Chapter 2: The Man Under the Streetlight

The valuable information provided by the killing game is not limited to the driver and co-pilot who transport the volunteers, but Suko also discovers the origin of the monster that is the source of mental pollution through the surveillance cameras on the street.

The co-pilot's youth carried out the box from the car.

It wasn't a pure spiritual pollution source monster, as someone who had fought it head-on, Zhu Jue was vaguely aware of this at the time.

It's just that in view of the cooperation between the other party and Mi Go, it is not a strange thing to create some special monsters, so Zhu didn't feel anything special, but Suzi inadvertently released a special symbol on the outside of the box that released this spiritual pollution source monster in the follow-up investigation.

A simple logo doesn't mean anything, but the reason why it attracts Suzi's special attention is because she found the same symbol in the dream of the member of the "Zero" organization who was questioned in the dream, and to be exact, on one of the several special people standing behind the gate!

Ouroboros!

The symbol roughly resembles a snake devouring its own tail, in the shape of a tangled twisted pattern, the Arabic numeral "8", which is commonly found in various religious myths and metaphors.

For example, in the cosmology of circular structures interpreted by alchemy, the Ouroboros symbolizes the supreme work, which is both integrated and contains opposites, a clear and ambiguous concept of "perfection".

Ouroboros also represents "self-referentiality" or "infinite cycles", especially those that are constantly self-regenerating, as well as cyclical self-development, a good example of which is the legendary immortal bird, which reproduces itself (or is understood as "rebirth") in the process of self-incineration, which is a manifestation of the concept of infinite cycle.

Tattoo on Zhu Jue's arm.

It means that he not only has to find the existence of Ouroboros, but also completely cut it off!

"This logo only appears on chests throughout the Kill Game, and I don't find a similar image anywhere else...... However, this just shows that it is likely to belong only to the organization, so it is rarely revealed to the outside world, and of course, it is not because of some accidental logo, but I don't think this is very likely. ”

As Suko spoke, she was sorting through the contents of the drawer behind her desk, most of which were discarded medical documents that she would have to throw away later.

Outside the window, the rain is expanding, and before dusk arrives, the gloomy sky and the rotating street lights make people feel oppressive.

"Tsk, the existing information is not enough to explain too much, Sean's situation must be investigated!"

If the Ouroboros that appeared here did belong to the same organization as the result of the original dream inquiry, then this time Zhu Jue undoubtedly came to the right place.

Sean is the thread of all the clues they have so far, and if they want to launch a follow-up investigation, he is the top priority!

"I looked up the Human Rights March three years ago on the Thousand Sails Network, when Sean was covered by a reporter from the Ketchiton News Agency in the 17th neighborhood named Shirley...... This may not be her real name, because the chaos in the lower city of Thousand Sails City has caused many reporters to dare to use their real name to investigate, and most of the content published in the news newspaper is worried about being visited and troubled. ”

The journalist profession is not safe, and there are many news hotspots in the increasingly restless downtown society, but many times there are dangers hidden behind these hot spots.

"Can you find her true identity?"

Even the name is fake, and it is naturally impossible for this reporter to let others know where she lives.

"I can only do my best...... The network of Thousand Sails City is monitored by the brain,If you want to hack some databases in this network state, it is easy to attract attention,In order to ensure security,Once tracked by the brain, I will cut off the network,Whether it can succeed lies in when it will find me,The 17th community should belong to the forefront of the area,I don't know how high its network security is。 ”

It has always been a common problem of human beings to divide things into three, six, nine and so on, so even after the appearance of Thousand Sails Racing City, the original urban area has completely become a lower city, and the people among them are still obsessed with ranking.

After several years of personnel flow, the number of communities, that is, the status of the community, has become the default rule, and as far as Zhu Jue knows, there should be nearly 40 communities in the entire Thousand Sails City, and the number of people living in each community is about 300,000.

Aside from the Thousand Sails Race, the top 10 or the top 5 of these 40 communities are also rich to some extent, and the rest are all middle-class and low-class living areas.

