The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician
Chapter 353 - 215: The Slowly Rising New Black Wall_2

If one were to connect what Shu Bao is saying now with these things, it actually is quite persuasive, at least enough to convince Jiang Shu himself.

Moments later, the Simulated Light Screen displayed the cityscape replicated by Shu Bao.

After the Inversion, the world immediately became very ghostly. The streets were occupied by humanoid creatures whose specific appearances were indiscernible, revealing only patches upon patches of vague entities, white or black.

However, it was evident from this image that these beings were still living in Lonely City, as the buildings in the picture were identical to those in real life.

Lang Tai glanced at the image in the rearview mirror of the car, but it was just a glance.

Jiang Shu and the Fox, on the other hand, seemed to be thoughtfully observing the image but couldn’t come up with anything useful.

"What are these creatures doing within your field of vision?" Liu Tingruo continued to ask, looking at the picture, "Do they possess intelligence? Can they communicate and interact?"

"Not yet discovered," Shu Bao shook his head, "But judging from some behaviors, they have their own living patterns and short-term objectives, though it’s uncertain if they have intelligence."

"Hmm," Liu Tingruo nodded thoughtfully, "Can they see you?"

Hearing this question, Shu Bao confidently shook his big head, "No, they can’t. Just now, one of these creatures avoided the car outside the window. It seems like it could see the car, but did not see us inside."

"They can only perceive inanimate objects?" Liu Tingruo deduced from Shu Bao’s words before saying to him, "You can continue observing, but don’t do anything unnecessary, like trying to communicate with them on your own. Also, you must immediately inform me if there’s any new discovery or change."

"I understand," Shu Bao nodded obediently, prompting an involuntary sigh from Jiang Shu.

He looked at his four Tablet Spirits and couldn’t help shaking his head.

Other people’s kids always seem better.

"You should go back to base now," Liu Tingruo said with an expressionless face. She performed several operations above Shu Bao’s head, turning off the big-headed robot.

The facial image of Shu Bao was completely shut down, and the robot stopped moving, completely lifeless. Its consciousness had returned to Liu Tingruo’s secret base through the network.

"Now we need to think about the current situation," Liu Tingruo lifted her head, looking back at Jiang Shu, the Fox, and the four Tablet Spirits.

And of course, Lang Tai’s face in the car’s rearview mirror.

"You should understand roughly what happened," Jiang Shu pointed to Diller, who still lay unconscious after receiving simple medical aid, "Tang and Diller colluded to frame me, and their likely target was you. At the moment, I couldn’t think of a good way to break the situation, so I simply killed that Tang and captured Diller."

A: The mundane world always needs, a man fearless and undaunted!

Jiang Shu just shrugged his shoulders, his face wearing a carefree expression.

The current situation wasn’t the best, but it wasn’t the worst either. At least he had managed to bring out Liu Tingruo and the big-headed Bao.

And Diller was still alive; all he had to do was prove his innocence again, and Tang’s trap would fall apart.

By the looks of things, he had managed to muscle out an advantage with his SSSR character.

Cheating really did seem more interesting.

But next...

Jiang Shu looked towards Diller, lying at the Fox’s feet in the back row, uncertain about what to do.

He didn’t want to let the guy go, but considering the current situation, he couldn’t kill him either; otherwise, he really would confirm his identity as a murderer.

However, to prove his innocence, he needed to let the public know Diller was alive. Yet, once the public knew that Diller was alive, it would be difficult to detain him any longer.

So the situation was quite interesting—if he kept quiet and detained Diller, the Dick Family would think he had killed Diller and so would come after him; if he proved his innocence and detained Diller, the Dick Family would still suspect Diller was in hands and would come after him; if he proved his innocence and released Diller, it was against his wishes.

"Did you show your face when you attacked him?" Jiang Shu suddenly pointed at Diller on the floor, turning to ask Lang Tai.

"No, but he was wearing a wolf mask," the Fox spoke for Wolf Tai.

"Why wear a wolf mask?" Jiang Shu expressed his incomprehension.

This meant that the Deception Group was even more closely related to him now. Originally, he wanted to push the process of Wolf Tai killing Diller onto Tang, but now there was no way to do that.

Fox said seriously, "You must maintain your personality at all times."

Jiang Shu: "..."

"Have you forgotten what I do?" At this moment, the Fox was all smiles as he said, "This person is called Diller, right? Leave him to me."

"Can the T1 Research Sequence also hypnotize?" Jiang Shu blinked. He was used to acting alone and had temporarily forgotten the Fox’s ability.

"What about T1? What about the Research Sequence?" Fox simply rolled his eyes. "Do they know hypnosis better than I do?"

"Okay." Jiang Shu was immediately reassured. With the Fox involved, Tang’s trap would be completely shattered.

All they needed to do was to use the Fox to plant a fabricated memory into Diller, such as him witnessing the truth that Tang was not a legitimate member of the Dick Family, or that the assassin with the wolf face was actually sent by Tang to silence him.

This would easily nullify the use of all Tang’s conspiracies and could even reset the whole affair back to the beginning.

They could incite a war between the Dick Family and Tang, then reap the benefits.

"However, since he’s from T1’s Research Sequence, I’m not sure how long I can keep him fooled, perhaps three or four days before he might realize," the Fox said hesitantly, "As a top Research Sequence equipped with ’Superbrain’ derivative entries, upon repeatedly recalling these events, he will gradually notice inconsistencies and may realize someone has tampered with his memory. If a skilled hypnotist were to help him restore his memory..."

"A skilled hypnotist?" Jiang Shu suddenly smiled and interrupted the Fox, "Aren’t you one?"

"Eh?" The Fox paused, understanding Jiang Shu’s point, then he, too, smiled, "I see what you mean."

"So what should I do?" At this point, Liu Tingruo’s voice sounded faintly from the back row, "It will be difficult to proceed with the experiments in the short term."

"About Ruo Ma..." Jiang Shu sensed an inexplicable murderous aura emanating from her. He scratched his head and did not continue.

He also knew what Liu Tingruo wanted to do, but looking at the situation now...

It seemed like this operation had just completely sabotaged Liu Tingruo’s plans.

Beta: Look, the world where only Ruo Ma gets hurt is complete.

"Forget it, I’ll go study the spiritual power and that race that Shu Bao mentioned." Liu Tingruo didn’t purposely make things difficult for Jiang Shu, knowing the stakes involved.

Having now parted ways with the White Eagle along with Jiang Shu, she felt an unexplained sense of relief. So she just hummed softly, then shifted her gaze to the window.

——

However, an unexpected event that night once again disrupted Jiang Shu’s plan.

A black dome that looked close but was actually far off rose, blotting out the sky, identical to the one Jiang Shu had seen in the future.

He stared blankly at the sky, while the woman next to him, clad only in a thin nightgown, murmured the name of the black dome.

"The New Black Wall?"

The New Black Wall.

Jiang Shu repeated the name of this object in his mind, feeling a wave of weariness.

Tang’s strategies and the pace of his predictions were changing far too swiftly.

The man had never really been at a disadvantage.

And now, he had not hesitated to flip the table.

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