Chapter 555: Influenced Thinking (please vote for this very large chapter)
"My knowledge of the mysterious man is limited,"
Thorne sat back in his chair and stared at He Ao.
After several confrontations just now, he realized that He Ao must have some information in his hands. The person in front of him was the same but different from the Jace he knew. Before he achieved his goal, this person would really take it away.
of his life.
Although the other party may not take action himself due to his own personality limitations, he will give other people, such as Haixi, the opportunity to take action.
Strictly speaking, the feeling given to Thorn at this moment by 'Jace' is that of a person who has experienced tremendous changes and begun to grow.
He still maintains a certain persistence in the past, but he is also trying to use non-pedantic means to maintain this persistence.
Changed, but not completely.
'Jace' did not fully integrate into the underground world and became a cold-blooded and cruel person.
And this news is good news for Thorne.
This means that he can continue to exploit certain weaknesses of 'Jace' to reverse his own situation.
Before the final counterattack, it is reasonable to share some real intelligence.
Moreover, Thorne didn't know what information the person in front of him had. Although 'Jace' was kind, he was not stupid and was not easily deceived.
So at this point, Thorne is not ready to continue to be secretive and tell some missing or wrong information.
If it affects 'Jace's' perception of himself in the end, it will end up stealing the chicken but losing the rice.
He adjusted his tone and continued, "My contact with the mysterious person is actually very limited. The number of times we actually meet is very limited. We are all contacted through instant anonymous chat. Every time, he takes the initiative to contact me and chat.
All records will then be burned."
"By this bracelet?"
He Ao looked at the bracelet on Thorn's hand.
"Well," Thorne took off the bracelet directly, canceled the password in front of He Ao, and handed it to He Ao, "The contact is through the software called 'paper book'."
‘Paper Book’ is a well-known peer-to-peer anonymous chat software in the Federation. Unlike ordinary instant chat software, the information exchanged by both parties will go through the software company’s server. The chat information of ‘Paper Book’ is sent point-to-point.
The information and files sent by the sender will be encrypted and sent directly to the recipient, without passing through the paper book company's server or being intercepted.
In addition, the paper book will also perform multiple encryption on the user's network address to prevent hackers from following the contact to determine the network address of the chatter.
Because of these secrecy, paper books have become one of the most popular chat software in the underground world, and a large amount of black information that cannot be seen is stored on the software.
Paper books have also been burdened with a large number of lawsuits.
Of course, paper books are not completely confidential.
Although the operating company of the paper book claims that the encryption system is very advanced and cannot be cracked, it will automatically burn relevant information when it senses that it is being attacked.
But there is no airtight wall in the world, and there are many ways to bypass the encryption system of paper books and track the users of paper books.
For example, large smart device providers such as Tellison and Nolde can master the data on the use of paper books by users of their devices. If a user uses paper books on their devices to send information that is harmful to them, they can
Easily locate the user’s location in reality. …
Ender learned this information while chatting with the instructor during FBI training.
When the FBI investigates cases involving paper books, it will try to find these communication equipment companies for help, although most of the time these companies will not help.
So the FBI has been working hard over the years to crack the encryption system of paper books.
Of course, those communication equipment companies claim to the outside world that they will never monitor users' private information.
He Ao took the bracelet and clicked on the 'Paper Book' software. There was only one friend named Blank and his profile picture was dark.
This proves that the other party is not online, there are no online users, and even the operating company of the paper book does not know the other party's IP address.
He Ao clicked on his friend's chat interface. The chat interface was blank, with no chat information or files saved.
This is the ‘burn after reading’ function of paper books.
"Did you give me this bracelet?"
He Ao exited the software interface and looked at Thorne.
"certainly."
Thorne didn't understand why He Ao asked him. When he handed over the bracelet, he didn't actually think about getting it back.
There was no key information in that bracelet, and he had the habit of cleaning it regularly.
"When did the mysterious person last contact you?"
He Ao put away his bracelet and continued to ask.
"The night before yesterday,"
Thorne looked at He Ao's action of putting away the bracelet. He Ao's overall movements were very slow and not large.
Although Thorne was not very strong, he still had basic vision. He knew that this meant that He Ao had a wound on his back, and the injury was not serious.
Although He Ao was wearing clean and brand-new clothes, his physical injuries would not be weakened by the new clothes.
It seems that in order to escape from those mercenaries last night, the people in front of me paid a high price.
