Corporations had stripped everyone of the right to eat fresh food, and even the gruel they were given was subject to the schemes of profit-hungry capitalists, adding excessive food additives and even hormones.
And the task that Rogue gave them was related to this aspect.
This task wasn't too difficult, but the target was a corporation, a behemoth—Biotech!
Many players might only be familiar with Arasaka and Militech, but they might not know much about other companies, such as Biotech.
Biotech specializes in genetic engineering, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and microbiology research.
The genetically modified high-sugar wheat, a major raw material for the world's primary energy source, Ethanol 2.0, is produced by this company.
The importance of energy goes without saying, so Biotech is a giant, if we were to talk about global influence, maybe even Arasaka and Militech can't compare to it.
Regardless of the era, whoever controls energy and food controls the world.
The scariest thing is that Biotech not only controls energy, but it also controls food.
Genetically modified high-sugar wheat was created by this company, and it is precisely because of Ethanol 2.0 that the world has emerged from the energy crisis.
Simultaneously, the synthetic food that solves world hunger was initially developed by Biotech, which is unbelievable.
Energy and food, control one and you become a world behemoth, and Biotech holds both in its hands, which shows how massive this company is.
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“There’s a food factory in the northern part of Watson District. It’s under AllFoods, a subsidiary of Biotech. Recently, there’s been information that this factory has been adding excessive amounts of food additives and hormones to the gruel for profit. Your task is to infiltrate the factory and acquire proof of their fraud.”
Rogue briefly explained the task, then turned to Lucy and continued: “The chip has a schematic of the factory’s personnel layout, but it’s only a rough sketch. You need to figure out the specifics yourself. How about it, are you in?”
Jiang Heng didn’t feel afraid. This factory belonged to AllFoods, a subsidiary of Biotech. In other words, offending AllFoods was practically the same as offending Biotech. But who cares? Who hasn’t worked against corporations as a merc? Even street thugs dare to rob Militech convoys.
But Lucy was a little hesitant, as she didn’t want to be involved with corporations too much. Even though they were dealing with Biotech, not Arasaka, these giant conglomerates had all sorts of shady dealings.
Too much exposure to these companies might lead to their discovery.
Years of running had made Lucy accustomed to keeping a low profile, cautiousness had become her way of life.
However, this was her first time taking a job with Jiang Heng, and she didn’t want to back down. She joined forces with Jiang Heng to be an asset, not a liability.
Looking at Lucy, Jiang Heng, who knew her well, immediately guessed her thoughts. Lucy lacked a strong sense of security right now.
So Jiang Heng reached out, grasped Lucy’s hand, and squeezed it. Then she looked at Rogue and answered, “We’ll take the job. But I want to know what the client plans to do with the information after they get it.”
Rogue didn’t answer directly but said, “I don’t know. It’s not our concern. But since the client is willing to spend that much on getting this information, it’s probably not going to be used for firewood, right?”
“Okay, I understand. As usual, you’re paying for tonight’s drinks.”
Jiang Heng didn’t say anything more. She directly accepted the job and pulled Lucy’s hand towards the bar.
“What do you want to drink?” Jiang Heng turned to Lucy and asked.
“Anything.” Lucy said somewhat absentmindedly.
“Claire, two beers please.” Jiang Heng said, she wasn’t accustomed to drinking cocktails or anything like that.
“Okay, coming right up.”
“Are you worried about the job?” Jiang Heng asked.
“Sorry, I might…”
Jiang Heng: “Don’t say that, Lucy. I’m here. You don’t need to fear anything. I’ll tear apart everything that stands in our way.”
Hearing this, Lucy turned to look at Jiang Heng, the calm tone and expression, for some reason, brought a sense of peace to Lucy.
Then, Lucy smiled and said: “Then let’s go back and strategize later!”
“Alright!”
Then, after finishing their two beers, the two left Afterlife.
Lucy didn’t go back to her place. Instead, she went back to Jiang Heng’s apartment with her, under the pretext of strategizing. After all, Jiang Heng hadn’t seen the personnel schematic on the chip.
Don’t get it twisted, they didn’t sleep together. Jiang Heng’s apartment was pretty big, it had two floors, totaling over 500 square meters, with plenty of empty rooms.
PS: Everyone, what do you want to see, a female V or a male V?