I write obituaries for the gods

“I am the only survivor,” Hualu Ri said calmly. “It wanted to eat me, so I ate it.”

Lin Chen's lips twitched slightly as he uttered such terrifying words in such a calm tone.

Although the Secret Service may not seem like many people, they are truly remarkable.

He killed a beta-level anomalous entity at the age of fourteen...

“After that, I became a symbiote and needed to be injected with the inhibitor frequently,” Hua Luo Ri put away her will-o’-the-wisp. “But the inhibitor has resistance, and in order to slow down this resistance process, I need to stay in the subspace for a long time.”

She pointed to the armor behind her and shrugged.

"So I usually wear armor when I'm on missions, and only come out when I need some fresh air."

"Do you know why we need to breathe? Because staying in the subspace for a long time will make the brain and body become abnormal."

"If you enter the ruins, you can just inject a sanity stabilizer, but it's different in these local subspaces in reality."

"The difference in dimensionality between the inside and outside of the armor will affect a person's mind. Without training, you will lose your mind in less than half an hour, and you will fall asleep after an hour. Whether you can wake up is another matter."

"I can hold on because I have a beta-level entity on my body, but even so, I need to come out for some fresh air every six hours or so."

"Is there any way to alleviate this side effect?" Li Zhanyi asked with a worried expression.

“There is a way, just make the depth shallower,” Hua Luori said. “But if it’s too shallow, it may not be able to stop Triton’s superpowers, and if it’s too deep, it can only last for a shorter time.”

"We need a precise, accurate depth, then?" Lin Chen nodded. "After all this talk, the problem once again lies in testing..."

"It's alright, getting accurate depth parameters isn't actually that difficult," Hualuori said.

"It's no trouble at all."

Ask the newsboy.

She looked at Lin Chen with a strange expression.

"Don't you have 'Mirage City'?"

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Chapter 33 Operation Code Name: Traffic Control (First Update + Second Update)

Does having a "city of mirages" mean you can just ask any "newsboy" a question?

Lin Chen really didn't expect this.

"Isn't the puddles and rainy alley only open once a year?" Lin Chen asked.

“That’s for ordinary people,” Hua Luori blinked. “Oh right, you don’t remember… how should I put it, if the reward you can offer is interesting enough, Rain Alley will open up for you.”

"But what can I offer?" Lin Chen frowned.

The reward a newsboy received for answering questions was "a scar," "a secret," and "a token of sincerity."

Lin Chen was able to find these things, but he didn't know what Hua Luori meant by "interesting enough".

How interesting is considered interesting?

"Still not getting it?" Hua Luori blinked. "Those powerful beings who were swallowed up by the city, those recorded histories... the scars and secrets that the 'newsboy' would love to know."

Upon hearing Hua Luo Ri's words, Lin Chen suddenly realized something—

Newsboys want to obtain the secrets of an Alpha-level demigod!

Coincidentally, Lin Chen absorbed Euclid's past.

"I see..." He nodded. "Then how do I get into the rainy alley?"

“Just call Meng Po, she’ll take you there,” Hua Luo Ri said. “I’ll make an appointment for you. She knows Shuiwa City well, she can let you know when she gets there.”

"Thank you for your hard work, senior."

After Hua Luori left, Lin Chen turned around and found that everyone was looking at him.

"What's wrong?" He was a little stunned by the stare.

“It’s nothing,” Jiang Zhengge sighed, “I just feel like you’re a little too useful.”

"So useful, what the heck..." Lin Chen sighed softly and said:

"Instead of this, let's look at the other intelligence I've obtained."

Lin Chen took out a recorder and handed it to Jiang Zhengge.

The group began to listen to the information Lin Chen had obtained from the Mentis cultists.

"They're looking for God?" Lucy narrowed her eyes. "Are you sure this isn't just the Mentis cultists going crazy from staring at the Warp and hallucinating?"

“I thought so at first,” Lin Chen said, “but then I met tide Leina in the exhibition hall.”

"tide Leina?" Jiang Zhengge raised his eyebrows. "You saw her?"

"Yes."

Lin Chen recounted the conversation.

“tide Lena confirmed to me that my elder brother is indeed searching for ‘God,’ that Omega-level anomalous entity, which should exist.”

“She might be trying to mislead us,” Li Zhanyi said.

“It could also be a message being sent…” Jiang Zhengge mused.

"To send us a message? What is your intention?" Lucy asked.

"I hope we'll back down."

Jiang Zhengge sighed.

"This is fucking ridiculous," he suddenly cursed. "First the whale nest, then space-based weapons, and now they're searching for some damn God... Has the world gone mad?"

He rubbed his nose and said:

"If this intelligence is correct, then our next target is the Rain City Star TV Tower."

The Rain City Star TV Tower, according to the Crimson Bishop, is known as the "Black Star Nexus" within the Foundation.

This means that the TV tower has been serving the "Black Star Project" since its construction.

The "strong artificial intelligence" controlling Black Star is inside this television tower; if we can disable it...

