Overturned Tower

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"That not only took away your purity, but also took away your life."

Chapter 41 The hotel has been wiped out

This is the backup plan of "Professor Chen".

If Russell didn't see through his hint...or Ringo really held back and didn't say anything to Russell, and in the end he was even lucky enough to successfully complete the task and really go back with the ball...he can also complete his own research logically.

As the price, Lingo will also be consumed.

Hearing this, Ringo's body couldn't help shaking.

Not out of fear, but out of anger.

"How can this be! I trust the professor so much—"

Her voice trembled.

"It's very simple." Russell shrugged, "Because in the eyes of the wise men of Sun Island, you are not human beings, but obedient self-propelled research materials.

"According to what you said, a doctor in Sun Island can easily destroy a big company or start a bigger company if he wants to. So for them, the wisdom in their brains is their capital , their power.

"In the final analysis, how much difference will there be between the sacred and brilliant sun disc and this gloomy and dark Tartarus?"

"……you're right."

Before Luo Su finished speaking, Lingo had already calmed down: "In the end, I was just lucky in my heart... I thought I still had a chance to improve... I never gave up that possibility, but I was wrong……"

This speed of regaining rationality is already quite good.

Under the long-lost pressure and stimulation, she has begun to master her deeper talents.This is good.

After Lingo finished speaking, there was a moment of silence.And Russell looked at her quietly.

She raised her head suddenly, looked at Russell for a few seconds, and said without hesitation: "Mr. Qunqing, please guide me—"

"Oh?"

Russell just smiled, and asked back: "Then what can you give? I have already saved your life by pointing out your death path for you. You still seek more from me...it won't be hope Can I be merciful?"

"As long as you don't intend to kill me, or permanently disable me by torturing me with pain that could drive me mad."

Ringo did not say "I can give everything", but replied very rationally: "Even if it is against morality and consensus, I can do it for you."

"So……"

Russell asked quietly: "Can you kill someone for me?"

The girl replied without hesitation: "As long as you can keep my crime from being discovered."

"Not to be discovered..."

Russell patted Ringo's face and smiled happily.

After these few words, he already knew Ringo's bottom line.

She is afraid of being punished, she doesn't want to die, and she doesn't want to be tortured to the point of disability or madness.In addition, she can bear all kinds of shame and guilt, and she can also hurt others for it.

Sure enough, Russell's initial judgment was correct—they were the same kind of people.

Ringo is another Russell who has not met "Alice", whose talent is not strong enough, and whose nature is not so distorted.

"I do have something to ask you."

The corners of Russell's mouth rose slightly, and his tone became low: "How about listening to my judgment on that Professor Chen?"

At that moment, Ringo suddenly trembled.

She keenly felt that the nature of the person in front of her had suddenly changed.

It's like the person in the movie who was originally facing the warm-colored lights, suddenly lowered his head, and the shadow covered the left half of his face.On the other hand, the half of the face under the light also has different angles of light, which makes the facial features become deep, and the eyes cannot be seen clearly... that's what it feels like.

Ringo watched as Russell pulled out a data cable from the prosthetic hand on his left arm, and stuffed it into his hand.

"Give me your administrator privileges, puppy."

A warm and harmless smile appeared on the corner of Russell's mouth, and his voice became more melodious and relaxed.

But his eyes became cold and dim, making people shudder.

Ringo has only seen this kind of look from the mercenary leaders of Sun Island...they are the eyes of outlaw lunatics.But any one of them looks so immature, vulgar and ridiculous compared to the current Qunqing.

She hesitated for a moment, and as soon as she gritted her teeth, she was about to insert it under her left collarbone.

But Russell suddenly stretched out his hand, pressed it on her collarbone, and blocked it.

For a moment, Ringo thought it was just a clichéd test of loyalty.But when she looked at Russell's face, she saw majesty and solemnity from Russell's expression.

Not looking at yourself, but looking behind yourself.

But at this time, she heard a faint voice.

She turned her head suddenly and looked out the window.

The sound-proof walls and windows greatly reduce the sound outside the hotel-but on the other hand, if they can still hear it, it means that the sound is too loud.

It sounded like a thunderstorm.

The cannonballs—

Russell walked to a position near the window and drew the curtains.

There are four types of drones in Tartarus' drone swarm.

