It's no wonder that Naoto Inoue has this reaction. At the beginning, Inoue Renta bought humans from underground merchants to use as guinea pigs, and even took the initiative to kidnap innocent residents and put them into human experiments. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid Naoto Inoue wouldn't have been able to make up his mind to kill his own father. And now the ant lord has the same action, could it be that the ant lord is also secretly running human experiments?

As for the "silent" organization mentioned by Naoto Inoue, I have heard of it. I heard that it is an underground scientific research organization that kidnaps scientists and psionics everywhere, and it seems that it has a lot of collusion with the Church of the Depths, and is wanted by all regions of the Alliance. The scale is by no means comparable to that of an ant colony, a "small organization" that is confined to one place in Beaver City. If anyone in the Alliance's academic community suddenly fell silent, it was likely that they had been quietly abducted by this organization.

Naoto Inoue continued, "The Ant Lord also has a private project that has been closed, which is also related to the Silence Organization. It appears to be a request to the Silent Organization to repair a machine for itself, which costs even more than the first two projects combined. ”

"What machine?" I asked.

"This can only be revealed after he catches his cronies." He shook his head.

With that, he gradually slowed down and eventually stopped.

It's two o'clock in the afternoon, and we're at the foot of a mountain somewhere on the outskirts of Beaver City.

We got out of the car. He walked around from across the car and said to me, "The colony's headquarters are right up here." ”

I looked in the direction of the mountain. There are no trails that are easy for travelers to climb, but they are full of lush flowers and trees. Not only that, but the foot of the mountain is separated from the road by barbed wire. Maybe there was an entrance somewhere else, but he deliberately chose an area where no one would normally enter. For us, even if there are no trails, it is easy to climb mountains.

Without further ado, we easily climbed over the barbed wire fence and began to climb the mountain.

"Nominally, the mountain is the private property of a wealthy man. Even the police can't get involved in this place for no reason. "There's a holiday villa up there, but it's a smoke bomb," he turned back as he made his way through the woods. The headquarters is somewhere on the hill, and only a few people, such as patrols and cronies, know the exact location. The other members had to be blindfolded when they entered and exited, and they were transported by special vehicles, and even the matter of this level of the headquarters was kept in secret. ”

"Do you know the exact location?" I asked.

"I've used psychic technology to investigate the memories of members who have left here."

"Doesn't that mean that none of the members who have left here know the exact location of the headquarters?"

"I was able to switch to a third-person perspective while watching their memories." He said.

The psychic medium is too convenient. No wonder the woman tried to take advantage of him in the first place.

I sighed as I made a mark on the trunk of the tree next to me. Although he is there, he should not get lost, but he must also be cautious. No matter how small a thing like a forest is, once it gets lost, it is equivalent to infinity.

In silence, we move forward quickly. About ten minutes later, suddenly, there was a movement of people in the distance.

It was two patrolmen in black security uniforms. At the same time, we stopped moving forward and waited with bated breath. Both patrolmen had guns hanging from their guns, the kind of submachine guns that could be connected, and shimmered with a chilling luster of steel in the sunlight that shone through the shade of the trees. Instead, I felt sick. Firearms, I died under firearms in my previous life. Even though guns no longer pose a threat to me, I still have a fear of rebellion. This made me want to kill those two people as soon as possible, but I forced myself to restrain myself.

I hid behind the bushes and gestured to Naoto Inoue to get out of the way. Our goal is to sneak up on the colony headquarters, where we will only scare the patrolmen by surprise.

He nodded cautiously, and then, under the cover of the bushes, moved slowly.

Click. He stepped on a branch in the road.

Speaking of which, although this guy is a particularly useful psychic medium, he is also a rookie in actual combat.

The two patrolmen happened to be about fifteen meters away from us, when they heard a voice, and one of them looked over suddenly, "Who?" ”

The other was even more decisive, and without hesitation, he picked up a grenade from it and threw it in this direction.

No, it's weird. It's understandable if you shoot directly in this direction, but it's too much to throw a grenade overboard. Didn't they suspect that it was a passing critter that stepped on a broken branch? At the same time, I also noticed that when the grenade was thrown, the two of them didn't seem to be worried that they would be affected by the grenade explosion, and there was no evasion action.

