Enforcer Manual
Chapter 660: All Are Brothers_1

Chapter 660: Chapter 660: All Are Brothers_1

For Lu Xiang and Song Lan, the relationship between Rose and Richard, as well as the Gilvez Family, turned out to be good news.

After all, they were all respectable individuals, and they wouldn’t engage in poaching against someone’s will.

This not-so-long video gave them a new direction for their investigation: they had to turn back the clock to a day ten years ago. That was the day when Conceptual Armament Project was officially declared complete. It was also then that Rose and Jasmine finished their time at the research facility and became the only two surviving products of the research project.

It seemed that few people were concerned about what happened to the other children who were sent to the institution with them, as there wasn’t much information left on the internet.

However, the completion of Conceptual Armaments gave the research institutions a tremendous boost of confidence. The successful cases of Rose and Jasmine were widely publicized, as if people had already found the correct answer to the integration of Spiritual Energy and machinery.

With those two "prototypes," the Conceptual Armaments project was widely promoted, and institutions began to search globally for suitable experimental subjects; Princess Lieyang was one among them.

Research on Conceptual Armaments hasn’t ceased to this day.

Right now, experiments were still underway somewhere unbeknownst to them.

In the eyes of the experts or the Review Meeting, it was undoubtedly a worthwhile trade to exchange a dozen or so children for potential Six Stars rescuers with combat potential.

"Speaking of which, what exactly is the function of these Conceptual Armaments?"

He saw those documents hyping up the technology as if the wielders of Conceptual Armaments had already transcended prosthetic implant recipients and Spirit Ability Users, becoming a new form of life superior to both.

"Do you remember a few months ago, when I was tutoring you in advanced mathematics at the hospital in District Seventeen?"

As Lu Xiang spoke, she didn’t forget to give Song Lan a disdainful glance.

At that time, the Dumb Bird had acted so genuinely that she, a person without Psychic Abilities, ended up lecturing someone who might have stood at the pinnacle of Psychic Abilities about psychic theory knowledge.

Thinking back on it now, she still felt somewhat embarrassed.

Nevertheless, what she had talked about at the time was based on theories proposed by Professor Myles, "Generally, the strength of a Psychic depends on their spiritual energy intensity and the rules of their ability. Without these two pillars, even the most powerful abilities would have no room to manifest. Advanced mathematics, or logic, serves as a fundamental method to help Psychics construct the rules for their abilities."

The majority of Psychics’ rules are related to the subconscious, and often, the stronger the ability, the more stringent the activation conditions.

Dumb Bird was the exception.

Before this, Lu Xiang could never have imagined an ability to erase timelines without being constrained by rules or the intensity of spiritual energy.

She thought Song Lan’s ability could only be described as lawless.

"Take Elmon for example. Although he can teleport instantaneously, even the United Government currently doesn’t have spatial warp technology. But to invoke his ability, he must fulfill the concept of a door, and the size of the door is closely related to his psychic intensity."

She felt that Song Lan’s disciple was the perfect example.

With restrictions in psychic intensity and limits imposed by rules, there were many more measures available to prevent and counter such powers, making Psychics shift from "lawless" beings to those that could be controlled or even eliminated by existing methods.

"You can think of Conceptual Armaments as a way to use prosthetic implantation to eliminate these two restrictions, returning the bearer to a ’lawless’ state. Just imagine, if Elmon’s abilities were free of rules and psychic intensity, he could cause destruction on the scale of annihilating a city."

Teleporting a city over another and letting it fall freely.

Lu Xiang could easily contemplate ways to cause maximum casualties in a short time.

She felt this was one of the reasons why Song Lan’s ability was close to unsolvable.

Besides the power itself, Song Lan was almost not subject to rule restrictions when using his ability, and having spent so much time with him, she had yet to see the limits of his psychic intensity.

"I see, there’s so much to it..."

Surprised, Song Lan sighed.

Lu Xiang glanced at him and continued, "However, it was precisely this ’lawlessness’ that caused Richard Gervis to worry. He feared that as the prototypes of the experiment, Rose and Jasmine would ultimately break free from the control of the Consortium and even the United Government. Therefore, before the entire experiment was declared complete, he voiced his concerns to the institution."

After that, the backend for Conceptual Armaments was born.

"The work of the backend isn’t just to put them into a coma; when necessary, the operating system can even override their own consciousness, send commands to their brain, and control their bodies to act against their will... I think this might be the agreement Richard made with Rose back then."

"But why?"

