Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 76 The Last Gunshot of the Night

Amid the sharp sound of alarm bells, police officers with red and blue lights flashing wildly and painted with the logo of the Security Bureau parked at random. A group of police officers, with weapons in hand, fired at distant bunkers - but with the exception of a few special police officers, these people's shooting was obviously perfunctory and haphazard.

Even an auxiliary police officer hiding at the back of the crowd simply put down the pistol sponsored by Shanta Industries to the Security Bureau and hid behind a police car, his two prosthetic eyes flashing, probably doing a live broadcast.

But the voices of these people were not vague at all. Slogans such as "We are the police from the Security Bureau! Put down your weapons immediately!", "Surrender your weapons with your heads covered!", "Choose Shanta Industrial for weapons! Affordable prices! Protect your family! Everyone is using it!" never stopped, and mixed together it seemed extremely lively.

The two sides were shooting at each other indiscriminately.

[Shovel! Mission accomplished! You can retreat now!]

Behind a shelter with a broken wall, the middle-aged man heard the sound of flashing stars in his cochlea, hummed, took out two flash grenades from his waist, and threw them out of the shelter.

Taking advantage of the brief gap when the flash bomb exploded, he picked up the assault rifle and began to move rapidly towards the inside of the factory.

Seeing him retreat, the security police shouted various warning slogans in a louder and louder voice again, but no one stepped forward.

"Master! Why aren't we chasing after them yet!"

Seeing this, the young policeman was anxious. He suppressed his emotions and looked at the middle-aged man beside him: "If you keep delaying like this, that guy will..."

Then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he raised his head abruptly, his expression slightly changed: "Wait, Master, you, you don't sympathize with this group of so-called 'Enlightened Ones'——"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

The middle-aged man slapped him, then hooked his hand around the man's neck, pulled him into his arms, and cursed in a low voice: "You also know that they are the 'Enlightened Ones'! Damn it! Who are they? An extremist armed terrorist organization! Are we going to die with so few people?!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the sky and said with lingering fear: "Were you blind to what happened just now? These lunatics even dared to shoot down the shuttle of Emerald Pharmaceuticals! If you insist on seeking death, I won't stop you! And haven't you seen the news! These people love to torture and kill prisoners the most!"

Just as the young man was stunned.

Interior of an abandoned factory.

"Song Nandou, the support from Jade Pharmaceuticals will be arriving soon, shall we go together?"

Harold looked at Song Shi, but the latter shook his head slightly.

"Let's go our separate ways. I have one more thing to do."

Harold was stunned for a moment. He looked at Quemu and asked, "Do you need our help?"

"No need." Song Shi said, "This is my personal matter, and once Dennis dies, your situation will be very difficult for a while, so there is no need to take the risk."

"We have been prepared for this. But since you said so." Harold nodded and said seriously: "Then, see you later."

"Well, see you later."

[Nandou, I have taken over the nearby surveillance, but the network security experts of Jade Pharmaceuticals are trying to regain authority. I have sent you the relevant security routes. No matter what you want to do, leave here as soon as possible.]

Without saying anything else, both parties left quickly in two different directions.

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Perhaps time is the least valuable thing.

Vidani thought as she watched the data flashing across the display screen in front of her.

[TD-14, male, years old, suffered local nerve necrosis after inserting the memory device, and lost the ability to move]

[TD-17, female, years old, was in a stable mental state on the first day, but suddenly deteriorated on the second night, with symptoms such as memory disorder and personality cognitive disorder, and began to attack indiscriminately (Note: treated)]

【TD-21, male, years old】

In the venue filled with various equipment, there was only one figure standing, making the place seem extremely deserted.

“There’s still not much progress.”

Vidani rubbed her eyebrows, feeling helpless.

She even couldn't help but wonder whether she should just give up - there are many subtypes of "cyberpsychosis", some of which can indeed enhance the patient's combat effectiveness.

But the real potential of the controllable weaponization of "cyberpsychia" is not the increased combat effectiveness, but its [cheapness].

If they simply wanted to pursue combat power, with the background of a giant company, Emerald Pharmaceuticals could even transform an ordinary person into a "level five unit", but the cost and price of this level is far beyond the memory chip of a "cyber psychopath".

But research in this area has not been successful.

The controllable weaponization of "cyberpsychiatry" does have promising prospects, and I do have a certain research talent in this area, but is it really possible to succeed with the resources I have now?
Should I put it aside for now? Although Dennis is disgusting, he does control a lot of resources. Maybe I should go find him and join the research team of a high-quality project to produce some results first.
Vidani thought.

At this moment, in the silent venue, there were sudden sounds of footsteps.

Vidani was startled and she looked sharply towards the source of the sound.

