Eternal Bank Building, third floor.
By the time the inspector from Order Group 11 and the guards entered the third floor, it was already too late.
The powerful robber who rushed from the 21st floor to the third floor is no longer seen.
There was only one body on the third floor of the Eternal Bank building.
The man lying on the ground, judging from his number, is one of the senior consultants of the Prideful Consortium.
Possesses a powerful field of view, capable of monitoring anywhere in the world.
You can even see scenes from other worlds.
The loss of such a talent would be as much of a loss to the Arrogant Consortium as the damage caused by the rebels.
The inspector who came to investigate sighed when he saw the man lying there.
He walked forward, squatted down, and slowly closed the eyes of the senior executive of the consortium.
"I will track him down thoroughly and seek justice for you."
"Inspector, we've blocked all the exits, but we still can't find that person... Where did he go?" The members of Group 11's Order Team were all wearing black suits and looked like a group of secret agents.
The inspector's suit was light grey and his tie was tied crookedly, not because it was a temporary appointment and he had no time to tidy up his appearance, but because he was always rather self-centered and casual.
Generally speaking, there are few cases in the Well World that need to bother him. The Seven Financial Groups will only look for him when they encounter a difficult case.
He has a strong intuition similar to the power of cause and effect.
Just like... the robbers not long ago.
But this case is not complicated, it is just of a serious nature and extremely important.
He had obtained the data long before entering the building.
"There are four owners of the spy satellite, of course, not counting the number one owner of the Arrogant Consortium."
"We were informed by the other three spy satellite owners who were keeping a close eye on this place. Not long ago... the robber disappeared."
The inspector stood up, feeling a little depressed:
"Have the losses on the twenty-first floor been counted?"
"Almost all of them are from outsiders, including pots, weapons, and the previous outsider's sequence protocol, as well as other props from other customers. They seem to be related to space storage."
When the team members reported on the Sequencer Protocol, the inspector frowned.
This team member obviously noticed this:
"Boss, is there any problem with the sequence protocol? Although it is a very valuable item, there is almost no possibility that the other party can figure it out."
Sequence protocols are difficult to change.
This is like distorting a contract signed with someone, and the name on the contract cannot be changed.
For countless years, the seven major financial groups have also tried to crack the sequence protocol.
The seven major conglomerates have countless talented people, but they are still unable to achieve this.
Because in the real world, there is still something missing.
For countless years, the source of distortion in the tower has tried to comprehend the power of the sequence.
Trying to grasp the power of the person who defeated him and sealed him away.
They are old enemies and the last survivors of the previous well civilization.
The two people represent two different factions. Although the two factions seem to be in opposition, they actually have a lot in common.
But before finding Sequence 10 and Sequence 12, the Lord of Distortion will never be able to become the Lord of the Tower.
"I hope he won't understand the sequence protocol..." the inspector said subconsciously.
The team members thought this was almost impossible.
It is not impossible to comprehend the sequence, but it is very rare, and even if one succeeds, it takes a very long time.
All the successful examples so far come from the owners voluntarily giving up their own sequence agreements.
Rather than comprehending or cracking the sequence protocol, it is more like a spontaneous transfer of the sequence protocol.
But the detective's intuition was as perverted as that robber's.
If the robber, Bai Wu, was still here, he would see the projection of the detective - himself.
The projection only represents a certain similarity with the projected object in the real world.
But in fact there is no connection between the two.
The projection of the white fog, this detective does have many similarities with the real white fog.
He has a calm and indifferent mood, and hardly has any major mood swings.
He swings back and forth between social phobia and social aggression, and sometimes in order to solve a case, he can disguise himself as any personality.
Sometimes they keep people at a distance and can even make a sea king like "Liu Chengzi" speechless.
In this world, the inspector has two best friends, which always make him feel conflicted.
Therefore, he did not get involved in the affairs between his two friends - the high-ranking "Zero" of the consortium and the high-ranking "Five-Nine" of the rebel army.
From being a master at solving crimes, he turned into a gangster in the order group, a legendary gangster.
"Boss, where did the robber go? We have blocked off all places, he shouldn't be able to escape." The team member asked the question again.
The inspector's reaction was strange.
The people in this world only have numbers and no facial features, but their emotions can be conveyed just like people in the real world.
It can be considered a special ability of creatures in the well world.
The inspector said meaningfully:
"Boy, how many years have you followed me?"
