Cyber ​​Ghost Record

Chapter 67, Section Sixty-Six: Thoughts
Smoke drifted between the red silk and ceramic figures on the shrine.

The old man handed the white porcelain cup to Yue Guocheng.

"You have many thoughts, but your body only does one thing."

Yue Guocheng accepted the porcelain cup.

The old man said, “Just like this cup, you hold it very steadily, but at the same time, you may have a thought in your mind that you want to destroy it and smash it because of its beauty.” He gazed at the blue-green fish and algae pattern of cobalt oxide on the porcelain cup.

Yue Guocheng was taken aback for a moment, then denied it, saying, "I didn't."

The old man shook his head. “You have these thoughts, just like you might have thoughts of assaulting a woman or robbing a rich person. In an instant, you have 84,000 thoughts in your mind, and you won’t even be aware of them, but they will appear in your mind. However, they will not become reality. When a thought becomes reality, it is the result of the coordination between mind and body. Your mind affects your body, and your body also affects your mind…”

Yue Guocheng listened quietly, looking at the cup in his hand, some previously overlooked thoughts surfacing in his mind. The old man's words made him realize that he might actually break the porcelain cup. He put it down and asked in a low voice, "What if things go wrong with the coordination?"

"Those thoughts that shouldn't have become reality will be carried out by your body."

……

Drones take off and land in the restricted area.

In the training field, a ghostly figure destroyed the last armored vehicle.

Inside the research institute, staff were processing training data, and Asura's various performance parameters scrolled across the screen.

"As expected of Asura, his individual combat ability is comparable to that of a combat company."

"The research is still in its early stages...the thought filtering mechanism has some flaws..."

The gate slid open, and Yue Guocheng, having finished his training, entered the research institute.

"What's wrong with you?" The boss walked over.

"What's wrong?" Yue Guocheng asked, looking puzzled.

“When clearing that sniper position, you should prioritize capturing the enemy.” The superior frowned. “You blow up the entire sniper position.”

"I……"

"He should have disarmed by now," a colleague whispered nearby.

“Weapons aren’t allowed outside the training grounds,” a colleague whispered. “But Asura doesn’t need weapons at all. Someone like us, he could tear apart with his bare hands. I’d say the rules should be stricter…”

Yue Guocheng didn't know how to explain the mistakes that occurred during training. His colleagues' whispers lingered in his mind, and the word "tear apart" flashed through his mind, accompanied by some imagined images—he used Asura to attack his superiors and colleagues, easily dismembering them.

……

When he came to his senses, his imagination had become reality. Yue Guocheng stood in a pool of blood, his colleague's body parts scattered around him.

The alarm blared incessantly, and flashing red lights illuminated his face, which was contorted with terror.

……

Inside the Security Bureau, in a monotonous gray room, Suger recalled the moment when everything had finally settled down.

The magnetic force of the freight platform held Yue Guocheng firmly to the ground, and the dust particles dissipating in the wind were clearly visible under the blinding searchlights.

His prosthetic eye was fixed on Suger.

As they looked at each other, Su Ge read these fragments that flashed through Yue Guocheng's mind.

The information provided by these fragments gave him a general understanding of the origins of the owner of the floating shop. He was a member of the military who had killed a colleague in an accident during the testing of "Asura" and fled to Yingchuan City to hide his identity. He had been on the run for more than ten years.

Why didn't he kill you back then?

Across the table, the lieutenant colonel asked.

“He needed hostages, and he also needed someone who knew about the arrest plan,” Suger said. “I happened to be sober at the time.” “During your contact, did he reveal any information?” the lieutenant colonel pressed. “His identity, background, what crimes had he committed?”

“No.” Su Ge shook his head.

The lieutenant colonel scrutinized Suger, as if trying to determine whether Suger was lying.

“I’m his hostage, not his psychologist. Why is he telling me all this?”

"But you can guess his background, can't you?" the lieutenant colonel said meaningfully. "You also used prohibited exoskeleton equipment."

“He might have some connection to the military,” Suger said. “His prosthetic body must be military equipment to be so powerful.”

The lieutenant colonel neither confirmed nor denied the statement.

"If someone asks you, 'Who is that thug?'"

"how could I know?"

The lieutenant colonel finally nodded and waved his hand to summon an air projection of a confidentiality agreement.

“Sign this. All the details of your contact with him are confidential. I need to remind you, Suger, that what he's involved in concerns national security. Any leaks could cause incalculable damage. You should know the gravity of the situation.”

Sug nodded.

Based on the information he gleaned from Yue Guocheng, the incident stemmed from a mistake in a military project. Yue Guocheng was both a criminal and a victim, and it's difficult to say who should be held responsible for the wrongful deaths under his command.

……

Su Ge walked through the corridor, and Yang Guan walked towards him.

"How was it? I didn't make things difficult for you, did I?"

"No."

"That's good." Yang Guan breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Su Ge with a strange expression. "Well done! You managed to escape from that guy and even saved forty-one children from the orphanage. How did you do that?"

"Uh, I just signed a confidentiality agreement." Su Ge was relieved that he had avoided directly revealing his abilities, but he couldn't hide the fact that he could activate the Gu Diao combat system. "Didn't the Security Bureau send out a lot of drones last night?"

“The military has destroyed all the data and records from last night,” Yang Guan said with some dissatisfaction. “But shouldn’t you explain your exoskeleton situation?”

“I already explained it last time.” Su Ge was referring to the time after Shen Ke was arrested.

“It’s different.” Yang Guan looked at Su Ge. “If this thing can’t run at full power, it’s at most borderline. But if it can run at full power, its nature is completely different.”

“If it weren’t for it, I would have died last night,” Suger said.

Yang Guan remained silent for two seconds.

The Security Bureau has informants throughout the city. Some operate in the gray areas where law and order are lacking, and none of them are completely "clean." The incriminating evidence against the informants is the basis for the Security Bureau to ensure their obedience. Suger's exoskeleton is already a dangerous and contraband item, but without it, he truly cannot survive in the marginalized society.

He chuckled, deliberately not pressing the matter further, and changed the subject: "Now you're a hero. In just one night, Yingchuan City is filled with your legend."

"I almost became a legend. By the way, what did the security bureau do about my identity?"

Su Ge's words were loaded with meaning. Yang Guan said that the Security Bureau had covered his identity, but the owner of Fubo's shop still managed to find out his true identity.

"The situation is rather unusual right now. You're in contact with the target. Although you've done a good job, the security bureau can't award you any honors at the moment..."

"As for the previous mission, I've already made contact with the target."

“Last night’s events disrupted our plans, but for our investigation, it’s had a positive impact,” Yang Guan said. “The original plan was to make you a friend and confidant of the target. Now the situation is different; now, you are his savior.”

A few minutes late~
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(End of this chapter)