Overturned Tower

Chapter No.16 People who repay the favor

After Russell's words came out, Xiao Liuli also knew that she could no longer ask anything from Russell.

Because after deriving this sentence, all problems can eventually lead to this conclusion.This is the power of words.

Why didn't you use a gun at the time, why did you take such risks, why did you become so brave, why did you sacrifice your life to fight...or ask why you wanted to kill yourself, why did you carry psychic weapons in violation of the regulations, in the end, Russell lead to the same conclusion.

The answer of the former is, "This is all to protect the captain"; while the latter is because "this ultimately protects the captain", she is not easy to ask.

Otherwise, I'm afraid Xiao Liuli will be complained by the angry captain.

When Russell protected the captain, he was also protecting himself, which provided sufficient motivation; and he also indirectly protected the people on the airship, the airship itself, and the buildings that collapsed after the airship fell. Doubt is his merit.

But Russell's words are obviously more powerful than the answers obtained when answering these questions separately, and are more suitable for writing in the daily newspaper.And even if Xiao Liuli continued to ask questions, she could only get roughly the same answer from Russell, and her professional level would be questioned instead... It would be better to keep the topic of the interview at the essential part.

After Xiao Liuli took the initiative to exchange contact information with Russell, she took the staff and security personnel and left by helicopter.

After that, the enthusiasm of the passengers in the cabin burst out immediately.

It was only after they arrived at their destination that they learned that the airship they were on had already been hijacked—and the group of thugs who hijacked the airship was a very vicious group of wanted criminals named "Babel Tower"... …Even the crew of the airship was ruthlessly murdered and thrown into the sea, leaving no place for a burial.

Though their target should be someone in first class.But when the fuel of the airship was almost exhausted, in order to delay the time, they still did not allow the captain to land.

After all, if the airship lands, these prosthetic mercenaries can still jump out.But those ordinary people will definitely suffer.

"Say it quickly, thank you brother."

A lady with slender horse ears held her daughter's shoulders and patiently taught her.

The girl who looked to be only five or six years old raised her head, and said to Russell seriously, "Thank you brother."

After the girl finished speaking, she asked curiously, "Is brother... a hero?"

Russell froze for a moment.

He felt a little dazed for a moment when he spoke to the girl.

The boy with cat ears touched his ears, and smiled distressedly: "My brother doesn't know either."

... These days, do immature girls who have to be taught by their parents even to thank them know the word "hero"?

She probably doesn't even know how to write the word hero, let alone what it stands for.

But she can think of the word on her own, and hopes that Russell is her imaginary hero.

This is the first time that Russell vaguely realizes what kind of "hero" people in this world desire....

It's not about requiring heroes to have any merits or standards, save someone, or do some great deeds...but to imagine an imaginary hero first, and then hope that people in reality can become it.

Where are people here.This is the imaginary god, the symbolic savior.

No wonder these days, there are so many heroes with explosive personalities.

How good it is to satisfy such people's fantasies about heroes...

Just realizing this made Russell feel even heavier.

"Please don't say that—"

A woman who looked about 30 years old, wearing glasses and with bird feathers behind her ears said eagerly: "There is no doubt that you who saved us are a real hero in our eyes!"

Russell remembered her.

After Xiao Liuli left, this person came out of the first class to thank Russell.

Passengers in the public cabin are only threatened by the possibility of an "empty boat crash".But these first-class passengers were actually uploaded with viruses and had their memories stolen.Moreover, they didn't even know which person in the first class the group of people had designated.

Guests who can travel in first class will more or less have some secrets in their minds.

If those gangsters are allowed to leave, then all of them will be unlucky-unable to determine "whose memory the gangster stole", all of their memories can only be regarded as lost, and everything they have mastered is lost. All information is considered leaked.This cannot be left to chance.

There is no doubt that this will cause their companies to suffer huge economic losses.Countless people will have to work overtime for this, and countless plans will be forcibly terminated because of this. The company's think tank and executives will meet all night to re-determine the direction of these plans.Some secret and important locations will be abandoned, they have to re-migrate servers and other equipment, and even don't know how many people have to be forced to move.

And all of them in the first class will also pay a heavy price for this...even if they did not make any mistakes, even if they are the victims of this incident.

After all, someone has to be held accountable for the company's losses.

From this point of view, Russell is their hero.

Russell beheaded and killed these robbers before the airship landed, ensuring that the confidential information in their minds was not leaked, and he did not know how many small companies were saved in the midst of survival...to what extent resources were prevented from evaporating.

"I don't know where Mr. Russell intends to go to find a job when he comes to Happy Island?"

A man with glasses and antlers on his head asked seriously: "I am the marketing manager of Tianen Group... This is my electronic business card. If you are interested in working for Tianen Group, I can I will contact you with a starting salary of R4."

