Chapter 2 Physical Link
["Lead Wire" prosthetic body unlocking program, current compilation progress is 32%]
If someone peeks at Song Shi's personal terminal interface at this moment, they can clearly see the interface At the top, there is a progress bar like this.
The only purpose of this program is to unlock the prosthetic body.
Most diseases harm oneself, and a small number of diseases can harm others. Among them, cyberpsychosis is undoubtedly the most harmful existence to others. A cyber lunatic turns a street into plasma level 3 There is no shortage of news about the film, Pallose has never been short of.
Therefore, from the moment they enter the institute, all volunteers' prosthetics are locked, retaining only basic functions and blocking access to the Internet.
It’s just that this research institute is not directly affiliated with the giant enterprise [Emerald Pharmaceutical], but a somewhat marginalized subordinate research institute with limited resource allocation. In addition, [Emerald Pharmaceutical] is a bioengineering and A giant in the medical field, but not so good at networking technology.
So in Song Shi's eyes, this level of locking procedure seemed a bit crude.
Compared with information offensive and defensive warfare in the network field, defeating the opponent from the physical level with overwhelming saturated psychic firepower is what Song Shi is better at. Even to a certain extent, Song Shi's network level can only be called second-rate.
——Nothing more.
Although Song Shi was indeed not very good at cyber information warfare, he knew enough people.
For those lower-level network domains [Abyss] that swim outside the "network domain firewall", they are qualified to challenge the giant companies that stand at the top of the sky and look down on all living beings, and can individually usurp a city's network domain. The top hackers have strong frontal combat capabilities, and there are never too many partners.
Under the influence of what he heard and saw, at least Song Shi’s vision was fine.
And relying on some side skills taught by top hackers from time to time, or private programs used as rewards, his cyber warfare has taken a crooked path - probably similar to "two people in a sword duel" I secretly stuff a musket into the handle, and when others draw their swords, I shoot."
Of course it has no effect on the top players, but it does have miraculous effects on second- and third-rate people by surprise.
so.
Although he no longer has the domain module and related implants he had in the past, the current level of prosthetic locking cannot stop him. This "lead wire" program is what Song Shi remembers from his memory. Selected countermeasure programs that are most suitable for the current scenario.
A string of codes quickly appeared on the interface.
On-site compilation.
Besides.
Who said that this was for Song Shi himself?
... "Song Shi said this at the same time as the program was being compiled.
In Song Shi's eyes, this middle-aged man was in a suit and leather shoes. His clasped hands had an obvious metallic feel, and a closed brain-computer interface was exposed on the back of his head, including the implant hidden inside the body. , with at least a 30% transformation degree.
In Paloser, this is a very typical corporate look. Only the various abilities provided by implanted prostheses can meet the company's work requirements. Not to mention a clean natural person entering the company, even the illegal workers in the factory Not qualified to fight.
Of course, it would be more appropriate if the man had a black suitcase in his hand.
But this kind of dress should not appear here.
This is not the dozens of high-end office buildings with dozens of floors that are brightly lit all night long in the Zhongtang and Baimen areas. This is the volunteer service area of the Third Institute of Psychiatry and Psychiatry in Paloser, where the mice who are about to enter the test site should stay.
Just hearing Song Shi’s words, the man still didn’t react.
He still lowered his head, clasped his fingers and said nothing.
“Aren’t you going to talk?”
Song Shi paused for a moment and then said, “Look at what you look like now, company man.”
“Honestly, with With your current mental state, I don’t think you will have a chance to survive.”
When he heard these words, the man finally raised his head.
The pupil of the man's right eye, which has not yet been replaced with a prosthetic eye, has obvious bloodshot eyes, and some hair on his forehead is stuck together. It is obvious that he has not taken care of it seriously for several days. A small part of his skin showed an abnormal paleness, which was a compensatory reaction to stopping taking certain stimulants, and it was conservatively estimated to last more than half a month.
But at this moment, the man's expression was quite ugly.
He stared at Song Shi, his voice hoarse:
"If you keep talking nonsense, I will pull out your tongue, tie it with a bow, and stuff it back into your stomach. So, little Bastard, shut your mouth now”
“Heh”
Song Shi did not shy away from the other party's gaze, but instead faced him.
“Don’t tell me, you don’t know what “Implant Tolerance” is. Is there a day when there aren’t a few cybermaniacs going on a killing spree in the Paloser Daily News? Aren’t you there? Have you ever placed a bet on the Dead Man Lotto?”
“Oh, I heard that the Security Bureau has a “dismemberment exhibition” in its morgue! Ha! Now, tell me about cyberpsychosis. Can it be cured?”
