Chapter 229 NO00e4: Return to the Human World

Chapter 224: Return to the Human World

Accompanied by the sound of waves, Jiang Zhou woke up from a sleep as quiet as death.

He originally thought that he should have been accustomed to the feeling of resurrection from the dead.

But when he floated along the misty path and returned to the human world from the abyss, his first feeling was that he had become a shriveled lungfish - he was built into a dry earth wall and could only open and close his mouth to breathe the moist water vapor in the air to survive.

"Ah..."

The "coffin slide" of the deep-diving sub-can opened slowly, and Jiang Zhou opened his mouth, and a hoarse breathing sound like a mummy reborn came out of his throat. He tried to grab the edge of the sub-can to climb out, but he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand.

Fortunately, he was not like Frankenstein's monster, and he needed to rely on his own strength to climb out of the grave.

The moment Jiang Zhou opened his eyes, a sharp alarm sounded throughout the room.

Along with the sound of the gear and transmission shaft driving mechanism in the room's security door, several strong men with muscles as hard as fine steel rushed in with weapons that could fight a small battle.

"Team A confirms the situation, Team B is responsible for cover, Team C is on standby and ready to support at any time!"

No one used the neural access intelligence synchronization system, and the group of Rambo-like tough guys were assigning tasks by shouting. And the expressions on each of their faces were not so much like facing a great enemy, but rather with some emotions of fearless death.

They tightly grasped the exaggeratedly large weapons in their hands, carefully and alternately covered each other and came to the "coffin", and pointed the muzzle of the gun firmly at Jiang Zhou inside - as if the person lying in the deep submersible warehouse was not a human like a mummy, but a vampire count who returned to the world.

Although it seems a bit funny to be so cautious in front of a powerless "mummy", this is the job of this task force - to act as a physical firewall between the human world and the Abyss Dark Web, and to face those monsters who have returned from the Abyss Dark Web with biologically enhanced flesh and blood, and who may no longer be human.

"Excuse me..."

Jiang Zhou looked at the row of black gun muzzles and squeezed out a sentence from his throat with all his strength:

"Let's call a doctor."

After saying this, he fainted again.

Thinking about it carefully, this is also a natural result. Jiang Zhou has been in deep diving mode for more than three months, and it has been the deep diving sub-cell that has been maintaining his physiological functions.

Generally speaking, any life-support chamber of the "hibernation system" will regularly use electric shocks to stimulate muscles to ensure that the muscles will not completely atrophy, but the deep diving sub-cell is not like this.

In the deep diving mode, any stimulation to the body may react to the brain, causing confusion in the stand-in program in the abyss dark web, resulting in unpredictable dangers.

Therefore, the deep diving sub-compartment is not too humane in maintaining the body of the abyss wanderer, as long as the nervous system can function normally. If a person with a low degree of transformation is in a deep diving state for a long time, the probability of muscle necrosis and internal organ failure after waking up is quite high.

More than three months is a relatively long time - for Jiang Zhou, a depth 1 adjuster of the "Theseus" path.

So, after Jiang Zhou returned to the human world, the first thing he did was to faint again.

And about two hours later (according to Jim's timing), Jiang Zhou woke up from his sleep again.

"Hello, another horse of 'Paradox'."

The moment Jiang Zhou opened his eyes, a voice he was very familiar with echoed beside him.

Ms. Christie stood there in a neat suit that didn't match her temperament at all - the dress similar to that of a waiter in a high-end hotel made her look like a band member who had to bow to life.

She was not suitable for such serious clothes.

This was Jiang Zhou's first reaction.

"As a person who came back from the dead, you look pretty good."

She waved at herself.

"Where am I? And... who are you?"

Jiang Zhou asked immediately.

This was actually a stupid question, because at this moment he was in a white and depressing room, and the air was filled with the smell of disinfectant. There were six bulging isotonic saline bags attached to the metal hanging rods around, which were re-moistening Jiang Zhou's body.

In addition, there were many electric shock connectors entangled in his body, which were activating those long-shriveled muscles with weak currents - he was awakened from his coma by this numb stimulation before.

But considering that it was the first time for him to meet Carol Christie, a quasi-senior of Pluto Deep Dive Company, as "Theseus", he might be more cautious to start with such a stupid question.

However, Christie's answer was a little beyond his expectations.

"My name is Carol Christie."

She introduced herself without any reservation:

"Currently I am a creditor of Pluto Deep Dive Company. But for you, my identity is to save your life."

"Save my life?"

Jiang Zhou repeated.

"Didn't you just ask me where this is? Theoretically, this should be the medical room. But based on your position, this may also be the execution room."

Christie said and pointed to a robotic arm next to him. At the end of the robotic arm was an injection needle.

"And the executioner is right there - a whole unit of apoptotic scavengers, which are said to be painless. If there is no agreement between us, he will inject all the scavengers into you."

That's quite humane, do you have to praise it?

Jiang Zhou held back these words, then turned his head to look at Christie again and said:

"So, what position do I need to guarantee?"

When the latter heard this, a smile appeared on his face:

"First of all, I definitely need you to provide information...but about the 'paradox', someone will come to ask you later, so let's talk about some more basic things now.

"In fact, whether it is in accordance with the provisions of the "Olympus Accords" or in the interests of the company, you should have been sentenced to death. The AI ​​from the super abyss uses your body to cause damage to the base reality. The possibility is too great, and this makes the board unduly uneasy.”

Christie said, sitting on the stool next to the hospital bed, and then crossed her legs.

