Volume 3: The Nameless Chapter 68: The Stars in the Eyes of the Assassin World
In an inconspicuous underground parking lot near the outskirts of the city, the Mason trio walked into the elevator and the second one pulled open the elevator control panel, and then Barbara took out an external pocket data interface and plugged it in.
The intrusion protocol is uploaded and data takeover is enabled.
A few seconds later, the elevator that was already displayed on the bottom floor started smoothly and carried them deeper underground.
"This external data interface is really inconvenient to use."
Barbara took back the USB-like interface and complained in a low voice:
"Judy told me that over there, no matter if they are hackers or ordinary people, they all have a quick access device pre-set on their palms, which is directly connected to the brain control system.
As long as your prosthetic algorithm is advanced enough, an intrusion protocol like this can be completed in a split second."
"That means you'd have to replace the entire arm."
Mason took out his kinetic pistol and installed a silencer on it, saying expressionlessly:
"That also means you will be taking the first step in transforming yourself into a 'doll'. Don't complain, Barbara, and don't try to get any support from me."
"I've installed a control system in my head."
Batgirl snorted and said:
"You just saw how excellent my new ability is. Especially in this kind of world exploration mission hidden with advanced technology, the role I can play is comparable to that of three Jasons!
Team K needs a super hacker, Mason.
Whether you like it or not, I have to go down this path."
"You can just talk, why are you treating me as a 'combat unit'?"
Ertong put on his red helmet and said with a little dissatisfaction:
"Why don't you say you're worth ten Charleses?"
"Doesn't that make me look rather unfashionable?"
Batgirl pouted.
Before the elevator arrived at the station and opened, she raised her head, with a blue light floating in her left eye socket. She relied on data stream capture and intervention to take over control of the three cameras in the front channel within two seconds without any contact.
The moment the elevator opened, three cameras moved to the side in unison to create a "safe path" for Team K.
"There are seven security guards, two checkpoints, and a security gate outside the laboratory."
Barbara's left eye was glowing in the dim corridor. She grabbed the kinetic pistol and walked forward, while quietly reporting to Ertong and Mason who were clearing the way ahead:
"Go left to the security room. I have temporarily cut off the alarm. We will deal with them in fifteen seconds." Mason stepped forward to open the security door and subdued the four researchers in the laboratory.
Temporary permission insertion ends.
The three of us are now Abstergo's 'elite field personnel'... Um, wait, there's a self-destruct device in the lab to destroy secrets, I have to change the mode.
Countdown to three!
Friendly mode activated, self-destruct program terminated!
Done! "
Batgirl snapped her fingers, and Mason and Two Barrels in front immediately took action like her "loyal brothers".
With the concentrated shooting of petrifying potions and paralyzing darts as well as close combat with punches to the flesh, the underground laboratory fell into the hands of Team K ten seconds later.
Barbara pushed open the door of the laboratory with an expression that said, "I'm awesome, right?"
This made Mason and Ertong look at each other, and the two grown men had to admit that having the assistance of a super hacker during this kind of infiltration operation did reduce the difficulty of the task to the kindergarten level.
"It seems that Grayson has to find a way to accept the possibility that his girlfriend will become an 'animatronic doll' in the future."
The second barrel whispered:
"But considering how infatuated that guy is, he won't let go even if Barbara really did that."
"Maybe it will be more exciting."
Mason curled his lips and complained in a low voice:
"You don't know how much fun people from the 2077 era have in this regard... Well, let's focus on the mission. Barbara went to connect to the laboratory database to find the specific coordinates of the Isu Grand Temple in New York.
Ertong tied up these guys and kept an eye on the external situation at the same time, reporting any news immediately.
Let me see how far the experiment has progressed. "
The three of them took action immediately.
The underground laboratory in front of us is not big. No matter how bold Abstergo is, it is impossible for them to place their core laboratory so openly in a place near the city.
This is just an "observation laboratory".
Those test subjects that have completed transformation in the core laboratory will be transferred here for follow-up observation and preparation for the next experiment. Small laboratories like this should be everywhere in North America.
Mason quickly entered the experimental subject observation room with the temporary authority granted by Barbara, and what came into his sight was a bald naked man lying in the biological capsule, his life or death unknown.
With his professional level as an alchemist and first aid technician, he quickly determined that the experimental subject in front of him had reached the end of his life.
There was no way he could take another step forward. It was like a flame ignited within his body, absorbing all his energy and burning like firewood. Unfortunately, the "fuel" he could provide was not much.
Now is the time when fuel is running out.
"How pitiful."
Mason inserted the kinetic pistol into his waist, reached out to open the bio-capsule and pulled out all the tubes on the dying man in front of him, and then poured a mouthful of life and death water into the deeply comatose man, allowing him to enter an undisturbed dream to alleviate his pain in the last journey of his life.
