Genius Club.

Chapter 299: Yellow Bird's Big Chess Game

“VV? VV!!”

Lin Xian kept knocking on the space suit helmet, but never got a response from VV.

The communicator is like dead...

There was no sound at all.

How is this going?

He understood that no matter how much VV was a dramatic actor or how much he liked to play memes, he always knew his limits and would never lose contact and scare him.

Not to mention, it is such a crucial moment!
Plus……

Just now, there were vibrations and explosions both inside and outside the aerospace plane, it was obvious!
Something happened!

Click.

Lin Xian directly pushed open the transparent mask of the space suit and looked at the people busy in the cabin of the space shuttle.

Just now, VV switched the radio channel to the channel that only the two of them were on, and then disappeared, without helping me switch it back.

Lin Xian still held out a glimmer of hope that VV would come back, so he did not switch the communication channel to the one where everyone was, and could only push open the mask to communicate directly:

"What happened?"

He turned his head and looked at the frightened Chu Anqing and Gao Yang, as well as Huang Que with a serious expression.

Sniff.

In the cabin air...

The whole place was filled with the smell of burnt rubber wires, just like when an electrical appliance in your home short-circuited.

"The inspection is over."

Driver Wei Cheng frowned:
"All the equipment that can communicate with the outside, receive signals, and send signals have all exploded or burned. The radar, communicator, antenna, scanner, receiver... all of the space shuttle's external power overload exploded directly, and the capacitors couldn't bear it."

"As for the inside, the bad way... How should I put it, it's not as bad as we thought. There was no explosion. But the communication devices, network equipment, repeaters, signal transmitters and receivers... etc., all the communication equipment and network equipment were burned out and cannot be used!"

"What about the others?"

The yellow bird immediately asked:

"Fuel, control system, engine, oxygen supply circulation device... Is there any problem with such important systems?"

"No! Everything is fine!"

Wei Cheng's voice was also very puzzled:
"This is so strange. Apart from the communication and network devices, all other equipment and functions were completely unaffected. There was not even a single bit of damage... Why did this happen? Such precise destruction was only targeted at the communication devices."

"Moreover, Commander Huang! Communications and network devices are also very important systems! It doesn't mean they are unimportant if they don't affect the flight of the aerospace plane... We are now in a state where we have no navigation, cannot communicate with the ground control center, cannot connect to the Beidou positioning system, and can't even sense other flying objects and space debris around us!"

"[Now our space plane is like a blind person! It can't see anything! No... not only is it blind, it's even deaf! It can't hear anything!]"

"Driving a spaceship in space is different from riding a bicycle on the ground. Without the command and positioning signal from the ground control center, I can only rely on my naked eyes and intuition to drive! It's very dangerous! I can only say... there are no problems with other functions. It's really a blessing in disguise. Commander Huang, I need the next instructions."

"Now that we have lost contact with the ground command center, you are the first commander. From now on, I will obey your orders unconditionally. Please analyze the current situation and make a decision and the next deployment immediately. The sooner the better! This concerns the safety of all our lives!"

……

Weicheng was rarely in a panic. Lin Xian had never seen this calm big brother, Dragon King astronaut, so panicked.

But it must be said that Wei Cheng was indeed a man who had seen the world. He quickly calmed down, reported all the situations in detail, and explained Huang Que's current primary command.

Presumably, such extreme situations have been simulated and responded to in their astronaut training.

After all, Wei Cheng said so.

"99.9% of astronauts' training is to prepare for the 0.01% of emergencies."

And now.

It’s that 0.01%!

Lin Xian also quickly calmed down, accepted the fact that VV had disappeared, and began to think seriously about the current situation.

just now.

Let’s first assume the worst-case scenario.

[VV, was destroyed by the enemy.]

Although we don’t know who the enemy is or what means they used, VV was indeed eliminated.

At least, in this space operation, it can no longer provide help to myself.

then.

Let’s consider the situation where all the communication and network equipment of the aerospace shuttle have been destroyed.

Lin Xian believed it.

The attack that eliminated VV should have been launched from these communication channels and network channels.

After all, they are now in space more than 200 kilometers above the ground, with no network cables or wireless networks.

The only way to communicate is through radar and the ground command center, as well as those network relay satellites, Starlink satellites, Beidou satellites, space stations, etc. in the sky...

The enemy eventually used one of the information data channels to eliminate VV.

Then, here comes the problem.

Such a powerful enemy can easily destroy VV in outer space...then they should be able to directly destroy this aerospace plane!

