The night before the promotion

Chapter 60 Shenwei Building
May 7nd, afternoon.

Zhou Si heard the horn and walked out of the clinic. A vehicle with the Supervision Bureau’s skull logo printed on it stopped on the side of the road.

Li Weiyu rolled down the car window, stuck his head out, and shouted to Zhou Si, "Doctor Zhou, get in the car."

Zhou Si felt that frequent store closures would be bad for business, but considering his customer flow, the impact didn't seem to be that big.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Zhou Si discovered that there was not only Li Weiyu in the car, but Song Qiliang and Xiang Ji were also sitting in the back. Both were wearing inspector uniforms and were equipped with weapons.

"what happened?"

Zhou Si was puzzled. Li Weiyu rarely came to him without saying hello, let alone in this fully armed state.

"We just received news that Shenwei Technology has allowed us to inspect the site," Li Weiyun started the car, and the engine roared, "You don't want to waste time in the clinic anymore, do you?"

After hearing the news, Zhou Si's eyes immediately became sharp, and the drowsiness from his sleep disappeared.

After a series of negotiations and bargaining, the two giants, the Supervisory Bureau and Shenwei Technology, finally reached an agreement. The investigation team no longer had any obstacles and could go directly into the Shenwei Building to investigate the scene of Chen Wen Ge's death.

Thinking of Chen Wen Ge's death, Zhou Si couldn't help feeling a little melancholy, but before he could relax too much, Li Weiyu's voice sounded again.

"Regarding Huo Daochuan, the person you mentioned yesterday, I checked his information for you. It's clean. From his student days to his work, he is just like an ordinary person. There is nothing suspicious about him," he asked curiously. "Why did you think of checking such a person?"

"He is one of my patients. He was the one who told me the information about the Land of Elysium."

Zhou Si briefly recounted his previous conversation with Huo Daochuan and the various coincidences that occurred after Huo Daochuan appeared.

Li Weiyun digested the information and concluded, "Do you think there is something wrong with this person?"

"It's just a hunch. I'm not sure about the details," Zhou Si continued to look out the window, "but from what you said, it seems that I was overly suspicious."

"Not necessarily," Li Weiyun shook his head. "He has a record of breach of contract. According to the records, when he was working at Zhijiang Human Resources, he violated the rules and regulations and was fired. After that, he had many conflicts with Zhijiang Human Resources, such as pulling down banners in their company, etc."

When it comes to this, Zhou Si defended Huo Daochuan instead, "What's so special about this? If it weren't for the security incarnation maintaining the scene, the manpower of the Zhijiang would have been burned to ashes long ago."

Li Weiyun said expressionlessly, "Unfortunately, even if we burn those people to ashes and raze the building to the ground, it still won't change anything."

Zhou Si did not respond. Once upon a time, he was also full of anger and felt that he could change the world, but in the end, everything remained the same.

The two people in the back row did not join the conversation. Xiang Ji must have been thinking with his eyes closed. Even when he was resting, his body was still tense. Song Qiliang leaned lazily to one side with an ugly sleeping posture.

Zhou Si said, "Do you remember the Cloud City that Madam Cui mentioned?"

"of course I remember."

"Huo Daochuan has been working in the Hidden Alley for a while. He also mentioned the matter of Cloud City, and he wanted to be more detailed."

Zhou Si frowned slightly and pursed his lips, as if hesitating about something. Finally, he spoke, "He said that Yunzhong City is a blessed land with a path to immortality. All those who feel pain and don't want to face reality can go there to seek immortality."

He subconsciously turned his head and looked at Li Weiyun. Zhou Si continued, "Before, we could treat it as an urban legend, but it's different now, Team Leader Li."

Li Weiyun whispered, "The so-called Cloud City is most likely the base of the Paradise of Bliss."

"Moreover, there is a channel in the hidden alley that leads to Cloud City, which absorbs many incarnation workers suffering from the Ignorance Disease."

Zhou Si suddenly thought of Pei Dong, and her back disappeared in the golden sea of ​​clouds. "The patients are not recognized by society and the law. They are already marginalized and have nowhere to go. Even if the road to becoming an immortal is a life-threatening one, they will take the risk and try it."

Li Weiyun understood Zhou Si's meaning and said helplessly, "That is the only place that can accept them, even if the Paradise has ulterior motives."

Zhou Si sorted out his thoughts and made a plan. "After we finish dealing with the matter of Shenwei Building, we have to go to Hidden Alley again."

After a long drive, the vehicle arrived at Shenwei Technology Industrial Park.

As a giant company, Shenwei Technology has a vast industrial park. There are no other companies inside the industrial park, which belongs entirely to Shenwei Technology.

Some ordinary people jokingly said that this was not an industrial park at all, but a territory opened up by Shenwei Technology in the city of Anyan. In this industrial park, Shenwei Technology had absolute control.

