Enforcer Manual
Chapter 908 - 858: Company_2

Chapter 908: Chapter 858: Company_2

Gustav suddenly stiffened, and unsurprisingly, Monica looked at him with a skeptical eye, "That night at Kolo Film Industry, you were all acting together!"

She still remembered Gustav shouting, "This is my escape route!" as he broke through the window and fled, which had worried her for a long time.

If it weren’t for this man named Rob Lucci that she met in this room, she might still be kept in the dark.

"You are mistaken, I and Mr. Gustav didn’t get along without fighting."

Song Lan waved his hand, "As you saw that night, we fought with the intent to kill each other, but there are no eternal enemies in this world. I quickly realized that the situation in the First Region was far beyond my imagination, and the real enemies were still hiding in the shadows."

Gustav nodded repeatedly, giving Song Lan a thumbs up secretly.

Worthy of being called a professional con man, he effortlessly covered up the fact that he had bribed the chief executor of Military Intelligence Section Seven in the security office that night.

The inexperienced Monica obviously believed him, and her expression showed sudden realization.

After further reflection, she found that the Chief Executor’s explanation made some sense.

Initially, their motive for establishing the organization was merely to assassinate the founder of Kolo Film Industry, to champion justice while avenging their father. But who could have expected that this matter would involve biological experiments and the company’s secret research on cloning technology and a data space for uploading and storing human consciousness?

Although Qi He had explained the whole story to her, Monica was still somewhat confused.

It was like watching one of the series of movies produced by Kolo Film Industry, where a group of small-town car racers suddenly found themselves on a path to saving the world.

And now she was caught in that vortex.

Her father’s clone handed her a chip, which Gustav said could potentially lead to her death.

Until now, she did not know what she should do next.

Qi He interrupted her thoughts, inviting everyone to sit down before getting straight to the point, "I wonder what you two know about the Mechanical God Church?"

"A group of potential Cyber-psychopaths who have extensively cyberneticized themselves."

Lu Xiang said.

This was not the first time they had heard the name "Mechanical God Church." Currently, there was a branch of the Mechanical God Church in the seventeenth region. The sources of their cybernetic parts were usually the black market, "external" arms dealers, and other unconventional methods, lacking the custom-made aspect, resulting in many of them looking neither fully human nor fully machine.

Even if they had done nothing, their appearance alone would classify them as dangerous elements.

"But to my knowledge, the incidence of Cyberpsychosis among them is extremely low, with over eighty percent of the Cyberpsycho attack incidents being caused by misinformation spread by the unaware. This contradicts our current research findings on cybernetics."

Off-the-shelf cybernetics, black market goods, and private surgeries.

The believers of the Mechanical God Church almost fulfill every criterion that should make them susceptible to Cyberpsychosis, yet most of them remain lucid. "This reminds me of the Lunar Eclipse Church; the probability of residents in the Fourth Neutral Country becoming Psychic Ability Users is also astonishingly high. At one point, I suspected that this was a reward brought about by their faith."

"Haven’t you investigated them?"

Lu Xiang felt that instead of making wild guesses with a group of people sitting here, it would be more practical for the Ragus Foundation to find some members of the Mechanical God Church for research.

These believers worshiped the Mechanical God, or "Mother" as mentioned by RT6, but as of now, she didn’t understand how faith prevented them from Cyberpsychosis. If their situation was similar to that of the believers of the Church of Lunar Eclipse, that could pose a significant threat.

During their trip to the Fourth Neutral Country, they uncovered the church’s secret.

"Universal Psychic Ability Users" was nothing but an experiment by the Gene Master, who had planted seeds of aberration in the believers’ bodies and granted them some psychic abilities. When the Gene Master deemed it necessary, these seeds would take root and grow, transforming them into aberrant constructs.

Then what about the believers of the Mechanical Church?

Could they also one day suddenly be transformed into scientific freaks?

Lu Xiang had always been skeptical of beliefs, as every faith carried its corresponding price, even for those who tried to believe in Song Lan.

They all turned into either slackers or comic characters.

This might also represent another level of "deformation."

"That’s the problem. Any affair related to the Mechanical Church was rejected within the Foundation, and based on my investigations, it’s not just internally. Whether it’s the Innovator Faction, the Centralists, or the Conservative Faction, none have conducted any research on the Mechanical Church. Though they reside in various cities within the territory, they seem to be outside the jurisdiction of the United Government."

Moreover, the Mechanical Church never publicized their doctrines, and the threshold for becoming a believer was extremely stringent, ensuring they never appeared in the Council’s discussion topics.

This indicated that someone inside the United Government was "covering" for them; otherwise, those curious researchers would never let go of such research material.

"Do you remember that chip? I marked some companies under the Foundation on it, and I speculate they might be closely related to the Mechanical Church. I’ve been following their traces for the past few years, and only now have I made some progress."

And this progress came at great risk, delving deep into the "Sea of Souls."

"I investigated inside Kolo Film Industry, and indeed, the infighting among their upper echelons has heated up. However, the ones who have been providing cyborg transplantation services to Vadim and his subordinates for years were not Kolo people. Singosi outsourced the job to military technology, and currently, the person pulling Vadim’s strings behind the scenes is also from military technology."

"Can you trace his specific identity?"

"All relevant information has been destroyed, and my technicians also discovered that he has appeared in various forms, which aligns more with the characteristics of artificial intelligence."

But...

An artificial intelligence with autonomous consciousness, manipulating humans and even corporations at will?

Qi He couldn’t think of any company currently on the market capable of creating such artificial intelligence.

He originally suspected it was a conspiracy by the Chairperson of the Council, but the recent turmoil in the First Region negated that thought.

The Chairperson of the Council almost died in an assassination attempt, and the High-level Parliament temporarily became the supreme authority of the United Government, yet the artificial intelligence did not intervene in that dispute.

"If necessary, it seems they can represent any company, and this time is no exception. My investigation had just begun when the Foundation’s ’external’ affairs encountered problems. The board specifically requested my presence to ensure that I left the Fourth Region."

This was precisely why Qi He needed to find the two individuals before leaving the Fourth Region, as he felt that perhaps only Song Lan could unveil the mysterious veil of the Mechanical Church.

The deeper his investigation went, the more he felt they were like marionettes, seemingly manipulated by an invisible hand in unseen places, dictating their fate as well as that of the United Government.

"Speaking of which, I must thank you. Without your help, my long investigation might have ended," he said.

"Don’t mention it, just ensure the expert fees and conference expenses are paid on time," Song Lan responded, without any pressure.

Because the rising property prices in District Seventeen were clearly caused by the Ragus Foundation.

"That’s natural," Qi He said as he glanced at the time, having received notice on short notice, the board hadn’t given him much time. "Oh, and one more thing, I’ve always had this strange feeling, perhaps what I’ve been chasing all along isn’t some independent entity, but the corporation itself."

He paused, then added, "Maybe that is the true face of the corporation."