"I'm about to report to a company under the consortium and have a bright future. Suddenly I received a call and heard your nonsense... two worlds, rebels, outsiders..."
"Is this appropriate? You are just as outrageous as when Morpheus in The Matrix took out two pills and told me that one was reality and the other was a dream."
Combining his own experience, strange skills, fragmented memories, and two phantoms that others cannot see.
Bai Wu probably thought... the outrageous content on the phone actually had a certain degree of credibility.
But I still choose to question it symbolically.
This man who looked like Acas said:
"I could have threatened you, like... I know it was you who killed the Order."
"Deal, I'll go with you."
If anything goes too smoothly, he will feel that there is something fishy.
The other party had a backup plan, which made Bai Wu feel that everything was reasonable.
In the following time, "Akas" kept shuttling through the streets of Jing City with white mist.
It was past five in the morning, close to six, and the sky was still very dark.
On the huge billboards were advertisements from seven major financial groups.
“Enjoy healthy food and let food make you stronger!”
A fat man with a bloated head and a bloated belly, giving a thumbs up, seems to be the spokesperson for some canned food.
When he saw this fat man, Bai Wu's mind popped up a name, along with the feeling of disgust that followed—Zhong Xu.
The person he called Zhong Xu was just a food blogger under the Gluttony Company.
His selling points are eating honestly, daring to eat, not wasting food, and not inducing vomiting. Many people like to watch him eat some exotic foods.
For example, canned herrings, bread with vinegar and soy sauce, or burnt rice in the rice cooker.
These are the memories of the white fog itself, or the memories of the white fog that belong to this world.
However, when Bai Wu thought of the burnt rice crust in the rice cooker, he suddenly stopped.
There is a feeling of suddenly losing something important.
However, this feeling was quickly suppressed by many of its consortium's advertising spokespersons.
On the way to the rebel stronghold, Bai Wu saw many familiar faces along the way.
Yan Chao, a plastic surgeon under the Arrogant Group.
Qin Ye, a football coach under the Greedy Consortium.
And a fitness trainer at a fitness center owned by the Angry Consortium.
There are tall buildings everywhere, neon lights are flashing in various colors, and many familiar faces are appearing on huge billboards.
Bai Wu also saw Cain in the advertisement of a psychological information institute under the Lust Foundation.
During the whole process, Bai Wu asked a question:
"Is it true that what I see now is the opposite of the real world?"
Akas shook his head:
"On the contrary? It would be nice if it were just such a simple correspondence."
"You mean... the correspondence is very complicated?" Bai Wu asked.
Acas nodded:
"It's very complicated. This world corresponds to the real world you live in, but it doesn't mean the opposite."
"For example, the temperature here is comfortable, but outside may be an extreme temperature zone, or it may not be."
"For example, if we plant a spy in the Order Group, it may cause a special doomsday puzzle piece to suddenly appear in the real area, but it may also cause an ordinary person to mutate."
“It needs to be confirmed which parameters of the real world each person corresponds to.”
Hearing "Akas" mention the parameters, Spade Ten looked at Well Six with pride.
Jing Liu snorted coldly:
"Hmph, even if the well is indeed connected to the world, just like the other world, there are still big differences inside."
"Yes, yes, but at least... I didn't lie, did I? You see, dear Sixth Sister, I can be honest sometimes."
The Ten of Spades made a face at the Six of Wells.
Jing Liu felt a chill.
If Jing Liu were to choose a disgusting person from among Lao K, Bai Yuan and Spade Ten, she would think that all three Ks of the golden generation were disgusting.
But the Ten of Spades is definitely the most disgusting.
Because Bai Yuan is at least good-looking, and Lao K is at least easy to deceive.
Bai Wu ignored the bickering between his two "portable plug-ins". He probably understood.
"It seems that intelligence work is extremely important."
“Yes, intelligence work is important.”
If the rebels were to mess around and cause destruction in Jing City, it might not necessarily have a positive impact on the real world.
"Akas" has walked into the sewer with white mist.
The stench from the sewer made Bai Wu feel nauseous.
Akas was already used to it, and he was still giving Bai Wu extra lessons:
"For the vast majority of people here, if we kill them, it will indeed reduce the distortion of the real world. But there are some special cases, and we once made a mistake."
"What is wrong?"
"Once, during an assassination attempt on a middle-level executive of the Sloth Group, our assassin failed. Well... not really a failure, but he also killed the target's wife. Guess what changed in the real world?"
"What changes?"
