Scott Reddy

Surrounded by a sea of people, Qin Chunzi felt insignificant.

As the crowds dispersed, Qin Chunzi felt a strange sense of loneliness, like strong coffee that had been diluted by water, but the bitterness lingered on her lips instead of dissipating.

"What a bizarre environment. Legend has it that the fortress governs people's hearts, humanity, and personality, and can directly modify neural data. It truly lives up to its reputation."

Qin Chunzi wiped the sweat from her forehead with her thumb, which was painted with red nail polish, and realized that she had somehow ended up in a file hall. Besides herself, there were more than a hundred professional managers dressed similarly to her, who were sizing each other up.

"There are quite a lot of people," Qin Chunzi thought with a frown.

Generally speaking, the number of companies involved in corporate warfare will not exceed double digits, around 30 or 40.

After all, where there is war, there is death. Behind every corporate war, a large number of companies are dissolved and their will is swallowed up.

Moreover, the content and technological routes of each corporate war are different.

Not every war needs to be fought.

Qin Chunzi took a deep breath, and walked straight to the data collection platform in the center of the hall in her sky-high black heels. On this platform, green registration forms kept changing, as if piecing together incomplete human faces.

Do you understand the meaning of life? Do you want to achieve the evolution of your company? Do you want to touch upon a deeper level of objective reality?

Qin Chunzi didn't speak, but handed over the prepared documents.

On the screen, the mouth of a human face kept opening, passing through the virtual reality, and bit by bit, it devoured the data.

In an instant, countless faces appeared before her eyes: her own boss, her boss's mistress surnamed Gao, Daisy, Professor Han... one familiar face after another appeared.

"Company registration in progress, Dugo Technologies, Level 3 military supply contractor, 513 employees..."

"Faction development directions: various levels of weaponry, large-scale war weapons, biochips..."

Evaluation criteria: A-

"A joint venture agreement has been signed; the partner is Shengnao Group..."

When the electronic voice mentioned "Saint Brain Group", there was a noticeable hint of surprise in it. After all, a long-established biological group like Saint Brain Group is rated S+.

In the technology roadmap, the project marked is "Virtual Helmet".

"It's not brain-computer interface development, but an external plugin. Ms. Qin, your company is a bit special."

Qin Chunzi didn't turn her head; she simply stepped forward and blocked the screen.

Only after the registration was completed did she turn around and say sarcastically, "Scott Reddy, it's surprising that a company would want you."

"Hehe, there will always be blind people," the seemingly refined scoundrel grinned.

The cyber age is the age of corporations, with monopolies, emerging companies, and mega-corporations shining like stars, giving rise to a large group of professional managers. Those who do well can rise to the top and become powerful CEOs, while those who do not may even become the subjects of taboo experiments and be dissected and studied in various ways.

Qin Chunzi and the person in front of them were both members of a small circle of professional managers.

Moreover, their careers are actually quite similar.

Qin Chunzi was fired for sexually harassing a young new employee (actually to avoid being swallowed up by the company's will), and her reputation in the industry is terrible.

The guy in front of us is even more impressive. He bankrupts anyone he works with. So far, he has taken down four medium-sized companies and has a notorious reputation.

"I'm curious, which company has their eye on someone as talented as you? Aren't they afraid of being cursed by fate?"

The scumbag adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and chuckled, "A small company that makes brain-devices, called Dark Kingdom."

Dark Kingdom, members of Skull and Bones?

Qin Zhenzi narrowed her phoenix eyes.

She knew very well that this company had some grudges against her female boss.

"Let's not talk about me, let's talk about you, Dugo Technologies. You've got quite a reputation, aren't you? You've even allied with the Holy Brain Group. So, are you planning to become corporate knights?"

In corporate warfare, alliances and counter-alliances are very common, especially the combination of technology companies and military contractors. Among them, technology companies take the technology route, while military contractors are responsible for security and prevent other hostile companies from launching attacks. Therefore, they are also called "corporate knights".

"But what's strange is that your project is completely different from that of the Saint Brain Group. Interesting!"

"A refined scoundrel," or rather, Scott Reddy, sized up Qin Zhenzi, clicking his tongue in disbelief and curiosity.

Generally speaking, in corporate warfare, military groups are merely henchmen, not leaders.

Few military groups have their own technological roadmap.

What's even more interesting is that the "brain-computer interface project" of the Saint Brain Group is clearly a different technological route from the "virtual reality helmet".

What is this? Trying to have your cake and eat it too?

Qin Zhenzi glanced at the other person but did not answer.

In fact, in every corporate war, the mother city leaks some information in advance. For example, in this case, "brain-computer interface technology" is the key.

However, brain-computer interface technology is divided into various schools of thought, such as mechanical brain-computer plug-ins with different parameters, or brain-computer technology that combines biological and mechanical processes. Other examples include implanting chips, deep brain modification, and brain slurry modification. Different technical routes mean different technological directions.

Virtual reality headsets can be considered brain-computer interfaces, but they are a rather unorthodox approach.

After all, in an era where self-improvement is all the rage, this kind of technology is far too conservative!

Qin Zhenzi would naturally not reveal her family's trade secrets.

Scott wanted to get more information out of her, but suddenly a beautiful figure made of light and shadow emerged from the data. Her face and figure were exquisite and breathtaking.

However, some senior professional managers showed expressions of astonishment.

The woman in front of them was all too familiar to them; Deep Web Lady.

"A deep web clone simulated by the fortress."

"With control of cyberspace, the fortress's digital authority has grown increasingly powerful!"

"Terrible power!"

Deep Web, or rather, the "pseudo- Deep Web Lady," did not speak, yet a vast amount of data had already been transmitted to the minds of all the managers.

Brain-computer interface war!

A plan to transform humanity across the entire planet!

A dual war in the real and virtual worlds!

A digital plan to break the computing power ceiling of cyberspace!

Humanity completes! Society completes! Human nature completes!

The scene suddenly became noisy with a "buzz".

No one expected that this corporate war would be on such a large scale.

The entire 30th district, all human settlements, are within the scope of the transformation.

"You don't seem surprised?"

Scott stared at Qin Zhenzi suspiciously, but he couldn't detect any surprise in her eyes.

"No, I'm surprised," Qin Zhenzi denied categorically, then she looked this colleague up and down and suddenly revealed a charming smile.

"Then, see you in the corporate war."

"Wait, perhaps we can cooperate!" Scott suddenly called out to Qin Zhenzi as she walked to the door.

"Should we cooperate with you, or with the Dark Kingdom?"

A faint stream of data suddenly flashed across Scott's gold-rimmed glasses, and the seemingly refined scoundrel's expression became genuinely sincere.

"We can talk about anything, we can discuss anything."

In terms of level, a Tier 3 civilization building is superior to a Tier 3 starship.

But in terms of construction difficulty, it's the other way around.

After all, the difficulty of building an industrial system for a civilization is greater than the breakthrough of one or two knowledge chains.

Starships are creations of the industrial system.

However, at this moment, the "Great Curved Blade," which resembled a "mechanical floating city," was trembling and buzzing, with dye constantly melting and then covering its surface.

Valkyrie watched this scene with a frown, seemingly lost in thought.

At the heart of this starship, where the subspace engine is located, a unique surgery is underway.

Director Du's skull had been cut open, and countless wires extended from the nerve shunts on his skull, inserting into the spaceship's engine.

While operating the surgical arm, the senior engineer modified the parameters of the "large curved blade".

He wants to replace the artificial intelligence on this starship with Du Zhaodi's data.

During this process, the starship instinctively resisted.