Song Shi sneered: “I’m being very polite by not calling you a company dog! You’re a company person, don’t tell me you don’t know what your company likes to do the most!”
"Ah, that's not right." Song Shi suddenly stopped.
As if he suddenly remembered something.
"I apologize for what I just said. After all, you may really not understand the company's affairs now, otherwise you wouldn't be a guinea pig like me."
Song Shi patted his forehead, Showing a sarcastic smile:
"——Am I right, my respected "former company man"?"
This sentence seemed to really offend the man.
He stood up immediately, grabbed Song Shi's collar with one hand, and lifted the latter up. Even though his prosthetic body has been locked due to the upcoming medical trial and only retains the most basic functions, the composite metal prosthetic arm that can be covered under bionic skin can still easily break a natural person's head.
Song Shi didn't resist, just stared into the man's eyes.
It seems like a stalemate.
After a long while, the man's fist did not fall down. He released Song Shi's collar and sat back on the chair.
Song Shi adjusted his collar and sat down as well.
At this time the door suddenly opened.
The security guard pushed in the door. He was a 1.8-meter strong man. The bulletproof suit without the ceramic baffle looked very shriveled. There is an obvious silver etched circuit on the man's face, and his two eyes are glowing red. He has obviously been replaced with implanted prosthetic eyes.
He strode into the room and looked around, obviously hearing the movement just now.
"What were you guys talking about just now? It's so lively."
The strong man picked up the stun gun in his arms and said in an exaggerated tone.
"It's this time, why don't you look back on your life?" His eyes swept up and down Song Shi and the man, and he sneered: "You're still in the mood to play around? I already admire your strong energy. "
Song Shi and the man looked at the strong man coldly and said nothing.
"Ha, it's really scary. I hope you can keep it up later."
The strong man didn't think so either. He smiled, shrugged, and looked around again to make sure nothing happened. , exit the room again.
When the security guard left, the man's voice sounded again. "Huh, you're right."
The man crossed his fingers but still lowered his head: "Ex-company person, hum. A desperate and fired ex-company person, I really don't need to get angry."
Especially to a person from The little bastards in the deep moss area can no longer live long.
The man did not say the second half of the sentence.
He sighed in his heart and was about to lower his head again when he suddenly found a hand stretched out in front of him.
The owner of this hand said seriously: "Song Shi."
The man was a little surprised and hesitated. He did not shake hands, but just uttered a few words: ".Mariko."
"What do you want to do?"
Mariko paused, came to his senses, and said hoarsely: "Don't say nonsense like "I want to find someone to chat with before I die." I have been taking the test since I was twelve years old. Since I entered the Vocational Engineering College affiliated with "Kanting Manufacturing", such words can no longer fool me."
"Actually, you are right, but you are only half right."
Song Shi's expression became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "I do intend to think about things 'before I die'."
"Why are you here? Don't say it's for yourself."< br>
Song Shi took a deep breath, as if he was caught in some kind of memory, and his voice couldn't help but become lower: "I was born in the Lomond Orphanage, and was placed as an orphan by the coalition government. I won't tell you the rest of the story, it's all the same. "
"In short, according to the volunteer service contract, the money will be paid into the public account of the welfare home."
"Are you afraid that someone will keep an eye on this money?" Marico said. After he finished speaking, his expression changed slightly: "Wait, you don't want to say that you want me to handle it for you, do you?"
"Let's not talk about whether we can survive after this damn experiment. Even if I am really alive, why should I help you deal with such a mess?" The man couldn't help but sneered: "Just two little white mice signing up before they die. A trivial "friendship"? Then you are more ridiculous than I thought."
"You don't need to deal with it completely," Song Shi said calmly: "You only need to ensure more than two-thirds of the money. Just use it for the welfare home. In return, you can get 20,000 credits for that money."
"Besides, this is not a unilateral request."
Song Shi shook his head slowly. , staring at the man: "No one wants to live. Although there is a high probability that we will all turn into cyber lunatics and die here, but who can say for sure? Maybe in the end, I was the lucky one to survive?" < br>
"You also have funeral matters to deal with, otherwise we wouldn't be here." Song Shi said: "Let's make a deal. If we all die, then of course we won't talk about it, but no matter who it is, as long as we If one of them survives, he has to take care of the other’s funeral.”
"Of course it's paid."
Song Shi looked at the man: "If it's really free, I'm afraid we won't believe that the other party will comply."
Mariko was silent for a while.
He sat up straight and looked at the young man in front of him carefully for the first time. After a long time, he said, "It would be a pity for a boy like you to die here."
