Another dead player. I don’t know since when this kind of news was not even news in the Trail Blazers. Paulina looked at the latest report with some numbness.
As a big pioneer, she was qualified to check the players' daily status reports. The person who died was Karcalf, another 'acquaintance' whom Paulina knew.
This 'old man' who had been working for the pioneers in this world for nearly ten years also died at the hands of Tang Ji yesterday.
Although Paulina knew some rumors about Karcalf, the feeling of a familiar person dying beside her was completely different from that of a stranger dying.
The pioneers have even begun to get used to the concept of death, which was originally very unfamiliar. The simplest example is that Paulina held a collective funeral for many deceased pioneers a few days ago.
This is a ceremony they held according to the customs of this world, a ceremony to pay tribute to the dead.
Paulina didn't want to hold another funeral. After all, Karcalf's reputation among the Trail Blazers was not very good. Many Trail Blazers believed that Tang Ji was able to obtain so much information about the Trail Blazers in the early days because of Karcalf.
And all of this was done without telling Markarian. Ever since he mercilessly let the fifty pioneers help Jealous to delay, the relationship between the two parties has been in this embarrassing situation.
No one wants to sacrifice their life for Markarian, or in other words, no one wants to sacrifice their life. Escape from the sea of suffering as soon as possible, stay away from Tang Ji, and stay far away from this world. This is the biggest wish of most pioneers, including Paulina.
But unlike other pioneers who could stay aloof from worldly affairs, Paulina had to face Markarian's unsmiling face almost every day.
In order to prevent herself from becoming the next Aslan, Paulina must shoulder the pressure and make some achievements.
The olive branch handed over by her old superior Cathy Walter is exactly what Paulina needs. No matter whether it is a poisonous apple or not, Paulina must eat it so that her position as a pioneer will not be lost as soon as she leaves this world.
Disappeared immediately.
Leading the development and conquering the entire world bit by bit is almost the highest goal that people like them can pursue.
But Paulina was only responsible for the work of the goal team before. Among the three components of the Trail Blazers, the status of the goal team is undoubtedly the lowest.
Those with more fierce personalities were selected and used as scavengers. They were the sharpest knives for the pioneers after entering a strange world.
Those who have strong personal abilities and are extremely charming are selected to become latents. They are the foundation of pioneers and the guarantee for the entire pioneering behavior from scratch.
They are responsible for digging into the background of the world and searching for useful information. Next, they have to collude with the indigenous people and establish the earliest naturalized organization.
On the contrary, you must cooperate with the instructions of the planning department and provide information for various copies that will be launched later.
Almost all the great pioneers are lurkers, just like Cathy Walter. Compared to Paulina, she is almost a natural leader.
A few scavengers who perform extremely well will also become great pioneers, just like Aslan. Of course, if you only look at his performance in this world, anyone will doubt why he can occupy such a position.
Perhaps, only when facing a real threat of death can people see a person's true nature clearly. Paulina felt that she was now braver than Aslan.
Because when she met with Cathy Walter this time, she only brought two pioneers who were also members of the door team.
Paulina didn't know if she was the first team member to be promoted to a big pioneer. Due to the nature of the work, many pioneer teams may not see each other for hundreds of years.
But she knew very well that this opportunity was hard to come by, and even in the face of Tang Ji's threat, Paulina was willing to take risks.
Demonstration City, Old Time Bar, this is where Cathy Walter and she agreed to meet.
It is worth mentioning that this place is not far from the former Walter Group building, only two blocks away.
This made Paulina a little nervous. It was now well known that Demonstration City was already the territory of Tanguy's gang, and Mikkelsen, the head of the Joint Investigation Office, was famous for using bars as an intelligence transfer station.
She was almost certain that all entertainment venues near Walter Group were opened by Mikkelsen, and this one was no exception.
This made Paulina look at everyone as an enemy agent when she entered the bar. Even when a drunk man passed by in a drunken manner, she took the initiative to give in and let him pass first.
The two followers behind her also had the same reaction.
This made Cathy Walter, who was sitting near the bar, laugh out loud, but she soon stopped laughing because those people still had the need to be careful, but she no longer had it.
"If you had maintained this polite demeanor, this war would have ended by now." Cathy Walter joked after Paulina sat across from her: "This is an open world, and many people
So drunk that I can’t tell the difference between immigrants and aliens.”
"Cathy, what on earth do you want to do by inviting me here? Is it really just for a drink?" Paulina looked at the beer in front of her with doubts on her face: "I took a big risk to come out. If
Whatever you want, tell me now, for the sake of your body, I can agree to anything."
"Paulina, don't make things so complicated, just have a drink, like an old friend." Cathy Walter took the lead in having a drink, showing a hint of loneliness: "You know my situation, I was
Being trapped in this world, I can only rot with it, but meeting and chatting with you makes me feel like I have returned to the old days."
Paulina looked at the other party suspiciously, she knew very well what a strong woman Cathy Walter was.
"Okay, let's talk business first. You have matured a lot." Cathy Walter projected a list of names on the table.
The list follows the usual style used by pioneers, classifying each piece of personal information according to name, gender, ability, and appearance, and ranking the pros and cons.
This is a physical list, a total of thirty-two people.
"They are currently frozen in an underground warehouse in the Demonstration City. The address just popped into my head. Maybe it was the spare body I had hidden before?" Cathy Walter pointed at her head and laughed at herself.
Said: "They deleted a lot of my memories, but I can't use them now, right?"
"What do you want, Cathy?" Paulina was very unaccustomed to Cathy Walter's decadence and loneliness. The more Cathy Walter behaved like this, the more uneasy she felt.
