Gunfire, Punk and Necromancer

The setting up of social public work points is very simple, just a row of chairs and sufficient power supply. Each chair is placed in a zero-gravity reclining position, with a perforated glass cover at the back that can be flipped up and buckled down. It looks a lot like the hair ironing equipment in a barber shop. I hope it will not be replaced by more convenient implant wigs in the future.

The worker lies on the work chair with the residual heat of the former, adjusts the body posture, puts on the timed dream mist machine, and then presses the only button on the hood to start working. They spend eight hours in a comfortable dream and wake up feeling groggy, as if they took a nap but didn't get enough sleep.

The most important part of the entire set of equipment is the headgear that collects the brain's computing power. It uses distributed algorithms to decompose various work problems encountered by the execution of the puppet into brain wave signals, and uses the network to distribute them to various work points for calculation. Due to the delay in the network, coupled with the delay in decomposing calculations, allocating workload, and waiting for feedback, the response speed and accuracy of execution puppets using this method are not as good as those of zombie mode direct control. It is more suitable for jobs in factories and farms, and can also be used in most service industries that do not require immediate response.

In fact, this already covers most jobs.

Because they need to be spread out in large numbers, work chairs are designed to be strong, durable, and adaptable, minimizing operation and maintenance stress and use risks. When the user's brainwave signal is unstable, the work chair will increase its latency and assign it only the most general work scenarios, such as an execution puppet walking on the sidewalk.

Severe Blue Savage addicts who are experiencing withdrawal reactions are limited to this working mode. The work chair will delay the delivery of work orders and the collection of work results. The work efficiency of such people is less than a quarter of normal people, but their pay is actually the same. The company's research believes that such people do not live long and are only a small burden to the entire project. However, they can greatly reduce social problems and are extremely helpful in promoting social public work point projects. They are still a good deal.

Just think of it as a relatively slow "euthanasia" service.

Zhuang Xuteng put his sensing tentacles on this person, and then passed on the "injury". The technology of "transmitting injuries" in necromancy is essentially to absorb the opponent's vitality, physically extract the cell activity and nutrients, and mentally absorb his will to survive and positive emotions. These things combined are called "vitality", which corresponds to the "death energy" in the concept of necromancy. The reason why the word "passing" is used is more to highlight the initiative of the Necromancer in this process: I can take it if I want, and grab it if I don't want it; not only can I take a small amount, but also a full amount, and even more. Capture quantity.

In just two or three seconds, Zhuang Xuteng forced a large amount of resentment inside, "replaced" all his life force, and immediately took away the man's life. Just as Zhuang Xuteng was preparing to find his next target, he discovered that the sensory tentacles in contact with that person were sending new information, and it seemed to be getting stronger.

"Hmm? The sensory tentacles seem to be connected to something..."

As long as mana is provided, the sensory tentacles can continue to extend, sending back sensory information wherever they go. In the state of eight flashes, Zhuang Xuteng has been able to mobilize other people's senses, influence their judgment, and control other people's actions to a certain extent. This time, he killed the person opposite the sensing tentacle behind the work chair. The sensing tentacle actually established a connection with the work chair through the man's body. The work chair even provided shadow energy to the sensing tentacle, trying to strengthen it and extend it. …

"I used my sensory tentacles to affect the corpse, and the work chair did the same, so it regarded me as part of itself?" Zhuang Xuteng thought for a moment, and he thought he should try extending his sensory tentacles in the work chair network. The technique of sensing tentacles has always been very safe. Cutting it off will only lose part of the mana and will not affect Zhuang Xuteng's state. It feels like looking away or covering his ears.

So Zhuang Xuteng remained focused, gathered his sensing tentacles on the deceased's head, and connected to the work chair network on his behalf. Suddenly, Zhuang Xuteng's eyes lit up. He dimly saw countless roads composed of shadow energy, forming a huge and intricate network structure in the sky. Its periphery is criss-crossed like a spider web, and its core is a huge luminous ball, for which brains from all corners of the world are providing computing support.

"This is... a working network for executing puppets?" Zhuang Xuteng was a little stunned. He didn't expect to see such a thing. "My sensory tentacles can continue to extend, and there is no sense of distance like extending in the real world... Hey, let me try this way."

