I handed over to another world

"Since the base station accident three years ago, I have asked Zhulong to monitor your every move."

Chen Lin wiped the blood from his forehead and said, "Including the manipulation you did in the Martian mine, including the evidence of you bribing Zhou Hong and Lin Lao..."

Zheng Yuanxun's expression finally changed: "Impossible! Our quantum encryption..."

"It's nothing in front of Zhulong."

Chen Lin suddenly revealed a trace of sneer, "By the way, it's 3:20 in the morning in Shangdu time now - that's exactly the time for the emergency meeting of the Senate, isn't it?"

Zheng Yuanxun stood up suddenly. There were noisy shouts outside the screen, and soon a panicked voice was faintly heard: "Mr. Zheng! The association headquarters is surrounded by commandos!"

Chen Lin closed the communication and turned to the pilot: "Change course, we will go to his base."

"But President, the engine has already..."

"Excuting an order."

Chen Lin's voice was unquestionable. He looked at the blue planet gradually moving away outside the porthole with a complicated look in his eyes.

Zhulong's projection refocused: "President, I just received news that your son is safe and sound under the protection of security personnel, but your daughter..."

Chen Lin's breathing stagnated: "What happened to Chen Xiao?"

"Before her positioning signal disappeared deep in the Martian polar mines, it sent a quantum encrypted message." Zhulong called up a data packet, "Your biological key is needed to decode it."

Chen Lin pressed his thumb on the scanner without hesitation, and the data packet unfolded, revealing Chen Xiao's haggard face:
"Father, the mineral veins on Mars are not minerals at all... they are alive! The Senate is using these alien nano-life forms... they are learning human technology... I found their nest... If you receive this message, don't let anyone get close to fire..."

The image suddenly stopped.

Chen Lin's face became extremely solemn. He turned to the red planet outside the porthole and finally understood everything.

"Hasn't anything unusual been found in the Martian mines before?"

Zhulong quickly replied: "No, this situation is indeed the first time I have encountered it."

"Can you handle it?"

"no problem."

Zhulong quickly began to deploy various types of intelligent machines and suitable assault team members, while Chen Lin leaned against the cabin and turned on the holographic communication to contact his trusted senior executives in the association. The situation at this time was somewhat beyond his planning, and now it was time for external intervention.

Chen Lin's holographic communicator projected three figures: Lei Zhen, the person in charge of the military, Su Mingyue, the Minister of Science and Technology, and Chu Shanhe, the Director of the Security Bureau.

The expressions of the three were equally solemn.

"The situation is more serious than we thought." Lei Zhen's projection spoke first, "The Senate has already controlled 35% of the association's armed forces, and the three important spaceports in Shangdu have been taken over by their people."

Su Mingyue called up a set of data: "What's even more terrifying is that we detected abnormal quantum fluctuations coming from the direction of Mars, and the data characteristics are 98% consistent with the base station accident three years ago."

Chu Shanhe suddenly interrupted: "President Chen, the last message your daughter sent... We suspect that the Senate may be reversely controlled by alien nano life forms."

Chen Lin tapped his fingertips lightly on the armrest of the chair: "Zhulong, retrieve all the material transportation records related to Mars in the past three months."

The silver-haired girl's projection unfolded a huge star map: "A total of 147 transport missions, 23 of which carried quantum computing cores, 19 carried high-energy fuels... and so on..."

Her voice suddenly became urgent. "An anomaly has been discovered! The actual load of the transport ship on July 7 was 14 tons more than what was declared!"

"What's the ship's destination?"

"Mars polar mineral veins...but the flight records show that it stayed in a near-Mars orbit for 6 hours and 13 minutes."

Lei Zhen slammed the table: "That's right! They must have sent something deep into the mine at that time!"

Chen Lin suddenly stood up: "No... the time doesn't match."

He called up another set of data. "The Senate's special appropriation for the Mars project began last year, but the abnormal transportation only appeared half a year ago..."

Su Mingyue suddenly gasped: "Unless... when they first discovered the mineral vein..."

A piercing alarm suddenly sounded from the communicator.

Zhulong's eyes glowed red. "Warning! Large-scale quantum entanglement reaction detected! The nanocloud in the orbit of Mars is reorganizing!"

Outside the porthole, a strange purple light suddenly appeared on the surface of the red planet, as if a giant beast had awakened and opened its eyes.

"President!" the pilot shouted in horror, "We have received a quantum communication request from Mars! The signal characteristics... the signal characteristics are exactly the same as Dr. Chen Xiao's encrypted channel!"