There is no doubt about this.

If VV can be killed, how can the aerospace plane, which is tens of thousands times weaker than VV, not be killed?

This is unscientific and unreasonable.

Therefore, from this perspective, it is not difficult to infer a conclusion:

[The enemy's goal of destroying VV was originally to attack him with precision and ferocity! On the contrary, the enemy has no hostility towards this aerospace plane or the people on it. Otherwise... wouldn't it be more direct and efficient to attack the aerospace plane directly? ]

Then.

On this basis, continue to reason.

Smelling the smell of burnt wires in the air, Lin Xian's mind was working rapidly.

now that.

The enemy's target is not the aerospace plane, so they certainly will not destroy the aerospace plane's communication network equipment.

Otherwise, the space shuttle would have exploded and they would have died long ago.

therefore.

The answer is self-evident!

"It's VV."

Lin Xian murmured to himself:

"It was VV who destroyed all the communication equipment, network equipment, signal transmission and reception equipment on the space plane at the last moment of his death... turning the space plane into an isolated island that could not be entered or exited, detected or counter-detected."

"It's VV who is protecting me."

This conclusion should be correct.

Just as Wei Cheng said, the destruction of the equipment on the aerospace plane was too "gentle"... The functions that affect navigation and control were not damaged at all, and the method of destroying the communication network equipment was also very considerate.

The capacitor explodes locally without damaging the outer shell.

The internal overload will not burn the wires or explode the capacitors, but the fear is that it will affect other equipment.

It's very obvious.

This is not an act of attack by the enemy, but self-protection by friendly forces.

"So, thinking about this step, we can infer two possibilities for the current situation."

Lin Xian walked to the empty passenger cabin, looked out the window at the blue earth, and concluded that there were only two possibilities for VV's behavior:
1. VV realized that it was being attacked, so it tried to save itself, thinking of cutting off all network equipment signal systems to isolate the enemy's attack. But unfortunately, it failed. I don't know if it was too late or it couldn't win... In short, even if VV destroyed all the communication devices, it still failed to save itself and lost miserably.

2. VV realized the enemy's strength and knew that he was powerless. But in order to protect the aerospace plane and his own life, the restriction principle in the underlying code was activated - Lin Xian's personal safety was above all else. Therefore, it would rather sacrifice itself and blow up all communication equipment at the last minute to prevent the enemy from continuing to attack the aerospace plane after killing it. For example -

"Kevin Walker."

Lin Xian whispered the name and felt a chill at the back of his head.

This most powerful young hacker on earth can easily control Starlink satellites and the US X-37B space plane.

Then.

Of course, he also has the ability to control the Dragon Kingdom's aerospace plane. Previously, because of the super artificial intelligence VV, Kevin Walker could not be presumptuous, dared not be presumptuous, dared not challenge VV head-on, and could never defeat VV.

just.

Hackers are hackers after all. Without the Internet and data transmission channels, they cannot do anything.

Perhaps VV is designed to prevent this very situation.

That's why they decisively blew up and burned all the communication network devices on the aerospace plane, making it an isolated island while avoiding the possibility of being attacked and controlled by hackers.

After figuring out everything, Lin Xian came to the equipment cabin, walked up to Huang Que, and pointed to the empty passenger cabin:

"Come here for a moment. I have something to tell you."

……

The two came to the passenger cabin, took off their masks, temporarily turned off the radio channel, and began to talk face to face:

"It was VV, my super artificial intelligence friend, who destroyed the communication network equipment. It did this to protect us."

Lin Xian told Huang Que his analysis.

The oriole listened patiently.

He just nodded, his expression not changing at all.

"You knew this all along?" Lin Xian asked doubtfully.

"I know."

The yellow bird said softly:

"This is not difficult to guess, Lin Xian, you should be able to sense it as well."

Suddenly.

Lin Xian recalled a detail -

On the night when he handed the cold fusion manuscript to Gao Yan, the president of Longke Institute, the butterfly effect of time and space occurred, and the third dream turned into the fourth dream.

As soon as he entered the dream, he was surrounded by dozens of soldiers and couldn't move.

At that time, he thought of a way to break the impasse, which was to directly trigger the butterfly effect again, skipping the fourth dream and going directly to the fifth dream.

After all... the fourth dream was already bad enough. No matter what the fifth dream becomes, it’s at least better than the situation in the fourth dream, right?
So, he entered the last ten lines of VV code into his laptop, thinking that if such a super artificial intelligence came to the world 600 years earlier, even if the space-time butterfly effect it caused was not as big as the cold fusion manuscript... but it should be no problem to slightly change the future direction within 600 years and advance the fourth dream to the fifth dream, right?

