Chapter 598 The Shadow under the Night of Wetland (Two-in-one Super Large Chapter
"Throat lozenges."
Hexi opened his hand and handed the candy wrapped in silver plastic paper to Desank in front of him.
The wind of silence blew through the empty venue, and the speech had long ended.
"Thanks,"
Desanke thanked him in a hoarse voice, picked up the candy, pushed it away and threw it into his mouth. He raised his head and stared at a huge advertising screen not far away. On the screen was a message about the mid-term elections.
Countdown.
There are several more countdown screens like this on this street.
"I remember that every time there was an election, there would be a screen showing this kind of countdown. Is this the work of a certain consortium?"
Haixi moved a stool and sat next to Desanke.
"A media company,"
De Sank replied slowly, "Wittland Entertainment Media, this is one of their marketing methods. They are very good at marketing, and the price is not high. My initial campaign planning included the group building and building that I still use.
The private domain traffic pool solution is what they provide.”
Haixi raised his head and stared at the huge advertising screen and the huge countdown.
00:01:49
There was a quiet tremor deep in her soul, making her slightly uneasy.
There seemed to be hazy clouds lingering in the sky.
——
"Jace, you need to understand,"
Holding the genetic potion in his hand, Wells stood in the howling wind, spreading his arms, "We are all ants, and ants cannot hinder the pace of a great being."
"But it seems that your great being needs the help of an ant like you very much,"
He Ao pulled out the wooden box from his back expressionlessly, "I wonder if it's because he's not great enough."
Wells' expression paused.
In the silent silence, the violent thoughts are like waves that can easily tear apart a giant ship, passing through He Ao's soul.
The illusory and misty mist, accompanied by the howling cold wind, crossed He Ao's face.
This surging wave of thoughts seems to overflow from the depths of people's minds and condense into something that can be pried into.
Now, even people with a slightly higher level of inspiration can feel this illusory tide.
He Ao activated his super memory, stood on top of this towering building, and looked around.
"Woo——"
The prosperous and magnificent city of Wetland is like an isolated island floating on the waves. The surging waves are beating against the towering city walls, and in the depths of the quiet sea, a shadow bigger than this city is rising from the deepest part of the deep sea.
Emerging everywhere.
The moment he stared at this vast and terrifying shadow, He Ao's vision suddenly went dark, and the bright red stained with purple covered his eyes. Endless chaotic thoughts exploded in his mind, like countless birds stretching out from the deep sea.
The tentacles coming out were violently tearing at his soul, trying to drag him into the endless abyss.
"It looks like you're trying to pry into something you shouldn't."
Wells looked at He Ao's eyes that instantly lost their brilliance and shed tears of blood, and laughed softly.
He did not attack He Ao, but turned his attention to the countdown in the distance.
"So it's really a ritual,"
He Ao's vision, which was covered in bright red, gradually recovered, and his face was calm. This level of damage was only a little more than when he usually peeked into secrets. He was used to it.
"Guide people's thoughts, make their thinking go in a certain direction, and ride the 'wave of thinking'?"
He looked at Wells calmly, "When everyone's thoughts converge to a certain point, how can your 'great being' return from the deep sea of thought?"
"It seems that your understanding of mysticism is indeed very deep."
Wells smiled and looked back at Ho.
"There are many ways to mobilize thinking, and there are many events that can achieve the same effect, but you only choose the election,"
He Ao looked at Wells, "The focus of this ceremony is not only on the process, but the 'result' is also very important?
"The election is not only the most influential 'thinking choice' in the city, it also has another attribute. It is one of the most credible events in the city and has 'immediacy'. Normally, the election ends after the election.
The moment is the moment the results are announced.
"And what you need is the process of 'announcement of results'. When the results are announced, the ceremony is completed."
Because all electronic, real-time voting is used without manual interference, there is basically no verification process in federal elections. The results can be obtained in real time as soon as the election is over.
"It's a wonderful reasoning. I don't think the hidden existence you turned to for help would know such detailed knowledge."
Wells looked at He Ao, "You have deduced the general appearance of the ceremony based on only some details. You are far smarter than your parents. Now I am not surprised at all why my mercenaries and subordinates died because of you."
It’s in hand.”
He paused and raised his hand towards He Ao, "Jace, you gave me more surprises today than in the past ten years combined. If you had shown such wisdom ten years ago, maybe I would consider absorbing it."
You, become the master’s servant, and we can all gain eternal life in the new world.”