"There is a very simple way to prove whether this intelligence is true or not."

Jiang Zhengge pinned the photo of the Rain City Star TV Tower to the clue board and pointed to it:

"We'll conduct an on-site investigation, find this AI, figure out a way to kill it, and that's it."

This is truly a straightforward and unbiased approach to investigation.

“However, it’s not easy to get into the Rain City Star TV Tower,” Li Zhanyi said, rubbing his chin. “Normally only the lower half of the tower is open, and the upper half of the sphere is only open for special events, so we know nothing about the structure inside.”

“That’s not difficult to solve,” Jiang Zhengge said. “Just find an excuse to go on a research trip.”

"A survey?" Lin Chen frowned. "An excuse?"

Jiang Zhengge stared at Lin Chen.

"What..." Lin Chen felt a little uneasy under the stare.

......

"So, this is how your section chief sent you to see me?"

"Yes."

The next morning, on the way to the Rain City Star TV Tower...

In the back seat of the Ghost, Lin Chen reached out to shield his eyes from the bright sunlight over Pearl Beach and sighed softly.

In the end, Lin Chen was still chosen as the core of this mission.

According to Jiang Zhengge, he happened to have a new fake identity, and he could take this opportunity to solidify it.

He will enter the Rain City Star TV Tower under the identity of "Thomas Lin" and infiltrate it to conduct an investigation.

Lin Chen turned his head and looked at Shen Xuanyi beside him.

Today, the driver was driving, and Shen Xuanyi sat in the back seat like a boss in a movie, holding a champagne glass and looking up at the starry sky.

"Isn't it too easy for me to get a date?" Shen Xuanyi smiled faintly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. After all, you're the only one with connections in this area," Lin Chen said, clasping his hands together. "It's not easy to get into Rain City Star."

“It is indeed difficult to get in,” Shen Xuanyi said, “but not because of connections.”

"That's because?"

“The foundation is currently in the martial law rainy city of Star,” Shen Xuanyi said. “Come, listen to what’s going on.”

She handed an earphone to Lin Chen, who took it and put it in his ear.

"...Deliver the stuff tomorrow night, but be careful not to attract attention. We can postpone that tech summit until everything is in place..."

It was tide Lena's voice; clearly, this was intelligence obtained through the eavesdropping device Lin Chen had installed.

deploy...

Is the foundation deploying that "strong artificial intelligence"?

“This intelligence is very valuable; it sells quite well on the dark web,” Shen Xuanyi said with a smile.

"...Has the recent harvest of United Concrete Group been less than ideal?" Lin Chen was taken aback.

Why would they sell intelligence on the dark web?

"Money is a minor issue; it's simply about tripping up the foundation."

Shen Xuanyi raised her champagne glass.

“Those speculators don’t know what the foundation is going to deploy, so they keep a close eye on them. As they keep watching, they sell new intelligence on the dark web.”

"In this way, the movements of foundation personnel will be frequently spread on the dark web, making it easier for us to obtain that intelligence."

"Smart," Lin Chen suddenly realized, "Is there any noteworthy intelligence?"

"Of course."

Shen Xuanyi tapped a few times on the tablet and then handed it to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen took the tablet and looked at the newspaper headline:

The "Iron Man" of Rain City, Mr. Iron Face, has officially reached a strategic cooperation agreement with the foundation!

The accompanying image shows a burly figure clad in steel armor.

"Mr. Iron Face is the CEO of Peak Group. Mozhu Technology is a subsidiary of this group."

Shen Xuanyi explained it to Lin Chen.

"This guy usually stays behind the scenes, organizing parties only in small circles of high society. But recently he's returned to Yudu and started making a big show of a strategic partnership with the foundation."

Mr. Iron Mask...that's certainly a very rare name.

He usually appears in various backgrounds, and his persona is that of a big shot hiding in the shadows, controlling everything in the dark.

In the stories circulating among the common people, he was a dashing playboy who, like Tony Stark, wore steel armor and traveled the world.

This powerful figure from such a background has unexpectedly made headlines...

"A big move..." Lin Chen nodded. "Have you seen him?"

“I saw him at a banquet before, in the first half,” Shen Xuanyi smiled. “He appeared wearing armor that looked a lot like Iron Man, showed off for a while after landing, and then left. It’s said that only those who attend the second half can see his true face.”

"You didn't participate in the second half?" Lin Chen was taken aback.

Shen Xuanyi's eyes suddenly turned somewhat strange.

"Lin Chen, you really are... completely clueless about these things..." she sighed softly.

"Ah...I hope I didn't offend you? I'm sorry." Lin Chen quickly put on his armor.

"No, no, actually not understanding these things just means you haven't been thoroughly exposed to the dark side of Rain City."

Shen Xuanyi smiled faintly and gently combed her hair with her hands.

"Simply put, the second half of these high-society gatherings usually involves various... um..."

Shen Xuanyi made a smoking gesture, but Lin Chen knew she definitely didn't mean smoking.

“And then there’s that…” she blinked.