Chapter 542 Isn’t This Just a Rush?
Just yesterday when he met Xiaoya for the first time, Hangsha heard the legend about the "werewolf" on Yongquan Island from her.
The serial killer who calls himself "The Werewolf" is ostensibly an anti-chip activist. He fanatically attacked the top executives of various companies and demanded that newborns should no longer be equipped with microchips.
This appeal sounds like it reveals some kind of divinity, with a great sense of cleansing that involves sacrificing oneself for others. After all, the "Werewolf"'s appeal has nothing to do with him at all, and he will not gain any benefit from it.
But a slightly smarter person will realize that this is an absolutely impossible request. Nowadays, the order, commerce, finance, and even the development of all walks of life in Sky Island are based on "chip" technology. Suddenly removing the chip is like removing the foundation of a high-rise building out of thin air.
Since everyone knows that the werewolf's demands are absolutely impossible to realize... then there are only two possibilities.
One possibility is that Mr. "Werewolf" is a hard-headed fanatic. Knowing that he would not get any results, he would rather burn his life away... His behavior is actually no different from committing suicide by hitting a wall. They all frighten people with their heroic deaths, but nothing can be changed.
Another possibility... is that everything he does is a show.
The chip is not important at all, what is important is the existence of "werewolf" in people's perception. Just like what Zhuosha said to Xiaoya before...as long as the werewolf is still active, many crimes can be labeled as werewolves.
When night falls, people put on wolf skins and eat people. But when the day comes again, everyone takes off their wolf skins, and inside they are gentle and good gentlemen. After "werewolf" became a certain public knowledge, all this was irreversible.
Even if the execution department of Yongquan Island really arrests the original "werewolf", the carnival will not stop. People have a thousand reasons to deny that the werewolf has been captured; they have a thousand excuses to say that this is just another show, and what was caught is just a stand-in, an actor, and an innocent scapegoat. Lamb.
——In the final analysis, it’s because people need werewolves. That's why werewolves appeared.
But Xiaoya is not very interested in this kind of urban legend after all. Werewolves are just a small adjustment in people's lives now. Although it has been put on the table, it has not become the focus of the topic... so the information Xiaoya gave is not complete.
From the mouth of this prosthetic doctor who talked a lot, Strangler got more and more detailed information:
"Werewolf" is actually a legend with quite a history. It can even be traced back to earthly times.
There is a race that looks just like ordinary people...but when the full moon comes, they go crazy and turn into wolves that walk upright. This race is called "Werewolves". If you are bitten by a crazy werewolf, you will also be infected and become a new werewolf.
"Is it infected..."
Strangler murmured in a low voice: "Werewolves can make more people become werewolves and suffer from a contagious mad disease. That's why he was named Werewolf..."
No wonder.
He finally understood the reason why the other party called him this name.
Strangler can even roughly figure out what the opponent looks like——
In Strangler's intuition, the "werewolf" should be a man in his thirties. Based on the experience of strangulation, this "werewolf" should be a paranoid and autistic conspirator. He probably wears glasses, has a decadent temperament, is unshaven, and is taciturn. He probably won't have many friends...because his personal abilities will far exceed the social circle around him, and his personality will make him unacceptable.
If such a guy one day gains the ability to change the world, he will become very terrifying. Because he had nothing to fear, only a depressed mood that he could not express. And he has no friends with whom he can talk, share, discuss, or stop his overly radical ideas.
Judging from the current chaos on Yongquan Island, the werewolves should be happy to see the current chaotic scene, and may even actively contribute to the situation.
Although the "Werewolf" is just a mortal, he will definitely become a disaster - a disaster that even the company cannot fight against. Because the werewolf is not a person, he is the aggregation of evil thoughts in everyone's hearts and the key to unlocking the prison of people's evil thoughts. The prison door has been opened, evil thoughts and malice have been released, and his own existence has no meaning.
Even killing the werewolf would not help.
Now that things have happened...sooner or later, the "werewolf" will land on Happy Island. Because he is not for any ideal, nor does he have any clear purpose. A person with a direction can be intercepted and his behavior can be predicted. But he didn't think about anything, he just wanted to cause chaos...
Such people are the most terrifying.
To be honest, I really want to see The Godfather and the Werewolf interact.
Because from the werewolf, Strangler could vaguely see the flavor of the "veil of ignorance".
Although Hangsha didn't go to school...he didn't have much education, but he was not stupid. He was able to break away from his father's control, remain intact in the company's conspiracy, and ultimately be able to control the various major forces in the lower city. Although he was irritable, he was by no means a dull person.
He knew very well that the "final justice" promised by the "Discordant" through the veil of ignorance - the complete subversion of the current social state - was nothing more than a lie.
Because people are not omniscient, every decision they make will be wrong to a certain extent; because people all make mistakes, they cannot be fully responsible for all their decisions.
