Meeting

Who would have thought that in a game of Werewolf with only three players, two of them would be werewolves?

And each one can hold more than the last.

Fortunately, the senior engineer was an experienced person. Although he was shocked, he remained quite calm.

While chatting with these two, I started to think.

"The dark-skinned old lady and this golden avalanche are probably not working together. After all, the memory worm hasn't entered the conscious stage yet; there's no way you can cooperate with it."

"Is the 'Golden Avalanche,' a member of the Punk Family, possessing the Minister of Human Experimentation, or has this Minister of Human Experimentation always been a member of the Punk Family?"

The senior engineer silently activated his "Divine Sense" to continue observing the state of the "Golden Avalanche".

As an ascended talent, the ability of "Divine Sense" is powerful, so it is easy to see that the state of "Avalanche" does not fill the entire body of the human minister, but instead resides in the abdomen, and with the disintegration and reorganization, it continues to infiltrate other parts of the other party.

Judging from this state, it seems like she only recently picked it up—

The senior engineer immediately thought of the previous assassination attempt.

"Miss Shell, at the celebration banquet for the Electronic Brain Project, was the assassin found?"

"No, the assassin didn't reveal its true form. However, according to the subsequent investigation, it could multiply itself. It was startled and fled when it attempted to assassinate the leader of the Du Gao Group."

"What does Director Du have to do with this? Isn't he the one who specializes in assassinating ministers?"

The senior engineer was stunned for a moment. He had always kept in touch with headquarters, so there was no reason why anyone would hide this from him. Therefore, without a doubt, it must have been Du Zhaodi who issued the gag order. The reason was simple: she was afraid he would worry.

According to the information at the time, the assassins targeted three people: the Minister of Humanity, the head of the Saint Brain Group, and the head of the Dugo Group. However, only the assassination attempt on the Minister of Humanity was successful. Reportedly, the Minister of Humanity was sent to a nearby rehabilitation center that night.

So, according to the timeline, the golden avalanche entered his body at that point in time.

This possibility appears to be the most likely.

With a thought, the senior engineer unleashed his 'Divine Sense' detection skill.

Name: People's Bank of China

Overall grade:?

Profession:??

Health Points:?

Information capabilities:??

This guy's level is definitely 20 levels higher than Senior Engineer, and he's also a faction leader. Logically speaking, we shouldn't be able to find anything about him.

However, as the cool sensation in his eyes intensified, a question mark gradually changed.

Health Points: 150,000

Those who take the virtual route generally have low health points; even the level 87 Imperial Grand Tutor who successfully ascended only had 140,000 health points at full.

Actually, that's quite a lot.

The senior engineer's two vials of blood cost only a little over 140,000 yuan in total.

The problem is, how come this guy only has over 20,000 health points left?

Has the injury not been healed?

Even more strangely, every second, the health points decrease by a few points. For example, right now, the health points have become...

Grass!

So, this Minister of Human Resources doesn't have long to live.

The senior engineer stared silently at the other person, at that wax-figure-like face, speechless for a moment.

"Miss Shell, please help me gather information on the Punk Family. I want to know how this ancient virus works."

"OK."

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, mainly because the senior engineer stopped talking, and the dark-skinned old lady was rambling on and on. No matter how good the minister's social skills were, he could only give an awkward smile and return to his seat.

This silence lasted until the three holographic projections were launched.

The heads of the three super departments—Memory Supervision Department, Electronic Network Department, and Prosthetic Body Registration Department—went online almost simultaneously.

Senior engineers have once again become the focus of attention.

The reason is simple: he's a new face.

"Aramaki is gone, and a new person has taken his place. It feels a bit strange," the head of the Memory Supervision Department remarked.

"Time flies, and we will all eventually leave. Besides, as someone with amnesia, it's quite surprising that you can remember Ara-maki," the head of the Electronic Network Department complained, then stared at the senior engineer.

"New Minister, your 'virtual reality helmet project' has ruined our department's plans!"

The senior engineer looked up at the other person. Although the other person's face was blurred due to the long distance projection, it was still possible to vaguely make out that this was an "artificial intelligence".

"Oh? How come I didn't know about this?"

"Originally, our department had designated a grand super-hunting plan that covered almost all of the top 100 hackers on the wanted list. We were just waiting for the 'electronic brain' to be deployed before we took action."

"However, you came up with that damn 'virtual helmet,' and now all the hackers can still log on and off at any time, which has greatly hindered our arrest efforts."

The Minister of Electronics and Networks was aggressive.

"You must give me an explanation!"

The senior engineer calmly said, "What does it have to do with me if you can't catch anyone? At least if our Ghost in the Shell Mobile Division fails to capture 'corporate executives,' we won't blame it on your Electronic Networks Division's failure to properly monitor the mind upload."