When Naoto Inoue saw the grenade, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he kicked the grenade that fell nearby into the air, and then rushed up. I didn't have time to stop him before I saw him punch one of them in the abdomen. The other picked up a gun and opened fire, but the attack was all deflected off by Naoto Inoue with a psionic shield. So the man immediately changed his response and hurriedly retreated, and at the same time took out the walkie-talkie from his arms, as if to notify the other units.

Without hesitation, I threw the short knife, which instantly crossed the middle fifteen meters, shattered his walkie-talkie like a bullet, and pinned his palm to the trunk of a tree behind him. In the next moment, I myself came up to him and smashed his head to pieces.

Naoto Inoue also subdued his opponent. In the blink of an eye, the battle was over. The grenades thrown by the two patrolmen at the beginning did not explode at all.

He looked back at the grenade and was silent, "Is it difficult to ......"

"That's a dud. They did it on purpose. I said, "They don't know if it's a human or an animal hiding behind the bushes." If you are calm enough, even if you lack practical experience, you can judge it with the ability of the psychic. And we would have had the opportunity to leave quietly. ”

"I'm sorry, it's my fault." He said remorsefully.

"There's no next time." I say.

"Yes." He bowed his head in shame.

However, he was still living an ordinary life not so long ago and couldn't ask for more. I also know that I am a strong man. And without him, I wouldn't have been able to get to this point on my own.

I turned to the subdued patrolman. He looked about twenty years old, young enough. At this time, he was glaring at us with fierce eyes.

I asked, "How often do you get in touch?" "This determines how long it will be before our invasion is discovered.

He looked at me without saying a word, then sneered.

"The members of the ant colony have been brainwashed so deeply that even the police have a hard time priing their mouths open." Naoto Inoue said next to him, "Let me do it." ”

I nodded, out of the way. He reached out and pressed the top of the patrolman's head.

Only two seconds had passed before the patrolman suddenly fell unconscious. Naoto Inoue, on the other hand, withdrew his hand and pressed his forehead with his hand. If a psychic medium checks the memories of others without authorization, it is also easy to have an impact on one's own spirit. He may be able to digest it, but it will certainly not be pleasant. After a few moments, he finally put his hand down, sighed, and said to me, "We have twenty-five minutes left." ”

After speaking, he looked at the unconscious patrolman and sighed again.

"Is there anything else you haven't said?" I asked.

He hesitated, "It's a long story. ”

"Long story short." I say.

He was choked up for a moment, and then said helplessly: "Let's talk while moving forward." ”

*

The reason why Inoue sighed was because he saw the past experience of the patrolman.

The life of a patrol officer is not unusual inside an ant colony. On the contrary, Naoto Inoue has seen a similar past several times before. Frankly, it would be too boring to take it out on its own. But if it is regarded as a microcosm of all ant colony members, it has a valuable reference value.

The main members of the colony are ordinary people, as are the patrollers' fathers and grandfathers, as well as their great-grandfathers.

At his great-grandfather's age, ant colonies were just ordinary underground organizations. However, in Beaver City, this kind of underground organization composed of ordinary people has no future. Because the inhabitants of the Black Zone tend to admire the powerful more, it is easier for underground organizations led by psionics to gather their subordinates. Great power comes with great charm. If a super-psionic person serves as the leader of the underground organization in Beaver City, then he can form a huge force in an instant. Just like the dark beaver with whom I once befriended, it was able to respond to all the calls when it debuted, while the long-established ant colony could only be relegated to second place.

Since the subordinates must be more willing to be loyal to the psykers than to the ordinary people, the question is, how can the ant colony control the hearts and minds of the grassroots people?

According to general logic, the ant colony either turns the leader into a psionic, or the leader into a psyker, and there is no other way. But in the end, the ant colony has taken a strange path. They began to imitate certain superstitious groups.

They use rhetoric to persuade the idle people in society to join them, and then soften them into closed places, and completely stop the flow of information carriers such as books, magazines, newspapers and other information outside the places. And the people inside have lost all channels to learn about the changes in the outside world, and can only read the readings designated by the ant colony, and can only discuss the topics of the ant colony. As time went on, radical slogans appeared inside the premises, and broadcasts with radical content began to be broadcast. And stop the whispering of the members, and stop being alone for no reason. Encourage those who denounce the rules and fill the premises with monitors and bugs. It is also necessary to submit self-appraisal reports on a regular basis, and at the same time hold regular reflection meetings to instill a large number of ideas that are beneficial to the ant colony.

