Chapter 1329 - 431: Troops Not Yet Deployed, Public Opinion Takes the Lead (Part 3)

Chapter 1329: Chapter 431: Troops Not Yet Deployed, Public Opinion Takes the Lead (Part 3)

As a community of interests, this vote passed unanimously, not a single abstention.

Soon, all of Europe started moving at full speed, large batches of troops began mobilizing. It was no longer the commercial actions of just a few armed companies; massive orders were placed with defense contractors, and production lines operated around the clock.

Soviet Union, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Turkey...

Both recognizable and unrecognizable names, all showing an attitude of completely strangling Horizon Corporation in the cradle.

At the same time, a propaganda offensive began, with seasoned journalism soldiers raring to go. Apart from Voice of the Horizon, almost all social media software was bombarded with Europe’s actions.

All sorts of slanderous news swept in like a storm.

Horizon Corporation conducting human experiments, brainwashing, illegal drug trials, massacres, being undemocratic and unfree, human trafficking...

Journalists racked their brains, eager to pin all the sins in human history on Horizon Corporation.

Especially deeds they themselves had committed, described so vividly and realistically that it made people grit their teeth in anger, wishing they could swallow Horizon Corporation’s people whole.

As for the accompanying images?

With AI developed to this extent, producing a bunch of fabricated photos is child’s play.

For example, in this article "Fascism Hidden Behind Super Earth," it mentions

A department called the Truth Department exists within the Super Earth organization, where its democratic official is specially in charge of inspecting all employee speeches within Horizon Corporation. Should anyone make remarks against the company’s interests, they are immediately pulled out and executed!

All of Super Earth is actually a group of delusional murderers and cyber lunatics who frequently laugh crazily on the battlefield, finding joy in killing.

Then they match it with numerous photos of the Truth Department executing covert agents, shooting Cuban civilians, and piles of heads at Ruzuo.

They even found a few Latin Americans who cried on camera about how they suffered Horizon Corporation’s atrocities and witnessed the scenes of massacres, barely escaping with their lives.

Especially one androgynous individual contorting his mouth, wailing in front of the camera

"They captured me, trying to violate me," to the point where even the journalist almost vomited.

Their acting was even overshadowed by that of Oscar-winning actors.

And the most classic scene

The UK representative at the European Community Parliament produced a small test tube containing a milky-white unknown liquid, and gently shook it in front of reporters

"This is something our special forces collected in Cuba. We have reason to suspect that Horizon Corporation is developing and producing large-scale biochemical weapons underground at Pig Bay."

No doubt, with this series of combined attacks, normally, not even New America could withstand it, let alone Horizon Corporation.

Because control over world opinion is in their hands; the European Community is loud and pervasive, even able to directly block your signal in many regions, holding you by the throat.

You can’t speak up, and if you do speak up, no one hears it; if they hear it, no one believes it. It’s enough to simply ensure your own base isn’t problematic.

But unfortunately, the European Community is facing Lin Miao, who had already secured a foothold in world opinion early on, attracting a significant user base with stories from POW camps.

Facing the European Community’s overwhelming propaganda offensive, he just gave a slight smile

"Lucy, let’s get the development team to roll out the demo of the new features. It’s time to show these guys something."

"Uh-huh."

In cyberspace, Lucy and Song Zhaomei led the AI and hacker teams, manipulating an unimaginably massive data flow, which caused such a load that even the heavily expanded Stone Ridge Mountain server farm began to tremble, servers flashing red warning lights, and transformers sparking.

Even Night City’s data network experienced fluctuations, numerous holographic projections showed signs of interference, and electronic screens flickered.

Such astonishing computational pressure and data flow on the software appeared as nothing more than a small exclamation mark.

Ding!

[Voice of the Horizon detected a new version, would you like to update?]

[Note: The new version introduces multiple unique features. For a better experience, it’s recommended to update immediately, but you may continue to use existing features without updating.]

The users, enjoying themselves, were suddenly startled by the update prompt.

The company’s software updates never notified users before, and even if you managed to block the updates using hacker methods, the company could immediately lock onto your IP and shut down your account.

This was the first time a company proactively sought user opinions, which surprised them.

Update!

Why not update?

The software has no ads, no viruses, the content is clean and fun, with clear categorization, greatly favored by professionals and the general public alike.

The update speed was also lightning-fast, as it’s merely an attachment of an external connection to the software.

[Voice of the Horizon-AI Review Feature Trial Version is now live]

[This feature assists you in verifying the authenticity and source of video, image, and text content. Correctness of feedback still requires your own judgment]

[Play: Tutorial Video]

AI Review?

Night City port truck driver Morrison was a bit baffled, but he immediately followed the tutorial video, activating the function, and then a small icon appeared in the upper right corner of his cybernetic eye interface.

He then casually opened a news feed

[The barbaric Wandering Tribe illegally occupies Ohio land, building dams intending to monopolize water resources]

[Reviewing...]

[Response: This news is false. The Adcardo Tribe had already signed a land purchase agreement and water purification treaty with Ohio’s State Government in January 2077. The constructed water plants and dams serve the same purpose as Night City’s purification plants. Based on the past IP addresses and published content of this account, it’s likely a full food factory bot.]

Not only in Night City but throughout the cyber world, the base-level people are quite ignorant. They can’t even comprehend their monthly expense statements, often finding themselves inexplicably in debt. Just being able to use search software is enough to outshine 99% of them.

Thus, corporations, companies, and governments treat them as fools, playing countless tricks on insurance, employment, medical care, and loan contracts. The sheer number of online bots is overwhelming, and a single hacker can manipulate tens of thousands of accounts at once.

Regular people simply have no way of knowing whether the content they see is genuine or not.

Since you can’t tell, let others distinguish for you.