Obviously, Lin Sanjiu's case had received a lot of attention. The Asset Management Department was in charge of countless posthumans' cases, but Lin Sanjiu's case took up most of the manpower and resources in the department. After He Huan followed Director Li through half of the Asset Management Department, she came to a conclusion.
The basement was a vast space comparable to a large parking lot. The walls were painted silver, and there were rows of lights hanging down from the ceiling. In the solemn, cold, and inorganic light, the most eye-catching thing was the huge wall at the end of the hall. A huge screen occupied the entire wall, and on the screen was a panoramic map. Small dots of light were blinking on the screen. From afar, there were no more than twenty dots of light.
Long tables were placed side by side, forming countless rows. They stretched all the way to the wall at the end of the hall, filling up the entire hall. The staff members in white shirts all had their backs to the walkway and were facing their computers. They were completely unaware of the people walking past them. The sound of typing, the ringing of their phones, and the whispers of their conversations mixed together, causing the entire underground hall to buzz with activity.
The posthumans were assigned to different groups to supervise. The Special Group, which was responsible for Lin Sanjiu's case, took up one-third of the tables.
"You need to understand all of this if you want to become a core member in the future." Director Li was very patient with He Huan. He even left his bodyguards a few steps behind and paced between the long tables with He Huan. He smiled and explained, "All the frontline staff in charge of risk control are here. Of course, we also communicate and cooperate with other departments. No matter what happens, everything will be under our control. "
He Huan listened attentively and asked, "What's that beeping sound?" It didn't sound like an alarm. It wasn't urgent, but it had a stubborn quality to it. It kept beeping from all over the hall like a flock of crazy birds.
"If anyone's behavior triggers a level 1 word in the district, they will be recorded in the scope of attention." Director Li's explanation was a little vague. He waved his hand and said, "Level 1 is very common. Most of them are unintentional or coincidental. After all, most of the people are still good people."
He Huan didn't pursue the matter. After all, it was pointless to ask. He walked past a woman and heard her giving a verbal report on the phone. "Yes, No.34's behavior is still consistent with the usual pattern … No, we didn't find him in contact with anyone else. We don't need to …"
According to He Huan's limited work experience, if it was a solo posthuman, even if they were robbing a bank, they would still be monitored remotely. However, if there was a posthuman who wanted to gather people, even if it was just for everyone to sit down and read the newspaper, the importance and attention of the posthuman would skyrocket.
"Do you know?" Director Li suddenly turned his head and praised him, "I've seen a lot of people like that. Occasionally, there are a few who are willing to cooperate, but there aren't many people like you who wholeheartedly want to return to normal society and work hard."
Actually, He Huan didn't need him to say it. She was well aware of this. People would be intimidated or tempted to not do something, or they would do something perfunctorily, but they would never put all their energy into pursuing the greatest effect of the matter. Only the motivation from the heart would have this kind of power. For evolved humans, it was very difficult to find inner motivation in this world.
Therefore, since he was good at disguising himself, he became one of the few useful people.
"Thank you," He Huan said in a low voice, "I … am also grateful for this opportunity."
Director Li was very satisfied. They arrived at the end of the hall. After the iris and voiceprint verification, he brought He Huan into the elevator and continued to go deeper underground.
"You will know when we arrange for you to participate in the study. Our talent, resources, and technology level, if we were to compare it to the international level, we would only be able to see the number one, but not the number two." He sighed and said, "It wasn't easy for us to come this far … Soon, you will see the cutting-edge results of our research."
The elevator descended for an unknown length of time before it finally stopped. As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, they were subjected to a series of checks: identity check, biological check, carrying items check … After passing through one steel door after another, He Huan was finally led to a room. A staff member in a white coat opened the door for him.
He thought he would see something like a high-tech weapon, and his mind had already replayed many scenes from sci-fi movies. He didn't expect to see a teenage girl when he opened the door. The girl's eyes were especially clear and bright. With just a glance, one could clearly feel the hesitation and fear she was conveying.
Next to her was a large instrument chamber that looked like a full-body X-ray machine in a hospital. He Huan couldn't believe that this was the cutting-edge result. To be honest, it looked like it was made of plasticine that didn't have the same color. Many parts that obviously came from different parent bodies were stitched together to form a Frankenstein.
"I won't go in," Director Li said with a smile. He pointed at the one-way glass on the wall of the room and said, "I will be watching from the back. You have to cooperate with me."
Before He Huan could say anything, a few heavily armed men rushed into the room. The girl was so frightened that she shrank into a corner. The researcher who followed them was a middle-aged man wearing a pair of rimless glasses. When he spoke to He Huan, he didn't even look at him. "I will take you to familiarize yourself with Guardian No. 2. After she enters, you will operate according to the instructions."
