Chapter 131: Really Extraordinary, Really Selected Special Drink
Mr. Cat said, "Did you send out a bunch of flyers yesterday?"
Xiao Zhen replied: "Yes."
"Your advertisement even reached my subordinates. Ma Jingshi even received your juice advertisement."
"Of course. I have sent emails to about 80% of the aliens in this city."
"What is your current sales volume?"
"zero."
“It’s a normal result.”
“It’s a very reasonable result.”
Mr. Cat looked him over and asked suspiciously, "What's with that confident look on your face?"
“It’s a look into the future.”
Mr. Cat said, "Please face the reality. As far as I know, most of your advertisements have been thrown into the trash. And it's strange that this outdated and primitive way of advertising can be successful."
"It's exactly what I expected ."
"..." Mr. Cat stared at him in silence, and then he said, "I suggest that you let Captain Ban and I help you increase sales."
"unnecessary."
"Are you really planning to sell it for 1,500 credit points a bottle?"
"Yes."
"…What's with all this confident attitude of yours?"
“I will definitely be able to sell all the juice!”
Captain Madara said, "Don't try to persuade him. He probably brainwashed himself when he was advertising. Instead of believing that he can sell the juice at a high price, you might as well believe that I can evolve my caterpillar successfully." The cat-headed caterpillar immediately poked out its cute little head from Captain Madara's back and nodded in agreement.
"Sorry, I choose Xiaozhen."
"Our friendship is over!!"
Amid Captain Madara's angry protest, Xiao Zhen opened the Star Network. One after another, interstellar news headlines were pushed up and down in the air.
[Great victory in the Red Star Battle!!!]
[The final victory was achieved in resisting the invasion of Izel aliens! ! Grand Marshal Amon delivered a public speech in Kanyi City. ]
【Breaking news!!! Lord Tormund passed away suddenly.】
[First-degree felon Cha Keduo will be executed today. 】
"Cha Keduo." Xiao Zhen read out the name.
He is a notorious death row inmate in the Galaxy Star District.
A bloody sinner, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of citizens of the Galactic Federation. His folly led to the destruction of a prosperous planet. Now, his life is about to end.
This has been the hottest topic among the citizens of the Galactic Federation recently, even overshadowing the good news of winning the Izel alien invasion.
Mr. Cat looked at the holographic image of Cha Keduo on the screen and said nothing.
"Cha Keduo is sentenced to death. This person has been the most discussed topic on Starnet for several days."
"It's quite impressive." Xiao Zhen clicked on the news. Compared with Cha Keduo, he was actually more interested in the news about Izel's alien, but after reading it through, there was not much useful information except for the similar news announcing victory.
The authorities only announced victory but did not mention the actual losses. The few videos related to the Red Starfish were old videos from before the war. There was no way to know what the actual situation was there and how many survivors there were.
According to the Federation's consistent attitude towards the Izel aliens, the River Galaxy is probably experiencing a brutal purge that has swept across several planets. Whether it is a soldier or a civilian, the fate of those who have come into contact with the Izel aliens is doomed. The death toll will be more than hundreds of thousands.
But in the eyes of the citizens of the Federation, winning the victory was just another border military incident of no importance, and the great criminal Cha Keduo was more of a topic of discussion. His various old gossips were being hyped up.
Captain Ban watched with great interest: "Even Chakodo's previous girlfriends were dug up, and even his deskmate from kindergarten was pulled out by reporters for an interview on the show."
"He must be a good person, but he suffered some kind of mental trauma in his childhood."
"It's all the same trick. Yesterday, the TV station on Cha Keduo's home planet directly invited his ex-girlfriend and his aunt to the show. They broadcast a long broadcast on the topic of whether Cha Keduo was a scumbag. The ratings directly broke the record of the wide-area star region."
"How do you know so clearly?"
"Because if you click on a piece of news about Cha Keduo, you will be pushed various Cha Keduo-related information within two days. Haha, the galactic big data is everywhere. Now I even know exactly what Cha Keduo likes to eat the most."
"So he's a scumbag?"
"I only know that three companies are competing for the copyright of his biography." Captain Ban turned to Mr. Cat and asked, "Cha Keduo is a person who came out from your Supervisory Eye. Do you know him?"
