novelraw Chapter 232 Late at night, alone, feeling restless and lonely?
Chapter 232 Late at night, alone, feeling restless and lonely?
Chapter 232 Late at night, alone, feeling restless and lonely?
Seeing the bloody, mangled face beneath the mask, reduced to mere muscle, Modi fell silent for a moment.
He hadn't expected that beneath the mask lay pure muscle, devoid of any facial features.
Or rather, the mask represented the facial features of the experimental subject.
Holding the mask in his hand, Modi could feel the sadness within it, just like the mask's own expression.
"This is the subject's own emotion," Mordy said with certainty.
After the seed of the soul sprouted, he became very sensitive to the emotions of others, and could easily detect that the sadness was exactly the same as that of the test subject.
"After the mask was removed, the test subject's vital signs also began to weaken. Could the mask be its true form?"
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He thought for a moment and then put the mask back on the test subject.
Although it was a bit crooked, at least the subject's vital signs stabilized, which proved that the mask was indeed an inseparable part of him.
Once the test subject stabilized, Modi locked him in a hibernation chamber. The nutrient solution inside contained a witch factor inhibitor, which would keep him in a state of weakness.
He then brought in several Blood God disciples dressed in white coats and ordered them to keep a close watch on this thing.
"Spatial abilities, that's extremely rare." A doctor in a white coat lamented, "If this person were a witch, even the three major corporations would be fighting over her."
Another doctor in a white coat joked, "But he was a man, and he only awakened his abilities after he died thanks to us, so he didn't get any gender advantage."
"If he had been born a few decades or a hundred years earlier, he would have been lucky to avoid being falsely accused, let alone benefit from the gender advantage."
Modi chimed in with his own complaints, explaining that he had researched the history of human society in this world and discovered that a hundred years ago was indeed the time of the most intense struggle.
Ideology, old and new orders, gender... Behind all this, there must be the driving force of today's giant corporations.
And it was during that period that witches gradually began to emerge.
Later, a company further discovered their talents and, relying on the faith gained from their popularity and online traffic, created a group of powerful witches who ended the conflict with absolute power.
"Speaking of which, witches have always become stronger through faith; no one has ever tried increasing the activity level of witch factors. Do they, or the companies behind them, know that excessive activity can lead to some bad things?"
Modi glanced at the hibernation pod; the experimental subject was floating in the green liquid.
A thought popped into his head: what would happen if the activity of the witch factor were increased to the maximum?
Good morning, Ning City! Yesterday's lottery in the Lower District resulted in a total of thirty winners...
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Hearing the host's voice in his ear, Zhang Ye muttered under his breath, "Damn, we lost money again."
The Lower City is essentially a slum, but they usually don't call it that. Instead, they prefer the more egalitarian term "Lower City" to show that they don't discriminate, even though they look down on those third-class citizens.
"But one of the police officers also died, so I think you'll all have to pay compensation..."
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"Is this even possible? Looks like I'm not the only one who's having bad luck."
Zhang Ye lost the will to listen any longer, so he switched radio stations on a whim, watching the traffic below through the floor-to-ceiling windows while listening to another station's program.
This is the Ning City morning news...
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The host's unchanging tone sounded to Zhang Ye like a corpse nagging in his ear.
He sat in his office chair, casually nibbling on a meat bun he'd bought on the way, his eyes blankly staring at the screen. Numbness and boredom filled his body, making him feel like he was no different from a corpse.
As an employee of the Ning City branch of Wieland-Yugu Company, he had long been worn down by work and life. Every day when he went to work, he looked forward to getting off work, and when he got off work, he looked forward to not having to work overtime the next day.
His experience as a corporate slave has worn away his interest. He vaguely remembers being a video game enthusiast, but now, he doesn't know how long it's been since he last touched his game library.
He heard footsteps beside him, glanced over, saw it was his female colleague, and quickly looked away without any intention of greeting her.
Listening to the news anchor's voice, he continued to let his thoughts wander, thinking about how he was still single and couldn't help but consider whether he should find a partner.
The moment this thought crossed his mind, he remembered a colleague of his who had just gotten married. He discovered that his wife had concealed her premarital medical examination report, which caused the colleague to contract a disease and have to spend a lot of money on treatment at Hongtu Hospital.
Afterwards, his colleague's appeal was unsuccessful. He not only left with nothing but also became heavily in debt, having to pay child support every month to raise a child who was still in his womb and whose biological parentage was unknown.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ye quickly stopped himself from thinking about finding a girlfriend.
"Now for a quick interlude..."
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Zhang Ye frowned, thinking it was another health product insurance advertisement from a certain guy, and was about to change the channel, but one sentence from the guy made him stop thinking about it.
