Chapter 588 Raise that Ultramarine Flag

Happy Island, Tianen Park, Special Execution Department.

When Wu Ming climbed to the door, the door was opened remotely from inside. A tired and familiar voice came from the office the moment the door opened.

"...Ah, yes, I am Zhan. Well, no problem...Okay, I will keep an eye on it."

The person sitting in the minister's seat now is a young man. There were two black lines on his face, covering half of his face like spreading dark circles, and his tail with black and white rings hung down behind him.

He is none other than Atzhan. The direct executive trusted by Delphinium and Russell, and his real code name is "Stack" - the stack of [Stack].

At this moment, Zhan was wearing the standard suit of the head of the executive department, but for his social animal temperament, this outfit seemed a bit out of place. He looked very sleepy. He had a steaming cup of coffee in front of his desk and was trying hard to make a phone call with someone.

"...Well, I know. Okay. It's okay. You've worked hard too."

After entering the door, Wu Ming was minding his own business at the table. He just opened the tea can and prepared to make tea for himself. Now he is no longer like he used to be, wearing high-profile glasses and looking like a blind man - after Russell helped assemble high-end prosthetic eyes, he can now clearly see the azure blue light in Minister Azhan's eyes just by glancing at him. The halo dissipated, which meant the video call was over.

Seeing Ah Zhan scratching his fluffy curly hair in distress, he then asked slowly: "What's the matter?"

"What else could it be?"

Zhan sighed, stretched out his hand to press his temples, without the airs of a minister at all: "The board of directors is looking for trouble again."

Not long ago, Zhan was suddenly appointed by the board of directors as the acting director of the Special Execution Department.

Ultramarine and Delphinium had been missing for two weeks at that time. Judging from Zhan's character, he is certainly unwilling to accept this position - Delphinium is the senior who single-handedly brought him up, and Ultramarine is his idol that he admires quite a lot. These two people were probably assassinated by the company... or at least betrayed.

If you pick up the leak at this time, it will look like you have betrayed the two of you. After they came back, Atzhan couldn't explain it at all.

So he politely refused the transfer order from his superiors, and recommended this appointment to others, which most people thought was equivalent to a direct rise to the top and could easily change their destiny - for example, the girl from Paradise Bird was quite good. She has a strong working ability, is very serious about her work, and is very approachable. It's almost like the second Delphinium Minister, and I think others can accept it.

But not long after, Chairman Sai Lun personally issued the order. He was designated acting minister—the only person the board considered. Otherwise, the Special Enforcement Department will remain vacant. This means that the Paradise Bird and the two angels will be sent back to the church headquarters... which is equivalent to using another method to disband the Ultramarine Faction's power.

Azhan really has no choice. If he refuses at this time, it will undoubtedly be an even greater betrayal. Not only will people who are close to Ultramarine be driven away, but the Special Execution Department will also be completely controlled by the company.

But he knew his true nature - he didn't know how to do shit. Because he is not a relevant professional at all.

His academic qualifications are quite high...a graduate student at Tian'en University. Although my grades are not particularly good, I have published a few academic papers. The only problem is that Ah Zhan is actually a computer engineering major.

His original research direction was weak artificial intelligence. Azhan's graduation thesis is to cultivate artificial intelligence to conduct deep learning by retrieving camera videos all over Happy Island, thereby analyzing a person's height, weight, stride, age, destination, action route and other information, and establishing a network that does not require By seeing the other person's face, you can access the database of information about the other person's identity.

His ultimate goal is to use the artificial intelligence he has developed to predict in advance whether the other party has criminal intentions by combining the physical data, purchase records and browsing records provided by each person's chip.

——Yes, it is a weakened version of the Three Sages System. As a student, Azhan hoped to use this system to reduce the crime rate on Happy Island and allow people to live a peaceful life.

This is a goal he has wanted to accomplish since before college.

It's not that he has any bitter past...his own life is quite peaceful.

To be honest, he used to admire the brother of one of his neighbors. He was much smarter than Atzhan, and he had a gentle and cheerful temper. When Azhan was young, he often went to his neighbor’s brother’s house to play games together. His neighbor’s brother would also teach him to write code—his codename “Stack” was the concept he learned at that time.

If you want to go to college in Happy Island, you must learn the basic skills of the corresponding major in middle school.

This knowledge is not taught in class at all. You can only go to a cram school or find an acquaintance to teach you.

