noffsinger Chapter 635 The Awakened Ones Attack
Chapter 635 The Awakened Ones Attack
Night, City B.
The lights in the Vision Capital Building stayed on all night. Lin Chuyue stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor, holding the anonymously sent document in her hand.
The first page of the document is a densely packed list of experiments.
The second page contained a list of test participants for the second phase of the "Sleeper Project," numbered from "Z-001" to "Z-100." All names were encrypted with numbers, but the remarks section was alarming—"Highly sensitive personality, extreme subconscious reactions, guideable personality..."
Her finger paused, freezing on the note number "Z-019": "Recorder: Shen Fang. Status: Stage III schizophrenia before dormancy, expected to lose control within 48 hours after awakening."
Lin Chuyue's eyes darkened.
Shen Fang... had already begun selecting targets for her "plan" ten years ago. Everything she had done in the Lin family over the years went far beyond disrupting Lin Chuyue's life; she was also testing her own theories of mind manipulation within the Lin family.
She gripped the document tightly and turned to look at Li Zhanchuan.
"They didn't stop; they were waiting for me to let my guard down."
Li Zhanchuan nodded: "But you revealed your hand at the press conference. They know they can't win against you in a direct confrontation, so they started to work on your mindset."
Lin Chuyue pondered for a moment: "Have you checked the source of this information?"
"The anonymous email address was redirected from a server registered overseas. The source cannot be traced."
Lin Chuyue shook her head: "Some people don't want me to end this battle too soon. They... are leading me into a deeper situation."
"And it's not just me."
She pressed the emergency button in her office, and soon a special investigation team composed of Far Sight agents entered to report on the latest urban security situation.
"Since last night, the number of prescriptions for psychotropic drugs in the city has surged, and several violent incidents without warning have occurred on some streets."
"But none of the perpetrators had a history of mental illness or were responsive to medication."
"Are there any similarities?" Lin Chuyue asked coldly.
The team leader opened the investigation record: "Our analysis of the video surveillance revealed that their eyes would briefly turn red before the episode—a suspected optic nerve abnormality caused by high-frequency brainwave resonance."
"Six suspected sources of infection have been identified, located in six business districts in District B where group activities are most likely to occur."
Lin Chuyue paused in her breathing.
She suddenly remembered a note in the data: "When the Z batch of samples received special stimuli, they may briefly enter a state of consciousness resonance and activate each other."
“These people… are the Z batch of ‘Awakened Ones’!”
She suddenly looked up and said, "Issue a citywide mental health alert and immediately establish control zones in those six business districts."
"Notify the National Health Commission, the Public Security Bureau, and the Joint Research Group on Consciousness, informing them that this is a sudden 'consciousness-level biological event'."
The special operations team leader was slightly taken aback. "Consciousness level?"
Lin Chuyue remained calm and composed: "This is neither a virus nor a mental illness."
"This was a planned—consciousness weapon attack."
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Meanwhile, within the Gu Group...
Gu Yanchuan stood at the head of the conference table, his gaze cold and indifferent.
An older board member questioned in a deep voice, "President Gu, did you inform the board of directors beforehand about today's press conference? Did you reach some kind of deal with Lin Chuyue?"
"The information she released directly impacted two research projects we were collaborating on with the Lin family!"
"By doing this, you're dragging our entire Gu Group down with you!"
Gu Yanchuan remained calm and asked in return, "Are you saying she's ruining the Lin family?"
"But she was the only one who tried to pull the Lin family's future back from the brink of death."
Another director frowned: "President Gu, you are no longer an individual. Your current position dictates that you can no longer act on personal feelings at will."
"The board can accept that you and she were once engaged and are now working closely together, but it cannot accept that you use Gu's resources to pave the way for her."
“You have to choose between her and the company.”
Looking at the tense and suppressed faces in the conference room, Gu Yanchuan suddenly smiled.
"What are you afraid of?"
"Afraid that Lin Chuyue will win?"
His gaze was sharp as a knife: "Are you still afraid that all the schemes you've planted in the Shen family will be exposed by her?"