Thoughts were flashing rapidly, and the expression on Thorn's face did not change at all. He naturally retracted his gaze and continued, "The mysterious man asked me to cooperate with the mercenaries in setting up traps."
"Approximately the time he contacted you?"
He Ao asked slowly.
"Around eleven o'clock at night."
Thorne replied.
Eleven o'clock in the evening was probably the time when He Ao finished dealing with the mercenary team the night before. In the end, he used the C-level bracelet of the killed one to answer the call from the mysterious man.
It seems that after hanging up the phone, the mysterious man immediately began to make his next plan to surround and kill him.
He Ao leaned on the chair and stared at Thorn in front of him.
Thorne's eyes were calm, as if he had accepted his fate at this moment, waiting for He Ao to give him a chance to leave after he had asked enough.
But He Ao knew very well that Thorne was aware of some of the body movements he showed.
He thought for a moment and looked at Thorne, "As a qualified middleman, you shouldn't trust a client easily, even if he can provide a large amount of wealth in a short period of time. So how did the mysterious person gain your trust?"
What about?"
Although Thorne is greedy for money, he is also afraid of death.
It is very dangerous to rashly accept a commission from someone who does not know the details, because the middleman does not know whether the money given by the client is a commission or money to buy his life. …
Eve had collected some information about Thorne before, and Thorne also paid more attention to selecting clients.
"Of course," Thorne seemed confident in his role as a middleman, he smiled,
"No qualified intermediary will accept an entrustment from a stranger. That is a mistake that only a novice may make. The reason why I chose to accept the entrustment from a mysterious person is because..."
Speaking of this, his tone suddenly stopped.
At this moment, He Ao caught a hint of panic deep in Thorn's eyes.
From the time He Ao came in until now, Thorne's expression has always been stable. He has always been confident that the situation is under his control. Although there have been some twists and turns, it will eventually return to his control.
But the panic at this moment showed that Thorne recalled some memories that were beyond his control.
His body was slightly arched, and his muscles were tense, as if he was trying to remember something.
Then he looked up at He Ao in confusion, a thin layer of sweat dripping down his forehead, "I don't know, I don't know why I should trust him..."
In this important commission, which was extremely lucrative and pushed Thorne to the brink of death, Thorne had no understanding of the client and didn't even know where his trust in the client came from.
He easily embarked on a road that could lead to death, making mistakes that only a newbie in the industry would make.
Naturally, it cannot be that Thorne suddenly lost his mind and forgot his past experiences when facing the mysterious man.
Ho's hand was on the handle of the metal seat.
He remembered an ability, 'cognitive change'.
The previous owner of the extraordinary item "False Master's Bracelet" he obtained in the last copy was an extraordinary person whose cognition was modified, and he eventually fell into madness due to cognitive misalignment.
Although the ability displayed by the mysterious man at this moment is not as terrifying as cognitive modification, it is obviously an ability that can affect people's thinking.
The "Easy Thinking" of Super Memory is also an ability that can forcibly modify people's thinking.
Perhaps the mysterious man also has similar abilities. He Ao looked at Thorne, who was a little panicked and still remembering, and said slowly, "Do you feel anything when you get along with the mysterious man? Do you think there is anything special about him?"
"
"What's special?"
He Ao's question brought Thorn back from his confusion. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, seeming to be lost in memories again, "He is very sharp, as if he knows what I am thinking, and he can always give me what I want."
thing."
At this moment, Thorne finally came back to his senses. It was as if the fog of thinking that had been covering him had been lifted. He saw something he had never noticed before, "He should have some ability similar to mind reading."
of."
He Ao looked at Thorne, who was still reminiscing, and suddenly said, "You once said that the mysterious man looks familiar, which proves that you may have seen him somewhere before."
"Um?"
Hearing these words, Thorne paused, as if some kind of dusty memory was pushed away, and he recalled something as if he suddenly woke up. He raised his head and looked at He Ao,
"I have indeed met him before. He came to me for entrustment a long time ago. At that time, I was still a small middleman. But when he first approached me for entrustment, he did not verify his identity. I should not have done so later.
Trust him easily...”…
He Ao stared at Thorne. Obviously Thorne knew that the mysterious man looked familiar, but he still couldn't remember it. This proved that his memory was 'covered up' by some kind of power.
While thinking, He Ao also realized something and continued to ask, "When was the first time he approached you for a commission? What was the content of the commission?"