Then, he took out the alchemical vessel and took some blood from this guy. He quickly purified the serum by separating the blood with a basic solution and held it in front of his eyes for inspection.
After a few seconds, the information label pops up:
Phoenix Project 370147 Experimental Serum
Quality: Poor alchemical compound
Composition: 0.67% concentration of unknown Isu gene module
Analysis: The vector is too fragile to withstand complex gene module modification, causing gene collapse
Item Description: This is what you would get if you tried to put a T. Rex heart into a kitten.
"I really don't know how they screen the test subjects. This is totally disregarding human life."
Mason shook his head and placed the serum in his hand into the alchemy barrel to destroy it.
He took one last look at the experimental subject and left the room and entered the observation room next to it. After opening a complex and encrypted medical refrigerator, Mason took out a tube of peculiarly colored liquid from the small space filled with cold air.
This thing looks very powerful at first glance, and the information tags detected later also confirmed this conjecture:
Isu serum extract, unknown gene module
Quality: Excellent alchemical raw materials
Effect: It can be used to make Isu power system enhancers. The blood concentration of this purified product is 0.45%. It can be [secondarily purified] through alchemical techniques and special items to increase the concentration of Isu gene modules.
Production suggestions: Using with high-efficiency basic enhancers can reduce the damage of Isu blood to normal human gene modules, improve the enhancement effect and reduce the risk.
The most compatible alchemical enhancement formula is [Super Soldier Serum], and the success rate of fusion production is 75.56%.
Item Description: Abstergo's biologists have always regarded the birth of a 'saint' as the 'rebirth of a god', so the concentration of this thing is definitely not the higher the better, unless you are ready to become a 'vessel' for the rebirth of an ancient Isu consciousness.
"good."
A smile played across Mason's lips.
He placed the unexpectedly acquired serum material into Hufflepuff's gold cup to allow it to be purified, and then searched around to find several other purified materials and placed them into the gold cup.
The power of magic prevented them from contaminating each other, and the useless components in the purified substance in the slightly vibrating golden cup were evaporated, allowing the concentration of the Isu gene module to continue to increase, but this process took time to complete.
Mason was planning to search the lab a little more, but a minute later he heard Batgirl exclaim:
"Mason, come here! I found something incredible in their deep database, and you have to see it! Now!"
"Um?"
The young man's heart sank and he stepped forward quickly.
He stood at a computer next to Barbara, and Batgirl continued to decode the information she found and transmit it to the computer screen in the form of text.
Mason turned the mouse to check, and the title of the decrypted document shocked him:
"Follow-up Observation Report on Spacetime Disturbance Event No. 259 · Brotherhood Documents · Top Secret"
"Zha Kang said that every time the World Gate is opened, it will cause slight space-time disturbances in both worlds. The spellcasters on our side have already noticed this.
Now it seems that the people here have already captured the signs of the opening of the world gate and have numbered them."
Barbara said with a complicated expression:
"They're not afraid of the Star Society, Mason! They're using us like guinea pigs in a lab."
"Wait till I finish reading."
Mason opened the document.
It itself is not long, only a few hundred words, and describes in a very brief tone the contact between the recorder of this document and the member of the Star Society code-named 259:
"The target of observation has the usual characteristics of an outsider, namely, arrogance, pride, and a willingness to act rather than think.
They claim that everything they do is to save the world from the threat of doomsday, but their actions themselves are far from this great goal.
They come into our world with a behavior pattern based on predation rather than helping and saving.
They consider themselves superior and call us 'natives'.
During the initial contact, they did not doubt my true identity, especially after I provided the target with information about the Isu artifact that appeared in the 13th century according to the action plan, the target and his team regarded me as a "friend".
Under my deliberate guidance, they spent three days crossing the entire territory of Romania and finally excavated the replica Isu weapons at the designated location.
After gaining further trust, I again provided the target with information about a higher-level collection and emphasized the danger of this action. However, under the influence of the golden apple, the target became overly enthusiastic about the loot and apparently ignored my warning.
As of 7:00 PM the day before this report was sent, Abstergo Europe's military storage room number seventeen was breached.
Saints No. 17, 23, and 24 of the European branch of the Assassin Brotherhood participated in the blocking operation.
Target No. 259 and his team members were all killed in the battle.
Observation ends.
Ps:
The Isu artifacts they held have been returned to their original locations, awaiting the next batch of outsiders to enter for a new round of observation and behavioral pattern testing."
Mason finished reading the document.
His expression was extremely complicated, but Barbara decrypted another document. Mason opened it and found that it was a suggestion from the European branch of the Knights Templar:
"Through the observation reports of 247 'Star Society' pioneers in the past five months, we have summarized their specific internal composition system and threat classification.