"In your world, there is a suspended city." This sentence is not the point. Akas explained:
"We have investigated and found that this middle manager of the Sloth Group is responsible for selling hot air balloons. His wife is a kindergarten teacher. Her greatest pleasure is to play with the kindergarten children and blow lots of bubbles with soapy water."
The darkness and stench made it difficult to move forward. Fortunately, Bai Wu didn't have the heart to care about these things now. He was more concerned about Akas's story and continued:
"It sounds like these two people's jobs are quite rare. This kind of job should be quite good?"
“The point is not whether they are good in the well world, but their impact on the real world.”
"Our killer accidentally killed his wife as well. We thought at the time...his wife was actually a kindergarten teacher. Maybe in the real world, she should be some kind of rule that disturbs people's minds. It's good that she died, and the rules disappeared with her."
Bai Wu frowned:
"Not actually?"
"Akas" in the darkness shook his head:
"Yes, because of this accidental killing, a major accident occurred in that area, and it has completely become a restricted area."
"The actual situation is very different from what we imagined. The person we assassinated was in charge of the sales of tourism equipment for a company under the Laziness Group, mainly hot air balloons."
"And its impact on the real world is to reverse the gravity in a certain area, and many buildings will float. Thus, the Hanging City came into being."
"As for his wife, we have been wondering whether his wife's influence on the real world is a peculiar rule of a certain area, on a spiritual level."
"After all, this has something to do with the 'education' of kindergarten teachers. In the past, education was mostly related to the spirit."
"The result is totally wrong. The real specialness of the target wife is that she can blow bubbles..."
"Every time she blows bubbles with those kids, many... radioactive metal balls appear in the real world..."
When Bai Wu heard this, his scalp went numb.
Could anyone have imagined that the soap bubbles in the well world could cause a pile of radioactive substances to appear in the real world
This goal corresponds to something in reality, a corresponding relationship, maybe a career, maybe a certain lifestyle characteristic, or even an addiction or a specific behavior.
As for Akas' story, there is no need for Akas to elaborate on the remaining details. Bai Wu can imagine it himself:
"So there are many radioactive metal balls floating above the suspended city... Are these balls floating above because of the change in gravity?"
"But because you killed the couple in this world, the gravity coefficient collapsed, causing these metal balls... to fall from the sky?"
"The metal ball exploded due to the violent collision, causing a nuclear leak?"
Acas nodded:
"Although that place is very remote, it later caused some people in the surrounding areas to die from radiation."
Bai Wu finally understood the meaning of the story.
The people under the major financial groups in these well worlds—
In fact, it does not correspond to a certain person in the real world, but to the rules in the real world.
In the real world, living people are actually things like gravity coefficient, temperature, time flow, spatial dislocation, material reorganization, chemical reaction... and other rules.
These people live in an orderly manner.
But the corresponding thing is that in the current world, all the rules are chaotic and disordered...
The relationship between the well world and the real world is not opposite, but there is an intricate correspondence table of relationships.
After figuring this out, Bai Wu said:
"So who are you? What do you correspond to in the real world?"
When Bai Wu asked this question, "Akas" had already brought Bai Wu to the entrance of the stronghold.
In a corner of the dark sewer, deep in the foul smell, there is a door.
Akas opened the door, and the iron door slid open. The friction sound of rusty metal echoed in the sewer.
Then a familiar voice came from inside the door:
"You are from the Jingjing District. As an outsider, being able to come here will at least give you some understanding of our civilization. We are the existence of the previous civilization. We correspond to order, rules, and stability."
"Once upon a time, we were just like that group of people, with an orderly life and a bright future."
"However, due to the forced opening of the well... the number of people in the Seven Sins increased dramatically. And they gained higher abilities. Those of us who were capable were expelled, and those who were incapable were assimilated."
Suddenly, there was light in the darkness. When the light tore through the darkness, Bai Wu saw the person who had just called him in this mysterious house.
This person is very similar to Akas, but not as tall and looks more like a teenager.
"Zero?"
Bai Wu was surprised. Every time he saw these people, he would remember their names, but many other memories were unclear.
"It seems that the projection you saw on me is someone you care about in reality. Although you have no other memories of this projection, I can feel that you are happy in your heart."
The owner of the "Rebel Army" stronghold is Zero.
Spade Ten and Well Six both knew what Zero meant to Bai Wu. Although they couldn't see his face, since the projection Bai Wu saw was Zero, perhaps this person in the Well World corresponded to... an existence like Zero in the real world.
In reality, Zero can provide great help to Bai Wu.
Then Ten of Spades began to explain what kind of existence Zero was.
Bai Wu listened and talked to "Zero".
"What ability are you talking about?" Bai Wu asked.