"About twelve years ago,"
Thorne's somewhat flustered mind gradually calmed down. He had realized that his panic had no effect. There was no room to change what had happened. He had already embarked on the only path. There was no room for choice. He sorted out
After thinking for a while, he continued,
"He commissioned me to create an explosion, but I didn't find anyone suitable to take over the commission within the specified time, so the commission was cancelled."
Twelve years ago, the year that Jace's father died, the incident that led to Jace's father's death was a chemical plant explosion.
"Is the location he gave you for the explosion at a chemical plant?"
He Ao took a deep breath and asked.
"I don't know, I didn't find the right person to entrust, and I didn't get the details of that entrustment."
Thorne looked at He Ao's cheek and said slowly.
He had read the family information of 'Jess', and also knew that Jace's father died in a chemical plant explosion twelve years ago, but he did not accept the commission back then, and he did not know whether the mysterious man
He was the mastermind behind the murder of Jace's father.
He has said so much, and there is nothing to hide at this time.
He Ao also knew that Thorne most likely didn't hide anything, he just didn't know.
After all, Thorne was just an ordinary middleman at that time.
He Ao took a deep breath and then continued to ask Thorne for some clues about his parents, but all he got were negative answers.
The only person Thorne came into contact with was Jace. The commission he did not accept twelve years ago was the closest thing he had to Jace's parents.
And He Ao also wrote down this information.
Although there is no specific content, it will not be such a coincidence. At the same time, the mysterious man wanted to create an explosion, and then Jess's father was killed.
So this clue may be a small breakthrough in finding the truth about the death of Jace's parents.
Next, He Ao asked Thorne some other questions, and most of them got negative answers. Although Thorne had come into contact with mysterious people many times, he didn't know much deeper information, only the outer layer.
Ordinary executor.
During the process of handing over the building, Thorne repeatedly put forward his own conditions, which became increasingly excessive.
He began to require all his subordinates to leave with him, and to equip them with vehicles and heavy weapons.
And asked He Ao to escort them out.
He Ao rejected some conditions and modified some conditions.
Ho Ao lets Thorne leave, Thorne and his men can stay together, and Ho Ao can escort them away.
But it is impossible to equip vehicles and heavy weapons. If they have heavy weapons, they will have the ability to hurt He Ao.
But Thorne refused to give in, insisting that he needed vehicles and weapons to protect himself. …
Finally, after some haggling, He Ao said that vehicles and weapons could be given, but they would have to be purchased through cryptocurrency transactions.
Then came the quotation process. The price quoted by He Ao was very high, and he obviously wanted to persuade Thorne to quit. In the end, the two made some counteroffers and settled on a price that Thorne could hardly accept.
After everything was settled, He Ao left the warehouse, opened the warehouse door again, and sent a message to Haixi.
After a while, Haixi came over.
"How's your question?"
She glanced at He Ao, then at the deep and dark warehouse, and asked softly.
She knew very well that He Ao paid such a high price to capture Thorne because he must have wanted to know something from Thorne.
"I got some information,"
He Ao nodded slightly and looked at Haixi, "Do you have an off-road vehicle and a G-05 small laser cannon here?"
"There are off-road vehicles," Hexi thought. "But the G-05 laser cannon is not easy to use. This laser cannon can already cause damage to C-class in its extreme state."
"Do you have G-04?"
He Ao continued to ask.
G-04 is a simplified version of G-05. Its output power and equipment strength are not as good as G-05. It is generally used to deal with D-class alien beasts. It is one of the most abundant small laser cannons on the market.
Under normal circumstances, G-04 is also the most powerful weapon owned by large gangs in many cities.
"How many G-04s are there?" Haixi looked at He Ao, "What do you want to do?"
"Is G-04 for sale?"
He Ao asked in a low voice.
"If you need it, just take it and use it."
Haixi said cheerfully.
"No," He Ao shook his head, "I want to resell it, so I have to buy it."
He thought for a moment and continued, "The official guide price of G-04 is 2.08 million federal coins. The scarcity of this thing is not very high. The black market usually only goes up by 15%, which is almost 2.4 million federal coins. In this way, I will put it together
, 3 million, you give me four off-road vehicles and some heavy firearms, do you think that’s okay?”
