The night before the promotion

Chapter 31 Middleman

Mrs. Cui.

The well-known intelligence dealers and middlemen in the hidden alley, like many people who are not willing to see the light of day, have never actually seen Madam Cui. There is no definite answer as to whether she is a man or a woman. All that can be presented to the world are these incarnations dressed in emerald green robes.

As for where its body is, that is a mystery.

"Please forgive me, Madam Cui," Zhou Si smiled and bowed to Madam Cui, "I'm in a hurry, so I can only call you out in this way."

Madam Cui looked at the man who had fallen to the ground. His breathing was weak, but he was not dead yet.

"This is not something that can be solved with a simple excuse, Dr. Zhou," Madam Cui said coldly, "You are challenging my authority."

Before he finished speaking, a series of ticking sounds were heard. It was the prompt sound that the incarnation's body was awakened by the consciousness.

Zhou Si raised his head and saw that the humanoid avatars hanging on the ceiling were all flashing with light. Their heads turned and countless cameras locked onto Zhou Si. They were like puppets being controlled by people, falling to the ground one after another with a thudding sound.

In the blink of an eye, the empty room was filled with dangerous humanoid avatars. They had no obvious weapons or equipment, but no one could guarantee whether their bodies had undergone some modifications.

Li Weiyun and others quickly raised their guns. The enemies were all made of steel, so the driving mode was adjusted to the lethal gear.

But whether in terms of numbers or the confrontation between flesh and steel, Zhou Si and others were in an absolute disadvantage. The only advantage they had was that they controlled the exit of Green Source Recycling. As long as they retreated a few steps, they could escape into the busy alley.

There were regular footsteps outside the door. Zhou Si looked outside and saw a few scattered figures standing in the heavy rain. They were wearing black raincoats. No one knew whether they would hide guns under their raincoats like Xiang Ji.

"It seems that you have discovered me early in the morning. Were you gathering people during that time just now?"

Zhou Si still looked calm, as if everything was still under control.

"Doctor Zhou, you've been on our blacklist for a long time," Madam Cui said, "The camera recognized your face from the moment you stepped into the hidden alley."

"Blacklist? I remember I didn't cause any trouble in the hidden alley, right?" Zhou Si thought, "Is it Shanjun? I knew he would retaliate in other ways."

Shan Jun knew from the beginning that the clue he gave would point to the hidden alley and lead him to Madam Cui, so it was also expected that she would plot revenge on him.

"This has nothing to do with Shan Jun," Madam Cui turned her head and looked at Li Weiyun and others who were waiting in a state of alert. "Doctor Zhou, I have always respected you. Even though you have a bad record, I am still willing to treat you as a guest, but you shouldn't bring people from the Supervisory Bureau here."

The sound of uniform footsteps rang out again, and the humanoid avatars in the room took a step forward one after another. The humming sound of the motors rose and fell, interweaving and echoing in the air.

Faced with this scene, Li Weiyu and others quickly stood in a circle with their backs to each other, pointing their guns in all directions to ensure that there were no blind spots for shooting.

Under the influence of Shenwei Technology, the Supervisory Bureau's control over the city of Anyan is actually quite limited. For these gray areas, both sides can only maintain a tacit balance.

Zhou Si tried hard to control the situation, "Don't be nervous, we are not here with any bad intentions this time."

Madam Cui asked back, "With such ample firepower, do you think I will believe that you have no ill intentions?"

"Am I so untrustworthy?" Zhou Si tried to defend himself.

"Trust? Trust is the most luxurious thing in the Hidden Alley. You should understand this," Madam Cui sneered. "Here, who knows whether you are facing a human or a highly simulated body, not to mention the consciousness hidden inside."

"Perhaps humans once had trust in each other, but in the hidden alleys, among the incarnated bodies, the unity of individual consciousness and body has been completely broken. Here, everyone is anonymous, and everyone has evil intentions."

In this regard, Zhou Si could only sigh helplessly, completely ignoring Madam Cui's words, and directly revealed his purpose.

"I am tracking down a consciousness. I can confirm that he should have accessed the consciousness network through the port you operate."