For example, if you want to be a pilot or network security engineer in the information science department, you must have jumped in or dived deeply in high school; if you want to major in computer engineering, you must at least master the ability to write basic code proficiently in the college entrance examination. . The more advanced the university, the more difficult it is to take the test... When Azhan took the college entrance examination, the test questions included simulating code results, filling in the blanks with code, program error correction, and solving complex logic problems through programming. And perform simple operations on two-dimensional arrays.

The high school teacher didn't even teach what a two-dimensional array is, let alone how to write code.

The neighbor brother went to cram school too late to study, and when he came back, he happened to encounter a fight between the mercenaries of the Uncoded. A stray bullet wounded his leg, but he gritted his teeth and kept silent, thus surviving. But in the end he still lost blood and fell to the ground...it wasn't until he went into shock that his parents finally found him.

But the prolonged shock damaged his brain. Although it was cured later, it was delayed for another two years. Because he fell behind too much in his homework and fell far behind his peers, the originally gentle and cheerful neighbor brother began to become anxious, radical and pessimistic. He stubbornly wanted to be admitted to Tian'en University. He repeated his studies year after year and was rejected by other schools. This was originally easy for him, but when Azhan graduated from graduate school, there was no news of his admission.

He didn't know whether the neighbor's brother committed suicide or was killed by an uncoded person, or gave up studying at Tian'en University, or was still repeating his studies. After all, Tian'en University's exam questions are getting more difficult every year.

But this incident left a deep impression on Azhan.

People who could have been happy and have a glorious future were obviously talented and good people, but the tragedies caused by the uncoded people would directly change the trajectory of the entire future. How many people are there like him on the entire Happy Island?

If those mercenaries had been arrested at the beginning of the shootout, would these misfortunes cease to exist?

Therefore, Azhan has always had such a stubborn view.

His mentor also stopped him. His mentor also explained to him that Sogo Island had more advanced technology and he hoped that he could change his research direction.

But Ah Zhan is also a tough guy.

He recognized the truth and was unwilling to give up. He believes that even if Sogo Island has relevant technology, their price must be very expensive - this is the reason why Tianen Group does not buy it. Companies are all profit-oriented. If he can develop this technology and sell it to the company at a low price, the company can popularize it, so that crimes can be monitored and stopped in time.

He waited until Azhan graduated and joined the Tianen Group.

He gradually realized that he had no unique talents.

There is a reason why no one has conducted research in this area; there is also a reason why Happy Island has not adopted this technology.

If the Tien Group gets its hands on this technology, they might be able to stop crime—but maybe they'll stop more than just crime.

But what really bothered Azhan was that he truly understood the extent to which Sogo Island's technology had developed... and the crimes, killings, frauds, and uncoded people that still existed on Sogo Island.

Why would you choose to commit a crime even though you know you are being monitored? Why do you still harm others and not benefit yourself even though you know that you will definitely pay the price and even know that your crime will be stopped in advance? Aren't they afraid of death? Aren't you afraid that your plan will fail?

Ah Zhan couldn't understand.

In order to allow himself to have a deeper understanding of the criminal's thoughts, he applied to be transferred from the product department to the execution department. But because he was a relatively precious technician after all, Delphinium did not transfer him to the front line at that time, but let him stay at the headquarters to serve tea and water. Azhan stayed here to conduct his anthropological observation and research.

His decision was correct.

In the execution department, Azhan saw all kinds of people and things. He gradually understood his past naivety.

But it also means that the dream he once had was wrong.

So, what exactly is he going to do?

Azhan was confused.

He originally only came here for research, but he no longer wants to go back. Although he has no dream that he can speak out with confidence, whether it is ultramarine, delphinium, inferior, bird of paradise... each of them is a shining person, and everyone has his own dream. Working within such a group can heal his inner emptiness.

He has no dream and no path.

But he envies those who have dreams and paths - and is willing to turn himself into firewood and dedicate himself to a cause greater than his own life.

He once followed the delphinium, and now he follows the ultramarine. And now, he has joined the Fuji Society... relying on his own abilities to help others as much as he can.

However, with the disappearance of Ultramarine, the entire Happy Island gradually fell into chaos. The same is true for the Executive Department, the same is true for Tianen Group, and the same is true for Fuji Society. All he can do now is to try his best to hold on to everything that Ultramarine values.

Special Enforcement Department, Fuji Society, and others.

So Azhan forced himself, who knew nothing, to communicate with Bishop Paradise Bird.