“This is the fourth year.”
"In the past four years, you have been with me but I have not been promoted or made any money. I am sorry for you."
"Boss, why are you suddenly saying this? I don't feel wronged to follow you. You are a legend in our group. If... if you didn't want to be promoted, you would have been promoted a long time ago. I don't feel wronged. I have learned a lot from you."
"I remember your child is in primary school, right? When I come back, I will arrange for him to go to a better place to study. I will send money to your wife regularly."
The inspector's words were obviously irrelevant to the case, but the team member was not stupid and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
The inspector's expression also became fierce:
"Aren't you asking me where the robbers went?"
"I'm telling you, the robber went to the third floor. So there's no point in guarding the exit, because he's no longer in this world."
"To go from the Jingjing area to this world requires killing and blood, and to go from this world to the Chongjing area requires sacrifice and betrayal."
"At the same time, only those who have the power to go to the third level can open the passage to the third level, the Chongjing area. Or it can be understood that only those who are qualified can enter the third level world."
As he said this, the inspector's hand pierced through the team member's chest.
The team member looked at the inspector with shock, anger and confusion.
"I'm sorry, he killed my best friend. I must take care of this case and I must catch this robber!"
The blood-stained hand was retracted. At that moment, the team member's legs went weak and he fell to his knees. He raised his head to look at the inspector, and finally fell to the ground, dead.
Soon after, Eternal Bank sounded the alarm.
The poisonous fog in the vault was quickly diluted.
All the people who were knocked down by the robbers on each floor were cleared out.
As for what happened in the lobby on the third floor of the Eternal Bank Building, no one knew.
The owners of the three spy satellites remained silent.
People can only guess that the inspector was kidnapped, and that the member of the Order Group and the Eternal Bank's senior executive "Zero" died at the hands of the robbers.
People are talking about it, but it's a matter of one consortium controlling the world.
The smart people in the consortium all know that the way to control the world is to control the media.
The media is their voice.
So very quickly, since the media wasn't reporting anything about the Eternal Bank building, wasn't reporting anything about the riots—
As a result, the matter was quickly suppressed, after all, netizens don’t have very good memories.
Even the share price of Eternal Bank increased in violation of market rules.
The leeks are pulling themselves up higher, waiting to be harvested by the sickle.
The losses of Yongheng Bank, both in personnel and equipment, were quickly recovered through the profit-taking of the leeks.
Jingshi is still the same Jingshi.
Even though the rebels and outsiders caused a lot of trouble, it still did not cause much impact.
Even... it can be said that there is no impact.
Seven hundred years ago, outsiders thought they could change Jing City through their own efforts.
But later I found out that everything was in vain.
His level is too low and he can't beat the rich men from the seven major conglomerates.
He wanted to please both sides, but ended up wavering and was played around by the owners of the seven major financial groups.
Eventually became the most powerful "madman" in the real world.
But the outsiders seven hundred years later have a firm mind.
It is also clear that to change this world, we must go to deeper areas.
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Well world, unknown area.
The chaos and nothingness made Bai Wu think that he had returned to the original world in the shell.
He walked in this chaos and nothingness for nearly an hour. He seemed a little bored and kept talking along the way.
Sometimes I even just make conversation when I have nothing to say.
Just like now.
"Sixth sister, how long have you and my fourth brother been in the shell? Will the shell suddenly disappear, and I wake up in the real world, being forcibly pulled out of the well world?"
Jing Liu didn't like being called Sixth Sister by Bai Wu, and she didn't like Bai Wu calling her brother Fourth Brother even more.
Bai Wu was obviously trying to disgust her on purpose.
However, Jing Liu still answered Bai Wu's question truthfully:
"Your time is incalculable. We are people who have been given some characteristics by the Lord of Distortion, and our memories will be distorted. Generally speaking, only when your memory is completely distorted, you will become the real... Jing Qi."
"But your situation is very different from ours. It's hard to say what your situation is now."
"When you entered the shell, you already had the characteristics of the well. Your power even resonated with the well."
“Maybe you’re not in your shell at all.”
Bai Wu understood:
"So I don't need to worry... about me suddenly leaving this world?"
"I have no idea."
Jing Liu really didn't know. There was no precedent for this kind of thing.
"Will I attract Alpha's attention?" Bai Wu asked.