However, I never expected it.

Even if VV is activated and quickly grows and learns, or even Kevin Walker's scheme to attack Dragon Country Skynet is completely uncovered...

but.

The fourth dream at night showed no change at all.

He was still surrounded by soldiers and electrocuted;
The mysterious old man’s lines haven’t changed at all;
600 years of history are surprisingly uneventful;

The space-time butterfly effect did not happen at all!

I felt confused at that time.

I also thought that since I was targeted by the enemy, VV should have been discovered and eliminated by the enemy long ago.

But... who could have thought that this destruction would come so quickly.

Obviously, in this era, VV is indeed invincible. Kevin Walker has to hide in front of it. So who can destroy it? Who can kill it instantly?

Now, with hindsight, the logic of the fourth dream becomes clear.

[It is precisely because after VV was activated, it did not do anything important, did not play any important role, and was destroyed before it had time to show its strength. Therefore, the time-space butterfly effect it produced... It did not even break through the elasticity of time and space, and naturally could not cause time and space changes and change the fourth dream. ]

This is the end.

Everything is clear.

Huang Que knew that VV would be eliminated, and she had already prepared a backup plan in advance.

“I think I figured it out.”

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes and looked at Huang Que:

"When Liu Feng first came to the base, you told me that you could let VV operate the robotic arm. It's true that you said so, but in fact, you never counted on VV. You had planned to let Gao Yang operate the robotic arm... and you also knew that VV could not help at all in this operation. Gao Yang is the real trump card."

The more Lin Xian thought about it, the clearer it became:

"You asked me and Liu Feng if we had any friends early in the morning, saying that if there were any trustworthy friends, we could invite them to participate in the space-time particle capture plan. I thought you were just saying it casually, but in fact, you already knew the relationship between Gao Yang and me, and you also knew his gaming talent, so you would always invite him to come."

"So, all of this is within your plan. Even including..."

Lin Xian paused:
"[VV's disappearance was also part of your plan.]"

……

The two looked at each other.

There was silence for a few seconds, no one spoke.

Lin Xian looked directly into her eyes that reflected the incandescent light, blue and white, just like the earth with ocean and white clouds outside the window of the space plane.

He just figured out why Huang Que knew that VV would be destroyed on the aerospace plane, but did not say a word or even give the slightest reminder.

because.

Huang Que had no intention of taking VV to capture space-time particles from the beginning.

Although it was not Huang Que who killed VV, for Huang Que, the fact that VV was not on this spaceship was more beneficial to her actions.

The oriole knew it very well.

VV would do anything to protect himself. If he was in danger, he would hijack the space plane, break away from the control of the yellow bird, and immediately abandon the mission and return home.

But Huang Que's purpose was very clear. She was willing to pay any price to catch this space-time particle and never considered giving up the mission and returning home.

For the yellow bird, space-time particles are more important than life.

But for VV, his own life is far more important than space-time particles.

Therefore, the bottom lines of Huang Que and VV are conflicting and contradictory.

VV is the biggest obstacle to Huang Que's desperate plan.

therefore
In the game played by Huang Que, VV, who was out of her control, was destined to be a discarded piece.

……

at last.

Facing Lin Xian's all-seeing gaze, Huang Que raised his head:
"Lin Xian, maybe you will blame me for VV's matter. But I have to tell you——"

"If we don't catch this space-time particle this time, this world, everything, everything will become a thousand times worse than it is now."

"So, I have no choice. In order not to repeat the same mistake, I have to do this."

She turned around, reached out and pressed the button, accessing the radio channel where everyone was:

"Weicheng, follow my orders——"

Huang Que's azure blue pupils were crystal clear, and he said firmly:

"Alpha matter collection mission, proceed as planned!"

"Roger that!"

Wei Cheng's steady voice came.

After a shake, the space shuttle activated its jet reverse thrust device, passed over the east coast of the United States from space, and began to slow down.

drip.

Huang Que turned off the communicator with his right hand and pressed it on the transparent mask.

Turning back, he looked at Lin Xian:

"I am the commander-in-chief of this operation. I will naturally be responsible for my team members, but at the same time, I must also be responsible for this operation."

click!
The transparent mask fell, completely covering Huang Que's face.

She turned around.

Head towards the equipment bay.

(End of this chapter)