The largest ones were originally hung with strips of hard digital screen advertisements, and they were feasting and floating in the nearby air.

It looks like the Zerg lord in StarCraft 2, with a prism hanging from the door of the barber shop.

And the four sides of this prism are advertisements that are always moving.

Now these "lords" turned sideways and fit on the hotel wall.The commercials didn't even stop playing, just holding them up and pointing away—revealing 155mm howitzer barrels at the end of the prism.

Originally, these barrels were always staring at the ground.

Now, accompanied by the entertainer's funny laughter, the woman's yelling, or the child's enthusiastic reading, under the background of the blue-purple neon lights, clusters of dazzling flames exploded from the muzzle, but they did not shatter. Those screens just let the picture take a short time.

The second largest drone is used to transport people inside when catching people from the outside; the third largest drone is used to help deliver documents, carry luggage or turn on lights.

They now protrude from their stomachs with terrifyingly long barrels, spread out in a certain order, and suspend in the air.

——Russell stared at it for a long time before he barely recognized that it was a triple-mounted 14.5mm machine gun and a double-mounted 12.7mm machine gun.

The drone swarm focused the light to a far away place, and the dense barrage poured out like rain.

From time to time, a burst of flames burst into the distant sky.Every time a ball of fire burst out, the lights gathered in that direction were extinguished.In just a few seconds, there were only two gathering points of the four lights left.

At the same time, it was accompanied by a heavy and extremely long interval of "bang" gunfire-this was the source of the sound that made Russell suddenly startled.

But Russell couldn't even see what it was hitting.

"number 44?"

Russell asked in a low voice, "What happened outside?"

"I'm here."

The cold and respectful voice of No. 44 sounded from the adjacent pink crystal decoration without any pause: "Please don't worry, it's just some rebels.

"This wave of rebels does not hold any heavy firepower, and it can be properly handled only by the hotel's external security system."

"Security system...referring to these drones?"

"Yes, this is a civilian armed security drone developed by Tartarus. We have sophisticated spiritual radar. Even if the mob removes the chip behind his head, he can't keep silent and approach within [-] kilometers of Tartarus. , please rest assured.

"Our Tartarus has the most complete security system, and it has been connected to the internal network of the executive department of Tongshen Island. If there are special needs, we can also call the heavy equipment soldiers of the head office..."

Having said that, No. 44 paused.

The noisy sound outside the window disappeared in an instant.

As the sound of the cannon stopped, the largest UAV reset, and the cannon barrel wrapped in advertising pointed to the ground again, returning to the usual melodious and slow floating mode, wandering around the hotel as a mobile advertising lamp post.

The other two drones also retracted their weapons that were still smoking, and returned to the surrounding area of ​​the hotel in silence to serve the guests.

"The hotel has been annihilated, sir."

The voice of No. 44 sounded flatly.

Chapter 42 Corporate Ruse

When Russell heard this, he subconsciously looked out the window.

Smoke and dust dispersed in the starless night sky, and the gray-white moonlight was as dim as dust.

It was only then that Russell noticed that the gray full moon was actually as large as a disc at this moment.

"...It turns out that today is the full moon."

Russell murmured.

The color of the moon is like the gray and white reflected in the camera when using the black and white filter of the mobile phone to shoot the moon.The neon light reflected in the splendid city that never sleeps on the ground makes the brilliance of the full moon dim and transparent to the point of disappearing.

He just remembered... It's been a long, long time, and he hasn't looked up at the moon.

There is no custom of admiring the moon in this world.After all, this off-white, dim to almost transparent moon is indeed nothing to look at.

In other words, people in this world have never developed the habit of raising their heads and looking at the gray dome.

At this moment, the smoke is still floating outside the window.Through the dim moonlight, you can still barely see the visible but gradually dissipated gunpowder smoke, and the fine textures that are gradually dispersed in the air.

Although still separated by the extremely well-sealed windows, Russell seemed to smell the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air.

"The dragon's prohibition...is it okay to disobey it?"

Russell didn't look back, but just stared at the smoke that hadn't dissipated: "It's the order of the 'Dragon' to ask for the destruction of weapons and the prohibition of killing people with hot weapons."

