Chapter 73 Killer Simulator

Half a minute ago, everyone was busy at the same time.

The two people in the sonar chart were entangled, and they entered the escape passage one by one. The sound waves that spread outwards chased them and were bounced back by the wall. On the helipad on the roof of the headquarters, the plane took off with the equipment box that Saimu had asked people to prepare in advance, and flew slowly away. On the streets in the city, passers-by who noticed something was wrong got into their cars, stepped on the accelerator, and quickly went home to lock the door and take shelter.

At the rescue center on the seabed, eight people were fully armed and took the underwater elevator to the surface, waiting for supplies to be dropped from the sky. On the vast sea, helicopters flew over one after another with long-range lights on. Half of the bridge was washed away by the water and sank into the sea. They circled in circles from the sky, taking in the chaos of the entire city.

The city is still bright tonight, but the streets are empty and the doors are closed, leaving only an empty shell of false prosperity, as if depicting a drama that is about to end.

When Ji Xu stepped onto the asphalt concrete pavement of the escape passage, the executive was right in front of him. This was the first time he looked at his target head-on. The other party was a man in his thirties, wearing a loose and comfortable American suit. At this moment, half of the corner of his clothes was roughly cut open, and the blood flowing from the wound was soaked by sea water. The other party was unmoved and quickly poked his head out from the rubble and the school of fish with their white bellies turned up, breathing in deep gulps of oxygen.

As mentioned before, for safety reasons, there is a welding device every few hundred meters in the tunnel, and a gate at each end. However, under the heavy bombardment of Ji Xu, the two gates were broken early and could not be lowered, and the escape passage leading to the parking lot was also flooded.

But this channel is rather stupid. It does not require manual operation. Once it detects water rushing in, the emergency brake device automatically closes the airtight door deep in the channel. There is no way for humans to open it, and it can only rise after the water is drained.

It was supposed to be the last resort to protect the rescue center during evacuation, but now it has become a death warrant for the executive officer. There is only one 'T'-shaped passage left. The tunnel representing the horizontal line is broken and soaked in water. It is expected to become a well-known diving attraction in the future. The incomplete escape passage representing the vertical line is buried on the seabed. Sand and gravel poured in from the broken hole, forming an upward slope. I don't know if it is due to the pressure difference or other reasons, but there is still some air at the top of the slope.

The executive officer had just come out of the water and had only taken a few seconds to catch his breath when he was suddenly struck by a terrifying sense of crisis. He immediately kicked the wall and jumped back to avoid it.

The blade scratched across his waist and abdomen, leaving a torn wound. The young killer walked out of the water dripping with the dagger in his hand. Noticing his gaze, the other party gave him an extremely perfunctory smile and habitually raised his hand to look for his glasses, but found nothing.

The killer put his hand down in boredom. He was very young, too young to have such skills. The executive officer couldn't help but ask him in a deep voice: "What do you want?"

The other party paused, looked at me in surprise, and actually answered: "I look like I'm short of money? In the final analysis, someone placed an order and someone executed it. I am just a part of this process. You should ask yourself why you were targeted."

The executive officer sneered, took off his coat and tightened his grip around his wound, saying, "There are many reasons why I am hated, but torpedoes and submarines are not cheap. Even if every civilian gave up half of their wealth, it would still not be enough to buy them. You treat these equipment as disposable and don't feel sorry at all. Isn't this a sign that you have other motives?"

That's why he likes the cyberpunk background.

Ji Xu thought to himself, how easy it is, no need to investigate at all, just take action directly.

He was not going to listen to any more nonsense if they didn't agree. This kind of person was different from the opponents he had met before. The executive of Super Brain Research was also not within his territorial awareness. Ji Xu moved suddenly. He tiptoed forward and kicked away a piece of rubble that was thrown at him. There was no way to hide in the narrow space. The cold light of the dagger was destroyed by the ripples in the reflection on the sea.

The executive officer, who originally wanted to delay time, raised his arms to resist in embarrassment, not understanding why the killer suddenly changed his mind, but he saw calmness in the depths of Ji Xu's pupils that suddenly approached him. The lights soaked in water had poor contact and flickered half-bright, and the smell of blood filled the half-cubic-meter platform.

The super brain research is dead silent, and everyone is anxiously waiting for the result. The people who are clearly in the rescue center are forced to become the assault team and return to the bottom of the sea with weapons. The pilots are used to high-altitude combat, but cannot adapt to survival under the sea. The rescue personnel stay in the seabed environment for a long time, which makes the operation easier.

The group of people came to the airtight door and, following the instructions of the game host, clumsily placed the explosives at the connection point and detonated them. The airtight door flew out intact, and sea water mixed with dead fish and reef fragments rushed in all at once, and the rescue workers were almost separated.

There was something vaguely visible not far away. They looked at each other, gestured, and swam over.

A corpse lay quietly on the gravel with eyes closed, a dagger stuck in the neck. The unfolded suit was floating slightly due to buoyancy, restrained by the stones pressing on the sleeves, covering the body like a shroud. Gravel like mudslides kept sliding out of the holes, submerging the corpse's pale ankles.