"Alone at night, feeling restless and lonely?"
GG's narration is a seductive female voice that subconsciously evokes images of erotic scenes.
"The human doll uses a brand-new human body printing technology. It has no brain or independent consciousness, but has a built-in microchip that completely obeys the user's commands."
It is also fertile and can interact with users based on its built-in AI, with an interaction similarity of up to 98.7% to that of a real person. It supports customized AI personality and is capable of being both elegant and tough.
"Isn't that just... a real-life doll?" Zhang Ye said with a strange expression. "A company actually dares to make this kind of thing? Aren't they afraid of being criticized for violating ethics?"
He quickly projected the GG image onto the screen, looked at it carefully for a while, and his heart started pounding.
The image shows the printing process of a doll, similar to 3D printing, but what is printed is flesh and bones.
Perhaps to save costs, or to be less unethical, some organs were appropriately altered during the printing process, and the most core part of the human body, the brain, was replaced by a chip and filled with some strange material.
Before long, a healthy human body appeared before his eyes.
GG's introduction continues.
"For just NT$50,000, you can own a doll. The first 100 customers will enjoy a 20% discount. Purchase now and receive a three-year free warranty. For dolls, look for Stix BioLabs..."
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The GG screen also displays the following text: "Users can customize their height, body shape, and appearance, add or remove body parts, and choose from the following fantasy templates: vampire, tentacle girl, elf, dwarf, catgirl, slime..."
Zhang Ye's Adam's apple bobbed, and his arms trembled inexplicably, whether from excitement or some other reason, it was unclear.
In the end, he clicked the link on Google and went to the official website of Stix BioLabs, where he found the company's product introduction and read it word by word.
It's not time for work yet, so he can relax a little longer.
"Powered by a new generation of bio-batteries, it is clean, environmentally friendly, and pollution-free. Once the batteries are depleted, you can order more from the official website. An ordinary doll can last for twenty to thirty years without aging. Door-to-door recycling and chip data upload services are supported..."
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After reading the entire introduction word for word, Zhang Ye pondered deeply, thinking about his empty home and the repressed feelings he had always had.
Finally, with trembling hands, he picked up the e-cigarette, opened the order page, and, drawing on his more than ten years of experience in game character creation, began to operate it seriously.
The smile on his lips gradually became more unrestrained.
At the headquarters of Styx Biolabs, on the top floor of the once-haunted building, Mordy rested his elbows on the table, his hands crossed under his chin, striking the classic pose of Commander Ikari.
The screen in front of him displayed the sales figures for the company's flagship products.
After a long pause, he sighed, "It seems that people in this world are still too repressed. I never expected sales to be this good."
The prophet plopped down on his desk, his legs, clad in black stockings, swinging casually, and said, "I still think my plan is more cost-effective, but unfortunately..."
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"Your plan?" The witch scoffed. "Your Corpse Princess" is a no-go. If we really did what you said—acquiring corpses and turning them into Corpse Princesses—the ethics committee would probably be knocking on our door the next day.
Modi cleared his throat and said, "Those big companies still have some sense of shame. Although they secretly buy up corpses and recycle biomass, they don't dare to do it openly. Before we climb up to the top, it's best not to do this kind of thing."
After saying that, he looked at the witch and asked, "How's your consideration of the matter I asked you to consider?"
The witch shrugged and spread her hands. "What else can we do? Let's go. It's the only way we can gain access to the ring's management."
Besides Hongtu, Europa Military-Industrial Complex, and Wieland-Tanggu, only a few other companies possess the Great Witch and have the right to manage the Ring Realm.
Only they know the exact location of the Ring Computer.
To gain control of the ring realm, one must first possess the Great Witch; this is an unspoken rule in this industry.
"In that case, leave the public opinion aspect to us. The Cybersecurity Department and the Publicity Department will do their best to help you build up popularity," the Prophet said.
"One more thing," Mordy added, "Don't use your true abilities; use 'dead-point strikes' instead, and it's best not to reveal your dead-point transfer ability either."
Why?
The witch was puzzled by this.
"Look at my latest investigation report," Modi said.
According to the intelligence he gathered, those large companies were intentionally or unintentionally concealing one thing: all humans have witch factors in their bodies.
The witch's ability to activate the witch factor in a human body could potentially lead to some unpleasant consequences if discovered by them.
"Moreover," he added, "recent research suggests that the activity of the Witch Factor can transform a person's form, and the transformed form may very well be the true form of a human possessing the factor."
The witch understood. She knew that in addition to activating factors, she could also increase their activity level.
Perhaps her abilities hold some crucial significance.