I write obituaries for the gods

"So this thing doesn't exist," Jiang Zhengge frowned. "Are you just making up an excuse to fob me off?"

tide Leina looked at Jiang Zhengge with hopeless eyes.

“Alright, let’s get started,” Xileina said. “Since there are corpses here, the purge should have already begun. Those who didn’t go to the hall as instructed should have been executed by now.”

"I'll go scout ahead. If the Foundation's lackeys get attacked and something happens to them, you won't care, right?"

After tide Lena finished speaking, she took the lead and walked forward.

Seeing her like this, Li Zhanyi felt a pang of pity.

"Old Jiang, what did you do to upset the big star?" Li Zhanyi muttered. "I feel like she's still someone you can talk to... Wouldn't it be better if we were more amicable and got more information out of her?"

“You don’t understand,” Jiang Zhengge sighed softly, “There are many things involved…it’s quite complicated.”

He turned his head and looked at Lin Chen:

"Remember, the priority of the operation is to protect Black Widow. She is the most important card to play next. As for the others, those who work for the Foundation can hardly be considered innocent. Protect them if you can, and if you can't, prioritize the mission objectives."

"clear."

Lin Chen nodded, snapping out of his daze.

He was pondering... what Xileina had just said.

She seemed to say nothing, but the information hidden within... was a very important piece of the puzzle.

That is the "Laplace's Demon".

Mayor Buendía also mentioned this mythical creature of physics, implying that if "too much information" is revealed, Laplace's demon will detect Mayor Buendía's location.

Xilena also said that Laplace's demon can only predict the movement of particles in the three-dimensional world; the subspace is outside its predictive range, as are demigods.

So, Lin Chen figured out one fact—

Why is the Secret Service's stronghold located in Water City?

The answer is that it is a warp, and Laplace's demon cannot find their location.

The fact that the Secret Service needed to hide also confirms another fact—

Laplace's demon is invincible in the three-dimensional world.

If that thing can predict the movement of all particles... then it can basically use its abilities to predict everything, then intervene at key points to change the course of events, and know how the future will be changed before doing so.

That sounds...truly terrifying.

Unprovoked car accidents, unexpectedly falling flowerpots... can all create the perfect conditions for an assassination.

But there was another very important sentence in the information Xileina just gave:

She said, "If Laplace's demon exists."

This means that the mythical creature in physics known as "Laplace's Demon" does not actually exist.

If Laplace's demon doesn't exist, what could possess such terrifying power?

The answer is ready to come out -

Demigod.

A powerful demigod.

A demigod above Alpha level.

Within the foundation's system, it seems that only one mysterious figure holds this position.

That is, above his elder brother, the head of the F Council.

Like a dragon whose head is seen but not its tail...

“A loving father”.

Lin Chen looked at tide Leina's back in the distance. She was holding a pistol and cautiously feeling her way forward, with Jiang Zhengge following behind her.

Although Jiang Zhengge kept emphasizing to Lin Chen that tide Leina was an enemy, Lin Chen felt that tide Leina was helping the Investigation Bureau verify some intelligence almost every time she appeared.

Last time, she verified the foundation's plan to find God for Lin Chen.

This time, Lin Chen was provided with information about "Laplace's Demon" that was enough for him to deduce something.

She even glanced at Lin Chen, because she knew Jiang Zhengge definitely wouldn't listen...

The relationship between these two is truly perplexing...

"Look at Lao Jiang, he says he doesn't care, but he works so well with her."

Li Zhanyi pointed at Jiang Zhengge, who was helping tide Leina search for points, and complained:

"They really are a couple..."

"eliminate."

tide Leina exited from the last small room on the side of the corridor, waved, and Jiang Zhengge immediately jogged to the door at the end of the corridor.

"Prepare to break down the door," Jiang Zhengge said softly. "Three...two...one!"

"Oh!"

Jiang Zhengge kicked the door open, and tide Leina immediately rushed in with her gun raised.

The dark muzzle of a gun came straight at me—

"Be careful."

Jiang Zhengge pushed tide Leina aside and fired a shot at the attacker.

"boom!"

The 12.7x55mm bullet instantly blasted the thing back several steps, allowing Jiang Zhengge to finally see its appearance:

He was wearing a black bulletproof vest, fully armed, and a black iron skull mask on his head.

Jiang Zhengge fired three more shots in quick succession. Black Skull suddenly dodged, avoiding the first two bullets. The last bullet hit the charged bulletproof vest, igniting a burst of blue light.

He glanced at Jiang Zhengge, then at tide Leina, and took several steps back, his optical camouflage concealing his figure.

Jiang Zhengge fired another shot in the spot where he had disappeared, and immediately tensed up.

