There is light in the world, there is shadow.

For Albany, the capital city with a total population of more than 100 million, the total population in the upper city is less than 10 million, and the Central City is only 30 million.

Its shadow is the largest and most mixed area of ​​the Lower City.

Illegal stranded personnel, rampage tribes, gangs, smuggling gangs, intelligence brokers, black markets and other forces wandering in the gray area are hidden in this place that looks equally prosperous on the surface.

Although there is no strict separation policy between the three-story urban areas.

However, after 8 o'clock at night, people who do not have the corresponding legal identity authority will not be allowed to stay in higher urban areas.

Follow the steps leading to the lower city area.

In fact, it was not an illusion [Soldier] Sebastian, who led the red turban, who should have died, and returned to the lower city before the passage was closed.

Two people walked on the street in a swagger.

Just like they were able to temporarily seize the media rights of the entire planet, they were not worried that they would be discovered by the central AI Alpha.

Didi...

Here, it looks like the middle city, and there are many tall buildings and flying cars intertwined.

However, as long as you carefully observe the public facilities, you can see that you are much older than Zhongcheng District and have at least one generation behind the technical content.

In addition, the colorful holographic advertising spaces almost cause light pollution, which has a bit of cyberpunk flavor.

Of course, even though this place has not fallen into a miserable situation of high-tech and low-living life.

On the contrary, everyone can eat and wear warmly, and have welfare housing to avoid sleeping on the streets. I don’t know how many times happier their ancestors before the outbreak of technology.

But happiness has never come from technological progress, developed trade, and abundant welfare, but compared with one's own social circle.

As long as people are full, they must be divided into different levels. This is due to human nature!

Therefore, "human heart" is the harbor where "shadows" live.

I don't know when.

At first glance, the red turban that was accompanying the ponyboy was gone. Sebastian was still wearing his signature windbreaker and was rising rapidly in a semi-open elevator.

The colorful neon lights in the city weave light and dark patterns on his body, and also illuminate the cold and hard face like iron and stone.

This is the norm shown by a [soldier] with only his brain left in his body.

As cold and ruthless as a weapon.

bite!

The elevator quickly reached the top floor.

Sebastian walked into an oversized office with an area of ​​3,000 square meters, with an absolutely level floor as smooth as a mirror, but he was just alone with a desk.

Hand the golden key composed of 0/1 respectfully into the hands of the president "Puppet Master".

"Have all the 'spiritual entropy' accumulated by members of the association have been transferred?"

"President, don't worry. The three unlucky guys I selected should have been admitted to the mental hospital at this time."

Sebastian bowed gently, with meticulous etiquette.

This is obviously a powerful [soldier] who controls terrifying power and can fight against a hundred people, but he is extremely respectful to the president who seems to be just an ordinary person.

But he himself didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

There is certainly a reason for this.

The sacred prologue of the secret society "Awakening Society":

"According to the second law of thermodynamics, in spontaneous process, concentration tends to diffuse, structure tends to disappear, and order tends to disorder.

Unordered measurements are called "entropy". All spontaneous physical processes are processes of entropy increase.

Chaos is the ultimate of the universe!”

Well...

Although this kind of proverb is seriously inconsistent with the style of cults and secret associations, it feels like a physical theorem.

However, in fact, all the secret associations of the entire "Helen Star" that have been characterized as cults are like this.

This is also the most fundamental motto, and each association is similar.

Because they all come from the universe outside the world, they are considered to be the dream whispers of some great being.

That strange whisper continues to create madness while sending the various mottos pursued by secret societies to the level of human consciousness.

The form of expression is the "spiritual entropy" opposite to the "entropy increase" of the material world.

Excessive information and knowledge is a threat to the goals and structures in people's consciousness, which will lead to the loss of order in the heart.

When the knowledge and information that an individual masters exceeds a certain limit, he will gradually fall into madness.

Although it is difficult to grasp the specific principles, the principles explored over the years are:

The higher the degree of body transformation, the greater the difference between it and normal humans, and the faster the entropy increases; the more profound the knowledge, the more diligent it is on the road of natural science, the faster the entropy increases.

As a deep [prosthetic man] with only the brain left, Sebastian has an experience that far exceeds everyone.

However, everything is not absolute.

In a closed system, both "entropy" and "spiritual entropy" are constantly rising, but apart from this universe itself, there is no completely closed system.

Therefore, they can use the magical [permission key] in the hands of the "puppet master" to continuously transfer their entropy increase.

These "fanas" seem to be mentally paranoid and are on the verge of being crazy at any time, but they can maintain stability for a long time.

The "Putao Master" and his [Permission Key] are the core of maintaining all this, and the ability of the [Permission Key] is far more than that.

"Um."

He threw this miraculous "key" casually and wore a mask, and seemed unfathomable "puppet master" without any concern that he would lose control of it.

"Sebastian, [Subordinate Permission Key] was missing one when it was recycled.

Although the functions are limited and the time limit for continued use is not much left, it is best to retrieve it and not let it fall into Alpha's hands."

“Yes, President.

Our association members have been spread throughout the "Ring World" and the city of Albany.

As long as the person who took the [Second Permission Key] could not suppress his curiosity and connect it to the public network, we could easily lock his position."

[Soldier] Bent over slightly and took on this small task that is not difficult.

“In addition, our ‘Human Awakening Program’ must speed up.

We must never let the spaceship of the 'Ring World' leave the planetary system of Helen, so that the "map" of [Eden] can be further expanded.

It’s time to release dogs that have been raising for so long with ‘source code’.”

While speaking, in a vision that Sebastian could not see at all.

Four [halos] as bright as stars bloomed quietly behind the "puppet master", just like the majestic light behind the minds of gods and Buddhas in myths, mysterious and solemn.

Invisible fluctuations immediately filled the office and spread out rapidly, almost covering the entire skyscraper under your feet.

For a moment, everyone in this building couldn't help but put down their work and silently salute to the top floor.

“Your will!

During this period, I will find a way to gather the power of secret associations. As long as I use some means, they will not be able to stay out of the matter.

Let’s start with the most powerful alloy gear heavy industry and the ‘Black Pharaoh’.”

......

At the same time, Zhongcheng District.

When Shawn returned to her own home, she took a shower and didn't even make a routine phone call with her girlfriend every day. She used her B-level permissions to open the internal network of the police station.

However, what first caught his eye was not the "ring world" he had been looking for before, [Mechanical Sheriff], [Mobile Martial Arts], the history of the consortium a hundred years ago, secret associations, etc.

But...

“What’s this? The banned virtual game list?

Experience games focusing on ultimate simulation reality: "Virtual Life", "Second World", "Star Battlefield", "Monopoly Simulator", "Metauniverse"..."

But after a brief disapproval at the beginning, Sean, who thought of something, gradually became serious.
Chapter completed!