Wang Zhengdao, who had been tricked by someone, was standing in the tunnel where the prophet disappeared. He was the only one in the empty tunnel, staring lonely into the depths of the tunnel as if he was trying to spot a flower.
The tunnel has been temporarily closed by local law enforcement officials to facilitate the Ark organization's personnel to investigate the disappearance.
Wang Zhengdao traveled almost half of the world, starting with a cigarette butt left casually in a tunnel from Latin America on the other side of the world, and then the ruts on the muddy path in the tropical rainforest...
Various intermittent and extremely obvious clues led Wang Zhengdao around like fishhooks. When he was closest, Wang Zhengdao even saw the golden afterglow of the dimensional gate.
He had long realized that he had been tricked, but Wang Zhengdao did not dare to let go of the fishhook and allowed the last clue of the prophet to be lost in his hands. He panicked.
The Ark organization can live without the leadership of the prophet, but it cannot lose the prophet. This loosely structured organization was completely pulled together by the prophet.
The Ark organization is based in the European Union, but it has global influence. Compared with force, it is more outstanding in financial power and influence.
Unless Wang Zhengdao plans to ruthlessly purge more than half of the top management, he will need the endorsement of the prophet behind his back.
However, when Wang Zhengdao chased him around like a puppy, the final clue pointed to the original tunnel, and those pioneers had a beginning and an end.
This is not the worst thing. Wang Zhengdao has just realized that when he was running around the world like a headless fly, Tang Ji suffered a nuclear attack.
His communication system was blocked by the Trail Blazers. In order to ensure communication security, Mikkelsen would change the fixed contact methods of Wang Zhengdao and Tang Ji at the same time every three hours, but the Trail Blazers still seized the opportunity.
The good news is that Tang Ji is still alive.
"Sorry, Tang, I was delayed." Wang Zhengdao answered Tang Ji's phone and was silent for a few seconds before speaking.
"No, I lost you." Wang Zhengdao waved his hand a little irritably and punched the wall: "Okay, let's talk about it when we meet."
"Let's break up." Wang Zhengdao waved his hand towards the people from Fangzhou Organization in the distance. He leaned against the wall in a daze. He didn't know what he was thinking until the truck driver, who had been blocked for several hours, kept honking his horn in the tunnel to vent his anger.
It was dissatisfaction that woke Wang Zhengdao up.
Wang Zhengdao turned around and disappeared in the tunnel. The next second he appeared in Lalit Town. He waited here for twenty minutes before the helicopter with Tang Ji and his party landed slowly.
Tang Ji had already put on the spare clothes brought by Wu Qianying. He looked as if nothing had happened. Only the Geiger counter in Mikkelsen's pocket that kept buzzing proved what he had experienced.
Wang Zhengdao looked Tang Ji up and down, and patted Tang Ji's body and limbs with his hands. The curiosity in his heart broke through the boredom: "How on earth did you do that?"
"This is a secret." Tang Ji smiled and hugged Wang Zhengdao: "These radiations are my gift to you."
"If I get cancer, I will stay at your door every day." Wang Zhengdao hugged Tang Ji hard and said again: "I'm sorry."
"You're not my mother, don't think about it." Tang Ji let go and led a group of people into Wu Qianying's tent: "What's going on over there with the Prophet? Have you lost me?"
"Yes, I lost track of them. They are moving convoys through dimensional gates around the world. It is difficult to locate. We don't know where the prophet is now." Wang Zhengdao sighed: "I need your help."
"Should I help you find the prophet, or help you eliminate those disobedient idiots in the Ark organization?" Mikkelsen suddenly asked: "With all due respect, the possibility of finding the prophet quickly is very low, but I can help with the latter.
Busy."
Wang Zhengdao didn't want to know why Mikkelsen could help the latter. If one day the Ark organization held a meeting and everyone except him suddenly took off their masks to reveal Mikkelsen's face, he would definitely have nightmares.
, but will never be surprised.
"How do you want me to help you?" Tang Ji ignored Mikkelsen, but he was indeed more inclined to his plan in his heart. Maybe now is the opportunity for the Ark organization to de-prophetize.
