Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 101: Enemies on the Road
Afterwards, Twinklestar showed off her psychic skills.

Simply put, her first-level psychic skill is "self-balance", which can keep her own state stable and reduce interference from external factors, including mental states such as fatigue, dizziness, and unconsciousness, as well as physiological states such as body temperature and wounds.

The most typical point is that when Shanxing considers network implants, it pays more attention to performance, while heat dissipation, mental oppression and other aspects are given a low priority.

The second ring of psychic skills can be simply explained as "interfering with electromagnetic waves to a certain extent."

The essence of network signals is "electromagnetic waves".

In front of everyone, Shanxing simply snapped his fingers and turned on the nearby TV screen without activating the implant and brain-computer interface.

The four psychic skills of the second ring together create the "interference electromagnetic wave" effect.

In cyber warfare, if Flashstar is willing, she can even create a one-way "silent network" to isolate the opponent without affecting herself, or simply act as a "human EMP shock" to destroy other people's electronic equipment and prostheses.

——A real killer with staring eyes.

In terms of specific network operations, combined with Shanxing's excellent talent in hacking, this also allowed her to further understand and operate code, data, network protocols, etc., becoming the leading existence in Palose's Depth 3 [Demon].

Even, we have begun to try to enter Depth 4.

If she is willing to join a company, even a giant one, she can get a salary equivalent to that of "Deputy Regional Director of Cybersecurity", M5 level.

——This is a completely different path from my own.

Song Shi understood this.

For Shanxing, the identity of a "psychic" only exists to assist the "hacker", and psychic power is just a very superior tool, just like replacing the Twilight Boundary Type III specialized cyber warfare prosthesis on his right hand.

She is Twinklestar, the "hacker of the Enlightened Ones", not Twinklestar, the "Psyker of the Second Ring [Balance]".

Song Shi has no intention of judging who is right or wrong. This is his own choice and no one is qualified to comment.

"——Arnan."

On the old walls, most of the pipes that should have been buried deep were exposed, and the outer rubber layer had a dull color unique to oxidation.

This is an abandoned passage that leads to the outside world, it is remote, damp and dark.

At this moment, Song Shi leaned against the wall, turned his head and looked at the man beside him.

"What do you want to do with me?"

——And, he deliberately avoided other people.

After the conversation not long ago, Harold and Flash Star went to rest one after another, but Alnan quietly gave a hint, indicating that he would stay.

Arnan didn't speak first, but handed over a data tablet.

On the data tablet, the official app of the Palose Daily has been opened, and what comes into view is a banner headline that reads "Breaking! Palose's well-known entrepreneur Kland suffered a terrorist attack." Clicking it casually, a neat row of related push notifications pop up, including but not limited to expert online interviews, on-site blockade photos, coded live broadcast videos, complete timelines, etc.

In the comment section, there were heart-wrenching accusations and denunciations, angrily denouncing the extreme terrorist armed organization "The Enlightened", and even digging up old accounts and listing a large number of past crimes.

When Song Shi finished browsing, Alnan spoke: "Song Shi."

"What do you think? Do you think what we did was a terrorist attack in the form of a 'live broadcast of murder', or something else?"

Song Shi frowned.

He looked at the man strangely and pointed at the data tablet a few times. "Let's not talk about this, this and this. The comments section is almost full of water army of Yijian Company. Even if these people are their true thoughts, so what?"

"I have made up my mind to move forward without retreating. What do other people matter to me? Anyone who stands in my way is my enemy. If you don't give way, you will be killed." Song Shi paused and asked, "What's more, you are the commander of the Palose Enlightener. Are you still confused by such a thing?"

"Of course not."

Alnan shook his head. He also leaned against the wall, slightly raised his face, and looked at the large mottled wall and the dripping ceiling: "I just feel a little emotional."

"Want to guess? Why doesn't Harold call me commander, but calls me boss?"

".Habit."

Song Shi chewed on this word and said, "He is from the streets, and some of his behaviors are obviously like those of a gang member."

"Correct."

Arnan nodded, and he didn't think much of the former - Harold himself didn't hide this fact too much, or this style was a kind of concealment.

And given the qualities that "Nandou" has shown, it's not surprising that he has such observation skills.

"Harold joined Enlightened Three Years Ago. The process of his joining was quite complicated and there were some coincidences. But he was willing to join in the beginning because of the allowance we provided."

Arnan smiled and said, "Many of our members are like this. They don't dislike the Enlightened One, but most of them just want to make some extra money. After all, most of our funds have been laundered and can withstand inspection. As long as we don't do anything stupid or show off, there will be almost no problems."

Song Shi nodded slightly.

He knew this. Beliefs were precious, but material things were equally important. The Enlightened Ones of Palose would provide members with a basic allowance of 1,500 credit points per month, additional subsidies when on missions, and internal purchasing channels for some resources such as prosthetics and rare medicines.

This is certainly not high, but considering the average income in Plosser, it is pretty good - people have real jobs! As a part-time job, this is too good!

"Of course, that's not the point."

"In the beginning, even though Harold had joined the Enlightened Ones, he still had some hostility towards us."

"He did not believe the company's propaganda and thought that Enlightenment was an 'extreme terrorist organization'. In other words, he did not fall into the first layer of public opinion constructed by the company."

Arnan said softly, "But he believes that we may have had some beliefs and done some things, but in the final analysis, we are just an organization that deceives people into dying and seeks profits for itself under a lofty banner, and even acts as a bargaining chip to negotiate the conditions for recruitment with the company. This is the second layer of public opinion propaganda constructed by the companies."

"Go with the flow. Ha, go with the flow."

Arnan laughed softly and shook his head gently, "It's just that this isn't his fault. No, it can even be said that his idea is normal. After all, there are too many insurgents, anti-corporate organizations, and mutual aid societies that gather others in the name of 'ideals' and use them as a stepping stone to climb."

In the layers of public opinion networks and information cocoons that companies build day after day with big data, short videos, news, tweets, and internet trolls, under the influence of the vast ocean of information and in the "real" judgments made with firm self-awareness, what is the distinction between "true" and "false" in all things in the world?
Alnan let out a slow breath.

"Sorry for letting you listen to some venting words." The man showed an apologetic expression: "By the way, Song Shi, do you have anything you want to ask? At least about Palose, I am quite sure."

"Well, Palose is easy to say."

Song Shi hesitated for a moment and cast his eyes to the back of the other person's neck: "Let me ask you a personal question, why don't you have a prosthesis implanted?"

Song Shi noticed this as soon as he saw the other person for the first time.

——There is almost no trace of implants on the body of this commander of the Palose Enlighteners!
"I figured you'd ask that."

Arnan smiled and pointed to his head. "When I was twelve, I suddenly fainted at school one day. After being sent to the hospital for examination, I found out that I had a rare congenital neurological disease."

"To put it simply, my nervous system is far more fragile than that of an average person, and cannot withstand the neural connections of an implanted prosthesis. It is said that Jade Pharmaceuticals can cure me, but unfortunately I have no money, so I have no choice but to remove the original prosthesis and become a natural person."

"how to say"

Arnan smiled and spread his hands. "Except for some discrimination and inconvenience, there is nothing wrong with being a natural person. Oh, and you can't smoke, eat spicy food, or get emotional."

after this.

The passage fell into silence until Arnan spoke again, breaking the silence.

"It's getting late, Song Shi, your room has been cleaned up, go and get some rest first." The man said, "But remember to get up early tomorrow, we need to confirm our next plan."

(End of this chapter)