"Especially one of them, who was exiled to the abyssal layer by the being behind you not long ago - according to calculations, it would take more than two hundred years for him to find his way back without relying on external help. ”

Unlucky "Aeacus", why do you think he is interfering in the affairs of the Nord settlement area when he has nothing to do?

Christie thought with some schadenfreude.

"Actually, I had already negotiated with them to spare your life. But what happened before scared them out of their wits."

Christie said, a sarcastic sneer rising from the corner of her mouth.

"In short, although the guys on the board of directors have different opinions on how to deal with you, those who want to kill you are not in the minority."

Jiang Zhou nodded - this was actually something he expected. There had been such a big incident in the Nord Resettlement Area before, and there was nothing wrong with them overreacting.

"So, what is my final disposition?"

he asked.

"Didn't I say it before? It depends on your position. One premise that needs to be understood is that they can't let a 'horse' like you wander around. Therefore, if you don't want to die, there are only three things in front of you. a choice.”

Christie said, stretching out the first finger:

"First, you will continue to be imprisoned in the fourth prison. Isolate all Internet-connected devices to ensure that you will not pose a threat to the company's property. As for the length of the sentence, let me think about it... It probably depends on the person behind you. When will we take action again?”

As she spoke, she smiled:

"It might be unexpectedly short. I actually recommend you choose this."

If you choose this, you will be completely ruined...

Looking at Christie's smile, Jiang Zhou thought to himself.

If you are locked up in a place without access to the Internet, then the mysterious and powerful super-abyssal AI "Paradox" will not be able to do anything...

This choice definitely requires PASS.

"Secondly, your promotion path is Theseus, right? Among the board of directors, there is a director who has the same path as you. And he is also the only one who has not exceeded the limits of human intelligence, but has entered the board of directors. member."

Christie slowly extended a second finger.

"His code name is 'Minos', and he proposed a plan, which is to transform you into a node for him to control his own puppets. From now on, he will gain your perception authority and can monitor your Emotional changes can even temporarily control your body when you lose control."

Jiang Zhou frowned.

Christie shrugged:

"However, if you choose this plan, you will be able to obtain the establishment of Pluto Deep Diving Company without taking the exam and become an employee of the company. You will also enjoy the treatment of M5 level company department director. After passing the six-month assessment period, you will be directly A company's real power department will be handed over to you."

This is definitely not an option...

Jiang Zhou thought.

Not to mention joining the company to help the tyrants, can I get over the hurdle of conscience first? The information he had previously obtained from Ye Qian showed that the guy codenamed "Minos" definitely had a considerable understanding of Janus's "last wish".

However, due to some reasons, he did not choose to disclose what he knew to the other directors, but secretly influenced Ye Qian to develop the deep-diving interface underground in the Nord Resettlement Area. Fortunately, this kind of The cautious attitude also prevented Ye Qian from sending back the key information, otherwise Jiang Zhou would have probably exposed himself.

But no matter what, he must not fall into the hands of that guy called "Minos".

Although he and the "Dionysus Bureau" are both at depth 7 of the Path of Theseus, if the other party is not stupid enough to absorb him directly, it is very easy to activate the existence that is suspected of "Janus" and destroy the other party as before. There's probably no way it could work again.

Jiang Zhou was not going to take this risk.

"What about the third one?"

he asked directly.

Generally speaking, when people are presented with choices, the last one is often the one they really want the other person to choose.

Christie sighed after hearing this:

"As for the second option, I have to add one more thing. The only option that ensures you are in control will allow you to continue to adjust and transform - unless you can be 100% controlled by the board of directors. Otherwise, the degree of your transformation The lower it is, the less threat you can pose when being ridden as a horse, can you understand?"

Can't make adjustments?

"Wait a minute, if I don't upgrade to depth 3..."

Jiang Zhou said hurriedly.

If you want to cure the radiation damage to your brain, you can only upgrade it to depth 3.

Christie nodded and said:

"That's my third option."

As she spoke, she held out a third finger.

"You can join my team, New Abyss Studio, and be commanded by me. Of course, you will still not be allowed to make adjustments or upgrades. But your disease can still be cured.

"Also on my team is your acquaintance Perse Fanny. The task she was hired back then was to decipher the technology of biological protein chips. And the topic she is currently working on is the adjustment and transformation of depth 3, brain If it succeeds, you will be able to implant a mass-produced version of Pegasus."

"What if she can make it? What if she can't?"

Jiang Zhou noticed the problem - how could the technology of Depth 3 be so easy to crack?

"So, this is your mission."

Christie nodded and then said:

"With you, this technology can be easily cracked."

For a moment, Jiang Zhou felt amused.

Although I am indeed an expert in cognitive science, it has been a hundred years!

It's like having Newton travel back to the 21st century to study cutting-edge quantum physics.

But soon, he discovered that he had made a mistake - the other party didn't know his true identity, so how could he have told him to research it?

"When Fanny switched jobs from Apollo Biology, in addition to her own technology, she also brought the coordinates of an abyssal dark web. And in it, there is key information to decipher the 'Pegasus' technology."

Christie said so.

"I know that you have the blessing of Hecate. As long as you have the coordinates, you can find the path there. Therefore, I hope you can help me lead a team to the depth 3 location and move those Bring back the key information.”

My heart has been hurting for several days. I went to the hospital today to see a cardiologist. They said it was a respiratory muscle problem caused by irregular work and rest, and they told me not to stay up late.

If you don’t stay up late in the future, your life will be at stake.