Zhou Si requested, "I hope you can help me, Madam Cui."

"Then why should I help you?" Madam Cui laughed, "You don't even have a reason for me to let you go."

Many humanoid incarnations stared at Zhou Si with eager eyes. As long as Madam Cui gave an order, these iron bodies would pounce on him like jackals and tear Zhou Si and others to pieces.

Zhou Si asked seriously, "Are you sure you want to attack the inspectors?"

"This is a hidden alley," Madam Cui shot back, "but don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to kill the inspectors. At most I'll break a few of your bones."

Zhou Si took a deep breath. He was not trying to suppress his fear, but was trying hard to suppress his increasingly violent emotions.

"I really hate dealing with people like you," Zhou Si said in a low voice, but his anger was hard to hide. "You, Shan Jun, and those bastards who are hiding, you are in the shadows of society, thinking that law and order cannot restrain you."

"You think you are superior to others. If I want to talk to you on an equal footing, I either have to become a villain like you or use gold to pave the way."

Zhou Si sneered, "But if you ask me, even if I break your knees, the moment you kneel down, we can still have an equal conversation."

"Are you threatening me?"

"when……"

Before Zhou Si uttered the word "yes", the sound of the narrow blade being unsheathed drowned out the word.

The metal blade vibrated at a high frequency, and the buzzing sounds overlapped together, making a buzzer-like whistling sound. Then a dazzling flash appeared, and it drew a cold arc with Zhou Si's arm length as the radius.

In an instant, the humanoid incarnations closest to Zhou Si were cut in half. The cross-section of the metal was smooth and neat, with slight traces of burning.

Before the broken wreckage fell to the ground, a continuous buzzing sound was heard from the door.

Almost at the same moment when Zhou Si swung his blade, Xiang Ji opened fire towards the outside of the door. Bullets accurately pierced through the figures in the rain. There were fierce sounds of metal colliding with metal, as well as howls of pain as bullets pierced through flesh and blood.

The figures standing outside the door fell to the ground one after another. Xiang Ji rushed out quickly. He fired continuously, completely piercing through several staggering humanoid avatars.

In addition to the humanoid avatars, there were several men falling to the ground. Xiang Ji's shooting was very accurate, and he only hit their arms and thighs, but did not kill them.

Xiang Ji approached them again, quickly disarmed them, and hit them on the head with the butt of the rifle. For a while, they could not stand up or wake up.

Inside the room, Zhou Si raised the narrow blade and pointed it at Madam Cui. The sharp tip gently sank into the metal. With just a little force, Zhou Si could pierce through the body of the incarnation in front of him.

"Don't rush to act, Madam Cui, let's analyze the current situation." Zhou Si looked at it with contempt, "After all, you still don't have the courage to kill us. You know, no matter how much the Supervisory Bureau is restricted by Shenwei Technology, there is still a tacit understanding between everyone."

"You are a businessman, you don't want to fail in business."

The humanoid avatars around were ready to attack, but they did not move forward. Instead, they stood still, full of murderous intent.

Zhou Si smiled even more, "You don't have the courage to kill us, but we can do whatever we want to you. Anyway, there are only a group of cold incarnations here.

We can burn this place to ruins and chop up every incarnation body. This will definitely be a big loss for you."

"Why both sides lose?" Zhou Si said in distress, "Why not make a deal with me? I will pay honestly."

Madam Cui said nothing, but the consciousness residing in the thought storage core had begun to run at high speed, analyzing the pros and cons.

Zhou Si didn't intend to give it too much time to react. Negotiation was a matter of speed, accuracy and ruthlessness.

Lifting up his raincoat, Zhou Si unceremoniously showed the grenades hanging around his waist to Mrs. Cui. He believed that in such a tense situation, Mrs. Cui would not be able to tell that these were actually several graphite grenades.

Ever since the attack on the overpass, Zhou Si has been carrying a certain level of weapons at all times to deal with potential incarnated killers.

Soon after, a sigh was heard from the loudspeaker, and Zhou Si knew that his blackmail was successful.

