Abyssal Wanderer

“Even if you continue investigating, it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy and cause a second type of disaster. But at least, such a development will have more aesthetic value, right? Compared with doing nothing.”

Commissioner Bai said with a smile.

Jim's Adam's apple trembled for a moment, and after a long while he slowly spoke:

"To be honest, I still don't think there's no way to prevent the disaster."

Even if a high-level adjuster of the Sibyl Path made a prediction, Jim didn't think the disaster could not be prevented in advance - he thought that even a high-level adjuster of the Sibyl Path could not take variables like Jiang Zhou or Hecate into account, right?

Jim thought so.

"Very good. If you didn't have such a belief, I wouldn't come to you alone."

Commissioner Bai looked at him with admiration and continued:

"From now on, I will provide as much support as possible within the scope of my authority for any of your actions."

Although he felt that he had become the object of the other party's amusement for no apparent reason, Jim was relieved since the other party's intention to cooperate was confirmed.

In any case, if the subsequent investigation is supported by people from the Human Ethics Monitoring Committee - even if it is only nominal support - my actions will always be much more convenient.

"So about the Thracian Club..."

Thinking of this, he seized the opportunity and spoke.

Although according to the other party, the Thrace Club is just one of the 276 possible sources of the disaster that will happen in Nord in the prophecy, but for Jim, the Thrace Club is still the most important thing he needs to pay attention to at the moment.

This was both a kind of intuition and a strange sense of responsibility.

Besides, he wasn't magnanimous enough to let go of the guy who had killed him once.

"Well, I've heard a general report from Wang Ying before... You think it was caused by some kind of parasite released by the Thracian Club, right?"

Commissioner Bai nodded.

Jim shook his head and explained:

"That's just a way of saying it for convenience. I'm not talking about parasites in the narrow sense..."

"I understand what you mean. Those infected people are very similar to parasites in terms of behavior and spread strategy, right?"

Raising his hand to stop Jim from continuing with his long explanation, Commissioner Bai went straight to his conclusion.

Seeing Jim nod hesitantly, Commissioner Bai continued:

"As early as the Second Cyber ​​War, technology that could pollute the human mind over a wide area had already been weaponized. Not just real parasites, but also bacteria, fungi, viruses, chemical hormones, nano-gray matter, brain-machine viruses, genetic weapons, and even subconscious implants of media propaganda... All the media you can think of have been developed, produced, and put into use by individuals or organizations, and many have achieved good results.

"As for the functions of mind pollution, in addition to the most basic sensory misalignment and destruction, there are also functions that can stimulate people's desire for violence, appetite, sexual desire, sleep desire... or conversely suppress various desires and emotions, making people give up the idea of ​​resistance, give up the desire to have children, or simply be unable to fall asleep. Many people have developed these functions."

As she spoke, she raised her teacup again, took a sip from the steaming water, and then said slowly:

"And among all the weaponized wide-area mind pollution I mentioned above, none of them has reached the yellow alert in the committee's internal threat assessment list. Do you know the reason?"

Although he didn't know why the other party suddenly mentioned this, Jim shook his head in agreement - he really didn't know.

"Because no matter what form or medium, those products of polluted minds do not pose any threat to the status of human beings."

Commissioner Bai's tone was full of sarcasm when he spoke.

"No threat?"

Jim was a little confused.

"One of the core points of zombie movies is to create a sense of zombies' inferiority compared to humans - even though they are powerful, they cannot create civilization like humans. This cognition can make everyone empathize with them, thus deriving a sense of superiority and security. Therefore, the most terrifying plot in zombie movies is often when the protagonist discovers that the zombies, who were originally thought to be brainless, can actually cooperate and strategize."

Jiang Zhou did not agree with this cultural criticism, but Jim said directly:

"Excuse me, does this have anything to do with the issue we are discussing now?"

"Beastly, zombie-like, thug-like, perverted murderer-like, rapist-like, disabled..."

Commissioner Bai counted on his fingers, then looked at Jim and said:

"No matter how it is presented in the end, those humans whose minds have been polluted are just defective products of evolution compared to normal people. They are just another form of zombies... Can you imagine that 'new humans' who can't control the desire to kill their loved ones will establish civilization and replace the status of humans?"

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Needless to say, even if all of humanity were infected with the same mental virus as Duanmu Youxue, the worst outcome would be that everyone would kill each other until the last man or woman died. However, those infected with self-destruction as their primary driving force would definitely not be able to take over the position of humans.

This is under the premise that high-level regulators from organizations such as the Olympus Order do not interfere.

With this in mind, the mind pollution virus of the Thrace Club alone cannot satisfy the human intelligence collapse scenario defined by the committee.

"Are you trying to say... the real source of the threat is not just that simple?"

Jim asked tentatively.

Commissioner Bai put down his teacup:

"That's right. If the situation of the Thracian Club is just as you said, then there is actually nothing special about them. They may pose a certain threat to the security of the Nord resettlement area, but it is definitely impossible for them to reach the level of human mental breakdown."

Jim was a little confused by the other party's attitude for a moment.

So does this old guy want or not want me to continue investigating the Thracian Club?

As if he had seen through Jim's thoughts, Commissioner Bai stood up, patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Of course I hope you will continue to investigate, but you must change your mindset... If the infection is only to the extent that people drown themselves in septic tanks, or start catching stray dogs and cats on the streets to eat, then they are not a real threat."

Walking slowly to the door of the reception room, Commissioner Bai left a last word before leaving:

"You need to think at a deeper level, to think about what the real threat and the real enemy are to humanity." (End of this chapter)