A-874184 stared at the military-grade augnted soldier from Dream Corporation in front of him, and the small pit he had stomped out on the ground.
This wasn’t the first ti he had hired the company’s security services, nor the first ti dealing with Dream Corporation, but they had never given him such a show of force before.
Was this ant to convey so hidden ssage, or was their strategy about to change?
Even slight shifts within the Corporation were earth-shattering for individual rchants and small businesses. Although he had already reached the top among ordinary people, compared to these colossal entities that had replaced and surpassed the old nation-states, he was still insignificant.
But instead of wild speculation, communication was a more effective solution.
Since the Corporation’s people didn’t care about appearances, he didn’t adjust his facial augntation and stepped forward directly, greeting them: “Hello, I’m Wang Fugui.”
Mo Wen looked at the client before him.
From appearance, his face was stiff, movents chanical, eyes lifeless, like a corpse driven by external force. Most of his emotions had been stripped away by the augntation, but by probing deeper with his awakened psychic power and sharpened sixth sense, Mo Wen could detect emotions surging like a furnace in his chest.
He was not afraid, despite a person dropping from the sky at a speed that could kill him, and he didn’t retreat a step.
This fearlessness wasn’t ignorance, unaware of the danger of the fall, nor was it confidence born from knowing he wouldn’t get hurt. Instead, it was forged through harsh training and real experience, transforming fear into a pure alert system, using strong willpower to overco biological instincts.
Though his na sounded simple, this was clearly a fierce man.
“Hello, I am Mo Wen, mber of the 25th squad, External Operations Departnt, 16th branch of Dream Corporation.”
A “proper” na was almost a luxury nowadays.
The disintegration of the nation concept, loss of old culture, impact of erging ideologies… Although people could still na and rena themselves freely, those who lost hope and connection to the past, those indifferent to nas, and those pursuing higher efficiency and clarity no longer gave themselves or others such nas.
Judging by the na, Wang Fugui sensed this person was special.
Then, what was so special?
Countless thoughts flowed through his ntal circuits, breaking one question into many. Based on this person’s augntations, speech, and deanor, he answered them one by one.
The answer was that knowing too much was not good.
Wang Fugui nodded. “I understand, Mr. Mo Wen. Before we start, a reminder: damaging public property requires a fine.”
“Since this contested city still has no responsible corporation, if you want to pay less, you can directly log in to the Corporation’s official website, select the relevant interface, upload on-site photos, and confess.”
Only then did Mo Wen rember he was in a civilized society, and imdiately paid the fine. “Thanks for the reminder.”
The helicopter slowly descended, and three teammates walked out. Ren Sisi still looked hesitant, torn over who should pay the fine and whether she bore any responsibility.
Dragonblade Ninja, noticing both the client and Mo Wen acted so nonchalantly, imdiately checked the Corporation’s website for the fund flow and confird Mo Wen had already paid the fine.
But he didn’t plan to ntion it. He just enjoyed watching the little girl struggle with this.
Dragonblade Ninja stepped forward. After Mo Wen naturally stepped aside, he imdiately assud the captain’s imposing posture and smiled at the client: “Hello, I’m Dragonblade Ninja, captain of 16-25. Pleasure to et you, Mr. Wang Fugui.”
“I heard stories about you when I was a child. Famous private entrepreneur, involved in post-war reconstruction, city self-managent and developnt, creating many jobs and driving regional progress.”
“I also saw the recent ‘Gold Miner Competition’ you hosted.”
Wang Fugui interrupted, “That’s all in the past. I already ntioned what I’m going to do next in the briefing. This kind of small talk isn’t necessary.”
Dragonblade Ninja shrugged, “Still, I don’t understand why you want to do this.”
Wang Fugui said coldly, “Because I want to. It’s that simple. You can see it as completely giving up, or as my token of loyalty to the Corporation. Your only job is to carry out the mission, isn’t it?”
“No.” Dragonblade Ninja shook his head. “Maybe because the things you asked the Corporation to do before were too straightforward, you misunderstood the staff. But in reality, we have always been allowed to handle special cases and are taught to act on our own judgnt, not blindly follow orders.”
“Your actions, the colleagues reviewing the mission, and I, temporarily can’t find any issues, but that doesn’t an you can keep hiding things until the end.”
Wang Fugui remained unmoved. “Then just carry out the mission.”
“You’re here, so it’s ti for to take the stage.”
A manned drone had arrived beside Wang Fugui. He stepped lightly onto it, nodded to Mo Wen and the others in farewell, and imdiately flew toward his “battlefield.”
Dragonblade Ninja shook his head. “Well, didn’t get anything out of him. Fine. They won’t cause much trouble for us anyway.”
“Mo Wen, be careful not to act prematurely. Try to restrain rather than kill. Others are free to act as they wish. I trust you.”
After speaking, he wrapped his cloak around himself and vanished.
Phantom dissolved into the environnt as if lting away, disappearing without a trace.
Ren Sisi looked at Mo Wen, hesitating, but after he began moving, she reluctantly sat back in the helicopter and connected to the local intercity network via onboard equipnt, monitoring the whole scene.
As for Mo Wen, he leaped, soaring 1.2 kiloters, landing steadily atop the event venue, quickly finding a favorable position.
The venue was nest-shaped, similar to a massive stadium capable of holding tens of thousands, though the structure at the center was sowhat different.
Tens of thousands of Outer Ring residents sat in the stands, murmuring about sothing.
With Mo Wen’s augnted hearing and brainpower, he imdiately gathered the ambient sounds, cross-referenced with event information found online, and summarized the key points.
Unlike Xisuo City, fully controlled by Dream Corporation, security in this contested city was relatively poor. In the earliest days, there were even public murders. Later, city self-governance organizations rebuilt various public services. Wang Fugui had initially proposed resolving disputes through sports competitions.
The venue was currently holding contests of manpower “mining,” “slting,” and “manufacturing.” Various teams of augnted people brought their own equipnt and tricks, competing fiercely. So had to broadcast outdoors, but the audience was highly enthusiastic.
A very small number were spreading ideas like “We are no worse than the Corporation,” “The Corporation occupied our resources, causing us to fall to this state,” and “We must unite to take back everything from the Corporation.”
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