After a period of time, the colony has an additional group of "loyal" members. On this basis, they spent a lot of time and energy establishing villages on the outskirts of Beaver City, copying the above model while also running agriculture. While being self-sufficient, he occasionally shipped agricultural products to the city for sale. In addition, the movement of people in the village is strictly restricted, so that the children of the members can grow up here and receive a closed education. When the children have become qualified "worker ants", they are sent to the city to carry out organizational tasks. And in order to prevent them from being "corrupted" by the urban culture, they must return to the village to live when there are no tasks.

They believe that the Lord of Ants is the chosen messenger of heaven. Mortals are not allowed to visit the Lord of the Ants lightly, and only the chosen cronies are eligible for this. The Lord of Ants does not die, let alone fail. If something fails in the organization, it is the sin of the executor, not the negligence of the Ant Lord.

The patroller's grandfather was a conviction of this idea and survived. His father was also indoctrinated with this idea from an early age, and he was instilled with it again. He accepted it with no choice and embarked on a life with no other choice. As if he was only born to be a "worker ant".

They had no idea that the Lord of the Ants was not only not a chosen messenger from heaven, but also had no special powers.

The reason why the Ant Lord hides himself so much is simply because he is afraid of the assassination of the psykers. The reason why he insists on keeping his true information secret is only because he is afraid that the psionic can use this as a clue to curse him.

"I can't forgive this behavior." Naoto Inoue seemed to be infected by the patrolman's memory, but instead became more and more angry, "Such a despicable act...... ...... to me."

"To whom?" I asked.

"I ......," he was stunned, "no, no......

"You don't get too invested in other people's memories." I remind.

"I understand." He let out a sigh of relief, then pressed his mouth.

I thought about what he just said. The worker ants believe in the Lord of the Ants as an angel, which reminds me of the cause of the formation of the disfigured murderer hypothesized by the Turin doctors. Could it be that the elf corresponding to the ant lord was also born at some point, and the real ant lord is indeed Xu Quanan, and he is indeed dead, and now the one who presides over the ant colony is actually the elf?

No, it can't be. I immediately rejected this assumption. If the Ant Lord is indeed replaced, then Naoto Inoue's once mentioned "a certain cronie who has entered into a deep loyalty pact with the Ant Lord" will not be indifferent. Besides, the appearance of an elf like a disfigured killer is low enough, and the appearance of an ant lord elf is simply a coincidence like a meteorite falling overhead. The current ant lord is still human, I'm so sure.

At this moment, Naoto Inoue whispered, "We have arrived." ”

I hid in the bushes and looked ahead. Just thirty meters away, there is a tall fence, and in the middle of the wall is a huge iron gate. In front of the iron gate stood two guards with guns, and on the wall were barbed wire and surveillance equipment. This style is no different from prison.

This is the headquarters of the ant colony.

"What should I do?" He asked.

I first asked him about the inner workings of the headquarters. He remembered that he hadn't said it, and then told me all the retribution he had obtained using psychic technology.

Then, he added, "Although it is the headquarters, most of the main forces are in other places. ”

And of course. As a dynamic underground organization, it would be too unreasonable for the main force to squat at home. Looking at the time, in ten minutes they would notice the disappearance of the patrolman, and if we gave up this opportunity, and the two cronies who stayed inside were alert enough, then the difficulty of turning back would have risen dramatically. But I can't sneak into the interior of this headquarters in less than 10 minutes without anyone noticing. If you change to those psykers with all kinds of tricks, you can try, but I can only force a breakthrough.

Just in case, I asked him if there was a way to sneak in, and he shook his head.

"Then force a breakthrough." Made up my mind.

"Do you really want to do that?" He said unconfidently, "Unless it's a super-grade psyker, it's ...... with this battle."

"Try it first, and you'll have to go in with you." I said, "If your inspiration catches something bad, tell me right away and we'll run away." ”

He nodded reluctantly, and then couldn't help but say, "I heard that you used to use assassination to deal with enemies, and I thought you would be more low-key. ”

"If I have the conditions to act in secret, I will not be stupid enough to give it up." I said, "But I'm not shy about high-profile style when necessary." ”

With that, I stepped out of the bushes and headed for the iron gate.