"I'm not sure," Mr. Cat replied, jumping off the table and leaving the room.
A clay figure ran over and showed Xiaozhen the record report of distributing flyers.
More than 80% of the flyers were thrown into the trash as waste paper, but basically all the recipients of the flyers saw the text on the cards.
This is the result that Xiaozhen wants.
His juice was not a necessity, and even if he wrote a fancy advertisement and spent a lot of money to promote it in major media, it would probably have limited effect in a short period of time. Xiao Zhen's purpose in letting the clay figurine run the advertisement was simple, that is, to leave an impression of his juice on his target audience. A shallow impression that was not enough to arouse any interest would be enough.
He just wanted them to see it.
That night, Xiao Zhen recalled all the mosquito-hunting machines that were collecting the bodies of Pu Pu and Cui Mingzhi's family. Now that the collection work was almost finished, he temporarily changed the search machines to perform another task.
He added a small program to the system of the exploration machine, which would emit a slight sound wave to slightly strengthen a certain subconscious fragment in people's memory.
This subconscious fragment is "True Selection Special Drink". As long as intelligent creatures have been exposed to this word within two days, the sound waves of the exploration machine will slightly strengthen its presence in the brain.
This is not mind control or brainwashing a certain cognition, but just a slight implantation of a fragment of consciousness, a few simple words. It does not carry any command meaning in itself.
Xiaozhen was very curious about the effect of doing this.
This is his test.
He rolled the unknown dice.
A test of possibility. A collision of possible and probable.
He released all the mosquito detectors. Tonight, they will go to the local aliens that had received the advertisements before and broadcast sound waves diligently.
Xiaozhen took out the game console and turned on the screen.
Little A in the game was sitting on the ground pitifully, but as soon as he saw him, he forced a smile and greeted him.
"Hello, Yan Zhen!"
"I'm not okay at all."
Little A was choked again and maintained a stiff smile.
"Well, let me see how much work you have done." Xiao Zhen said to him.
[First-degree felon Cha Keduo will be executed today. 】
The heavy door opened with a creaking sound.
Sharktooth stepped into the dark laboratory.
An old man was busy among a bunch of instruments. When Shark Tooth walked into the room, he smelled the old grease emanating from this old Homo sapiens. He was already old, but he had not performed life extension and rejuvenation surgery on himself, which was something Shark Tooth had never understood.
"Shark tooth," said the white-haired old man, "Did you bring that?"
Shark Tooth placed the silver round device on the instrument table.
"Hmm."
"You Weng, what's that expression on your face?"
You Weng showed his broken teeth and smiled: "I didn't expect you to actually bring it here."
"Although he was reluctant, I made him agree." The dead cannot refuse.
"I really didn't expect you to be able to gather all these props to this extent in such a short time."
"Stop talking nonsense and get started."
You Weng asked, "Is Cha Keduo your friend from the past?"
Shark Tooth stared at him and sneered: "You Weng, don't you think you want to know too much?"
"Well, this resistance to answer means affirmation. Are you sad about the impending loss of your friends, Shark Tooth?"
"Are you sounding provocative? You Weng, the last guy who spoke to me like this, they soon regretted being born into this world."
"I just want to tell you that the risk of doing this is quite high. Even if you get the amplifier, the risk of linking is still very high. You are almost committing suicide by doing this."
"You Weng, do whatever I tell you to do." Shark Tooth walked up to the old man and lifted him up with one hand. He could feel the old man's fading skin and slow heartbeat. I can crush You Weng's neck with just a slight movement of my fingers, he thought. This hateful old man always knew how to irritate him to the maximum.
You Weng laughed indifferently and said, "Is it worth it? Shark Tooth. I'm just curious."
Shark Fang gripped You Weng's neck tightly.
"Okay, okay, I'll start now, you take out the fragments." The old man said, panting.
Shark Fang opened his hand, and the stone fragment in his hand flashed a strange blue light. This was the fragment he stole from the Akat Cube held by Inspector Projection last time.
After placing the fragments in the instrument, You Weng started to get busy in the center of the laboratory. When handling the instrument, the old man exuded a vitality that did not belong to his age. Numbers and words flickered on the floating display screen, and You Weng processed various calculations at a speed beyond ordinary people.
