Chapter 699: Bondage
Just as several members of the parliament were about to quarrel, the door of the basalt chamber was suddenly pushed open, and a soldier in black soft armor hurriedly ran in.
"Who let you in! An important meeting is underway right now! One of the councillors looked at the black-armored soldier with some annoyance and scolded sternly.
However, the black-armored soldier ignored him, walked directly to the black-robed man sitting in chief, whispered a few words, and then quickly exited the basalt secret room.
"Ahem, I'll tell you the bad news, the Herrens line, ten minutes ago, was breached." The black-robed man stood up and said unhurriedly.
"What?!" As soon as he finished speaking, the members of the House of Representatives instantly froze in their seats, and several of them even opened their mouths a little out of shape.
"According to the news that came back, the Herrens defense line was hit by a night attack by the Kuroshio, and in addition to the huge Kuroshio, there were more than thirty parasitic dragon lizards participating in this night attack."
"Loss...... What about the losses? It took several seconds for a member of parliament to ask in a trembling tone.
"The garrison of the Consortium Alliance on the Hellens Line was completely wiped out, and the number of people who managed to escape was less than three digits, and, according to rough statistics, nearly thirty percent of the war dead were parasitized before they died completely, what does this mean, I think everyone here knows it very well."
In that virtual world, any form of death, as long as the number of resurrections is not exhausted, it is the same as ordinary online games in the old era, and there is still a chance to restart, but only being parasitized by parasitic worms will make the player's brain make wrong judgments, thus forming a brain death phenomenon similar to "suicide" - if you fail to die before being invaded by parasitic worms, then once the parasitism is successful, the player's real brain will also stop working.
Although there are a few people with particularly strong self-wills who can completely distinguish the difference between virtual and reality, it is still a minority, and one or two out of 10,000 people is already a lot......
The garrison of the Herrens Line had swelled to about 2.6 million men at the front, and nearly 30% of them were parasitic...... That's nearly 800,000 people, and although it's only a few tens of thousands on the heads of each consortium, the vast majority of these tens of thousands of people are soldiers, and after losing so many people at once, many shelters may not even have to rotate the manpower to maintain law and order.
"But this is just a small episode, the Hellens line is going to be breached sooner or later, it's just a virtual world...... Let's continue with the previous topic, about Vault 444......"
"Vignette? Speaker, with all due respect, if we don't intend to formally declare war on the Mastermind tomorrow morning, this matter must be resolved first! ”
"Yes, the Herrens defense line has been broken, we will have no danger to defend, if there is a large loss of population due to this reason, why not start a war against the mastermind?"
"We can't get everyone to quit that virtual world, if we do, the next day the mastermind will paralyze all the shelters, the production lines of the fully automated factories will be stopped, the pipelines for water, electricity and oxygen will be cut off, all the brain terminals will crash, riots, turmoil and death will appear in every shelter, and the social fabric we have worked so hard to build will also collapse!"
"We ask the organization to immediately give reinforcements in terms of manpower and materials to each member consortium, and build a new line of defense to block the southward Kuroshio as soon as possible!"
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Although these consortia have belonged to the "organization", in addition to paying materials to the organization regularly and completing the tasks assigned by the organization, these consortia operate independently on weekdays, unless it is really a moment of life and death, otherwise, they cannot get the assistance of the "organization".
Like the Edas Foundation, these consortiums affiliated with the organization have 49% of the equity control in the hands of the "organization", so they can be regarded as tied to the same tank as the "organization".
On the grounds of the threat of the mastermind, the organization united many forces to form a terrifying behemoth, but at this time, a huge crack suddenly appeared inside this behemoth.
"Everyone." The Speaker slowly took off the hood on his head, revealing that somewhat old face, "You also understand the fact that I am just an agent of those big people above, and all I can do is to collect your opinions and report them to them, and all decisions are not made by me." I'll be honest with your requests, but for now, we still need to discuss the issue of Vault 444. ”
"In that case, then I'm sorry! Our 'Silore' consortium announced its withdrawal from the organization, and we chose to unconditionally cede the 49% equity in the hands of the organization, and the relevant property transfer procedures will be completed within a week. One of the councillors stood up angrily, and just as he turned to leave the basalt chamber, a guard who had been standing like a statue suddenly drew a short knife and stabbed the councillor in the chest with lightning speed.
"Y-you-" The councilor's eyes widened for a moment, and then slowly came to the ground with a dull "pop" sound.
"I'm sorry, just now, the organization successfully acquired 7.6% of the shares from the six shareholders of the 'Silore' consortium, and we now hold 56.6% of the shares, which means that the 'silol' consortium is now the property of the 'organization', so you do not have the right to voluntarily divide the assets of the consortium." Facing the still warm corpse on the ground, the speaker said slowly.
There was a dead silence in the basalt chamber for an instant, and the councillors finally realized that the fate of them, and the consortium behind them, was no longer in their hands.
"You don't need to panic, in fact, the organization has already taken measures for this matter......" The two guards carried the body out of the basalt chamber before the speaker continued. And our 'countermeasure' is to exchange 'area' for 'time'. ”
"Does 'organization' mean that we keep retreating south?" One of the councillors took a deep breath and asked.
"That's right, the game "Wasteland Survival Code", for us, is to train a sufficient number of evolutionaries, and now, this goal has been achieved, and through research in the virtual environment, we have also mastered the technology of mass production evolutionaries, this game, there is no value, and for things that have no value, how to deal with them, you must know better than me."