Mechanical Pioneer Under One Person

Before she met Liu Ke, she relied on her temporary worker status to obtain generous resource support from the company to operate life-support equipment.

After all, her injuries were really serious. Without special funding support from a "state-owned enterprise", even if the Gao family was an extraordinary family, they would be dragged down by those high-tech devices.

Although it sounds like 'work-for-relief', if you think about it carefully, it was the company that gave her the chance to survive, and she owed it a favor.

As we all know, for good people, favors are the hardest to repay.

Chapter 158 Intermission (1)

Normally speaking, considering Liu Ke's current role in the country, if he wanted to help the cyborg girl repay the favor, it would only take a word.

The life support equipment has cost a lot of money over the years? Pay it off in one go! Not enough? Double it! A hundred times!

But then again, this approach is like the story in Stephen Chow's classic movie "Justice, My Foot", which is quite nonsensical.

In that movie, the protagonist Bao Longxing's father, Bao Bu Tong, had done favors for the Shangshu of the time in his early years. Later, when Bao Longxing's family fell into poverty and he went to the Shangshu for help, the Shangshu uttered that classic quote.

"Back then, your father only gave me a piece of rotten cake. The worst that could happen is that I return a piece of rotten cake to you. But I understand justice, and I will return it to you a hundredfold!"

"Come here, feed these two young masters some bread!"

Of course, the plot of that movie is completely different from Gao Yushan's "debt of favor", but if you look at its core, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion.

If they only relied on money or external forces to try to make up for the previous help, they would ultimately be inferior. At least, Liu Ke and Gao Yushan would feel uncomfortable.

Gao Yushan's attitude towards her previous physical condition was basically optimistic and positive, but in the final analysis, no matter who was in that half-body-damaged state, they would have to force themselves to deal with it in an "optimistic" way.

But being able to deal with it optimistically does not mean that you like it or are willing to talk about it.

Therefore, even though Gao Yushan is now considered to have "crossed thousands of mountains with a light boat", Liu Ke will not deliberately mention those things in his daily life. But not mentioning them does not mean that he does not understand.

At this moment, when he heard Gao Yushan talking about temporary workers and thought about her previous situation, he knew what she was thinking at a glance.

So he nodded and said, "Yes, I remember now, temporary worker..."

"It seems that Sister Baoer is working as a temporary worker over there. However, I don't see her being very busy."

After hearing this, Gao Yushan curled her lips, turned over, changed her posture, and said, "You have only been in the company for a short time and are still a figurehead. Naturally, you don't have a good understanding of the company's tasks and assignments."

"Some people are like that. Although they look idle, they are actually the backbone of the business."

"Before, when I didn't have my prosthetic body, you thought I was just surfing the internet all day, but actually, I'm always working."

When Liu Ke heard her say this, he couldn't help scratching his head and said, "Well, that makes sense."

Then, noticing the other person's expression was still somewhat depressed, he gathered his thoughts and tried to ask directly, "By the way, you are now considered to be 'free to move', so do you want to try to quit your temporary job?"

At this point, he added, "Doesn't the company require you to be responsible for 'network security'?"

"Then I can make them an AI. While it might not be as adaptable as a 'human,' it will definitely be as effective and efficient as a 'human.'"

Gao Yushan thought about it for a while, then shook her head and said, "Let's wait a moment. Since Director Zhao contacted me specifically, it means this mission must be really important."

"Besides, although I don't want to brag, my abilities are still quite difficult for Nadutong to replace. Even if you can help me make an AI to take over, it will take quite a while just to transfer and configure the equipment."

After hearing this, Liu Ke asked, "Hand over? What's there to hand over when gathering information? Is it because of what you mentioned before..."

"American Behemoth?"

Gao Yushan nodded and said, "It's not just that. The internet is a battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder. I don't know what information those foreign forces have been trying to steal from the company, but their hackers and hounds have certainly been working non-stop."

"The company's cybersecurity department can handle ordinary attacks, but sometimes they can't handle it, and then I have to take over."

Having said this, she smiled and continued, "Ever since you went to Myanmar, their attacks have become more frequent. It wasn't until after the Luotian Grand Ceremony that they became noticeably less frequent."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Let's get some rest."

"Let's make it this way for now. Like you said, I'll meet up with you after I finish my work at the company."

The next day, Liu Ke and Gao Yushan were ready to leave. They went to the Gao family residence to pay a visit to Gao Lian, had lunch, and then drove to the airport.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Liu Ke could not stay in Gao's house before was that "Uncle Gao's" attitude towards him was a bit too weird.