But he owed that woman a favor, a big favor, and he had to rescue her.
"Kakalf, maybe he knows where the prophet was sent." Wang Zhengdao was already prepared, and he whispered this sentence in Tang Ji's ear.
"You can try it." Tang Ji agreed.
Because of the previous big own incident of the Trail Blazers, the lurker Karcalf became the fuse that controlled everything and gave Markarian the only support in time.
Therefore, during this period of time, Kacalf's status within the Trail Blazers has increased, and he has become the number three figure behind the big pioneers Cathy Walter and Aslan, and he has the intention of maintaining the third place and competing for the second place.
...
"A business cocktail party?" Karcalf frowned. He preferred to enjoy dinner with his family, but the companies invited this time were large and he couldn't refuse.
Compared to people like Lady Bountiful, Cathy Walter, and Aslan, Karcalf, who was born as a lurker, has done more thorough localization.
Kacalf is now considered a qualified businessman. Before joining the Walter Group, his pretend computing service company had already begun to make profits, and the profits were very high.
Therefore, Carcalf would not refuse this invitation to a cocktail party, and he would not attract the attention of other pioneers. Mikkelsen easily arranged the meeting.
"What the hell, you just showed up in the demonstration city like this? There are cameras everywhere!" Karcalf looked at Tang Ji and Wang Zhengdao sitting in front of him without any disguise. He was a little panicked and had to drink a glass of champagne to calm down his panic.
: “And I wasted three hours getting ready for this reception!”
"There is no problem with safety, you can rest assured." Wang Zhengdao explained: "I need your help to investigate someone."
"Who?" Karkarf was still a little nervous. He loosened his tie button and looked around as if he was afraid that his colleagues would appear here in the next second.
But when he saw Tang Ji, who was sitting silently aside, he suddenly stiffened. Karkarf realized that with the existence of this person, there was no way that there would be any pioneers here... The problem is that this can't save him.
Once discovered, he is doomed!
"Prophet, this is a photo. She was just transported from the European Federation body warehouse by your people." Wang Zhengdao took out the photo of the Prophet and placed it on the table.
Kacalf picked it up and looked at it repeatedly, and said cautiously: "I will pay attention to it. Many of their actions will not be notified to me, but they will no longer keep it secret from me. But if I deliberately explore something, it will still be very conspicuous. After all,
I am a lurker, to them, I am an outsider, do you understand?"
"That's why I didn't shoot you at that time." Tanguy added, but Karcalf was obviously not as afraid of him as the other pioneers, and instead made a joke.
"I heard that you withstood three nuclear bombs. How did you do it?" After finishing speaking, Karcalf added: "Don't worry, this is not to seek information, it is purely out of personal curiosity!"
But under Tang Ji's silent gaze, Karkarf quickly surrendered. He wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, took one last look at the prophet's photo, and pushed it back: "I won't keep the photo, I will pay attention to her."
Yes, if I get relevant information, how should I inform you?"
"You can write the intelligence on paper and then throw it in any trash can on your way to work." Mikkelsen sat next to Carcalf and picked up a glass of wine unceremoniously: "Cheers to our cooperation!
"
Karkarf's face looked a little ugly, but it was too late for him to get off the ship now. He enjoyed the benefit of not having to worry about being hunted by Tangji, but he naturally had to pay a corresponding price.
"One more thing, we have captured a player. Is there any reaction from you?" Mikkelsen asked, but Karcalf was stunned and obviously had never heard of it.
"The current situation is that the new testers know nothing about Tangji, and the pioneers have concealed your specialness from them." Kacalf explained: "All players killed by you will be treated as such.
Those who fail to pass the test will be disqualified from the test.”
"A simple, but effective method. Those testers are isolated from each other and know nothing about each other's status." Mikkelsen quickly analyzed the current situation: "Even if we start reverse propaganda, it will take at least a while before we can spread the word.
Among those who tested it, it could have been longer if they were smart enough to deliberately create the fog."
