12.5 per cent for option I, 12.5 per cent for option II and 75 per cent for option III.

……

[Option 3]

[Continue to ask for leave, but go to the company, while investigating the deep holographic glasses and the utility room where he has found anomalies]

……

Zheng Zhuo thought for a while and said to Lao Xiong.

"I'm going to take a leave of absence tomorrow, but I'll go to the company."

"Huh?"

The old bear, who was walking out, stopped in shock.

"Are you alright? Should I see a doctor? ”

“……”

Zheng Zhuo really didn't know how to answer this question.

In a sense, he's not entirely fine.

But the doctors couldn't save him.

……

Back at home, Zheng Zhuo pinched out the 20th call from the supervisor after he forcibly submitted an application for 3 days of additional leave, and threw his coat on the back of the chair.

"How's it going over there?"

He pulled off his tie and asked the young woman sitting cross-legged on the bed.

"The key to the [Paradise Project] can't be found, and the top management of Fox is going crazy." The young woman stared at the interface of the holographic glasses and said, "They even found [Street of Night] and checked all the people who slept with the upper echelons of Foss. ”

"Hey, such a big battle."

"Isn't it? This is not the attitude you should have towards a normal diving game. At the very least, they didn't seem to be thinking about reporting to the Security Service and making a new key. ”

"That's interesting."

Zheng Zhuo straightened his coat as he spoke, and after a while, he took out a small holographic glasses from inside.

"In the past, I seemed to be convinced that the secret of the disappearance of the 'key' was hidden in this glass."

He waved at the young woman and said.

"Let's see?"

……

The holographic glasses were activated again after a day. The green light flashed a few times, and a shaky figure began to appear in the air.

“…… ...... since last boot 27 hours and 48 minutes...... Detect battery wear and tear ...... 34%…… Causes of attrition...... Low temperature ......"

Deep appeared. She slowly made some stylized reporting points, and then switched to the human program.

"I'm sorry I ran out of power last time. This time, we'll move on. Where have I gotten to? ”

The tone became natural in an instant. Zheng Zhuo stared at Shen's face, feeling that this was a little creepy.

But he thought that in the [Cyberpunk World], he would have to get used to it sooner or later.

"You said you killed Foss."

The young woman said.

"Yes. I killed Foss. Knowing that I was going to die, I uploaded my consciousness into my holographic glasses before I died. ”

Exactly the same conversation as last time. Zheng Zhuo suspected that she hadn't really forgotten what she had said last time, but had just asked rhetorically about some psychological statistics so that the listener could get into the conversation more quickly.

"I can't just die like this. Because I have to stop Project Paradise. ”

"So you stole the key to the [Paradise Project]?"

Zheng Zhuo asked the holographic projection on the depth.

"Yes. After killing Fox, I immediately used his terminal to recover all the keys that had been issued. I wanted to destroy them, but I found that even Foss didn't have the authority to destroy them. So I moved them all into my own hologlasses. ”

"Wow."

Hearing this, the young woman glanced at the small thing in Zheng Zhuo's hand.

"Guess how much the key I saw on the black market is worth now?"

"How much?"

The young woman said an astronomical amount. Zheng Zhuo thought, that would definitely be enough for him to fill his body with all levels of enhancement components.

"Okay. No wonder I was crazy in the past. Zheng Zhuo shrugged.

"If you help me stop Project Paradise, I can give you more money...... To give you the secrets of the whole FUCHS company. ”

Shen spoke a heavyweight statement.

"Blah blah, there are too many benefits, take your time one by one."

Zheng Zhuo never thought that he would make a choice between two assets of hundreds of millions. He pressed his forehead and asked again:

"What is Project Paradise? It sounds like a game project...... Why did you stop Project Paradise? ”

"It wasn't an ordinary game." Shen said what Zheng Zhuo could think of.

"It's ostensibly a dive game that allows players to play deep diving rides in their sleep, just like the usual dive games on the market. Its micro-innovation lies in the introduction of reading brain memory and thinking circuits in personal holographic glasses, simulating a personality similar to the owner responsible for simple daily life. ”

That is, this time, everyone doesn't even need to wake up from the game briefly to deal with real-life affairs. They can sleep forever, play in their dreams, and work in their dreams...... It is up to the virtual personality to manage their physical bodies. ”

Zheng Zhuo and the young woman glanced at each other.

"Everybody thought it was another ordinary innovation, just like they did when they invented the game of deep diving. But in fact, a more far-reaching conspiracy is being planned at the top of the Fochs hierarchy. ”

"They want to make subordinates who don't need promotions, no raises, no breaks, no employee care, no need for them at all, and can work strictly like parts in a machine. Internally, they already intend to use all means to promote this technique and make everyone addicted to it...... Then, only a small part of the brain is opened up for people to have 'dream entertainment', and the virtual personality replaces them for the eternal work. ”

"This is a serious violation under the current Cranial Nerve Act. But they have clearly bought off the corrupt officials. ”

The shaking virtual personality continued.

"I ...... Shen's former lover's name is Qin. He was involved in the initial development of Project Paradise. Realizing that this is a demonic game, he tries to stop the development process and is dragged out of his home by several unknown people on a rainy night, and since then, Shen has never seen him again. ”

After that, I tried a lot of ways. And finally came to this point. ”

The deep virtual personality does not have any emotional fluctuations when reading these words. Zheng Zhuo noticed that the "emotion module" on the holographic panel was in a state of OFF.

He didn't open it. Instead, he continued.

"You were activated after the real deep death, right?"

"Yes."

"How much do you remember after that?"

"The first instruction I received when I was enabled was to save these keys. The second command is to shut down. Since then, I've been dormant. ”

"I was briefly woken up halfway through. My interface records that the location where I was woken up was the 14F utility area of the FUCHS building. The employee who woke me up was Zheng Zhuo. ”

"He tried to search my code and touched the area where I saved the key. After that, I was shut down again. ”

"The next time it's turned on, it's an automatic low temperature alarm. All my outgoing port data has been cleared. In order to prevent myself from being completely damaged due to low temperatures, I can only send a request for help through the access channel of [Zheng Zhuo] before. ”

"I see."

Zheng Zhuo said.

No wonder he has a headache. Now, everything makes sense.

In the past, Zheng Zhuo was an employee of the technical support department. After he came into contact with those encryptions, he should have understood that the [Paradise Project] key was stored inside.

That's why I thought about selling.

"I've figured it out. How can I stop Project Paradise? ”

He asked deeply.

"Haven't you stopped this?"

"Nope."

Deep answer.

"Theoretically, [Project Paradise] doesn't have any keys anymore. But in fact, my analysis of FUCHS's information flow revealed that there was still a part of the company's server fleet working on the project. ”

"Working overtime for a project that is already hopeless...... It shouldn't be like that. ”

Zheng Zhuo said.

"I'll check on the situation tomorrow."

……

【Question】

[I decided to go to the office tomorrow.] Who is the entourage to bring? 】

[Option 1]

[Wear deep holographic glasses to keep young women in touch with the outside in case of accidents]

[Option 2]

[Let young women wear deep holographic glasses and communicate with themselves remotely from the outside]

[Option 3]

[I wore deep holographic glasses and helped the young woman to quietly enter the company building]

[Option 4]

[Let the young woman wear deep holographic glasses and help her sneak into the company building as well]

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