The humanoid avatars around retreated one after another, standing close to the wall like guards, like a dense group of statues. Under the rain, those restless ghosts hid back in their own tombs, leaving only the heavy rain falling continuously.

"It seems that our cooperation has been initially achieved."

Zhou Si smiled, put away the narrow blade, and extended his hand in a friendly manner to shake hands with Madam Cui.

Madam Cui ignored Zhou Si and asked, "I want to see the reward first."

Zhou Si said casually, "My reward is a piece of information. According to my calculations, this information may help you stop the loss of nearly 10 million assets."

"Information? Stop loss?" Anger rose in Madam Cui's neutral voice. "Are you kidding me, Doctor Zhou?"

Zhou Si looked at it seriously, "Do you think I'm a joker?"

Madam Cui took a step forward, her tone full of seriousness and threat, "Doctor Zhou, although there are many conflicts between us, I have to admit that you do have a certain prestige among us."

Pressing Zhou Si's chest hard with her cold fingertips, Madam Cui warned, "Please cherish the little trust we have in you."

Zhou Si smiled and nodded, "It seems that my good deeds in the past are still of some use."

The hidden alley was a place where all kinds of people gathered. Zhou Si had beaten up many people in this ghost place, but at the same time, he had also saved many people. Even a pervert like Shan Jun, after scolding Zhou Si, would still maintain a certain respect for him.

Madam Cui said, "Tell me, what is your intelligence?"

"Take me to your dream pool first," Zhou Si said, "let me check the goods."

Madam Cui said nothing, but Zhou Si knew that it was just that this humanoid incarnation was unable to express many of the micro-expressions of humans. Madam Cui must be very angry, but she could do nothing about it.

"follow me."

Madam Cui spoke in a cold voice and turned to walk deeper into the room.

"So, Dr. Zhou, that wasn't a mistake on Shanjun's part, right?"

Xiang Ji followed with an electromagnetic rifle. Even though the two sides had temporarily reached a peace agreement, he still had no intention of putting down his gun.

"This is how you behave in private," Xiang Ji sighed, "Have you always been so... wild?"

Zhou Si waved his hands helplessly. "There's nothing I can do. I've already said that these are just a bunch of barbarians. They don't understand reason. You can only use violence to persuade them."

Whether it was Shanjun or Madam Cui, it was impossible to see them by normal means, and they might even be beaten up. This was Zhou Si's experience accumulated over many years of practicing medicine.

Passing through the narrow iron gate, a long and dark corridor comes into view. At the end of the corridor, a dilapidated elevator is waiting for everyone.

Madam Cui approached the elevator, and as if undergoing some kind of test, the red light above her head turned into bright green, and the elevator door opened.

"It's time to speak, Dr. Zhou." Mrs. Cui stood in the corner of the elevator.

As the elevator door closed, Zhou Si said, "My information is... I suggest you sell all of Shenwei Technology's shares immediately."

"that's it?"

"Since you are able to thrive in the Hidden Alley, you must be closely connected with Shenwei Technology and hold a lot of shares," Zhou Si further explained. "Shenwei Technology's stock price will experience huge fluctuations soon, and it may even plummet."

The elevator continued to descend, making a creaking, metallic friction sound.

Madam Cui did not question the authenticity of the information source, but speculated, "What's going on? Has a major change happened to Shenwei Technology? Or has it already happened, but the news has been blocked?"

"Mrs. Cui, you are a businessman. Businessmen should do business well instead of getting involved in trouble."

"Actually, I am helping you," Zhou Si reminded as the elevator stopped descending, "Someone has brought trouble into your dream pool. If you don't want your foundation of many years to be destroyed, you should help me."

Madam Cui came back to her senses. "Oh, so the clues you are looking for are directly related to the dramatic change in Shenwei Technology's stock price?"

Zhou Si gave Madam Cui a playful smile, and more words were self-evident.

The elevator door slowly opened, and a sweet aroma mixed with decadent moans hit him in the face. Zhou Si walked out of the elevator, and in a trance, he felt like he had returned to his golden dream.

Dream Pool, Golden Dreamland...there is no difference between these two places, both are places of drunkenness and dreaming.

(End of this chapter)