si-mexico Chapter 605 - 274: Return Verification_2
Chapter 605 - 274: Return Verification_2
[July 2015, after the end of the MERS incident, the South Korean Government decided to introduce the "National Disaster Hospital" system, establishing an emergency medical response system!]
[Is disease the Earth’s self-purification, or a punishment for humanity?]
[Congratulations on clearing the level!]
As soon as the level ended, Gu Ji felt his body.
He suddenly opened his eyes, trying to take a breath, but was immediately overwhelmed by intense hunger and the explosive sensation from his bladder, like a volcano about to erupt.
Damn!
Gu Ji held his breath and ran to the bathroom at the fastest speed.
After pressing the toilet flush button, he finally let out a long sigh of relief, feeling much lighter, except for the gnawing hunger in his stomach.
He took out his phone and glanced at the time.
He realized that nearly two whole days had passed in the real world, and it was already 3 PM on the third day.
No wonder he was starving and his bladder felt like it was going to explode.
This was probably the longest game level he had ever experienced, even longer than the India flood level a while back.
But it makes sense.
Levels like natural disasters and public health events naturally take a long time.
This South Korean MERS level lasted over sixty days, and at a time ratio of 1:35, indeed a long time had passed in reality.
"Good thing I chose to enter the level when mom was working overtime, otherwise with such a long time without going out, mom would have burst in by now."
Gu Ji was grateful, relieved that he always adhered to his "danger plus one" principle.
Always planning for the worst beforehand.
That’s why he chose to play on Friday holidays, to leave ample time.
He grabbed the protein bar and high-calorie foods like chocolate he had prepared by the bed, stuffing them into his mouth to replenish energy while opening the Ghost Server with a thought, ready to check some information.
Indeed.
Gu Ji was prepared to verify if classic levels could actually alter history.
The problem with the World War II factory level was that it was too long ago, documentation was unclear, and "Herman" couldn’t be found, plus the character was dead, so he couldn’t even contact them through the Ghost Server.
This Korean MERS level was different, as 2015 was just 10 years ago.
The internet was highly developed by then, surely leaving many traces.
Gu Ji first searched "2015MERS, AM Hospital."
As expected.
A flood of information about AM Hospital’s actions during the 2015 MERS event appeared online, from hospital control, patient diversion, building expert live studios for publicity, to eventually setting up production lines to supply masks, disinfectant alcohol, and other medical protective supplies to the Seoul area citizens.
Almost exactly as Gu Ji had suggested to Jiang Youzhen back then.
His heart started racing.
With excitement, he searched for several key figures, including infection areas, numbers, patient deaths, and quarantined people, all matching perfectly.
Just when Gu Ji believed he had truly altered history.
He suddenly realized.
Could it be that the game limited infection areas to 7 and deaths to below 36 inherently within the historical framework for him to operate?
It’s like imprisoning a criminal.
No matter what he does, he can never escape the cell, nor influence the outside world.
Besides, regarding AM Hospital or the number of quarantined, these memories for Gu Ji were inherently vague.
Because in 2015, Gu Ji was still in middle school.
And as MERS happened in South Korea, he hadn’t paid much attention, with the only data memories strengthened through public health skill enhancement.
"Could it really be that just like the conclusion from the World War II factory level, no matter what I do, I can’t change predetermined history and am only filling in history?"
Gu Ji couldn’t help but think of the "historical polarization degree" from level scoring.
Perhaps only that final "0.001" or "0.002" was the actual historical impact he, as a player, caused...
The reason Gu Ji fixated on this point.
Was mainly due to concerns about his father, as nearly half a year had passed since the incident occurred.
Despite his continuous disappearance, no information had surfaced about him.
If the classic level could really change history, even in the worst-case scenario, Gu Ji could rely on the game to reverse destiny.
Reining in his stray thoughts, Gu Ji started investigating "Jin Zhijiu."
Since it was a classic level, he didn’t need to wait for the game to map, so the Ghost Server indicated he could directly contact the character "Jin Zhijiu."
Ten years had passed, and now he should be around his forties.
Opening the search engine.
Unexpectedly, he found that this guy had become the 38th Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, even a whole level higher than Sun Zaisi, basically the head of Seoul’s prosecution, a bona fide high official.
With just one more step, he could become the Chief Prosecutor of the Grand Prosecution Office of the Republic of Korea.
Ascending to the core pyramid of power in South Korea.
One reason for his rapid promotion was his reliance on the support from the AM Group, and the other was the sensational "military investigation case" in South Korea.
On September 15, 2020, South Korean prosecutors launched a raid on the Korean Ministry of Defense.
Jin Zhijiu, then Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, forcibly took away the Minister of Defense and the Director of the National Intelligence Service for investigation on charges of embezzlement, bribery, and intentional leakage of state secrets.
Wow.
One is a high-level figure in the Korean military, overseeing all military districts nationwide, bigger than the former Chief of Staff, and the other is the top official in South Korea’s intelligence agency, and they just took them?
The news also showed.
This wasn’t the first time Jin Zhijiu, representing the prosecution, had clashed with the military; people had taken photos of him confronting the US-Korea joint patrols with guns at Wushan Base as early as 2015.
"This guy seems like someone who doesn’t tolerate any dirt..."
Clearly.
"Jin Zhijiu" inherited Gu Ji’s desires, consistently targeting the military, likely influenced by the game’s hypnotic suggestions.
Just like how Jian Na investigated Ito Meiyu, Baron opposed Volut and PM Company, and Wang Xueming focused on Shao Liang and the "paradise" drug.
Because of Gu Ji’s intense desire regarding the Wushan Base Laboratory and the dirty, inhumane virus research by US forces in the Korean MERS level, Jin Zhijiu remained focused on the military.
"Ten years have passed, who knows how much intelligence he has gathered."
Gu Ji pursed his lips, staring at the direct link to the character on the Ghost Server, unsure if he should contact "Jin Zhijiu" now.
After all, this person was different from other characters.
Characters like Jian Na, Wang Xueming, Baron, and Vidi were approached by Gu Ji shortly after the actual mapping, still maintaining strong reverence towards 7472.
But Jin Zhijiu was different.
After the classic level ended, he acted alone for ten years, long enough to dilute the fear of the unknown induced by the game’s hypnosis.
Plus, being a prosecutor, similar to Antonie Yassen from the air crash level, Jin Zhijiu had strong independent analytical and investigative abilities, and had climbed to the position of Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office.
Would someone in such a position easily listen to an organization that hadn’t shown up in ten years and follow its commands?
"Tap, tap, tap..."
In South Korea, at the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office.
A middle-aged man in an expensive navy blue suit was sitting in his office chair, fingers gently tapping the desk as he pondered.
He was tall, with slicked-back hair, slightly dark skin, coarse facial lines, and downward-slanting eyes, like a brooding lion.
The golden nameplate on the desk read Chief Prosecutor, Jin Zhijiu!
After a brief contemplation, Jin Zhijiu picked up a file on the desk that had gathered some dust, with seriousness in his brows.
On the cover, it boldly read:
5.14 Wushan Base Laboratory Explosion Incident (Destroyed)!