These words were like a cold wind sweeping by.
One of the directors' pupils contracted slightly, and he stood up the next moment: "Since you refuse to make a choice, we can only proceed according to procedure. Mr. Gu, please suspend all external cooperation and hand over temporary execution authority."
The situation was tense for a while.
However, at that moment, there was a knock on the door, and Assistant Gu walked in with a solemn expression: "Excuse me, Mr. Gu, Ms. Lin called and said that a collective consciousness loss incident is happening in the city."
"She said if you still want to save the Gu family business, come over immediately."
The entire audience was stunned.
Gu Yanchuan parted his thin lips slightly and said only, "The meeting is adjourned."
He turned and left, leaving the board members looking at each other in bewilderment.
……
Meanwhile, Lin Yun was drinking alone at an upscale club.
She sat alone in the corner of the VIP booth, a letter she had just received in front of her.
The envelope was unsigned, containing only one sentence: "If you don't wake up, you'll be the next one to fall asleep."
She stared at the letter, her heart pounding.
At this moment, she truly realized that the "laboratory" she had participated in and been in contact with had long been ingrained in her blood and memory.
—She had also undergone an "emotion regulation test" arranged by Shen Fang.
She initially thought it was just hypnosis.
But in retrospect, that was preparation before "activation".
Lin Yun suddenly stood up and dialed Lin Chuyue's number.
"Chuyue, I need your help." Her voice was hoarse. "I might... have fallen into their trap too."
Lin Chuyue paused for two seconds, then asked, "Where are you?"
……
Twenty minutes later, Lin Chuyue and Li Zhanchuan arrived at the club.
Lin Yun removed her makeup, her entire body was as pale as paper, and the corners of her eyes had begun to turn red, as if her consciousness was being eroded by the resonance waves.
“They’ve planted a lock in my consciousness.” Lin Yun’s voice trembled. “Lately, I keep dreaming about my mother, about Shen Fang, about those laboratories I’ve never seen before…”
"I'm losing control of myself."
Lin Chuyue put the nerve suppressor she carried with her on her temples, adjusting the frequency while comforting her: "Hold on, the fact that you can still speak means that your consciousness hasn't completely collapsed yet."
"Why did they choose you?" Li Zhanchuan asked.
Lin Yun closed her eyes and whispered, "Because I am not Lin Zhengguo's biological daughter."
That's a remark that's astounding!
Lin Chuyue suddenly looked up: "What?"
Lin Yun slowly opened her eyes, her voice like a dream: "I am also from the Shen family."
“I am… Shen Yanli’s daughter.”
The air froze for three seconds.
Lin Chuyue took a half step back, barely able to breathe.
Lin Yun smiled bitterly: "I am not a pawn set up by Lin Zhengguo. I am a pawn that Shen Yanli left in the Lin family for Shen Fang and infiltrated your side."
"I was born a test subject. My personality... was also created by them."
"Therefore, I must help you."
"It's not for the Lin family, it's for myself."
Lin Chuyue gently took her hand: "I will save you."
"It's like I want to save everyone who is still alive."
She turned to look at Li Zhanchuan: "Activate the Vision Research Institute's 'Dream System.' We need to enter her world of consciousness and bring her back from the depths."
Li Zhanchuan nodded and dialed the Vision Research Headquarters: "Prepare the 'Dream Submersion System' experimental chamber. Target: Lin Yun. Activation time: 30 minutes from now."
Lin Chuyue gazed at the night outside the window, her eyes sharp and piercing.
"We must end this battle of consciousness before dawn."
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To be continued
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Preview:
Lin Chuyue's first "dream dive" takes her deep into Lin Yun's consciousness, where she encounters a "psychological illusion" trap set by Shen Fang.
The sleeping population has completely spiraled out of control, plunging District B into localized chaos, prompting the intervention of the public security system.
Gu Yanchuan decided to publicly file criminal charges against the Shen family;
A handwritten note by Shen Yanli has been exposed, gradually revealing the true nature of the "Night Chess Game".