Chen Lin's pupils suddenly contracted: "Please bring it in."

The snowflakes on the screen gradually condensed into a human outline, but it was not Chen Xiao who appeared.

A blurry face made up of purple dots of light emerged, and a metallic voice uttered: "Chen...Lin...we...learn...very quickly..."

The voice suddenly became distorted, and the image switched to Chen Xiao's pale face: "Father! Don't respond to any signals from Mars! They can track them backwards through quantum entanglement...ah!"

The picture suddenly stopped, and was replaced by a string of rapidly flashing alien symbols.

Zhulong immediately activated the defense protocol: "Quantum virus invasion detected! Communication system isolated!"

Chu Shanhe's projection became unstable: "President Chen, we must immediately activate the Suiren Plan! This has gone beyond the scope of internal power struggles!"

Chen Lin looked out of the porthole. The purple light on the surface of Mars had already merged into one. He slowly raised his right hand. The red dragon emblem glowed blood-red in the dim cabin.

"Pass on my order." His voice was like frozen steel. "From now on, the Red Dragon Association will enter the first level combat readiness state! Activate the Suiren Plan and activate all deep space defense arrays."

"What about the Senate..." Lei Zhen asked.

"Arrest immediately for crimes against humanity!"

Chen Lin's eyes were as sharp as a knife, "As for Mars..."

He suddenly turned to Zhulong: "How much time do we have?" The silver-haired girl's eyes flashed with data streams: "According to the expansion speed of the nano cloud, a complete quantum channel will be formed in 72 hours at most."

"That's enough." Chen Lin pressed a hidden button on the console, "Wake up all the dormant strategic intelligent machines."

Su Mingyue's eyes widened in shock: "Those are... banned strong artificial intelligence models!"

"To deal with alien nanolife forms, we need AI that can evolve on its own." Chen Lin turned his gaze back to the red planet that was getting closer and closer. "Since they want to learn human technology... let them see the real means of human beings."

The moment the order was given, the bridge fell into a brief silence, with only the low hum of the engine and the sound of the waterfall of data flowing madly in Zhulong's eyes.

Su Mingyue opened her mouth, as if she wanted to dissuade the activation of the existence in the "Pandora's Box" again, but when she saw Chen Lin's rock-hard profile and the purple light on the surface of Mars outside the porthole that was connected and pulsating strangely, she finally swallowed her words.

"The Suiren Protocol has been activated. All deep space defense arrays are being charged. The target is locked on the Mars orbital nanocloud!"

Zhulong's report was filled with an unprecedented, almost human excitement. "'Nuwa' project activation code confirmed... awakening program initiated... 'Pangu'-class strategic intelligent machine core serial numbers detected: [7], [11], [23]... awakening status confirmed!"

As if in response to her declaration, in the distant deep sky, several huge shadows disguised as asteroids or abandoned space stations that had never been marked on civilian star maps slowly lit up with a faint blue light.

"President, the core question of the 'Pangu' sequence: attack command parameters?"

Zhulong quickly conveyed the will of the awakened beasts.

Chen Lin took a deep breath and glanced at Mars which was covered by a purple mark on the holographic star map.

"Order target: the core of the Martian polar mineral vein, the area with dense life signals. Operational strategy: information suppression, structural dismantling, and root annihilation."

"Specific combat instructions: 'Pangu-7', activate the 'Entropy Storm'. Target: Cover the Martian polar mineral veins and surrounding space, create ultra-high frequency energy fluctuations and quantum noise fields, and interrupt all orderly information transmission. Make the 'learning' of those nano life forms a mess!"

"Understood. 'Entropy Storm' protocol is loading, and super-limit energy is being injected... It is expected to cover the target area in 53 seconds."

Zhulong's voice was accompanied by a complex stream of data.

"Pangu-11, authorized to use String Oscillation Decomposition. Target: Martian mineral vein geological structure! I need you to completely shatter their nests on a physical level and disintegrate the material basis on which they are aggregated."

"At the same time, calculate the internal spatial structure of the mineral vein, and find and mark all possible core points of life energy."

"Command received! String oscillation module preheating... Geological structure scanning initiated... Energy core positioning algorithm running."

"Pangu-23, you are the last resort. Authorization to activate the Memetic Firewall."

"Mission: Reverse-analyze and interfere with the core learning and replication protocols of nanolife, and use their 'learning' instinct to implant fatal logical paradoxes or self-destruction programs in them! At the same time, establish a strong magnetic field isolation zone to prevent any nanocloud matter from escaping the Martian gravitational field!"

