Blind Spot-Chapter 55 - 053 Pursuit First
Chapter 55: 053 Pursuit First
Chapter 55: 053 Pursuit First
Li Chengyi still wanted to ask in detail, what that Silent Fortress was, as he had never heard of it.
Moreover, considering the number of complete bodies, wouldn’t there be a lot, and wouldn’t the number just keep increasing? And if they were not allowed into cities, where would they live?
“Each time a complete body is used, it undergoes wear and tear, which requires resources for repair; hence, most complete bodies generally do not live in the real world but mainly operate within Phantom City,”
Song Ran came limping over from a police car not too far away and answered the doubts in Li Chengyi’s mind.
“Brother Song, are you alright?” Li Chengyi hurried forward to help him.
“I’m fine, just damage to the prosthetic limb. Patch it up and it’ll be as good as new. These complete bodies are all like this, reckless, fearless, immune to pain, and damn tough,” Song Ran said with a laugh, appearing unconcerned. “But this isn’t the first or second time. Chasing after Blind Spot Individuals will always lead to all sorts of trouble and danger, I’m used to it.”
“Just a few basic models of reinforced humans, probably modified from base models of Black Wolf. Even if our gear is restricted and we can’t get in, we shouldn’t have been taken down by just a few of those things,” Xindela said casually. “The point isn’t the models, but the fact that they managed to get complete bodies in here, which is a major official taboo in Yi Country. From now on, it’s probably out of our hands. The authorities are bound to investigate thoroughly.”
“Let’s find a place to rest for now,” Song Ran nodded. “Don’t worry about that group, they dare to openly violate Yi Country’s laws, and by now the security forces are already on their trail, they’ve got trouble coming.”
“There’s also an assassin that went over from the company, dealt with by Xiao Jun,” Xindela added. “Later on, Ah Ran, you go back and treat him to a meal.”
“No problem,” Song Ran grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
The group, due to injuries, temporarily went to the hospital for a check-up.
Surprisingly, as Song Ran himself said, it was indeed just the prosthetic limb that was damaged, and the rest were just minor scrapes, nothing major.
The rest also paused the investigation on Mist Street. After taking Song Ran to the hospital, Xindela gathered everyone in a small villa rented by the company nearby, for collective rest and recuperation.
Sima Gui also came back at this time, without a scratch on him.
After eating and assigning rooms for rest, the next morning, at Xindela’s call, everyone gathered on the rooftop of the third floor.
“Next, we should continue our investigation. As for Mist Street, Zhong Ying has already delayed for several days; the closer we get to the deadline, the more troublesome it gets,” Xindela stated in a white robe, holding a projection flashlight in his hand.
He walked to the middle of the rooftop, stood still on the white surface, and pressed down on the ground with the flashlight.
Immediately, all the information about Mist Street was projected, item by item, line by line.
In the three-meter square projection, even a rough aerial view of Mist Street was displayed.
“This is the overall topographic map obtained by the company from the information you have gathered,” Xindela turned to Sima Gui, Li Chengyi, and Zhong Ying.
Sima Gui and Zhong Ying stepped forward to carefully check, while only Li Chengyi frowned and approached Xindela.
“I have a question, Boss.”
“Are you worried about those attackers from before?” Xindela asked with a light chuckle, his expression serene.
“Yeah, those people were so powerful… it’s hard to guarantee they won’t cause any trouble. Is it really appropriate to completely ignore them?” Li Chengyi queried, puzzled.
“You underestimate the power of Yi Country’s officials,” Xindela said with a smile. “Under Silent Fortress law, each city in Yi Country is operated by a city federation. Members of the federation are nearly all strong individuals among mecha engineers and reinforced humans. With the highest authority over the Silent Fortress system in the cities, nobody can escape their pursuit.”
“That powerful?” Li Chengyi was incredulous.
“Ordinary people naturally wouldn’t know, but at our level, we’re very much aware of it,” Xindela said. “The flying Yi’s lethality far exceeds that of reinforced humans; made mostly from Rainbow Iron, combined with the formidable computing power that mecha engineers rely on from city central intelligences, along with micro drones and integrated cameras, they can dominate the whole situation. No matter how many reinforced humans there are, they’re just easy pickings. Many examples of beyond-visual-range urban extermination battles have been showcased by Yi Country.”
“…So it’s like that… Are the federations really that powerful?” Li Chengyi wondered. He also knew about the federations from his previous life’s memories, but had only thought of them as a business coalition, not realizing they were so formidable.
“Yes, the federation is a unique city interest group in Yi Country. Many federations, along with the self-sustaining city federations, form the united council, which is the so-called supreme authority,” Xindela explained.
“And the so-called Silent Fortress is the self-circulating system established by each city in Yi Country in response to the massive destruction caused by top hackers.
Each city has its own operating system, producing items most suitable for itself, exploiting its own strengths.
The Silent Fortress is an entire defense system capable of conducting extensive radiation scans to vaguely control all individuals within the city. Any external transmission signal will be monitored, reviewed, and interrupted at once.”
“No outgoing signals?” Li Chengyi realized immediately.
“Yes. So these complete body reinforced humans who attacked us, their personality register machines won’t have any knowledge of the outcome or memory of the assassination within the city.