The old man frowned and smiled from time to time, showing the excitement of a scientist who was fully engaged in his work. Shark Tooth waited patiently.
After a period of time long enough for Shark Tooth to wonder if the old man was deliberately delaying, You Weng told him that he had made all the preparations.
You Weng handed him a helmet device connected to multiple data pipes.
"I remind you once again, Shark Tooth, this is really dangerous. Do you want to commit suicide? Think about it carefully, is it really worth it?"
Sharktooth took one look at the device in his hand and thrust its interface into his own head.
A throbbing pain immediately attacked his temple, then spread throughout his brain. He heard a buzzing sound.
"the truth."
You Weng said, "What?"
"For the truth."
The light has come.
Shark Tooth seemed to be in a tunnel of light. The roads in front of him were extremely strange, connecting all directions in a circuitous way but also breaking off from each other.
He felt as if he was traveling in an endless spinal cord. No, this was a spinal cord network that was beyond his comprehension, a path of light that was beyond the definition of known physics.
This is the forbidden road of galactic civilization.
If he is not careful, he will be lost in it forever, and his body will become a mindless idiot.
Ha, Shark Tooth laughed secretly. It would not be bad if the famous Shark Tooth really had such an ending. He did not care how You Weng would treat his body. Perhaps in You Weng's mind, when he put on this device, he was already a dead man.
Do you want to commit suicide? You Weng's words echoed in his ears.
No, it's just that he has something to accomplish.
Sharktooth moved forward in silence.
Something emerged.
Some translucent void creatures, with huge disgusting heads, invisible wings, and twisted bodies, swayed between the boundaries of blur and clarity. They flashed everywhere on the road, floating in strange movements.
Debris in the circuit.
A void creature rushed towards him, and Shark Fang swung his claws subconsciously. But his claws were like a gust of cold wind, not touching any entity, and not causing any damage to it.
The void creature touched him, and Shark Fang felt his consciousness begin to blur, and his energy was being sucked away crazily. Damn it.
He stepped back and jumped away. This was not something he could touch.
Now he could only speed up to avoid these deadly void creatures.
Fortunately, they did not follow him.
He continued forward, now feeling dizzy after having some of his energy sucked away by these void creatures.
How long does this link take?
He believed that he had been gone for nearly twenty Idan Katana clocks. Could he really connect with him?
After walking for a while, he stepped into a space.
In front of me was a familiar office. Familiar carpet, familiar desk. On the desk were some papers with wet ink. Several holographic screens were suspended above the desk, each displaying a file.
It was like the people who were working there had just left.
Then a figure appeared , accompanied by a tired, clear sound of footsteps.
"Sharktooth. Oh my god, how did you do that?"
When he heard this voice, Shark Tooth's spirits lifted, and he said, "Cha Keduo."
"I never thought I would see you before I died, Shark Tooth." Cha Keduo's familiar voice echoed in the space, and his tall figure remained the same as always.
I did it, Shark Tooth thought, crossing the vast sea of stars, passing through the highest level of defense guards, and connecting with the heavily guarded death row prisoner Cha Keduo.
"How did you do it? Shark Tooth." Cha Keduo's eyes were full of doubt, "Is it really you?"
"It was me. It took some work."
The ground and walls became blurry, and some images like those in old movies flashed around Cha Keduo and Shark Tooth. Cha Keduo looked at the flashing images and said, "It seems to be you, Shark Tooth. I saw some acquaintances, and I saw your ex-girlfriend. These are your subconscious that flowed into the link."
"She's just a partner. I don't have a girlfriend." Shark Tooth didn't look at the image next to him. He said, "This kind of consciousness connection across the long distance of light years is very unstable. We don't have much time. Tell me, what are you-"
Cha Keduo interrupted him and said, "It's my fault, and I will take responsibility for it."
"Chakodo..."
"I know what you want to ask me. Go find Lord Tormund. He knows something about the tragedy at Sirin."
"Lord Tormund is dead."
"What?"
"Just two days ago."
"Lord Tormund has a student named Brendan who knows something as well. That's all I can tell you."
"..." Shark Tooth showed an angry look, "I spent so much effort to connect to you, and the result is that you want me to find someone else?"