"Yes, that's right, and more testers will enter this world in the future. I also heard that our group of pioneers may be gradually removed." Karkarf showed a hint of worry: "
If the rotation is fast enough, it will be difficult for you to intimidate newcomers like we did."
"You need enough bodies to do this. You probably don't have enough reserves in your hands now." Mikkelsen also frowned. He has worked hard to adapt to the players' tactical responses, but the opponent can always
Come up with strategic directions that you have never imagined.
"The number of superhumans is growing explosively, and we have plenty of time..." Karcalf did not say more, but the implication was already obvious.
"Also, don't forget that the earliest pioneers who entered this world did not have physical bodies." Karkarf added: "Although I don't want to say it, you really have no hope. To be honest, my biggest
My hope is that you can delay the open beta until the rich people’s space cities are built, and then I will send my family there.”
For a moment, the four people at the table fell into silence, each with their own sorrows.
Kacalf was the first to leave. He did not leave the reception directly. Instead, like a real business elite, he interacted with different people at the reception, smiling as if he was everyone's friend.
"Are we the strongest superhumans in the world?" Wang Zhengdao drank a glass of wine and looked at the hypocritical 'elites' mingling with each other not far away: "Why are we becoming more and more hopeless?"
"The more they come, the more I kill." Tang Ji also drank a glass of wine and said nonsense. Even he knew that this method could not stop the players.
"Remember what I said, I have a plan?" Mikkelsen may have felt that the atmosphere was set in place, or he may have felt that Tang Ji had just been exposed to an atomic bomb and could understand better, so he began to tell his doomsday plan.
"I have controlled one hundred and ninety-six nuclear bombs around the world." Mikkelsen dipped his finger in wine and clicked a few points on the table: "They all have matching launchers, and they are all of high yield.
It’s different from the little toys you had before.”
Wang Zhengdao swallowed his saliva and felt a little weak.
"And the Dead Hand system of the Federation and Belarus is also in my hands. These one hundred and ninety-six nuclear bombs are just primers. As long as 10% of them successfully land, I can activate the Dead Hand system and make the whole world explode.
Return to purity." Mikkelsen punched the table, shaking the wine glass on the table.
"Of course, this is just the simplest part of it. Before that, we still need to do a lot of work to ensure that players will never come to our world again." Mikkelsen squinted at the tool man in front of him.
"You can continue talking, but I can't guarantee when I will beat you up." Tang Ji shook the wine glass in his hand. Wu Qianying had told himself about this possibility when Night City suffered a nuclear attack for the second time. The woman at that time
As if predicting like a magic stick, Mikkelsen must have related plans.
Mikkelsen shrugged, not caring about Tanguy's threat: "Let's first make sure that this is one of my many plans, and my starting goal is for the entire human race."
"For a long time, we have been in an unequal position with the players. Without your presence, I'm afraid this war would be just a part of the game for them, even the climax." Miko
Erson said with some self-deprecation: "So the reason that initially prompted me to go to this project was how can I make players become uninterested in our world."
Wang Zhengdao straightened his back subconsciously, and Tang Ji also stopped shaking his glass. They were all attracted by Mikkelsen's angle.
"To achieve such a goal, we must first determine what is there in this world that attracts players and makes them willing to spend time and energy to stay in our world." Mikkelsen pointed to the wine in the glass: "Wine
, food and other material comforts are obviously the reasons. In addition, there are also cultural attractions brought by foreign cultures and superhuman beings."
"This is not an ordinary war. This is a war between two worlds, or even two universes. Both the winner and the loser must be prepared to sacrifice everything." Mikkelsen poured the drink on the table.
of: "all of it."
"I know that in your eyes I am an unscrupulous guy, but believe me, I love this world more than you do. I smoke the best cigarettes in the world and eat the best food every day. As long as I want, I will
You can draw lots to decide the life and death of those big shots, just for fun." Mikkelsen shrugged, lit a tree of life in front of the tool man, and blew the smoke towards Tang Ji and Wang Zhengdao: "But I
Still have the courage to destroy it, what about you?"