Abyssal Wanderer.

"Has she passed out...?"

Because she had lost Jim's senses and didn't want to log in and meet her in Jim's place, Jiang Zhou could only observe the state of the other part of herself through the sniper scope of the Celestial Path.

Jim was now slumped in the woman's arms—probably due to the effects of the Night Marrow, even though he had fainted, he was still able to maintain a roughly standing posture.

As for the woman who suddenly appeared to save the day...

Jiang Zhou recalled Jim's memories. Her appearance and figure had not changed much compared to back then—upon closer inspection, it seemed that only her hair had grown a little longer.

A few strands of the woman's long silver hair were lifted by the night breeze, the ends gleaming with a cool metallic sheen, neat yet graceful.

She wore a matte black, tight-fitting combat suit with a collar that reached her chin. Several thin, fluorescent green lines were embedded in her spine, extending to the rapier on her arm, flashing rhythmically like breathing.

The matte fabric of the combat suit clung to her body, outlining a smooth waistline and the contours of her full breasts and hips. A semi-transparent mesh panel along the side of the suit subtly revealed a section of pale, bionic skin.

Eloise Haenel...

Jiang Zhou silently recited her name in his heart.

What exactly is her stance?

The Human Intelligence Ethics Oversight Committee? Apollo Biotechnology? Or some other organization?

No, the more important question now is, who exactly is she?

Although Hanel looks exactly the same as she did twenty years ago, appearance doesn't tell the whole story in this era. Especially since she's a modifier who has completed her first metamorphosis, she probably has no original parts left on her body except for her biological brain.

Moreover, she has already "died" twice, so Jiang Zhou isn't sure if the person in front of him is her.

besides……

The sniper scope of the Heavenly God Path turned towards the apothecary next to Hanel.

Having been injected with an excessive amount of "daffodil pollen" using a rapier, the current pharmacist is probably being controlled by her virtual personality.

However, this is not stable.

The pharmacist has Apollo virus DNA in his body and has generated a Pegasus; if he were to be infected with Dionysus virus, he might be able to break free from Hanel's control.

Should we take this opportunity to eliminate this unstable factor?
Just as Jiang Zhou was pondering this question, his brain-computer interface received a call invitation from a stranger.

At the same time, Hanel suddenly turned her head to look in the direction of the Celestial Path—her gaze met the Celestial Path's through the sniper scope. Her blue eyes narrowed slightly, her pupils like two pieces of translucent ice, filled with a chilling coldness.

Having guessed who was calling, Jiang Zhou immediately opened the call.

"You actually dared to use Jim as bait to kill the apothecary?!"

As soon as the call connected, a cold voice came from the other end.

Even when addressing a special envoy of the Olympian Order, her tone was anything but polite.

"Uh...who are you?"

Faced with this unexpected rebuke, Jiang Zhou didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he could only pretend to be stupid.

"Stop pretending, mortician. You're observing us through your puppet right now, aren't you?" Hanel said mercilessly.

Jiang Zhou, caught off guard, gave an awkward laugh and then said:
"Listen to me, this is just a suggestion..."

"Accident?"

Hanel interrupted Jiang Zhou's speech by raising his voice three octaves.

"You mean to say that the puppet you had in charge of sniping was just accidentally ambushed near Jim's safe house? And the other two puppets were also accidentally following Jim and then encountered the Hayashihara family's zombie samurai? How far do you intend to use Jim before you're satisfied? Or are you planning to kill him now and completely erase the traces of the company's secret operation?"

Her voice trembled with anger as she spoke these words.

Jiang Zhou had no answer to this.

From an outsider's perspective, one might indeed conclude that "insidious corporate dogs are using law-abiding residents in resettlement areas as bait to incite infighting among other companies."

Especially since Jiang Zhou himself couldn't fully understand how Six Paths Theseus laid out his strategy and exchanged pieces, it was even more difficult to come up with a convincing explanation for the other party.

So he decided to give up explaining and just play the role of a complete corporate slave, going along with what the other party wanted.

“I didn’t intend to kill Jim, but the apothecary’s words were necessary…”

He spoke in a low voice, in a tone as if he were the mastermind behind everything.

"What's the difference? All the weapons grown by the apothecary are imbued with deadly biological toxins created by Apollo Bio. Jim was covered in wounds earlier; if you had killed the apothecary now, he would have been dead for sure! I'm telling you, mortician, no matter what mission you came from the company with, if Jim dies, I swear you'll regret ever being born!"

Hanel gritted his teeth and said.

Why didn't you say so earlier?!
Upon hearing this information, Jiang Zhou immediately ordered the Heavenly God Path not to fire, and then continued in a low voice:
"Heh...you really dare to say that, aren't you afraid I'll kill you right here and now?"

"You're welcome to try... even if you're the son of the Pluto Deepsea Director, you won't get away easily if you try to assassinate a member of the committee during a Category II crisis!"

Hanel stared coldly in the direction where the Heavenly God had set up his gun, but what he said was just empty rhetoric that lacked any real threat.

Sigh... what's the point of spouting such bland, hard words? If she's willing to kill even the commissioner she's working with, killing one more committee member isn't a big deal. Can't this girl even understand that?

Jiang Zhou wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought to himself.

Feeling he had sufficiently established the image of his company's "dog," he sighed dramatically and said:

"That's interesting... Well then, considering Jim's crucial role earlier, I promise you won't kill him. I can also temporarily spare the apothecary, allowing you to control him to create the antidote, but..."

But before he could finish speaking, Hanel hurriedly confirmed:
"really?"

Jiang Zhou gave a slight, expressionless twitch at the corner of his mouth.

At least let people finish speaking! Did you lose your mind as soon as you heard you were willing to release Jim?
"but!"

Feeling inexplicably annoyed, Jiang Zhou raised his voice and continued:
“You have to tell me your true identity first… You previously said you were a member of the committee, but the member I see on the action list is clearly Bai Rao. There is no other committee member in the entire Nord resettlement area.”

Hanel, looking somewhat conflicted through the sniper scope, hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"I am Bai Rao, or rather, Bai Rao is my 'reflection'." (End of Chapter)