life copy game

Chapter 569 Side by Side

There are also hidden secret whistles near the apartment building. They hide in the dark corners and watch all the people entering the apartment building.

Watching the room where Jace's parents lived.

But because the main force of the mercenaries was wiped out by He Ao in that abandoned building, the mysterious man might not have enough manpower now.

There are not many secret sentries responsible for monitoring the residence of Jess' parents, and there are only a few key positions.

They thought they were hiding in the dark, but in He Ao's sight, they were extremely conspicuous.

He Ao quickly bypassed several obvious sentry posts, and then got stuck in the blind spot of a dark sentry rented in a nearby apartment, and entered the apartment building where Jess' parents lived.

This apartment building is already a bit old. It is a building developed by a real estate company under the University of Wittland. Professors and teachers working in the school can enjoy certain discounts when buying a house.

Jess was young at the time, saved some money, and bought the apartment building with his wife on a loan.

Later, relying on the father's increasing income and the mother's royalties, the couple paid off the mortgage.

Although professors at the University of Witland belong to a higher-income group, their salaries are actually not higher than those of real high-income groups.

Even after obtaining the title of professor, the salary from the University of Witland is only 15 federal currency, but Jess' father often helps companies with some simple topics, or works as a consultant in some companies and receives consultant allowances.

Taken together, after Jess' father became a professor, his annual income was between 35 and 45 federal currency.

When I was young, my income was even worse, only about [-] federal currency.

This income has actually exceeded the vast majority of federal residents, but compared to the average house price of [-] federal dollars per flat in North Witland, it is still a little insufficient.

In particular, the price of the apartment they bought was higher because it was close to the University of Witland. Even after enjoying the teacher's discount, it was as high as 34000 federal dollars per square meter.

The 90-square-meter apartment building purchased by Jess’s parents costs about 340 million federal dollars including tax. In addition, this house has to pay a real estate tax of 1.7% of the total house price every year.

Because the property tax is levied according to the government's estimated value, not the purchase price, the property tax paid by Jess' parents who have enjoyed the discount is higher than that calculated with the purchase price, which is about [-] federal dollars.

If Jess's father's career hadn't been improving, and his mother's royalties as a best-selling author were not low, the couple might not have been able to afford the house.

Even so, the two finally paid off their home loan when Jess was about to start middle school.

And during that time, the couple didn't actually save much money because they had to pay for Jace's expensive private school tuition.

When the lives of the two were stable, except for saving some savings for investment or backup, Jess' parents almost donated the rest of the money to help those in difficulty.

Jess's charity habit was formed during that time.

As the floors of the elevator in the apartment building changed rapidly, the memories of Jess' past flashed through He Ao's mind like phantoms.

Eventually, the elevator stopped on the fifth floor, where Jace's parents lived.

He Ao looked at the familiar door and walked over step by step, verifying his face and fingerprints.

With the sound of a mechanical turning, the door opened in response.

A somewhat gentle female voice echoed in He Ao's ear,

"Welcome home, Jess~"

He Ao paused, then pushed open the door and walked into the room.

Jess's mother is a bit out of character, she often has some unconstrained imaginations, and for these seemingly far-fetched practices, Jess's father will not stop them, but often supports his wife's creativity.

The two hit a lot of walls for this.

This recording in the smart lock is the masterpiece of Jess' mother.

Although most of the smart locks in the federation support unlocking customized voices, in general, these voices are the voice packs of certain idol stars.

But one day Jess' mother saw Jess coming home, and suddenly wanted to record a voice packet for Jess, saying that she wanted Jess to find the feeling of coming home.

Then Jess' father immediately agreed. Two people in their 50s recorded the son's blank eyes all afternoon, picked the best voice, and set it as the unlocking voice of the smart lock.

Although after that, Jess felt that the voice was too shameful and strongly urged his mother to change it, but in the end the voice was retained.

