Conan Rick's Investigator

"It's the World Congress itself... or in other words, it's spreading a message to the world through the global broadcasting channel built for the opening ceremony of the World Congress..."

Although Megure has not fully understood what Kudo Yusaku meant, when he heard that the organization's goals may be related to the fate of the whole world, he immediately realized that this matter is of great importance.

Megure immediately took out his phone and called his most trusted subordinate.

"Takagi! You and Sato rush to the World Sports Conference's broadcast center immediately and make sure to stop the World Sports Conference from continuing the broadcast!"

"Officer Megure, what are you talking about?" Takagi was startled by Megure's sudden order.

"Go now! I will bear all the consequences!"

Megure yelled, and Takagi could only reply "yes" and then hung up the phone.

It is obviously too late to report to the superiors now and then convey it to the World Sports Broadcasting Center and Tokyo TV. This is the simplest and crudest approach.

On the other side, James also called Judy and ordered her to assist Takagi and others in their actions.

Even if we have to force our way in, we must stop the broadcast.

……

Inside the Shibahama Stadium, Takagi, Sato and others used walkie-talkies to gather everyone in the stadium together, and then went straight to the signal broadcasting center of the World Cup.

On the way, they met Judy who was accompanied by a group of FBI agents.

The two sides exchanged glances, and realized that they came for the same purpose, so they went to the broadcasting center together.

Outside the broadcast center, mobile police armed with live ammunition were guarding.

Sato and Takagi stepped forward first, showing their police manuals and asking to be allowed inside.

However, the mobile police stationed here also received a death order in advance. No one could enter without the order from their superiors.

"Then I'll just offend you..."

Sato's eyes suddenly became fierce. He grabbed the mobile police's arm and threw him to the ground with a beautiful over-the-shoulder throw.

Takagi was startled by Sato's sudden action. Although they were not in the same department, he couldn't just use such heavy hands.

At this time, the mobile policeman next to him immediately shouted for support into the walkie-talkie on his shoulder. Just as he was about to raise his submachine gun, Judy rushed up and kicked him to the ground with a high kick.

After dealing with the police at the door, Sato and Judy rushed into the signal broadcasting room of the broadcasting center first.

But when they pushed the door open, they saw a shocking scene.

All the staff in the broadcast room fainted in front of the control console.

Only half of the monitoring screen on the control console was broadcasting the opening ceremony of the World Sports Center normally, while the other half was showing fuzzy flickering lines, static-like snowflakes and shining green arcs.

"What's this!"

Just as Sato was about to enter with his gun in hand, his eyes happened to meet the green arc on the screen.

These constantly leaping green arcs of electricity intertwine to form a majestic and dark body.

The black hole that seemed to contain the ultimate will of the universe was reflected in Sato and Judy's pupils...

……

At the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Kudo Yusaku, Megure, James and others are still anxiously waiting for the results there.

However, the opening ceremony on TV was still going on normally, which at least meant that things over there had not been completed yet.

But at this moment, Edward, who was held solitary in the interrogation room, suddenly uttered a low voice.

"Has the opening ceremony started yet?"

"That adult's plan has also begun..."

“It’s the opening and the closing.”

Yusaku Kudo turned his head to look at the screen monitoring the interrogation room, and a green arc suddenly flashed on the screen.

Inspector Megure, who was still watching the live broadcast of the opening ceremony, suddenly asked.

"How is this going?"

A green arc of electricity cut the picture in half like a sharp Japanese sword, and all the live broadcasts of the world experience suddenly disappeared.

At the same time, the same situation is also appearing on the screens of electronic devices large and small around the world.

TV screens, mobile phone screens, shopping mall screens...

Regardless of whether the device was broadcasting the World Games or watching other content, as long as it was a device receiving a public signal, the picture would suddenly flicker.

The expressions of everyone who was paying attention to the contents on the screen froze instantly, and the movements of their hands also stopped abruptly.

Drivers driving cars, pedestrians walking on the street, police officers at the police station...

Everyone looked at the green arc in the middle of the screen.

At the middle point of the arc, a green dot emitted a green arc of light that did not belong to this world.

The arc of light seemed to penetrate the screen, like a three-dimensional projection, showing the stars in the vast universe before the eyes of tiny humans.

That alien being from outer space billions of years ago was so dazzling and breathtaking.

yeah!

Great Cthulhu!

yeah!

In the eternal mansion of R'lyeh, the long-sleeping Cthulhu is awakening...

……

And in a dark room somewhere, a shadowy figure in a wheelchair calmly stared at the green arc of light in the middle of the TV.

"End, old world."

"A new world will be built on your ruins..."

Chapter 1508 Memetic Infection

Pacific Buoy, Main Control Room.

Qin Zhibo, Conan and others nervously watched the surveillance footage on the central screen.

In the picture, all the spectators in the audience seats of Shibahama Stadium suddenly stood still, staring at the big screen above the stadium with wide eyes.

That is a large screen for live broadcast, which helps the audience to further understand the performance.

