Isn't this a promising future?

The other person finally started to panic. His eyes, peering through the brain-computer interface helmet, stared intently at him: "You promise?"

"I promise."

"Swear by Merlin?"

Charles paused for a moment, then said, "Just tell me everything that's going on behind the scenes, who your accomplices are, everything you know."

I assured Merlin that I would do everything in my power to ensure your survival.

"I cannot do as much as possible, but I must. I am willing to pay the price, but my life and the rights I should enjoy must be guaranteed."

I don't want to be your guinea pig.

There have long been rumors that London's current situation is a result of the English government conducting evil grimoire rituals.

Upon hearing this, Charles sensed something was amiss and said, "I'll apply for it for you. Other colleagues will be involved in the subsequent interrogation process."

Seeing that the other party remained silent, Charles went outside to report to his superiors and, after receiving an affirmative reply, returned to the interrogation room.

"Alright, we agree to your terms. Please speak."

"On the surface, I am a low-level employee in the film industry, but I have also been trading cryptocurrencies."

I've known about cryptocurrencies for a long time; I first learned of their existence around 2016.

At that time, people in the industry were already discussing cryptocurrencies.

I was very interested in cryptocurrency at the time, and I accidentally entered a dark web forum through Tor.

It's filled with discussions about cryptocurrencies.

Later, I spent a lot of time on the dark web, where I got the latest information on various cryptocurrencies.

Although I've known about cryptocurrencies for a long time and have been following the industry closely.

However, I entered the market very late and didn't make much money.

Until March of this year, someone I met on the dark web sent me a link, saying it was a surprise.

The result was a pleasant surprise; it contained videos that taught magic and proved its existence.

Videos proving the existence of magic are available for free, but if you want to watch magic tutorials, you'll have to pay a price.

The price to pay is to personally use magic to kill a person designated by the forum after learning the magic.

Once you complete the task, you will be considered a formal member of this forum.

Charles realized he was getting closer to the truth: "But you learned the magic first, and then you killed people?"

"Can't I break my promise after learning magic?"

"No one dares to breach the contract because you need to register before learning magic, and registration requires real identity verification and facial recognition."

I strongly suspect that the developers of this dark web forum are executives of internet companies.

In my understanding, and based on my conversations with friends in the internet industry, facial recognition is a rather complex and demanding application.

Once they discovered my true identity, I knew I couldn't resist.

You all know magic too; it's a skill where whoever strikes first has the advantage.

So far, no one other than Merlin has been seen to possess defensive magic.

In addition, the other party offered a deal that I couldn't refuse.

That means that after you kill someone designated on the forum, you can also designate someone else to do the job for you.

Although people have long misunderstood the dark web, the biggest misconception is that the dark web involves crowdfunding assassinations, hiring hitmen, or even live-streaming murders.

These are all fabrications by the media to attract attention.

If someone approaches you on the dark web for the first time and offers you this service, they are 100% a scammer.

However, before I made up my mind to learn magic, I personally verified that everyone on the death list on the forum had actually died mysteriously in real life.

Everyone behind the forum is well aware that users of the dark web, or rather, people in general, all have a dark side.

Moreover, knowing your real address and identity, you wouldn't dare to resist at all.

The dark web can be traced back to the 1990s, when the research department of the American Department of Defense directly promoted the development of anonymous encrypted networks.

This achievement later became the Tor network, a technology with many layers of encryption to protect transmitted information.

Tor lives on the edge of the internet and is the underlying technology of the dark web: a group of hidden websites that cannot be accessed through regular browsers and cannot be collected by search engines such as Google.

Tor browser is everything you need to unlock this hidden corner where privacy is paramount.

In fact, the main functions of the dark web are forums and chat rooms.

However, in recent years, the combination of dark web services and cryptocurrencies has led to expectations of a surge in criminal activity.

A network of encrypted networks hidden in much of the world, combined with cryptocurrencies that are virtually untraceable by governments, has created a small but significant marketplace for illicit vendors to sell illicit goods.

According to a report by Alysis, a company that analyzes crypto payments, cryptocurrency transactions on the dark web grew from 250 million US dollars in 2012 to 872 million US dollars in 2018.

The total amount of money laundered globally each year is estimated to be between US$1.6 trillion and US$4 trillion.

Compared to this figure, the total value of cryptocurrencies traded on the dark web is negligible.

Charles realized that this was the majority of the truth.

Because China's truth-telling system has been running continuously, the results from the equipment feedback indicate that everything the other party said is true.

"Alright, you can tell us the details you know, as well as how you accessed the forum."

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