"So, what will the people in this ceremony pay?"
He Ao held the handle of the axe, his voice calm.
"Jace, this kind of short-sighted kindness will become a high wall that hinders your growth,"
Wells looked at He Ao. There was no emotion in his orange eyes. "The people of this city will become a part of the great gods and merge with the great being of resurrection. That is their honor."
"It's a pity that your god is dead."
He Ao raised the bone ax and walked towards Wells step by step.
Those who are in this world are called "coming", and only those who are not in this world are called "return".
"I suggest you stop your 'ritual'."
He suddenly threw the bone ax out of his hand.
When others are doing harm, it is legal in Wetterland to stop the harming person to a certain extent.
"Even in eternal sleep, the master's will can still interfere with the world. Isn't this proof of his vast power?"
Wells was not angry when he heard He Ao's words. He jumped back suddenly, dodged He Ao's attack, further distanced himself from He Ao, and still answered calmly.
"There are many dead guys who want to return from history, but the world is too crowded. It's better for the dead guy to go back to his coffin."
The hard bone ax hit the huge 'Wilme Medical Research Building' sign not far from Wells' side. The cold wind blew across Ho's cheek. He pulled hard and pulled the bone ax back to him.
hand, and quickly approached Wells.
Vast and terrifying pressure emerged from the depths of the endless ocean of thoughts, and the vast shadow emerging from the deepest part of the ocean was already close to the 'sea surface'.
Even without super memory turned on, He Aodu could vaguely see that the entire city was being covered by the shadow of a huge monster.
He once again saw the tentacles covering the sky that he saw last night, and those were just the hairs on the surface of this huge body.
The lights of the city are still bright, and people are walking between the buildings as usual. Today is the same as usual, but it seems different from usual.
People shuttled among the huge shadows without even realizing it.
The shadow under the night of Wetland finally revealed its full form at this moment.
"Jace, do you know what your problem is?"
Wells looked at the running He Ao, adjusted his body to distance himself, and then slowly pulled out the cork of the genetic medicine test tube in his hand.
The countdown in the building below only has the last five seconds left.
"Your ignorant kindness is your shackles. As long as this shackles exists for one day, no matter how smart you are, your behavior is under my control. You cannot escape the cage I have drawn. Everything you do is nothing but
In the story I pre-written, everything ends, the kind little guy,"
He dodged the bone ax thrown by He Ao again, raised the test tube, turned his back to the countdown screen, and smiled, "Who do you think the person I selected should be selected in the end?"
The cold test tube came to his mouth, "Is it Ned? No,"
The huge countdown reaches zero.
"Woo——"
The soul-shaking voice echoed throughout the city.
The countdown advertising screen instantly switched to the studio, "Friends who are live broadcasting, the mid-term elections are over, let us see who was finally elected..."
Looking at He Ao who was getting closer, Wells shook his head. He raised the genetic potion in his hand, poured it into his mouth, and named the person he chose.
"It's DeSank."
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Desanke and Haixi, who were sitting in the lecture hall, clenched their fists at the same time and stared at the huge screen.
The Phoenix system will immediately announce the names of the elected candidates to the official website of the Wetland Municipal Government, 'Elanse Palace', and the people in the news broadcast room have already opened the web page through the media's special network channel, waiting for this final
moment.
The staff standing near the venue were also watching the screens above their heads, waiting for the last moment when the answer would be announced.
Then they saw the look of the host in the studio change from expectation to shock, then to confusion. The host raised his head and looked at the camera awkwardly.
"Sorry everyone, there seems to be a glitch in the system."
A huge web interface was projected onto the screen. The web interface was very simple. In the upper right corner was the emblem of the Palace of Veteran-Elanthe, and in the middle was a large black screen with only a simple line of text.
[The system is checking the votes, please wait...]
Everyone was confused when they saw this interface.
Haixi immediately raised his bracelet and visited the official website of the Elanse Palace. The network, which was originally very responsive, was stuck at this moment.
The page keeps getting stuck loading.
This proves that at this moment, many people are trying to access the official website of the Palais de l'Elanthe.
Haixi refreshed the web page over and over again.
Finally, after countless attempts, the web interface loaded.
Haixi stared at the simple line of text on the screen that was the same as the one on the advertisement screen, and moved his gaze to Desanke aside.
At this moment, Desanke was also looking at the interface on his bracelet.
At this moment, both of them realized something at the same time.
There is a problem with the Phoenix system.
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"Jace, are you surprised?"