"To trade for his sister’s freedom."

Having delved deeper into the information on Conceptual Armaments, Lu Xiang gained a clearer understanding.

Over the years, Richard did honor his promise.

He held the backend access to Jasmine, and even if the Review Meeting, Innovator Faction, and the rescuer departments intervened, he could still use Jasmine’s backend privileges to "tie" her to the Consortium.

Truly worthy of being the United Government.

After collecting the relevant documents, Bai Zhu commented once again.

The more one understood the United Government, the more one would realize how dark an era it was.

They were dealing with a Six Stars rescuer whose will could be stripped away at any moment. Conceptual Armaments had made her, and now they became her greatest curse.

"So, you’re saying that our next step is to hack into the backend of their Conceptual Armaments and find a way to revoke Richard’s admin privileges?"

"I’m afraid that’s going to be difficult. Bai Zhu has reevaluated the operating system of the conceptual armament; it’s much more complicated than we imagined."

Bai Zhu and the "Deep Web" chip aren’t omnipotent, after all.

She’s now facing a system she has never seen before, and she’s not even on the scene, "However, if she could get Richard Gervis’s administrator rights, perhaps she could have a try."

"I understand."

"You understand?"

Lu Xiang was amused by Song Lan’s calm tone.

They were discussing Richard Gervis, the ruler of the Iris Consortium, the master of the entire District Two.

Even the Review Meeting would not dare to easily point their spears at him, yet here was Song Lan, slapping his forehead as if he could simply take someone else’s backend administrator privileges.

It always was this Dumb Bird, with his ability to dispel her tension and concerns in just one sentence.

"Have you thought of a plan?"

"Actually, it’s very simple; it can be done in just three steps."

Song Lan always believed that communication between people isn’t that complicated as long as it’s sincere enough, "First, we need to find a suitable time, preferably when I can be alone with Mr. Richard; then, we’ll suggest the idea of borrowing the administrator rights to him; lastly, after using it, we’ll return the thing to its rightful owner."

"And you’re confident he will lend you the rights?"

"Hey, we’re all buddies, and we’re just borrowing it, not keeping it."

"I remember you said the same thing when you borrowed Wild Bone’s chip."

"Yeah, I’ve always planned to return it to him; it’s just that the guy has never found the time to come get it from us, right?"

Song Lan argued with justification.

He had a clear conscience; if one day Wild Bone really knocked on their apartment door, asking for the chip back, he would certainly return it on the spot, without a moment’s hesitation.

After all, the principle of borrowing and returning makes future borrowing not difficult; Song Lan understood this.

"So, when do you plan to make your move?"

"Let’s check out the situation tonight. I always feel like Richard has something important to tell Rose tonight."

The video meeting they had the day before could not be described as anything but stormy. Richard made it clear that he wanted Rose to visit his office that evening, giving the Gilvez Family one last chance.

"Right, I have to give Yeying a heads up. Her mite friend did a good job; when we call upon it tonight, we should bring a gift so as not to shortchange it."

It was a calm yet lengthy day.

Jasmine left the house early in the morning with δ, trying their best to locate the Psychic bombs planted by "Dominate."

Rose confined herself in her room all day.

She wished time would pass more slowly, but amidst the silence, night arrived once again, unexpected.

Memories of the past kept surfacing in her mind.

In other people’s eyes, she was the chief Knight of the consortium, a symbol of knightly spirit, even Jasmine thought so, but only she knew the truth of those days.

It was an oath that accompanied her throughout her life.

Even if Richard were to suffer an unfortunate accident and die, the rights in his hands would be transferred to another member of the family. It was this fact that incessantly whipped her into swearing loyalty to the Gilvez Family and the consortium.

"Knock knock knock—"

The sound of knocking interrupted Rose’s thoughts; the voice of a maid came from outside the door.

Once again, her master had summoned her, and tonight, whether she liked it or not, she would have to confess everything Jasmine had told her in the hospital.

This included the fact that Richard had also become a suspect in their eyes.

She didn’t know what Richard would do when he heard this news, and she had no time to ponder any further.

"Coming."

Rose stood up and approached the door.

But upon opening it, she froze.

"You are..."

She eyed the maid tasked with summoning her with confusion. The face was not unfamiliar, but her master was supposed to be Colin Capello, so why was a maid from the Capello Family intervening in the internal affairs of the Gilvez Family?

"Lord Richard is waiting for you,"

the maid said softly, yet her tone did not sound respectful, "Please follow me."