Chapter 880 - 159: Restless Melting Furnace

Bremen fell into an eerie balance and silence:

The industrial district belonging to EBM was meticulous and silent, a stark contrast to the daily protests on the streets.

This enthusiasm was not only present in the street parade but also in the industrial production alliance gradually merging into the Worker Association —

In this alliance, production technology and standards were unified, and small and medium-sized enterprises received orders from the Jilafa Group. Workers received salaries from their employers while also getting an additional grant from the Worker Association —

The former came from normal labor relations, while the latter money came from Jilafa and European Union sponsorships given to the Special Remediation Committee funds.

Although working hours haven’t decreased, wages increased, and there were new Cyber Modulators available for replacement, as well as another world’s brain to help share the production pressure...

If Bremen from the past was a cold industrial machine, cruel and indifferent, with fuel silently waiting to be burned to ashes in the combustion chamber.

The current Bremen is like a hot melting furnace compared to the cold machine; someone started operating beside this furnace —

It sounds a bit strange, but the earlier Bremen felt like an industrial machine with no operator. No one knew what it was supposed to produce, for whom, but everyone could easily see it would burn up all the fuel.

Now, perhaps the fuel will still burn out someday, but at least there is someone.

Berlin, too many people were surprised by the recent developments: The matter with Foxstone can only be attributed to a clever and ambitious official and a worker with extremely good luck seizing the opportunity.

Bruges was much more exciting: This clever official and extremely lucky worker showed extraordinary perseverance and execution capabilities.

As the CINO company deployed whales into the parade, promoting this romantic cross-ocean voyage, the authenticity and force of this movement began to manifest —

Most people prefer the legends of riding the waves rather than sordid, hidden, complicated "realistic stories" that eventually must compromise.

And now, Elliot and Sevens reveal not just those ethereal things anymore.

Workers are inspired but do not see the process Sevens and the European Union went through for power, nor how he promised benefits to Jilafa for the opportunity, also not Elliot’s timid and hesitant cowardice in the face of disaster...

They don’t see any thinking or action prelude, only brilliant achievements.

The real power players of the European Union, the investors and executives, however, see these daring plans perfectly executed.

Now, besides "courage," "self-sacrifice," they also see a production capability far exceeding the EBM model’s industrial production alliance!

What they see is an operation model that might last longer and work better —

But every organizational operation model must cross the last threshold to be truly recognized in this brutal world:

When the unreasonable forerunners raise their weapons and show their fangs, can they really continue to survive?

The typhoon is approaching, and the entire European Union is not only being affected by the weather but gradually coming to a standstill in this storm of worker movement...

They need to pause and appreciate this struggle.

...

Bang!

The sound from the factory was like thunder, three temporarily hired mercenaries lay on the operating table, accepting the implantation of the most advanced machinery from the European Union —

The implantation of military-grade Prosthetics often involves more than partial replacement; if one seeks strong power, merely implanting arms is inadequate, requiring strong leg power as a foundation;

To attain agile speed, even Si Anweisitan can only bring quick reactions, mercenaries still need a coordinated body, exceptional bodily strength...

Although Prosthetics have existed in this world for over a hundred years, the process of gutting open and slicing the spine is still too bloody for ordinary people.

[Elliot: Big bro, is this really going to work? She won’t get cyber psychosis, right?]

[Elliot: Such surgery... those who completely replace their bodies without a piece of flesh left, can they still be considered human? It’s practically abandoning biological functions, physically not a human anymore...]

Lille did not reply, but he felt Elliot seemed to have some feelings towards this mercenary woman.

Munemasa silently commented: This kind of "person," you have two in your head.

Sevens glanced at Elliot, said nothing, but Carl behind them was different — this big fellow laughed heartily and patted Elliot’s shoulder:

"Brother, if you like her, go for it, she’s quite a beauty, and I can tell she has feelings for you too!

In these times, a girl willing to undergo such extensive Prosthetics modification to protect someone can be considered a good girl."

Elliot’s face flushed red as he scratched his head, "What are you talking about..."

Halfway through, he froze —

Carl was the good brother who walked with him out of the Foxstone Factory, and at sea, it was him who dragged Elliot on board, preventing him from being dragged to shore after drowning.

Instead, it was him on the sea road who got soaked, and being submersed in seawater for a long time inevitably damaged Prosthetics and physiological systems.

So Carl’s degree of Prosthetics modification was not low: his respiratory system was almost fully rebuilt, skin eroded by polluted seawater was replaced with polymer dermis to cope with harsh work environments.

Waist and leg muscles necrotized under swinging, had to be replaced with Prosthetics, they did not lack the money to replace with better ones, but he insisted on Industrial Production-friendly transport legs, with artificial muscle interfaces for Exoskeleton installation.

Meanwhile, the spine heavily shattered due to the raging sea impact, had to be replaced with artificial spine...

Actually, this good brother had already undergone considerable Prosthetics modification, only not military-grade Prosthetics.

Elliot pinched his good brother’s artificial pectoral muscle, "Isn’t it uncomfortable to change like this?"

Elliot’s earlier thoughts were influenced by societal conditions: highly modified Prosthetics individuals often faced exclusion, at least not easily finding husbands or wives.

Carl chuckled, "Doing uncomfortable work is uncomfortable, having no work is uncomfortable too, this is worker’s strength!"

Saying so, he showed off the graffiti tattoo on his arm —

Elliot’s keen eyes found this tattoo had a bit Burger element!

"You watched Burger King too?"

"Previously didn’t watch, now I do. Who could have known there would be these things back then, now it feels quite thrilling to watch."

Sevens on the side couldn’t help but intervene, "You better not implant new Prosthetics, your modification coverage is actually higher than theirs, we’re making waves, don’t need your limbs.

Once we finish these, you shouldn’t remain a worker, learn something else."

Carl thought for a bit, "But I believe I am made for labor, in the future I’ll find a wife who likes working too, then it’s husband and wife paired, work isn’t tiring!

Although work is tiring, having work is reassuring. If I were to lie down and earn money, I certainly wouldn’t keep it."

Sevens rubbed his forehead: what innate labor holy body.

Hiss——

As the last piece of subdermal armor was installed, artificial skin was covered, the Prosthetics surgery table finished its operation and emitted a pressure-relief sound.

Commercially, EBM had completely lost its one-word authority status in Bremen.

But on the military level...

The Burger deployed army to Bremen could arrive in just minutes.

This is the last day the cyber psychosis special remediation committee stayed in Bremen.

...

[Blais: Seems like EBM has decided to act decisively, since there hasn’t been any small moves over the past days, it means they’re planning something big, to fix things with wide maneuvers.]

[Blais: Are you sure you can withstand it? That’s EBM...]

[Lille: I predict EBM will use special means to cause city electronic information systems to shut down, but the lines can’t be completely burnt.]

[Lille: I’ve installed backup servers in our devices, I need you to hack in and activate the backup drivers inside.]

[Blais: Backup drivers? Why can’t you do it?]

[Lille: There are 17 Jilafa bio-engineering robots in the city, I’ve prepared military drivers.]

[Blais: Huh? But those are Jilafa’s things, how did you...]

[Lille: You have to release the virus, don’t forget Network Supervision is watching you.]

[Blais: No, if they’re watching me, how am I supposed to escape?]

[Lille: Just do it, I’ll help you, if you don’t expose them, then I will.]

Hidden in Bremen, Blais replied and then mindlessly added a reply:

[Blais: What do you mean you’ll be exposed?]

But communication had already been cut off.