Cyber ​​Ghost Record

Chapter 95, Section Ninety-Four: Failure
The hovercar slowly descended between the high-rise buildings. Suger looked out the window, where neon lights and holographic images were mottled with color, and faint red crystal clusters swayed in the darkness.

He couldn't distinguish between what was real and what was a product of his levitation disorder. He used his abilities against Li Shi, but suffered a backlash. Over the past two days, his levitation disorder had clearly worsened, but within the Security Bureau, he attributed his frequent hallucinations and absent-mindedness to the aftereffects of hibernation.

The car stopped behind the capsule apartment. The door opened, and Suge bit down on a dopamine blocker. In Yingchuan City, day and night weren't much different; human biological rhythms were lost along with their bodies, and with them, the boundary between day and night disappeared. Suge leaped to the ground, using this simple action to test the Gu Diao's functions. This exoskeleton had been forcibly shut down two days ago, but fortunately, all its functions seemed intact.

He entered the dentist's office and then, through a hidden security door, entered the illegal pharmaceutical factory. The factory's workshops were desolate; all the valuable raw materials had been exhausted, leaving only some herbal extracts.

Qian Yun walked out of the office, his back to the light from inside the door. He had a smile on his face, and his dark green suit jacket was perfectly wrinkle-free.

"Mr. Su."

"Mr. Qian," Su Ge walked over, "I heard you haven't been doing too well lately?"

"There are only bandits here, no real businessmen," Qian Yun said dismissively. "They only know how to rob; nobody understands how to grow the pie."

“If the Deer Valley Group can establish a stable partnership with the Spiritual Society, your predicament will soon be over. Then they will realize their shortcomings.” Suger paused. “However, you said you couldn’t contact the Supreme One?”

"No one can contact the Supreme One."

“But you are a high-ranking member of the Spiritual Society.”

“I was only responsible for providing funding for the activities of the Spiritual Society, and I also got some extra access through the Society. Sometimes, I was also responsible for organizing some small gatherings. The Spiritual Society is loosely organized, and someone like me is considered to be in a high position. But no one, including myself, can contact Zhiren.”

"why?"

“The perfect man is a deity in the flesh. The spiritual community will worship him as its leader, but he has no real obligations to the spiritual community,” Qian Yun said. “His existence simply guides us in the right direction, nothing more. He will not use his supreme wisdom to profit, nor will he use his perfect body to fight.”

"So, it means that a sage cannot show up?" Su Ge was completely unmoved by Qian Yun's exaggerated description.

“The appearance of a sage would only undermine His sacredness,” Qian Yun said. “I will represent the spirits in a spiritual meeting…”

“You may have misunderstood, Mr. Qian,” Su Ge interrupted Qian Yun. “I came to your pharmaceutical factory in person, showing you the utmost respect. But the Lugu Group is interested in the Xingling Society, not you. If Zhiren cannot come to talk to me in person, I will consider discussing the investment plan with the Yingchuan City Religious Council.”

After saying that, Su Ge turned and left without leaving any room for negotiation.

Qian Yun was stunned for a moment, then quickly called out, "Mr. Su!"

Su Ge stopped and turned back. He looked at Qian Yun but did not turn around.

This attitude was a bucket of cold water for Qian Yun. He realized that in the eyes of the Lugu Group, he was just an insignificant nobody. The dentist was right; he had indeed misjudged his position. But there was no turning back. He had to seize the last opportunity to persuade Su Xing.

He took a deep breath and said, "Before the Supreme Being intervenes, He must at least see that the Deer Valley Group truly intends to enter Yingchuan City."

Suger raised an eyebrow, neither responding nor leaving.

Qian Yun continued, "I have a suggestion: the Lugu Group should show people some successful cases of biological modification, and the Xingling Society can provide the first batch of volunteers."

“I’ll say it again,” Sog said expressionlessly, “Let the Supreme One come and talk to me.”

He turned back and headed for the exit. The brief conversation was over; he hadn't even entered Qian Yun's reception room. As he walked through the workshop, passing a jar of cosmos extract, Qian Yun called out again, unwillingly, "I'm going to find Zhiren!"

Suger paused only once, without turning around.

“Give me a shipment, antibiotics, immunosuppressants… or bioengineering raw materials, anything will do! I will find the perfect person…” Sog remained unmoved.

"Give me a hand!"

When Su Ge reached the exit, Qian Yun's tone was almost pleading, but Su Ge ultimately did not turn back.

……

On the screen outside the Jiaogu Diaonang apartment building, a broadcaster praised the mysterious hero who had prevented a terrorist attack a few days earlier in multiple languages, while simultaneously reporting the number of people who had recently died from new types of drugs.

Suger walked out of the dentist's office, through the red and blue lights of the night, and heard the hum of skyrails in the air. Besides that, the Gu Diao also overheard some discussions. He heard the name of the Deer Valley Group, as well as some words that were clearly from the new era. He didn't understand the meaning of these words, but judging from the tone of their voices, they were definitely not saying anything good.

“What are they saying?” he asked.

“I advise you not to listen to the translation,” Shen Ke said. “Language is constantly evolving, and the vicious vocabulary stored in their databases far exceeds your imagination.”

Suger didn't speak, but through his deep connection with the Gu Diao, he "saw" some people convulsing in bed in the capsule apartment, and corpses and prosthetic parts lying together in the garbage dump.

“I messed things up.” Suger’s voice was low, a deep sense of powerlessness weighing on his heart.

He only wanted to find clues about the organization, but unintentionally involved many lives. He didn't think he had such a great influence, but everything happened so bizarrely.

“It’s not that you messed it up; this place was a mess to begin with,” Shen Ke said. “It wasn’t your idea to contact the higher-ups of the Spiritual Society as an investor either. If you have to blame someone, blame that investigator.”

Shen Ke's words did not make Su Ge feel any better. In the end, he was not working for the Security Bureau, but using the Security Bureau to investigate his own targets.

He passed through a jumble of buildings and boarded a hovercar.

……

Upon returning to the Yunbo Hotel, Su Ge immediately submitted an investigation report to Yang Guan, requesting the termination of the investigation.

He didn't expect a reply; according to Lu Shixi, Yang Guan had been injured outside the Renli Tiangong Palace and was receiving treatment. But just minutes after sending the report, he received a call request from Yang Guan.

"what happened?"

A hologram of Yang Guan appeared on the wall.

“I can’t investigate any further.” Su Ge looked at Yang Guan. “He’s in trouble and needs my help, but I’m just an imposter. I can’t help him. If I keep pretending, my identity will definitely be exposed.”

“I was just about to tell you that the investigation has to be temporarily suspended.” Yang Guan’s response surprised Su Ge.

"Why?" Sog pressed.

"Someone contacted me and wants to meet you."

"Who?"

“The CEO of the Lugu Group,” Yang Guan said. “He discovered our operation.”

(End of this chapter)