The following are the recommended actions:
When facing members below C-rank, it is recommended to dispatch five master-level forces to lead a 20-man team to complete a quick cleanup.
When facing B-level personnel, it is recommended to dispatch a team of thirty masters composed of three to five Saint Commanders, or the Elder Council Guards and the Phoenix Tactical Team to complete a quick cleanup.
The information and intelligence collection of the Star Society’s A-level personnel is insufficient.
Currently, there are too few samples of Class A personnel in contact. Sample codenamed 233 is suspected to have severe split personality and psychotic symptoms, and its information is insufficient to serve as a normal reference.
Therefore, when the enemy has A-level personnel, it is recommended to submit a special operations application to the headquarters.
Only those with power below the level of a saint can avoid direct conflict with them.
It is suspected that the Star Society has a higher-level force above the A-level personnel, but it has not yet appeared. Perhaps it should release the necessary information to implement the "bait" tactic.
Other:
Frequent contacts with the Star Society have yielded credible intelligence, and the date of the doomsday information, or what they call the "impact", coincides with the time predicted by the "Three Goddesses of Fate".
It can be concluded that the Star Society has the ability to resist the world-class doomsday. However, the various actions they took when facing the impact event could not effectively alleviate the acceleration of the doomsday event.
According to the judgment made by the 'World Tree' host based on the current information, the doomsday prophecy of the ancient Isu people cannot be solved from the direction of the Star Society.
In the past six months, the other party has tried twice to spread the dangerous zombie virus in this world to make it easier for them to plunder the resources of this world.
This is tantamount to a declaration of war.
The existence of that organization does not alleviate the doomsday troubles of the parallel world.
Its massive recruitment of desperadoes from all over the world can only bring more unnecessary chaos to the already unstable status quo. Whether it is the Assassin Brotherhood or the Templars, chaos is a spark that we must extinguish.
Therefore, the European branch discussed and agreed on the following points:
There is no need to waste energy and time to continue to maintain contact with the Star Society. In the future, at the appropriate time, a large-scale cleanup operation can be carried out to completely cut off all contact between this world and the Star Society. "
"Well, the comments of the rulers of this world on the Star Society are surprisingly pertinent and sharp."
Mason closed the document, glanced at Barbara and Jason who had just come over, and said with a pout:
“Look, this world is not only deliberately disguising itself, but it is also using the two methods of ‘showing weakness’ and ‘temptation’ to make the stars regard it as a risky place to explore.
They deliberately used those precious ancient weapons and knowledge to lure pioneers to come here continuously, so as to create opportunities for the monitors of this world to have close contact with the pioneers.
It is the world that observes us, not us exploring the world.
The Stars still think they have everything under control.
But the truth is so hurtful, even a B-level world can play with them at their fingertips, it's really a pure paper tiger."
"What's more creepy to me right now is not the truth, Mason."
Ertong held the kinetic revolver at his waist with some uneasiness, and whispered:
“But this document says that the assassins in this world are already planning to conduct a large-scale cleanup of the members of the Star Society who remain here, in order to sever our connection with this world.
Both Mr. Hunter and Old Green Goblin have emphasized that this impact is imminent, so if the people here want to take action, now is their best time.
We were sent here at just the right time.”
“ Beep, beep”
Just as Ertong was speaking, the cell phone in Mason's pocket suddenly vibrated. He picked up the flip phone and took a look. The number was from Zha Kang.
Mason frowned and pressed the call button. Before he could ask a question, Zha Kang shouted:
"Mason, this is a damn trap! The golden apple in your hand is a bait thrown out specially. Damn it, it should be a bait reserved for big shots like Mr. Hunter.
We have become his scapegoats!"
"John, how do you know this?"
Mason didn't care about being exposed at this moment, he asked sternly:
"Did you find anything at that damn Continental?"
"I'm on the top floor now, about to jump down."
Zha Kang screamed:
"Here is a golden apple that can affect the mind! It's the kind you hold in your hand. I can tell you clearly now that all the pioneers who have entered this world have had their minds transformed by this thing!
Including Lao K!
The golden apple in your hand was not taken out by Lao K because of his good luck. The people here specially arranged for him to take it out after escaping from death. The purpose was to attract more senior members for their observation.
You ask me why I know?
Because I have one of those things in my hand right now! And a deadly A-rank member is hunting me down, damn it! He came here for this thing too!
You've heard all this, why are you still standing there?
Come and save me!"
——
"beep"
At the same time as Team K was communicating internally, at an assassination operation point closest to the Phoenix Project Laboratory, a lonely man holding a dog just drank a glass of wine and then picked up his vibrating cell phone.
He put the phone to his ear, and a deep voice said:
"Saint No. 113 John Wick, target information has been issued, start action!"
