Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 326 Riot

"Old Duan, Old Duan, stop eating, look over there!"

Although it said this, the owl did not seem to intend to let go of the chicken leg in its mouth, and pointed at the screen vaguely.

A quarter of an hour after the honeycomb drone retreated, a dark figure appeared in people's sight.

Not only the owl, but even the prisoners in cell block D47 suddenly became excited.

They couldn't remember how long it had been since they had seen a woman, let alone a clean one.

The tight black combat suit outlined her perfect figure. Although her face was mostly blocked by tactical goggles, the prisoners did not care, or perhaps it gave them more room for imagination.

This is... a ghost?

Norton in the monitoring room widened his eyes, staring at the monitoring screen without moving away.

He had heard too many legends about ghosts, but this was the first time he saw what ghosts really looked like.

"Enlarge the screen quickly and focus it on her face!"

Norton held the pistol leg and made strategic commands.

Owl had to remind him, "This is the enemy, please restrain yourself."

He knew Norton. The tight black combat suit and the long legs undoubtedly precisely satisfied Norton's hobbies. This made Owl suspect that if the ghost lady wanted to extract information from the warden, she didn't need to drug him or force him to confess. As long as she stepped her boots on the table, Norton would be eager to tell her everything he knew.

"Of course I know. Who do you think I am?"

Norton was furious. He admitted that he did have some dirty thoughts about Miss Ghost for a while, but what he was really concerned about now was the back of Miss Ghost's neck.

Beneath that short blond hair lies the powerful secret of the ghosts.

Duan Mingyuan believed in Norton's character, so he immediately took over the surveillance system originally controlled by the Judge and aimed the surveillance at the back of Miss Ghost's neck.

The black tight combat suit covered the skin of her neck, but because it was too close, it left an outline on the back of her neck.

"You guys can notice this?"

Owl was shocked, and only after the screen's angle of view was magnified many times did he notice the subtle outline of the ghost's neck.

Norton just glanced at him without further explanation.

This is indeed hard to explain.

His keen insight is the result of years of training, and the way he trained it... came from the magazines he subscribed to, which gave him an extraordinary sensitivity to the contours of the human body.

"This is a brain-computer interface. The Ghost Squad are all cyborgs! This explains it all!"

This is probably why the Ghost Squad can always hack into any security system in the universe. The Chamber of Commerce implanted chips in their brains, allowing them to have computing power comparable to artificial intelligence in addition to human thinking.

"This was originally the technology of the Iron Guard Consortium. I saw this brain-computer interface technology when I was studying in a military academy. It can greatly enhance an individual's combat capability and adaptability."

If we go back a dozen years, there would be experts and professors brainwashing them about the wonderfulness of this technology, telling them that this is the general direction of human evolution, and that in a dozen years, everyone will have a brain-computer interface installed. They also proposed to promote this and suggested that employees working in companies install a brain-computer interface on the back of their children's necks when they are born.

Many of the benefits proposed by the researchers are real, but there is one thing that is concealed - installing a brain-computer interface, performing surgery, and then implanting a chip into the human brain can indeed bring about a complete change, but it also means that those who undergo the surgery become puppets.

When necessary, managers can erase their free will at any time and manipulate them like robots.

Owl also suddenly realized, "I have heard of this technology. I even went to the star region where the Iron Guard Consortium is located to conduct tracking reports, but the entire project was later abolished due to "human rights issues."

"That's just an excuse. The real reason was a riot, a riot started by cyborgs."

Norton suddenly talked about some internal information in the company's military academy. In principle, this information is prohibited from being disseminated to the outside world. However, these semi-mechanical modified people not only appeared in the prison under his jurisdiction, but also controlled the honeycomb robot to blow his head off.

This historical legacy problem left by the company caused great suffering to him, a pacifist who was devoted to his retirement, more than a decade later.

"riot?"

The owl suddenly became interested.