"Haha, although it's a different person, the new minister still has some of the feel of 'Rangjuan' from back then. He's unwilling to suffer any loss," the minister of the Prosthetics Registration Department said, looking at the person next to him and laughing.

"Back in the day, you must have suffered quite a few setbacks at the hands of those idiots, right?"

The head of the Electronic Networks Department snorted coldly and said nothing more.

The Prosthetics Registration Department is responsible for inspecting and testing existing new models of prosthetics, implants, and biological prosthetics.

It is the only review department among the six ministries.

The senior engineer looked at the head of the Cybernetic Body Registration Department and suddenly asked, "What is your department's view on the fall of the cybernetic giant this morning?"

"It probably adds to our workload. The prosthetic bodies that passed the previous tests have to be retested," the minister said casually.

"Don't you think this is a bit strange? Big Data Conceptual Entity aren't so easy to kill." The senior engineer pressed on relentlessly.

"Isn't your definition of 'death' a bit too superficial? It's perfectly normal for a product of the Golden Rule to automatically update itself as the technology tree evolves," the Minister of Electronics and Networks mocked. "Even if it's swallowed up by other artificial intelligence, so what? All we need is the 'cyborg giant.' Who becomes that cyborg giant is none of our business."

The senior engineer nodded silently and said nothing more.

To outsiders, this might seem like a sign of weakness.

The head of the Memory Supervision Department chuckled and smoothed things over, "Don't be so aggressive, Misty. He's Aramaki's successor, not his biological son. Don't take out your resentment at Aramaki for failing to win him over on the kid."

"Your memory has suddenly become better!?"

The scene was much more relaxed than expected. Five of the six people present were old acquaintances, and the conversation took place in a familiar atmosphere. The only new face seemed to be out of it and had no intention of participating.

"I saw it! I saw it again!!"

Suddenly, a series of desperate cries rang out.

The other five looked over and saw the dark-skinned old woman stand up, her hands trembling like chicken claws, and two bloody tears streaming down her empty, bloodshot eyes.

"The electronic brain's splatter overflowed from the mechanical body, all machines lost their souls, monsters, monsters of life crawled out of the mechanical cavity, taking everything away, taking everything away!!"

After uttering those words in a roar, the dark-skinned old woman leaned back and slumped into the Inspector's Chair.

A moment later, a soft snore sounded.

"The prophet's recent prophecies have not been good ones," said the head of the Prosthetics Registry after a moment of silence.

"I hope it doesn't come true this time," Misty, the head of the Electronic Networks Department, said with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Among the six, the machine prophet holds a unique position because she can make prophecies, and her prophecies always come true.

"It will definitely come true," the senior engineer murmured.

The scene in the "prophecy" is strikingly similar to the "electronic brain graveyard" in the cyber wave.

Moreover, after the prophecy, a tiny insect egg, originally the size of a grain of rice, rapidly swelled up in the left eye area, blocking the entire eye socket. Then, with a "splat," a memory worm emerged from the thick fluid, already as thick as an arm.

The senior engineer didn't know what methods the other party used to "peek" into the future, but he roughly understood where the insect eggs and worms all over the other party came from.

Peeking into the future is tantamount to peeking into the original body of memory; being severely infected makes it no surprise.

"Minister Gao."

"The new minister."

"Hey kid!"

The senior engineer then came to his senses, looked at the group, and smiled, "Ministers, is there anything I can help you with?"

"I really suspect you're like that old man with a bad memory, suffering from amnesia," Misty couldn't help but scold.

"A new integration has begun, and there are many real-world problems that we need the Ghost in the Shell Mobile Division to help us deal with," the Minister of Humanities said with a smile.

With the help of the "Supervisor's Chair," the senior engineer quickly received a large amount of data.

The memory data has become active, and the creature has escaped from the database in human form, requiring him to send someone to capture it.

Many people who have undergone brain modifications experience large-scale hallucinations during the fusion of virtual and reality.

Cyber Hacker are active again, and more than a dozen new viruses targeting virtual reality headsets have already appeared on the market.

Many high-performance prosthetics have begun to go out of control, resulting in the deaths of prosthetic wearers.

With the increase in computing power, the development plans of large enterprises have suddenly increased tenfold, and it is necessary to rebuild the monitoring system to prevent the development of a certain technology from getting out of control.

"Miss Shell, does the Ghost in the Shell Mobile Unit always have this many missions?" the senior engineer wondered to himself.

"According to my calculations, the number of tasks has increased exponentially since the Electronic Brain Project."

"So, you're looking to hire new people?"

"I'm afraid we have no choice but to summon them."

"There's another question," the senior engineer paused, then said, "If the head of the Ghost in the Shell Mobile Division killed the head of the Human Experimentation Division, what kind of punishment would he receive?"