"If you If you enter the company, you will definitely go further than me." The man shook his head and showed a hint of self-deprecation: "At least you can live a good life until you squeeze out all the value. It is better than being a guinea pig here."
He closed his eyes and opened them again, taking a deep breath.
"How can we sign a contract now that we don't have access to the Internet? A mere verbal promise cannot convince others."
Looking at the top of the personal interface, there is a line ["Lead Wire" program has been compiled Completed, can be released] text.
So Song Shi stretched out his left hand, pulled out a data cable from the metal interface on his wrist, and looked at Marico.
"Physical link."
Song Shi said slowly.
“Using our personal certification to sign, even if you have not applied for the witness service of “Anjing Credit”, it still has legal effect.”
[Anjing Credit], also a [Enterprise Alliance] One of the nine giant companies in China, it is different from Jade Pharmaceuticals, which is also a giant company. The former's fields are credit platforms, commercial investments, financial services, and market regulation.
The contract was signed quickly.
At this time, neither party has the intention to engage in any text traps.
And Song Shi also knew about Marico's situation - after confirming that the [lead wire] was successfully put in through the physical link, he had enough time to listen to the latter's story.
Two months ago, Marico, who was working as a third-level engineer at "Condine Manufacturing", due to the unfavorable market environment in the past two years, his entire department was cancelled, and he was conveniently connected by the HR director. A large number of people have found flexible employment within the country.
Due to the non-competition agreement, Marico could no longer find a job in the industry within a year. He had secretly taken on some private work, and with the non-compete subsidy provided by Kontin Manufacturing, he could barely survive. Unfortunately, a month ago The bankruptcy of a public company destroys everything.
Marico holds stock in this company.
This listed company, which specializes in the manufacturing of heavy industrial equipment, was originally prosperous. However, due to a series of internal scandals and decision-making errors, the cash chain was on the verge of collapse. However, it has been forcefully covered up over the years - until not long ago, Everything can no longer be covered up.
Many people were shocked to find that this company, which was relatively well-known in the industry, had been reduced to an empty shell for a long time, and the senior directors had left early, leaving only a mess.
When they arrived at the company's headquarters building, they found that there was only an intelligent customer service robot that kept repeating service voices.
But this had nothing to do with Marico. He just heard everything from the news the next morning when he was about to open a bottle of coptis and mustard-flavored protein ointment. Then he opened the stock market software and found that he had invested a lot of money. The stock of money has turned into a pile of waste paper.
Originally, this can only be said to be "breaking the muscles and bones", not even "the bottom of the high-rise building."
But the premise of all this is based on Marico's original position as a third-level engineer.
Whether it was his own housing loan, the installment bill for the implant he purchased in the past to enhance his job competitiveness, or his daughter who had just entered a company-affiliated middle school and needed high tuition fees, it has now turned into an extremely terrifying thing in an instant. pressure.
As for another loan.
Mariko lost his job, his assets shrank significantly, his personal credit rating dropped two levels in a row, and it was impossible for formal institutions to provide loans.
As for the "quick loans, emergency loans, and happy loans" that hide various pornographic websites, Marico dare not consider them. The backgrounds of such underground loan sharks are street gangs, and the interest rates are ridiculously high. Once it fails——
Now Marico can still hope that the new drugs in this institute may actually be useful, but if not, he will just die.
But if he can't repay the gang's usurious loan, he will either have his organs harvested to pay off the debt, or he will serve as a "zombie mechanic" without self-awareness, and his daughter will be used as an ordinary sex doll, which is a good end.
If you are unlucky and forced to undergo various body modifications because of some people's special preferences, you will fall into the abyss forever, and life will be worse than death.
So Marico came here anyway.
At least this is one of the giant companies standing at the top of the corporate alliance, a subordinate research institute of [Emerald Pharmaceutical]. Big companies are always more reliable than gangsters, right?
Song Shi said nothing.
In his previous life, he was not very active in the [Enterprise Alliance], but he stayed there for a long time. He even accepted employment from a giant company and participated in a corporate war. Song Shi had seen too many such things.
The collapse of a listed company can only occupy the news headlines for less than a week, but who knows how many cockroaches who have their homes destroyed and are escaping in the ruins of a collapsed high-rise building will be there?
Although he sneered at "finding someone to talk to before dying", after saying this, Marico's spirit was obviously better, and his tone became much gentler, and he even looked after himself. I talked about some of my past experiences.
It’s just that Song Shi understood in his heart.
——Mariko will die here soon.
(End of this chapter)