"You are, Song Shi?"

Seeing the intruder clearly, she subconsciously widened her eyes and said in disbelief: "How do you know this place? No, that's not right, you dare to show up?!"

"Someone did me a favor."

Song Shi walked towards her step by step and said calmly: "Besides, Dennis is dead."

The woman froze for a moment.

"You killed him?" She murmured first, then was silent for a moment and raised her head again: "When did it happen?"

"Tonight." Without questioning the truth of the other party's words, Vidani was silent again: "So, now it's my turn?"

"I don't understand." The woman looked serious and said slowly, "Why—"

Then a huge force suddenly pulled Vidani's shoulders and lifted her up - amid the roar of a row of automatic machine guns that were originally hidden in the ceiling and suddenly popped out, Song Shi jumped into the surroundings with Vidani and pulled out the black powder.

Bang bang bang!
After a few bursts of fire, the automatic machine gun instantly went silent and turned into a pool of scrap metal that was sizzling with sparks.

"continue."

Then, Song Shi let go of his hand: "You don't have much time left."

Seeing this row of automatic machine guns being blown up, Vidani's expression changed and she suddenly spoke.

"What did Dennis say to you before he died?"

"He didn't mention anything about you."

Song Shi shook his head: "But someone has collected intelligence about him. Since Kenge's death, he has been getting close to you. Although there is no more detailed information, judging from Dennis' past behavior, does he have a crush on you?"

"Yes."

Vidani did not deny or hide it. She caught the "someone" in the other party's words and came up with a guess that surprised herself: ".The Enlightened One?"

Song Shi nodded.

"Among Plosser's people, they are the ones who would specifically collect information about a senior executive."

"You have joined the Enlightened."

At this time, Vidani sat down instead. She said coldly: "So, you are here to uphold morality and execute me, a 'mad scientist' who tramples on human rights?"

"--No."

Song Shi also sat down and asked, "Do you think I am that kind of person?"

Vidani, who originally had a cold expression on her face, was slightly startled.

"It's 'revenge'. It's revenge for 'Song Shi'."

Song Shi pointed at himself and whispered, "The medical volunteer contract you provided was vague and blank in some key parts - you used this to circumvent the review of the 'Scientific Ethics Committee', while concealing the real dangers and tricking volunteers into participating in the experiment."

"Of course they understand that it's hard to get money from Emerald Pharmaceuticals, and they are mentally prepared, but you never said that the original 'cyberpsychosis' early inhibitor trial was actually aimed at the controllable weaponization of 'cyberpsychosis'."

"From the moment the contract was signed, 'Song Shi' was doomed to die."

"Vidani."

Song Shi said calmly: "Morality has nothing to do with me, and I don't care about the rules, so I think the only thing between you and 'Song Shi' is pure hatred, nothing more."

"But I think there is no more legitimate reason in the world than 'hatred'. You and Dennis can kill me if you want, and I can kill you too. From ancient times to the present, killing has always been the case in the world, and no one can blame it."

".Is this what you think?"

Vidani was silent for a long time.

".Be happy with your current success."

"Perhaps you will be able to achieve some so-called victories in the future, gain the love of those people at the bottom, and even attract many people to join you. Do your best to cheer and rejoice."

"——Because in the end, everything you are proud of will be crushed into residue by Emerald Pharmaceuticals and swept into the garbage dump. The names of you people will only appear on the 9 o'clock talk show in Plosser in the future."

Looking directly at the other person, Vidani spoke each word clearly.

Then, she straightened up, slowly tidied up her messy clothes, took out a small women's pistol from her arms, and with trembling hands, pressed the muzzle of the gun into her mouth.

"Bang" sound.

Vidani's body suddenly fell backwards, her hands hanging limply at her sides, the pistol slipped away, and a pool of crimson liquid slowly seeped out from the back of her head, sticking to strands of hair.

But Song Shi remained motionless and watched indifferently.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Vidani's index finger suddenly trembled, and it was a slight tremor at first. Then her cold chest began to rise and fall again, and her almost frozen blood began to flow again. Until a certain moment, Vidani opened her eyes again.

Then, her eyes met Song Shi's.

".It failed."

The woman was silent for a moment.

"Emerald Pharmaceuticals possesses the most advanced medical and bioengineering technologies in the entire corporate alliance, so some of your civilian staff who are not good at fighting will perform a set of 'hibernation' enhancement surgery on themselves, which can ensure that most of their physiological functions will stop for a certain period of time without dying, as a last resort to escape."

Song Shi paused for a moment and slowly stood up: "Any last words?"

Vidani closed her eyes and said nothing.

Then, the last gunshot of the night rang out.

(End of this chapter)