This was his favorite part of the insider information. In fact, he also had doubts about the reason of "human rights issue" back then. It was not that he thought human rights were not important, but he felt that Universal Company would never give up the opportunity to rapidly increase the combat effectiveness of the army because of such a high-sounding reason.

You have to know that at that time, the "anti-cocooning war" in various star regions was in full swing, and the company needed to deploy a large number of manpower and armaments to the front battlefield every year.

"It's the same old problem. Scientists and politicians always think they can control everything. They think they have the collars to dominate cyborgs. They can't imagine what they have given to those people."

Norton said, "You can imagine them as artificial intelligence with extremely high free will and super computing power. They are much more resistant to orders than artificial intelligence, and they quickly noticed the existence of the 'collar'."

As he spoke, the ghost on the screen stretched out his arms, and two scorching blades of light calmed the prisoners a little.

The first prisoner who had mustered the courage to rush at her was torn to pieces in the blink of an eye.

The trauma caused by cutting was much more severe than that caused by a drone. The process of broken limbs scattered on the ground shocked everyone, including the prison guards. The chopped-up prisoner struggled on the ground for a long time before finally standing up again.

However, this time he did not dare to act rashly, and fearfully distanced himself from the ghost.

The ghost simply glanced at the prisoner with contempt.

Then her figure gradually faded under people's gaze until it disappeared without a trace.

Looking at the scene on the screen, Owl and Norton fell silent at the same time.

It turns out that even without the need for a cellular drone, the ghosts can easily kill anyone they target.

"The corporations call it a riot, the cyborgs call it a revolution, a collar-shattering revolution."

As a result, several researchers in the field of brain-computer interfaces were assassinated overnight, and the base that managed the collars was invaded.

Finally, an explosion, accompanied by flames shooting up into the sky, told everyone the victory of this change.

Afterwards, the cyborg humans returned to the shadows like ghosts and disappeared without a trace.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 327: A Woman's Revenge, Ten Years Is Not Too Late

A cyborg.

Although they look the same as humans except for a brain-computer interface behind their necks, many scholars consider them to be another ethnic group.

"The first batch of cyborgs disappeared after they blew up the research base. Even the company couldn't track them down. Now it seems that they have used the power of the Chamber of Commerce to hide on a planet outside the company's sphere of influence."

Norton said that, at least until he graduated from military school, Universe had never made the connection between Ghost and the missing cyborgs.

Duan Mingyuan finished eating the roast chicken with gusto, and they could see every move of the ghost.

The ghost that was fighting hand-to-hand with the prisoners was just a cover. A team had already turned on the invisible position and headed to the laboratory where Dr. Eisenberg was located.

Duan Mingyuan's plan has also achieved phased results.

The ghosts paralyzed the Judge by unknown means, causing them to lose an important guide, but as long as the ghosts' goal is to rescue Dr. Eisenberg, they will personally show him the way to the secret laboratory.

Owl originally wanted to go with Duan Mingyuan, but when he thought that he would only be a burden and that someone would need to guard the monitoring center, he had to suppress his curiosity as a journalist.

Just before Duan Mingyuan left, he reminded, "Don't take it lightly. The clone in the D72 prison area may just be a cover."

The judge believed that 1721 was the embodiment of Eisenberg's evil. After being imprisoned, Eisenberg separated his evil side through some means and spent decades convincing the judge that he was harmless.

However, the Judge's sudden power outage aroused Owl's suspicion.

On the surface, this is the method used by the Ghost Squad hackers. Their brain-computer interface gives them the computing power to compete with artificial intelligence, but Owl always feels that things may not be that simple.

It is obvious that someone was colluding with the ghosts in this action.

Warden Norton did not immediately let Duan Mingyuan distribute resurrection coins to prison guards and prisoners in order to "count the number of people", but the result was unexpected.

All the prison guards fought to the last moment until they were shot in the head by a honeycomb drone. At that time, they did not know the existence of the resurrection coin and it was difficult for them to disguise themselves like others.

Everyone in cell block D47 died in one round, and the process of elimination eliminated all the answers for them.