In the afternoon when this voice was recorded, the mother’s voice was as happy as a child’s. Not far in front of her was her son who was working on a computer, and behind her was her husband who was cheering her on.

The afternoon sun was very warm, and the golden radiance spread evenly on the floor.

He Ao walked into the room, and slowly closed the door.

He didn't turn on the light, and his eyesight was even better in the dark than under the light.

The layout of the room is very simple, with light-colored floors, light-colored sofas, and necessary furniture neatly dotted in the room.

Jess's parents don't have high requirements for life, so the family's furnishings are very simple.

The most expensive thing in the whole family is the bookshelves that fill the entire wall of the parents' study room.

In the Commonwealth, paper books are expensive and rare. Unless you go to a large library in the city center, it is difficult for people to see densely packed paper books in their daily life.

He Ao's hand rested on the light-colored sofa, and there was already some dust in the crevices of the sofa.

It has been a year since Jess came back here last time.

Although household cleaning robots have been cleaning this year, the cleaning ability of cleaning robots is always limited, and there are some gaps or corners that are difficult to clean.

Since his mental state had problems, Jess came back here less and less frequently. Every time he came back, he sat on the sofa in a daze, positioning his sanity, and it was difficult to pay attention to what had changed in the house.

He Ao looked away from the simply decorated living room, and walked to the study aside.

He gently pushed open the study door, and the exquisite bookcases covering the entire wall appeared in front of him.

The dense books on the bookcase are the collection of Jess' father all his life.

In fact, after his mother died, Jess had searched the entire study room in order to find clues about his parents' death.

In the process of cleaning the house with my wife, I searched the other corners of the house, but basically there were no clues.

At first, Jace thought his father would leave the book of occult knowledge in the apartment, but he found nothing.

Didn't get that book, nor any leads on my father's research.

And the mother did not leave anything except the last letter that was later found by his wife Tini in the crevice of the bedroom closet.

It seems that Jess's parents are unwilling to leave any relevant information for Jess to prevent him from investigating the final truth.

Since then, Jace has given up searching for the apartment, only stopping by occasionally.

But all the previous premise was based on one foundation, that is, Jess didn't know what his father was doing, nor did he know what the mysterious man was funding his father for.

He was just aimlessly looking for possible clues, trying to use exhaustive methods to find the key to solving the problem.

But there are some things that are difficult to find without prior knowledge.

Howo didn't know if Jess' father had left anything at home.

But he knew that Jess' mother probably knew some inside information and left some clues.

Because Jace's mother died shortly after Jace's father died.

Jace's mother had nothing to do with the incident theoretically, but she ended up in some sort of insane state and committed suicide in her study.

In the end, no doubts were found about the mother's suicide, and she did not leave any information.

But the very fact of her death meant something.

After all, the death of Jess' father was most likely due to organizing a group to fight against the mysterious man, preventing the mysterious man's idea of ​​sacrifice, and encountering the mysterious man's extraterrestrial tricks.

In this context, Jess's mother 'suicide' for inexplicable reasons shortly after Jess's father died.

If Jess's mother's death was not an accident, but the mystery man's 'masterpiece'.

This means that the mysterious person followed the clues of Jess' father to find Jess' mother.

It is very likely that Jess' father has hidden something from the mysterious man, and these things are also his bargaining chips against the mysterious man.

As the leader and leader of the magic circle project, without power and money, the most effective bargaining chip that Jess' father can grasp is only one, 'knowledge'.

The knowledge that the mysterious person is eager to obtain.

From this point of view, it is speculated that Jess' father may have the knowledge to make the magic circle operate stably, but he has not yet found a way to replace the sacrifice.

In order to prevent the mysterious man from using this knowledge to carry out more sacrifices and harm more innocent people, he did not tell the mysterious man this knowledge.

He Ao put himself in the shoes of Jess's father and thought about the situation at that time. When the situation was most critical, Jess's father might have used this knowledge to mediate with the mysterious person and bought him some time to play games.