He randomly picked a direction, concentrated on the network that also belonged to the periphery, and moved his sensing tentacles there. Then, he "saw" another larger social public work station, with more than 300 work chairs densely arranged, and the people "commuting to and from get off work" were replaced in batches in an orderly manner. He extended his sensing tentacle slightly, extending it beyond the working point. Based on the shop signs on both sides of the street and the license plates of vehicles on the road, he found that the tentacles had arrived in a residential area on Xiuwan Road in Peicheng Industrial Zone.

The straight-line distance from the surgery site in the hub area to the industrial area is estimated to be ten kilometers. Now the sensory tentacles have not only reached out, but they have also consumed no additional mana from Zhuang Xuteng. The shadow energy from the entire "work chair network" provides the required mana for Zhuang Xuteng's spells.

Each person's mana is nothing compared to the human power generation system.

"It feels like this connection is very stable. How much longer can it be extended?" Zhuang Xuteng concentrated on extending his sensing tentacles, and then moved about two and a half kilometers away. He roughly calculated: the distance from himself lying on the hospital bed to the work chair plus the distance extending from the work chair in the industrial area was exactly the maximum extension distance that his current mana could support. In other words, the distance covered by the "work chair network" is not counted.

This is fun. Zhuang Xuteng retracted his sensing tentacles, looked back at the network just now, and then selected a far away node to extend his sensing tentacles. Good guy, he found himself in a strange city who didn't know how far away, and his sensory tentacles could still extend for another two and a half kilometers.

Zhuang Xuteng tried it. Not only could he sense the remote environment, he could also transmit resentment, but he couldn't use this channel to collect "vitality". After thinking about it, Zhuang Xuteng believes that there is basically no difference between "grievance" and side effects. The work chair network is a network of energy and signals, and the content of the shadow can be passed. The vitality and resentment in the concept of necromancy are basically completely opposite in nature. They are functionally incompatible, so it makes sense that they cannot borrow this network.

Through this network, Zhuang Xuteng can collect the grievances of any work chair user, transfer them to any work chair within 2.5 kilometers, and deliver them to any target. This means that he has nearly unlimited attack power and can "curse" anyone to death with his resentment. Even the company's augmented people can't handle so much resentment, and they're not immune to implant complications.

Withdrawing his sensing tentacles and returning to the ward, Zhuang Xuteng suddenly felt relaxed: he had a trump card against the company's enhanced people! He has always attached great importance to the attack mode of resentment transfer. Inducing Lanci syndrome and causing physical overload are very effective methods to deal with enhanced people. The problem in the past was mainly that there was not enough resentment. Especially since the company's enhanced personnel have a very high level in terms of endurance, and their maintenance level, training results and medical support team are also top-notch, the amount of resentment is even less sufficient.

Kill a few people first, and use the death to snowball the effect of amplifying the effects from side effects, and keep accumulating until you accumulate enough energy to crush the enhanced person at once - this will definitely not happen quickly. If the company attaches great importance to Zhuang Xuteng and sends seven or eight high-level reinforcements, whoever fights first will be a life and death battle. There will be no chance of snowballing, so this trick will not be used.

The problem is solved. As long as he has this work chair, Zhuang Xuteng can collect grievances from the entire network, which is equivalent to always having enough ammunition!

"Now I know what to do! Open a social work station and live next to it. It's best to move a work chair to your home and have access to the almost unlimited reservoir of resentment in the entire network at any time. Hmm... wait a minute , can you enter the network without using a corpse?"

I tried it when I thought of it, and found out immediately that it didn't work. In the working state, the sensing tentacles will be squeezed out by the brain signals in the thinking state and cannot be inserted into the work chair network. This is the same as it cannot completely penetrate into the opponent's body and directly take over his nervous system. This is not a big problem. Ordinary people have no ability to resist Zhuang Xuteng's power. Killing one person can open the network entrance, which does not delay its use in combat.

Then there are three questions left: Is it possible to directly move a fresh corpse into a chair? Is it possible to use a refrigerator to extend the storage time of the deceased without disconnecting it? Is it possible for Zhuang Xuteng to put it into the chair while lying on his work chair? Sensing tentacles extending?

