Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 160 Roll Call
Just like splashing oil paint randomly, the gorgeous sky faded away behind him. After the familiar brief feeling of dizziness disappeared, Song Shi arrived at his destination.

——Depth 1, [Thousand Star City].

Compared to the beginning, Song Shi, who has now been promoted to the second ring, feels almost no discomfort caused by falling into the abyss.

Walking on a street made of pure data, he opened his eyes and looked around.

Although the outlines are similar, the "Thousand Star City" here is still different from the "Thousand Star City" in Plosser in terms of details. The most striking point is "sunlight".

Yes, sunshine.

From the center of Thousand Star City, a blazing white light rose straight up into the sky, and at the highest point it turned into scattered rain of light, forming an inverted bowl-shaped light shield - this was the barrier that separated Thousand Star City from the abyss, a concrete display of the "firewall".

Palose also has this light shield.

The only difference is that above the light shield of the Thousand Star City, there are three red and blazing suns hanging high in the sky that are difficult to look directly at!

It's like he's suffered some injustice or loss and he can't wait to make up for it here.

They burn silently, and cast synthetic sunlight that perfectly fits the "spectrum" data of natural daylight into every corner of Thousand Star City, bringing a feeling of warmth, or even heat - of course, anonymous users who log in to Thousand Star City can change the simulation parameter settings and block them on their own.

But few people do this.

Song Shi took a casual glance and found that many people were even shirtless, wearing only beach pants.

"Sunshine?"

He nodded slightly, stopped standing, and turned to stroll on the street.

As one of the fulcrum cities vigorously developed by [Fubo Energy], the prosperity of Zhuguang City is significantly stronger than that of Pallow, and even the "Thousand Star City" is the same.

Floating castles, underground bars, virtual arenas imitating ancient styles, and ghost ship casinos floating in the sea, all kinds of bizarre scenes keep pouring in, making people dazzled.

But soon, Song Shi found his target.

It was a promotional poster posted in the corner. There were no words on it, only a realistic, thickly painted picture - a dark curtain was about to be drawn, and the outlines of several puppets were vaguely visible.

Next to this poster, there are advertisements for fake identities, weapons and equipment transactions, stolen goods sales, and intelligence trafficking. These real and fake advertisements are stacked together, almost completely drowning out the former.

Song Shi tore off the poster without hesitation.

The next moment, from the young man's perspective, a pop-up window of the same dark brown color popped up.

It only has one line of text.

[Please enter——]

Song Shi entered a string of numbers.

【mistake】

【You still have two chances】

[Please enter——]

The poster in his hand also had slight wrinkles.

Song Shi raised his hand and entered another string of numbers.

【mistake】

[You still have one chance]

[Please enter——]

As the poster became more and more wrinkled, it gradually turned an old yellow color.

"Tsk, this one won't work either?"

Song Shi sighed and finally didn't input again immediately.

It is now the year 2151 in the new calendar, nineteen years before I died in battle.
——What secret key is used to enter the theater now?

After pondering and recalling for a while, Song Shi slowly entered a new string of numbers.

The poster froze for a moment, then shattered!

The entire poster was shattered into pieces, and these fragments broke into two or three parts in the air, like butterflies flying in the sky, and turned into a small whirlwind that wrapped up Song Shi. Then there was a flash of light, and these flying fragments, along with Song Shi, disappeared on the spot.

When Song Shi opened his eyes again, the scene around him was completely different.

In the dim environment, the auditorium was arranged in a stepped manner, and at this moment Song Shi was sitting in the center seat of the third row. The walnut chair had a unique touch.

——Except for Song Shi, this huge "theater" was empty. In front of the auditorium, there was a stage covered by a thick curtain. As if it knew the audience was coming, with a slight "bang", a beam of light was cast from above, and the whole stage suddenly lit up.

The curtain slowly opened.

Countless crystals are hung on the huge chandelier, reflecting the light and casting blurry colors, while also illuminating the magnificent dome and the luxurious and distinguished furnishings below for the audience.

The lively music sounded, and actors with exquisite makeup walked out from behind the scenes and began to perform the plot in the song -

"Almost got it."

Nineteen minutes into the play, Song Shi rested his head on his right hand, tilted his body, and finally spoke: "——It's a completely rubbish movie."

"Impeccable costumes and props, exquisite special effects and props, the use of technology to generate 'data personality', the establishment of a perfect virtual actor used only in one work, and then matched with an inexplicable plot."

He commented: "It's really a bad taste."

As his words fell.

The originally melodious music came to an abrupt end, and the stage seemed to have been suddenly frozen.

Then, these characters turned their heads at the same time, with unchanging expressions on their faces, as if they were still immersed in the play, and stared straight at Song Shi.

Song Shi sneered, and flames ignited from the gaps between his fingers.

"Hiss, don't be anxious, don't be anxious"

Then, a voice sounded immediately.

At some point, a person appeared on Song Shi’s right. He was sitting in the audience and his face could not be seen clearly.

"This is our tradition, can't you respect it?"

"That's why I'm speaking now." Song Shi replied.

"Ah, okay, okay. By the way, where did you get the entry key? I have the impression that this one is quite new and has not been issued for a long time--"

Song Shi turned his head, glanced at him, and said calmly: "How come I have never heard that the famous hacker organization [Theater] would ask about the identity of visitors?"

The man was not embarrassed and laughed: "My my, I'm sorry. So, what do you want?"

"Are you looking for remote network technical support, or are you trying to get some intelligence? Of course, we also welcome technical exchanges. After all, the greatest thing about the Internet is openness and sharing."

"However, considering the recent situation in the City of Forged Light, if you want to hire our network support services, the price will be higher—"

"I need a list." Song Shi said, "There is a list of people with bounties currently posted in Zhuguang City."

"Reward. List?" the other party repeated, and then asked: "Are there any screening criteria?"

"List them all out for me first."

So the other person nodded, and he knocked on the armrest of the chair. About a minute later, a puppet half a person's height suddenly fell from above, with a thin string on its body.

The puppet held a paper list in his hands.

However, after taking down the list and opening it, it still looked like an electronic display screen.

Song Shi began to browse from top to bottom, according to the amount of the reward, from high to low.

The first one, Chakoro Vaughan, has an “∞” in the bounty column, which is the symbol for infinity.

Skip.

The second one is Emanuel Groden, whose bounty column is also "∞". He is the agent of [Fubo Energy] in Zhuguang City and surrounding areas, a core member of the Groden family, and a real member of the decision-making level of the giant company.

Skip it, just tick it for now.

Third, fourth, fifth
After the most important figures come some characters who can be called "prominent", "honorable" and "troublesome" in the conventional sense.

Among them are well-known entrepreneurs, heads of contraband smuggling networks, high-risk wanted criminals with a host of cases to their name, senior government officials, core members of companies, and street gang leaders. There are even a few bounties offered for the capture of "stars" and "idols".

Song Shi thought for a while, ticked the avatars of seven people, and handed the list back to them.

"Collate the information about these people and send it to me along with the bill." He stood up and gave a temporary link: "Well, for the account number, use this."

Looking at the seven people sketched, the man had a subtle expression: "So many?"

Song Shi answered.

"That's all for now."

(End of this chapter)