But after realizing that he could never cooperate, the mysterious man directly attacked him without giving him a chance to break the situation.

In fact, does Jess' father have a chance to break the game?

No, more than ten years ago, Christos was still a kid at that time.

Jace's father must have gone to the city government and the FBI, but judging from the final results, neither of them helped him.

Then the only way is to find a consortium and let the consortium check and balance the consortium.

But which consortium is willing to help him?

At that time, the magic circle project he led was not like the Jess gene pharmaceutical project, which already had a successful finished product and a complete production process.

The magic circle project is only a semi-finished product, and I don't know how much money will be invested in it in the future.

Of course, he can hand over his hidden knowledge in exchange for the help of the consortium.

But other consortiums are no more benevolent than the mysterious person. Once they get the hidden knowledge and complete the process of the entire magic circle, they may launch a more crazy sacrifice than the mysterious person.

They will even promote the legalization of this kind of sacrifice, let the poor who can't survive sacrifice themselves, and then create extraordinary in batches.

He Ao has already seen this kind of thing in Limen City.

So the consortium was never reliable, and Jace's father knew it.

He is well aware that he cannot achieve his goal.

He Ao stepped into this study and stood in the very center of the study.

This is where Jess' mother committed suicide.

In the last two years before he was killed, Jess' father was in a bad state of mind, and it was difficult for Jess to see his father again.

And on the phone, the always gentle father often revealed irritable emotions, although he quickly suppressed them.

Jess' father is also a human being. When he is most desperate and depressed, when he can't see the way forward, he will be confused and irritable.

Even Jess could sense something wrong with his father.

And these, the mother who is emotionally sensitive and gets along with her husband day and night will not be aware of it.

Judging from the last letter that Jess' mother asked Jess not to pursue these matters, she may have noticed it a long time ago, and even tried to trick out her husband's secret.

But in this moment of despair and depression, she chose to stand with her husband.

Even if they know, there is no hope in sight on the road ahead.

Even if they can all see the fate that will eventually usher.

The magic circle of the mysterious man was incomplete until it was destroyed by He Ao, and the mysterious man did not obtain the part of knowledge he wanted in the end.

Until the end, Jess's parents did not betray their persistence.

He Ao stood at the position where his mother died, looking at the overcrowded bookshelf.

From this position, from this angle, on the bookshelf facing him, there is a group photo of Jess's family of three when he was young.

At that time, the father's smile was happy and gentle, and the mother was holding the young Jess, with a little tenderness in her eyes.

The mysterious man had probably come to see Jess's mother, and the mother's often out-of-control emotions after his father's death might also have something to do with the mysterious man's guidance.

The mysterious person is very likely to try to learn those secret knowledge from Jess' mother.

He Ao didn't know how Jess's mother dealt with the mysterious man, but in the end, Jess's mother committed suicide in the study.

You-Know-Who didn't get what he wanted, but didn't come to Jace any further for that knowledge either.

Since then, the mysterious man seemed to have disappeared, until Jess found the old professor and began to study the genetic medicine, the mysterious man appeared in front of Jess again.

But this time, he didn't use force, but tried to drive Jess crazy, lost his mind, and after better control, he slowly let Jess take over the research of genetic medicine.

But this time, he succeeded. Compared with the magic circle project, the genetic medicine is more complete.

Of course, the ending is the same, even if the project is completed, Jess will usher in death.

He Ao glanced across the bookshelf, he wondered if he could find some new clues when he came back this time.

But according to Jess' memory, Jess' father was a person who would not give up hope.

Even if he is dead, he firmly believes that there will always be flames in the dark night.

He Ao turned on Super Memory, and glanced across the study.

One after another, slender shadow tentacles protruding from the void and spreading on the wide bookshelf, swinging like a curtain, appeared in his vision.

　My friend is getting married today, it's a bit lively, a little later.

　
(End of this chapter)