Author: Sevenfold Body

Chapter 34 NO.0022: The Road of Theseus

They have already asked about this topic, and if you dare to do Tai Chi in front of the other party, it is the same as courting death.

"Yes, it does matter."

Ye Qian immediately admitted very happily:

"I plan to use that native as the biological material for my upgrade to Depth 5... and the small gang in the Nord settlement area can obtain the incomplete technological blueprint of the 'Puppet Circuit' in order to collect operational data."

Having said this, he couldn't help but ask cautiously:

"But do these have anything to do with the current inquiry? There can't be any connection between the two things, right?"

Ye Qian really didn't think that his handling of a caveman would be so important that he needed to be questioned by a quasi-high-level person like him.

Cerberus' supervisor was silent for about half a minute, and then slowly spoke:

"The two things you mentioned are indeed not related... but about 20 minutes ago, the company's firewall encountered large-scale damage from an unknown entity deep in the abyss of the dark web. Afterwards, the board of directors immediately expressed its concern

of attention.”

Board of Directors……

With just this word, Ye Qian instantly understood the seriousness of this matter.

The manager of Cerberus stared at Ye Qian seriously and continued:

"And the time when the unknown entity surfaced happened to be 1.3 seconds after the No. 3 deep submersible cabin you were responsible for started the salvage mission. If this is a coincidence, then the time is too coincidental, so I must be prepared for the dive

personnel have some understanding.”

Ye Qian felt that his heart was lifted instantly.

"You mean..."

The supervisor shook his head and said:

"Although it is currently not certain that the problem is with Deep Submersible No. 3, we have all the details about the previous submersible mission, including the parameters set by the sub-container, the training records in Limbo Prison, and the detailed identities of each participant.

The information... I need you to compile into a detailed report and submit it to me, do you understand?"

Ye Qian nodded repeatedly.

"Ming...understood."

"Right."

Just when Ye Qian bent down to bow and was about to turn around and leave, Cerberus' supervisor suddenly stopped him.

"I don't think you need to be reminded that Theseus's upgrade path involves many technologies that have been blacklisted by the Anthroposophical Ethics Supervisory Committee."

"I understand, supervisor, but..."

Ye Qian planned to defend himself, but the other party raised his hand impatiently to stop him from speaking.

"Generally speaking, as long as your mental index is stable and your performance reaches the target, the company will not interfere too much with employees' choice of promotion path. But for the promotion path of 'Theseus', you must at least be sure

, you have to take care of all the extra work when collecting data, do you understand?”

Ye Qian nodded again.

"clear."

He assured carefully.

At the same time, pray in your heart that nothing else will happen.

But the reality is that the more you fear something, the more it will come...

"Also, although the Anthroposophical Ethics Supervisory Committee is a bunch of old stubborns who have not kept up with the times, most of the technologies that will be blacklisted by them do have their own problems."

Having said this, the supervisor looked up and down at Ye Qian who was obviously nervous and said:

"So, your adjustments and transformations on the 'Theseus' path can almost stop when you reach depth 5. After that, the technical department will try its best to help you arrange a new replacement... I think you can definitely understand the company's

Decide, after all, you also know where the core technology of 'The Road of Theseus' originated, right?"

Ye Qian was stunned when the person in front of him sealed the upper limit of promotion with a simple word.

Replacement? I have already transformed along the path of "Theseus" to the level of Depth 4. At this time, you are telling me to replace?

The possibility of being reincarnated and changing the path of promotion after committing suicide is higher than the possibility of finding a replacement.

After a long time, he restrained his surging unwillingness and anger, forced a smile and replied:

"Yes, I know, I can understand... After all, the technology of the Path of Theseus originated from the taboo of the First Deep Diver...

"Digital Personality."

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The dazzling electric light dimmed, and the billowing heat wave was quickly subsided after the automatic sprinkler system in the corridor was turned on.

"Crack, click, click!"

Before Jiang Zhou put down the hands folded in front of his head, he heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

It was Booker who had been blocking him before. He threw aside the large shield that had been melted and deformed in his hand.

Under the previous self-destruction impact of Raven-66, his whole body was covered with traces of burns. And the shell armor that was previously attached to his body also showed a weird shape that melted and then solidified instantly - it looked like it had been

Instantly frozen water.

The water dripping from the nozzle fell on the bionic shell on his body, and along with the rising white steam, it kept making a "chichi" sound.

He looked back at Jiang Zhou, who was unharmed, as if he was going to say something, but before he could say anything, he staggered and fell.

"Booker!"

Jiang Zhou rushed forward and tried to help him up, but was instantly burned by the temperature of his carapace and retracted his hand.

"Zi——kakaka..."

The visor covering Booker's face struggled to open, but because some places melted and solidified instantly and were welded to death, it trembled for a long time, and in the end only one eye and half of his mouth were exposed.

"I'm fine..."

After Jiang Zhou covered his hands with soaked clothes and moved him to the corner to sit down, this was the other person's first words.

Probably the reverberation voice packet was broken, and Booker's voice returned to its previous tone at this moment.

As he spoke, he raised his head with difficulty and looked at Jiang Zhoudao:

"It's just that my prosthetic body was destroyed and I can't move for the time being, but that guy just now..."

"That guy just now was just a trap."

Jiang Zhou stood up and said decisively.

There are intelligence and rumors about the "Lobotomy Gang", every detail of the previous battles, Raven-66's words and deeds...

At this moment, his head, or to be precise, both of his heads were running wildly.

Recalling the adjuster he had killed earlier, who was also like a marionette, recalling the similar strange behavior between him and Raven-66... ​​the so-called "Leader of the Lobotomy Gang" was clearly used by the other party to replace their side.

Booker's most powerful combatant.

All the clues and details were gathered in Jiang Zhou's two... almost two minds.

Then, he came to the conclusion almost instinctively.

"The real leader of the Lobe Gang is not Raven-66, but someone else. This apparent leader is just a puppet being manipulated behind the scenes."

After Jiang Zhou finished speaking, he felt strange again.

He didn't understand how he could come to this conclusion with such certainty.

But he just knew that in his perception, coming to this conclusion was as simple and accurate as being able to tell how many apples there were on the table at a glance.

Is it because I have two brains that can think about problems in parallel?

It is no longer just a single coordinate axis, but a thinking coordinate system that can be clearly understood at a glance?

"What on earth are you talking about?"

Booker looked at Liao Qi with some confusion.

For some reason, Booker always feels that Liao Qi seems to be more calm and rational at this moment than before?

Obviously he acted like a fool in front of the "paradox" before...

But no matter what, in his opinion, the Lobotomy Gang's strongest fighting force was dead. Without heavy firepower, it was impossible for the opponent to break through the defenses guarding the multi-purpose printer.

On the other side, Jiang Zhou, who could tell what the other person was thinking at a glance, didn't know how to explain it to him.

Besides, there is actually no time to explain now.

If Raven-66 is only used to exchange coins, then the opponent's real killing move should be later.

As for heavy firepower... the thing that almost blew them both to death just now, no matter what it is, isn't that heavy firepower?

But it was useless for some reason before, and now, the place where the multi-purpose printer is kept is in danger...
To be continued...