Zhou Si felt that this nickname was actually an understatement. In his opinion, the entire Anyan City was the territory of Shenwei Technology and was under its control. Even the violent agency, the Supervisory Bureau, could hardly suppress Shenwei Technology in Anyan City. As for the Industrial Park, it was more like its imperial city. An arched gate stood at the entrance of the Industrial Park, and on both sides of the gate stood several tall security incarnations.

As a former employee, Zhou Si naturally understood these security avatars. They were Type III Zhenwei avatars independently developed by Shenwei Technology.

Among the types of incarnation body appearances, human-shaped incarnations actually account for a very small proportion. The vast majority of incarnation bodies look strange and bizarre, just like the strange marine creatures in the deep sea, and the same is true for the guarding incarnations.

It looks like a tall iron tower, covered with layers of black armor. Except for several pairs of road wheels at the bottom that are responsible for movement, there are no visible gaps on its body.

"The incarnation of the town guard. Every time I see it, I think it's so ugly."

Song Qiliang woke up at some point and leaned against the car window to look at the rows of iron towers.

"Tools should be efficient and reliable, not beautiful," Zhou Si reminded.

Xiang Ji was suspicious of the fully enclosed armor of the town guard incarnation, "Don't they have cameras and sensors?"

"Yes, but not in themselves, but somewhere higher."

Zhou Si pointed to the sky and explained to them like a tour guide, "There is a sky bird system in the industrial park. These are the large-scale drone groups that you often see. They patrol the industrial park in batches according to the set trajectory. The visual system is connected to all security systems."

"That is to say, it is not blind. On the contrary, it can see every corner of the industrial park through the Skybird system and take quick action when an accident occurs."

Zhou Si pointed at the bloated body of the town guard incarnation, "Under their armor, there are multiple launch ports, just like a high-speed mobile artillery platform. After the drone group locks on the target, they will be responsible for launching a counterattack."

"There are many similar designs in the industrial park. The various defense systems are interconnected, making this place a solid fortress. Even if a large number of armed incarnations invade and defeat the ground defense system, Shenwei Technology has also set up multiple layers of protection underground. Even if it is a tough battle, it can last for a long time."

Zhou Si propped his chin up against the car window and joked, "When I was still working at Shenwei Technology, we held an internal security attack and defense meeting. I was assigned to the attacking side. After the group discussed all night, we found that the most efficient and economical means of attack was to launch a tactical nuclear bomb at the Shenwei Building."

Xiang Ji was a little speechless, "It sounds... quite reasonable."

Song Qiliang analyzed it carefully. "It is indeed very reasonable. The industrial park covers a large area, and the Shenwei Building is located in the center of it. As long as the equivalent of the tactical nuclear bomb is controlled well enough, the radiation radius may not cover the outside of the industrial park."

“Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?”

Xiang Ji still couldn't believe it. When he was working in Qingyuan City before, no matter how dangerous the biological criminals were, they were still just carbon-based bodies. But in Anyan City, almost everyone was made of steel, which constantly refreshed Xiang Ji's cognition.

"It's not an exaggeration. Shenwei Technology has the research and development qualifications for armed avatars. Maybe they have rows of armed avatars parked in their warehouse ready for delivery."

Zhou Si raised his eyebrows and said playfully, "Even if Shenwei Technology does not have the authority to use these armed avatars, do you think these security avatars, such as these town guard avatars, are simple?"

Xiang Ji looked at Zhou Si and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The difference between a regular avatar and an armed avatar is nothing more than the technology used, the material composition, and the weapons carried."

Zhou Si looked deeply at the solemn avatars, "These avatar bodies are not sold to the public. Only Shenwei Technology knows their specific data. Even if they are not considered armed avatars according to the standard, what if the materials and data are infinitely close to the standard value?"

As the vehicle drives into the industrial park, one can immediately feel a completely different atmosphere.

This place seems like a microcosm of the future world. Various buildings are scattered on both sides of the road. They feature streamlined design and a large number of glass curtain walls, and the roofs are covered with green vegetation.

The park also has an intelligent leisure area equipped with the latest interactive entertainment facilities and a green ecological rest area. Vending machines, unmanned convenience stores and other intelligent service facilities can be seen everywhere.

Going deeper, you can see some low but uniquely designed laboratories and innovation workshops. This is the area where Zhou Si once worked, and he misses it very much.

Finally, the vehicle seemed to have crossed a certain boundary, and the scattered buildings disappeared, replaced by a large flat grassland with an artificial river running through it.

Looking from the air, you can see that this grassland is located in the center of the industrial park. A large green space has been opened up on this land full of buildings. The artificial river flows around the grassland like a moat, forming a flowing circle.

In the center of all this, the crystal-like Shenwei Building stands, like a towering tree, sucking up the nutrients from the soil.

Swarms of drones flew back and forth between the crystal and the industrial park. Their gathered shadows turned into tree canopies that blocked out the sun, shrouding everyone in shadow.

(End of this chapter)