After the exchange, the gentle Miss Paradise Bird gave her encouragement. With her efforts, Azhan reluctantly stepped up - and then on the first day, he was knocked down by the accumulation of work and pressure.

Various interview arrangements and various emergencies that require the participation of the execution department are just trivial matters.

The members of the executive committee who were passive in their work due to the disappearance of Umbrella, the members of the Fuji Club who were dissatisfied with the disappearance of Umbrella and caused chaos, the executive list for "spreading harmful remarks" issued by the Ministry of Cybersecurity, the churches that made various demands, The board of directors with various demands, as well as individual directors who secretly made another request, senior executives of large and small companies who wanted to meet with him, big shots who had some hopes for him, and other big shots who made the opposite request...

Countless complex positions are like an oil painting in which colors are repeatedly covered and blended. He didn't know what color he should be until he put the last stroke.

And he had no chance of making a mistake. Not once.

Ah Zhan felt like his head was going to explode.

He feels like he has to do everything and at the same time can do nothing. Many people were full of malice and contempt for him, but what really caused him pain were those who also trusted him and the light, but were hostile to each other because of their respective positions.

If it were Minister Delphinium... what would she do?

If it were Minister Ultramarine, what would he do?

Azhan doesn't know or understand, but he doesn't want to stay where he is and do nothing - if he does nothing, he will easily be ignored, dismissed, or used as a puppet. By that time, he would no longer be able to keep these things that Ultramarine valued.

He had to do it, and do it well...and at the same time, he couldn't go in the wrong direction.

He could only force himself to try to learn. But fortunately, the two angels were able to teach him some relevant knowledge.

Now, the board of directors has sent a new request - Dailan and the emperor's actions will cause great damage to Happy Island, and the board of directors hopes that the executive department can arrest them.

However, the director who came to announce this task also asked Azhan not to act rashly and to maintain surveillance first and wait for public opinion to ferment.

But before this call, another director had already spoken, clearly stating that he would protect the emperor no matter what happened.

Another director asked him to recruit Dai Lan into the Special Execution Department and put him under his surveillance.

The voice from the Fuji Society is that they hope he can open up to this and turn a blind eye.

"What did the church say?"

Azhan weakly asked Wu Mingfa: "I guess the church must have sent you a message as well."

"You learn quickly."

Wu Ming nodded appreciatively, and his long black matte hair floated slightly as he nodded.

He now has prosthetic eyes, but he still adapts to squinting his eyes slightly: "The situation at the church is not very good either.

"I have also received three completely different orders. One requires us to take this opportunity to show the public the justice and light of 'angels' and expand the church's voice and influence; the other requires us to maintain Be silent, don’t give the company a voice and the direction of public opinion propaganda, and watch Happy Island fall into chaos; there is also an order requiring us to add fuel to the flames and create news to further stimulate people’s dissatisfied attitudes.”

"It doesn't sound very friendly."

Azhan sighed: "Then what are you going to do, Mr. Wu Ming?"

"The old guys are all old. They are not adapted to this era, but they are still trying to use their backward game rules to deal with situations they have never seen."

This male angel, who was older than anyone else in the church and had the body of a snake, said unhurriedly: "So, they say what they say, and I do mine.

"Chaos is a ladder. Some people can walk up to the stage, and some people will slide down from above. The flower of chaos has bloomed, and unspeakable secrets have been revealed. Now no one can escape unscathed from this turmoil caused by talk shows... In other words, no one will care about us at this time. Because even the 'top' will become divided. We want to unify opinions again and build trust - the latter is more important than the former - but there is no Such a simple thing.”

Ignorance has something to say: "Do you understand what I mean, Ah Zhan?"

"...I'm stupid, you might as well just say it."

Azhan was silent for a while and then spoke softly.

"You're not stupid at all. You're just being cautious."

The angel with the black halo showed a devilish smile: "That's good. If you want to protect everything from Russell, it's not enough for you and me alone. But you have a unique advantage... You are the only one now." An exposed 'Russell supporter' because you didn't hide your position at all."

"...Is it so obvious?"

"It's very obvious. That's why I say these things to you. Now everyone who is paying attention to the situation on Happy Island will definitely pay attention to you. The chaos has not yet fermented, and tomorrow, the day after tomorrow... there will be more people coming. You. There are Russell supporters among you, but there must also be people with ulterior motives who want to take advantage of you. You can only tell the difference between these.

"——Now, please raise and hold that ultramarine flag, Azhan."

A chapter of almost 5,000 words, two in one!