After a series of short and concise operations, Hades sold the information about Zero to the Parkland chaebol at a price that was about 30% higher than the purchase price. Although Parkland is a big company in the wilderness, it is still not qualified to meet Hades in person. Intelligence is traded through a dedicated communication channel for dark merchants, and no images will appear during the entire process.
Hades stood up and left the room when he saw that Parklan had credited the credit points into the dark merchant's account. The moment he stepped out of the room, a hexagonal lattice appeared on the surface of everything in the room, from the ceiling to the carpet, from the fireplace to the walls. As each lattice gradually disappears, the room is also correspondingly darkened, turning into an inorganic set of data, waiting for the next time it is activated again.
Hades was walking in the darkness, and right in front of him was a glowing door. That's where the exit is, and when the virtual room disappeared, the virtual information technology acting on Hades also faded. The golden hair that was originally bright like the sun quickly lost its luster, and his handsome face was quickly covered with wrinkles. The originally bright skin also gradually lost moisture, and even age spots quietly appeared on the back of his face. between.
In just a few dozen seconds, Hades completed the physiological process from youth to old age. When he walked out of the exit, Hades was no longer young, and turned into an old man in his sixties. It's just that those jewel-like blue eyes are as radiant as before.
The alloy door behind it closed automatically, and a bookcase moved over from the left, hiding the secret door behind it. This is an office of 200 square meters. The office is completely decorated in a retro style, which is exactly the same as that of the virtual room. The difference is that what hangs on the wall of the office is not the oil painting of "Mona Lisa", but a scroll full of religious colors.
The Last Supper!
The old man stared at the scroll, he was not a believer in Christianity. Hanging this oil painting in the office is purely out of personal preference.
"The Last Supper" is one of the masterpieces handed down by the painter Leonardo da Vinci to later generations. Through the realistic form of expression, the oil painting forms a sharp contrast between the calmness of Jesus and the betrayal of Judas. Trust and betrayal are the melodies that are not lacking in any era. This was true in the old era, and it is even more common in the new era. Conflicts of interests, differences of ideas, in this ever-changing era, sometimes only a piece of black bread is needed for betrayal.
In the past years of the old man, he also betrayed his ideals like Judas. But everything is just to live better, so the old man has not regretted it.
"One day, I will prove you wrong... Ben! You are not Jesus, and even Jesus can't save everyone. There is no savior in this world, only someone who leads them in the right direction. And such things, I am doing Go!" The old man said in a low voice, but his words were strong and powerful, like his rock-like determination.
At this time, the phone on the desk rang. The old man was still looking at the oil painting, but said to the room: "Answer."
The voice control system took effect immediately, and the phone switched to the loudspeaker mode, followed by a pleasant female voice from the phone: "Dear Speaker Oglock, Dr. Shawna just called you. He asked you to go to the Science and Technology Department at your convenience. A visit to the hospital, the research project numbered WX1875 has made new progress."
When he heard the special number, the old man finally took his eyes off the oil painting, and said to the woman on the phone, "I see, Christine, please prepare me for a trip. After 15 minutes, I have to arrive at the Institute of Science and Technology on time."
"At your command, sir."
At the end of the conversation, the old man looked at the city where the red lights were flying outside the window, and the corner of his mouth drew an arc.
No one thought that Hades, the leader of the dark businessman who popped up thirty years ago and has grown rapidly to this day, turned out to be Oglock, the speaker of the dark council. In fact, without the silent support of such a behemoth as the Dark Parliament, the dark merchants would not be able to develop in the mainland so quickly. In turn, through the operation of dark merchants, Oglock holds most of the secret information on the mainland.
Of course, the Dark Merchant is Oglok's private institution. Therefore, in the parliament, no one knows about this matter.
Extending the line of sight from the office building where Oglock is located, one can see a city shrouded in darkness. This city is the headquarters of the Dark Parliament... Eternal Night City!
Eternal Night City is located at the northernmost tip of the coastline, with endless polluted seas behind it. The size of this city is comparable to that of Asgard. The difference is that Asgard is hollowed out of the Julian Mountains and built out of thin air in the mountain's belly. And Eternal Night City is a city rebuilt on the basis of a city that was not completely destroyed in the old era. This approach is somewhat similar to Remut, but the Dark Council is not Remut in terms of financial power or resources. can be compared.
After half a century of operation, the city center has basically been restored to its original appearance, with towering buildings, cobweb-like urban roads, and street lights dotting the city. If you don't look at the red lights of the sky radiation clouds, then this city is not much different from the developed cities of the old era.
However, the buildings on the outskirts of Eternal Night City were almost completely cleared. Here, the Dark Parliament built fortifications, and various factories also stood here. And in the suburbs to the southwest of the city is the Institute of Science and Technology. The Academy of Science and Technology is mainly engaged in the research of genes, biochemistry, ability formulas, and even weapons and war machines.
Fifteen minutes later, a black car stopped in front of the gate of the main building of the Institute of Science and Technology. Two guards in black suits opened the door, and Oglok got out of the car on crutches. He raised his head and looked at the top floor of the building. At this moment, a red lightning bolt fell from the sky, causing the top floor of the building to appear in a layer of red light.
Moments later, Oglock took the elevator to the top floor. The top floor of the main building is the dean's office of the Academy of Science and Technology, but in this no-frills room of Bioglock's office, what the speaker saw was a messy and busy scene.
Various data reports were lost in the office, and as many as a dozen assistants came in and out with tablet computers or documents, but no one had time to stop to say hello to Oglock. But the speaker didn't care about this lack of manners. As we all know, the most people in the Science and Technology Academy are lunatics and workaholics, so Oglock doesn't expect to meet gentlemen here.
From a pile of documents as high as a hill, Oglock met Dr. Shawna, the director of the Institute of Science and Technology. The doctor is in his sixtieth year, and his hair has long since fallen out, but a bald head is very smooth. He is wearing thick glasses and wearing his gray and even yellowish white coat, and he is writing something quickly.
Even in this era when flat-screen computers are popularized by the whole people, Dr. Xiaona still maintains the habit of the old generation, using pencils and paper to record the evolution of formulas and important achievements. For this reason, Oglock had to arrange a special assistant for the doctor to record his research results and important formulas into the huge information library of the dark parliament's brain terminal.
Oglock tapped on the doctor's desk with his cane, but the doctor who was sitting at his desk ignored it. Oglock could only cough helplessly before diverting the doctor's attention from the report. Seeing Oglock, Dr. Shawna stood up happily and said: "You are here, very good! Come and take a look at our latest research results, and guess what we found. Haha, it is a set of source codes. Ogg , this is a set of source codes we have never seen before!"