The kind of democratic voting that excludes all positions and decides all matters pursued by the Veil of Ignorance requires omniscience - people must thoroughly understand the hard work, work content, and task requirements of all walks of life, as well as their difficulties, interests, and How much society needs them and how their various products are digested in all aspects of society. Otherwise, voting based solely on one's own position must be selfish.
Such a "veil of ignorance" will never usher in absolute fairness and justice - it will only bring endless disputes, internal chaos, and self-destruction.
——Only after people have "omniscience" can they take a step back and talk about "ignorance".
That is the scenery that can only be seen after having everything and then giving it up. Instead of pretending that you have given them up when you don't have them all in the beginning. Whether you have had it and whether you can have it is a very important difference.
Ignorant people are simply stirring up trouble.
But he would never have imagined...
As an elf director, the dispute that he could not provoke was now realized on Yongquan Island in exactly the same way as he did back then.
"The person who hurt you is from the 'werewolf' group."
The prosthetic doctor sighed and ended the long operation.
"Where are the 'Werewolves' and the group?"
"Yeah. Although there is only one real werewolf, the people who 'worship' werewolves have formed various groups. There are real anti-chip idiots among them, who worship werewolves as real goods; there are also companies, big and small, fishing in troubled waters. Temporary Anbu formed to stir up troubles against enemies; there are also idiots who simply enjoy the collapse of order and hate everyone, gathering together to take revenge on society.
"No matter what the original 'werewolf' thought, the era of 'werewolf' has begun. Many people don't want it to end like this."
The doctor took off his breathing mask while packing his things: "They probably think that you are here to deal with the werewolf incident... Be careful, they will come again if they can come once. There are probably them in the Fuji Society as well. People. They are everywhere... just to start a war..."
"—Can I assemble a prosthetic body?"
Strangler couldn't wait to interrupt the prosthetic doctor's words. With a stiff body and a need to urinate, he slowly climbed up from the operating chair and moved a small section of his arm that was welded to the chassis of the prosthetic body: "Just plug it in, right?" ?”
"We have to wait two hours," the doctor said lazily, "insert it now and you will die from the pain.
"Go to the bathroom first and wait for Xiaoya to bring you breakfast. After eating, come back and inject two bottles of 5% concentration cognitive enhancer for intravenous drip. It will be better to wait for the heart rate to drop below 50 before plugging it in. good……"
But at this moment, the doctor's expression suddenly changed.
He seemed to have received some news, and his whole body suddenly became nervous.
He put down the equipment in his hand and reached the strangulation in two steps.
He just wanted to reach out to touch the strangulation, but he retracted his hand halfway.
"What's wrong?"
Strangler impatiently asked: "Don't be such a bitch, what happened?"
"Xiaoya sent a message... something happened to her."
The doctor was silent for a while, then finally spoke.
Hangsha also changed his expression when he heard this, and looked solemn: "Where are they? What's the situation? How many people are there?"
"Very close! Go out and turn left, 1,300 meters away... It wasn't that something happened to her, it was that she ran into a large-scale gang fight when she came back. I don't know how many people there were, but they used small and medium-sized mechs. There are also some mages... Now she is hiding in a nearby store, and I don't know how long she can hold on... I have to find Mr. Huang first! Damn it, I don't know where he is..."
But as soon as the doctor said these words, Zhuo Zhu held his shoulders.
"Don't worry, doctor."
He had a sullen face and whispered: "Attach the prosthetic hand to me first."
"...It will hurt to death if you take this thing now."
The prosthetic doctor understood the meaning of strangulation in an instant, but he frowned and warned: "It's not much more comfortable than inserting a steel needle into your shoulder. If it hurts like that, it's useless even if you run over."
"Oh. I thought it hurt a lot, is this it?"
Strangler sneered: "Just tell me if you can take it."
"It can definitely be possible..."
The doctor took a deep look at Strangler: "You said this yourself. Don't blame me if it hurts so much."
"Don't be disgusted with me. I'm not that kind of person."
"OK."
The doctor said, first sending a brief message for help to Mr. Huang.
Then he patted the respirator he had just taken off into his arms: "Put it on and take ten deep breaths. Don't take it off when you go out. Always keep it with you and keep taking deep breaths."
Strangler urged: "Can you hurry up?"
"Don't fucking talk, take a deep breath first—"
The prosthetic doctor picked up the prosthetic hand next to him, plugged it in with various lines, and began to download drivers and change various initial settings for it.
He moved his hands rapidly in the void in front of him, with a fierce look on his face: "I will definitely be able to pick you up within two minutes!"
Hangzhou took a deep breath, white smoke filling his mask.
Mechs. Xiaoya. Gangs.
Ha, so familiar.
The mage...is he the one who attacks the inferior ones?
Isn't this a coincidence?
The dark golden light in his pupils also flickered on and off with his breathing.
Today is still a chapter of more than 3,000 words. I wrote it until about four o'clock. The cat takes a rest...