The content played above is basically the same as the TV station's broadcast.

At this time, Qin Zhibo had already asked Hiroki Sawada to cut off the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the World Games in the Pacific buoy in advance, so he didn't know what was being broadcast there.

But now, just from the reactions of the audience in the stands, everyone in the control room realized what was happening in Shibahama Stadium.

"Sawada Hiroki, can you check the surveillance cameras at other angles in the stadium to see what's on the big screen right now and describe it?"

"can."

Hiroki Sawada operated silently in the background of the system. After a while, he described: "It was a green arc and a flashing picture..."

"I've seen this before. It's the green signal lurking in the public Internet area."

Green signal!

Qin Zhibo's pupils suddenly shrank and his back shivered involuntarily.

It turns out that the organization boss’s real plan is this...

When Kuroda Heibei, Furuya Rei and others heard the unfamiliar words, they immediately asked what they meant.

"The green signal is the embodiment of Cthulhu's thoughts. It can also be regarded as Cthulhu's ego will..."

“He is both the incarnation of Cthulhu and the power of Cthulhu. He influences the human brain through the power of thought. Artists and people with high inspiration are most likely to contact Him in dreams.”

"It's just that the Internet invented by humans has already been infiltrated by Him..."

Kuroda Heiwei, Furuya Ling and others found it difficult to understand Qin Zhibo's explanation for a while.

But Conan had already experienced the Itakura Taku incident, so he roughly knew what the green signal was.

However, when Conan heard that people with sensitive inspiration are easily affected by it, Mao Li Ran suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Hiroki! Please find the 6th row in section F4!"

"Yes."

At the same time, in the Shibahama Stadium, which can accommodate 8 people, it was completely silent at this moment.

All the spectators sat upright in their seats, their bodies as stiff as sculptures, staring blankly at the screen hanging above the stadium.

On the pillar in the corner of area F6, the surveillance camera slowly rotates and adjusts the angle to a certain position.

The images recorded by the surveillance cameras are also transmitted simultaneously back to the main control room of the Pacific buoy.

In the center of the screen, Ran Mouri and Kaito Kuroba were staring blankly upwards, just like the other viewers.

Seeing this scene, Conan gritted his teeth and clenched his hands into fists.

"hateful!"

Qin Zhibo glanced at Conan, unable to say anything to comfort him, so he could only let him be quiet for a while.

Because even if we go to rescue now, we will not be able to move an inch on land.

The green signal has been transmitted to all parts of the world through the broadcast of the opening ceremony of the World Games.

Although not everyone in the world will watch the opening ceremony of the World Games at this time, at least 204 countries and regions around the world will watch it.

What's more, the green signal spread widely in undefended public Internet areas, causing the entire ordinary civilian Internet area to be infected.

The Pacific buoy was able to escape the disaster because a firewall was set up in advance to isolate it from the external network environment.

Hiroki Sawada kept adjusting the surveillance cameras in the area currently connected to the monitoring center, and the scenes he saw were similar.

The German Bundestag, the Louvre Museum in Paris, the British Museum in the UK, the Tokyo Tower in Japan...

The people in these buildings also maintained various postures, staring motionlessly at the nearest electronic device screen.

Hiroki Sawada mosaiced the images on the screen before they were shown to everyone.

Order in these countries has been completely paralyzed, and clusters of black smoke are rising over the cities.

As for those countries that have not yet connected to the Pacific buoy system, how much better can they be?

The end of humanity is nigh.

As surveillance footage from different regions around the world was displayed one by one, an atmosphere of despair and depression quietly spread in the main control room.

"how so……"

Dr. Agasa looked at the picture on the screen, muttering to himself.

"Hiroki, are there any places where people are still...sane?"

Qin Zhibo couldn't think of a better word at the moment and could only describe it this way.

Hiroki Sawada immediately started counting and gave an answer soon.

"At present, the various units involved in government confidentiality organizations are relatively well-established, and their network environments are all equipped with firewalls, so Green Signal cannot easily invade them."

"In other areas, it is estimated that 90% of the population has fallen..."

In today's society where electronic devices are so advanced, anyone can easily touch the screen of the electronic device around them at any time and anywhere.

Although some people were not looking at the screen when the green signal was activated, when they saw someone around them suddenly stop, they would subconsciously go forward to check.

This will inevitably see the screen of the device that the other person is watching.

The efficiency of this "memetic infection" is so terrifying that it is beyond anyone's imagination.

At this time, Qin Zhibo also understood the real plan of the organization's boss.

The so-called crow refers to the opening ceremony of the World Sports Conference, which is the ultimate medium he uses to complete this plan.

To this end, he used various threats and inducements to force Itakura Taku to develop software to capture green signals, and used the cocoon's press conference to test the effectiveness of the software.

In fact, in addition to Itakura Taku, the organization must have also commissioned other software engineers to create this kind of software.

So Itakura Taku's "revelation of conscience" actually changes nothing...