Jing Liu nodded:
"Perhaps. It is the only entity that can be connected to the well."
"Even the second brother, the people guarding the well don't know where the well is. They just know that the well is in a certain area."
"But the Lord of Distortion is different. It is closely connected to the Well. That shell, on the one hand, distorts your memory, and on the other hand, isolates you from the aura of the Well."
"If you do something too sensational in the Well World, maybe... it will notice it."
Bai Wu wanted to say something else. He hoped that the conversation would not stop so that his brain would keep having something to think about.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, Spade Ten suddenly interrupted the conversation between Bai Wu and Jing Liu.
"Since you have already decided and made your choice, don't try to evade me. Have you guessed it?"
Jing Liu also realized that Bai Wu had been talking all the way to avoid letting his brain stop.
Because once I stop, I can't help but recall the events of Eternal Bank.
There are no stupid people here. The three people, especially Bai Wu, are very clear about Zero's determination.
"He's actually here to help you." Ten of Spades added the finishing blow.
Bai Wu felt a little guilty after hearing this.
Jing Liu saw what Spade Ten was up to and said:
"So you were running away."
"Shut up." Bai Wu's tone was a little angry.
He made a choice not long ago, but any choice has a price, and this price is slowly beginning to ferment.
Bai Wu, who was always calm and rational, suddenly became uncalm.
Ten of Spades said:
"So, from the beginning, I tricked you into going undercover in the rebel army, which was just a cover."
"His real purpose is to get you close to the rebels."
"Let you get the truth from the rebels and understand what you should do."
"In the end, he said those words just to make you believe that he really favors you, really values you, and really wants you to stay."
"To let you know that he really considers you a friend, then you will have a chance to enter the third level of the well world."
"So he already knew your choice."
"Without his help, how could your plan go so smoothly with only the leader of the rebels from the insurance company?"
This "he" naturally refers to "Zero" who died not long ago.
That is the projector of Zero who was killed by the white fog.
When Bai Wu learned the way to the third floor from "Zero", he did not hesitate.
He did what he thought was the best thing to do.
But now, he came to his senses and suddenly understood... the complexity and contradiction of the character "Zero".
Why did "Zero" tell me how to get to the third floor
Why come alone
Why let yourself make the choice
And why is the first mission to put him in contact with the rebels
If Zero really wanted to stay in this world, why would he need to say so much nonsense and do so many unnecessary things
Wouldn't it be safer to just hide yourself and stay in the Order camp
Instead, "Zero" chose to go undercover in the Rebellion.
Bai Wu was complacent at first, thinking he had seen through Zero's tricks, but now he realized that this was also part of Zero's plan.
Everything is a trick of "Number Zero".
The top executive of this arrogant consortium, the owner of a spy satellite, the man who could see the sight of another world—
From the beginning, I knew my choice.
So from the very beginning, he was planning to use the power of the rebels to help himself and take back everything that belonged to him.
There is light ahead of chaos and nothingness.
Faintly, Bai Wu heard the phone ringing.
He should be able to recall this once familiar ringtone instantly.
But now he was in a very depressed mood and didn't pay attention to these things.
"Zero" deceived the consortium and also deceived Bai Wu.
"He told you not to be a wavering person, but in fact, he is the wavering person."
"Just like Zero in real life, he hates humans, but always helps them."
"Tsk, tsk, you're sad, right?"
"The Zero in reality is quite smart, and so is the one in this world. He deceived you, but he cares more about you than just that."
"From the beginning, he planned to deceive your trust, become your friend, and then die in your hands, so that he could become your key to the third level."
“Those sincere words that made you stay on the second floor… were all lies. Hahahahaha… Such brilliant lies! Even you with eyes can’t see through them.”
"But one thing is true, he is a human being with flesh and blood and emotions."
"I can't figure out why he is willing to sacrifice himself to fulfill your wish. Maybe it has something to do with another outsider seven hundred years ago, or maybe it has something to do with the fact that he has been watching you."
Ten of Spades found it very interesting, but White Mist felt very uncomfortable.
"It seems that Zero in every world is very kind to you. However, you'd better understand his determination to do so."
The sudden change of subject by Ten of Spades surprised Bai Wu.
Soon Bai Wu also understood the determination of "Zero" to do so.
“Don’t be a wavering person. Maybe the choices you face on the third level will be more soul-searching, but you must keep going forward, on one path, until you die.”