"'Memetic Arsenal' open...protocol reverse engineering initiated...magnetic confinement field deployed."

Zhulong's speech speed reached the limit, "Warning: The intensity of quantum entanglement reaction in the target area has increased sharply! They are trying to establish a more stable quantum channel! The interference effect of the entropy storm is lower than expected! The speed of nanocloud aggregation is accelerating!"

The purple light on the surface of Mars began to twist and condense like boiling magma, forming a huge, slowly rotating vortex.

The center point points directly to the spaceship where Chen Lin is!

"Their target is us!" Lei Zhen's projection growled, "President, our position has been exposed!"

"Change course! Evade!"

Chen Lin ordered the pilot, staring at the star map, "Why is the entropy storm not effective enough?"

"They are evolving their defense mechanisms!" Zhu Long analyzed quickly. "The core of the entropy storm is to create a chaotic and disordered information environment to disrupt their communication and learning. But they... they seem to be using Mars' own magnetic field and unknown elements in the mineral veins to build a structure similar to an 'anti-noise filter'! They are adapting to the human attack mode!"

"Adapt?" Chu Shanhe's voice was chilling. "Is this the speed at which they 'learn'?"

"Then let them learn something new!" Chen Lin's eyes flashed with cold light, "Zhulong, authorize 'Pangu-11' to immediately execute string oscillation decomposition! Target the energy vortex core of the crater! At the same time, 'Pangu-23', concentrate the memetic attack firepower and contaminate their 'adaptation' algorithm for me! Let them 'learn' to self-collapse!"

"String oscillation decomposition started! Focused energy output...locked the vortex core!" Zhulong reported.

In the distant universe, the giant intelligent machine codenamed "Pangu-11" slowly unfolded its huge main structure, revealing a giant gun barrel flashing with deadly blue light. Invisible shock waves that were enough to tear apart the basic structure of space and time gathered into a beam, and at a speed beyond the physical limit, accurately shot towards the boiling purple vortex core at the pole of Mars!

boom--! ! !
Even though they were separated by a long distance and the spacecraft's soundproofing system, everyone seemed to hear a dull, loud shattering sound coming from within the planet.

The purple light on the surface of Mars suddenly dimmed, and the huge vortex structure collapsed and disintegrated in an instant, turning into countless fragments of purple light spots that splashed everywhere!

"Directly hit the core! The geological structure is destroyed by 37%! The activity of the energy core point has dropped by 62%!"

Zhulong's voice was tinged with excitement.

"Memetic attack is being injected simultaneously! Large-scale logic conflicts have been detected in the nano-units in the target area! Some units have begun to aggregate abnormally and disorderly, showing a tendency to self-destruct!"

Feedback from 'Pangu-23' also came soon.

"It's working!"

Su Mingyue said in surprise.

However, there was no joy on Chen Lin's face. He stared at the screen. The purple light from the dissipated Mars did not completely disappear. Instead, it quickly reorganized in a more flexible and dispersed manner like a scattered swarm of bees, and tried to gather towards the direction of the spacecraft again!
Worse still, Zhulong issued a new warning: "President! A strong quantum signal has been detected erupting from deep within the mine! The signal pattern... matches the point where Dr. Chen Xiao last disappeared! It is trying to establish a point-to-point quantum link! The target... is the communication terminal on our bridge!"

Almost at the same time as Zhulong's warning, on the main screen of the bridge, snowflakes flashed wildly again, and a distorted human figure, barely composed of extremely unstable purple light spots, struggled to emerge, emitting intermittent sounds mixed with metal friction and human groans of pain:
"Learn...complete...individual...Chen...Xiao...information...valuable...assimilate..."

"Father...don't...link...the trap..."

From that distorted outline, Chen Xiao's weak but clear voice was once again forced out!

"Cut off the link! Top-level firewall!"

Chen Lin shouted in a low voice, his heart seemed to be gripped by a cold hand.

My daughter's consciousness signals were still there, and it was obvious that she was engaged in a terrible tug-of-war with that thing!
Zhulong cut off the communication instantly, but everyone in the bridge felt their hearts sink.

Not only were the nano life forms not destroyed, but they seemed to have captured and utilized Chen Xiao's consciousness information, evolving into more cunning and deadly means!
Their goal is not only expansion, but also assimilation!
They want to obtain the most precious things of human beings - consciousness and wisdom! (End of this chapter)