The First Order

Chapter 666: The Wang Consortium and the Anjing House

“You two really worked well together, huh?” Yang Xiaojin sighed and said, “From working together, she actually ended up as your maid?”

Ren Xiaosu hurriedly explained, “I was originally acting as her assistant. But she suddenly addressed me as ‘Master’ once when I was saving her, and after that, she got really into character….”

“So you got into character as well then?” Yang Xiaojin asked.

“Ahem, no, not at all.” Ren Xiaosu said, “I was still mainly trying to look for y’all through the Anjing House.”

“Then do you know the Anjing House and the Saboteurs are actually two organizations that share the same roots?” Yang Xiaojin sighed.

Actually, she should have already thought of this. After Ren Xiaosu caused such a big commotion in the Northwest, how could Yang Anjing not know Ren Xiaosu was still alive? After all, her aunt’s intelligence network was comparable to that of a consortium’s.

Otherwise, the Saboteurs and the Anjing House would not have progressed to their current scale either.

When Yang Xiaojin wrote to Yang Anjing time and again while she was attending Qinghe University to ask if Ren Xiaosu was still alive, she always answered that there was no news about him.

But actually, Yang Anjing was the one keeping it from her. Just like the time they parted ways at Luoyang City, Yang Anjing said there were no sentiments in this world that could withstand the test of time. No one would keep waiting for another person endlessly. That Yang Xiaojin was willing to wait only showed how much of a fool she was.

But it just so happened there were two fools in this world.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiaojin’s tone turned gentler. “My aunt founded the Saboteurs years earlier. But after destroying some of the consortiums’ nuclear test sites, the various consortiums started targeting the Saboteurs. As such, she reestablished the Anjing House and used it as cover for the Saboteurs.”

“Wait a minute.” Ren Xiaosu was stunned. In other words, he had actually been very close to finding Yang Xiaojin all this while? “Then should I have just told the people from the Anjing House that I was looking for Yang Xiaojin?”

Yang Xiaojin thought for a moment and said, “You probably couldn’t have found me even if you told them.”

“Why?” Ren Xiaosu did not understand.

Yang Xiaojin did not answer this question because Yang Anjing was her only family. She did not want Ren Xiaosu to have any prejudice towards Yang Anjing, so she chose to avoid the question.

When Ren Xiaosu realized she did not want to answer, he did not make it difficult for her either. Instead, he changed the subject and said, “I heard from the Riders that the Anjing House was also involved in the crisis at Luoyang City this time. Why’s that? Could it be that your aunt’s also targeting their satellites? But the problem is that the Anjing House and the Saboteurs don’t have a fixed base, so what’s the point of taking control of those seven satellites?”

Yang Xiaojin thought for a moment and said, “I guess she wanted to help the Wang Consortium seize those seven satellites.”

“Help the Wang Consortium?” Ren Xiaosu really did not expect this answer. “What is the Anjing House and the Saboteurs’ relationship with the Wang Consortium?”

“The Saboteurs have nothing to do with the Wang Consortium, but the Anjing House has been working with the Wang Consortium for years now,” Yang Xiaojin replied.

“Why?” Ren Xiaosu found it very strange. “Does your aunt and the Wang Consortium have any common interests? And will anything happen to you if you let me in on these secrets?”

Yang Xiaojin hesitated for a moment and lowered her voice to a whisper. “You’re not an outsider anyway, so it’s fine. At the beginning, my aunt was hoping she wouldn’t have to see another nuclear weapon appear in this world. But later, she realized that no matter what methods she used, there would always be people who wanted to get their hands on nuclear weapons rising to power. So she gradually began to look for ways to address the root of the problem.”

“So she found the solution at the Wang Consortium?” Ren Xiaosu remembered what was unique about the Wang Consortium. “Is it the AI? Why would an AI be able to solve this problem?”

“Because AI is absolutely impartial.” Yang Xiaojin said, “When a person takes charge of others, there will always be relationships and personal feelings involved. In the early years, Wang Shengzhi was robbed in his own stronghold and got hit by a bullet that paralyzed him from the waist down. Later, the Wang Consortium investigated the matter thoroughly and discovered the robber had actually committed multiple crimes before. He was once jailed by people from the Public Order Division. Logically speaking, someone like that should never step out of prison again for the rest of his life. However, this person bribed the prison guards and actually managed to get many chances to reduce his sentence.”

“So the reason why Wang Shengzhi regards the AI so highly is that he feels that it won’t make such a mistake, and it won’t be bribed by anyone either?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

“That should be the case.” Yang Xiaojin said, “Besides, it’s also been proven that the Wang Consortium’s strongholds have a very low crime rate in this era. Also, even if someone were to commit a crime, they would be caught very quickly. After these criminals are put in jail, whether they can turn over a new leaf is fully assessed by the AI. No one can accept any bribes under its surveillance.”

Ren Xiaosu sighed. Actually, he already knew that no matter whether he liked the Saboteurs, the Wang Consortium, the Qing Consortium, or the Pyro Company, these organizations were only acting according to their own principles.

Ren Xiaosu could have his own principles and beliefs, Jiang Xu and his fellow colleagues at Hope Media could also have them, so the same applied to the Wang Consortium and the Pyro Company.

For example, when Stronghold 74 was attacked by the Experimentals, didn’t the Pyro Company also step in bravely to help defend the place?

In that case, who was qualified to judge who was right and who was wrong?

Moreover, Ren Xiaosu was in no position to argue whether he accepted the artificial intelligence or not. After all, this had nothing to do with him, and he did not live in the Wang Consortium’s stronghold either.

“Does your aunt think that if the AI gets instated as an impartial third party, there might be a chance that nuclear weapons will not appear anymore? What if the Wang Consortium starts their own nuclear research?” Ren Xiaosu said.

“I think Wang Shengzhi devised ten guiding principles in the AI’s algorithm. There’s a rule that says it must destroy all nuclear weapons,” Yang Xiaojin explained. “But I’m not sure about the specifics. I’ve never had much contact with the Anjing House and the Saboteurs here in the Central Plains, so I’m not too sure about some of the events.”

“Then why does the Wang Consortium want to seize control of the seven satellites?” Ren Xiaosu returned to the original topic.

“Probably because these seven satellites are needed to complete the final step of the Wang Consortium’s AI program, Heaven’s Eye,” Yang Xiaojin said.

For some reason, Ren Xiaosu suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He had a feeling it was not a good thing to have someone always watching him from above.

No matter who might be watching him, he did not like being surveilled like that.

However, Yang Xiaojin dispelled his worries. “Actually, those seven satellites can only be used to observe the contours of the terrain at most. It’s not capable of seeing everyone’s appearance. The seven satellites of the Qinghe Group don’t have that ability either. My aunt probably helped the Wang Consortium seize these seven satellites because she wants to locate the Qing Consortium’s nuclear test sites. Once the AI starts taking control of the satellites, the Qing Consortium will no longer be able to conceal their nuclear test sites. At that time, the Saboteurs can finally make their move.”

Yang Xiaojin knew her aunt well, so she could guess what she was up to just based on some clues.