other star clusters think about it. We can change the perspective of the people of our home star on this issue..."
A faint red light appeared on the tip of the hairpin.
Elder Wen, the two generals behind him, and a fat old man had four red dots on their heads between their eyebrows.
A general noticed something unusual and immediately asked loudly: "What are you doing!"
call out!
Lin Weilin pressed the hide button expressionlessly.
With a popping sound, four small blood flowers burst out from behind the four heads, and there was still a bit of shock on Old Wen's face.
Gao Wengong was stunned. His legs weakened and he fell to the ground again when he wanted to move forward. Then he turned around and looked at the young man behind him.
Lin Weilin smiled a little, her long, slightly curly hair fell down, and her slender neck exuded a white luster.
She didn't say anything more, turned around and walked to the window on the side, opened the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling window, and the sunlight fell on the office, shining on the four fallen bodies.
Lin Weilin grabbed the hairpin and quickly carved a portal on the special glass for her to pass through alone.
[We will cleanse sin with sin. 】
[We will seek relief through dissolution. 】
Outside the door of the CEO's office, Wang Ze, who rushed over forcefully, was stopped by the guards at the door.
"Let me in! Open the door and take a look!"
The guards frowned and said: "Detective Wang, please don't make it difficult for us. We have our responsibilities."
Gao Wengong screamed, and he was shouting something tremblingly.
The guards realized something was wrong and immediately opened the door. Wang Ze saw the opportunity and rushed in, immediately taking in the situation in the office.
Lin Weilin turned around and looked at Wang Ze, each pulse gun pointed at her.
She didn't say anything more, she just smiled at Wang Ze, blinked her left eye gently, tapped her toes, and jumped into the ocean of sunlight.
Wang Ze tried to move forward, but was blocked by the guards.
【May we meet again on the road. 】
[The remaining fire of civilization will guide you and me. 】
In space, the missile streaked across the sky like a comet. With the help of anti-gravity technology, its speed had increased to a terrifying level.
In a certain building on the surface, a figure was lying flat in the air, with long hair and skirt dancing.
‘Brain data activation. ’
‘The key system is activated. ’
‘Consciousness upload recovery, 90%, 92%, 94%, 96%, 98%…’ (Attached is an illustration of the Easter egg stamp.)
(End of chapter)