"I am just a dying man who was fooled into doing stupid things. The truth you are looking for is not with me. Shark Tooth, please leave. The consciousness connection is too dangerous." Cha Keduo looked at the images around him, "Your subconscious images are increasing, and this place is already very unstable."
"It doesn't matter if you see me. I don't mind revealing my privacy to a dying person."
Cha Keduo looked straight ahead, and Shark Tooth followed his gaze. The office had become the bridge of the ship without anyone noticing. The light of the stars shone through the side of the ship, and a man, their former monarch, sat on the throne.
He was the way they remembered him, with his elbows resting on the arm of his chair, staring silently at the stars in the distance. His hair was as bright as the morning sun, his face was handsome and perfect, and the shadows of the Milky Way slid across his emerald eyes. His beauty was beyond the stars.
Even though it was just a shadow from the past, Cha Keduo still couldn't help but bow his head. He knew that Sharya would respect him even more.
"You still don't believe that Lord Mansfield is dead?" Chakodo asked him softly.
Sharktooth replied grimly, "I just want to know the truth."
"Get out of here, Sharktooth."
"I'm not here for a parting chat, maybe I can remove your consciousness and..."
"And save me? Although you are gloomy and weird, I really admire you sometimes. Boldness is indeed your advantage." Cha Keduo said, "I am ready to face my death. What is it?"
"What?"
"It's really extraordinary, a real special drink."
"What are you talking about?"
"That giant image behind you."
Shark Tooth turned his head and saw that the image of Lord Mansfield had disappeared. Instead, there was a giant purple-red neon sign in the shape of a fragrant fruit, with a line of words flashing on it: "It's really extraordinary, a real special drink."
"What the fuck is this?"
"This is your subconscious." Cha Keduo looked puzzled. "This looks like a drink?"
"I don't know. Probably some ad slogan I saw before. No such thing as meaningless subconscious fragments."
Cha Keduo said: "Now that I think about it, before the execution, I would like to have a big can of refreshing drink. The food in the prison is really too bad..."
"Maybe I can really save your life." Shark Tooth interrupted him, "Come with me, I can have someone find a way to preserve your consciousness. You can drink as much as you want in the future."
"No." Chakodo shook his head. "Let me face the punishment I deserve. Get out of here, Sharktooth."
"You stupid..." Shark Tooth felt the world in front of him begin to blur. He was being popped up with this link.
Cha Keduo smiled at him. This was the last image he left for Shark Tooth.
"Thank you for visiting me, Sharktooth."
Captain Madara rushed into Makoto's room, "Oh my god!! Look!!!"
"Has your cat-headed caterpillar evolved? What a fuss."
"No, no, no, no, look at this news." Captain Madara clicked on the holographic screen and a news popped up.
[Cha Keduo was executed yesterday. Reporters learned that before the execution, Cha Keduo said he wanted to drink a glass of Zhenxuan Special Drink]
"Look! Cha Keduo's desire to drink the real special drink has become a hot search. It is indeed the real special drink!! What's going on??"
Mr. Cat said, "Is there a drink in the galaxy with the same name as our Xiaozhen's juice?"
"I don't know." Captain Madara said, "Maybe it's just a coincidence? But the brand of Zhenxuan Special Drink has become a trending search!! Everyone is asking what kind of drink it is."
Xiao Zhen said: "I want to tell you something. Twenty seconds ago, all my juice was sold out."
“…”
"I bid 1,500 credit points per bottle, and they were all sold out within five minutes after the news came out. Intelligent creatures just like to join in the fun." Xiao Zhen stroked his chin and said, "Now a group of customers have left messages asking if there are any more in stock."
"Are you so lucky, Xiaozhen?" Captain Madara shouted.
Mr. Cat asked, "Does this have anything to do with you?"
Xiao Zhen spread his hands, "Chakodo was executed in Itami, and Itami is billions of stars away from us. Not to mention that Chakodo is almost isolated from the world and heavily guarded. How do you think I did it?"
"I don't know." Mr. Cat said, looking at the holographic screen, "But there are no coincidences in this world."
It's the intersection of possibilities that produces a completely unexpected result, Xiao Zhen thought to herself, this is really interesting.