Wells put down the empty test tube in his hand with a calm expression.
"It doesn't matter to me who becomes the senator, what I care about is who can bring the greatest impact to the ceremony.
"It was indeed Ned who was supported by the Wilmer Foundation, but he was so stupid that there were very few people who really supported him, and there were very few people who could mobilize their thoughts.
"Although I don't like Desank at all, in comparison, he is the one who can really mobilize the thoughts of most people and make this ceremony progress more perfectly.
"But Desanke's idea is destined not to be accepted by the consortium, and it is destined not to get the support of the consortium. Even I can't convince the board of directors of Huiermei Group to support him, so I can only invest in this idiot Ned instead."
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He spread his hands and said, "But Jace, your actions have allowed me to see an interesting turn of events. I believe in your wisdom. Of course, I believe in your kindness even more. I know you will definitely help Desanke."
"So when you were helping Dessank campaign, I determined the ultimate goal of the ritual thoughts before the ceremony officially started, and started to guide people's thinking."
He looked at He Ao with a smile, "Jace, your performance did not disappoint me. You did even better than I expected. You successfully helped me complete the ceremony. I should thank you."
He stared at He Ao's cheek under the night, and for the first time there was ridicule in his eyes,
"Of course, I'm actually not worried that you will guess my plan. Even if you know that the person I finally choose is DeSank, you will still work hard to help DeSank become a senator. Your kindness will not allow you to
Let the spokesperson of the consortium continue to be the senator of Vitland.
"Your father is stubborn, and you are even more stubborn than him.
"This is a circle, and you can't get out of it. Even if you have unparalleled military power, even if you are extremely smart, if you have a weakness, you will be trapped in my circle and be at my mercy, just like you are researching genetic medicine for me.
, pushed the ceremony to the most perfect state for me.
"Jace, the person who understands you best in this world is actually me."
He crushed the glass test tube in his hand and let the dust of the glass fly away in the wind, "Don't worry, you, Desank, and the scavenger lady will all become part of the great existence tonight. This is yours."
pleasure."
"Are you done?"
He Ao raised the bone ax and pointed at the screen on the building behind Wells, "Don't you think there's something wrong?"
"Woo——"
The scream that seemed to ring deep in the soul still echoed around, and the terrifying shadow still filled the spaces between the bright buildings.
However, that's all. The ceremony seemed to have reached a certain critical point, and then it could no longer go any further.
The outdoor advertising screens had no sound and relied on artificial intelligence to match subtitles. Wells couldn't hear the voice of the advertising screen behind him, so he turned sideways and looked at the screen.
When the simple line of text on the screen appeared in Wells' field of vision, his body stiffened briefly.
At this time, He Ao looked at him, said, threw the bone axe, and quickly approached Wells,
"Wetland Entertainment Media, a legendary company that was born only a few decades ago, has developed into the only private media group in Wetland that can compete with the media department of Tellison Group in just a few decades.
"You have served as the chief consultant of Wetland Entertainment Media since the day it was founded. Of course, it is normal for a media company to hire a psychologist as a consultant.
"But by checking the early records, we can find that the company's early step-by-step style is very similar to yours, and I also discovered that Wade, who once tried to attack me, once served as a senior executive in this media company.
"The Enright Chemical Company where my father was involved in the accident was sold by its founder to a secretive buyer seventeen years ago, and then he was eliminated. Although he signed a confidentiality agreement, the founder still revealed it during a drinking party.
The buyer is a 'media' company.
"At the same time, after the bankruptcy of Enright Chemical Company, the business qualifications of Wake Mental Hospital, which acquired its factory, also used the channel of Wetland Entertainment Media."
The bone ax hit the ground, splashing stones and hitting the huge sign. The distance between He Ao and Wells had been greatly shortened. He retracted the bone ax and continued to move forward.
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"So I think you are probably not just a 'chief consultant', Wetland Entertainment Media should be your company, at least, you are one of the founders.
"Fifteen years ago, Vitland Entertainment Media was controlled by the Huilmei Medical Consortium through a stock exchange and cash. As a result, Vitland Entertainment Media had a seat on the board of directors of the Huilmei Medical Consortium.
"And this is the real reason why you can influence the board of directors of Huilmei Medical Group.
"When the Ned scandal broke out, Vitland Entertainment News TV, as a TV station affiliated with the Wilhelm Medical Foundation, was one of the first TV stations to follow up on the scandal report. This is not a reasonable thing in itself.
