SWDnovel Chapter 45 Death Roll Call
Chapter 45 Death Roll Call
Every direction leads downwards, and every path leads to a dead end.
Even memories dissolve in water, becoming fragmented illusions that cannot be pieced together, leaving one in a state of half-dream, half-awake.
"Pull me up! What are you doing?"
Darkness surged in from the deep-sea oil and gas extraction pipeline, and the pain, like a sticky shroud, suffocated Kuang Bin.
The channels for channeling spiritual energy to maintain the barrier were blocked, unable to continue generating the barrier. Dark seawater mixed with chemicals poured in, and the polluted liquid corroded the body, skin, and burned the face.
He kept kicking and struggling, but the bubbles he exhaled were stained with blood and dyed the surrounding seawater red. When he reached out to grab, he could only grasp at the cold emptiness, weak and powerless.
But his gaze pierced through the invisible seawater and saw the turbid spots of light undulating on the surface. The things he cherished and hated became blurred shadows, swayed by the waves and overlapping to form a hazy, indistinct female figure.
"..."
Kuang Bin couldn't shout out; his throat was blocked, and he couldn't call for help. Death was slowly engulfing him.
Sink down, sink down.
The light never truly shone in; it only shone on the water's surface as boundless darkness enveloped everything.
He roared furiously, but his ferocity was swallowed up by the eternal silence of drowning, and he could not utter a sound.
At this moment.
Inside a bar in the underground shopping mall.
boom!
Kuang Bin, in a frenzy, unconsciously smashed the metal bar counter to pieces with both hands. He struggled as if trapped in a non-existent enclosed space, his feet kicking at the floor tiles, which shattered into pieces, flying in all directions like bullets. The glass of the liquor cabinet was pierced, and bottles of liquor were smashed to pieces, leaving behind a scene of utter devastation.
No one dared to stop him. In just a few years, he became infamous in the underground shopping district, a nobody. People avoided him as far away as possible. Even the bar manager didn't dare to speak up, and didn't even dare to ask for compensation afterward.
It was like being completely drowned, then waking up from a daze.
Kuang Bin gasped for breath, staring blankly at the mess around him. The nerve disorder warning device on his wrist flashed red and emitted a soft beeping sound.
He searched his entire body, having exhausted both the injections of inhibitors and the pills he had taken.
He offered no explanation, zipped up his coat to cover his face, and quickly left the bar.
Twenty minutes later.
Hidden at the end of the bustling city, the scrap alley is covered by piles of old cardboard boxes and rusted iron sheets that are half a person high, so narrow that you can only squeeze through sideways.
Find a sunken staircase and go down it.
They entered an extremely dark underground passage, at the end of which was a sealed iron gate.
They only sell one thing here.
They knocked on the door three times, then twice.
Pushing open the small window on the iron gate, the narrow slit, only twenty centimeters wide and a few centimeters high, revealed a pair of cloudy eyes, which turned out to be the old buyer.
"Three hundred thousand, five groups."
The voice inside said that each set consists of a single-dose injection of an inhibitor plus an oral tablet, and is sold in sets of five.
This inhibitor is the highest-level prohibited drug besides human venom.
Not only Cangzhou, but all states are prohibited from having a large number of active cyber-psychotics within their jurisdiction. These people who have gone astray are even more uncontrollable than demons. Not only the Heavenly Court's anti-terrorism forces, but also the state governments' violent terrorist mobile teams, all have the authority to arrest and eliminate these people.
Because cyberpsychosis is fundamentally irreversible, a permanent trauma, and incurable.
Only illegally circulated inhibitors can slow down this process, but that's all they can do.
However, this method, which involves extending the life of a given time bomb, is still illegal.
Kuang Bin didn't waste any words and paid the money promptly. He did want to kill and rob, but offending people in this line of work would be tantamount to destroying himself prematurely.
After receiving the five sets of medicines.
He swallowed a capsule first, then used a syringe to push the handle into the indwelling needle hole on the mechanical neck. Only then did the disorder warning device on his wrist slowly stop flashing and beeping.
Fuck your mother.
Kuang Bin opened his phone and looked at the balance in his card. He only had a little over 200,000 yuan left. He could only buy five sets at a time, and he wouldn't be able to afford it next time.
He exhaled a few breaths and slumped down in the underground passageway. The walls on both sides were rotting, and the air was filled with a musty smell and felt sticky like a spider web.
Because he was on the run, he was using other people's bank cards and mobile phones.
Sometimes you can't help but have doubts.
Is he still alive?
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Gray Core City, East District, Commercial Street.
Apart from the Skyline CBD, the East District is the city's most economically developed and most consumer-driven area.
"Weren't you supposed to see Ye Qinghan? Where are we going?"
This was Wang Qing's first time riding in a hovercar. Although he had seen all sorts of things, he couldn't resist the novelty. In the makeshift hospital, this was the standard equipment for big shots.
The interior of this hovercar is the opposite of the futuristic, angular texture of its exterior. The dashboard instruments, though complex, are made of matte solid wood cut from raw wood with winding grain. The seats feel like they're made of monster fur. No... this thing is illegal under the current public opinion surrounding makeshift hospitals, right?