It was good that they didn't have to fight the killer. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked relieved. Just as they turned around, a rescuer vaguely saw something on the wall. He handed the body to his companion and asked him to hand it over to the sea. He buried his head and dug a few hands of the sand and gravel that were piling up higher and higher, revealing a 'C' carved on the wall with a knife.

Before anyone could react, the diving cameras mounted on their heads suddenly flashed.

A blurry, overexposed photo was frozen on the screen.

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Ji Xu poked his head out of the sea. He rested for a while before climbing out from the shore. His whole body was dripping with water. He looked up at the cloudless night sky, confirming that his luck was not good enough to call the wind and rain based on his experience.

If this man walked out onto the street, he would either admit that he had just done something bad, or make the excuse that he had accidentally fallen into the sewer.

Ji Xu didn't want to choose any of them. Fortunately, he had prepared clothes and motorcycles in advance. He quickly changed his clothes and thought about the days ahead. There were still three days left for the flight, but there were still two and a half pages of commissions that had not been cleared. He had to go to bed early today, otherwise he would not have the energy to work tomorrow. He avoided Sai Mu's eyes and returned to the safe house, closed his eyes and rested. The sound of the propeller blades swirling outside the room continued all night.

Saimu couldn’t find anyone before, and he couldn’t find anyone now. No one can catch a shadow unless he is willing.

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The dark web of the forum was extremely active in the middle of the night, and the blockade of Crow Island was a hot topic. Everyone assumed that the area was taken over by C. Seeing the local residents complaining that it was definitely not an earthquake, but that it might be some strange invention made by the super brain research, people in the forum expressed their disagreement, because C, who usually assassinated on time until 10:30, disappeared after 6 o'clock, and they felt that these earthquakes were C's assassination.

Well, assassination.

Anyway, no one knows C's appearance, name or age. We only know that he is a man. If he is not exposed, then he was assassinated. He has always done things openly and honestly. Isn't that known to the entire forum?

Amidst a bunch of posts such as "Briefly discussing the possibility that C is behind the blockade", "Based on the impact range, it doesn't look like high-explosive bombs and rocket launchers. I would believe it if you said it was a volcanic eruption", "What is Super Brain Research investigating? Aren't they a scientific research company? Why are they using missiles? Are they testing weapons?", "Blindly guessing that C is on the bottom of the sea. It wasn't a torpedo just now. Damn it", "I bet C is driving a submarine. Missiles are a natural enemy of submarines", and "Friends, let's discuss the possibility that Super Brain Research has changed its career to make arms and is testing the performance of weapons". An already popular post stood out.

Number Eight was probably the happiest person after learning about the death of the executive. Finally, he didn't have to be mysterious and help Ji Xu. He dropped his work and sorted out a new timeline of action overnight.

In the time gap three days ago and at the end of the action stopping at 7:30 tonight, No. 8 added both the supervisor and the executive.

We all know the reason for the blockade of Crow Island, and the topic has become more and more heatedly discussed. What finally set off the forum was a picture released by the official Super Brain Research on the social network. No one knows why they suddenly posted a meaningless photo. Only those in the know know the meaning of the unclear letter 'c' on the gray and white wall.

And Ji Xu is already preparing to change the map.

He returned to his original efficiency over the next three days, working hard while avoiding cameras. He finally managed to process the orders at the last minute and didn't have to change his boarding time. That was great.

As for the remaining few foreign targets who did not dare to come to the island, he planned to deal with them on the way to the desert. On the day he arrived at the airport, Ji Xu wore sunglasses and a shoulder bag, walked on the road that the target who had been shot in the head had walked, and smiled at the camera inside the plane. At the same time, in a villa going in the opposite direction of the airport, a black car rolled over the empty courtyard gravel road, and the explosion suddenly swept the driver.

Saimu immediately chased after them, marking every passerby and trying to compare and analyze the movements recorded on the sonar imaging table.

The people at Ultra Brain Research discovered this and were puzzled: "The executive officer is dead, so why is Saimu still investigating? Didn't anyone change the program command?"

Another person made a bitter face, "It can't be changed. The underlying logic of the game is to protect the company and collect as much information as possible. The two orders have equal priority. Only the dead executive can change it. It even monitors us to prevent us from colluding with other companies to steal secrets, not to mention C who killed the executive and a supervisor."

"A machine is a machine. It can't even see who is behind it. It just keeps chasing the killer."

The man who spoke first cursed, thought for a moment and said, "If it really doesn't work, let's hold a meeting to vote on whether to shut it down. With experience, we can create a second artificial intelligence even without the help of the executive. We should not keep Saimu."

Some people were reluctant to let it go. After all, it was an intelligent body that they had worked so hard to research. Shutting it down did not mean abandoning it, but the consequence of no one maintaining it was no different from abandoning it: "In fact, Saimu will not have revengeful intentions. The executive is dead. If it pursues it, it will bring trouble instead, which conflicts with the order to protect the company."

"so?"

"So, it should have calculated something more terrifying, such as the death of the executive officer is not the end. Recently, our prestige has declined, and we have been forced to find other companies to cooperate in research and development. Many of those companies are invested by the casino, right?"

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"Go check it out, at least warn the people in charge of the casino. Oh, I hope I'm wrong."