You can pay more attention to your daily life, especially writing diaries more often and conducting psychological tests for yourself, keeping records for real-time comparison.
It's okay to think of it as a conspiracy theory, but I think you wouldn't want to wake up one day and silently become a stranger whose memories are no longer real, right?"
After Mercer finished speaking, Elizabeth frowned: "You should know Jefferson's main source of funds now is Ye Corporation, right?"
"Then Mr. Jefferson should be even more aware that although I personally appreciate your political ideology, and even hope to offer some help, your ideology goes against the interests of those large corporations."
Mercer warned, "I've already been targeted by Ye Corporation because of this issue, and in fact, just today I had a conflict with Ye Corporation online.
They're even using AI to monitor the city's network, with a pervasive secret intelligence network, monitoring everyone in Night City in real-time."
Jefferson frowned, after a while, he said: "Okay, my friend, I will remember your warning, and from today, Elizabeth and I will regularly write a diary and conduct psychological tests, just in case."
"Also, pay attention to your security team. My suggestion is never to trust anyone around you, because Ye Corporation is everywhere in Night City."
Mercer calmly said, "They're even secretly collaborating with Arasaka on some conspiracy... Unfortunately, I have yet to grasp any key information.
If you want to verify if what I said is true, perhaps there's another way—there's a guy named Bruce who used to be an executive at Ye Corporation.
He was a victim of this plan, and it's safe to say, Ye Corporation's brainwashing technology has been successfully tested on him.
I once saved his life and uncovered the brainwashing scam, and afterward, he went into a semi-disappearance state.
I sincerely hope he's still alive, but in fact, he hasn't been seen in Night City for almost three months, and he hasn't replied to my messages... You can try to find his whereabouts or investigate his past."
Seeing Mercer speak so seriously, Jefferson and Elizabeth couldn't help but take it more seriously, although they were reluctant to believe, but better to err on the side of caution!
"Thank you... if what you said is true, it might really help us a lot." Jefferson sincerely expressed his gratitude, simultaneously starting to think seriously about whether he'd seen anything similar.
After a while, Elizabeth pondered and looked at Mercer: "Are you here to kindly remind us?"
"Of course, it's not just out of kindness, but because I have some expectations for you."
After Mercer finished, Jefferson and Elizabeth were prepared to negotiate terms.
But then, Mercer said earnestly: "I hope if you ever become the mayor, you can truly be beneficial to the masses of Night City.
I'm sick of these corporations' endless exploitation, treating lives like grass, just like biotech companies, now engaging in biological poisoning activities..."
"What?" Jefferson was startled: "Biological technology is poisoning again?"
He didn't take it as a joke — assuming Ye Corporation's brainwashing technology is an unverified conspiracy theory spanning decades, then the biological poisoning by biotech companies is indeed not a conspiracy theory but a reality, and not just once.
Mercer explained briefly about the plight of the Red Ocher Tribe and the Adcardans, then sighed: "Currently, all I can do is provide them with cheap, close-to-cost drugs to suppress the virus.
If a vaccine can't be developed quickly, once the virus reaches an uncontrollable outbreak stage, the whole Wanderer Tribe will become moving sources of infection.
This virus, resistant to medication, once in its active phase, spreads at an astonishing rate and can wipe out the entire Night City in an instant through airborne transmission.
By then, who knows how many will die before biotech can produce a vaccine, and how much money Night City has to distribute vaccines to the public?
If Night City doesn't do this, how many ordinary people will have the money to pay for their own vaccination? Not to mention, by convention, biotech companies often sell medicine for several months before announcing the vaccine is ready once they've earned enough..."
Jefferson's face completely darkened; such behavior by biotech companies likewise crossed his bottom line: "Do you have any relevant evidence?"
"The entire Red Ocher Tribe, Adcardans are living witnesses, as long as you want to find them, they're everywhere."
After Mercer finished, he shook his head and sighed: "But ultimately, what can be done? As long as biotech exists in Night City, these issues will never stop."
Jefferson was silent for a moment, then said: "I will investigate, and if everything is true, I promise to make biotech pay."
"I'll take time to complete the vaccine development quickly, just in case, if something goes wrong, you can contact me, perhaps we can do something for the working masses of Night City."
After Mercer finished speaking, nothing further was mentioned, and Jefferson would naturally continue to follow up on these matters, at least he certainly wouldn't stand by idly regarding the biotech poisoning incident.