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When he guessed that Wells might be the mysterious man, He Ao verified his guess and followed the clues to find Wetland Entertainment Media.
In Wetland, the shareholder information of private companies is not public. Howe cannot directly inquire about Wells' holding information on Wetland Entertainment Media, but he can find all possible relevant information about Wetland Entertainment Media through Eve.
This information exposed the relationship between Wetland Entertainment Media and Enright Chemical Company, Vic Mental Hospital, and even the subordinates of "mysterious men" such as Vader.
Of course, if you just start from the above points to investigate, you will encounter various "suspicious formations" laid by Wells. For example, Wells led the media company that acquired Ernst to the Wilmer Group through some clues.
A media company established by myself.
Vic Psychiatric Hospital is also related to some hospitals under Huiermei, and not only Wetland Entertainment Media was involved in the whole process.
Wade has also served as a senior executive in Wetland Entertainment Media.
In fact, there is more than one company connecting these companies and people at the same time.
However, in order to separate the light and dark identities and avoid being suspected, Wells created all the "suspicious formations", only Wetland Entertainment Media had a relationship with "Dr. Wells".
Although He Ao was not sure of Wells's identity at that time, nor was he sure that Wetland Entertainment Media was Wells's property, he still followed the clues and discovered something strange about Wetland Entertainment News.
At that time, He Ao actually had some vague doubts about the mysterious man's goal.
In fact, He Ao still has another doubt that he has always suspected, and that is the incident when Wade hunted down Hexi and Desanq.
It is impossible that the mysterious man with strong desire for control did not know Vader's character, and that Vader would go alone and try to ambush He Ao.
But he still asked Wade to attack Hexi and Desanq.
If Vader killed Ho Ao, it would be a good thing. If he could not be killed, it would also allow Ho Ao to get in touch with De Sank and show the hostile relationship between the 'mysterious man' and De Sank, helping De Sank quickly.
Gain Heao's trust.
Either way, Wells stands to gain.
After figuring this out, He Ao asked Eve to investigate the Phoenix system in depth.
"It seems you found a lot of things,"
Wells stopped and glanced at the content on the big screen. His cheeks were full of doubts and confusion. He turned his head and stared at He Ao. His hoarse voice was mixed with a little disbelief.
"how did you do that?"
As the founder of Wetland Entertainment Media and a competitor who has been fighting with Tellison Group for half his life, he knows very well that the Phoenix system has no flaws and cannot be broken.
This is out of belief in his enemies, but also out of belief in himself.
"you guess."
Ho shrugged and said, "Thank you for your efforts in helping my friend DeSank get elected to the Senate."
After the Phoenix system's flaw is triggered, it cannot be broken, nor will it affect its computing power. It will only delay the calculation results for ten minutes.
The conditions for triggering this flaw are very harsh. Eve mobilized most of its computing power, used big data to predict people's behavior, and then tried to interfere with at least 100,000 people by sending text messages and making phone calls. In the end, only 2,075 succeeded.
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"Jace,"
Wells took a deep breath, and then another, "I think I have been merciful enough to you. I should execute you with my own hands on the day you complete the genetic potion."
Powerful purple power gathered around him, transforming his body.
"Woo——"
The huge shadow swimming in the ocean of thoughts made a harsh sound, as if there were angry flames burning in He Ao's mind.
A huge illusory tentacle stretched out from the void and inserted into Wells' back.
Immediately afterwards, this huge tentacle phantom gradually integrated into Wells' body.
That's what Wells has been doing.
He is trying to build a body, a body that can allow his great existence to wake up from eternal sleep and temporarily walk in the world.
The previous magic circle was an attempt to create an illusory body. After the magic circle plan failed, he turned to genetic medicine to make himself a body that could accommodate a great being.
If the ritual is completed successfully, then that great being can successfully merge with him after he drinks the genetic potion.
Awakening from eternal sleep.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in the world, and the ceremony was not successfully completed. To be precise, this time the ceremony failed.
Because the effect of genetic medicine is time-limited.
Delayed announcement of the results will also greatly reduce the effectiveness of the ceremony and increase the possibility of fusion failure.
Purple power filled Wells' skin, and he raised his hand, "Jace, you should pay the price for your actions. I will tear your soul apart."
The terrifying pressure spread to He Ao's soul along the huge shadow.
But He Ao just stared at him calmly, raised the bone axe,
"Now, you are no longer human."
The dark night sky collapsed in his field of vision, turning into the earth burned by flames.
