Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 64 Highland Area

The Seven Lands War lasted for a full twenty years. The countries were in chaos, the population dropped by 30%, large tracts of land turned into "wasteland", and the ocean was no exception.

First, the abuse of nuclear weapons, nano-proliferation and biological weapons has caused the collapse of more than a quarter of the marine ecological cycle, forcing it into a new round of evolution. According to the "Marine Ecological Survey Report" of the Science Ethics Committee, even deformed marine creatures with innate mechanical organs have appeared.

In addition to this, the ghost torpedoes deployed in the past, autonomous mechanical bodies, ecological pollution, roaming pirates, and out-of-control climate have all brought great difficulties to ocean transportation. In the past twenty years, there have been rumors that after the failure of the [Freedom Revolution], some artificial intelligences escaped into the deep sea, hiding and secretly building their own computing centers in an attempt to make a comeback.

So in this era, "ocean shipping" is a very risky and high-profit business.

Palose was built on the side of an inland sea.

Therefore, since the birth of Palose, the "Gaoge District" was divided as a port transportation area, responsible for the entire city's shipping, handling a large number of ships every day.

In terms of overall prosperity, this place is much better than the Deep Moss District.

The advertising airship in the sky was floating by in a swaggering manner. On the projected advertisements on both sides, I don't know which star was promoting his new single. He had a literal "Afro" hairstyle, his chest was covered with colorful oil paint, and he was gesticulating wildly with sixteen fingers towards the camera. It was probably some postmodern folk, religious, rap, jazz, or classical rock music.

Song Shi withdrew his gaze, wrapped himself in his coat, put on his baseball cap, and squeezed into the crowd in front.

It is now nine o'clock in the evening, and the nightlife has just begun. There are many people on the street, but as Song Shi keeps moving, the number of passers-by around him decreases, and the various exaggerated neon signs slowly disappear, and darkness engulfs the city again.

Until a certain moment.

Song Shi stopped.

"Um"

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".This is it."

Carmen murmured.

Behind a container painted with a "Time Sequential Passage" pattern, the man first carefully stuck his head out and observed the surroundings. After confirming that there was no one, he slowly walked out.

The sea breeze carrying the smell of rust blew in from afar, causing him to shiver subconsciously and wrap his shirt tightly around him.

But the coldness on the body can never compare to the coldness in the heart.

To be honest, he regretted it a little.

After confirming for the fourth time that "Carmen"'s name was not on the promotion list, I was in a daze for a while. Perhaps it was because the concentration of the uplifting gas that was injected into the office that day to improve work efficiency was a little too high. I was so emotional that I completed the steps of "contacting headhunters", "taking away files", and "escaping from the company" within three hours.

Then I became scared.

When the blood pressure that had rushed to his head slowly dropped, Carmen realized belatedly what he had done - he, Carmen Vito, betrayed "Emerald Pharmaceuticals"!
In the past two nights, even after taking sleeping pills, Carmen often woke up from her sleep, drenched in cold sweat.

If it weren't for the promise of "Ksim Biological Integrated Security" to arrange a speedboat to smuggle her out of Palose and into the former's territory, Carmen would have even begun to consider which method of suicide to choose.

——Thinking of the tragic end of those who had their memories extracted, used as experimental consumables, and executed, Carmen had no intention of experiencing it herself.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it, it's almost time. Where's everyone?"

Carmen paced back and forth, adjusting the farsightedness function of her artificial eye to the highest setting, trying to catch the trace of the speedboat on the sea.

He took a deep breath, turned on the communication, and prepared to send another message to the headhunter, urging him to hurry up.

and many more.

Looking at the eye-catching "Signal Interrupted" icon that appeared in his field of vision at some point, Kevin was stunned for a moment, and then a chill instantly ran down his spine.

Without time to think about anything, he immediately pulled out his gun, moved slowly, and looked around intently. There was no light in the private port under the night, only the deep darkness that devoured people.

"——Hey man, why don't we just put this thing away."

The next moment, a slightly frivolous voice broke the silence.

In the darkness in the distance, a figure slowly walked out. It was a young man wearing an orange-green jacket and patched jeans. But what really frightened Carmen was the thing in the other person's right hand -

He was a young man with a limp body, his joints were unnaturally twisted, the bionic skin on the surface of his body was tattered, revealing the terrifying metal skeleton underneath, and a few electric sparks could be vaguely seen jumping and flickering.

No, it wasn’t some “teenager” thing.

Carmen recognized it at a glance. It was clearly a mechanical carrier for network security experts, hackers and the like to download their own "stand-in program" for remote control.

——That is, the original contact person of "Ksim Biological Integrated Security"!
Palose is the forbidden fruit of Emerald Pharmaceuticals. In such a place where ownership has been established, Ksim Bio Comprehensive Protection does not dare to really reach out, so he met with himself in this way - this is also a manifestation of sincerity.

Compared to simple remote communication, this method requires downloading a "substitute program" to the carrier. This can increase the upper limit of remote network operations, but at the same time, once a problem occurs, the impact is not as simple as "unplugging the line" and will also involve the main body in a distant place.

To use the term from the fantasy-themed simulation movies that were quite popular some time ago, this is what is called "separating a wisp of soul."

Carmen's forehead was covered with sweat. She slowly backed away, but her eyes were fixed on the front.

The "carrier" that was originally responsible for contacting him was now completely unable to move. He was being dragged on the ground by the other party, making a sharp friction sound.

"Two questions."

When Carmen's back hit the container and she had no way to retreat, the young man in the jacket also stopped.

"First of all, what exactly is the 'Three-Phase Base Project'?"

Hearing this, Carmen was stunned for a moment: "You, you are not from the company?"

"Second question"

The young man in the jacket paused, turned his head and looked in one direction:
"Hey man, you've been watching for so long, don't you plan to show up?"

"How can it be."

"But I did intend to observe for a while. Besides, before you call me out, could you put away the sniper rifle first?"

Upon hearing these words, the young man in the jacket remained expressionless, but the artificial cochlear implant buried in his skull was activated.

"Finch eyes?"

".So far, I haven't found any flaws. I'm afraid it's the so-called 'murderous intent' again, or maybe he's trying to trick me."

"Hey! Don't talk about that!"

The young man in the jacket laughed twice. He put down the mechanical carrier in his hand and pointed at Carmen: "But buddy, are you also interested in this?"

"Indeed, I am interested, including the 'Three-Phase Base Project' you just mentioned."

In the darkness, Song Shi walked out slowly and looked at the scene in front of him.

"But now my thoughts have changed a little. After all, I didn't expect to meet you here, Enlightened Ones."

(End of this chapter)