"...I apologize. I originally thought you were from Genesis Technology, but from your words and reactions at the time, it seems I might have misunderstood."
After a moment of silence, Felix slowly said.
"Since you're not from Genesis Technology, that proves we aren't really enemies."
"Genesis Technology has done so many disgusting things. For example, these extremely painful genetic modification surgeries originated from them. As someone who has undergone the surgery, don't you want to take revenge on the culprits?"
Cipher was unmoved. Not to mention this person came with the intention of killing her from the start, she had already said before that she hadn't undergone any genetic modification surgery. Yet, this person simply wouldn't listen and insisted she had.
After all that rambling, wasn't he just trying to say that he held a grudge against Genesis Technology, and she should too, so he was trying to incite her to join them and seek revenge together?
He was simply crazy; there was no way to make him understand.
Seeing that Cipher didn't want to talk to him, Felix also closed his mouth and stopped making a fool of himself.
After a while, the cat ears on Cipher's head twitched. She had heard many footsteps rushing towards her.
Judging by the footsteps, there were about a dozen people.
Soon, a group of people carrying rifles entered through the warehouse door, blocking the entrance.
Cipher opened her eyes and looked at the new uninvited guests with disdain.
"Is this your so-called backup? A group of ordinary people with rifles?"
"Not just them, we're here too, Miss Cipher."
A gentle male voice came, and Cipher looked over to see an unfamiliar man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and white gloves.
On either side of the man, a man and a woman stood behind him.
The man wore a ring on his hand, while the woman wore a strange helmet on her head.
Both the ring and the helmet were inlaid with a colorless gem.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Augie from the Reverse Current Alliance. Our purpose in coming today is to invite Miss Cipher to join our Reverse Current Alliance."
"You want me to join you right away? What makes you so confident?"
Cipher rolled her eyes at the man named Augie, her tone full of disdain, as if she completely looked down on him.
And in fact, she truly did despise this group of people from the bottom of her heart.
Hearing her question, Augie's eyes gradually became fervent. He raised his hands and shouted loudly:
"Because we are the Reverse Current Alliance! Our ideal is to make those high-and-mighty mega-corporations show fear, and then collapse at our hands!"
"Tch." As a person with normal cognition in her previous life, Cipher didn't believe a word of this.
Although she hadn't been in this world for long, based on what she understood, she didn't believe these mega-corporations would be easily troubled by a so-called "Reverse Current Alliance."
Four mega-corporations: one military, one medical, one logistics, and one entertainment. Each mega-corporation had different technological developments, which meant each needed certain technologies from the others to fill their own technical gaps.
To put it extremely, this place, in essence, was made up of these four companies and one government. If even one company were missing, the technological development of this place would become incredibly distorted.
Therefore, to make one of these companies fall from grace and completely collapse,
Unless one possessed technology and techniques that surpassed that company to replace it and become the new generation mega-corporation,
Otherwise, one would have to ask if the other three companies and the government would agree!
So, Cipher evaluated the Reverse Current Alliance thus:
"Big ideals, but unfortunately, not much brains. It's like a toad dreaming of eating swan meat."
At these words, Augie, who had been in a state of fervor, stopped.
He slowly lowered his arms, and his expression gradually returned to normal.
"We are both people living in the Pit Bottom District. You must have seen how difficult life in Pit bottom is, right?"
At this point, his tone became somewhat puzzled.
"We were both once persecuted by mega-corporations, so why are you speaking up for them?"
"Could it be... that Felix judged incorrectly? You are, in fact, from Genesis Technology."
After speaking, he turned his head to look in Felix's direction.
But Felix was also bewildered at this moment; he didn't understand either.
Because in this place, generally only two types of people would appear.
The first type mostly appeared in the Honeycomb District; they aspired to the mega-corporations, wanting to soar to the clouds and become part of them.
The second type appeared in the Pit Bottom District; they hated mega-corporations because they didn't focus on Pit bottom. The mega-corporations' monopolies made their lives so difficult, forcing them to watch their family, friends, and loved ones struggle to survive in Pit bottom, only to die in despair.
And currently, Felix had only seen one person who neither aspired to nor hated mega-corporations: Shen.
But why... was he seeing such a shadow in Cipher as well?
Seeing the confusion in Felix's eyes, Augie sighed and looked back at Cipher.
"Although I don't understand your identity, and it seems unlikely you'll join us for now."
"Then I apologize, but what I can do now is to capture you and bring you back to the organization for a proper interrogation."
As he spoke, the temperature around Augie suddenly dropped.
"Take her alive. Move."
Before his words finished, the colorless gems on the rings and helmets of the two people standing behind Augie began to emit a faint white light.
And just then, Cipher, who had been leaning against the wall, suddenly felt an extremely strong gravitational force pressing down on her, causing her to momentarily bend at the waist, caught off guard. She also felt as if the air around her had solidified, and resistance had greatly increased.
The feeling was just like suddenly being hundreds of meters deep in the ocean; except there was no water, she didn't get wet, and breathing was still normal, the sensation in other aspects was no different from being in the deep sea.
Augie showed a smile, looking at Cipher, who had clearly changed.
"Allow me to introduce. The gentleman on my left has a C-rank gravity manipulation ability, and the lady on my right has a C-rank psychokinesis ability. They have now both boosted their abilities to C+ rank using standard purity potential activation crystals. So, Miss Cipher, under this double restriction I've specially prepared for you, can you still display your astonishing speed?"