As he spoke, he handed a crystal-like business card inlaid with a pattern of many silver threads to Russell with both hands.

This kind of business card, which is as expensive as a work of art, can read the identity information of the other party only by swiping it on the prosthetic body without inserting the chip slot.While being safe enough, it also has a certain collection value.

After Russell thanked him, he took the business card away.

He knew before... In Tianen Group, the level of R4 is not considered low.It is roughly equivalent to the level of "technical supervisor" and "senior engineer".

The marketing manager itself is the salary of R5. It is indeed very sincere to introduce Russell to the starting work of R4.Of course, this is also related to Russell's academic qualifications and mentors.

But of course Russell would not say that the "uncle" he was going to join was the other party's immediate boss. Such disappointing words were to save his face... After all, there are many relationships and many paths.

These first-class guests, without exception, all came out to thank Russell.

Some hope to arrange work for Russell, some want to make friends with Russell... and some want to invite Russell to dinner.

The most generous among them was the man who appeared last, wearing brown sunglasses indoors, with slightly dark skin, and a man who spoke carelessly.He directly claimed that he would give Russell a set of villas and floating vehicles, as well as a maid and a driver, so he was a little out of touch with Russell at the time.

The other first-class passengers around were also stumped by the words and didn't know what to say.

Of course, they also intend to give Russell some thanks - but this kind of talk is not suitable for public speaking.

If you really want to express your gratitude, why don't you just send money in private after adding friends?

Saying such things in front of the crowd... There is no doubt that it is a loss of the value of the identity of "hero".

— as if Russell was selling for the money.

This doesn't feel like thanking you, but rather making senseless trouble.

Even the passengers who were watching on the edge suddenly felt a little disgusted with this person.

Amirus, who was still watching from the sidelines, came to the rescue, and drove the man away with a few words.He also turned down other people's requests to invite Russell to eat and stay at the same time-the reason was that he wanted to help Russell deal with the wound as soon as possible to avoid scars.

People suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

After all, no matter what, it is impossible for anyone to dare to compete for wealth with an old elf.

This is a monster that has lived from more than 1000 years ago to the present. It has a higher gold content than any thousand-year-old family, so I don't know where to go...

Russell, on the other hand, looked at the back of the person leaving, thoughtfully.

Chapter No.17 Psykers and Demons

Before dinner, Amirus brought Russell to a research company affiliated with "Thoth Spiritual Energy" and helped Russell treat the wound.

Although Russell's injury is really not serious, it's just a flesh injury...

But Amirus still sent three white coats to give Russell a full body check.

Unexpectedly, I found out something...

"There are two levels of psionic load. With this level of load, the pressure on the internal organs and brain is not too high."

A doctor with horns and ears and a thick and deep voice handed the report to Russell: "Redshift 2, blueshift 4, it's still safe now...but after that, I have to remember the physical examination every month."

This value represents the awakening level of psionic energy.There are only two values, red and blue, from one to ten, from weak to strong.

The red shift value represents desire and obsession, and also the strength of psionic energy; the blue shift value represents the manifested rationality and morality, and also represents the degree of restraint of the psyker on his own psionic power.Only when the blueshift value is greater than or equal to the redshift value, the psyker is controllable.

Otherwise, the psyker will degenerate into a "demon".Their memories will be preserved, but their original personalities will disappear completely.Instead, there is a demon whose desire is infinitely strengthened, depraved and crazy.

The greatest danger of demons is that they will gradually pull the people close to them into their dreams in their dreams.If ordinary people cannot resist this call with willpower and sink into dreams, they will gradually be brainwashed, artificially created false memories, or forget something or someone.

These people will eventually become "familiars".Even if the demon is killed and the familiar is rescued, it is impossible to change back the damaged memory and distorted personality.

These demons will hide among the crowd, and absorb the desires and obsessions of the same attribute in their dreams to grow.Just like the eggs gradually hatch, the psionic energy will become stronger and stronger, and eventually it will become a real twisted monster.Even if a demon is killed by someone, it will never be considered a crime of homicide... because the person hiding in that body is no longer a person.

This is not the knowledge taught by the university, but the secret knowledge revealed to Russell by his mentor.

It was also because of work issues that Russell had to touch downtown.In order to ensure Russell's safety, his mentor told Russell these common senses in advance.

——Sogo Island is obviously using artificial intelligence to catch criminals, but this is just an excuse for the public to listen to.

It actually relies on this analysis function to analyze everyone's behavior.If a person's behavior deviates from what he usually knows, does, and feels, and suddenly makes strange actions or words and deeds for no reason, then he will be closely monitored.