"To be precise," No. 44's voice was cold, "the real restriction of the dragon is actually 'no one can use mass-produced thermal weapons to initiate or participate in any scale of killing of the same family'. In this prohibition, all air forces The board of directors of the island head office is responsible for the public and only has supervisory responsibilities. Because of this, the boards of directors of each air island have slightly different implementation strengths. This can be carried out to a certain extent according to the management ideas of each air island. adjusted.

"Just like in Chongguang Island, Taoyuan Island and Happy Island, the sentence of deportation can be imposed unconditionally only if private individuals are found to hold thermal weapons, but the company can also choose to ignore it; in Sun Island, Holy Blood Island and Tongshen Island, civilians are allowed to hold There are dangerous weapons, and there are even shops that legally sell weapons. It’s just that while holding a weapon, it is equivalent to voluntarily giving up the right to be protected. When a dangerous weapon of the level of taking another's life is killed and dies in a battle, the killer is considered innocent unless he possesses a weapon of the same level.

"——This is the 'consensus on self-defense rights of the weak' implemented in our three islands. That is, holding a dangerous weapon is still not considered a crime, but holding a weapon is equivalent to giving up the personal rights protected by the consensus. Anyone can It can be killed.

"If you don't understand, you can also understand it this way: All civilians on our empty island are equally protected by the 'consensus', and the consensus is the common will of all civilians on the empty island. The power to protect every citizen comes from It serves the wishes of all the people, and in turn serves all individuals. If you don’t trust the protection of the consensus, and choose to use your own strength and violence to protect yourself, it is tantamount to breaking away from this consensus. Then the consensus is lost The need to continue to protect this individual and remove him from the herd."

Russell turned around and found that even though he didn't look at No. 44, she was still bowing deeply to him.

She maintained a bowing posture, and her voice was flat and clear: "The civilian armed security drone developed by the hotel can only connect to the hotel's wireless network, so it can only move around the hotel; The predictive security defense equipment held is not detachable because it is forged in one piece; the behavior logic of the drone is completely controlled by the program set in advance by the hotel, and there is no possibility of being used by any individual.

"Because of this, it can be regarded as a security device by the dragon. Because it is essentially just a slightly smarter grid fence. Considering the precious identity of the passengers here, it is understandable to apply more aggressive security strategies. "

...the smart grid?

The kind of smart grid that uses radios and webcams to monitor a fifteen-kilometer perimeter, and uses smart cannons and howitzers to blast enemies to pieces when they spot them?

Even Russell was stunned for a moment when he heard these somewhat outrageous remarks.Not to mention Ringo next to him.

Although Ringo also belongs to the "three empty islands where guns are allowed", she absolutely does not realize what the truth revealed by No. 44 means——

Number 44's attitude towards "guests" is really too honest.

She has nothing to hide from the secret.And from these words, a lot of information can actually be disassembled.

Leaving aside the attitude of the giant dragon... the reason why some of the three islands allow people to carry guns is because the Holy Blood Island, the Sun Island, and the Tongshen Island have a stronger killing intent towards the people.

No wonder this is not like Happy Island, where a large number of uncoded people have accumulated and are active in the lower city.

It is precisely because of the prohibition of possession of hot weapons, but not completely blocked, that once people's pressure reaches a certain level, they will immediately vent it.

——And as long as they choose to "vent", they will be killed.So it is not easy to form groups and form forces...

Simply put, it is precisely because individuals have the power to act that they will not choose to act in a group way.After all, once a group is formed, it must abide by the discipline within the organization, and there will inevitably be a power class within the organization, and it will also form cliques.Many things will become less pure...

Even for those who play games, many don't want to join any guild - it's not necessarily because the players are socially afraid, but more because they find it troublesome.Because they can predict that once they join the guild, they will probably quarrel or argue in the end.Instead of getting tired, it's better not to get in touch at the beginning.

And if this game can be played well by one person without losing any gaming experience; on the contrary, adding a guild will slow down your efficiency, and how many people will still choose to form or join a guild?

Sure, but not too many.

——This is the decision of Tongshen Island.

They allow ordinary people to buy guns normally, which means that everyone has the ability to act independently.

Whether it is shooting an enemy, or wanting to get rid of one's boss or rival in love... as long as you think about it, you can do it.

Even if you are crazy and want to retaliate against the society, you can attack passers-by indiscriminately on the street, or attack elementary schools.