Chapter 160 Are You Crying?

The barber went to ask about strangulation before.

The networks of each air island are local area networks and are not connected to each other. Even if you want to check the information, you won't be able to find it...and such inquiries may also be reported to the company's network security department.

But the dream world is different.

The dream world is connected, and the whole world shares one dream world. New mages from various sky islands and old mages on the ground will appear in the dream world. As long as they enter the dream world, mages can exchange information with mages on other empty islands.

Happy Island is not the only one with a lower city area, other sky islands also have places where these uncoded people gather... but the places are different.

For example, on Sogo Island, which he is most familiar with, the upper and lower urban areas are basically completely connected. There is no such thing as Happy Island. All entrances are blocked or monitored, and the rest are kept secret... Anyone can enter the Lower City at any time.

Because the "downtown area" alone cannot escape the eyes of the ubiquitous artificial intelligence. The Uncoders can only huddle in a corner of downtown, in a radio silent zone called the "Black Zone." Therefore, although Sogo Island is not divided into upper and lower urban areas, the "black area" is actually the lower urban area of ​​Xingfu Island.

For example, Tongshen Island, which is under the jurisdiction of Shenzhi Heavy Industry, although there is also a lower city area - the gathering place for the uncoded people is instead in the upper city area.

The difference from Happy Island is that they know production very well... Almost all of them are workers, because more than 90% of the population of Tongshen Island are workers. Therefore, they all know that if strife and fighting destroy the factory, prices will rise and everyone will starve together. In the factories in Shangcheng District, almost all workers were from the same background as them, so it was even easier to hurt them.

Therefore, their disputes will try to avoid the running factory - the uncoded people on Tongshen Island. They are usually not criminals, but organizers of strikes and demonstrations. They will even voluntarily exclude criminals from joining in an attempt to maintain an "internal order."

As for the Hudson Marine Mining Company... As the lowest floating island, the lower city is so close to the ocean that it is extremely humid and uninhabitable. The upper and lower city areas on their side are also connected. There are countless "waterways" that are convenient for aquatic creatures to move through, and they are even as wide as motor vehicle lanes.

The uncensored people over there live in the "port area". This refers to the area including Shangcheng District and Xiacheng District, where workers are transported to the ocean exploration ships.

A giant dragon named "Hudson" is on the island. Although no one has seen what it looks like, the island is much brighter than the other islands - at least the company directors dare not act recklessly. These illegal psychics, on the contrary, get along with the company in a semi-cooperative manner... As mercenaries when conducting some dangerous explorations, a small number of criminals also generally focus on the theft of resources and intelligence.

Happy Island is a special case... Few of the uncoded people on other empty islands can occupy such a large area like them.

As long as people can survive, it is always easy to tolerate. For example, in the case of the Hudson Ocean Mining Company, although the uncoded people also have no human rights, and there will be no enforcement department to hold them accountable if they are killed, at least no one will shout about beating them - they do not make a living by robbing and killing, but by fighting with others. Companies work together... to do the most dangerous, yet well-paying jobs.

——For example, mining on the ground.

Despite the protection, as long as the overalls are slightly damaged, radiation and curses may still cause death. If an ordinary person died in a place like that, it would cause an uproar in the public opinion... But it doesn't matter if it's an uncensored person.

Because they are "already dead." Even if he dies, it won't make the news, and it won't even be included in the accounts of human losses.

From another perspective, because they committed few crimes, there were also many people in the upper city who sympathized with them and helped them. There are even organizations like the "Uncoded Human Rights Foundation" that work to fight for their interests.

This makes them less likely to rebel against the company.

Strangler's idea of ​​creating an "underground order" came from the inspiration given to him by mages from other empty islands.

He never believed that uncensored people could defeat the company. But he doesn't want to surrender either... In this case, controlling the loss and destruction caused by the lower city to the upper city may make it easier for people to accept their existence.

"But he was too naive."

The godfather whispered: “Tovatus’s vision is higher, and he sees the right thing.

"These Uncoded Ones are essentially petri dishes...their purpose is to increase the number of illegal psykers.

"The number of psykers is fixed - as for the idea of ​​exhausting the possibilities of psionic power, I only half-believe it.

"I think that they...or at least the Tianen Group's purpose is to reduce the number of psykers in the upper city. Because the more psykers are born in the lower city, the less they can appear in the upper city. But compared to 'annihilation', Tianen Group's behavior is more like 'expulsion'.

"Because the force is too weak. Whether it is the arresting force or the trial force... they all seem lazy.

“The working attitude of the execution department undoubtedly comes from the special execution department and the board of directors.

“I previously judged that the company’s sudden attack on Xiacheng District was because their ‘experiment was over.’ But after additional information about the strangulation, I felt that the matter was not that simple.

"This is more like 'harvesting'. Clear out the lower city, and then push in a new batch of opponents and unrest from the upper city. Eliminate the old rebels, and then continue to cultivate new ones. Always control Their strength ensures that they will always be young, always immature, and have never truly suffered... and therefore will always be disliked."

"...Is that why you became a godfather and taught them?"

Morgan listened carefully: "Because you want them to become normal people?"

"They were normal people."

The godfather corrected, "I'm just reminding them of it again."

"...What a good father."

Morgan stared at him, a little absent-minded, as if he remembered something.

The barber turned his head sideways, a little helpless: "You should know that I am not the person you know."

He also knew that he shouldn't say this.

This is tantamount to admitting that he at least knows about the existence of Lan Gegui, and he was just pretending not to know her before.

But the surging emotions in his heart made him unable to control his impulse... so he made an irrational statement.

But now that I’ve said it, it’s better to say it directly——

"Blue Songbird is dead, and I am just a phantom born from his corpse. He is not me, and I am not him. You should not have any special feelings for me..."

"But you...are crying."

Morgan's words gently interrupted the barber's words.

Hearing this, the barber froze in place.

He reached out to touch the bridge of his nose and touched the moisture.

Am I...crying?

Is the barber crying, or is the bluebird crying?

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