Chapter 067 Killer Simulator
It was exactly seven o'clock when Ji Xu woke up again. There were still very few messages in the private message column, but there were a lot of red dots in the delegation column. He handed over the management of No. 8 to No. 8. He could see in the background that No. 8 had read but not replied to everyone's messages.
Half an hour later, No. 8 found time to complain: "I now believe that you are the leader of a cult. You are so skilled at ordering people around. Do you remember that I am the administrator?"
Having said that, he disappeared again.
Ji Xu completed the tasks too quickly. Many clients were confused when they received fee deduction notices not long after they learned that the tasks had been accepted. The media were rushing to the new accident scene, and Ji Xu was waiting near the next target. There were also a few clients who were not scheduled to take the task, and realized that the person who took their tasks was the famous C, and they considered the situation and asked Ji Xu to raise the price.
Forum system: "c" has rejected your request.
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Ji Xu was not going to raise his price temporarily, as his worth had nothing to do with the difficulty of the task. He turned to look at the forum and found the review post published on the 8th on page 6. It was pushed to the top from time to time, but there were relatively few new replies. It seemed that the forum was much quieter in the morning. Ji Xu's health routine was out of tune with that of his peers.
There are also sober killers doing their missions. They occasionally eat melons while waiting for the target to appear. The topics they discuss, besides the seasons, are the new plants just released by the Erythrina Group.
Someone posted a photo anonymously. The green ivy in the photo looked similar to the ordinary plants that Ji Xu had raised before, except that the one developed by the Erythrina Group was more colorful. It was placed in a white plastic hanging pot, and its leaves were curled up and wilted. The slender vines crossed the pot and fell to the ground with some ups and downs, like many little snakes crouching and hibernating quietly.
The person below calmly asked, "What's the name of this ghost thing?"
As expected of colleagues who have seen a lot of ups and downs, everyone is very accepting. Those who usually grow flowers and plants are subtly not used to the season sequence.
The original poster replied: "Mamba snake."
The name of this new plant is not right. Some people are shocked: "Poisonous? That's hard to deal with. It will be harder and harder to kill targets of big companies in the future. The super brain next door is working on a supercomputer. If you want to do something, you have to trick the monitoring program. Now you have to pay attention to whether the green plants of the Erythrina Group will eat people."
The host responded to his previous question: "I don't know, let's try it later."
Ji Xu discovered that the poster's profile picture could be clicked on. It was the young man in a jacket whom he had met in the bar before. Judging from the distance at which his photo was taken, he probably used a fake press pass to sneak into the promotional event and his seat was at least in the first three rows.
The house prepared by the bartender was different from the one randomly created by the simulator. It exuded a warm atmosphere as if Ji Xu had lived here for half his life. It had all the necessary furniture, making it very suitable for dispelling the suspicions of neighbors who had strayed in. Ji Xu found the projector and tuned to the live broadcast of the promotion meeting.
Unlike press conferences, promotional events are often held for the general public, and the interactive sessions involve joking with the audience and reporters, chatting about anything, while press conferences are more serious, and generally several experts are invited to discuss and explain, with the topic mainly revolving around new products. For example, now, an audience member in the back row raised his hand and asked, "Your company is a plant, and your products are plants, so why do you always name them animals?"
Host: "To balance the criticism from animal rights activists and environmentalists."
Audience: "Then why don't you study animals?"
Host: "It's easier to get criticized if you do it. Now at most people will say that our industry is uneven, and research on animals has become a biological experiment."
After only five minutes of watching the live broadcast, Ji Xu's biggest feeling was that it was no wonder that the Ci Tong Group was not disliked for doing such weird things every day. It has a huge system, but they held a publicity meeting instead of a press conference. A suitable and humorous publicist could help the company eliminate the bad influence as much as possible. At least after the host finished speaking, he not only dispelled the suspicion that the Ci Tong Group would attack biological organisms in the future, but the audience also smiled and said "the animal protection personnel are furious" before sitting down.
At this time, a reporter in the front row raised his question. Because his seat was quickly called by the host, this reporter was much more cautious than ordinary people: "Excuse me, I want to ask a question off topic. Will the 'Mamba Snake' be put into the artificial oasis you built?"
The host looked at him and the camera switched over. Ji Xu realized that it was an acquaintance. The young man in the jacket had taken off his motorcycle jacket, put on a suit and a microphone, and once again used fake ID to sneak into the scene.
The host didn't say it explicitly: "If the boss likes it, I'll give it to him. The first one in any series has commemorative significance."
The young man in the jacket immediately grasped the point that could be expanded upon. The killer's sensitivity to information is comparable to that of a real reporter. They all rely on food to make a living. "According to what you said, the last 'Mist Jellyfish' was transported away?"
The host said without any sign of evading the point: "'Mistletoe' is the undisputed number one in every sense. The boss values it so much that he wants to put it in the office to admire it every day. It could be anywhere. Fortunately, they are not small animals, otherwise the boss would have a headache about the decoration problem after they fight in the office."
The people around him burst into laughter. The young man in the jacket wanted to ask a few more questions, but the host gave the opportunities to others equally. When it was his turn to ask questions occasionally, he never mentioned anything about the "artificial oasis" and always changed the topic to other directions. The atmosphere of the promotion meeting was once very high.