"Your price is 1.5 times the market price. Off-road vehicles and firearms combined can't even make up the extra 600,000 federal coins, and my G-04 laser cannon is damaged,"
Haixi looked at He Ao doubtfully, "I'll give you the cost price of these things at most. I'll give you an off-road vehicle at 50,000 yuan. I'll give you some firearms. You can give me 2.5 million."
“This is the first time I’ve seen a seller take the initiative to bargain for himself,”
He Ao smiled and shook his head, "2.7 million, find me a modification workshop with complete equipment, plus the workshop usage fee and material cost are about the same."
"This is also the first time I have seen a buyer take the initiative to raise the price,"
Haixi smiled and said, "I have a mechanical modification room down there. I don't know if I can use it."
"sure."
He Ao smiled slightly.
——Two hours later——
Haixi's modification workshop
He Ao closed the lid of the laser cannon's main board, and with the sound of the metal lock being locked, He Ao unplugged the bracelet from the connecting cable.
"I didn't expect you to modify the laser cannon."
Haixi stood nearby, looking at the laser cannon in front of him in surprise.
"know a little."
He Ao nodded slightly, checked that there was no problem with the laser cannon, and then slowly stepped away and hung the energy battery on the laser cannon. …
"So this laser cannon can now damage C-level?"
Haixi walked around the laser cannon.
"Yes, but you can only fire one shot."
He Ao nodded, "I overclocked this laser cannon to increase its power. It can indeed damage C-class in extreme mode, but it can only fire one shot. After one shot, all the battery power will be exhausted.
The power of the G-04 can be modified like this, so it is not a difficult thing."
This modification method was discovered by Wei An. When he was studying the G-04 laser cannon, he found that the actual strength of the metal material of this cannon was far greater than the theoretical strength it should have, and it could support a higher power output, so
He tried to modify the cannon.
The overall modification process is actually not difficult, but it is a bit of a test of skill. It is easy to cause an explosion during the modification of the energy circuit.
"Is it very simple..."
Haixi stared at the modified laser cannon in front of him.
For such a 'simple' thing, she has never heard of the successful modification of G-04 in all these years. However, there are many mechanics in the underground world who have tried to modify G-04.
Under normal circumstances, Hexi would hear the news that they had been killed within a few days.
"Who are you going to sell this cannon to? How much will it cost?"
She raised her head and looked at He Ao with some excitement.
"Three to three million," He Ao shrugged, "sell it to the person who is willing to pay the money."
"So expensive?"
Even after modification, the price of G-04 is not as high as 9 million. After all, the G-05 that can really hurt C can only sell for less than 5 million. Unless it is for some kind of collection purpose, but collection generally requires
It only becomes valuable after the creator dies.
And He Ao is still alive and well.
So why would a thief spend so much money on this?
Then Haixi immediately reacted, "You want to sell to Thorne? Have you decided to let Thorne leave?"
Then she said hesitantly, "If you sell this to Thorne, he will pose a threat to you."
"That's not a bad thing."
He Ao shook his head and smiled. He controlled the engineering robot and dragged the modified G-04 toward the outside of the modification workshop.
Hai Xi looked at He Ao's back and followed him thoughtfully.
The two of them walked towards the warehouse together.
"Are you investigating something? Do you need my help?"
Haixi looked at the mountains of garbage piled up around him and the people busy in the mountains of garbage, sighed softly, and asked.
“How is the commission fee calculated?”
He Ao asked with a smile, Hai Xi's identity is an intermediary, and intermediaries always need commission fees to accept entrustments.
"It depends on the difficulty of the task,"
Haixi smiled and said, "If the difficulty is not high and it's easy to do, there won't be any commission fee."
"The commission fee still needs to be paid. Speaking of which, I do need your help with something."
In any case, Hexi was once the number one middleman in the underground world of Wetland, and she controlled a powerful intelligence network. With her help, a lot of things would be saved.
Of course, it is impossible not to pay the commission fee, and the free ones are often the most expensive.
"whats the matter?"
Hai Xi looked at He Ao with some confusion.
"Help me investigate a person."
He Aosi thought.
"What's his name?"
Haixi asked.
"I don't know, he is very mysterious. I usually call him the mysterious person."
He Ao thought for a moment and explained.
"Then have you seen him? What does he look like?"
Haixi immediately asked.
"I've seen it, I've seen it many times,"
He Ao, who was walking forward, stopped. He turned to look at Hai Xi beside him. He was suddenly stunned. The blank and blank face echoed in his memory.