But when he went to Gao's house again this time, it was not just Gao Lian who was weird. The other people in Gao's family became extremely respectful to him.

This overly strange "look" made him feel uncomfortable, and he wondered if the Gao family was possessed by evil spirits. However, after observing, he found that the Gao family's attitude towards Gao Yushan and other guests was indeed very normal, so he didn't dare to say anything.

When Liu Ke and Gao Yushan had eaten and drunk their fill and packed their bags to leave, 'Uncle Gao' wanted to drive them there himself, but Gao Yushan flatly declined.

Gao Yushan refused for two reasons. First, she found it funny to see Liu Ke with goose bumps all over his body. Second, she also realized that her old father's spirit had not yet recovered, so she didn't want to bother him any more.

In the end, under Gao Lian's insistence, the company only provided a Coaster to take him and his partner to the airport.

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The experience of flying this time was different from the previous ones. Liu Ke and Gao Yushan went shopping and eating in Changchun. Their appetites and minds were fully satisfied. They did not act like starving ghosts and raved about the steak in the airplane meal like before, but only tasted it briefly.

Liu Ke hadn't expected steak to be a free meal on a plane. But after thinking about it, he and his partner were in first class, considered the "rich" choice, so the presence of Western food like steak seemed to be "natural."

Yes, when I flew from Longhushan to Changchun, the ticket was booked by Xu Laosan from the North China region.

When it comes to business trips, even if the company is large and powerful, one still has to be frugal. So both the four people returning to Tianjin and the two going to Changchun flew in economy class.

This time when Liu and Gao went to Beijing, it was naturally Liu Ke who was responsible for booking the plane tickets.

Since their departure time was set at the last minute, all the ordinary tickets were sold out, and there were not even two business class tickets left. Liu Ke thought about it and decided to give it a try by sitting in the first class cabin.

As for why he was able to sit in such a luxurious cabin, it was naturally because his brother "Red Crowned Ibis" who was far away in Beijing had linked a red bank card to his Alipay and WeChat.

This card is strange; it's neither a credit card nor a savings card, but it can be linked and used. As for the 'limit' on this card, it seems to be 'no limit'. At least according to what 'Crowned Ibis' said, it means you can spend as much as you want.

It must be said that the comfort of the first-class cabin was indeed much better than that of the economy class. The time when the senses feel good is always short, so before Liu Ke could get enough of the novelty, the flight arrived at its destination.

The Bird's Nest, as a legacy of the 2008 Olympic Games, can in some sense be called a landmark building of Beijing.

At least, for those foreigners who have paid attention to China, when they talk about China, they will think of Beijing, and then they will think of the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Bird's Nest and the like.

Compared with the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, the Bird's Nest has a unique function, which is to host large-scale entertainment activities, such as concerts.

The concert that Liu Ke and Gao Yushan flew to Beijing specifically to watch was held in the Bird's Nest. Naturally, it was on a grand scale, and even had a bit of the meaning of the "Dream Team" of the Asian music scene.

Just looking at the program, you can tell it's a star-studded event. Stars like Jay Chou, Girls' Generation, G.E.M., Boa, Zhang Jie, JJ Lin, AKB48, and Utada Hikaru all make appearances. This grand, international extravaganza is truly remarkable.

Although he was also puzzled about how the companies behind these stars came together, at least Liu Ke was looking forward to this lineup of talented people, because the program playlist completely hit his heart and was right in the "strike zone".

That's why he suggested Gao Yushan to go to the concert with him at the bonfire party in Longhu Mountain.

After the two got off the plane, they moved around a few times and then went straight to the Bird's Nest. They booked a hotel nearby and rested there.

The next evening at around six or seven o'clock, when the concert was about to begin, the two of them arrived early and sat in their seats.

It was already June and it was getting dark very late. When the host started to give warm-up speeches, it was still daylight.

As a concert held in an "old Chinese" area, the first wave of performers were naturally domestic stars such as G.E.M., Yang Kun, and Jay Chou. After they started, the Japanese and Korean stars who were warming up the audience came on stage. From then on, the stars from China, Japan and South Korea took turns to perform.

But when several Korean girl groups came up to perform, Liu Ke found something wrong.

He looked at the circular waves of Qi emanating from the sky and couldn't help but ask Gao Yushan, "Is my vision correct?"

