Chapter 56: Aftermath
"Izel Alien?"
"Yes." Xiao Zhen said, "Boss Han, do you know?"
Boss Han's usually exaggerated face stopped smiling, and his eyes were fixed on Xiao Zhen: "Who told you this?"
"Mr. Cat mentioned it to me." Xiao Zhen glanced at the cat beside him, "I'm very curious."
Boss Han glared at Mr. Cat and said, "I don't know what this Alte man told you. You shouldn't try to understand this."
"He wants to know." Mr. Cat licked his paw and said, "You should satisfy the request of this human helper."
"How much do you know?"
Xiao Zhen tilted her head and said, "I heard from Mr. Cat that this race has destroyed several civilizations."
"Just like what you heard, the Izel alien, the civilization devourer." Boss Han said coldly: "That's enough."
His expression and words were resisting this conversation, which was a unique occurrence in his previous conversations with Boss Han. Xiao Zhen silently extended his consciousness.
Scanning Boss Han's consciousness was an unpleasant thing, because fox people are naturally resistant to mental attacks. The moment it touched his brain, it was like rubbing against a rough metal plate. Xiao Zhen's tentacles carefully wandered in his world of consciousness. If he was not careful, he would most likely be detected by the other party.
Unlike exploring local humans, he could only use a very small and subtle mental ability to lock onto the fragments of Boss Han's consciousness bit by bit, just like salvaging wreckage in the deep sea. Soon, he smelled the scent of embers after the burning fire and saw the city crying in the sea of fire.
He wanted to see more clearly, but these scenes were fleeting, like smoke blowing in the wind. Boss Han frowned and stared at him, and Xiao Zhen calmly retracted his tentacles.
"Izel alien." Boss Han squeezed out a voice between his teeth, "It is a disgusting creature. This filthy race should not exist in the universe at all."
Their conversation ended.
Xiao Zhen expressed his opinion to his two companions: "That Izel alien has nothing to do with Han Junqian."
"Are you so sure?"
"I'm sure. When talking about a certain topic, if people want to hide something, they will unintentionally build a defensive wall and hide the secret inside. Boss Han is not like that. Although fox people have strong mental resistance, I am sure that he did not deliberately hide anything. Or, he just..."
"What?"
"When talking about the Izel Alien, Boss Han's reaction was not so much taboo and fear, but rather it was touching the pain in his heart." Xiao Zhen touched his chin, "I speculate that Boss Han may have experienced an incident related to the Izel Alien."
Mr. Cat said, “Oh?”
"The planets visited by the Izel aliens usually mean the annihilation of the race and the planet. He might be one of the survivors." Xiao Zhen said, "I saw the burning sea of fire and countless cries in his consciousness, as well as his endless hatred for the Izel aliens."
Mr. Cat licked his paw and said, "You mean if Boss Han knew that an Izel alien node appeared here, he would never be so calm. So he doesn't know about it."
Captain Madara spoke up: "So where did this disgusting thing come from? What are the results of your investigation?"
“We found nothing.”
"What?"
"Neither Mr. Cat nor I have detected it."
"Are you sure?"
Mr. Cat nodded.
Mr. Cat has the strongest induction among the three of them, but even the strongest induction can only detect some vague memories and scenes, and the interpretation of these impressions requires skills. In this regard, Xiaozhen is more skilled.
Faced with this Izel alien, none of them read the answers they wanted.
"I dived into the deepest part of its consciousness, very deep." Xiao Zhen spread out her hands, "I saw everything about it, but my memory of how it came to this planet is blank."
"A blank?"
"There's nothing in this memory area. It was deliberately removed by someone."
"What does this mean?"
"There is no record of why and how it came here. It is possible that the node erased this information when it was sent out, or it is possible that someone placed it here artificially. Whatever the reason, this is definitely not a simple invasion of Izel aliens."
The three Heart Eaters stared at each other in silence.
The Izel alien, the Eye of Overwatch assessed the danger level as S, and the event priority was the highest. In the Milky Way, if there were traces of Izel aliens in a certain place, it often meant the mobilization of several armies. When it was judged to be uncontrollable, it would even cause the Eye of Overwatch to purge the world.
Purge means thorough cleaning, leaving no one alive, including the indigenous people of the planet.
Xiao Zhen looked at Mr. Cat. Mr. Cat was the spy of the Eye of Supervision planted on this planet. How would it deal with this matter?
Report truthfully?