All three questions require experiments to know the results, but he definitely does not have the conditions to do experiments now. Zhuang Xuteng kept this in mind and continued to use his sensory tentacles to collect vitality for himself and speed up his body's recovery.

After 24 hours of observation, Dr. Jiang confirmed that Zhuang Xuteng's physical condition was stable and he could leave the hospital, but he must continue to rest for at least a week to allow the new implant to adapt to the "working environment." Do not engage in strenuous activities or come into contact with unhygienic environments...

This period of time is used to conduct research on work chairs. There is no problem at all in staying at home.

Before being discharged from the hospital, Zhuang Xuteng saw Dr. Jiang’s exoskeleton. Under the cover of special materials, the shadow energy signal of the company's implant located on its back is indeed weakened, and it can play a covering role.

"You have to be careful at all times. As soon as you take off the exoskeleton, you will find the problem immediately." Zhuang Xuteng said to Ge Gongdao: "You need to be more careful when taking off your pants in the future, so as not to expose it to others."

"Indeed. Risks and benefits always go hand in hand. Since you said there is no problem, then I will install the implant. But I don't need you to accompany me, Prince will come. You go home early now, don't let her Worry."

After seeing Dr. Jiang Pazu's skills, Zhuang Xuteng was not worried about Ge Gongdao's surgery. The implants used by the company for its own internal personnel are of high quality and safe, and the grievances accumulated during their use and death have been completely cleared up by Zhuang Xuteng, making them almost the same as new ones. If you can't do this kind of surgery well, then don't open a hospital anymore.

When Zhuang Xuteng returned home, he had to be personally inspected by Morgana before she could decide whether he should stay in bed or move around. Now they live in the Morgana family's manor, using Morgana's former room. The three-story building that belongs to them is under construction. It is estimated that it will take a few months to complete, and it will take another three or four months to move in. Compared with other buildings in the manor, this small building with square heads and right angles and a modular style can be said to be very simple and ugly. It is like a blank piece of paper placed next to a famous painting. It can only be used as an introduction at most, and it is definitely not worthy of mention. On works. However, Morgana and Zhuang Xuteng did not think that this small building had any need to be handed down from generation to generation. It would be enough if it could be used for fifty or sixty years, which would be enough for them to live out their entire lives.

Besides, it’s not like we can’t afford to build a second building.

"I have thought about what kind of industry I want to open." Zhuang Xuteng talked about his future plans while eating the nutritionally fortified meal prepared by Morgana for him. "I also want to open a social public work site. It saves you trouble, just pay for it, and it doesn't take much effort to find someone to look after it. I figured it out, and I can do research through it."

"What are you going to study?" Morgana asked, pouring a glass of synthetic juice for Zhuang Xuteng.

"The impact of this industry on society." Zhuang Xuteng sighed. He did not dare to say that he was going to use a work chair to kill people remotely. That would be too scary. Fortunately, he usually has some thoughts, which he can use at this time. "The public security in Peicheng is indeed much better now, and I feel different on the streets. But every time I think about this public work site, I feel like there is a problem somewhere. It's not because of the fog machine, or because It pays part of it in Security Blue, but it's something else. I haven't figured it out yet, but I want to figure it out."

"There are already many research reports on social and public work points, and some of them have been written into books. Most of them have positive opinions, but there are also negative ones. You can just read them. Why bother?"

"I have a smart brain. I have to find a way to keep using it, otherwise it will get rusty." Zhuang Xuteng said: "In addition, I recently hired a subordinate. You can call him Black Mike. He is my errand boy and helps me with some things. Miscellaneous things.”

"Black Mike? Male or female?"

"Male...can't you recognize this name?"

"Is this a name? It's just a code name! Well... I'm not worried about you taking the initiative to provoke weird people, but you have to be careful about the company's routine. Send a proactive beauty to your side to cause a scandal, which will lead to the two of us. When a relationship breaks down and you get divorced, they are free to do whatever they want to do to you."

"Why don't you send a handsome guy to find you?"

"I feel like they sent one during the more than half a year you were away. I didn't realize it at all, and I didn't realize it until now. In addition, men, you have to be careful, I've heard some rumors..."