However, this is Qianfan City, and no one can question the protection of the network of the three major machinery groups, and even as long as they want, they can monitor the signals sent by everyone and the network anomalies in various regions, but it will consume a considerable part of the computing power, and the gains outweigh the losses.

The brain is not omnipotent, and the huge computing power is obviously more likely to be used in critical places than to monitor people's information on a large scale.

Of course, in Zhu Jue's previous life, a certain country was undoubtedly more keen on violating people's privacy.

In any case, Suko can only hope that Community 17 will not be taken seriously, at least the database she wants to hack into is not among the key protection objects of the brain.

Backbite~

The two were chatting when a beep sounded on the right side of the desk, and a virtual screen on the table showed that there was someone outside the clinic, wearing the uniform of a furniture company, and a truck was parked on the road behind him.

"Did you buy anything like a toothbrush?"

After pausing the discussion, Zhu Jue got up and prepared to welcome people in, and asked casually.

"They claim to be fully equipped with slippers and bath towels, and toothbrushes and the like. ”

Suzi didn't carefully distinguish the items when she bought them, but just found a nearby mall on the Internet.

In fact, not only were the things they brought not missing, but even much more than Zhu Jue had imagined......

"What is this?"

Looking at the mechanical disc with a diameter of nearly half a meter that pushed into the room from in front of him, Zhu Jue followed in and asked.

"This is the latest holographic projector, which allows you to enjoy a full range of audiovisual experiences in the room, and is a best-selling item on the market right now, because you ask for everything when you buy it, so we sent it to you. ”

"Are you sure my room can fit so many things?"

Zhu Jue lowered his face and pointed to the room full of furniture and various electrical appliances.

The refrigerator that occupies half of the wall, the bathtub that almost fills the bathroom, and the most bizarre thing is a large crystal chandelier with a diameter of nearly two meters.

It's good-looking, but if this thing is installed, you can't blind your eyes when you turn on the light?

Suzi, who went out to look for something to buy, was about to ask about the situation, but found that the latter was standing on the side of the hallway, looking out the window with a wrinkled brow.

"Didn't you look at the ...... when you bought furniture?"

"Look at the people outside under the third lamp from left to right.

Without waiting for Zhu Jue to finish asking, Suzi directly interrupted his words, pressed his fingers on his upper lip, as if to cover his mouth, and said softly.

Following her pointing, there was a person holding a black umbrella standing under the street lamp at this time, and from his standing, his body was obviously leaning towards the side of the private clinic, holding an audio-visual stick, as if he was watching some video.

"He was there when we were downstairs and we were putting the furniture company guys in, and I zoomed in, and he was looking at today's weather forecast...... It's been 5 minutes, and I've checked it out that there will be no unprecedented heavy rain tomorrow, no threatening acid rain or hail, just a simple rainy day, and the place he pays attention to is not the audio-visual stick at all!"

Despite the large number of pedestrians and vehicles passing by, this apparently purposeful behavior still caught Suko's attention.

"Is it possible that the news that we are here has leaked...... No, knowing that the only people in our destination are you, me, and Fu Yingxing, even if the news that we are going to come to Thousand Sails City leaks, how can they be sure that we will appear here?"

Although their plan of action was reported to the top of the Yimeng through Fu Yingying, it was only a general direction, and there was no mention of how they were going to conduct the investigation and where they would start it.

"Maybe the local forces noticed us, so they sent people to check on the situation, I remember the intelligence officers of the Righteous Alliance in Thousand Sails City mentioned this matter, due to the chaos of the community environment, there are quite a lot of small and medium-sized organizations in the lower city of Thousand Sails City, almost every community has gang forces, it is not strange to pay attention to the situation on our own territory, especially our private clinic. ”

Private clinics mean medical support, and the price may be higher than that of regular hospitals, but their secrecy and proximity make them the first choice for these gangs who have to fight each other for three days.

"Looks like it won't be long before we're busy. ”

Zhu Jue retracted his gaze and left the window without looking back.

Obviously, the temptation of local forces will not be limited to sending individuals across the street to pretend to look at each other.

If nothing else, when the clinic opens, they will definitely send someone to find out.

But before that, I feel like I want to find a way to solve my own decoration problem first.