That means that the planet will be immediately taken over by the Eye of Supervision, and nearly 10 billion local residents will face supervision from the Milky Way, completely losing the protection of the independent civilization code. Once the Eye of Supervision determines that the Izel aliens have planted hidden dangers on the planet and cannot be eradicated, they may even directly remove the reproductive ability of the world's people, and cause them to die naturally.
His parents, his sister, his friends and classmates on the planet will all face the same fate of being humanely destroyed.
How will it handle it?
Xiao Zhen stared at it.
Mr. Cat smiled at him. Actually, cats have no expression on their faces, but Mr. Cat smiled at this moment, "Just continue to observe for now."
Chicken asked: "Continue to observe?"
"Whether it is a node or someone deliberately put it here, it is impossible to remain indifferent to its current situation. To solve the hidden danger, we have to wait for the person behind the scenes to take the bait himself."
Xiao Zhen said: "Yes, that's what I meant. All we have to do now is wait and observe."
So they reached a consensus.
Conceal the information about this Izel alien invasion and keep an eye on Song Jiarui.
This matter is not completely over.
After the Izel alien awakened from Song Jiarui's body, it planted several tentacles.
Mr. Cat summoned these tentacles that were once humans but now had no individual consciousness.
"Nine in total."
Nine people stood in a row with dull eyes. Their brains had been infected and destroyed by the aliens. They had completely lost their self-awareness and were just puppet tentacles of the Izel alien.
Mr. Cat flicked open a floating screen, which displayed the information of Hongyi Entertainment. "These nine people all belong to this shell company. On the surface, it is an entertainment company, but in fact, they specialize in making stars and swindling young girls who don't know the world. There are already several victims, but they dare not speak out because they have nude photos in their hands."
The chicken said, "So this group of people deserved it."
"Of course they deserved it, but among the nine people, three girls were victims who were coerced into providing pornographic services, and it's not wrong to say that the other six were scum. If they were left alone, they would die of malnutrition because they couldn't eat on their own. The problem is that if all nine people died in this situation, the Eye of Overseer would keep a record, which might attract people from other factions to investigate."
"I understand. We need to make these people live normally, or at least look normal."
They implanted chips into the brains of these nine people, input personality programs, daily autonomous eating, daily conversation patterns, etc. And this rubbish fraud company directly disintegrated it on the spot.
First, there is the manager named Tony, who is also one of the bosses of this gang. He has a high school education and was once imprisoned for fraud. After being released from prison, he did not change his bad habits and continued to engage in such evil activities. Captain Ban reprogrammed his personality, added barber skills, and let him become a good barber. Once a customer is dissatisfied with his haircut, he will kneel down on the spot to admit his mistake, shout "Long live the customer" three times, refund the customer's membership card package money, and then perform a seaweed dance on the spot.
"What's the point of setting this?" Xiao Zhen couldn't help but ask Captain Madara.
"It doesn't mean anything," said the chicken, "but his name makes me want to touch it."
Mr. Cat also re-planned the career path for the photographer. Since he liked human flesh so much, he should do a job that involves close contact with the human body. Mr. Cat compiled a set of hospital nurse procedures for him. The photographer would change his career to become a hardworking nurse in a hospital, specializing in taking care of the elderly who have no children, scrubbing their bodies, feeding them and taking their urine every day, and never complaining of being tired. At the same time, he would have a special habit, which is to run naked in the middle of the night one day a week to release himself.
“…”
“I think it makes sense.”
Xiao Zhen didn't want to complain about the settings of his two companions. He was reprogramming the personalities of the three victims. Strictly speaking, they were just puppets with empty bodies, and the input programs were just zombies driven by the programs. But their families would feel at ease because of this.
A girl is a student, she will continue her studies, study hard and complete her education.
The two girls will continue to pursue their original dreams of acting. They will go to regular entertainment companies for interviews and look for opportunities while improving their professional level. According to the program settings, they will pursue their dreams step by step, even if they start as a minor role running errands.
After everything was done, the nine tentacles were ordered to disband on the spot and return to their own lives. They are now living entities with their own life goals, and will continue to run until the chip is damaged or Xiaozhen and the others order them to stop.
Later on the way home, Xiaozhen met Liu Xingquan.
The boy was sitting on a bench next to the community garden that Xiao Zhen had to pass by on her way home. He must have been waiting for a long time. As soon as he saw Xiao Zhen appear, he stood up.
His first words were: "Can you come to my wonton shop more often to eat wontons in the future?" He looked at Xiaozhen's face in a panic and added: "My mother misses you very much."
"I've eaten there once, and your mom made it delicious." Xiao Zhen replied, "I'll go there often in the future."
Liu Xingquan smiled. He said, "Thank you, Yan Zhen."
