episode_0578
by fnovelpia
It seemed like using the method I had come up with would make infiltrating the lab a little easier.
Once you have an idea, you have to use it.
I ordered Maria to spread the news immediately by any means she knew.
I’m talking about the things the Chinese government is doing using the Blue Dragon Group.
If this were reality, I would have approached it with a bit more caution.
Although I had touched the bulletin board in a similar way during the process of establishing MCN, that incident had nothing to do with politics.
Because we were able to proceed with the so-called case known only to those who were interested in it, there were no cases of actual people getting hurt.
But this incident is a direct criticism of the Chinese government’s abuse of power.
Of course, for those involved, it was like a sudden disaster.
But I decided to push through.
Aren’t they the ones who were bowing down and complying with the Chinese government’s silence anyway?
It wasn’t even real, and they were half accomplices or puppets, so there was no reason to think about how big the repercussions of this incident would be.
‘The Chinese government will probably try to block the person posting the article on a national level. You have to post on as many sites as possible while blocking that.’
-Of course. That’s easier than eating cold porridge.
In the past, I would have thought it was just a simple idiom, but when she, who had a real body, said it, it really hit home that it was that easy.
In reality, it would be a complex process that would be difficult for me to understand…
Isn’t the original purpose of a team to complement each other’s shortcomings?
While Maria was working, I decided to stop by a nearby cafe and have some milk tea.
About 30 minutes after they disguised themselves as tourists, various Chinese online sites were filled with content about the Blue Dragons.
[Shock! The dark truth about the Blue Dragons, known as heroes!]
[It’s called a dragon, but it’s actually a loach?]
[While citizens were being swept away by the water, the government was filming doctored rescue videos!]
-Crazy. Is this real?
-The reporter is brave. He writes articles like this.
-My relatives died in the last flood. My hometown was washed away. I was relieved when I saw the news that the Blue Dragons were coming to help, but that was a lie?
-Execute all those involved!
Naturally, most of the articles that came up were about Maria.
However, that doesn’t mean Maria posted all the posts herself.
As there are such people everywhere, there were also people in China who eagerly followed suit when they saw someone take the lead and open the floodgates.
Normally, problematic articles would disappear from the site within a few minutes, and netizens would have lost interest as if nothing had happened.
Because that’s the general case.
But this time, that didn’t happen.
‘This is partly due to the influence of the Chinese government’s policy of controlling public opinion so far.’
In the meantime, whenever the Chinese government sees an article criticizing policies or high-ranking politicians, it immediately deletes the post and blocks the netizens through programs and monitoring personnel.
The Chinese people also probably expected that the same censorship process would be applied this time after seeing Maria’s articles and writings.
However, I was thinking, ‘The article will probably be taken down soon anyway, like usual,’ but when the article didn’t actually come down, people started to appear who thought, ‘Huh? Is this okay?’ and perceived it as if the government had given permission.
Those who are diligently spreading the news of Maria are probably people like that.
Considering China’s unique censorship culture, this isn’t all that surprising.
Especially in the case of comments, it was the area that Maria’s hands touched the least.
We need to instigate confusion, but if the people actually stay quiet, the effect will obviously be halved.
Fortunately, since these articles are plastered all over the site, there were only a very small number of comments supporting the government.
Those who thoughtlessly and blindly supported the government were being criticized by public opinion, while those who had their own thoughts seemed to be quietly praying for things to calm down and trying to look away. Perhaps they were wondering why the government was not quickly taking steps to censor the situation.
It was also effective that Maria cleverly manipulated the article to limit those responsible for the incident to the working-level staff rather than the government leadership.
It may be unreasonable to criticize those in high positions, but I think it’s human nature to criticize the incompetent staff.
It wasn’t hard to imagine the situation of Chinese government officials who saw articles, posts, and comments criticizing the government in such a way.
“What’s going on!? Why is this news suddenly coming out…? Who leaked the information to the reporter?!”
“No, but why did this company post such an article? Of course, the executives should have cut it out!”
“Delete it! Hurry up and write it down!”
“That, that… The site operators’ privileges have been revoked! The administrator account has been deleted… ”
“What kind of crazy talk are you talking about!”
“Immediately identify the reporter and the bitches who copied the article and wrote the comments and contact the police! Arrest them all and put them in jail!”
“I… I can’t figure that out right now… ”
It’s probably something like this.
No matter how hard you try to find the subversive element that posted the article, nothing will come out.
Because Maria is working to make public opinion boil over even more.
In the government’s view, neither the reporter who posted the article nor the netizens who left comments will be clearly identified.
This is unusual in China, which is halfway implementing a real-name system on the Internet, as mobile phone authentication is mandatory for all Internet services.
Even if there are a lot of people who use things like cannon phones, it doesn’t make sense for such people to be active like this.
For a while, I thought government officials would get noisy talking about cybersecurity or something.
‘It’s not a bad thing for the Chinese people either. Let’s use this opportunity to shatter some illusions about the government and get a taste of the Internet without censorship.’
One thing is certain: this incident has left the image of the government-affiliated supernatural group, the Blue Dragons, in the gutter.
The effect was felt on my skin even here where I am now.
“… The Blue Dragons were doing this?”
“You said you were a hero, but you were just acting? Damn, this is ridiculous.”
“They say the people they arrested as criminals were actually unregistered superpowered people.”
“There were a lot of minors among them, right?”
Gossip, gossip…
The voices of pedestrians heard through hearing enhanced by internal energy.
Perhaps because it is a financial center, this kind of news seemed to spread particularly quickly.
The person who just approached the Blue Dragons and asked for a selfie and shook their hands looks at them with disgust.
No matter how much the government intentionally tries to stifle the people’s ability to perceive, humans are capable of making judgments about what is right and what is wrong when provided with objective information.
Even if they were the ones who suffered the greatest damage without anyone knowing because their eyes were turned away by the government, it would be impossible not to be angry. If they had no thoughts about that, they would not be human but just a breathing and moving doll.
At this point, the Blue Dragon Corps also looked bewildered at the sudden change in gaze from those around them.
-Master. All the sites that were used to expose the secrets of the Blue Dragon Group are down. The search site has been changed to make it impossible to search. Since the connection to the server has been physically cut off, it will take time to continue working from here. Should I use Android to reconnect?
‘No, that’s enough.’
Judging by the atmosphere nearby, everyone worth seeing has already been seen.
What caught my attention more than that was something else.
The site’s servers were shut down simply because it posted information critical of the government.
‘Wow, is this really a dictatorship?’
Who the hell knows how quickly a private company can stop providing services.
It seems that when the usual censorship did not work, they resorted to extreme methods.
-The Blue Dragons took action even before the government ordered them to. They raided companies that operated search sites and bulletin boards and destroyed their servers. Some people were injured in the process.
‘They’re total thugs. If they did this without government orders, then our relationship will be a little strained after this incident.’
The Blue Dragon Unit guarding the art center also took out a smartphone from their pockets, looked at the screen, and their faces turned dark.
The site where the article was posted said that its server was down, so he must have been contacted by an acquaintance or another colleague of the Blue Dragon Corps.
A chaotic atmosphere spread throughout the street.
Not only the Blue Dragon Unit, which was the party in question, but also the police officers working in plainclothes appeared to be disorganized and in disarray.
‘now!’
I killed their presence and dug into their lax boundaries.
Even if I stormed out of the lab, it was clear that they would be preoccupied with dealing with this for the time being.
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