Gao Yushan's expression was also very strange at this moment. After staring for a while, she said, "You are not mistaken... They are indeed extraordinary people."

Seeing Gao Yushan's affirmative answer, Liu Ke frowned and looked at the pink Qi waves that gradually spread to the entire Bird's Nest as Girls' Generation performed.

As an experiment, he just watched the Qi wave hit his body. Afterwards, he felt his heartbeat speed up a little, and his whole spirit became relaxed and excited.

Feeling the effect, Liu Ke couldn't help but complain, "What are they doing? Using alien methods to increase fans' enthusiasm?"

"Also, even though there are only nine of them, the area of ​​impact is too large, right? There are tens of thousands of people at the Bird's Nest, and almost everyone is affected by this wave..."

Gao Yushan was quite speechless when she heard this: "It's indeed a bit outrageous."

"If this happened in our country, anyone who dared to do this would have been arrested by Nadutong long ago."

After a while, when Girls' Generation finished singing, several Japanese singers came on stage.

The Japanese group performed normally at the beginning. Utada Hikaru and Kenshi Yonezu sang normally. Many Chinese people who didn't know them before applauded them out of respect.

But when the Japanese AKB48 came on stage, Liu Ke noticed something was wrong again. Because all the girls were also contaminated with Qi, and each of them had a bit of seductiveness.

Perhaps the combined charm of a hundred of them could not match that of Xia He alone, but their purpose was not to completely charm anyone, but just to increase some of their charm in front of ordinary people. From the perspective of effect, it was really "on point".

After reading this, Liu Ke couldn't help but frown again, and complained in confusion, "Isn't it said that aliens are suppressed and controlled in all countries? Why do I feel that only Nadutong does this?"

"These foreign strangers can become stars!"

"So what are the criteria that Korean and Japanese entertainment companies use to select trainees to debut as groups? Are they selecting strangers?"

Gao Yushan's face was also filled with gloom. She could only say, "After all, Japan and South Korea are capitalist countries. Maybe this will indeed attract more fans and gain more profits, so...it's quite normal?"

"Capitalists are not against money. If aliens can make more money, then use them."

While Liu Ke and Gao Yushan were watching the concert with both criticism and appreciation, a not-so-small incident was taking place on the other side of the capital.

In an abandoned building, Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, Zhuge Qing, and Wang Ye were running and chasing each other.

The target of their pursuit and attack was naturally the aliens, or rather, a group of aliens who had set their sights on Wang Ye's "methods".

It must be said that the Luotian Grand Ceremony, a grand gathering of extraordinary people, is indeed of great value. Zhang Chulan and several other players who made it to the second half of the competition can be regarded as masters in the circle. After just a dozen rounds, they had defeated and tied up their opponents.

Just as these people were preparing to conduct a thorough interrogation, Wang Ye received a phone call, and his expression became serious.

"They attacked my family, just now!"

As Wang Ye explained the reason for his solemn expression, everyone present also looked unhappy.

Well, putting aside the fact that Feng Baobao's expression was indeed difficult to change, Zhang Chulan's solemn face did seem to have a strange smell. But at this moment, no one had the leisure to care about him.

After all, Wang Ye's family were all ordinary people. Attacking ordinary people was a taboo in the alien world. Doing such a thing in BJ was like shitting on someone's face.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Zhang Chulan said, "I thought of someone. Maybe he can help us find some clues."

Chapter 159 Intermission (2)

'Bilian Zhenren' is the kind of person who has strong hands-on ability and even stronger execution ability. After he thought of a way to deal with it, he immediately made it clear in front of Zhuge Qing and Wang Ye.

And Wang Ye, the Taoist priest from Wudang Mountain, even though he usually seems to have seen through the mundane world, when the consequences of his own actions are about to fall upon his family, how can he remain silent?

Therefore, when he saw Zhang Chulan had an idea, he didn't care whether it was good or bad, and said directly: "Old Zhang, don't keep me in suspense. As long as you can deal with these people, I will pay any amount of money."

After that, Wang Ye paused and asked, "You can't say that you are inviting the old Taoist priest to come down the mountain, right?"

Zhang Chulan was also stunned when he heard this. He smiled awkwardly and said, "You think too much of me. Besides, my master just plays mobile games or something. He's not a god. You think too highly of him to let him catch people through these 'electronic messages'."

After saying that, he took out his cell phone, raised one eyebrow, and fiddled with the phone with a weird expression. He picked out a contact from the address book and wanted to make a call, but after thinking about it, he stopped.