This is undoubtedly a key point, and Zero responded very seriously:
"The vast majority of people living in the Well World are just like people in the real world, without any special abilities."
"Some people are very important and hold high positions. Killing them can bring about great changes in the real world."
"But these people may be easy to kill because they don't have any special abilities, but they may be difficult to kill because they may have awakened difficult abilities."
Zero stared into the white fog:
"Just like you can easily kill two members of the Order Group, you are a person with special abilities."
"Are these abilities... linked to my abilities in the real world?"
"No, if you are as powerful in the real world as you are in the Well World, then many problems can be easily solved."
"In fact... no matter how strong you are in the real world, your strength is unknown when you come here. Seven hundred years ago, there was also a person who came here and joined the Order Group. His ability was very ordinary, but after returning to the real world, he became invincible and caused us a lot of trouble."
Bai Wu probably understood, so he asked the next question:
"How do you know about the real world? You can observe the real world in this world?"
"This is my ability. My ability is sequence fifteen - spy satellite."
"I can see any corner and the area associated with that corner. This connection is like the connection between multiple worlds. So when I only need to see a certain place in the well world, I can see the corresponding place in the real world."
Spade Ten looked at Jing Liu, because this question was Jing Liu's domain, and Jing Liu said:
"It's a causal sequence, but the sequence is a way of using the original power after purification, just like the Eye of Prell. Compared with pure causal power, its usage may be very limited, but it is more efficient in the corresponding field."
"Although this person's ability is purely auxiliary, it is equivalent to a full-view map... In a sense, although he cannot see the past and the future, he has the highest amount of information at this moment."
Jing Liu only added three words at the end:
"very dangerous."
Bai Wu also sensed the danger.
If this person is not an ally... then what a formidable enemy he must be
No matter where you escape to, as long as you are still in the current timeline, he can see it clearly.
Of course, searching the entire world takes time, which is perhaps the only weakness of this ability.
No wonder he killed two members of the Order Group to ensure that no one saw it, but he could see it.
Bai Wu said:
"So I am a person with special abilities. What do you want to do by finding me?"
"I hope you can join the rebellion and help us fight against the Seven Sins. We need to assassinate someone right now. This person is very capable and difficult to deal with. We have already lost a lot of people. If you kill him, the possibility of humans becoming evil in your real world will be reduced as a whole."
"That is indeed a very important parameter. It shows that this person is not simple either." Spade Ten said to Bai Wu.
"What kind of person is this?" Bai Wu asked.
Light and shadow suddenly appeared on the black wall, as if a projector was projecting an image.
At this moment, Bai Wu's expression changed slightly.
Fortunately, in the dim light, nothing is obvious, and Bai Wu himself is a person with strong ability to control his emotions.
For "Akas", "Zero", even Spade Ten and Well Six, all the people they see are faceless people who have no real projection.
Without facial features, everyone is the same. The only difference is the serial number on the neck.
But what Bai Wu sees is different. Bai Wu can see the corresponding projection.
So when the image of the target that needed to be assassinated appeared, Bai Wu suddenly felt resistance.
Because the target of assassination is Gu Qingyu.
When the word "Captain" subconsciously emerged in his memory, Bai Wu knew... he couldn't do this.
This person must not be killed.
"What other characteristics does Zero have?"
"What?"
Bai Wu's sudden words made "Zero" a little confused.
The Ten of Spades knew that this was a question he was asking himself.
He was so smart that he guessed that Bai Wu must have seen some special reality projection, and he had just been saying good things to Zero, so he instantly realized that now Bai Wu needed to hear Zero's "bad side."
"In a sense, Zero has a certain desire to possess you, hoping that you can help him manage the mechanical city. Zero is indeed very special to you, but he has no good feelings towards humans... Even after you 'faked your death', Zero directly refused to help humans."
"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be surprised even if Zero stood against humanity."
Jing Liu was surprised. How did Spade Ten know so much about Bai Wu's past
Bai Wu pondered secretly.
If the projection of the person in front of him is the zero in the Ten of Spades, does it mean that... this person does intend to win him over, sincerely, but more importantly, wants to... use him
In reality, Zero can help humans for his own sake, but this world is different. There are only two forces in this world.
Although this person's projection is number zero, it does not necessarily mean that he is exactly the same as number zero.
Thinking carefully, the seven major financial groups in the Order Group are so powerful, why did he and "Akas" have no obstacles along the way
The process of meeting this "Number Zero" seemed to be too smooth.
If the target of the assassination wasn't Gu Qingyu, Bai Wu might not have suspected anything.
But now, he began to think, are these people in front of him really the rebels