For example, a person who used to have a good temper suddenly becomes angry, or a girl who was originally clean and self-sufficient suddenly has a relationship with someone who is not so good... This abnormal situation will be suspected as a "familiar phenomenon".

Unless you take it to a professional company to test the strength of the psionic energy, as Russell is doing now, and find that the red shift has exceeded the blue shift.Otherwise the demon is undetectable and unidentifiable by any means.

If you want to find the devil, you can only use multiple "familiars" to triangulate at the social level.

"It seems that the mind protection chip still has a dead end."

Amirus commented seriously: "In recent years, more and more people have bypassed the mind protection chip to awaken psionic energy."

The white coats next to him nodded in agreement.

"what?"

Russell asked with some doubts.

Amirus turned around and explained to Russell without hesitation: "Do you know the meaning of that chip? People wearing the chip cannot awaken psionic power."

"...I have heard of this urban legend. But because there is no evidence, and I can't find it in the book, I can't be sure."

"Then you can be sure now," Amirus replied, "because I invented the chip.

"Its second-generation version, the main user demand is to 'faint people through electric shock'. As long as emotional overload is detected, it will immediately send out a micro-electric shock that does not harm the body but is enough to make people faint. And shock."

"What is the meaning of this?"

"Because of the awakening of psychic energy—the redshift changes from one to two, and the ceremony of breaking through the wall of Bechymos is an obsession with enough intense emotions and a single direction."

The old elf said slowly: "As long as you don't become a psyker, you won't become a demon. In other words, all demons are born from out-of-control psykers.

"In 1141, there was a demon code-named 'Mamen', which devoured one-third of the staff of Shenzhi Heavy Industry, and ate the memories and feelings of five thousand people in Tongshen Island, causing the 'Pale White Incident'. From After that, Shenzhi Heavy Industry commissioned us to develop a second-generation new chip that can terminate the awakening of psionic energy.

"It was also after that that the chip was attached with a unique 'registration code'. This is actually encouraging...or, forcing all newborns to install a mind protection chip. It was after that that the 'uncoded' ' This particular group."

……No wonder.

Russell suddenly realized.

That's why Amirus called it the "mind protection chip".

What is protected is not the external power, but the inner——

As long as this chip is installed, the psionic power will not be awakened.

"Tell me about this kind of thing...is it okay?"

Russell hesitated.

Wouldn't it be a secret that if one knew about it, one would have to add Thoth's psychic power?

Amirus shook his head: "It's okay, you will know when you enter Tianen Group.

"Since you have awakened your psychic powers, no matter where you would go to work, you will eventually be transferred to the Special Operations Department."

"why?"

"Because only in this way, you will not become an [illegal psyker]."

Amirus replied: "Based on the protection of the soul by the chip, generally speaking, if you want to become a psychic, you must remove the chip. And because the chip is bound to the registration code, this also means that you will become an 'uncoded person', Lose all citizenship rights. If you want to permanently advance your psychic level, you must complete some "desire tasks" and complete the corresponding rituals in your dreams... But with enough strong emotions and desires, you can also obtain the next level in advance, or even The next level of psionic power.

"Therefore, all illegal psykers will be monitored. As long as they are found by the executive officer, they can be arrested immediately, regardless of whether the other party is guilty or not - after all, if left unattended, the illegal psykers will become demons one day sooner or later.

"But for the company, this common sense is not common. All the executives in the executive department are psykers. And they are all under restraint, 'safe and legal' psykers.

"According to their blue shift value, their chips will open different levels of permissions. Only when the blue shift value increases and does not decrease after three months of observation, can they apply for an increase in restriction rights. They have to undergo a monthly physical examination, Observe whether the blue shift value drops, and determine whether to lower the constraint level. Considering the safety threshold, only when the blue shift value is 4, can the third-level authority be opened, and if the blue shift value is 3, it can only be opened to two levels, that is, just awakened degree of psychic power.

"This means that almost all official psykers have been suppressed by one or two levels to ensure that they will not degenerate into demons."

With that said, Amirus took a deep look at Russell: "But you are different.

"If you have completed the awakening of psychic energy before the permission is released, it means that the chip cannot restrain your psychic energy. Then you will be incorporated into the special executive department, and the head of the executive department will be responsible for teaching, task scheduling and psychological treatment. Under the condition of ensuring that it does not lose control, it exerts greater power.

"One of the biggest advantages of entering the Special Executive Department is that you don't have to be called easily - ordinary executive officers, as long as they are managers above R5, can be temporarily transferred to help them complete a series of tasks such as security and escort. And The special executive department only belongs to the board of directors of the head office... This means that your job will be relatively more leisurely and your salary will be higher."

- the risk will be higher.