Then, the only two remaining traitors are the Judge who suddenly lost power, and Dr. Eisenberg, who has never dealt with them.

"Perhaps Dr. Eisenberg has never been a better person."

Duan Mingyuan remained noncommittal. He was not in a hurry because all the puzzles would be answered soon.

What really interested him was the extremely powerful "Cocoon" mentioned by Heya. It used the rescued Long Branch Guards to implant an idea in Eisenburg's mind. This idea could remove the shackles on the "Cocoon" and allow them to take their power to wherever they want.

This is the omen that exists in the mind.

Once the shackles of the "cocoon" are opened, mankind will face an unprecedented disaster. This time, they will lose the war and the entire universe will fall into eternal night.

Heya also mentioned that this "cocoon" is most likely the first batch of consciousness to be transformed, and it is older than the Embers Empire. Some intelligence Heya has investigated shows that the destruction of the Embers Empire is most likely the result of this "cocoon".

The reason why she revealed this to Duan Mingyuan was because Heya had no good feelings towards this "old senior".

It was not just a business disagreement, she admitted that it was a personal grudge.

After the destruction of the Flashing Star, she visited the planet where this "old senior" lived and politely brought some small gifts, but not only was she turned away, she was also looked down upon with contempt.

In Heya's words, this was workplace bullying, which left a huge shadow on her young mind.

It's like a newcomer in the workplace who brings gifts to build a good relationship with her seniors, but the seniors inexplicably launch personal attacks on her.

If someone had a worse mental state, they would probably have become depressed that night.

Therefore, the star zone where this "old predecessor" is located is also the only "cocoon" planet where Heya has not established diplomatic relations. You should know that she has visited the planet where the Zerg is located several times and became very good friends with the brain worms.

"If you ask me, you might as well just kill Eisenburg when you see him."

Taking the elevator to area D47, Duan Mingyuan suddenly heard a voice in his ears.

The sound was very close to him, and he could vaguely feel the warm and moist air flow in his ears.

"Don't get so close."

Duan Mingyuan frowned.

"Tsk, why are you so nervous?"

Heya chuckled, "This is the prison of Prison Star. Your fox demon can't enter here. Haven't you ever thought about trying the taste of 'cocoon'? I guarantee that the experience is definitely no worse than that of the fox demon."

"More than five meters."

Duan Mingyuan glanced at the drone that was following him and said coldly.

This is a lost Honeycomb drone.

The judge's sudden disconnection gave Heya the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and she naturally did not want to miss this good show.

"Okay~!"

Heya's voice was very charming. She was very good at stirring people's emotions. "I just came to remind you that there are still 7 hours and 3 minutes before the Universal Company's destruction fleet arrives. You still have plenty of time."

She was in a good mood now, and she talked about Eisenberg-Adler with great interest. "Actually, I don't care whether Eisenberg-Adler lives or dies, but as long as he is in my hands, the bastard who likes to implant ideas into human brains will be disgusted."

With a gloating tone, Heya had made several preparations. If Duan Mingyuan sold Eisenburg to her, she would send this "child of destiny" to a place where no one could find him.

"Of course, if it were me making the decision, I wouldn't kill him."

Heya changed the subject and said, "In every era, a 'destined child' is born. This is why humans always have good luck. If Eisenberg-Adler dies, it won't be long before another genius who can push this research forward will appear."

By then, there will be a new conspiracy.

"Knowing his identity will actually allow us to keep him firmly under control. Of course, the decision is yours. This is your prison and you are the boss. I am just giving you some suggestions. Our deal is still valid. If you don't know what to do with him, you can sell him to me. I happen to know some truly isolated places."

The cellular drone flew around Duan Mingyuan lively like a butterfly, chirping non-stop.

"Could you please keep your voice down?"

Heya seemed a little too excited today.

A woman with a strong sense of revenge.

He still remembers the bullying he suffered in the workplace and is willing to spend a huge amount of money to avenge himself.

"okay!"

(End of this chapter)