Monsters seem to be divided into assimilated and unassimilated types. It is said that some powerful monsters roam the other levels, but the 21st level has never been reported in the news.
Hoverboards also come in different brands.
But the car I'm in now is from a top brand. If I park it outside a nightclub, it'll be like a zombie apocalypse, a zombie world war.
This appears to be just a business vehicle belonging to the Mercury Group, used for public purposes.
Ye Qinghan's private car must be even more high-end, and I drive the same kind of car.
Wang Qing also felt good about the linear light source of the ambient lighting, overlooking the city scenery passing by outside the window.
He fell into thought.
Hovercrafts require licenses and have dedicated drivers.
The aerial tracks are not visible from the ground, but inside the hovercar, the smart windshield displays a virtual particle light effect roadway based on the city government's aerial road plan.
Wei Feng wasn't from the technical department; he sat in the back row with Wang Qing.
Wang Qing addressed Ye Qinghan by her full name, which surprised both the driver and Wei Feng.
"Mr. Ye specifically instructed that before we go, he would take you to a tailor shop to order a suit. It will be done very quickly, from taking the measurements to getting the finished product, in half an hour. Mr. Ye is also in the East District, very close by, at a hydrofoil sailing club."
Wei Feng was incredibly jealous. This guy's performance in the friendly match was truly outrageous, and he had already become Ye Qinghan's new favorite. Qi Du had already been transferred to a remote city.
Today, Ye Qinghan's intention was clear to everyone: to broaden Wang Qing's horizons.
After a brief investigation of Wang Qing's background, it was found that he came from an ordinary working-class family. The first step was to make him understand that he was entering a completely different new world.
A few minutes later.
The hovercars parked in an open-air, hollowed-out parking lot on the 150th floor of a building, which was specifically used to receive VIP clients.
Led by Wei Feng, they entered a tailor shop.
The shop was smaller than expected, and it was a studio-like space with a retro Baroque style decor. The wall panels were made of walnut wood in a square pattern, and the legs of the tables and chairs were shaped like horseshoes.
The tailor was indeed a person who wore glasses and always struck a pose, a bit pretentious.
Nowadays, sizes are measured by machine, but for the sake of showing off, these glasses are still measured using the old method, which leaves Wang Qing speechless.
"President Ye has already finalized the pattern for the clothes, and the finished product will be ready in thirty minutes."
The tailor said with a smile.
It seemed there was no other choice, so Wang Qing had no choice but to find a chair, sit down, and scroll through his phone.
Looking at the time, it's almost 2 PM.
Xiao Su sent a message.
[Fruit hard candy: 60 sheets, provided you produce at least three kilograms two weeks from today.]
Wang Qing pondered for a while. He realized that his product was a unique piece, but the other party had an insatiable appetite. Three kilograms, for example? They were going to do wholesale!
[USER: Still 50 sheets, two kilograms. Bring 5000 sheets in advance, as there are raw material costs.]
[Fruit hard candy: You don't know the rules.]
[USER: My rules are the only rules. 50 sheets, two kilograms, and two weeks from today, there will still be top-quality stock.]
There was silence on the other end for almost half a minute.
Top-tier items? This isn't even considered top-tier? Something of an even higher rank? Forged during the Foundation Establishment stage?
Five million was obviously just a small amount of money for them, but Xiao Su still asked his supplier for his opinion.
[Fruit Hard Candy: How many sheets are available for this top-quality item?]
[USER: 500 cards.]
[Fruit Hard Candy: Are you crazy?]
Wang Qing disappeared.
The other party didn't send any more messages, probably because they were communicating with their supplier.
Ten minutes later, while the clothes were still being made, Xiao Su sent another message.
[Fruit Hard Candy: I've had someone place yours in the South District first. As you said, I'll prepare the money for the premium items next time we meet. Whether it's worth it and whether I'll pay for it or not, we'll discuss it later.]
[USER: Okay.]
Then Xiao Su sent Wang Qing a communication encryption device, saying that the one Wang Qing was using might not be secure and that he should upgrade it immediately so that the one he was using would be safe.
He then sent Wang Qing a location, saying that he would put five million in a locker in a nightclub, and that he had people in the nightclub who could take it if they gave the right code.
However, Wang Qing did not intend to keep the five million for himself. Now that he had the capital, he naturally wanted to use capable people to do something, starting with the Spider Gang, to see their reaction and organizational abilities.
I'll face him head-on tomorrow.
[USER: Five million, I've got it ready. It's just a matter of whether you have the guts to take it. This is just an appetizer.]
To Wang Qing's surprise, Kuang Bin replied instantly.
[Mountain and Sea Viewing the Mist: Hehe, feel free to say it.]
Wang Qing simply opened his chat history with Yuan Jingang, took screenshots from the PPT he had made, and began a death roll call, sending the files of each gang member to Shan Hai Guan Wu's Fetion.
While completing the death roll call.
"The clothes are finished."
The tailor spoke respectfully to Wang Qing.
"very good."
Wang Qing pointed at the tailor and asked him to bring the clothes over. Although he thought it was a stupid overpricing, he didn't have to pay for it himself.