Overturned Tower

Let's talk about it, he said.

Such arrogance was promised by the existence in the brain.

But if it is just a program or a component, it would be too impolite to use it for conversation.

The monkey-faced eagle gave Russell a rather specific address - presumably if Russell changed hands and notified the execution department, it would be difficult for them to evacuate.

This can be said to be a sincerity given in advance.

On the other hand... if Russell is willing to go alone, that in itself can be said to be more sincere. In response to this second level of sincerity, the monkey-faced eagle readily agreed that Russell could take Ringo, his "bodyguard" with him.

In other words, after Russell made the request to "meet and talk," the monkey-faced eagle took two steps back.

It was at this time that Russell realized that he had indeed become a big shot... just to allow him to do some dangerous things, others had to pay greater risks in advance as a "deposit" or "bait".

After contacting the monkey-faced eagle, the body of "Dust Gap" lost its value.

Russell, who was still analyzing the bullet marks with great interest, immediately dropped it and left the room in the dust gap.

Before leaving, Russell thought for a moment and took down a pen from the dusty desk.

He opened the cap of the pen and looked at it. There was no sign of dry ink on the nib. Apparently the owner took great care of this pen and used it frequently.

Russell then drew a straight line on the table.

The line it draws is extremely straight, without any breaks in between. Seeing this, Russell opened the pen's ink bag again and checked the amount and degree of solidification of the ink inside.

——There is still about half the amount, and there is no trace of solidification.

He raised his eyebrows, then put the pen in his pocket and prepared to take it away with him.

"……Huh?"

When Ringo saw this, he was stunned for a moment.

She gently tugged at the hem of Russell's clothes and whispered: "Isn't it good for us to take away the things from the crime scene...?"

"I guess so."

Russell heard this and chuckled: "But I'm not the first."

"Eh?"

Needless to say, pens are quite valuable things.

Because in this era when "paper" is very precious, very difficult to purchase, and even controlled, the pen used to write on paper is a "luxury product used in luxury goods."

The reason why paper is precious is not because of the scarcity of natural trees - although ancient papermaking technology required the use of bark, modern times have long since eliminated the need for that kind of stuff. Technology that can artificially synthesize food will only make it easier to synthesize paper.

The preciousness and rarity of paper are the result of the deliberate control of each island.

On the surface, it is because electronic documents can be easily transferred to each other and carried with you. In order to reduce office costs and protect the environment, the use of paper materials is not recommended. Those important files don't even need to be stored in the chip... they just need to be stored in the network disk. Even if you are scribbling, you can always draw out a virtual piece of paper in front of your eyes to complete it.

Because unless you accidentally enter the black zone, it is always connected to the internal network of each sky island. Internet speeds are basically instantaneous, and there are no fees. In theory, this technology has indeed completely eliminated the classical and traditional "paper".

However, paper also has its own unique meaning.

Just like the "suspected devil report" on Happy Island, which is printed directly using only paper - as long as this information is stored in any way, or even "stored" in a network disk, it is always possible to be stolen or rewritten. ,delete. No corner of the Internet is absolutely safe.

Just like Huachu's case...the psychiatrist's treatment is stored in paper documents. Including some technology companies, in order to prevent opponents from finding psychic hackers to steal or maliciously rewrite data, they will also encrypt the data and record the keys on paper, or even directly record the most critical information on paper materials.

On the other hand, as long as the output and sales of paper can be controlled, people will be forced to put all information and documents on the Internet.

The network security departments of each air island can find out what they want to know from this information.

By using artificial intelligence to analyze these files, more detailed and accurate advertising can be pushed; and after everyone's information is all linked together, more precious intelligence data can be obtained from the data analysis. For those cyber detectives and psychic hackers, the data stored in the cloud is a huge treasure trove.

Because of this, even paper books have become rare. This is to prevent people from buying books and using them as paper. As a result, books, an extremely low-cost thing, have become luxury goods that symbolize status.

Only groups or individuals directly affiliated with the head office can buy a quota of white paper. Used to record things that are inconvenient to put on the Internet.

Just like a person who has been typing for a long time, he may have to think twice before writing his own name. This era is the same...

"For ordinary people who have no way to get paper, they basically can't write and have never written. Because the skill of calligraphy requires a lot of practice, and the pen must be used all the time, otherwise the pen tip will be damaged. Ink dries up easily. For those who only use paper occasionally, they prefer to use gel pens. The lithium ester at the tail can ensure that the ink does not evaporate and dry up easily, and can also keep pressing the ink down to ensure writing Completely smooth handwriting.

"So they don't know the difference between a fountain pen and a gel pen at all, and they may not even know what a fountain pen is. Therefore, they don't realize what it means that a fountain pen can also write."

Russell took Ringo into the car.

The driver sent by Tartarus drove the floating car, while Russell tilted his head and huddled in the corner of the back seat, explaining lazily with his eyes closed: "Obviously there is no one on the table or in the drawer. Paper. But the pen in the dust gap is still here."

"……what does that mean?"

"It means that if Dust Gap is really still alive, the person who took away those research records will definitely not be Dust Gap."

Russell said softly: "He took away these papers, but not the pen. And this pen absorbed half a tube of ink, and it could still write... indicating that it was used almost every day, and it was used not long ago. Still using it.”

"...Maybe I forgot it? After all, Mr. Chenzhao will not be short of this pen. If it is inconvenient to take it, just buy another one when the time comes."

"No, that's impossible."

Russell said decisively.

As he spoke, he took out the pen from his pocket and opened the cap.

He handed the pen to Ringo, and the sharp point made Ringo shrink his head.

She looked intently and saw the words like a swimming dragon engraved on the body of the golden pen covered by the pen cap.

[Let the world know your existence, my most proud son]

"Although I don't know whether his father or mother left him something, no matter which party it is... it is already their relic."

Russell said categorically: "No matter what, it is impossible for Dust Gap to forget to take it away. To Dust Gap, its value is higher than those documents.

"So there is only one possibility left - those who took away Chen Gap's documents were the second 'professional killer' who came. That is, the person who was originally invited to kill Chen Gap. He was giving Chen Gap After filling the gap with two shots, he took away all the paper documents in the room.

"So, I think... Dust Gap was probably not assassinated because of us. It might just be a coincidence that he happened to die this morning.

"The reason why he was assassinated...maybe was his research itself."

If nothing else, Chen Gap, the unpopular "gift scientist", might have really researched something.

The cold is getting worse, and it seems that the seasonal rhinitis that is steadily triggered by the change of seasons every year has occurred again...

Today my eyes are itchy, itchy, itchy, and I also have a headache. I have just finished writing the first chapter, and there is only one more thing that bothers me...

Of course, one chapter does not count as perfect attendance, so I have to give you a note asking for leave (sad)

Logically speaking, I should send it out tomorrow, which is the most cost-effective, but after thinking about it, I decided not to take leave at the beginning of the month, so I’d better send it out——