The "she" was undoubtedly referring to the girl. He Huan still didn't understand why the girl was here. He wasn't even sure why he was here, even though he was the one who was willing to cooperate.
The middle-aged man led him to the Frankenstein. He pointed at it and said, "After many years of research on special items, we have finally made a breakthrough … This is our Guardian No. 2. It is just a platform that can carry and operate the core mechanism of the special item that we have replicated."
It took He Huan half a second to react, and she was shocked. He was shocked. "You mean, you have replicated the special item? It can be used through this machine? "
Wouldn't it be free from the restriction of degradation?
"No, it's just the core mechanism of the special item. Currently, we can't replicate it completely. It's already a great achievement to be able to replicate part of it." The middle-aged man said regretfully, "Moreover, the core mechanism that can be cracked is still too few. It's far less than one in ten thousand. Most of the items have lost their effectiveness for no reason and become useless. "
In the end, they were still ordinary people, not weapons factories. He Huan felt slightly relieved.
He walked toward Guardian No. 2 and asked, "But, what means do you have to actually replicate special items … electronic chips? Biotechnology? Or quantum applications? "
"That would involve a lot of things." The middle-aged man didn't have the intention to answer in detail. He called out to the girl in the corner. "Huang Que, right? Come over here and crawl in. "
The girl called Huang Que walked over slowly and looked at Guardian No. 2 without saying a word. The place she wanted to crawl into was obviously inside the arched body of Guardian No. 2. The way she looked at it reminded He Huan of a perhaps inappropriate example. In some areas where bad customs prevailed, child brides would have this almost blank look on their faces when they stood beside men who were dozens of years older than them.
… If Maru Qingge saw this, he would probably be angry on behalf of this child.
As soon as this thought surfaced in He Huan's mind, she instantly guessed the reason for her appearance here.
After the middle-aged man gave the order, he didn't look at the girl anymore. He pointed at a screen outside Guardian No. 2 and said to He Huan, "I have already inputted the time and location. We can see the target from her memory."
This is very similar to Maru Qingge's own mirror function … He Huan silently walked to the side of the screen and asked, "Why do you need me to operate it?"
"You don't need to observe the memory," the middle-aged man explained impatiently. "The next step is to activate another mechanism, and only then will we need you. In the other mechanism, there is a function restriction that we can't bypass, so it must be completed by people like you. "
"People like you." He Huan repeated these words in her heart a few times. After he completely degenerated, after he climbed up and gained respect, would he still be "people like you"?
"Ah, I got it." As the middle-aged man let out a low cry of joy, he turned his gaze to the screen.
The corridor that appeared seemed to belong to a hospital. The lower half of the wall was painted green, and a figure in a nurse's uniform was walking around hurriedly. The voice belonging to Huang Que suddenly came from the speaker under the screen, intermittently and faintly discernible like fog. "Homework … there are always so many patients … there is a new cake shop next to my house …"
"This is activated along with the memory, and it is the thought activity of the scene at that time." Rather than saying that the middle-aged man was explaining to He Huan, it was more accurate to say that he was praising this part of the function. "Every time we access a memory, we may make changes to it, making the memory one step further from reality. Therefore, a human's memory is the most unreliable. "
Then why was he looking at her memory?
He Huan was about to ask, but the view in the corridor suddenly turned, and her gaze was fixed on the back of a figure in a white coat. She followed the figure for a few steps, and the view sped up. Suddenly, she called out, "Teacher Maru!"
The tall young man in front of her turned around. Even though his face was still covered by a mask, He Huan could still recognize the pair of eyes that belonged to Maru Qingge.
Once he saw the person, Maru Qingge's gaze instantly became calm and gentle, and he took a few steps toward Huang Que. At that moment, the middle-aged man suddenly pressed the pause button, stopping Huang Que's memory at the moment when she approached Maru Qingge.
Inside Guardian 2, Huang Que lay silently, motionless as if he had fainted.
"We humans still have some animal instincts," the middle-aged man said as he gestured for He Huan to start operating the device. "Humans can recognize the biological pheromones emitted by other people from their smell … especially the more important people are to us, the clearer they can distinguish. This kind of biological recognition won't be affected by erratic memories. "
He Huan understood a little.
"You want to use his biological pheromones … to find him?"
"After determining the general area, following the pheromones to track him is like following the light of a fire in the dark. Speaking of which, these technological methods were inspired by people like you. "The middle-aged man smiled, and then urged," Hurry, press here. "
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