Buzz buzz buzz.
Ji Xu's phone vibrated and he looked down.
The young man in the jacket sent a message under the pretense of organizing press releases: "Ask me to think of a solution. You should be watching the live broadcast, right? The host is almost suspicious of me. I have to find a way to maintain my persona as a curious reporter who is more eager to get explosive news."
Ji Xu typed out the next sentence.
"Ask him what the artificial oasis is called externally."
Artificial oasis is a product, not a name, just like mobile phones and projectors are product categories, but manufacturers have to give them an external name, and different series have different names, such as jellyfish and mamba snakes.
The young man in the jacket who had sneaked in with his press card waited for this round of questioning to end before he slightly modified his wording and raised his hand to ask a question. His tone sounded like that of a reporter who was unwilling to give in and was trying every possible means to get information.
The other audience members were stunned for a moment before they realized that the artificial oasis was just a planned development project. It had been three or four years since it was implemented, but no one still knew what the product was called.
The host looked at the people around him who were listening attentively and kept a tight control on the rhythm. "Adonis, the god of spring plants and resurrection from the dead, sounds like a good match for our product, right? If Greek gods really exist, I hope they won't be angry when they see the products we develop."
His teasing was drowned out by a burst of good-natured laughter, and Ji Xu fell into deep thought.
Adonis comes from Greek mythology. There are many versions of the story, but they all say that he was loved by a goddess, died due to an accident or the jealousy of other gods, and turned into a red flower. There are many different opinions about the type of flower, but Adonis was then resurrected and then died again, year after year, repeating the cycle like plants with four seasons.
The most famous background of Adonis' birth is that he was born because of a chaotic family cursed by the goddess, which coincides with the stage of continuous hybridization testing during the research of the Erythrina Group. Adonis' mother is also translated as "myrrh", which means that this plant god was born in a remote desert area where no herbs grow. In this case, the host's casual mention of resurrection from the dead is actually talking about the experience of this god, or is he thinking of the project developed by the group? Creating an oasis representing resurrection in a dead desert land?
The desert was included in the observation location, Ji Xu gave money to the young man in the jacket and issued a new commission. There were not many good people like him who would rather lose money and be suspected than complete the task. He hoped that he could bring new clues.
The young man in the jacket who received the final payment for no apparent reason: “???”
What did he do? How did the mission end?
But having money is a good thing. The young man in the jacket collected the money nervously and quickly. After thinking about it, he guessed that Ji Xu understood something from the host's evasive words. It was indeed a good thing to have a smart client. He was confused. Before he could figure it out, the client had already transferred the money.
Number Eight hadn't sent any new documents yet. He had been busy negotiating with different killers who were looking for information all night. He had been away from home for a long time. He told Ji Xu that he would send the information to him at noon and then disappeared. Ji Xu put on his coat and decided to go to the headquarters of Super Brain Research to get some information. He also wanted to go to Liujing Technology where Fan Nian worked. People on Crow Island were all working people who worked hard to survive. The Gold Throwing Casino had no intention of spending money to change the tone of the island, but Liujing Technology, which the casino had invested in, was here.
The number of passers-by on Crow Island was much less than yesterday, and the number of patrols had doubled. The patrol team was discussing the rampant killer yesterday with a sympathetic heart. Twelve people died in ten hours. Excluding the time spent on the journey, the assassination efficiency was astonishingly high.
The family whose windows were broken by the killer yesterday talked about the experience of the intruder breaking in. They were afraid to observe carefully, and the man was very sensitive to sight. The youngest son threw a picture frame to him, and he caught it casually, covering half of his face all the time, and his eyes behind the sunglasses seemed to be smiling.
A high-profile, quick, open and fatal assassination.
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The headquarters of Super Brain Research is located in the crowded and chaotic city center. The building is shaped like a capital 'E'. Ji Xu had been in a daze on the hollow platform before, so he was naturally familiar with the way there now.
Without the nighttime light pollution, all that could be seen in this city were buildings of steel and concrete rising from the ground. They were built haphazardly without any order, and were crowded together to form a distorted shape. This not only made it easier for him to climb up the building, but also blocked the view of people in other buildings.
Considering that the forum said that Super Brain Research's computers would automatically identify strange intruders, Ji Xu did not act rashly, but instead found the communication machine used in the prison break simulator from his waist bag.
After making sure that the battery could last at least a month, he bit the dagger in his mouth, adjusted the tightness of his tactical gloves, and climbed over the wall to the signal tower next to him.
The discussions of the employees and researchers in the building reached his ears. Ji Xu thought of the first simulator. His blue potion was not used up yet. Because Ji Xu was not hurt much, he was most miserable during the first play. Oh, yes, he almost stayed up all night that day. In the end, he had a fever and could not bear it anymore. He found a room to take a nap. He seemed to have a dream that night.
It seems that he has the tendency to dream and replay things when he is sleep deprived.
While reminiscing about the past, Ji Xu found a meeting room with the most ostentatious interior decoration, hooked his knees on the iron frame, and hung his whole body upside down on it.
Then he pulled out the dagger he was biting, forcefully cut off the pipe opening of the air conditioner outdoor unit, changed the voice of the communicator to one-way, and then stuffed it into the pipe.
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