After a while of silence, he finally shook off the magazine and used the quick-load reload tool to insert the bullets.

"What is that?" Jiang Zhengge frowned.

“The Black Skull Legion, my elder brother’s private army,” Xileina said softly, “even they’ve been mobilized; the situation is getting a bit dire…”

"You don't know?" Jiang Zhengge raised his eyebrows.

“Do I look like I’m lying to you?” Xileina sighed. “Don’t forget, the Foundation is never a monolithic entity.”

At this moment, Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi caught up.

“That thing escaped through the ventilation duct,” Lin Chen said. “It ran very fast, at an abnormal speed.”

“There was no attack within thirty seconds,” Li Zhanyi said.

The two information slots, which were practically cheat codes, retrieved all the information in just a few seconds.

“That thing dodged my bullet,” Jiang Zhengge squinted. “I can smell the stench off the demigod…”

Noticing that tide Leina was squinting at him, Jiang Zhengge finally changed his tune:

"...Aura, is an aura okay?"

"Didn't you discover the artificial god experiment?" tide Lena sighed. "That thing was one of the byproducts, and one of the more successful ones."

"Compared to those demigods who must be pushed onto the stage to generate traffic and create star effects, the Black Skull Legion's function is much purer: extreme execution and powerful force."

"Alright, stop trying to squeeze information out of me. I've been more than fair. I don't know much about that stuff anyway."

"The only thing that's certain is that the Black Skull Legion has appeared, so the situation has become very urgent. Whatever you want to do, speed it up, or it might be too late."

"Let's go." Jiang Zhengge glanced at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen took the revolver shotgun off his back and held it in his hand.

Compared to those projected images, he still felt that the real thing felt better in his hand.

The group moved forward in the corridor, following an assault formation, constantly on guard against attacks from the Black Skull Legion.

However, unexpectedly, the black skull seemed to have vanished, and there was no further movement.

Soon, Lin Chen led the way through all the rooms and arrived at a large door.

The sign on the main gate reads "Main Hall".

A cacophony of voices emanated from the main hall, clearly indicating that most of the people in Facility Three had been gathered there.

"Let me take a look."

Lin Chen walked to the door and entered the "Mirage City".

He rewound the timeline, pulling it back to the point when Wu Hao arrived at this location.

......

"Wu Hao, long time no see! How's life in prison?"

Wu Hao was being searched in front of Mr. Z.

"It's alright," Wu Hao said with a gloomy expression. "I thought you guys would get me out of here sooner. Aren't you afraid I'll tell the Investigation Bureau all the information?"

"Come on, after that deep-sea diving incident, everyone knows how much you have a problem with the Bureau of Investigation," Mr. Z laughed. "To be honest, I still trust you quite a bit. As long as the money is right, you can do anything, no problem."

“I’m here to collect the final payment,” Wu Hao said in a low voice. “Many brothers died in the battle of Waldaff, and I have to give their families an explanation.”

"Hahaha, you definitely won't be shortchanged."

At this moment, the body search ended, and Z appeared and patted Wu Hao on the shoulder:

"Let's settle down at Facility No. 3 first. After all, you're familiar with the work here. There's no rush to deal with those old issues once things have calmed down."

It means the money will still be owed.

Wu Hao remained silent.

He knew that his words were useless, and the debts that were owed would still be owed.

Mercenaries on the black market are just expendable resources. He knew that the only reason he was redeemed was because he had worked in this highly sensitive facility.

He himself is not of much value.

"..."

Led by armed personnel, Wu Hao entered the main hall.

At this moment, a large number of researchers gathered in the hall, standing in a queue and waiting, their chatter and laughter spreading under the gloomy ceiling.

"Give me a gun, I'm going on patrol," Wu Hao asked the armed man beside him for a weapon.

“You’re not on patrol today,” the armed man pointed into the distance. “Go wait in line. There will be a reassignment of posts today. The function of Facility Three is going to change.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Hao broke out in a light sweat.

He instinctively reached for his waist, but he didn't find the gun. Even his cell phone had been taken during the body search.

Wu Hao stared at the armed men for a moment, then slowly walked towards the line.

As he walked down this road, he thought about many things, and the memories embedded in his mind ached like shards of glass.

"..."

After Wu Hao stood at the end of the formation, the microphone suddenly started making noise on the main stage in the hall.

Then came Mr. Z's deep voice:

"Alright, everyone, quiet down, quiet down."

"Today, I have gathered everyone here at Facility No. 3 to announce some important matters."

"With our research coming to an end, the current situation is no longer suitable for the existence of such facilities."

"We thank everyone for their hard work, thank you..."

Mr. Z glanced at the manuscript and his lips twitched.

He impatiently threw down the manuscript and turned around:

"Alright, hurry up and finish this."