"What do I want? I don't want anything else. If you have to ask, my answer is friendship." Cathy Walter grabbed Paulina's hand. This action made the other party shrink back as if frightened.
After a moment: "For the sake of the past, if you have the chance to fish me out, I will be forgotten!"
Hearing Cathy Walter's words, Paulina was instantly relieved. She now understood the key. She understood everything.
"Believe me, Cathy, I will never forget you." Paulina nodded vigorously. She was not acting. When she said this, Paulina meant it sincerely.
But at the same time, she also knew very well that the soul of this world was so special that monsters like Tang Ji were born, and no one could take away a single bit of data without the authorization of the three major committees.
"To friendship!" Cathy Walter felt Paulina's sincerity and raised a glass to her.
The golden beer was finally drunk by Paulina under the atmosphere, and she also successfully obtained the specific address of the body warehouse.
A few minutes later.
"Ms. Kubela, we found the warehouse. The number is correct. There are thirty-two bodies." Five minutes later, a pioneer from the door team appeared in the warehouse and carefully inspected the low-temperature warehouse.
The report was sent back to Paulina.
"Move them to Warehouse No. 2, but don't report it yet. We need to compile a rigorous action report. You don't want Lord Markarian to know that these bodies were picked up by us for free, right?" Paulina Ku.
Bella's face finally showed a relieved smile.
On the other side, Cathy Walter, who was still sitting in the bar and changing a round of drinks on the table, asked Mikkelsen sitting opposite: "How is the signal? Can it be tracked?"
"It's very clear. You're right, she's just a fool." Mikkelsen raised his glass to Cathy Walter and elegantly tasted the brandy in the glass: "I'm glad that my opponent now is not you."
"I will take this as a compliment." Cathy Walter replied with a smile. Her current mentality has been adjusted very well. Her long-term wandering life in different worlds has always given her a sense of alienation from the world.
feel.
And now, returning with death, there is something called a sense of belonging. Cathy Walter tasted the wine in her glass and felt more real than ever before.
The purpose of her invitation to Paulina for a drink was certainly not some damn friendship. She didn't need that kind of thing at all. Cathy didn't even lie. All those thirty-two bodies were exchanged for was really just a drink.
A cup of Mikkelsen's special beer, made from hops collected in the central prison and carefully cultivated by the Druid version of Mikkelsen.
After these plants were brewed into beer, they still retained some activity, allowing Mikkelsen to sense their location.
As for Paulina, that fool, she may suspect that there are nanobots in the wine, but she will certainly not suspect the beer itself.
Paulina received the precious thirty-two bodies, and Mikkelsen took control of the pioneers' positions before she completely metabolized those 'stubborn' active beers.
As the 'middleman', Cathy Walter received recognition from Mikkelsen and the realization of her self-worth. This was a win-win-win deal, and everyone was very satisfied with the deal.
Mikkelsen did not intend to use sneak attacks to continue hunting the frightened pioneers for the time being, although he did have this plan originally.
A successful attack has a 50% chance of killing Markarian, and a 50% chance of forcing him to give up his current body and return to his own world to wait for the next disconnection and reconnection.
And they can take advantage of the absence of the players' command center to complete several quick attacks, causing fifty to one hundred players to go offline. Of course, the unlucky ones who died directly at the hands of Tang Ji will be permanently offline.
But just now, when Paulina carefully made way for the drunkard, Mikkelsen gave up the plan.
Of course, what Paulina was afraid of was not the drunkard, but Tang Ji. These pioneers who had been dealing with Tang Ji for nearly two years had been completely domesticated by Tang Ji.
They have now learned to be polite and obey the order of the world. Mikkelsen believes that they will now obey the traffic lights when driving on the road.
Compared with those new players, these pioneers can be regarded as models of civilized people, but in terms of quality, they may be much higher than most locals.
Their subconscious minds have been tamed to the point where they firmly believe that as long as they don't cause trouble, they won't attract Tang Ji.
As a conspirator and strategist, if Mikkelsen can't use this to hatch something, it would be a real failure.
"Dr. Klenchikov, the central system enhancer has been adjusted, and Mr. Tony has completed the preoperative preparations." In the operating room, the assistant has completed the preliminary preparations.
The doctor named Krenzikov, like Wu Qianying, is a technical master in multiple fields. Before Wu Qianying came to the Lost Mountain Base, his main focus was on the next-generation prosthetic center.
The appearance of Wu Qianying has undoubtedly changed the research direction of the entire Lost Mountain Base. That woman holds countless samples and information about superhuman beings.
In Klenchikov's eyes, Dr. Wu is like a ray of sunshine. She can get the most difficult superhuman materials in the world with just one sentence.
Although most of them appeared in the form of corpses, which made Dr. Klenchikov a little uncomfortable, he could overcome this discomfort.
And the fresh blood from greed, the cancerous cells from gluttony, the brain from jealousy, and the angry ones. Well, the samples of angry ones are relatively rare, but at least they are better than comprehensive ones.
Klenchikov has modified his prosthetic central system enhancer countless times. Not only can it completely integrate the prosthetic body with the human body, it is now also compatible with the results of some other research groups.
Take Sean Westan's 'Time Sensitive Factor' for example. Tony in front of him is undoubtedly the best experimenter. He is equipped with a large number of prosthetics and is ready to accept this kind of transformation, both physically and mentally.
Prepare.
The addition of 'time-sensitive element' is undoubtedly the icing on the cake. If they succeed, it will mean that a new prosthetic era of boxing has been opened.
Humans armed with technology will no longer be so vulnerable when facing superhumans. Or to put it another way, Tony will be much stronger than most superhumans after the successful operation.
The most important thing is that the things they make can be standardized and mass-produced. Compared to superhuman beings who are born completely at once, they are simply a source of chaos.