Of course, if someone manually extracts the storage devices from their bodies and takes them out, that’s another story. But for now, they’re probably waiting for a cycle to determine if the mission is completed,”
“I see…” Li Chengyi nodded in understanding.
The boss had made it quite clear, yet despite this, for some reason Li Chengyi couldn’t shake the feeling that those people wouldn’t just give up so easily. If they dared to make a move within the country, they must have a contingency plan.
‘Could it be related to the trouble I caused at the Grecius Parking Garage last time…?’ Li Chengyi suddenly thought of this possibility.
Ash Real Estate, the company, was shrouded in secrecy from beginning to end.
What exactly lay hidden behind it? Inside Grecius, why were so many people gathered together for experimentation, and what exactly were they experimenting on?
After charging at Ash Real Estate and dealing with the so-called company boss, Li Chengyi realized that the matter with Grecius was definitely not something a small real estate company could handle.
‘Now, could it be possible that someone behind Ash Real Estate has come knocking on my door?’
A hint of speculation arose in Li Chengyi’s mind.
Of course, it could also be trouble that Xindela and the others had stirred up before. To judge which, further observation was needed.
‘If it really is the power behind Ash Real Estate and they’ve come because I killed so many from Ash Real Estate, then my continued presence at Hongjin might only bring danger and trouble to them.’
Watching Sima Gui and Zhong Ying discussing the map details carefully, all sorts of thoughts flashed through Li Chengyi’s mind.
Soon, Zhong Ying and Sima Gui confirmed the details of the map terrain, and Boss Xindela finalized the plan.
Everyone dispersed.
Song Ran was still hospitalized, and the boss drove out to have dinner with a friend.
Zhong Ying ordered takeout and, before returning to her own room, expressed she didn’t want to see the two fierce people, Sima Gui and Li Chengyi.
Now only the two men were left sitting on the sofa in the lobby of the first floor, looking at each other, their eyes locked in a silent and choking stare.
“Want to go eat hotpot?” Sima Gui asked.
“I want some stir-fry, a small diner would be better,” Li Chengyi answered.
“Hotpot has flavor, stir-fries are all MSG, what’s good about that?” Sima Gui retorted.
“Alright then,” Li Chengyi considered for a moment and then nodded in agreement.
He also had some questions he wanted to ask Sima Gui.
The two left the villa together and got into a yellow van that was parked in the outdoor garage.
As Li Chengyi opened the car door, he felt it and knew this vehicle was no ordinary one.
Just the car door alone was much heavier than ordinary cars. He plopped down in the back seat, watching Sima Gui skillfully open the panel in front and then play video music files.
“Can I ask a few questions?” he hurriedly spoke up, preferring speaking now to shouting over the music later.
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“Perfect, I’ve got questions for you too,” Sima Gui said with a toothy smile, which somehow felt oddly comforting despite his eccentric yin-yang hairstyle.
“You go first,” Li Chengyi said.
“Simple, I’ve set up a contact group exclusively for us Blind Spot Individuals. It’s filled with brothers and sisters who are like-minded and share the same temperament. Why don’t you join too? I’ll add you,” Sima Gui quickly said.
“A contact group? Which app?” Li Chengyi became interested.
“Flying Yi.”
“Does the boss know?” The first thing that came to Li Chengyi’s mind was Boss Xindela; the man who was searching everywhere for Blind Spot Individuals to join his company – would he overlook such a group?
“He knows a bit, but he doesn’t care,” Sima Gui chuckled.
“Why?” Li Chengyi’s curiosity was piqued.
“Don’t you know?” Sima Gui asked, surprised, “The world is so big, Yi Country is so vast, why does the boss specifically come to these places looking for Blind Spot Individuals? Won’t the places near his home work? White Star is his turf, where he has strong influence and connections. Why would he make things difficult for himself, seeking far and wide, forsaking the easy for the tough, coming to places he’s unfamiliar with?”
“To find clues about his son’s disappearance?” Li Chengyi quickly caught on.
“Exactly!” Sima Gui grinned, “Boss Xindela is undoubtedly a good boss, generous and trustworthy, he doesn’t rip people off, but he’s not an entirely selfless Samaritan. The routes he investigates are actually paths his son once took.”
“His son’s previous tracks?” Li Chengyi suddenly realized.
“His son, Lien, like all Blind Spot Individuals, spent his lifetime looking for a way to completely rid himself of the Blind Spot. For this, he traveled all over White Star and Yi Country, went through a lot, and then ultimately, he disappeared,” Sima Gui sighed, “No one knows if he’s still alive, but by the fixed pattern of the Blind Spot, the likelihood of his death is extremely high.”
“What Boss Xindela probably wants is to find his son’s body, harvest the brain matter, and copy the memories into the Personality Register Machine. Even if his son only remembers life before encountering the Blind Spot, he doesn’t care; he just wants family by his side,” Sima Gui replied.
“Is there really a way to get rid of the Blind Spot for good?” Li Chengyi took out his phone and scanned the QR code that Sima Gui had pulled up, then he was immediately pulled into a strange group on the Flying Yi app.
—Tower of Despair—
The name of the group had an inexplicable adolescent vibe to it. The name was simple, candidly expressing the feelings of its members.
“Welcome, newbie. By the way, anyone else up for suicide? Charcoal burning, jumping off buildings, all welcome.” — Hope to be frank.
Just as he joined, someone in the group immediately popped up with an inquiry.
